CHADRON, Neb. -- The Chadron State College softball team starts Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with four games against Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's doubleheader begins at 12 p.m., and Sunday's will start at 11 a.m.
 
A year ago, Colorado Mines defeated CSC in three of four games.
 
Colorado School of Mines is currently 3-3 overall. Chadron State is searching for its first win of the season after started 0-10 while playing ten games in Florida.
 
Offensively this season, the Eagles are led by Aliyah Rothstein, a junior from Lakewood, Colorado, with a .310 average. Jessie Henchenski, a senior from Fort Collins, Colorado, had a team high four runs, three doubles and two homers while hitting .276 during the trip.
 
A total of three Eagles started games in the circle defensively. Kenzi Garner, a junior form Broomfield, Colorado, led the group with an ERA of 3.94 in 21.1 innings.
 
Kendall Aragon leads the Orediggers with an average of .400 and eight hits. As a team, Mines has only hit one homerun in its six games but have recorded a total of 15 RBI's.
 
Four different pitchers have started for the Orediggers and two remain undefeated. Kat Miller has an ERA of 1.50 while posting a record of 1-0 and Sadriena Rodriguez is 2-0 with an ERA of 2.50. The duo has only walked three batters and struck out 17.
 
Both teams are beginning RMAC play this weekend that will continue over the following 11 weeks.