CSC softball starts season 0-5

During the Lubbock Sports College Invitational over the weekend, CSC’s softball team struggled to put things together in their first series of games for the season, taking a loss for all five games

The Eagles scored a total of 10 runs across the five games, playing 31 total innings. Three games were seven innings while two were five innings.

Tia Kohl, senior of Wichita, Kansas, made an appearance on the mound at each game, starting four of them and pitching in 13.4 of 31 innings.

Gabby Russell, senior of Oceanside, California, and Peyton Propp, senior of Lakewood, Colorado, both saw time on the mound with 8.4 innings and 4.1 innings pitched respectively.

In the first and fourth games, the Eagles remained scoreless, putting zero runs against West Texas A&M University (3-0), and Eastern New Mexico (9-0).

The first run of the season came from a sacrifice fly by Addison Spears, junior of Berthoud, Colorado, which batted in Chloe Brown, junior of Riverside, California. This run was the only one scored for the Eagles during their second game of the weekend against Lubbock Christian, 6-1.

CSC’s third game saw the most runs scored by the team against the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Saturday, but the team was out ran by the Lopers, 12-7.

Of her two at bats, Peyton Propp, senior of Lakewood, Colorado, hit and got on base both times with a triple down the right-field line and a double to left field. She also earned two RBIs and two runs for the game.

Jessie Henchenski, sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado, earned three RBIs and two runs on her three at bats. She homered to left field in the fourth inning, adding two runs to the score and earning the first home run for the Eagles’ 2022 season.

Chadron State’s softball team will partake in the OC/UCO Tournament in Oklahoma on Friday, Saturday and Sunday against Southern Nazarene University, the University of Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State University, Southeastern Oklahoma and Missouri Southern.