PUEBLO, Colo. -- After having 17 runs in two games Saturday, the Chadron State softball team was only able to score four total runs in two games on Sunday, falling to the CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves 8-3 and 2-1.
 
In the two losses, CSC was outhit 20 to 13 and had six defensive errors compared to its opponents zero. The Eagles are now 3-15 overall and 3-5 in RMAC play. Pueblo improves to 5-14 overall and is also 3-5 in conference play.
 
In game one, both teams scored two runs in the first inning. The Thunderwolves added four more in the second to gain the lead, in which they never lost.
 
With two outs in the top of the first, a Jessie Henchenski single started a run for the Chadron State offense. Ashland Baca and Lauren Zimmerman each followed with a single of their own, giving Zimmerman an RBI and Henchenski the first run of the game.
 
CSC next batter, Mackenzi Kroll, a senior from Brighton, Colorado, hit a double to left center that brought Baca home and gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead.
 
After a base hit by Pueblo's leadoff batter, the Thunderwolves used a sacrifice bunt to advance the runner to second. Caitlyn Cole layed down another bunt for Pueblo and was able to reach second on an error by the Chadron State defense that brought the first run for the hosts home.
 
Cole advanced to third on a groundout and was brought home to tie the game by an RBI double. Both teams left two runners on base at the conclusion of the inning.
 
After an out on the first batter in the bottom of the second inning, Pueblo's next six batters managed to get on base. The hosts had four hits and drew two walks in the half inning to gain a 6-2 lead.

 The Eagles added one run to their deficit in the top of the third inning. Henchenski, a senior from Fort Collins, Colorado, started the inning with a double down the right field line but was ruled out due to a fielder's choice on the next play.
 
Zimmerman, a junior from Reno, Nevada, hit a one out double down the right field line that advanced Baca to third. Baca, a senior from Pueblo West, Colorado, was brought home by a Kroll sacrifice fly.
 
Pueblo added one run in the bottom of the fourth and another in the bottom of the sixth inning. In the fourth, a double brought a runner home from second while a single did the same in the sixth inning.
 
Kenzi Garner, a junior from Broomfield, Colorado, received the loss on the mound for CSC. Garner pitched 1.2 innings while allowing six hits and six runs, four being earned. Brooklyn Levin, a freshman from Littleton, Colorado, allowed six hits and two runs in 4.1 innings of work.
 
Chadron State finished with eight hits and two errors in the loss.
 
Scoring didn't start until the top of the fifth inning in CSC's 2-1 game two loss.
 
Zimmerman recorded CSC's second hit of the game with a lead off double to left field. After Zimmerman was pinch ran for by Jolynn Niegocki, a sophomore from Tuscon, Arizona, Kroll advanced her to third on a pop fly.
 
Sophia Brennan, a freshman from Wahoo, Nebraska, brought Niegocki home with a single up the middle, giving CSC a 1-0 lead and their only run of the game. The half inning was ended with a double-play by the Thunderwolve defense.
 
Pueblo tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. After Cole hit a single and advanced to second on one of four errors by CSC in the game, she stole third and reached home on another CSC defensive error.
 
With the score knotted at one heading to the bottom of the seventh, Pueblo started the half inning with two singles. After scoring a run in the previous inning to tie the game, Cole hit a walk-off RBI double to right center, giving the Thunderwolves a 2-1 walk off victory.
 
Tori Haug, a senior from Commerce City, Colorado, received the loss in the circle in 6.1 innings of work. She allowed eight hits and two runs, one being earned. Haug finished with a new season high seven strikeouts in the loss.
 
CSC had five hits and four errors in the game.
 
Chadron State softball has its home opener next on the schedule. The Eagles will host UCCS on Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3.