GRAND JUNCTION—The Adams State University softball team celebrated their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) tournament win since 2015 where they went 2-2. They rebounded from a 9-3 loss to Colorado School of Mines earlier in the day and eliminated the No. 3 seeded Metro State University-Denver Roadrunners with an explosive offensive. They earned a run-rule 10-0 win in five innings over the Roadrunners for their third win over them in five days.

"From the first to the second game, there was a complete different energy," noted Head Coach Dervin Taylor of the win. "We came out for blood and nobody was stopping us."

In their game, the Grizzlies scored two runs in the top of the first inning as they mimicked the first game. The Grizzlies saw Kalin Johnson connect on a hard liner for a triple to right center to score RMAC
Co-Offensive Player of the Year, Tyler Hays. Johnson was then chased home by First Team All-RMAC member senior Marissa Harmon as she singled to right field.

In the second inning, the Grizzlies put up four runs as MacKenzie Villarreal singled to center field to score Hays before April Riggins unleashed a three-run bomb to left field to score three unearned runs. Harmon and Villarreal scored on the home.

With a 6-0 lead, the Grizzlies scored three more runs in the top of the third, all unearned. Paige Reichmuth scored on a passed ball while Harmon doubled to right center to score Hays and Johnson. In the top of the fifth inning, ASU saw Villarreal narrowly miss a home run but she was able to chase Hays home on a sacrifice fly.

In the game, Hays proved that she earned the All-RMAC honor as she was 3-for-3 with four runs scored and one walk. Harmon and Riggins were each 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run scored. In all, Adams State had 13 hits.

The story of the game was Whitney Fields, who was in the circle. She dominated the Roadrunners as she pitched a complete five-inning game and only walked two while surrendering just four hits. Her changeup was dominate as she had five strikeouts on the day. 

ASU was able to score six unearned runs as they capitalized on two Roadrunner errors.

"It's a matter of setting the right tone, so if we set the right tone going into tomorrow, with that energy, then we should be good to go," noted Taylor. "The second game was so much better, with no errors and we hit the ball, which was huge."
Adams State will wait to see who they play on Friday as they are scheduled to play the loser of No. 1 Colorado Mesa University and No. 4 Chadron State. The game is scheduled for 3:15 p.m.