CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State softball sent off its seniors in style with two wins over Adams State, marking Senior Day and ending the 2025 season with 9-1 and 7-3 wins over the Grizzlies.

Sophia Brennan hit a three-run home run in game one to help CSC end it in five innings, then Angelina Quezada, one of eight seniors honored on the day, tied a career-high with three RBI in the second game. In addition, senior pitchers Tori Haug and Kenzi Garner closed out their careers with complete-game victories. 

Chadron State ends its season with a 22-28 record, including an 18-26 mark in the RMAC. The Eagles finished the year strong, ending on a five-game win streak and coming out on top in 10 of their last 14 contests. The Eagles ultimately finished in ninth place in the league standings but were closer in the standings to the fourth-place team than they were to the 10th-place team. 

Just like yesterday, Chadron State set the tone with a four-run first inning in game one of the doubleheader. The Eagles went station-to-station, with two singles and a walk loading the bases before an RBI single from Ashland Baca, a bases-loaded walk to Kenzi Garner, and run-scoring errors off the bat of Brennan and Sydney Loyet which produced two more runs. 

The Eagles manufactured two more runs in the third inning, scoring on a Loyet fielder's choice plus a Jazlyn Arvizo single. In the fourth, CSC put themselves in run-rule distance after singles from Lauren Zimmerman and Brogan Allen brought Sophia Brennan to the plate with one out. Brennan went with an outside pitch, driving an opposite field home run to right-center to put CSC up 9-0 and score Allen and pinch-runner Destrie Greiman. 

In Tori Haug's five innings of work in the circle, the senior righty pounded the zone, striking out seven while not walking a batter. Haug scattered four hits and only allowed one run on a solo homer in the fifth and final inning. She needed only 69 pitches and 19 batters to get through five innings. With the win, Haug finishes the season 10-14. 

After an emotional Senior Day ceremony between games, the Eagles fell behind the eight-ball early in game two, as Adams State scored once in the first and twice in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. 

Chadron State turned the tide with a four-run fifth inning. Two walks set the stage for an RBI single from Quezada to bring the Eagles within a run. Lauren Zimmerman hit a hot shot off the third baseman's glove to score the tying run, before an Ashland Baca single and Kenzi Garner sac fly gave the Eagles the lead plus insurance. 

CSC added on in the sixth. With two outs, J'lyssa Martinez rocketed a double into the left-center field to place runners on second and third. Quezada came through again, singling through the left side to score both and make it 7-3. 

Despite the early runs, Kenzi Garner pitched a complete game to earn her eighth win of the season. Garner scattered nine hits but limited the damage to just three runs while walking one and striking out two. 

Like yesterday, all eight of CSC's seniors – Loyet, Quezada, Haug, Garner, Martinez, Zimmerman, Kendall Petty and Baca – were in the lineup for both games. Haug had another turn as a left fielder and two more at-bats, collecting a hit and a walk. Haug ends her CSC career at the plate with a perfect 1.000 batting average (2-for-2 with two walks plus a sacrifice fly). 

The games Saturday were also the last in the dugout for Chadron State Interim Head Coach Dr. Rob Stack, who previously coached the Eagles from 2008-2017 and took the reins again on an interim basis for the 2025 season. Dr. Stack will focus on his ongoing job as a math professor at CSC as the Eagles continue their search for a new permanent softball coach.  

Triple Jumpers Lead Day Two RMACs Effort

GOLDEN, Colo. – Chayton Bynes came within one jump of an RMAC Championship double, but had to settle for a runner-up finish in the triple jump as the RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships continued with day two of three taking place Saturday at Colorado School of Mines. 

Bynes was atop the leaderboard with his mark of 48 feet, 2.5 inches through five of six jumps, but UCCS's KJ McInnis leapt 48-7 with the final jump of the meet by any competitor to take home the conference title. It is still two top-two finishes at the outdoor meet for Bynes, who won his first individual RMAC title on Friday in the long jump. 

Two other competitors scored points on the meet's second day for CSC. Freshman Camila Salvucci put the CSC women on the board by placing fourth in the women's triple jump and Ethan Norris placed seventh in the decathlon.

Salvucci's mark of 38-7.75 was four inches shy of second place and the fourth-best outdoor mark of her career. The Argentinian recorded a mark on all six of her attempts and still saved her best for last, improving to her eventual scoring mark on her sixth leap of the competition. 

Ethan Norris, another freshman from Burns, Wyoming, collected 5,688 points in the decathlon to place seventh. Norris moved up a place during the second five events, as the freshman was in eighth after day one of the event. Norris's highlights included a second-place decathlon finish in the 1500 (5:00.41) and a fourth-place finish in the 110 hurdles (16.19 seconds). 

Hurdler Creighton Trembly set up another showdown with Colorado School of Mines standout Everett Delate in the 110 hurdles. Trembly, who has come second to Delate in nearly every outdoor competition this spring, also ran second-fastest behind the Oredigger in the race's prelims on Saturday. Trembly crossed the line in 14.46, which is a season-best for the senior. 

Trembly's result makes it three CSC sprinters that will have spots in finals on Sunday, joining Friday qualifiers Christopher Cormier in the 400 meters and Nicquaine Henry in the 400 hurdles. 

Sunday's action will also feature the women's javelin and discus, men's and women's high jump and men's shot put, while Eagles such as Ashlyn Tapio and Parker Gonser could contend for points. Sunday will also feature the 4x100 and 4x400 relays and the 1,500 and 5,000-meter runs, plus all of the sprint finals. 

After two days of the meet, the Chadron State men are in fifth place with 29 points. Chayton Bynes alone has scored 18 points for CSC, which is more than all but six RMAC teams at this stage. 

After being shut out of the points last year, Camila Salvucci's triple jump placing puts the CSC women in 11th place of 15 schools with five points. Early on, the team title race in both genders appears to be between UCCS and Colorado School of Mines, with Mines holding a lead over UCCS on the men's side but UCCS currently leading the Orediggers on the women's side.