By Emily Vose

Reporter

CSU Bakersfield women’s softball took to the field this weekend as they battled it out against New Mexico State University in a Western Athletic Conference series.

CSUB (17-22, 5-7 WAC) played two games against New Mexico State on April 17 and another on April 18. The Aggies beat the ’Runners 1-0 in the first gameand then 7-2 in the second game.

However, on April 18, the Roadrunners bounced back by beating the Aggies 3-0.

Despite losing two out of the three games, the Runners came away with a positive mindset.

CSUB coach Chrissy Buck-Ziegler said her team is playing very well at the minute. “They do a great job of being behind each other, they do a fabulous job of being a family and they fight together which is all I have ever asked of them,” Buck-Ziegler said. Senior pitcher Kelsie Monroe said that she felt really positive about the game. “I think we did good today,” Monroe said. “I feel as though our energy needs to stay high throughout the entire game, but I feel really good about this team.” Monroe showed courage during the first game by pitching a complete game with four strikeouts and zero earned runs on April 17. On April 18, Monroe stepped on the mound once again for CSUB, and she pitched another complete game but this time she had seven strikeouts and didn’t allow any runs. Monroe (13-9) also earned the win. Junior outfielder Sydney Raeber, who had three hits, drove in one run and scored another over the weekend, expressed how good she felt going in to the game. “I think that we knew it was going to be good competition, but I think we knew we were going to beat them,” Raeber said. “After the game it’s a little upsetting that we didn’t win. However, we have another game so I think we are going to come out hot.”