FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Black Bears looked to bounce back from a rough 15-5 loss earlier in the day to Wisconsin and found themselves with a one-run lead going into the bottom of the seventh. However, Colorado State was able to bounce back in the ahead to take the game by a final score of 5-4.
Alyssa Derrick smacked two home runs in the game as she led Maine with three hits and two RBIs on the evening, bringing her total to five on the year after a three home run day Saturday.
Colorado State would strike early, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI groundout.
Derrick started her day off in the top of the third with her first home run, tying the game at 1-1.
Faythe Goins would follow it up with a single through the right side scoring
Rachel Harvey for a 2-1 Maine lead. Maine would tack on another run by way of a fielder's choice RBI to
Laurine German, scoring
Kristen Niland from third to give Maine a 3-1 lead.
Colorado State would answer back in the bottom of the fifth with two RBI triples, tying the game back up, this time 3-3.
Derrick's second home run of the game would break the tie in the top of the sixth inning, 4-3 Maine. The Black Bears would hold that 4-3 lead until the bottom of the final inning, with a runner scoring on a Maine error to tie the game, and followed up by a walk-off RBI single, giving Colorado State the victory with the final score of 5-4.
Annie Kennedy started in the circle for Maine, giving up three runs on five hits with four strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
Erin Bogdanovich came on in relief and picked up the loss after surrendering two runs, neither earned, on three hits while fanning a pair in 2.0 innings of work.
Maine will finish up the Colorado State Classic on Sunday morning at 11 am as they once again take on #25 Wisconsin.
-UMaine-
