COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Black Hills State University softball team (1-10, 0-6 RMAC) opened the four-game Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) against the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Saturday afternoon. Despite the first-career home run from
Audrey Fouras and
Ashlynn Pauwels extending her on-base streak to nine-straight games, the Yellow Jackets dropped both games of the doubleheader.
GAME 1: UCCS 9, BHSU 0 (F/5)
PITCHING DECISIONS:
Win: Autumn Kunze (5-1)
Loss: Shayla Tuschen (1-3)
A promising start to the contest with a lead-off single from
Lily Simmons (So., Frederick, Colo.) but three-straight outs would end the Yellow Jacket threat. The Mountain Lions would get a runner into scoring position in the bottom half of the frame with two away, but
Shayla Tuschen (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.) would pick up her first strike out of the game to end the threat.
In the second inning, UCCS would get the first two runners on to start the inning. Tuschen would then pick up back-to-back punch outs to quickly make it two on with two away. The Mountain Lions would pick up one run in the inning on an RBI single, before Tuschen picked up the final out of the inning, also via strike out, but UCCS led 1-0 after two innings of play.
A five-run third inning for UCCS would open up a 6-0 lead for the home squad. Taking advantage of opportunities and a two-run home run would prove to be the difference in the inning, and the game for the Mountain Lions. UCCS would tack on three more runs in the home half of the fourth inning to take the 9-0 win in five innings in Game 1.
GAME NOTES
- Ashlynn Pauwels went 2-for-2 in the series opener, picking up her team-leading fifth double of the season.
- The multi-hit game also marks her team-leading third of the season, as she also extends her on-base streak to eight-straight games.
- Kayla Lee led off the game with a single, going 1-for-2 on the contest.
- Shayla Tuschen (1-3) made her fourth start of the season in the circle, throwing all four innings and punching out six Mountain Lions.
- She continues to lead the team in strike outs this season, now with 16 to her name.
GAME 2: UCCS 5, BHSU 2
PITCHING DECISIONS:
Win: K. Bond (3-1)
Loss: Laci Peskey (0-5)
A lead-off walked worked by Lee would see her come around to score to give Black Hills State the early 1-0 in Game 2 in Colorado Springs. The Mountain Lions would respond in the bottom half of the frame with a two-run of their town to take a 2-1 lead into the second inning.
A second inning two-RBI double for UCCS doubled their lead to 4-1. They would add one more run in the fourth to make it 5-1 at the time.
The fifth inning saw
Audrey Fouras (So., Jackson, Wyo.) hit her first-career home run to centerfield as it made the score 5-2. Though, that would be all the scoring for the Yellow Jackets as UCCS took Game 2, 5-2.
GAME NOTES
- Audrey Fouras hit first-career home run in the fifth inning to centerfield.
- She also picked up her first multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI (HR).
- Ashlynn Pauwels extends her on-base streak to nine-straight games going 1-for-3 with a base hit in Game 2.
- Kayla Lee reached base to star the game for the second-straight game with a lead-off walk.
- She also led the game with her two stolen bases, now 5-for-5 in stolen bases on the season.
- Taylor Dowden also tallied a stolen base, her third of the season.
- Now, as a team after today, BHSU sits 15-for-16 in stolen bases.
- Laci Peskey made her fifth start in the circle in Game 2, pitching all six innings and recording four strike outs.
Up Next: The Yellow Jackets conclude the four-game set tomorrow with the Mountain Lions with first pitch of the doubleheader slated for 11:00 a.m. from Colorado Springs.
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