Eagles end weekend empty handed

Despite some close fought games, CSC softball team took four losses for the third weekend against a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team to Metropolitan State University of Denver, Saturday and Sunday in Denver.

The Eagles now have an overall record of 6-20, and a conference record of 5-19 placing them 11th in the RMAC.

The weekend started off with a close game, being 4-4 going into the bottom of the sixth inning, but with a four-run rally, MSU-Denver took the game, 8-4.

In the third inning, Paige Propp, sophomore of Lakewood, Colorado, singled out to center field to send Jessie Henchenski, sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado, who also ended the game with two hits and two RBIs, around the bases. 

Paige Edwards, freshman of Firestone, Colorado, singled to shortstop, advancing each base runner one, with the run being scored by Amaya Ruiz, freshman of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in the fourth inning.

Henchenski doubled in the sixth inning for her two RBIs even though she was out at third base.

Tia Kohl, senior of Wichita, Kansas, pitched for the Eagles in the first game and finished the game with 11 hits and eight runs. She also had two strikeouts and three walks of 34 batters faced.

For the second game, the Roadrunners scored every inning, while keeping the Eagles scoreless for the whole game, 12-0.

Gabby Russell, senior of Oceanside, California, pitched 1.2 innings and had six runs scored on her of five hits. She also had two walks and a strike out of 14 batters faced.

Paige Propp closed out the game with three hits, six runs and six walks. She faced 15 batters and pitched 77 times.

The third game, first one of Sunday, was the closest the Eagles came to taking a win, but they finished one run shy, 7-6.

The Eagles bats started off with two doubles. Propp doubled it to right field to bring Rothstein home in the first inning while Henchenski doubled to center field, bringing Propp around the bases.

Addison Spears, junior of Berthoud, Colorado, homered twice in the fourth and sixth innings to earn three RBIs of her two hits, and 2 runs of three at bats.

More runs came in the sixth following a grounder to third base from Edwards to bring in J’lyssa Martinez, freshman of Denver, in for the run.

For her second game of pitching, Kohl had two walks and two strikeouts of 29 batters faced. Pitching 90, MSU-Denver had nine hits and earned seven runs against her.

For the final game of the weekend, CSC softball team scored in the first inning but couldn’t get home after that to take a fourth loss, 11-3.

Lauren Zimmerman, freshman of Reno, Nevada, started off the scoring for the Eagles with a double and batting in Rothstein and Quijas. Spears followed with her own double to bring Henchenski home, finishing out the three runs of the game.

Russell and Kohl both found their way onto the mound again for the weekend. With 66 pitches, Russell had eight hits, six runs, six errors and a strikeout, while Kohl, pitching 63 times, had four hits and five runs on her with five errors and three walks.

Chadron State softball team’s next games are home against Adams State University both Saturday and Sunday on the CSC softball field. The weekend starts at noon, Saturday.