Black Hills State softball ended its 2021 season Sunday afternoon in a tie with Colorado School of Mines at Yellow Jacket Field.

Rain forecast throughout the day ended game one as it was set to enter the 10th inning, and resulted in the cancelation of game two altogether.

The Yellow Jackets will finish the 2021 season to with a record of 3-34-1, both overall and in the RMAC.

Game One (Tie, 4-4; 9 inn.)
Bell Luebken got things going early for the Yellow Jackets with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Orediggers would even things up in the top of the first though, making it 1-1.

In the bottom of the third, Baileigh Hubbard sent an RBI single back up the middle to move BHSU back on top 2-1. But CSM evened things back up again in the top of the fourth, locking the score at 2-2.

Brittany Henricksen put the Yellow Jackets back on top with an RBI triple in the bottom of the sixth, and then scored on the play with a throwing error, making it 4-2 going into the seventh. The Orediggers kept with the theme in the top of the seventh, pushing two more across to tie things up again at 4-4 to send the game into extras.

The marathon would last two more innings before rain forced the game to end in a 4-4 tie.