Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 DURANGO, Colo. – Twenty hits and 27 runs scored in two games led the Fort Lewis College women's softball team to a sweep Sunday afternoon over Colorado Christian University.  The Skyhawks posted 10-3 and 7-0 wins at Aspen Field, completing the four game sweep over the Cougars.
 
"It was great to get a weekend sweep on our home field," said Fort Lewis College head softball coach Kira Zeiter.  "Our team has a lot of momentum going into the pod games next weekend.  The games against Colorado Christian are always good competition for us and I'm proud of the team for playing well against a solid team.  We'll work hard in practice this week to be ready for CSU-Pueblo and New Mexico Highlands."
 
In the first game of today's doubleheader, Destinee DeHerrera hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning to give Fort Lewis a 4-1 lead.  DeHerrera's homer, her fifth of the season, drove in Chelsea Rodriguez, Adriana Rosthenhausler and Missy Fundora.
 
Fort Lewis added two in the bottom of the third inning when Myndee Thompson notched her fifth home run of the season to drive in Rodriguez for a 6-1 lead. 
 
CCU cut the lead to 6-3 before the Skyhawks added four more in the fifth inning.  Thompson singled to centerfield that scored Rosthenhausler.  Kamali'i Peneku drew a walk that scored Rodriguez.  Hayley Bolyard capped off the inning with a single to left center that drove in Thompson and DeHerrera.
 
Victoria Johnson earned the win in the circle to improve to 6-5 on the year.  She allowed three runs on eight hits.  Olivia Goldberg picked up her second save on the weekend and after working two complete innings and allowing zero runs on five hits.
 
In game two of the day and game four of the series, Kiley Raica led the Skyhawks to their first shutout win of the season, 7-0.  Raica worked all seven innings and allowed only two hits and struck out three without walking one batter.
 
The Skyhawks recorded five of their seven runs in the bottom of the second inning.  With the first two batters going 0-2 at the plate, Kaitlyn Bending, Fundora and Rosthenhausler all loaded the bases.  Rodriguez then singled up the middle to drive in Bending.  DeHerrera added two more runs on a single that scored Rosthenahuseler and Fundora.  Thompson then doubled to center field to score DeHerrera and Rodriguez to finish the inning with five runs on five hits.
 
Rodriguez hit her eighth home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Mandy Owens hit a sacrifice fly to score Rosthenhausler for the seventh and final run of the game.
 
Rodriguez went 4-for-5 in Sunday's doubleheader with five runs scored and two runs batted in.  Fundora added four hits and two runs scored, while DeHerrera drove in five runs and scored three times on two hits.
 
In the four game series, Rosthenhausler went 10-for-16 at the plate with six runs scored and one run batted in.  Rodriguez added six runs and two runs batted in on five hits, while Thompson drove in five runs and scored three times. DeHerrera, who went 3-for-11 at the plate, scored four runs and added 11 runs batted in on two home runs.
 
"Each game this weekend was a good team win where the entire team was able to contribute and that was a big reason we were so successful," said Zeiter.
 
Victoria Johnson went 2-0 with five earned runs on 14 hits in 11.1 innings of work.
 
The Skyhawks (14-12, 10-6 RMAC) will travel to Pueblo, Colo. March 22-23 to face CSU-Pueblo and New Mexico Highlands University in pod play.