Las Cruces, N.M. – The Creighton softball team opened the UTEP Invitational, co-hosted by New Mexico State, with a pair of losses at NM State Softball Complex in Las Cruces, N.M. on Friday.
The Bluejays fell 4-0 to New Mexico before dropping an 8-7 decision to New Mexico State.
The pair of losses drop the Bluejays to 3-8 on the young season.
In the opening game of the day, New Mexico jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a two-run single from Chloe Yeatts, the third straight single of the opening frame by the Lobos.