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Rylan Bruns
2
Adams State ASUSB 3-10
7
Winner Black Hills State BHSU 6-12
Adams State ASUSB
3-10
2
Final
7
Black Hills State BHSU
6-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Adams State ASUSB 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 3
Black Hills State BHSU 0 4 0 1 0 2 X 7 5 0

W: Coleman, Malaya (1-3) L: Au. Davis (2-8)

0
Adams State ASUSB 3-20
2
Winner Black Hills State BHSU 7-12
Adams State ASUSB
3-20
0
Final
2
Black Hills State BHSU
7-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Adams State ASUSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Black Hills State BHSU 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 9 1

W: Peskey, Laci (3-5) L: D. Hood (1-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | Steve Carlson, Assistant AD - Communications

Yellow Jackets Open Adams State Series with a Pair of Wins

BHSU has tied their NCAA Division II era record with five-straight wins

SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Black Hills State University softball team (7-12, 6-8 RMAC) continued the momentum of playing on their home field in the month of March, picking up a pair of wins to start the series with Adams State (3-20, 1-13 RMAC). Alyssa Wong recorded a pair of doubles and drove in three runs, while Malaya Coleman recorded her first win of the season in the circle.
 
With the sweep this afternoon, the Yellow Jackets have tied their National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II era win streak with five-straight wins. Head coach Ashlyn Englehorn noted, "I give all the credit to the team! We've been competing extremely well together and finding ways to have our pitchers' backs." For Englehorn, the current five-game win streak is a new career-best, notching a three-game win streak at Crown in 2023.  
GAME 1: BHSU 7, Adams State 2
 
PITCHING DECISIONS:
Win: Malaya Coleman (1-3)
Loss: Aubree Davis (2-8)
 
Black Hills State continued to enjoy playing on their home field in a clear and sunny day in western South Dakota with the highs in the mid-50s all afternoon long as Malaya Coleman (So., Johnstown, Colo.) made her first start of the season at home inside the circle, picking up her first win of 2024 as all three Yellow Jacket arms have no recorded wins at Yellow Jacket Field.
 
"Malaya dominated in the circle in Game 1 and her command was incredible," commented Englehorn. "She trusted her defense and let us play our game."
 
It would be the Yellow Jackets who started the scoring in the second inning, putting up a four-spot that would be enough as it was to earn the win in Game 1. An RBI ground out from Audrey Fouras (So., Jackson, Wyo.) and a defensive miscue by the Grizzlies would give BH the early 2-0 lead. Lily Simmons (So., Frederick, Colo.) would rope a double to right center to plate two more runs as the Jackets jumped out to the early 4-0 lead after two innings of play.
 
Adams State would plate their first run of the day with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Black Hills State would respond with a run of their own in the bottom half with an RBI single through the right side from Alyssa Wong (R-Fr., San Antonio, Texas) to make it 5-1 Jackets.
 
The scoring would come to an end in the sixth inning with a combined three runs. The Grizzlies added another run with a solo home run from Belinda Vargas, but the Yellow Jackets would respond with two more runs in their final at-bat of the series opener. The third double of the season from Wong would score Coleman, while a sacrifice fly from Ashlynn Pauwels (Jr., Tallahassee, Fla.) would put the ball in play for a sacrifice fly as BHSU took Game 1, 7-2, to make it four-straight wins this season.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Malaya Coleman records her first win of the season in the circle in Game 1, her second of her Yellow Jacket career.
  • BHSU tied their season-high with five stolen bases as a team, led by a pair from Kayla Lee and Malaya Coleman.
  • Coleman and Kayla Lee both worked a pair of walks each as BH also ties the season-high with six walks drawn as a team.
  • It was Adams State who outhit the Jackets in the opener (8-5), as BHSU picked up their first win this season when being outhit (1-11).
  • Alyssa Wong and Gianna Haley combined for four of the five Yellow Jacket hits, both recording two.
  • Wong now has a team-best seven multi-hit games and has now recorded a hit in five-straight contests and has reached base safely in eight-straight.
  • Haley went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
  • Lily Simmons and Wong both roped doubles in the win.
  • Both Simmons and Wong recorded two RBIs in the series opener with Wong tying Ashlynn Pauwels for the team lead in multi-RBI games (3).
  • The Jackets turned their fourth double play of the season in Game 1 and played their fourth errorless game of the season.
  • Coleman pitched all seven innings, allowing just the two earned runs and recording one strike out.
GAME  2: BHSU 2, Adams State 0
 
PITCHING DECISIONS:
Win: Laci Peskey (3-5)
Loss: Dani Hood (1-9)
 
Laci Peskey (Fr., Waller, Texas) has found a groove inside her home circle at Yellow Jacket Field this season, notching her third-straight win with all being in Spearfish. Getting her eighth start in the circle, she pitched her first-career complete game shutout and recorded a career-high five strike outs in the win.
 
The second game of the day proved to be a pitcher's duel with Black Hills State scoring both their runs int eh first two innings of the game. What proved to be the game-winning run came right away in the first inning with an RBI single up the middle from Gianna Haley (Gr., Arvada, Colo.) that scored Lee, making it 1-0.
 
The second run came in the second on Wong's second RBI double of the day, which proved to be enough insurance for Peskey in the circle.
 
"(Alyssa) has been consistent for us at the plate and stepped up for us in the outfield today," noted Englehorn.
 
Twice the Grizzlies would start a frame with a lead-off double – fourth and sixth innings – but both times Peskey and the Yellow Jacket defense would hold firm and not allow them to score a run. A diving grab web gem from Simmons in the seventh inning would sum up the day, as everything went the way of Black Hills State in their second shutout win of the season, 2-0.  
GAME NOTES
  • Laci Peskey records her first-career complete game shutout in the circle.
  • After Day 1 of the series, BHSU now leads the RMAC in stolen bases (33-for-36) in conference games only (third overall with 40).
  • Kayla Lee and Tyler Whitlock both now sit with 12 (both 12-for-12) and sit tied for fifth in the RMAC.
  • It marks the second shutout win of the season for Black Hills State this season (7-0 vs. CSUP, G4 on March 3).
  • BHSU picks up four more stolen bases, bringing their total to nine on the day.
  • Gianna Haley picks up her second-straight multi-hit game, now second on the team with six on the season, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
  • Peskey threw all seven innings, surrendering a season-low five hits in the victory (min. 4.0 IP) in her eighth start this season.
  • Peskey also up her third-straight win in the circle, all her wins coming at Yellow Jacket Field this season.
  • It's now the second-straight weekend that BH pitcher has thrown a complete game shutout.
Up Next: Black Hills State and Adams State will conclude their four-game set tomorrow, Sunday, March 10 with another doubleheader beginning at 11:00 a.m. from Yellow Jacket Field.
 
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