No. 9 Thomas Jefferson softball upsets No. 5 Pueblo West with offensive outburst

No. 9 Thomas Jefferson softball upset No. 5 Pueblo West 13-2 in five innings Saturday.

“We’ve lost to them by run-rule the last three years,” Thomas Jefferson coach Kyler Jackson said. “It’s been due to nerves, and I think this year we really understood how good we were. It was just a matter of playing and not letting the moment get to us.”

Thomas Jefferson scored a total of nine runs in the third and fourth innings to take down the Cyclones. The offense hit four homeruns, bringing the season total to 31.

“It’s what we’ve been doing all year,” Jackson said. “We’ve got five girls that can hit the ball out of any park that we play in.”

Daija Robbins had five runs-batted-in to pace the Spartans.

Thomas Jefferson’s hot start was expected by Jackson and his team. But, the lone blemish — a 6-5 loss to Arapahoe — is still on Jackson’s mind.

“It was our expectation,” Jackson said. “We’ve gotten off to really good starts the last couple of years, but we haven’t been able to finish. 14-1 is a little disappointing. We expected to be 15-0, but we’ll take it for now.

“We’ve got greater goals than the regular season.”