The Fort Lewis women’s lacrosse team celebrated more than just the seniors Sunday on Senior Day at Ray Dennison Memorial Field.
The Skyhawks (7-6, 5-3 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) and their fans said goodbye to seniors Nikki Fry, Megan Longtain, Rebecca Miller, Alyssa Montoya and Alyssa Spencer before blowing out Colorado State University-Pueblo ( 16-6 in the team’s final home game of the season.
Ryann Pierce led the way with three goals and two assists. Fry and Miller scored twice in their home swan song, while Sammy Delli, Shelby Madden and Kelli Warmouth added two goals each as well. Fry also pitched in two assists.
Seven different Skyhawks scored the game’s first seven goals to give the home team a commanding lead in the first 15 minutes.
The ThunderWolves cut the deficit to 9-4 at halftime, but the Skyhawks put it away early in the second half.
FLC matched the hot start by scoring the first seven goals again in the second half. The Skyhawks eventually led by 12 before taking its foot off the gas pedal.
Spencer made seven saves and allowed just four goals in 44 minutes of play between the pipes in her final home game.
Fort Lewis will wrap up regular season play at 3 p.m. Friday at Adams State. FLC has already qualified for the RMAC Tournament.
Fort Lewis’ softball team hit the road to play CSU-Pueblo, and the ThunderWolves got the best of the Skyhawks
The ThunderWolves (19-25, 16-20 RMAC) scored 11 runs in three of the four games en route to a two-day series sweep. CSU-Pueblo won Saturday’s games 11-4 and 11-10 before taking Sunday’s doubleheader from FLC (6-39, 5-31 RMAC) 11-3 and 7-4.
The weekend got off to a decent start for the Skyhawks, but six runs allowed in the ThunderWolves’ fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie and put the game out of reach.
Angelique Elemen hit a two-run home run and Tristen Gilbert was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in and two runs scored in the loss.
The second game of the day was getting out of hand as CSU-Pueblo led 7-1 after three innings. FLC showed a lot of heart and nearly pulled off a great comeback. Fort Lewis scored nine runs in the final three innings, but came up short 11-10. Elemen had another fine day at the dish going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored. Adriana Rosthenhausler was 4-for-5 and drive in two runs in game two.
Sunday’s first game was decided by another huge inning for CSU-Pueblo. Fort Lewis had a nice start and jumped out to a lead after two Gilbert singles and a sacrifice fly by Gianna Melaragno gave FLC a three-run advantage.
They couldn’t hold the lead, though, as the ThunderWolves tied the game in the third and ended it in the fifth. CSU-Pueblo’s K’Lee Kent capped off an eight-run fifth with a grand slam that gave the ThunderWolves an 11-3 lead and ended the game early.
Gilbert was 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Rosthenhausler, Allison Young and Lauren Caldwell each had two hits in the loss.
The series finale was more of the same as a six-run fifth inning doomed the Skyhawks again. Elemen and Gilbert hit back-to-back home runs in a three-run sixth inning, but FLC came up short in the end 7-4.
The Skyhawks will try to end the season on a positive note at 1 p.m. Saturday as they begin a four-game set against Chadron State at Aztec Tiger Sports Complex in Aztec, New Mexico.
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