IRVINE, CA- Colorado Christian began their season on Friday with a pair of games against Azusa Pacific and Biola at the Irvine Great Park in California. Led by stellar pitching and excellent hitting throughout both games, CCU started their season 2-0 with an 11-2 victory over Azusa and an 8-4 win against Biola. 

GAME ONE 
Elyse McMullin got the scoring for the 2025 season started right away, ripping a triple to take a 1-0 lead. Kaila Eastburn followed with a triple of her own to plate a pair to put her team ahead 3-0, and she came home on a wild pitch to make it 4-0 after the first. 

Eastburn started in the circle, and was as dominant as ever as she mowed down the Azusa Pacific Cougars in a matchup of the same mascots. Eastburn gave herself some run insurance in the fourth with a double for a 5-0 lead, and freshman Sarah Dollerschell singled in a run in the fifth to make it 6-0. Peyton Marvel tacked on another run with an RBI groundout before APU brought it back to 7-2 in the fifth. CCU tacked on more insurance runs in the sixth as Leah Garcia smacked a triple and Camryn Quilling picked up an RBI groundout to make it 9-2. McMullin doubled home another run in the seventh, and Alexis Guzman scored the final run with a sac fly to send the Cougars to an 11-2 victory. 

Eastburn was excellent, picking up the win with 5 innings in the circle with just 2 runs allowed. She helped herself out with 3 RBI while McMullin tacked on a pair of RBI. 

GAME TWO
The second contest of the day saw the Cougars take on the Biola Eagles as they looked to snag consecutive wins over teams from the Pacwest Conference. CCU did just that as they exploded offensively in the sixth inning to run away with an 8-4 victory over the Eagles. 

Biola got on the board in the first inning as Colorado Christian was the designated home team in the game. Eastburn responded with a sac fly to tie things up, and Kat Hanson doubled home a run in the second for a 2-1 lead. Eastburn doubled in another run while Marvel singled one home in the fourth for a 4-1 advantage. 

The Eagles fought to get back into the game with a run in the sixth, but the Cougars had a massive response in the bottom of the sixth. Marvel started with a single while McMullin picked up an RBI groundout for a 6-2 lead. Rachel Williams doubled to left center while Eastburn singled in another run for an 8-2 advantage. Two runs in the seventh from Biola were not enough as CCU came away with another convincing win 8-4. 

McMullin nabbed the win in the circle, going six innings strong with just 2 runs allowed and a pair of strikeouts. Eastburn tallied another 3 RBI while Marvel had a pair of RBI to start her first day of collegiate softball well. 

CCU continues play at the Concordia Kickoff Classic with a doubleheader against San Francisco State at 9 a.m. and a 5 p.m. MST matchup at the Stadium against Cal State East Bay.