DENVER, Colo. – The Regis University Softball team concluded their series with #15 Colorado Christian University on Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader, losing 4-13, and 4-14. The Rangers drop to 5-17 (4-12 RMAC) on the year, while the Cougars improve to 26-2 (16-0 RMAC).

GAME ONE

CCU opened the game with a first-pitch home run, but Olivia Wick matched the tone with a lead-off homer in the bottom of the first. The Cougars added a lead-off triple to start the second, and scored on an RBI grounder and a sacrifice fly. Colorado Christian scored on an RBI single in the third, then followed that with a pair of unearned runs. Angelina Romero-Barros and Wick both produced hits in the bottom of the third, but could not reach home.  

In the fourth inning, Bella Bordine singled, and a pinch-running Micha Pittman scored on a triple by Kristin Ingram. Jessica Isbell brought her home with a sac fly, bringing the score to 6-3. Romero-Barros recorded a single, while Natasha Ellison was walked, but both were stranded on base. A pair of home runs from the Cougars scored three more runs in the sixth inning, and seven hits in the seventh brought the score to 13-3. Romero-Barros and Jane Quinn both singled in the bottom of the final frame, followed by a Kiauna Smith double that batted in a run, but the comeback try ended there, 13-4.

GAME NOTES

·        Romero-Barros went 3-3 at the plate, scoring a run, and stealing a base

·        Wick went 2-4 with an RBI

·        Kat Hanson went 3-5, batting in three runs and scoring two

·        Eliza Legge (L, 1-4) struck out four in the complete game effort

·        Felesha Lepenske (W, 9-0) threw 4.0 innings with five strikeouts

GAME TWO

CCU started the late game just as hot, with a triple and double to lead off the first inning. But the Rangers would have an answer in the bottom, with two singles and two stolen bases helping score a tying run. The second started with two singles, and a walk to load the bases, with a two-RBI single, and RBI walk to bring the score to 4-1. Isbell and Wick earned bases in the bottom of the frame, but were left on.

Smith recorded the only hit of the third inning, but the Cougars added to their lead in the fourth on an RBI grounder and a three-run homer. Three singles by Ingram, Isbell, and Wick loaded the bases for a Romero-Barros RBI walk, and Isabella Porter singled to bring in two more runs, bringing the score to 8-4. The top of the fifth saw three more CCU hits, and two more runs. Eleanor Sikora singled to left field in the bottom, but was the only Ranger to earn a base. The Cougars then scored four runs on five hits in the sixth, pushing the game to 14-4, and ending the game in six.

GAME NOTES

·        Wick had two hits for RU

·        Porter batted in two runs

·        Three different Rangers stole a base

·        Sophia Garcia (L, 1-2) recorded the loss

·        Hanna Espinoza (W, 4-0) picked up the win with three K's

UP NEXT

The Rangers travel to Black Hills State (S.D.) for a series with the Yellowjackets, March 21-22.