LAS VEGAS, N.M. – The Regis University Softball team started their road series with New Mexico Highlands University on Saturday afternoon, but lost to the Cowgirls, 8-15 and 0-5. The Rangers fall to 12-28 (11-23 RMAC), while NMHU climbs to 15-31 (13-21 RMAC).

GAME ONE

Highlands scored first in the game, using two hits and a pair of Ranger errors in the bottom of the first to score two runs. Bella Bordine posted a single in the second, but the Cowgirls added to their lead in the bottom of the frame, using three singles to score two more runs. The rangers battled back in the third, starting with an Adisyn Rademacher single, followed by one from Olivia Wick, and Jane Quinn getting hit by a pitch to load the bases. Isabella Porter batted in Rademacher, while Quinn and Wick scored on an error. Bordine followed that with a homer, bringing in two runs and taking the 5-4 lead.

However, NMHU responded with five more runs, scoring on an RBI double, a wild pitch, an RBI walk, RBI single, and RBI grounder. Wick and Rademacher both scored again in the top of the fourth on Porter's triple. Kristin Ingram brought her in with a single, brining the game back within one. But again, the Cowgirls had an answer, scoring three more times off three hits and two RU misplays. Bordine and Zoey Langerak both reached on walks in the fifth, but neither reached home, while NMHU scored two more unearned runs in the bottom.

Quinn led off the sixth with a single, but Highlands added to their with an RBI single, going up, 15-8. With two out in the final inning, Enyssa Dominguez singled to right, and Hailey Haas put one in center field. Wick was walked to load the bases, but all were stranded, ending the game.

GAME NOTES

·        Bordine led the offense with two this and three RBI

·        Porter batted in three runs

·        Wick posted two hits, scoring twice

·        Sophia Garcia (L, 2-4) recorded the loss. Vanessa Candito struck out two batters in 2.2 IP

·        Jolissa Valdez (W, 6-11) picked up the win

GAME TWO

Despite a Quinn single and Bordine double to start the second game, Highlands was able to take another first-inning lead with a sacrifice fly and an RBI single. Regis held the Cowgirls scoreless in the second and third, with the help of two Eliza Legge strikeouts, but in the fourth, after another Bordine hit, NMHU scored two runs on a two-out single.

Angelina Romero-Barros was left on base in the fifth, as was Wick in the sixth after her single. Highlands added to their advantage with an RBI double, securing the 5-0 win.

GAME NOTES

·        Bordine went 2-3 at the plate

·        Three other Rangers had one hit

·        Legge (L, 3-8) struck out four Cowgirls.

·        Liliana Vigil German (W, 2-3) earned the complete game win

UP NEXT

The Rangers and Cowgirls play another doubleheader on Sunday, April 19, first pitch set for 11 am.