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Rams finish season with big road win
Keith Robertson
Issue date: 5/11/09 Section: Sports
The CSU softball team was already eliminated from post-season play when they traveled to play BYU, who had been undefeated at home this season. The Rams played two games against the Cougars in their final series of the season. They lost the first, 4-1, but rallied in the second game to be the first team other than the Cougars to win in Provo, Utah this season.
After a BYU score in the bottom of the first, game one went through three more innings before getting some more action. The Cougars scored three runs on four hits in the bottom of the fourth. The Rams tried a comeback in the sixth but were only able to muster up one run in the losing effort.
"It was just missed opportunities," head coach Mary Yori said.
The following day was very similar to the first. The Cougars started the same 19-9 pitcher, Paige Affleck, and the Rams found themselves down after the first inning, this time 4-0.
What was different this time was how the Rams attacked at the plate. The Rams put two on the board in the second when Shanon Causgrove and Robyn Mask each crossed the plate. A triple in the third gave BYU the 5-2 advantage but the Rams wanted to beat the unbeaten on their home field - and they did.
The Rams were able to come within two after Alison Majam, who finished 3-4 with two runs and two RBIs, hit a two-run homer in the top of the fifth.
"That was really a big boost," Yori said. "She delivered a couple of really nice hits."
The Rams horns went up and the team played very attentively, jumping on any rare mistake made by BYU. CSU tied the game at five after scoring on two errors committed by the Cougars.
The Rams made like Santa Clause and wrapped up the game in the seventh. With the bases loaded, Causgrove stepped to the plate and continued her clutch season as she hit the game winning single that plated Christine Thomsen and Majam.
The other senior savior, Kim Klabough, deserves credit as well.
After relieving freshman Dani Chaplin she pitched 6.1 innings only giving up one run against a team that averages six runs a game. In the switch from young to experienced the Rams struck gold to end their final game of the 2009 season.
After a BYU score in the bottom of the first, game one went through three more innings before getting some more action. The Cougars scored three runs on four hits in the bottom of the fourth. The Rams tried a comeback in the sixth but were only able to muster up one run in the losing effort.
"It was just missed opportunities," head coach Mary Yori said.
The following day was very similar to the first. The Cougars started the same 19-9 pitcher, Paige Affleck, and the Rams found themselves down after the first inning, this time 4-0.
What was different this time was how the Rams attacked at the plate. The Rams put two on the board in the second when Shanon Causgrove and Robyn Mask each crossed the plate. A triple in the third gave BYU the 5-2 advantage but the Rams wanted to beat the unbeaten on their home field - and they did.
The Rams were able to come within two after Alison Majam, who finished 3-4 with two runs and two RBIs, hit a two-run homer in the top of the fifth.
"That was really a big boost," Yori said. "She delivered a couple of really nice hits."
The Rams horns went up and the team played very attentively, jumping on any rare mistake made by BYU. CSU tied the game at five after scoring on two errors committed by the Cougars.
The Rams made like Santa Clause and wrapped up the game in the seventh. With the bases loaded, Causgrove stepped to the plate and continued her clutch season as she hit the game winning single that plated Christine Thomsen and Majam.
The other senior savior, Kim Klabough, deserves credit as well.
After relieving freshman Dani Chaplin she pitched 6.1 innings only giving up one run against a team that averages six runs a game. In the switch from young to experienced the Rams struck gold to end their final game of the 2009 season.
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