DENVER, COLO.- MSU Denver's offense continued to pile it on and MSU Denver's Natalie Romero held the Yellow Jackets in check as BHSU gets swept in the four-game series to drop their first RMAC series of the season. The Yellow Jackets now drop to fifth in the conference as they fall behind CSU Pueblo and Colorado Mesa.

QUICK DETAILS – GAME 3
Final Score:  Black Hills State 0, MSU Denver 3
Team Records: Black Hills State 18-13 (16-7 RMAC), MSU Denver 21-8 (19-3 RMAC)
Pitching Decision:  Win: Romero (10-2), Loss: Peskey (14-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 3
•    This game almost followed the exact same archetype as game 1 yesterday, It was a pitcher's duel until the bottom of the fourth inning, when the top of the lineup came back up and Jaiden Geist singled to leadoff the inning. Jenna Medhus reached on a fielder's choice as Geist was out at second and Miki Berg also reached on a fielder's choice, but Medhus was able to make it to second safely. Brooklyn Enny walked to load the bases and Genevieve Bower singled to score Berg and Medhus and give MSU Denver a 2-0 lead. Adriana Bueno singled to score Enny and make the lead 3-0.
•    BHSU really only had two legitimate chances to score in this game, and was not able to take advantage of either of them as MSU Denver shutout BHSU to win 3-0. 

BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS – GAME 3
•    Ashlynn Pauwels: 2-for-3
•    Tyler Whitlock: 1-for-3, 1 BB
•    Laci Peskey: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 Ks, 1-for-3, 2B

QUICK DETAILS- GAME 4
Final Score:  Black Hills State 5, MSU Denver 13
Team Records: Black Hills State 18-14 (16-8 RMAC), MSU Denver 25-7 (20-3 RMAC)
Pitching Decision:  Win: Prieto (8-2), Loss: Coleman (0-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED- GAME 4
•     Whitlock started this game with a leadoff double before advancing to third on  a groundout and advancing home on a sacrifice fly for BHSU's first run of the day and a 1-0 lead. MSUD answered back with two outs in the bottom of the first when Bower and Medhus both walked. Cheyenne Prieto singled to score Bower and get Medhus to second before Berg walked to load the bases. Aaliyah Arellano walked in a run and the Roadrunners now had a 2-1 lead. Paige Goodell replaced Malaya Coleman and Bueno hit a bases-clearing double to give MSU Denver a 5-1 lead headed into the second. 
•    Peskey walked to leadoff the second inning, and with two outs, Taylor Dowden walked too. Carly Reyes Mims hit a two-run double to cut the lead to 5-3. Mims would be tagged out at home on a double steal attempt, but the Yellow Jackets had closed the lead.
•    BHSU got the lead closer when Desi Hernandez hit a leadoff double, she was singled to third by Carli Maley, and Laci Peskey doubled her home. The next two batters struck out swinging, but Peskey had cut the lead to one. Prieto walked to leadoff the bottom of the third before being out at second on a fielder's choice. Arellano walked and advanced Berg to second and Hannah DiFabio hit a single to score Berg and give MSUD a 6-4 lead. Katie Maney hit a two-run double to advance the lead to four to end the inning.
•    Reyes Mims, Hernandez, and Pauwels each hit singles to load the bases in the top of the fourth. After a pitching change, Maley walked in Reyes Mims and BHSU had made the score 8-5 heading into the bottom half. Bower reached on an error to leadoff the inning, and Medhus singled her to second. Skylar Bedlan entered for Goodell and with runners on second and third, she gave up a three-run home run to Berg, which made the score 11-5.
•    After DiFabio reached first on another error to lead off the bottom of the fifth, Bedlan allowed a little-league home run to Katie Maney, which won the game for the Roadrunners and completed the sweep. They beat the Yellow Jackets 13-5.

BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS- GAME 4
•    Desi Hernandez: 2-for-3, 1 run
•    Tyler Whitlock: 2-for-3, 1 run
•    Carly Reyes Mims: 2-for-2, 2 RBIs, 1 run
•    Laci Peskey: 1-for-2, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 BB

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BHSU will look to get back on their winning ways as they face Colorado School of Mines at Yellow Jacket Field in Spearfish this weekend. It will be BHSU's second home series of the season so far.
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