colorado springs, colo. - the golden bears (5-1) climbed into the record books today in two categories, one that helped lead to a 6-4 win and another that resulted in a 2-4 loss. Concordia marked a program high four triples on their way to a win over chadron state (0-1) in their opening game at the rmac/nsic crossover. They turned around with seven fielding errors in a loss to fort lewis (1-0) later in the day, ending their season-opening five-game winning streak. The golden bears continue play tomorrow in colorado springs, facing metro state and again meeting chadron state. csc box score flc box score
in their first outdoor game of the season, the golden bear softball team drilled a school record four three-baggers in a 6-4 win over chadron state. Freshman
jamie lindboe accounted for two of the triples, one driving in the team's two runs of the opening inning.
the golden bears were the dominant offensive team through the first four innings of play, following their two-run first inning with three runs in the second. sami mattson led the inning off with a triple and came around to score off of a csc error. anna bjorlin, who went 2-of-3 at the plate with a walk, drove in another run with the game's third triple. She later came around to score in the inning.
the game got interesting in the seventh inning, however, as chadron state rallied from a 6-1 deficit to set the score at 6-4, ending the game with the tying run on second base. Behind the work of stephanie schmikla (3-0), the golden bears stranded the runners and held on for the win. The teams were matched with nine hits each.
concordia caught a few bad bounces and made some mental mistakes in their second game of the day, committing seven fielding errors (all-time single game high) as fort lewis college ended the team's five-game winning streak. For the first time this season, the golden bears failed to put up the first runs, with an error allowing fort lewis to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
the golden bears were not the only ones riddled with errors, however. Two miscues by fort lewis allowed concordia to take a tie the game after two innings, with their run coming unearned. After flc regained the lead with an unearned run in the third, the golden bear offense started to get back on track in the fourth. calli brennan led the inning off with a double to right center. Singles from nikki scherr and mollie lenzi loaded the bags, and bjorlin delivered with an rbi single in the next at-bat, tying the game at 2-2.
fort lewis put up the game-winning runs in their final trip to the plate, credited with three hits in the seventh inning that scored the go-ahead runs. The golden bears were silenced in the last two innings, going three up and three down in each frame.
brennan was one of two cu players to record multiple hits in the game, going 2-of-3 with a run scored. natalie mast also marked two hits in the game. jenn kaminski worked the first five innings, allowing five hits without an earned run. Schmikla (3-1) came in for the final two innings of work, taking the loss after giving up the final earned run. The teams were matched in hits, 8-8.
