GOLDEN, Colo. - The winning streak went up to seven games for the Colorado School of Mines (29-4-1, 20-2 RMAC), as the no. 13 ranked team nationally, won all four games over the Yellow Jacket softball team over this last weekend.

Colo-Mines' offense led the way in game-one on Saturday as they won 15-2 in five-innings but almost suffered just their third loss of the season as they barely escaped BHSU in game-two, 6-5.  

After BHSU took a 5-2 lead into the sixth-inning of game-two, the contest ended with a game winning walk-off single by Mines' Molly Thiebaut, to win the game by one.

Senior P Alex Huntington went 3-for-4 on the day, which included two-RBI single in the first inning that scored 1B Rebecca Green and 3B Erica Everson, to give them an early 3-0 lead.  She also smacked two doubles on the day.  

Huntington now has seven doubles on the season, and BHSU are now ranked first in the RMAC with 43 extra base hits on the year.

SS Katie Campo also had a productive day offensively as she went 3-for-4 and also scored the fourth run of the game for the Yellow Jackets in the fourth inning after a Ryan Cook hit and error by Mines'  left fielder, allowed Campo to score as Cook reached second on the play. 

Huntington gave up just three earned runs in 6.2 inning pitched on nine hits.  Huntington held the top-ranked team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, to just two runs in the first five-innings.  Ultimately, Mines' three-run inning in the sixth inning, allowed them to come within one run and back in position to take the lead in their last at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Pitching was the story for Mines in Sunday's games that resulted in two more victories for the Mountain Lions as they won 7-1 in game-one and 6-1 in game-two.

The Yellow Jackets' lone score in game-one came by the bat of CF Allie Alverson, after an RBI-single to left field scored C Sara Schmid.  In game-two, a pinch-hit RBI single by Joanna Schriver scored C Sara Schmid to avoid the shut-out in the sixth inning.

Northern Colorado 20 BHSU 12 

The Black Hill State University softball team scored the most runs since their February 8th loss vs. Notre Dame de Namur (CA), 17-13, back in the Desert Stinger Tourney in Las Vegas, Nev. in the first game of the season for the Jackets.

However, the Northern Colorado Bears (13-24-1), put up an impressive 20 runs to win the game 20-12 in six innings.

The Yellow Jackets scored five runs in the first inning to actually lead the game 7-3 before UNC used an eight-run fourth inning to take an 11-7 lead heading into the fifth.

BHSU responded with five runs in the fifth inning, but another big nine-run inning by UNC ended the game with a score of 20-12.

SS Katie Campo went 1-for-2 on the day that was highlighted by a two-RBI triple in the first inning, and earned an RBI in the fifth inning after a ground ball scored LF Cassie Smith.

2B Ryan Cook went 2-for-4 with two-RBIs as she also scored two runs.  Other RBIs came from CF Allie Alverson, DH Erica Everson, P Alex Huntington, P Nikki Chacon, and LF Cassie Smith.

The Yellow Jackets now move to 3-17 in the RMAC and 4-24 overall as they prepare for a home stand versus UC-Colorado Springs (22-12-1, 17-8 RMAC) on Saturday and Sunday. April 13-14.  Saturdays games will be at 12:00 p.m. MT and 2:00 p.m. MT while Sunday's games are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. MT and 1:00 p.m. MT out at the Yellow Jacket Softball Complex in Spearfish.