Skyhawks Softball Game Day Notes

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Fort Lewis heads into this weekend with an RMAC record of 10-10.
 
The Skyhawks are coming off a rough weekend on the road going 1-3.  The first day in Alamosa was split (W, 10-5; L, 0-3). Nikki Klepfer led the Skyhawks with three runs batted in in the victory over the Grizzlies. Victoria Johnson pitched 6.1 innings posting four earned runs and two strikeouts. The second day was swept by Adams State (L, 4-8; L, 0-8). Freshman Denae Fisher drove in a runner for one of the four tallies. Slugger Myndee Thompson had a double that was good for two RBIs. Kaitlyn Bending capped off the scoring when she scored off a fielding error. 
 
The Skyhawks will get their chance to rebound this weekend at home on Easter weekend against MSU Denver.
 
The Roadrunners have an overall record of 23-9 and a RMAC record of 14-4. MSU Denver is 5-4 in road games this season. The Skyhawks have an all-time record of 9-31 against the Roadrunners. MSU Denver holds an all-time record of 15-2 when playing Fort Lewis in Durango.
 
MSU Denver is led by slugger Mary Towner who is batting .416 this season to go along with five homeruns and 33 RBIs. Teammate Lani Redmond leads the team in batting average with a .467 mark. The Roadrunners leading pitcher is Kenzie Mattey who has an ERA of 2.92. Matttey has struck out 43 batters this season in 48 innings pitched. Mattey has won the RMAC Pitcher of the Week Award twice already this season. Cassidy Smith is MSU Denver's second leading pitcher. Smith has pitched in 96.1 innings this season for an ERA of 3.49 and 42 strikeouts.
 
Victoria Johnson will enter the circle for Fort Lewis. She has an ERA of 6.65 in 79.0 innings pitched this season to go with 34 strikeouts.
 
Kiley Raica will get the start in the second game of each day. She has posted an ERA of 4.83 this season in 87.0 innings. She has 50 strikeouts.  ?Raica has also made 22 plate appearances in the past weekends, accumulating six hits, three runs batted in and two runs scored.