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Cali Niccum (00) at the plate against the Orediggers at Joe Coors, Jr. Softball Field (Feb. 23, 2025).

Softball to meet Mountain Lions in Colorado Springs

3/7/2025 1:30:00 PM

By: Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement
Fort Lewis at UCCS
Saturday, Mar. 8, Noon & 2 p.m. | Sunday, Mar. 9, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Mountain Lion Field | Colorado Springs, Colo.
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DURANGO, Colo. – The Skyhawks will take to the turf of Mountain Lion Stadium this Saturday and Sunday as Fort Lewis (2-14, 1-10 RMAC) challenges UCCS (11-9, 6-5 RMAC) on the road in a four-game Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference series.
 
Last Time Out
Colorado Christian (16-6, 12-0 RMAC) made its way to Durango last weekend, and the Cougars left with a four-game series sweep. Fort Lewis, however, is the first conference opponent this season to avoid a run-rule loss at the hands of the conference leaders and just the second team this season to push CCU to extra innings. Despite the 4-1 final score, the Skyhawks, backed by a phenomenal outing from Hailie Mann (0-6), who recorded 104 strikes on 154 pitches in her complete-game outing, pushed the Cougars to ten innings before the hottest offense in the league found its footing and broke through.
 
Skyhawks Leaders
Senior third baseman Briana Jorgensen enters the weekend as the only Skyhawk with a +.300-batting average. The Casa Grande, Ariz., native is slashing .349 with 15 hits, three runs scored, and seven runs batted in (RBI), including three doubles and a home run. Freshman catcher Alyssa Fockler has ten hits to her name as the only other Skyhawk with double-digit hits. Fockler also boasts four doubles and a home run for five runs and four RBIs. As a team, Fort Lewis carries a .201 average with a .272 on-base percentage.
 
Mann leads all Skyhawks in the circle with 41.1 innings pitched thus far and owns a 4.57 earned run average (ERA) with a. team-high 17 strikeouts. Mann also matches Amiee Shanks (0-4) with three complete games. Freshman Chloe Padilla (1-2) leads the roster with a 2.29 ERA and .217 opponents' average. As a staff, the Skyhawks carry a combined 4.27 ERA and .317 opponents' average.
 
Scouting the Mountain Lions
UCCS is riding high after sweeping Chadron State (7-9, 4-8 RMAC) at home last Saturday and Sunday. The Mountain Lions earned three come-from-behind wins while blanking the Eagles 10-0 in game two. In total, UCCS outscored Chadron State 37-22 on 45 total hits.
 
The Mountain Lions are batting .368 as a team with seven players boasting a .300+ average. In addition, UCCS slugs it with the best of them, recording 43 doubles, seven triples, and 21 home runs in its 210 total hits (.579 slugging percentage). Freshman Tayler McCombs carries the roster with a .509 average, registering 28 hits for 18 runs and a team-leading 19 RBIs with five doubles, three triples, and four home runs to her name. Halley Redd, Jacqueline Berkowitz, Laynee Case, and Mackenzie Scott have each racked up 28, 23, 25, and 23 hits, respectively.
 
On the flip side, UCCS carries a combined 7.89 ERA as a team with a .342 opponents' average. Freshman Hannah Hunt (6-2) leads the roster in wins (6), innings pitched (42.1), ERA (6.28), opponents average (.302), and strikeouts (31). Behind Hunt resides Kailey Bond (2-1) and Autumn Kunze (2-4) with a pair of 7.08 and 9.36 ERAs, respectively. The trio are the only Mountain Lions to pitch more than 11 innings this season.
 
Up Next
Fort Lewis will return home to Aspen Field next Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 15-16, to host CSU Pueblo (8-11, 7-5 RMAC) for another four-game set, as well as the Skyhawks Youth Weekend.
 
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