February 6, 2010

Regis Splits with Emporia State Hornets

Denver, Colo.: With her second homerun in her second ever collegiate game, Alyssa Beskid brought in three RBI’s in the first inning of game one against Emporia State, five overall, to help lead the Rangers to a 10-8 victory on Saturday. In game two, Regis fell short of Emporia 8-4.

In game one, the Hornets scored three in the top of the first before Regis answered back in the bottom with Beskid’s three-run homer. Emporia State scored two more to take a 5-3 lead in the top of the second before the Rangers posted five more runs in the bottom of the inning.

Junior Emily Anderson doubled to left field to start off the inning before being brought in on a single by junior Alisa Heronema. Freshman Bre Backlund doubled for two RBI’s before Beskid brought in two more to take an 8-5 lead.

Emporia scored two more in the top of the third before two innings finished scoreless. The bottom of the sixth brought two more runs for the Rangers followed by one run in the top of the seventh by the Hornets. Sophomore Nikki Haberkorn started the game and recorded the 10-8 win with junior Bianca Holley grabbing the save after coming into the circle in the top of the fourth.

Game two brought one run in during the top of the first by Emporia before the Rangers matched it with a solo homerun by senior Mo McDaniel in the bottom of the second. Emporia State’s Angela Mahan matched McDaniel’s homerun when she led off the top of the third inning with a homer. The Hornets scored three more runs in the top of the inning and one in the top of the fifth. Both teams added two runs to the board in the sixth with Regis posting one more in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore Natalie Adami recorded the loss.

On the day, Backlund went 4-for-8 with one double, one triple, and four RBI’s. Heronema went 4-for-7 with one RBI. Sophomore Amber Aragon-Autobee tallied four hits on the day in six at bats and brought in one run while Adami went 3-for-6 with one RBI.

Up next, the Rangers will face Colorado State-Pueblo on Feb. 13th at the Regis Softball Field. First pitch is set for noon.


Click here for game one boxscore.

Click here for game two boxscore.