By: Kenzie Dorney – USU Eastern Athletics

Photo courtesy of- Jeff Barrett

The USU Eastern Eagles were on the road to take on Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) taking all four games over the weekend. The Eagles are riding an eight game win streak and pushed their overall record to 19-19.

Below is a recap of the games played:

Game 1

Utah State Eastern defeats CNCC in five, 29-4

Freshman Shayna Alofipo was clutch at the plate for the Eagles, driving in four on three hits. She had a home run in the first and third inning.

Utah State Eastern earned the victory despite allowing four runs in the fourth.

The Eagles opened up scoring four in the first inning, when Alofipo homered, scoring two runs. Eastern scored 12 runs in the second inning. Freshman Marisa Bowman, freshman Jenna Sutliff, sophomore Regan Bossow, sophomore Nyah DeRyke, sophomore Josie Hiatt and freshman Morgan Tanner all drove in runs in the frame. 

DeRyke was the winning pitcher for Utah State Eastern. She went three innings, allowing zero runs on one hit and striking out one. Freshman Malorie Luck threw two innings in relief.

Utah State Eastern launched six home runs for the game. Sutliff went deep in the second. Freshman Minerva Cruz in the third, Tanner in the second, Alofipo in the first and third, and DeRyke in the second. 

The Eagles racked up 22 hits on the day. Bowman, Alofipo, Tanner, DeRyke, Bossow, freshman Syndee Smith, and Cruz all managed multiple hits. Tanner, Alofipo, and Bowman each managed three hits to lead the Eagles. Utah State Eastern had 55 plate appearances, 46 at bats, a team average of .478 and a slugging percentage of 1.000.

Highlights:

• Shayna Alofipo hit 2 home runs
• Had a 12 run second inning
• Nyah DeRyke allowed zero runs
• Had 6 home runs

“It was a great team win. We did a good job at putting pressure on their defense and scoring a lot of runs along with out clean defense.” -Coach Shurtliff

Game 2

Marisa Bowman leads the Eagles to a 24-8 victory over the CNCC Spartans.

Freshman Marisa Bowman wasted no opportunities at the plate, driving in six on three hits to lead Utah State Eastern. Bowman drove in runs on a sacrifice fly in the second, a home run in the third, fourth and fifth inning.

There was plenty of action on the base paths for the Eagles as they collected 23 hits. Utah State Eastern took the lead for good with five runs in the second inning. In the second freshman Gigi Canales hit a solo home run, Bowman’s sac fly scored one, freshman Minerva Cruz singled, scoring one, freshman Morgan Tanner singled scoring one, and freshman Jenna Sutlifff doubled, scoring one. 

Utah State Eastern scored eight runs in the third. The offense was led by sophomore Josie Hiatt, Bowman, freshman Madie Luck, and Canales, all driving in runs in the frame. 

CNCC scored four runs in the third inning. 

Luck got the win for Utah State Eastern. She lasted five innings, allowing eight hits, eight runs and striking out five.

Utah State Eastern hit eight home runs in the game. Freshman Alex Deming had a home run in the fourth, Cruz in the first, Tanner in the first, Canales in the second, freshman Sydnee Smith in the fourth and Bowman in the third, fourth and fifth inning.

The Eagles racked up 23 hits. Smith, Bowman, Cruz, Canales, Sutliff, Deming, freshman Malorie Luck, Hiatt and Tanner all collected multiple hits for Utah State Eastern. Cruz, Bowman and Smith each collected three hits to lead the Eagles. Utah State Eastern had 45 plate appearances, 42 at bats, a team average of .548 and a slugging percentage of 1.214. 

Highlights:

• Marisa Bowman had 3 home runs
• Eagles had 23 hits
• Madie Luck struck out 5
• Eagles had 8 home runs

“We adjusted well at the plate and found the long ball again and it was fun seeing everyone hit.” Coach Shurtliff

Game 3

Utah State Eastern blows out CNCC, 10-3.

Despite a slow start, the Eagles found their bats in the third inning. Utah State Eastern notched four runs in the fourth inning. Freshman Shayna Alofipo and freshman Minerva Cruz each had RBIs in the frame.

Freshman Emma Marchant was the winning pitcher. She surrendered three runs on eight hits over seven innings, striking out eight.

The Eagles smacked two home runs during the game. Freshman Jenna Sutliff went for the long ball in the seventh inning and freshman Made Luck in the seventh. Utah State Eastern tallied 13 hits. Luck, Alofipo, freshman Marisa Bowman, Sutliff, and Cruz all managed multiple hits for the Eagles. Alofipo and Luck each collected three hits to lead Utah State Eastern.

Utah State Eastern had 38 plate appearances, 35 at bats, a team average of .371 and a slugging percentage of .686.

Highlights:

• Tallied 13 hits
• Emma Marchant struck out 8
• Scored 4 runs in the fourth

“Even though we were behind, we did a good job at not getting down and trusting ourselves to come through and we did.” Coach Shurtliff

Game 4

Morgan Tanner leads the Eagles to a 18-4 defeat over CNCC.

Freshman Morgan Tanner showed timely hitting, driving in six runs on three hits to lead Utah State Eastern. Tanner drove in run on a home run in the first, a double in the fourth, and a home run in the fourth.

CNCC scored four runs in the fourth, but the Eagles still managed to pull away with win.

Utah State Eastern opened up scoring in the first inning, when Tanner homered, scoring three runs. The Eagles scored eight runs in the fourth. The big inning was led with singles by freshman Madie Luck, Shayna Alofipo, and Marisa Bowman, home runs by Bowman and Tanner, and doubles by Tanner and sophomore Nyah DeRyke.

Freshman Grace Jenkins was the winning the pitcher for the Eagles. She allowed three hits and four runs over five innings, striking out three.

Utah State Eastern launched four home runs in the game. Freshman Minerva Cruz went for the long ball in the second inning, Tanner in the first and fourth and Bowman in the fourth. The Eagles tallied 17 hits. Sophomore Josie Hiatt, Tanner, Bowman, Luck, Cruz and Alofipo each managed multiple hits for Utah State Eastern. Tanner and Hiatt both had three hits to lead the Eagles.  Utah State Eastern had 36 plate appearances, 33 at bats, a team average of .515 and a slugging percentage of 1.091.

Highlights:

• Had a eight run fourth inning
• Collected 17 hits
• Totaled 4 home runs

“Our pitchers did a good job at keeping their hitters off balance and we had their backs by putting up runs.” -Coach Shurtliff

Utah State Eastern will take the field again this Friday, April 23 at 1 pm against Salt Lake Community College, in Taylorsville, Utah.