LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Black Hills State softball split Friday's doubleheader with New Mexico Highlands Friday afternoon as the offense exploded for 14 runs in game two.

The Yellow Jackets are now 1-1 overall and in the RMAC after a 14-2 win in game two and a 7-2 game one loss.

Bell Luebken had a monster day at the plate, going 6-8 with a 3-run home run, four RBI and three runs scored.

Shayla Tuschen also had a big day, with a pair of home runs in game two, totaling six RBI on the day while also earning the win in the circle in game two.

Fallyn Marshall went 3-7 with four runs scored and Tyler Whitlock went 3-6.

Game One (L, 7-2)
The Yellow Jacket offense played will in game one gave themselves plenty of chances on the basepaths in game one, but wouldn't push a run across until the seventh inning when the team scored a pair after loading the bases.

In the final inning of play, BHSU took advantage of a sacrifice fly with the bags packed, and then a Cowboy error to plate two in the frame.

Bell Luebken tallied three hits in the game while Fallyn Marshal and Tyler Whitlock each had two and a run scored. Breanne Henricksen and Shayla Tuschen drove in the two runs in the seventh inning.

Game Two (W, 14-2)
BHSU scored early in game two with two runs in each the first and second inning. In the first, a Luebken triple drove in Marshall before Shayla Tuschen double pushed Luebken home to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead through one.

The next inning, Hailey Franklin and Marshal both reached base for Lizzy Johnson to plate them both with a double, extending the lead to 4-0 in the second.

NMHU would get a pair back in the bottom half of the inning, but a 2-run homer by Tuschen in the third made it a 6-2 game to put the lead back to four.

The Yellow Jackets tacked on some more in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Crystal Amaral to drive in Johnson to extend the lead to 7-2. One batter later, Tuschen went deep for her second time in the game, scoring Luebken and making it a 9-2 ballgame.

BHSU played add-on from there as a Luebken 3-run shot and an Amaral solo blast helped the team put up a 5-spot in the fifth to take a 14-2 lead.

All nine Yellow Jackets recorded a hit in game two, while finishing with 15 hits, eight for extra bases and four home runs as a team.

Tuschen went yard twice while earning the win in the circle.

Luebken finished a single shy of the cycle, going 3-4 with four RBI and three runs scored

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets play two more at NMHU on Saturday before they're scheduled to host UCCS for doubleheaders on Saturday, March 5 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., and Sunday, March 6 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.