Cowgirls drop two games against UCCS

Las Vegas, NM ---The New Mexico Highlands Softball team lost the first two games of a four game series with UCCS on Saturday afternoon.
 
GAME 1 RECAP – The Cowgirls got off to a slow start after they allowed the Mountain Lions to score in the second inning off of a sacrifice fly to right field. The Mountain Lions would add to their lead in the 3rd inning with a homerun that brought in 2 runs – and a 4-0 lead.
 
The Mountain Lions would add 3 more runs in the 4^th inning before NMHU Victoria Mata brought in Angelina Guthro on a hit to third base.
 
The Mountain Lions added 1 run in the 6^th inning and 7^th innings while holding the Cowgirls scoreless and would go on to win the game 9-1.
 
The Cowgirls finished the game with 5 hits and 0 errors while the Mountain Lions finished with 12 hits with 9 RBI and 0 errors.
 
Victoria Mata, Camryn Ziegler, Ashlea Ortega, Leah Osborn, and Angelina Guthro all went 1 for 3 on the game while Mata brought the only run in.
 
GAME 2 RECAP –
 
The Mountain Lions and Cowgirls were in a back-an-forth affair as both teams held each other scoreless through 4 innings before UCCS Santos broke the tie with a 2-run homerun. The Mountain Lions would add 1 run after that to close out the inning with a 3-0 lead.
 
The Mountain Lions would go on to win 3-0 as the Cowgirls would tally 3 hits. NMHU pitcher Belinda Gonzalez (0-7) threw for 6 1/3 inning while recording 7 strikeouts and walked 1 batter. Ashlea Ortega finished 2 for 3 on the day with 2 singles and a stolen base. Megan Gutierrez went 1 for 3 on the day with one single in the 7^th inning.
 
The Cowgirls will continue the 4 game series tomorrow with the games scheduled to begin at 11am in Las Vegas, NM.
 
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