Rylie Rohr tagging out runner vs NNU Kickoff Classic 2022
Crash Kamon
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Northwest Nazarene NNU 0-2
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Winner CUI CUI 1-0
Northwest Nazarene NNU
0-2
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Final
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CUI CUI
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northwest Nazarene NNU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
CUI CUI 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1

W: Entrup, Katlin (1-0) L: Booth,Sidney (0-1)

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CSU San Bernardino CSUSB 1-1
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Winner CUI CUI 2-0
CSU San Bernardino CSUSB
1-1
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Final
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CUI CUI
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CSU San Bernardino CSUSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
CUI CUI 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 10 1

W: Koelmans, Cortney (1-0) L: GOMBOS, Sofia (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Ben Rosehart

No.10 Eagles Celebrate Two Wins As Concordia Kickoff Classic Begins

Saturday's CUI-WWU Game Moved to 2 p.m.

IRVINE, Calif. - It was a happy friday for the Eagles as they opened up the 2022 season in style with wins against two tough and talented opponents.

Megan Massa provided the walk-off RBI single to nudge No. 10 Concordia University Irvine past Northwest Nazarene 2-1 in the home opener. Freshman outfielder Kayla Simpson collected her first career hit and RBI in game two to help the Eagles make it back-to-back wins in an eventual 5-0 victory over Cal State San Bernardino.

The first full day of the 2022 Concordia Kickoff Classic featured a whopping 21 teams playing multiple games on a beautiful Thursday at the Orange County Great Park.

With hundreds of fans enjoying a loaded day of softball just 15 minutes from CUI's campus, the Eagles stepped up to the plate and collected their first two wins of the season.

Game 1: No. 10 CUI 2, Northwest Nazarene 1

Katlin Entrup pitched quality innings in relief of starter Erika Morris and the duo held the Nighthawks to only one run and three hits over the course of the contest.

The game was tied 1-1 after Concordia's Michalah Robison poked a RBI single down the left field line in the third.  That negated an early run the Nighthawks scratched across against the Eagles.

It stayed knotted that way until the bottom of the seventh when the Eagles put another runner in scoring positiong and Massa came up clutch.

VIDEO: The Eagles go crazy after Massa cranks walk-off hit vs NNU

Game 2: No. 10 CUI 5, Cal State San Bernardino 0

Cortney Koelmans struck out four of the first six batters she faced on the way to locking down her first victory of 2022 in the circle. The sophomore was impressive in the best outing of her career as she finished with eight strikeouts and only allowed one hit in six innings.  Koelmans even brought a no-hitter into the sixth and kept the 'Yotes off balance all game.

A number of newcomers made an impact in their first day on the diamond for the Green and Gold.  Simpson smacked her first career hit and knocked in the game's first run with the bases loaded in the first inning.  Fellow freshman Mia Saucedo added two hits and catcher Kendall Flatt supplied a base knock while making her first career start behind the dish.

Madison Urrutia pitched the final frame and struck out one while allowing only one hit.

Note: CUI's first game on Saturday has been pushed back to a 2 p.m. start with Western Washington. That game will be in the stadium once again at OC Great Park as will the following contest featuring CUI and another nationally-ranked opponent in No. 21 Colorado Mesa. That game is slated to start at 4:30 p.m. if everything before that stays on schedule.

CLICK HERE for the Tournament Central page of the Concordia Kickoff Classic

All of CUI's games will be live streamed with free live stats on cuieagles.com/live

CLICK HERE for the full CUI softball schedule
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