SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Black Hills State University softball team gave the No. 18 team in the nation everything it could handle but ultimately fell short as the Yellow Jackets fell to MSU Denver and Colorado Mesa Friday at the Yellow Jacket Softball Complex.

The Yellow Jackets fell 13-3 to MSUD then fell 6-3 to No. 18 Colorado Mesa.

After Friday's action the Yellow Jackets sit 6-33 overall and 6-26 in the RMAC. Colorado Mesa, who has already claimed the 2016 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship, improves to 35-8 overall and 34-2 in the RMAC. MSU Denver, who sits second in the RMAC, upset the national ranked Mavericks and is 29-17 overall and 23-9 in the loop.

For the Yellow Jackets, Lauren Lesniak collected four hits on the day while Erica Everson tallied a pair of home runs with Pamela Sakuma hitting her first four-bagger for the Yellow Jackets.

Game One: MSU Denver 13 Black Hills State 3

After the Roadrunners tallied two runs in the opening frame, the Yellow Jackets immediately answered back with two runs of their own thanks to the long ball. With Alex Wiley on base, Everson pounded a home run to right field to knot the game at 2-all.

MSU Denver went on to score eight runs over the next four innings until the Yellow Jackets got one back on a Morgan Smith sacrifice fly scoring Katelyn Odle. Odle reached base on a single into right field and moved to second and third base on consecutive wild pitches.

Kailey Christensen picked up the victory for MSUD, moving to 4-1 on the season. Stefanie Witman was charged with the loss giving up seven earned runs.

Game Two: Colorado Mesa 6 Black Hills State 3

The Mavericks, who fell 2-1 to MSUD in the middle game, came out swinging in the first two innings, opening a 6-0 lead. However all the offense from there forward came from the Green and Gold.

That started in the third inning when Pamela Sakuma hit her first career homerun for the Yellow Jackets. Sakuma took Rochelle Talamantes deep down the left field line.

Black Hills State then tacked on two more runs with Erica Everson leading off the sixth inning with her second home run on the day, going straight-away center field.

The other run was manufactured over four batters. Lauren Lesniak singled down the left field line, knocking Talamante out of the game after giving up five hits. Alex Menke pinch-ran for Lesniak and advanced to second on an Odle single. Menke then moved to third base on a Jo-Jo Curry single up the middle and scored on a Sakuma sacrifice fly.

The Yellow Jackets tallied seven hits, with two coming from Curry while Sakuma tallied two RBI.

Carlee Beck was the pitcher of record for BHSU, while Talamnte improved to 11-2.

The Yellow Jackets celebrate Senior Day on Saturday hosting CMU at 11 a.m. and MSUD at 3 p.m.