Northern Colorado Rides Momentum to Semifinals, Falls to Idaho State to End Season

Friday, May 9

12 p.m.

University of Northern Colorado

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Sacramento State

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Sacramento State

Northern Colorado

Photo by: Jesus Ayala, UNC Athletics

5/9/2025 6:38:00 PM | Softball

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Bears Upset Sacramento State Behind Chacon and Longo, But Can't Hold Off Bengals

By: Brooke Richards, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado softball's 2025 season came to a close in the Big Sky Championship semifinals on Thursday evening after a 10–3 loss to top-seeded Idaho State. The defeat followed an earlier statement win against Sacramento State, where the Bears powered their way to an 8–5 victory in front of a home crowd at Gloria Rodriguez Field.

In Game 1, UNC's bats were hot from the jump. After falling behind 1–0 in the first, the Bears exploded in the bottom of the second. Jazzy Longo ignited the rally with a three-run homer to left, and Krista Francia was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 4–1. Nya Chacon added a two-run double in the fourth and capped her day with a sac fly in the sixth, giving her three RBIs. Longo also tallied three RBIs, while Katie Walling and Sabrina Javorsky each posted multi-hit games as the Bears racked up 13 hits with zero errors in the field.

Anna Wilming (8–11) pitched a complete game in the win, scattering nine hits and five runs over seven innings, striking out one.

Riding that momentum into the semifinal, Northern Colorado struck quickly again. Javorsky launched a two-run homer in the bottom of the first after Francia's RBI single, tying the game up at three runs apiece. But Idaho State answered with three more runs in the second, aided by a pair of errors and timely hitting. The Bengals' outfielder Brown delivered the biggest blow—a two-run homer in the fourth that stretched the lead to 8–3.

UNC's offense stalled after the first inning, with just three hits the rest of the way against Idaho State reliever Meracle (8–1), who struck out five in six shutout innings. Wilming (8–12) took the loss in Game 2 after being tagged for six runs (four earned) in just 1.1 innings.

The Bears finish the season with a 19–30 record.

BIG SKY TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 10^th
Game 10: #1 ISU vs. #3 WSU - 12:00pm

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