Roadrunners complete four game sweep against Cowgirls

Las Vegas, NM --- MSU Denver comes back from three runs down to beat the New Mexico Highlands softball team in game three 6-4 and finish the sweep on Saturday afternoon at the HU Softball Field.
 
Lead-off Camrynn Ziegler (Jr: El Paso, TX) reached on an error by MSU Denver second baseman Ari Valdez in the bottom of the first inning before Savannah Pineda Chavez (Fr; Montebello, CA) moved her to second with a sacrifice bunt. A Megan Gutierrez (Fr; Whitier, CA) walk set up Carlee Gonzalez (Fr; Rocklin, CA) to double to center field to give the Cowgirls a 1-0 lead. A two-out, 2 RBI single from freshman Samantha Gamboa (Albuquerque, NM) to right-center gave the Cowgirls an early 3-0 advantage.
 
Three straight walks from Gamboa in the top of the third inning, followed by two hits set up the Roadrunners to score four in the inning, to take their first lead of the day at 4-3.
 
MSU Denver added two runs in the fifth and sixth innings as the Cowgirls went into their final at-bat down 3-6.
 
Again, Ziegler continues to show her poise in the batter's box as she knocked a single to right field. Chavez registered her third hit of the game to put two runners on base for the Cowgirls as Carlee Gonzalez would load the bases with a hard hit shot to third base. With two outs and the winning run on base, MSU Denver reliever Destinee Lopez struck out Gamboa swinging to give the Roadrunners a 6-4 win in game three.
 
Chavez led the Cowgirls with three hits while Samantha Gamboa finished with a team high 2 RBI. Gamboa also received her first collegiate start in the circle giving up five runs off two hits and striking out two Roadrunners.
 
Both teams scored a run in the first and second innings of game four before MSU Denver scored two runs to take a 4-2 lead after three innings of play. The Cowgirls answered with a run in the fourth inning after capitalizing off a fielding error by MSU Denver shortstop Haley Doughty.
 
The Roadrunners responded with four runs in the fifth inning and went on to take game four, and finish the four game sweep against the Cowgirls 10-3.
 
Ziegler finished with a team high two hits while Taylor Fish (Fr; Wildomar, CA) added 2 RBI to her stat line. Nathalie Blattmann (So; Abbottsville, Canada) moves to 2-7 on the season after giving up eight runs off six hits and striking out two Roadrunners.
 
The Cowgirls will be back in action next weekend as they are set to host Chadron State with double headers starting at 12 pm on Saturday, March 27^th.
 
GO COWGIRLS!!