Softball | 5/6/2011 12:00:00 AM

Minot, N.D. – The Black Hills State softball team played three games on the opening day of the Dakota Athletic Conference Softball Tournament.  The Yellow Jackets went 1-2 on the day.

In the first game of the day, the Yellow Jackets knocked-off Valley City State 2-1.  Black Hills State fell behind in 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Jane Pettit scored on a Yellow Jacket error.  In the top of the sixth inning, Kelsie Chambers put Black Hills State on top 2-0 with a two-run homerun.  Katie Wagner, a junior from Utica, S.D., threw a no-hitter.  She struck-out nine batters and walked six.

Following the win, Black Hills State advanced to play Minot State.  The Yellow Jackets did not have an answer for Minot State's pitching.  The Beavers tallied 12 strikeouts in the contest.  Black Hills State's one hit in the game came in the first inning from Chambers.  Despite the offensive struggles, the Yellow Jackets were able to get the tying run to second base and the go-ahead run on first in the top of the seventh inning.  Minot State was able to get Reggie Thaler to pop-up and Krista Gleiforst to strikeout to end the game 1-0 in favor of the Beavers.

The Yellow Jackets would face Dickinson State in their third game of the day.  The game would remain scoreless until the top of the fifth inning when Dickinson State would put up two runs on a hit to left field by Nathalie Martinez.  The Blue Hawks would add one more run in the top of the sixth making the score 3-0.  The Yellow Jackets tried to mount a comeback after Aleishia Giesey hit a solo homerun.  Dickinson State answered in the top of the seventh inning with another run.  Black Hills State was unable to get on the board in the final inning and the game ended with the Blue Hawks tallying the victory 4-1.

Black Hills State ends the season 10-27 overall and 4-12 in the Dakota Athletic Conference.

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