SAN ANTONIO — Coming home is good for what ails you, as the St. Mary's University Softball team found out, winning its first two home games of the season, 7-1 and 6-4 against Colorado Christian.
The Rattlers (3-5) scored their 13 runs on 19 hits throughout the doubleheader and pitching limited the Cougars (2-5) to five runs on 13 hits.
St. Mary's returns to the diamond on Friday, hosting MSU Denver in a doubleheader beginning at Noon. The Roadrunners split their games at St. Edward's on Thursday.
GAME ONE RECAP
The Rattlers jumped all over being home for the first time in 2025, scoring seven runs in the first inning. Senior
Lauren Gonzales (San Antonio) and junior
Abigail Dela Rosa (La Grange, Texas) both singled to start things. Junior
Raegan Tennill (Corpus Christi, Texas) doubled to the gap in left center, scoring both. Senior
Jadyn Abrego (San Antonio) was plunked with a pitch and Tennill came around to score on a single to left off the bat of sophomore
Gabriela Banda (San Antonio). Freshman
Miah Corona (Eddy, Texas) loaded the bases with a single to left. Senior
Lauryn Ramos (Marion, Texas) crushed a double over the centerfielder's head to plate two more and the Cougars went to the bullpen.
Senior
Mene'e Padilla (San Antonio) hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Corona and Gonzales singled to left to score Ramos for the 7-0 advantage.
Senior
Madeline Bloom (Poway, Calif.) worked a terrific game in the circle, surrendering only one unearned run on four hits, walking one and striking out two. She only allowed one base runner in each of the first three innings and retired the side in order in the fourth. She improved to 2-0 on the year with the win. Senior
Savannah Youngblood (Kingwood, Texas) pitched the final frame, walking one.
Gonzales, Tennill and Corona all collected two hits in the game, while Tennill and Ramos each had a pair of RBIs and Dela Rosa stole her second base of the year.
GAME TWO RECAP
The Rattlers once again hopped out to an early lead, scoring two in the first. After Abrego retired the side in order, Gonzales walked and Dela Rosa singled to center. Tennill moved the pair up 60 feet with a sacrifice bunt and both scored on a single up the middle by Banda.
The Cougars answered with two in the top of the second, but the Rattlers went right back to work, plating one in the second. With one out, freshman
Araceli Arevalo (Houston) walked, moved to second on a bunt single by Gonzales. Both scored when Tennill reached on a fielding error by the third baseman.
CCU scored two more in the third to regain a 4-3 advantage. In the bottom of the fourth, StMU took the lead back with a pair of runs. With one out, Gonzales singled past the shortstop and scored on a triple to left center by Dela Rosa. Banda drove in Dela Rosa on a single to center for the 5-4 lead. The Rattlers tacked on an insurance run in the sixth as Dela Rosa again scored off a hit by Banda for the 6-4 final.
Abrego pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits with one walk and one strikeout. Junior
Emily Ayala (San Antonio) pitched for the second straight day, winning her first game of the season with 3 1/3 innings pitched. She gave up only two hits, walking one and fanning three. Youngblood worked the seventh inning in scoreless fashion, breaking the school record for career saves with 10.
Dela Rosa was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, Banda was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, and Gonzales was 2-for-3, scoring a pair of runs.
