PUEBLO, Colo. -- March 17, 2018 -- Chadron State College softball mounted a late offensive charge in game one on Saturday at Colorado State University Pueblo, but succumbed to a fast finish by the home team at the end of game two. The Eagles (7-16, 5-8 RMAC) won 7-4 in the early game, while the ThunderWolves (7-16, 6-8 RMAC) won 4-3 in walkoff fashion in the latter contest.

CSC pitcher Jessica Jarecki went to 4-9 with the win, fanning 10 batters while walking only two. Angelica Maples was 4-for-4 with two RBI, Allie Mason was 2-for-2 with a sacrifice hit and two runs scored, and freshman designated player Bailynn Meek was 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Pueblo led 2-0 from the first inning, until the fourth, when Aspen Eubanks walked, and Mason and Meek each singled, bringing home both RBI by Meek. In the fifth and sixth innings, Maples and Meek each had two-run homers, and following the final home run, Alyssa Geist slapped an RBI single, making it 7-2.

The ThunderWolves added two in the bottom of the sixth. Hannah Anderson took the loss for CSUP, going to 2-7 on the year.

In the second game, CSUP K'Lee Kent got to .500 with a four-hit performance, as it came back from a 2-1 deficit in the top of the fifth, to win 4-3.

Kayla Michel's two-run shot in the fourth made it 2-1 Eagles after an unearned run by the home team in the third. 

Pueblo retook the lead 3-2 in the bottom of the inning when Morgan Hatfield homered for two RBI, however the score was tied at 3-3 after five with an unearned run in CSC's favor in the fifth.

The ThunderWolves' Marissa Piatt singled home a walkoff run in the seventh after a pair of walks, a steal, and base hit, to end the game 4-3 and deal CSC pitcher her sixth loss of the year, at 3-6.

For the day, Meek was 4-for-7 and Maples was 4-for-8, each batter recording two RBI. Three of Meek's four base hits were doubles.

The Eagles and Thunderwolves take the field again on Sunday at 11 a.m.