Softball Recap: Rifle's Victory on Thursday Extends Winning Streak to Four

Bears

Margin (Wins)

09/11/25 @ Battle Mountain	22
08/21/25 vs Battle Mountain	16
09/06/25 vs Poudre	15
09/05/25 vs Longmont	12
08/19/25 vs Meeker	12

Rifle extended their winning streak to four on Thursday, bumping them up to 9-4. They put the hurt on the Battle Mountain Huskies with a sharp 23-1 win. Considering the Bears have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Olivia Gordon was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Gordon was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those two runs gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, Katherine Santana was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBI. That's the most runs she has posted since back in August of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Nevaeh Zimmer, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.

Rifle was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .526. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Battle Mountain only posted a batting average of .357.

As for Battle Mountain, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. Having soared to a lofty 24 runs in the game before, they couldn't push the score so high this time.

On Battle Mountain's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Harper Jimenez Anders, who went 1-for-2 with one run.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Rifle will challenge Meeker at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Bears' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cowboys have averaged an impressive 6.8 runs per game this season. As for Battle Mountain, they are taking a road trip to square off against Centaurus at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Warriors' pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so the Huskies' hitters will have their work cut out for them.