Cowgirls Swipe Two From Rangers

Las Vegas, New Mexico- On a busy and lovely Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, the Cowgirls softball team opened their series with the visiting Regis Rangers

Game 1 : Regis University (RU) 8  -  NMHU 15
Cowgirls drew first blood in the first inning on a Yasmin Villa single, followed by a Shaylene Saladin single to score Villa, making it 2-0. They followed that up by scoring two on a Cheyenne Ben single that scored two more.
The Rangers answered in the third with five runs to take a 5-4 lead, but the Cowgirls had a response
Putting up five runs of their own in the third started off with an Aliya Rhees double to score Hallie Watkins, a wild pitch, a bases-loaded walk, Jazmyn Griego singled to score one, and Saladin continued her good day with another RBI.
The Rangers got three in the fourth. Cowgirls answered.
Giana Marez homered to right center, and then Olivia Boswell scored on a wild pitch and another Villa single.
The Cowgirls then scored two in the 5th and one in the 6th to capture the victory in game one.

Cowgirls Stat Leaders Game 1:
Cheyenne Ben 2-3 3 RBI
Yasmin Villa 2-3 2 RBI
Giana Marez 3-4 HR
Shaylene Saladin 2-5 3 RBI


Game 2 : Regis University (RU) 0  -  NMHU 5
Liliana Vigil German got the start in game two, and she shut the Rangers' offense down with a complete game shutout.
Her offense helped her out, too. Hallie Watkins had a sac fly to score a run in the first, then Shaylene Saladin continued her good day, knocking in her fourth run of the day on a single. Villa also continued her good day, getting two more RBI's to up her total to four on the day. She then doubled in the 6th to give the Cowgirls the 5-0 victory.


Cowgirls Stat Leaders Game 2:
Cheyenne Ben 3-4 2B
Yasmin Villa 2-4 3 RBI
Liliana Vigil German 7 IP 0 R 0 ER 4 H

RBI Machines: 
Yasmin Villa had a total of five RBI's today, along with Shaylene Saladin, who had a total of four on the day, and Cheyenne Ben had three as well.

Up Next: The Cowgirls will be back tomorrow with the final two games of the series against the Rangers, with first pitch at 11 AM.