USU Eastern vs CSN

Game 1

Marisa Bowman drives in seven to lead Utah State Eastern to a 22-6 victory of College of Southern Nevada.

Freshman Marisa Bowman drove in seven runs on three hits to lead the Eagles. Bowman drove in runs on a single in the first, a grand slam in the second, and a home run in the fourth.

Utah State Eastern earned the victory despite allowing CSN to score four runs in the third. In the first inning, the Eagles got their defensive started when Bowman singled, scoring one. 

Utah State Eastern tallied ten runs in the second inning. The offense cam from home runs by Bowman, freshman Shayna Alofipo, a single by freshman Gigi Canales, a sac fly by sophomore Josie Hiatt and an error on a ball put in play by freshman Madie Luck.

Sophomore Nyah DeRyke got the win for Utah State Eastern. DeRyke lasted three innings, allowing zero hits and four runs while striking out three. Freshman Grace Jenkins threw two innings in relief.

Utah State Eastern tallied five home runs. Freshman Jenna Sutliff had a home run in the first inning. Freshman Morgan Tanner went yard in the third. Alofipo in the second and Bowman in the second and fourth. 

The Eagles racked up 16 hits on the day. Bowman, Sutliff, Tanner and Canales each had multiple hits for Utah State Eastern. Tanner, Sutliff, and Bowman each collected three hits to lead the Eagles. Utah State Eastern had 36 plate appearances, 29 at bats, a team average of .552 and a slugging percentage of 1.138.

• Marisa Bowman drove in 7 runs
• Had a ten run second inning
• Had 16 hits

"Our bats were hot in the first game and its as simple as that. Not only were were on offensively, our pitchers and defense did great too!"  - Coach Shurtliff

Game 2

Despite a late comeback, Utah State Eastern falls 4-5 against CSN.

Utah State Eastern fought back after falling down by five runs in the fifth inning. The Eagles put up four runs in the failed comeback. Freshman Marisa Bowman and sophomore Nyah DeRyke picked up RBIs to lead the rally.

Utah State Eastern couldn't keep up with CSN early in the game.

Freshman Emma Marchant took the loss for Utah State Eastern. She surrendered five runs on eight hits over seven innings, striking out four. 

Utah State Eastern launched one home run in the game. Bowman went deep in the sixth inning. Bowman went 2-4 at the plate to lead the Eagles.

Utah State Eastern had 30 plate appearances, 28 at bats and a slugging percentage on .393.

• Emma Marchant struck out 4
• Marisa Bowman went 2-4
• Had 7 hits

"We had a hard time stringing hits together and coming back after a rough first inning. We made a good comeback and I was happy with our effort unfortunately we just couldn't come through sooner."  - Coach Shurtliff

Game 3

Sutliff delivers four hits to a lead Utah State Eastern to a 14-6 victory against CSN.

Freshman Jenna Sutliff had the hot hand on Saturday, tallying four hits and leading Utah State Eastern to the win. Sutliff homered in the first, singled in the second, homered in the fourth and sixth. 

Utah State Eastern grabbed an early lead in the first. The Eagles scored on a double by freshman Marisa Bowman and a home run by Sutliff. Utah State Eastern notched five home runs in the sixth inning. Sutliff, sophomore Regan Bossow, freshman Gigi Canales, and freshman Shayna Alofipo all contributed In the big inning with RBIs. 

Sophomore Nyah DeRye took to the win for Utah State Eastern. The righty went six innings, allowing six runs on ten hit and striking out six.

Utah State Eastern launched four home runs on the day. Sutliff went yard in the first, fourth, and sixth innings. Sophomore Josie Hiatt put one out in the fourth inning. The Eagles scattered 14 hits in the game. Sutliff, DeRyke, Bowman and Alofipo each managed multiple hits for Utah State Eastern. Sutliff led Utah State Eastern with four hits in four at bats. Utah State Eastern had 38 plate appearances, 32 at bats, a team average of .438 and a slugging percentage of .969.

• Eagles had a 5 run sixth inning
• Nyah DeRyke struck out 6
• Eagles had 5 home runs
• Eagles totaled 14 hits

"We did a good job at answering back after csn put up runs in the top of the first and after that we never looked back.  

Game 4

Utah State Eastern suffers a tough 6-7 loss against CSN.

Utah State Eastern stayed in it until the end, but CSN pulled away late on Saturday. The game was tied at six with CSN batting in the top of the seventh when an error scored one run for CSN.

Utah State Eastern lost despite out hitting CSN 14 to 10.

Utah State Eastern captured the lead in the second inning. Freshman Shayna Alofipo doubled, scoring one. 

Freshman Emma Marchant took the loss for the Eagles. Marchant went six innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits and striking out three. 

Utah State Eastern tallied two home runs in the game. Freshman Jenna Sutliff went deep in the fifth inning. Freshman Morgan Tanner had a homer in the fifth inning. The Eagles racked up 14 hits in the game. Tanner, sophomore Nyah DeRyke, freshman Marisa Bowman, Sutlliff and Alofipo each racked up multiple hits for Utah State Eastern. Tanner went 3-4 at the plate to lead Utah State Eastern in hits.

Utah State Eastern had 33 plate appearances, 32 at bats, a team average of .406 and a slugging percentage of .688.

• Eagles had 14 hits
• Emma Marchant struck out 3
• Eagles had 2 home runs

"We battled in every game this weekend and put ourselves in situations to win but we just need to buckle down in the later innings and finish the job."  - Coach Shurtliff

Utah State Eastern takes the field again this weekend, May 7th at 1 pm against College of Southern Idaho, in Twin Falls, Idaho for their last conference series.