ALAMOSA, Colo. – Black Hills State softball swept Adams State on Sunday, winning game one 10-6, and game two 10-8.

The Yellow Jackets (5-7, 5-7 RMAC) recorded 15 hits in game one and 16 in game two to propel themselves to a Sunday sweep over ASU.

Bayleigh Hubbard finished 4-8 on the day with a double, five RBI and three runs scored.

Bell Luebken went 5-8, scoring twice and driving in two.

Crystal Amaral went 2-7 with a home run, driving in four on the day and scoring twice.

Amaral also earned the win in the circle in game one, tossing 6.2 innings, allowing only three earned runs on seven hits while striking out seven.

Shayla Tuschen went 4-6 with four runs scored and a walk while Lizzy Johnson finished 3-7 with an RBI, two runs scored and a walk.

Hailey Franklin had an RBI single in game one.

Game One (W, 10-6)
The Yellow Jacket bats came alive in game one as all nine starters recorded a hit, totaling 15 as a team.

After holding the ASU bats to only one hit through three innings, Amaral helped herself out in the bottom of the third, cranking a 2-run home run out to left to help BHSU put up a 3-spot and take a 3-1 lead.

After the Grizzlies pushed another across, the Yellow Jackets would add on in the fourth, taking advantage of an ASU error following a Fallyn Marshall base hit, extending the lead to 4-2.

Then leading 4-3 in the fifth, a Franklin single put BHSU up 5-3. But ASU scored another in the top of the sixth to pull back within one for the fourth time in the game before eventually tying things up at 5-5.

Singles from Luebken and Amaral in the bottom of the sixth each drove in a pair to put the Yellow Jackets back on top 7-5 before a bases-loaded double from Hubbard plated three to make it 10-5.

Amaral would finish out the game in the circle as BHSU won, 10-6.

Game Two (W, 10-8)
Both teams plated a run in the second, before an ASU sac fly put them ahead 2-1 in the top of the fourth.

In the bottom of the fourth, Gianna Haley ripped an RBI triple out to right to even the score at 2-all, before a Hubbard single plated Haley to give BHSU a 3-2 lead. The Yellow Jackets loaded the bases after that and plated three more to extend the lead to 6-2.

ASU put up a 5-spot of their own in the top of the fifth, though, to re-take the lead at 7-6.

But the Yellow Jackets kept fighting, scoring three runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth, including RBI singles from Marshall and Luebken to move ahead again, 9-7.

Of course, the Grizzlies weren't done either, getting back to within one in the top of the sixth with a solo home run to make it 9-8.

BHSU was able to add an insurance run in the bottom half of the sixth to extend back to a 2-run lead, 10-8, and eventually hang on to win by that score.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets head to Colorado Christian for doubleheaders next weekend on Saturday at 12 p.m./2 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m./1 p.m.