GAME 1 - REGIS 4, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 3
Colorado School of Mines' rally fell a run short as they nearly came back from 4-0 down in Regis' 4-3 win to open the series.

Sidney Wilson led Mines at the plate going 2-for-3 and Lexie Semeyn smashed a two-run home run as the Orediggers collected more hits (7 to 5) than the Rangers, but were done in by two errors in a long fourth inning that allowed Regis to do all of its scoring. Mines wore special pink uniforms for the game in support of Strikeout Cancer.

Cassidy Chvatal (4-8) was the hard-luck loser as she allowed only two earned runs and scattered five hits in the complete-game effort while striking out six. Regis' Kylie Harpman (15-7) whiffed eight in the win. 

Chvatal and Harpman dueled through three scoreless innings before Regis loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth. A play at the plate resulted in their first run, and an error allowed two runs to score before Madison Flores' sacrifice fly made it 4-0 later in the inning. Mines found a double play to escape the threat, however, and answered back in the fifth when Chvatal led off with a single and later scored on Wilson's base hit.

Sara Larson led off the sixth with a single before Semeyn drilled her second of the year to left field to make it 4-3; after a 1-2-3 top of the seventh by Chvatal, Mines put two on with one out but left the winning run on first as Harpman induced a lineout and a strikeout to win the game.

GAME 2 - COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 11, REGIS 8
Mines ended Friday by coming out on top in a wild back-and-forth game, beating Regis 11-8 after trailing entering the bottom of the sixth.

The Orediggers (14-24, 14-14 RMAC) again outhit the Rangers (26-19, 20-10 RMAC) by a 13-10 margin but this time it paid off with a win. Sidney Wilson stayed hot going 3-for-4 with two RBI while Kayleigh Krueger drove in three and both Renata Boyd and Lauren Decker had two-RBI games. 

The lead changed hands five times in the game with the final three innings seeing the team combine for 15 runs after Mines led 3-1 through four. Regis scored in the first on Rachel Williams' RBI single, but Mines responded with a two-spot in their first at-bat as Decker tripled in Boyd and Wilson singled in the next run for the lead. Sara Larson's base hit to score Wilson in the fourth extended the lead to 3-1, but things went sideways for the Orediggers in the fifth as RU generated five runs off two hits, an error, and two walks, with the inning keyed by Shelby Shepherd's pinch-hit two-run double to lead 6-3.

Mines came right back to tie it in the bottom of the fifth, though, as Decker singled off the pitcher to plate Kailey Robb before Krueger roped a single to center to bring in Decker and Ellaena Rodriguez for a 6-6 score. Regis led yet again with Raper's RBI single in the sixth, but the Orediggers slammed the door with a five-run sixth of their own. Boyd started the rally with a two-run single, Semeyn scored on an error, Wilson drove in Boyd, and Krueger's sacrifice fly pushed Decker across to suddenly make it 11-7.

Regis threatened in the seventh and scored a run on a Carryn Leto single, but Decker battled in the circle to get a lineout and flyout to escape with the tying run at the plate.

Both teams used three pitchers with Mines starter Sadriena Rodriguez departing in the fifth after allowing six runs (two earned); Taylor Wayne (3-4) ended up with the win calming the game in the fifth and sixth, and Decker closed things out in a non-save situation in the seventh. Regis' Katherine Raper (2-1) took the loss in relief of starter Abby Covington, with Raper allowing seven runs. 

NEXT UP
Mines and Regis complete their series Saturday with an 11 a.m. start.