Oredigger softball falls to St. Mary’s (TX) and Hawai’i Hilo on first day of the Desert Stinger Tournament

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Colorado School of Mines softball team fell to St. Mary’s (TX) by a score of 3-0 and Hawai’i Hilo defeated Mines, 5-3, on Friday afternoon at day one Desert Stinger Tournament in at Majestic Park.

The Orediggers were shutout in game one getting a pair of hits in the game, one off the bat of Jessica Hamlin and the other from Allysia Cisneros. Libby Balogh pitched a complete game (1-2) giving up three runs on six hits and striking out four batters for her first complete game of the season.

Mines jumped out to an early lead with a three-run first inning against Hawai’i-Hilo in its second game of the day. After two quick outs, an Alyson Beck two-RBI single followed by a Sarah Lustgraaf hit thorough the left side gave CSM the lead.

UHH scored a run each in the third, fifth and sixth innings and took the lead in the top of the seventh to make the score 5-3. Kaleigh Starr was able to reach base with one out but the final two batters popped out and flied out to end the game.

Kelly Unkrich dropped to 1-2 on the season as she pitched a complete game (5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) for the second time this season. Beck was 2-for-3 with two RBI in the game.

The Orediggers (2-4 overall) are scheduled to play at 5:00 pm against Academy of Art and St. Edward’s University (TX) at 7:00 pm on Saturday. CSM will play #4 Dixie State on the final day of the Desert Stinger Tournament, Sunday, Feb. 14th at 3:00 pm.

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