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Skyhawks to meet Orediggers on the Front Range

2/21/2025 12:00:00 PM

By: Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement
Fort Lewis at Colorado School of Mines
Saturday, Feb. 22, Noon & 2 p.m. | Sunday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field | Golden, Colo.
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DURANGO, Colo. – For the second time in as many years, the Fort Lewis softball team (1-7, 0-3 RMAC) will line up opposite Colorado School of Mines (2-12, 2-2 RMAC) at Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field as the Skyhawks engage the Orediggers in a four-game Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference series over in Golden.
 
Last Time Out
The Skyhawks are heading back to the Denver, Colorado, area this weekend after dropping a three-game series to MSU Denver (8-4, 3-0 RMAC) last Sunday and Monday. The series was moved to the metro area due to winter weather conditions in Durango. Fort Lewis registered just one run in the series on a sacrifice fly from Cali Niccum that plated Briana Jorgensen in the first contest of the weekend. MSU Denver outscored Fort Lewis 19-1 over the series.
 
Team Figures
Fort Lewis enters the weekend with the twelve-best batting average (.205) and fourth-best earned run average (ERA) (3.81) among league opponents. The Skyhawks have registered just 44 hits in 215 at-bats, with 14 extra-base hits and 15 runs batted in (RBI). In the circle, FLC has surrendered the second-fewest earned runs in the league (31), with opponents holding a .303 average. The Skyhawks pitching staff has also struck out 25 batters against 15 walks.
 
Early Leaders
Senior shortstop Alex Tenorio and Jorgensen lead the roster with seven hits each, with Jorgensen matching freshman Rhiannon Lister for a team-high three RBIs. Freshman catcher Alyssa Fockler, who stands tied with sophomore Natalie Rodman with six hits each, leads FLC with 11 total bases on two doubles, a solo home run, and three walks.
 
Freshman Chloe Padilla (0-1) leads all pitchers on staff with a 1.68 ERA but has made just one appearance, throwing 8.1 innings. Hailie Mann (0-3) boasts a 3.75 ERA, having tossed a team-high 18.2 innings in her three starts. Behind Mann sits Addison Gavigan (1-1), who owns the only win thus far, with a 3.82 ERA across 11.0 innings, followed by Amiee Shanks (0-3) with a 4.79 ERA in 19.0 innings pitched. Shanks leads the roster with nine strikeouts to two walks.
 
Under New Leadership
Colorado School of Mines is under the direction of first-year head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk. The former standout at the University of Nebraska, who holds several program records in single-season and career batting categories, boasts a 252-346 career record with stops at Portland State and the University of Texas at El Paso.
 
The Orediggers had a rough start to the season, dropping 11 straight games before picking up a pair of wins to split its conference series with UCCS (7-5, 2-1 RMAC). Three of the games against the Mountain Lions were decided by six or more runs, with Mines winning 14-8 in eight innings and 15-4 in five innings.
 
CSM owns a .286 team average led by freshman infielder Lindy French, who boasts a .452 average with 14 hits, all singles, five runs scored, and two RBIs. Senior catcher Lexie Semeyn leads the roster in slugging with five home runs and one double for 11 RBIs across ten total hits. On the flip side, sophomore Ellen Shull leads the Orediggers with a 6.36 ERA through 25.1 innings pitched. Opponents are hitting .379 against Shull and have struck out just three times while drawing 12 walks. 
 
Up Next
Fort Lewis is set to make its home debut on Aspen Field next Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1, against Colorado Christian (8-6, 4-0 RMAC). Doubleheaders start at noon and 11 a.m. each day, respectively. Skyhawks Athletics will have free hot chocolate and hand warmers for patrons at the games.
 
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