Errors haunt Cowgirls against CSU Pueblo

Las Vegas, NM --- Errors haunt the Cowgirls as the New Mexico Highlands softball team drops a pair of RMAC games to CSU Pueblo on Sunday afternoon at the HU Softball Field.
 
The jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in game one after three walks from starting pitcher Samantha Gamboa (Fr; Albuquerque, NM) forced NMHU Head Coach Kevin Jannusch to make a quick pitching change.
 
The ThunderWolves held the Cowgirls scoreless for three innings while adding ten runs to their lead before the Cowgirls got on the board with a lead-off solo home run from Camrynn Ziegler (Jr; El Paso, TX), her 5^th in the season. The ThunderWolves would hold on to take game one 12-1.
 
Ziegler led the way for the Cowgirls with two hits and an RBI while Megan Gutierrez (Fr; Whitier, CA), Carlee Gonzalez (Fr; Rocklin, CA), and Tamia Yellowman (Fr; Phoenix, AZ) all tallied a hit a piece.
 
Savannah Pineda-Chavez (Fr; Montebello, CA) stepped in the pitcher's circle for the first time this season, throwing for two innings, giving up four runs off one hit while Gamboa turns to 0-8 on the year as the Cowgirls finish the game with three errors.
 
The Cowgirls flipped the page in game two jumping out to a 5-0 lead after the first inning. The Cowgirls saw the bases loaded after two walks and a lead-off single from Ziegler before Taylor Fish (Fr; Wildomar, CA) brought in Ziegler after being walked herself. Gamboa stepped in next to smack a single up the middle and score two runs for the Cowgirls before another single from Chavez scored two more runs to make it 5-0.
 
The Cowgirls added two more runs in the bottom of the third inning before CSU Pueblo scored their first run of the game with a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning by third baseman Marissa Piatt.
 
The ThunderWolves then rallied for six hits and used two Cowgirl errors in the top of the sixth inning to score seven runs and hold the Cowgirls scoreless in the bottom half to take game two 8-7.
 
Ziegler led the way again in game two with two hits as Chavez and Gamboa finished with a hit and two RBI's each. Nathalie Blattmann (So; Abbottsville, Canada) turns to 3-13 after pitching all seven innings and giving up eight runs and thirteen hits as the Cowgirls gave up four errors on the game.
 
The Cowgirls and the ThunderWolves will meet again tomorrow morning with a double-header slated for 11 am at the HU Softball Field.
 
GO COWGIRLS!!