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3
Fort Lewis FLC 3-24, 2-15 RMAC
4
Winner CSU Pueblo CSUP 16-11, 12-5 RMAC
Fort Lewis FLC
3-24, 2-15 RMAC
3
Final
4
CSU Pueblo CSUP
16-11, 12-5 RMAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Fort Lewis FLC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0
CSU Pueblo CSUP 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 4

W: James, McKenna (8-7) L: Mann, Hailie (2-7)

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Fort Lewis FLC 3-25, 2-16 RMAC
4
Winner CSU Pueblo CSUP 17-11, 13-5 RMAC
Fort Lewis FLC
3-25, 2-16 RMAC
3
Final
4
CSU Pueblo CSUP
17-11, 13-5 RMAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Fort Lewis FLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0
CSU Pueblo CSUP 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 6 1

W: Miller-Sanchez, Eva (4-2) L: Padilla, Chloe (1-11)

Alex Tenorio vs. Colorado School of Mines
Kaitlyn Silva
Alex Tenorio (8) at shortstop against the Orediggers on Aspen Field (Feb. 28, 2026)

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

ThunderWolves walk-off Skyhawks twice on Saturday afternoon

PUEBLO, Colo. – Fort Lewis softball found itself six outs shy of two wins on Saturday afternoon, but Colorado State University Pueblo had other plans, walking off the Skyhawks in games one and two of the four-game Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference series by identical scores of 4-3 at the Rawlings Softball Complex.
 
The Skyhawks dropped to 3-25 overall and 2-16 in conference play despite a pair of quality starts in the circle from Hailie Mann (2-7) and Chloe Padilla (1-11). CSU Pueblo rose to 17-11 and 13-5 in RMAC action. 

Stella Romeo found a rhythm at the plate, going for 4-for-7 on the day with a pair of multi-hit games as well as a run scored and three runs batted in (RBI) on her first career home run late in game two. Alex Tenorio was the only other Skyhawk with one hit in both games. Fort Lewis did not commit an error in either game.
 
Game One – CSU Pueblo 4, Fort Lewis 3 (10 Inn.)
Fort Lewis jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, scoring first on an RBI double down the right field line from Skyler Dietz, and again on a ThunderWolves error forced by Romeo with a groundball to the right side. CSU Pueblo responded in the bottom of the inning, cutting the lead in half with an RBI single through the right side from CSUP's starting pitcher McKenna James (8-7).
 
James was lights-out in the circle for The Pack from then on, tossing 102 strikes among her 145 total pitches through her second 10-inning complete-game of the season. The RMAC leader in earned run average (ERA) at 1.56 entering the game, James scattered five hits and four walks for two earned runs while registering a career-high 12 strikeouts. Mann went the distance for the seventh time this year, dispersing eight hits, three walks, and three hit batters to blank The Pack in seven of her nine frames in the circle.
 
The Skyhawks managed to capture a 3-2 lead in the top of the tenth inning of Fort Lewis' sixth extra-innings contest this year, capitalizing on an error behind the plate to move Dietz to third base before Alyssa Fockler launched her first sacrifice fly of the season to right field. CSU Pueblo rallied with two outs; however, drawing even with another RBI single from James before Cali Cole sent the game-winning RBI single to left-center.
 
Game Two – CSU Pueblo 4, Fort Lewis 3
 The pitchers' duel continued into game two as Padilla toed the rubber opposite Eva Miller-Sanchez (4-2). Padilla would strike out six ThunderWolves, eclipsing five strikeouts in a game for the fifth time this season, and surrender four earned runs on six hits and a trio of walks in her ninth complete game of the year.
 
CSU Pueblo came up empty through the first four innings of action, but needed just one pitch in the bottom half of the fifth inning to break through as three-time All-RMAC First-Team selection Caitlyn Cole belted a two-run homer over the right field fence to put The Pack in front. Fort Lewis managed to erase the lead in the top of the seventh inning on a long-ball of its own as Romeo belted a three-run shot inside the left field foul pole for the first of her career. Cole, however, went on to win it all on her own, hitting her second homer of the game with a two-run walk-off shot to right field once more.  
 
Miller-Sanchez picked up the win, holding the Skyhawks to three runs on six hits without a walk or a wild pitch to her name. Miller-Sanchez struck out two, forcing seven groundouts and 12 flyouts in 86 pitches.
 
Notes
-CSU Pueblo won its seventh and eighth-straight games over Fort Lewis. CSU Pueblo holds an 82-30 lead over Fort Lewis all-time.
-Stella Romeo notched the first two multi-hit games of her career, and also launched her first collegiate home run with a three-run shot to left field in game two.
-Chloe Padilla has registered five or more strikeouts in five games this year.
-Alex Tenorio posted a hit in both games.
-Skyler Dietz recorded her sixth multi-hit game of the season, and fifth over the last seven games.
-Fort Lewis did not commit any errors for the seventh and eighth times this season. It's the first time this season the Skyhawks did not commit an error in either game of a doubleheader.
 
Up Next
The Skyhawks and ThunderWolves will duke it out with another doubleheader tomorrow, Sunday, Mar. 22, starting at 11 a.m. at the Rawlings Softball Complex.
 
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