Belsterling Earns RMAC Player of the Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - University of Colorado Colorado Springs junior Jessica Belsterling earned the first RMAC Player of the Week honor of the softball season after she helped lead the Mountain Lions to an unbeaten record last weekend. UCCS went 4-0-1 for the best start to the season since 2007.
Belsterling hit for the cycle in the first game of the season against Regis on Friday afternoon and added five RBIs. She finished the weekend with eight RBIs, hit .538 and a slugging percentage of 1.000. She also pitched against Adams State over the weekend and earned the win in a 15-6 victory in five innings.
UCCS will continue the nonconference schedule this weekend at the Desert Stinger Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. The Mountain Lions open with Western Washington on Friday afternoon in a five-game weekend.
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| May 10, 2013 |  | Kornfeind Named to NFCA All-Region First Team | Payton Kornfeind, the RMAC Freshman of the Year, was one of two conference softball student-athletes named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Central Region First Team announced this afternoon. |
| May 6, 2013 |  | Mountain Lions Left Out of NCAA Regional Tournament | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs missed the regional tournament after the NCAA Division II Softball Committee released the 64 teams that qualified this morning. |
| May 5, 2013 |  | Smith Strikes Out Nine in 3-1 Loss to Grizzlies | Becca Smith struck out nine batters to move into fourth in University of Colorado Colorado Springs season records and pitched a shutout through the first five innings, but Adams State scored three runs in the sixth inning as the Grizzlies (24-17) won the 3-1 elimination game against the Mountain Lions (26-20-1) today in the 2013 RMAC Tournament. |
| May 5, 2013 |  | Mathewson, Smith Earn All-Tournament Honors | University of Colorado Colorado Springs seniors Becca Smith and Lara Mathewson each earned a spot on the RMAC Softball All-Tournament team announced today after the conclusion of the tournament. |
| May 4, 2013 |  | UCCS Falls for the First Time in the Tournament | GOLDEN, Colo. - The University of Colorado Colroado Springs softball team (26-19-1 / 19-4 RMAC), falls to Colorado Mines (29-5-1 / 27-3 RMAC) today 8-4. |
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