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10
Winner Mountain Lions UCCS 12-12, 6-9 RMAC
4
Fort Lewis College FLC 3-22, 2-13 RMAC
Winner
Mountain Lions UCCS
12-12, 6-9 RMAC
10
Final
4
Fort Lewis College FLC
3-22, 2-13 RMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mountain Lions UCCS 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 10 13 0
Fort Lewis College FLC 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 12 3

W: Charlee Hoover (1-2) L: Gavigan, Addison (0-4) S: Autumn Kunze (2)

9
Winner Mountain Lions UCCS 13-12, 7-9 RMAC
8
Fort Lewis College FLC 3-23, 2-14 RMAC
Winner
Mountain Lions UCCS
13-12, 7-9 RMAC
9
Final
8
Fort Lewis College FLC
3-23, 2-14 RMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mountain Lions UCCS 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 9 13 1
Fort Lewis College FLC 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 9 3

W: Autumn Kunze (6-2) L: Mann, Hailie (2-6)

Alyssa Fockler vs. UCCS
Kaitlyn Silva
Alyssa Fockler (3) squares up the incoming pitch against the Mountain Lions on Aspen Field (Mar. 15, 2026)

Game Recap: Softball | | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Skyhawks settle for series split with Mountain Lions

Fort Lewis puts up a season-high 21 combined hits on Sunday

DURANGO, Colo. – Timely hitting for the Mountain Lions combined with untimely errors by the Skyhawks was the tale of the tape on a blustery Sunday afternoon as Fort Lewis softball (3-23, 2-14 RMAC) fell twice, 10-4 and 9-8 in nine innings, to settle for a 2-2 series split with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (13-12, 7-9 RMAC).
 
Hailie Mann (2-6), despite suffering the game-two loss, put forth an incredible individual effort this weekend, totaling 19.0 innings in her two starts with nine runs, only four of which stood as earned, on 23 hits, three walks, and seven strikeouts through 298 pitches and 199 strikes (66.8 percent). Alex Tenorio led the Skyhawks at the plate, finishing the day 4-for-8, with two apiece in each game, for five runs and one run batted in (RBI). Skyler Dietz, McKenna Timmons, Alyssa Fockler, and Trista Hoobler each had multi-hit games in game one, and Timmons, Fockler, and Dietz each recorded a hit in game two. Mia Cueva matched her career-high set yesterday with a 3-for-4 outing in game two, scoring one run and leading all players with four RBIs.
 
UCCS 10, Fort Lewis 4
UCCS came out swinging on Sunday morning, and despite coming up empty in its first three trips to the plate, the Mountain Lions would put up crooked frames in every inning down to stretch to pull out a convincing win behind a quality start from Charlee Hoover (1-2). Hoover went 3.0 innings, surrendering just one earned run on five hits and a wild pitch. Hoover put up a game-high six strikeouts, including four consecutive to start the game.
 
Fort Lewis put up one run each in the bottom of the second and third innings, first getting on the board with an RBI single from Fockler before tacking on another on a Mia Cueva sacrifice fly. After the Mountain Lions captured the lead in the top of the fourth, the Skyhawks managed to scratch out another pair of runs in the home half of the fifth inning on back-to-back RBI singles from Dietz and Carmen Alexander.
 
Six different Mountain Lions picked up hits, including a dominant 4-4 performance from Alyssa Gutierrez, who belted a bases-clearing two-run triple to lead all players with two runs and 3 RBIs, and eight different players scored runs. Gianna Pancost and Laynee Case turned in multi-hit games, and Case had the only other extra-base hit with an RBI double. Autumn Kunze (5-2) came in on relief, scattering seven hits for two runs in 4.0 innings of work against a pair of strikeouts to capture her second save of the year. Addison Gavigan (0-4) took the loss with three earned runs, five in total, on nine hits and one walk.
 
UCCS 9, Fort Lewis 8 (9 Inn.)
Fort Lewis' bats put the Skyhawks out in front in game two, scoring in its first trip to the plate on another Mia Cueva sacrifice fly after Tenorio doubled to open the inning. Fockler rocked her second home run of the season, and third of her career, with a lead-off shot in the bottom of the second that snuck just inside of the left foul pole. Tenorio and Mia Cueva would feed off the hot start, putting up back-to-back RBI singles to stretch the lead out to 4-0.
 
UCCS broke the shutout with a sacrifice fly from Mackenzie Johnson in the top of the third, and while Fort Lewis managed to counter back with a pair of runs in the fourth on a two-RBI single from Timmons, the Mountain Lions kept a steady pace, scoring twice in the fifth and sixth innings to pull back within one run. The Skyhawks had a counter of their own in the bottom of the sixth, scoring a pair of insurance runs on a double to right-center field from Mia Cueva. The insurance proved just enough as UCCS stormed back with three runs in the top half of the seventh, thanks to an RBI single from Addy Baxter and a two-run error by Fort Lewis.
 
The Mountain Lions would go on to win it and force the series split with a go-ahead RBI double from Mackenzie Scott in the top of the ninth before sitting down the Skyhawks in order. UCCS sent four arms to the circle, none throwing more than 3.0 innings, capped off by Autumn Kunze (6-2), who picked up the win with 2.0 innings of no-hit action with one strikeout. Hailie Mann (2-6) took the loss in another valiant outing, surrendering just four earned runs on 13 hits and no walks in her 9.0 innings of work. Mann led all pitchers with three strikeouts.
 
Notes
-Fort Lewis earned its first series split against UCCS since 2022, and its first RMAC series split this season, and now trails UCCS 81-43 all-time.
-Hailie Mann finished her weekend with a phenomenal nine runs, only four of which were earned, on 23 hits and three walks against seven strikeouts in 19.0 innings pitched.
-Mia Cueva matched her career mark with three hits in game two while setting a new career-high with four RBIs. Mia Cueva owns three of Fort Lewis' six three-hit games this season.
-Alex Tenorio posted her third-straight multi-hit game to register her team-leading eighth multi-hit outing this season.
-Alyssa Fockler posted her second homer of the season and third of her career in game two.
-Skyler Dietz leads all Skyhawks with a five-game hit streak, including four multi-hit games, followed by Alex Tenorio with a hit in three straight games, and Alyssa Fockler, Carmen Alexander, and McKenna Timmons with hits in back-to-back games.
-Skyler Dietz, Carmen Alexander, and McKenna Timmons lead the team, having safely reached base in each of their last five consecutive games.
 
Up Next
Fort Lewis will hit the road for spring break next Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 21-22, as the Skyhawks head for the Rawlings Softball Complex and Pueblo, Colo., to challenge the ThunderWolves of Colorado State University Pueblo (15-11, 11-5 RMAC). The ThunderWolves are coming off a 2-2 series split on the road at Adams State University (6-20, 5-11 RMAC).
 
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