ALAMOSA- The Adams State University Softball team had something to cheer about on Saturday as they were able to capture two exciting, 1-run, walk-off wins in Saturday's Pod Weekend action.

The Grizzlies battled and earned a come-from-behind walk off 5-4 win over UC-Colorado Springs in the first game before battling into the ninth inning before downing Regis 6-5.

"We have a very good team, that came back today," said Head Coach Dervin taylor after the games. "I'm very proud of them for the way that we came back and fought, but we have to stop making mistakes. It's the mental mistakes that are costing us, and when we don't make those mental mistakes we are a good team."

The Grizzlies will close out the six-game Pod Weekend action on Sunday when they take on Regis in the opener at 10 a.m., before capping off the tripleheader with UCCS at 2 p.m. Fans can follow live stats, watch the live video streak or listen in to the first radio games of the season on KSPK (104.1 FM or KSPK.com).

UCCS took the 2-0 lead in the opening game with a home run in the first inning,.

A leadoff triple for Adams State in the second inning  from April Riggins was followed by a sacrifice fly from Kaitlin Hoffmann would make it a 2-1 lead. The hit would be the only one for the Grizzlies in the first four innings.

Nikki Hoffman hit a home run for the second straight game with a two-out solo shot to right-center field in the top of the fifth, and Melissa Martinek followed with a double to right center on the next pitch. She would score for the second time  on an error at third base to push the UCCS lead to 4-1.

Adams State put its first two batters on base in the bottom of the sixth inning and tied the game at 4-4 with a home run from Marissa Harmon.

The Mountain Lions had a runner in scoring position in the top of the seventh with two outs but a groundout to the pitcher prevented UCCS from breaking the tie. The Grizzlies hit their third triple of the game with fresh face to the game Kelsi Kautz with one out in the bottom of the seventh and a single to right field from Kalin Johnson scored the winning run in the 5-4 decision.

In the second game, the Rangers came out on fire as they scored three quick runs but Adams State battled back and scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning including a 2-run blast from Tyler Hays to make the score 4-3.

An unusual error in the bottom of the fifth from Regis allowed the Grizzlies to extend their lead 5-3. A double in the top of the seventh inning locked the score at 5-5. ASU was able to get a runner on second but Regis shutout ASU in the bottom of the seventh sending the game to extras.

Both teams went one, two, three in the top and bottom of the eighth despite getting runners to third in both.

Another  error on two outs resulted in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth as Riggins reached on a muffed throw to allow Paige Reichmuth to score from third.