New Mexico Highlands NMHU 13-27, 9-26 RMAC

Fort Lewis College FLC 15-27, 13-20 RMAC

New Mexico Highlands NMHU

13-27, 9-26 RMAC

Final

Apr. 20, 2024

Fort Lewis College FLC

15-27, 13-20 RMAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Mexico Highlands NMHU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Fort Lewis College FLC	2	1	1	0	0	0	X	4	7	0

W: Shanks, Amiee (8-14) L: Arianna Rami (4-12)

New Mexico Highlands NMHU 13-28, 9-27 RMAC

Fort Lewis College FLC 16-27, 14-20 RMAC

New Mexico Highlands NMHU

13-28, 9-27 RMAC

Final

Apr. 20, 2024

Fort Lewis College FLC

16-27, 14-20 RMAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
New Mexico Highlands NMHU	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4
Fort Lewis College FLC	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	3	5	0

W: Mann, Hailie (8-13) L: Maya Milano (7-7)

Angela Roberts, FLC Athletic Communications

Amiee Shanks (36) earned her third straight win in the circle on the back of her 22nd complete game of the year.

Game Recap: Softball | 4/20/2024 4:44:00 PM | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Pitching stays red-hot as Skyhawks handle Cowgirls twice to open series

Fort Lewis to contend for second consecutive series sweep

DURANGO, Colo. – The Fort Lewis softball team extended its winning streak to seven straight games Saturday afternoon as Amiee Shanks (8-14) and Hailie Mann (8-13) guided the Skyhawks to a pair of 4-1 and 3-1 wins, respectively, over New Mexico Highlands while donning turquoise in honor of the Nike N7 initiative.

Fort Lewis extended its season's-best winning streak to now stand at 16-27 overall and 14-20 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play while New Mexico Highlands takes its second and third consecutive losses falling to 13-28 and 9-27 in conference games.

Shanks and Mann combined for a pair of wins for the third straight doubleheader as the duo surrendered a total of four runs, two earned, on eight total hits, 10 strikeouts, and two walks.

Alex Tenorio and Mykel Torres supplied a pair of three-hit afternoons for the Skyhawks while Kayla Stone, who was recently named the Week 11 RMAC Player of the Week, led all players on the day with three runs batted in on a pair of solo and two-run home runs.

Game One – Fort Lewis 4, New Mexico Highlands 1
Shanks went the distance against NMHU's Arianna Ramirez (4-12) and edged the Cowgirls in just 95 pitches. While Shanks struck out four and walked two for three runs, only one of which was earned, Ramirez gave up seven hits resulting in four earned runs alongside three walks and one strikeout.

Stone and the Skyhawks jumped on the Cowgirls in the bottom of the first inning when Stone belted a two-out, two-run shot to right-center field for her third bomb in her last three games.

Shanks was perfect through the first five frames, sitting down all 15 batters and allowing FLC to add insurance runs in the second and third innings on an RBI single from Tenorio and a solo shot from Stone. In addition to a walk in the top of the seventh, New Mexico Highlands registered all three hits in the sixth inning and plated its only run on a single off the bat of Ramirez.

Game Two – Fort Lewis 3, New Mexico Highlands 1
It was a tight race once again in Saturday's matinee as Maya Milano (7-7) toed the rubber against Mann to close out the day. Mann took just 86 pitches to cruise through her 15^th complete game of the year and surrendered only one earned run on five hits with six strikeouts. Milano matched Mann with five hits allowed to the Skyhawks but gave up three runs, all unearned, with one walk and two hit batters.

It wasn't until the second inning of game two when Fort Lewis finally got on the board, using back-to-back-to-back singles from Catheryn Rodman, Cara Daugherty, and an error following Natalie Rodman's single to bring in the lone run. In the bottom of the sixth, Fort Lewis captured a pair of insurance runs thanks to back-to-back errors by the middle infield.

New Mexico Highlands threatened heavily in the top of the seventh, leading off the inning with a single and a double to place two runners in scoring position. Mann then drew a strikeout and dove across the third base line for a foul-out the following at-bat before the final single of the game scored one run and ended the shutout.

Nike N7
Since its creation in 2009, the Nike N7 Fund has awarded more than $7.5 million in grants to 259 Native American and Aboriginal communities and organizations, reaching more than 500,000 youths. The N7 Fund supports organizations that provide sports and physical activity programming to youth in these communities. Fort Lewis College is honored to be one of just 11 institutions nationwide selected to participate in the games.

Notables
-Fort Lewis still trails New Mexico Highlands 87-69 in the all-time series but continues to lead the Cowgirls 37-32 up on Aspen Field.
-Tomorrow, four Skyhawks will play in their final home games up on Aspen Field including Catheryn Rodman, Hannah Rutherford, Cara Daugherty, and Kayla Stone.
-FLC now owns a 3-1 record in its turquoise N7 jerseys debuted earlier this season.
-The Skyhawks now stand at seven consecutive wins marking the second-longest win streak since 2001.
-Fort Lewis is now in line for its second series sweep of the season. FLC has swept two four-game series ina. season just thrice since 2008 (2008, 2009, 2023).
-Amiee Shanks has posted three straight wins with a 1.00 ERA over the same span.
-Hailie Mann has earned five straight wins with a 6-1 record over her past seven outings with a 0.91 ERA across the same time frame.
-Kayla Stone has now hit four home runs in her last four games.

Senior Day Celebrations
Tomorrow, Sunday, Apr. 21, the Skyhawks and Cowgirls will square off in the final doubleheader on Aspen Field for the 2024 season. Games are slated to start at 11:00 a.m. with senior day celebrations set to take place between games.

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