DURANGO, Colo. – Black Hills State softball dropped its Sunday doubleheader at Fort Lewis, 7-6 and 4-3.

The Yellow Jackets (10-28, 8-28 RMAC) held leads in the sixth inning in both games, but FLC was able to come back and take both games.

Game One (L, 7-6)
BHSU got on the board first, scoring one in the second and then adding another in the third on a Gianna Haley RBI single to jump out to a 2-0 lead in the third.

Later, tied 2-2, the Yellow Jackets put up a 3-run sixth inning with RBI doubles from Shayla Tuschen and Tyler Whitlock, along with an RBI single by Hailey Franklin to move back ahead 5-2 through six innings.

FLC had a big seventh inning, though, pushing across five runs to take their first lead of the game, 7-5.

BHSU threatened in the bottom of the seventh to try and mount a comeback, scoring one on a Tuschen RBI groundout, but that would be all the Yellow Jackets added in the final frame as they went on to lose 7-6.

Game Two (L, 4-3)
Shayla Tuschen opened the scoring for BHSU in the first, lifting a sacrifice fly out to right field to bring home Fallyn Marshall and give the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead.

Holding that lead into the fifth inning, Haley helped add on to the lead with a 2-RBI double to drive in Marshall and Lizzy Johnson and make it a 3-0 Yellow Jacket lead.

But in the top of the sixth, FLC drove in four to move ahead 4-3 and eventually won by that score.

Up Next
The Yellow Jackets will wrap up their 2022 campaign next weekend as they travel to Colorado Mines for doubleheaders on Friday, April 29 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., and Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.