 LOCAL SPORTS
SILVER CITY, N.M. – The Chadron State College softball team opened its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference season by splitting a doubleheader Tuesday at Western New Mexico University in Silver City. The Eagles scored 6 unanswered runs to claim an 8-6 victory in the second game after falling to Western New Mexico 8-3 in the opener. The Mustangs had 14 hits and scored at least 1 run in each of the first 4 innings in the first game. Michaela Miller went 4-for-4 and knocked in 4 runs for the home team while Lynette Ebert and Katie Bolin each had a double and a single to pace the CSC offense. The Eagles bounced back in the second game, but only after falling behind 6-2 after 3 innings. CSC took advantage of 5 Western New Mexico errors over the final 4 frames. They scored 3 unearned runs in the 5th to close the gap, then used another error in the top of the 6th to set up a game-tying single by Bolin. Jamie Mazankowski...2-for-5 in the game...then delivered a 2-run single that proved to be the difference when pitcher Cassie Humphrey sat the Mustangs down 1-2-3, ending the game with a strike out. Although WNMU had more hits than CSC – 11 to 9 – Humphrey allowed only 2 of them after the 3rd inning and let no runner get past 2nd base. The senior from Chadron...one of the first players to sign with the Eagles...ended up 8 strikeouts and 2 walks in going the distance for her first win of the season. Mazankowski and Bolin each had 2 hits...Mazankowski driving in 3 runs and Bolin 2...while Melissa Lohr walked 3 times and scored 2 runs. The doubleheader was the RMAC opener for both teams. For the season, CSC is 4-7, Western New Mexico 5-9. They play another doubleheader today, then the Eagles drive to Durango, Colorado, for RMAC doubleheaders Friday and Saturday against Fort Lewis College. Fort Lewis will also be hosting the NCAA D-2 Central Region women's basketball tournament Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. © Copyright by Double Q Country Radio |