Kearney, Neb. – The Chadron State softball team hit five home runs and scored five runs in both games of a doubleheader to beat Nebraska-Kearney, 5-4 and 5-2, Tuesday afternoon in Chadron.

Despite the setbacks, UNK (12-27, 11-18 RMAC) is still in contention to make the eight-team RMAC Tournament. The Lopers are currently tied for ninth, with Adams State, and just percentage points behind eighth-place Regis.

In game one on Tuesday, the Eagles(24-24, 18-17 RMAC) struck first as 1b Stephanie Hillman hit a run scoring single in the first.

UNK quickly tied things in the second when junior 3B Cassie Keck (2 for 3) hit her team leading 12th homer of the year. In the next Loper inning, sophomore 1B/P Dani Mowinkel (Scribner) hit a sacrifice fly to center field that scored senior CF Alissa Larsen (Lincoln).

Chadron would grab the lead for good in its half of the third as they tacked on three runs thanks to home runs by pitcher Cassie Humphrey to and LF Katie Bolin (2 for 3). Another Eagle homer in the fourth gave the Eagles a four run cushion.

The Lopers used a homer of its own, a two-run shot from Mowinkel, to cut the lead to one in the fifth and finish the game's scoring. Humphrey won her 12th game for by throwing a four-hit complete game.

Game two saw the Eagles get on the board in the third when 3b Allison Hendricksen (2 for 3) hit a solo homer, her 10th of the year, to right.

The Lopers  tied the game in the fourth as Keck started the inning off with a double to left.  She would advanced to third on a ground out and  then scored when sophomore LF Austin Wilson (McCook) singled to left.

However, the Eagles used a sac fly in the fourth and a two-run homer from Bolin, her 12th of the year, in the fifth to grab a 4-1 lead.  CSC then added an insurance run in the sixth as Humphrey hit a sac fly to center.

UNK's other run came on a homer  by junior DP Jessie Thomas (2 for 4). That marked her sixth round tripper of the year, second most on the team.

The Lopers host Colorado-Colorado Springs this weekend to finish the regular season.