GAME 1 - COLORADO CHRISTIAN 9, MINES 1 (6 inn.)
Five home runs by Colorado Christian powered their 9-1 win in six innings over Colorado School of Mines to open the series Saturday morning.

Casiddy Chvatal homered for Mines' lone run as she had the start in the circle. The Orediggers generated six hits in the game, all off different bats.

Sami Edwards and Piper Lujan went deep with solo home runs in the first and second, respectively, to put the Cougars ahead, and Logan Menzies' double made it 3-0 in the fourth. Chvatal's solo shot, her second of the year, made it 3-1 in the fifth, but the Cougars blew the game open with a four-run fifth keyed by three big flies from Miki Berg, Kenzie Middleton, and Lujan. A sacrifice fly in the sixth from Edwards set up a walk-off RBI single by Sydney Reamer to end the game at 9-1. 

Chvatal (4-6) departed in the fifth allowing seven runs with two strikeouts. Taylor Wayne finished the game allowing two runs. Alexis Hamilton (14-1) struck out six in the victory.

GAME 2 - COLORADO CHRISTIAN 4, MINES 0
Colorado Christian made the most of its scoring opportunities with five extra-base hits to win Saturday's second game, 4-0.

As they did in game one, the Cougars (35-5, 23-1) hit for power with two home runs and three doubles as they extended their program-best win streak to 21 games with the victory.

Abrie Castillo (13-2) struck out a pair in the complete-game shutout. Sadriena Rodriguez (4-5) had five strikeouts in pitching five innings, with Taylor Wayne throwing a scoreless sixth in relief.

Kenzie Middleton led off the first with a solo home run before a two-run third inning keyed by Taylor Olsen's RBI ground-rule double and a base hit by Piper Lujan extended the advantage to 3-0. Olsen smacked a one-out home run in the fifth to set the score at 4-0. 

Mines was not without chances as they had five hits and put runners in scoring position in three innings. The Orediggers' first opportunity came in the first when Renata Boyd and Lauren Decker were on third and second with one out before CCU escaped the jam; in the fourth, Sara Larson was pushed to third on Kailey Robb's double but both were stranded there.

NEXT UP
Mines and CCU conclude their series Sunday at 2 p.m. at All-Star Park.