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2
CSU Pueblo CPSB 7-15
7
Winner Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC 8-14
CSU Pueblo CPSB
7-15
2
Final
7
Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC
8-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CSU Pueblo CPSB 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 7 1

W: Shanks, Amiee (6-3) L: Marissa Robertson (2-4)

9
Winner CSU Pueblo CPSB 8-15
6
Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC 8-15
Winner
CSU Pueblo CPSB
8-15
9
Final
6
Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC
8-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CSU Pueblo CPSB 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 9 8 0
Fort Lewis Skyhawks FLC 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 9 3

W: Lucy Carney (0-0) L: Shanks, Amiee (6-4)

Amiee Shanks

Game Recap: Softball | | Angela Roberts, Assistant AD - Communications

Shanks earns sixth win of the season in Sunday split with ThunderWolves

BLOOMFIELD, N.M. – The Fort Lewis College softball team played to a series split with CSU Pueblo on Sunday, earning a game one win by a final score of 7-2 before falling 9-6 in the series finale. Fort Lewis moved to 8-15 overall and 6-10 in conference play while CSU Pueblo's record shifted to 8-15, 3-13 RMAC.

Game One: Fort Lewis 7, CSU Pueblo 2
The defense from Saturday's nightcap carried into game one on Sunday, highlighted by an attempted squeeze play from the Pack which was shut down by the left side infield to preserve a scoreless first half. The Skyhawks jumped ahead in the bottom of the inning with a passed ball to score Kayla Stone from third and Cat Rodman followed it up with her sixth home run of the season to make it 2-0.

The Pack knocked a homer of their own over the wall in left field, but quick ground outs by Amiee Shanks and Alex Tenorio minimized the damage in the top of the second inning. Fort Lewis got the run back in the bottom half when a pair of leadoff walks put a runner in scoring position for Tenorio. The sophomore stepped up and sent a sharp shot off the glove of a diving third baseman to bring Cara Daugherty home.

Shanks made quick work of the opposition in the top of the third, picking up three outs on just five pitches to flip the scorecard. Fort Lewis extended the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single up the middle from Daugherty that scored Sabrina Carrillo from third. After a pitching change, the Pack was able to pick up a swinging strikeout to send the game to the fourth.

The Skyhawks enjoyed a two-out rally in the fourth inning, kicked off with a walk by Rodman. Carrillo followed with a hit by pitch after a 12-pitch at-bat, setting up Izzy Giroux for an RBI single to the gap in right-center to make it a 5-1 ballgame. CSU Pueblo chipped away with one run in the fifth inning before a line out to third brought the Skyhawks back to the plate. It looked like Fort Lewis was going to head back to the field without scoring a run but heads-up base running by Alyssa Gutierrez allowed enough time for Daugherty to cross home plate as the inning ended.

CSU Pueblo picked up a one-out walk in the sixth inning, but the threat was eliminated when Tenorio turned in a double play with a snap up the middle. For the sixth-straight inning, the Skyhawks were able to plate a runner to extend the lead to 7-2 with three outs to work with for the Pack. CSU Pueblo picked up a leadoff walk, but the Skyhawks earned three outs to end the game in a 7-2 final.

Fort Lewis collected eight walks on the afternoon—the team's second-best mark on the year. Rodman continued her hot streak with two hits, three runs scored, and an RBI. Daugherty and Gutierrez each walked twice, and Tenorio led the team with two RBI. Shanks pitched a complete game, surrendering just four hits and one earned run for her sixth win of the season.

Game Two: CSU Pueblo 9, Fort Lewis 6
CSU Pueblo saw a 1-0 lead after the top half of the first inning in part to a fielding error that allowed a runner to score from second. Fort Lewis managed to knot it up courtesy of a sac fly from Rodman, but the Pack shut down the inning on the same play by throwing out the go-ahead run at the plate. Shanks, game two's starting pitcher, forced the visitors to go three up, three down in the top of the second. Her offense backed her up in the bottom of the inning when Gutierrez slapped a two-RBI single up the middle for a 3-1 lead.

The Skyhawks looked stout defensively in the third inning in part to a heads-up fielder's choice out by Shotton behind the dish, but CSU Pueblo answered back one batter later with a three-run homer to left field for a 4-3 advantage. Tenorio found the eventual third out with a smooth backhanded pick in the 5-6 hole to send the Skyhawks to the dugout. Fort Lewis brought its hit total to five for the game in the bottom of the inning, but an eventual caught stealing moved the game to the fourth.

The Pack picked up a lead-off home run to set the tone for a fifth inning that would see five runs cross the plate, extending the lead to 9-3. A walk and double followed to plate one, and the visitors would reach eight runs in the following at-bat when a squeeze play lured a throwing error to score a pair. Another steal, this time a delayed steal of third, would lead to another run with the inning's second throwing error finding real estate in left field.

Tenorio would not allow the Skyhawks to go away quietly, though, as the shortstop backed up her stout defense with a two-run dinger to left center to begin the bottom half of the fifth. The Pack settled in and collected a pair of outs to end the inning in a 9-5 score. After a quick top of the inning for relief pitcher Labraida Tenorio, the Skyhawks cut the lead to 9-6 with a solo shot from Alejandra Medina heading into the final inning.

Tenorio was equally as efficient in the seventh inning, capping the frame off with a looking strikeout to bring her team back to the plate down by three. Down to two outs, Alex Tenorio found her way on base after working the count back for a walk and taking two with a stolen base. She made her way to third on a routine groundout, and Carrillo followed that up with a walk to put runners on the corners. Giroux put some pace on a shot to left center, but a great read by the Pack center fielder ended the game in a 9-6 score.

Up Next
­­­­­­Fort Lewis (8-15, 6-10 RMAC) will be on the road next week to take on Regis University (14-12, 11-5 RMAC) on Saturday and Sunday. Game one on Saturday will begin at noon from the Regis softball field in Denver.
 
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