Adam Ide, Aspiring Sportswriter

Softball v Portland State                                                                                                             1:00 On cam :00 Take vid nat snd und (vo) Lasts: 0:45 On cam (Anchor) IT WAS ANOTHER TOUGH WEEKEND FOR THE BEARS SOFTBALL TEAM. U-N-C GOT SWEPT IN A DOUBLE-HEADER BY PORTLAND STATE SATURDAY AT GLORIA RODR...

Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Bears softball gets swept in doubleheader By Adam Ide Bear News Sportswriter Click here for story on bearnews.tv             The University of Northern Colorado softball team lost both games of its doubleheader Saturday to Portland State at Gloria Rodriguez Field.             Weather caused Friday’s doubleheader to be pushed back to Saturday, shortening the series from three games to two.             The Vikings won 12-4 in five innings in game one, with Alyssa Burk earning the win. Valerie Vidal took the loss for the Bears.             Burk went 3 and 1/3 shutout innings, allowing one hit while walking five. Vidal gave up four runs in only two innings of work.          ...

Softball v CSU On cam :00 take vid nat snd und (vo) Lasts: 0:50 On cam (Anchor) THE BEARS SOFTBALL TEAM HASN’T HAD MUCH LUCK AGAINST C-S-U THIS SEASON. AFTER A NINE TO FOUR LOSS TO THE RAMS ON FEBRUARY 27TH IN FORT COLLINS, U-N-C LOST NINE TO ONE IN FIVE INNINGS TO C-S-U TUESDAY AT GLORIA RODRIGUEZ FIELD. (vo) BEARS PITCHING STRUGGLED ALL GAME AND THE OFFENSE, WELL, THEY STRUGGLED TOO. DESPITE WORKING EIGHT WALKS OFF RAMS STARTER ALISON PETTY, U-N-C SCORED ONLY ONE RUN ON KENZIE KOO-DURNA’S FIELDER’S CHOICE R-B-I IN THE THIRD. AS FOR C-S-U, THEY SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN. THE RAMS PLATED FIVE RUNS IN THE FIRST TWO INNINGS AND SCORED THREE MORE IN THE MIDDLE INNINGS. LAUREN BUCHANAN MADE IT A SEVEN-ONE GAME WITH A TWO-RUN DOUBLE IN THE FOURTH, AND HALEY DONALDSON’S DOUBLE DOWN THE LEFT-FIELD LINE BROUGHT IN THE EIGHTH C-S-U RUN. DANNI KLEIN’S RBI SING...