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Box Score 2 DENVER – The Chadron State College softball team got back on the winning track Sunday during a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference doubleheader with Regis University.
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The Eagles, who entered Sunday's games with three straight losses, picked up a 5-3 victory over Regis in the opening game before falling 9-1 in the day's finale.
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The two squads will play two more games Monday at noon and 2 p.m.
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Chadron State (6-12, 3-3 RMAC) was also scheduled to play two games at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Tuesday but those games have been postponed to a later date because of scheduling conflicts, head coach
Dr. Robert Stack said.
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In Sunday's first game, Chadron State pitcher
Kylee Polsley tossed a complete game six-hitter and the Eagles scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to claim a 5-3 win.
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The Rangers (7-12, 6-3 RMAC) struck first in the opening frame but the Eagles added two runs in the second when
Courtney Lecher hit a two-run double to center field.
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Regis answered with two runs in the bottom of the third but
Morgan Wilhelm scored after a bases loaded walk in the top of the fourth to tie things up at 3-3.
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Following two scoreless innings, Chadron State scored two runs in the seventh off Regis miscues.
Jessica Eatmon reached on a fielder's choice that allowed
Sarah Knudsen to score on a bad throw.
Katelyn Kruger drew a walk in the Eagles' next at-bat and
Rebecca Wetsch scored to give CSC a 5-3 advantage.
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The Rangers were unable to mount a comeback as Polsley forced them into three straight outs in the bottom of the seventh.
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In the second game, Regis scored two runs in the first and added six more in the second to cruise to their 9-1 win in five innings.
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Kruger and Wetsch both hit doubles to provide the only hits for the Eagles.