Game 1: CSU-Pueblo 6, No. 8 Metro State 4
Game 2: No. 8 Metro State 2, CSU-Pueblo 1

DENVER - CSU-Pueblo split a doubleheader with eighth-ranked Metro State Monday, claiming a 6-4 win before falling 2-1 in a squeaker in the final game.

The ThunderWolves were able to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the first game to explode for six runs over two innings and using effective pitching to ice the game.

In the fourth inning, a two-run double by Carlie Lucas (So., Granada Hills, Calif.) tied the game at 2 apiece.  In the fifth, an RBI single by Bo Nuanez (Sr., Lafayette, Colo.) gave the Pack the lead, and a two-run double by Justine Bosio (So., Santa Barbara, Calif.) broke the game wide open.  After a four-run fifth, CSU-Pueblo had a 6-2 lead.

Metro State threatened to come back in the bottom of the 7th inning, cutting the lead to 6-4 with only one out in the inning.  But Bosio, who excelled in the circle for the ThunderWolves, held the Roadrunners in check to earn her RMAC-leading 10th win of the season.  So far this season, Bosio is 10-1 with a 1.47 ERA, both tops among RMAC pitchers.

In the second game, a stellar effort by Kyla Nelson (So., Lakewood, Colo.) in the circle, allowing just two runs on six hits, was undone by an even better day by Metro State pitcher, Julia Diehl.  CSU-Pueblo managed just four hits, with a one-run fifth by the Roadrunners proving to be the difference in the nightcap.

CSU-Pueblo (12-6, 8-4 RMAC) will get little rest as it returns home for a mid-week doubleheader with Adams State Wednesday at 2 p.m.