Mines softball got off to a bit of a rocky start this season. The Orediggers lost their first seven games, facing nationally ranked opponents in Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce. Going into the season, junior shortstop Clara Larson was the player to watch. After a breakout sophomore year, in which she hit for an…
The month of February brought freezing temperatures and significant snow to Golden. It may not feel like it yet, but, it’s college baseball season. The Orediggers have had to work around a few cancellations and schedule changes, but have entered conference play with an impressive record of 9-2. Just about every aspect of their game…
Things are looking bright for Mine’s baseball as they head into their last two series of the season: they have won 12 of their last 13 games and they have secured a spot in the RMAC tournament. The start of their recent run was a series sweep against New Mexico Highlands University. Mines won the…
Three series into conference play, Mines baseball has shown they can both play big and buckle down to compete against even the toughest teams in the league. In their first conference match-up, Mines split a close series with Metro State University. Game one was very defensive. Junior Tyler Thomas pitched incredibly, but Metro did as…
Last Thursday, Feb. 25, the Orediggers faced the Arkansas Fort-Smith Lions. Mines had just tied a 4-game series against Fort Hays State, 2-2, before winning the single game against Arkansas with a final score of 4-1. The Lions took an early lead by scoring what would be their only run in the third inning. Three…
Twelve games into the season, Mines’ Baseball has already proved they can be competitive. It’s already evident that the Orediggers can bounce back after a rough series start. Despite starting the non-conference series against Fort Hays with a 10-3 loss, they managed to turn around and win the final game 16-1 to split the series…
As the softball season kicks-off, our ladies of the diamond started of slow but now have picked it up in the last three games. Starting the season with three wins and six losses was not exactly how they planned to start. The important thing to note, however, is that the girls are actually 3-and-1 in…
The Colorado School of Mines Club Baseball will be entering its third year as an officially sanctioned club this Fall. In this short time, the team has managed to achieve a rank of 5th among 125 Division II Club Baseball teams. After setting a foundation of success, the team is still hungry to achieve more.
The Colorado School of Mines softball team squared off against RMAC rival Metro State (25-11, 19-8 RMAC) in a four game set this weekend (two Friday and two Saturday) and after dominating the first game of the series, dropped the next three to fall to 16-21 on the season and 12-20 in conference.
With Saturday afternoon’s 6-4 win over the Regis Rangers at Jim Darden Field, the Oredigger baseball team set a program record for conference wins at 18. The Diggers are on a streak of success and have now won 15 of their last 20 games. The sweep of Regis brings their record to 20-17 overall and 18-12 in the RMAC. Mines took Thursday’s game 7-6, Friday’s 15-4, and Saturday’s doubleheader 6-2 and 6-4.