LAKEWOOD, Colo. (March 29, 2015) ~ The No. 11/14 Colorado State University-Pueblo baseball team swept a Sunday doubleheader against Colorado Christian University to complete a four-game sweep of the weekend series. The ThunderWolves used a 16-run eighth inning to erase a two-run deficit in a 17-5 game-one victory. In game two, the Pack won 9-6 in extra innings.

With the two victories, CSU-Pueblo extends its winning streak to 15 games. The winning streak is the second longest in program history, just two shy of the all-time record of 17 set in 2001. The ThunderWolves improve to 25-3 overall and 17-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference games.  The 17-1 league record marks the best start to conference play in the history of the program. Colorado Christian falls to 10-20 overall and 3-17 in RMAC tilts.

In game one, CSU-Pueblo scored 17 runs on 17 hits, committed one error and left nine runners on base. Colorado Christian managed five runs on 10 hits, played errorless baseball and stranded 11 base runners.

Tyler Rich (Jr., Colton, Calif.) picked up the win out of the bullpen for the ThunderWolves to improve to 2-1 on the season. Starter Victor Soto (Sr., Benbrook, Texas) went 2 2/3 innings, gave up two runs on five hits, walked three and struck out two.

CSU-Pueblo had 11 different players tally at least one hit in the contest, including five players with at least two base knocks. Shane Fessel (Jr., Aurora, Colo.) had a game-high three hits, while also driving in three and scoring two runs. Lawrence Chavez (Sr., Estancia, N.M.) hit his first home run of the season and finished the game with a contest-best five RBIs.

Dominick Bregar (Jr., Pueblo, Colo.) put the ThunderWolves on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning with a RBI double, scoring Austin Mascorro (Sr., Oxnard, Calif.).

The Cougars tied the game with a run in the bottom of the second frame and took the lead with another run in the next inning. They extended their lead to two, at 3-1, with a run in the fifth inning.

After its one-run first inning, the CSU-Pueblo offense went cold, accumulating no runs and just two hits over the next six innings.

The ThunderWolves' offensive woes came to an end in a big way in the top of the eighth inning. With two outs in the inning, the bases loaded, and one run already across the plate, the Pack took the lead on a two-run single by Fessel.

Fessel's single was the beginning of a stretch which saw the ThunderWolves send 14 more batters to the plate with two outs, tally nine hits and score 13 runs. Chavez notched all five of his RBIs in the inning, launching a three-run home run and ripping a two-run double. A double by Jake Berg-Rosenblatt (Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.) capped the inning to give the Pack a 17-3 lead.

The Cougars managed to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to make the final score 17-5 in favor of CSU-Pueblo.

In game two, the victorious Pack scored nine runs on 15 hits, committed one error and left 14 runners on base. Colorado Christian tallied six runs on nine hits, committed two errors and stranded 11 base runners.

Wyndam Williams (Sr., Golden, Colo.) worked three innings out of the bullpen to pick up his fourth win of the season. Pack starter Daniel Tessone (Jr., La Habra, Calif.) went three innings, gave up three runs on four hits, walked two and struck out zero.

Jordan Godman (Jr., Las Vegas, Nev.), Mascorro and Fessel had three hits apiece to lead the ThunderWolves. Godman notched his third home run of the season and added four RBIs and a run. Chavez had two hits and two RBIs, while Shane Richins (Sr., Heber, Utah) notched two hits and two runs scored.

The ThunderWolves took the lead in the first at-bat of the game thanks to a lead-off home run by Godman.

Colorado Christian answered with two runs in its half of the first inning and one more in the second frame to take a 3-1 advantage after two innings of action.

The Pack got a run back in the top of third inning courtesy of a sacrifice fly by Fessel.

The Cougars extended their lead back to two, at 4-2, with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.

A sacrifice fly by Chavez pulled CSU-Pueblo to within one, at 4-3, in the top of the fifth frame.

The score remained 4-3 until the top of the seventh inning. Down to their last three outs, the Pack mounted a rally. Fessel led off the inning with a single and moved around to third when the next batter, Chavez, singled through the left side of the infield. That brought to the plate lead-off hitter Godman. After Chavez swiped second base to put runners on second and third, Godman smoked a triple into the right-center field gap to score both Fessel and Chavez and give CSU-Pueblo a 5-4 lead.

The ThunderWolves' lead was short lived however, as Taylor Dudley tied the game on a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, sending the game into extra innings knotted at 5-5.

CSU-Pueblo pushed across the eventual winning runs in the top of the eighth inning, scoring two runs on bases-loaded walks, one via a sacrifice fly out and one more on a wild pitch.

The Cougars managed to get one of the runs back in the bottom of the inning to make it 9-6, but that was all they got as the ThunderWolves walked off the field with their 15th win in a row.

The Pack remain on the road this week, traveling to Grand Junction for a showdown with No. 1 Colorado Mesa. The four-game series gets under way Thursday at 6:05 p.m.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.