ALAMOSA, Colo. -- April 21, 2018 -- Despite its starting pitchers throwing eight strikeouts apiece, the Chadron State College softball team struggled offensively through two tough losses to Adams State University on the road Saturday. The Eagles managed eight hits in two games, dropping the first contest by a 4-1 margin and the second, 6-3.

The opener saw ASU earn its winning runs in the bottom of the first inning, as the team strung together three hits - two singles and a double, to get on the board first at 2-0. The Grizzlies put two more scores across in a two-error third inning by Chadron State.

Leilani Niccum's RBI double in the sixth was the Eagles' only tally on the scoreboard, as CSC went three-up, three-down in the first, second, and fourth innings, stranding one runner on base in the other four innings. Kendyl Moody contributed a two-out triple in the third, but could not get an assist in the batter's box.

In the later game, Adams State again struck first, in its first time at bat, going up 2-0 once more. The Grizzlies never trailed thereafter, plating the game-winner in the third before running the score to 6-1 with four runs on four hits and a walk, all with two outs showing.

Chadron State put solo runs across in the third, fourth, and fifth innings. Alyssa Geist singled in the third and the fifth. The former scored Lauren Renck, who reached on a walk, and the latter became the Eagles' final run after Kayla Michel singled her home. Michel also had an RBI in the fourth when she solo homered to lead off the inning.

Chadron State fell behind CSU-Pueblo to 10th in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at 12-29 (10-21 RMAC). The Eagles are two and one-half games in back of ASU for seventh, two games behind Black Hills State, in eighth, and need to gain only a single game against Pueblo, which finishes with four games against No. 1 Colorado Mesa.

The series at Adams State concludes with two games on Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m.