SPEARFISH, S.D.- The Black Hills State Yellow Jackets (3-3) are one week into the season after spending last weekend facing three teams in Minot, N.D. and are now heading down south to Edmond, Oklahoma where they will face five different teams in the OC/UCO festival. The Yellow Jackets will face Cameron, #25 Oklahoma Christian, Eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma Baptist, and #11 Central Oklahoma in a three-day tournament. The Yellow Jackets will be looking to face some seriously good competition before entering RMAC play.
 
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Date/Time/Location (All Times MT): Cameron: Friday, February 6 at 11 AM at the Tom Heath Field in Edmond, Okla.
#25 Oklahoma Christian: Friday, February 6 at 1:15 PM at the Tom Heath Field in Edmond, Okla.
Eastern New Mexico: Saturday, February 7 at 10 AM at the Tom Heath Field in Edmond, Okla.
Oklahoma Baptist: Saturday, February 7 at 12:15 PM at the Tom Heath Field in Edmond, Okla.
#11 Central Oklahoma: Sunday, February 8 at 12 PM at Gerry Pinkston Field in Edmond, Okla.
Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 senior citizens, 12 and under FREE, OC Students FREE
Purchase of a general admission ticket at either site allows you admittance into both venues.
Live Streaming: All games played at UCO's campus can be viewed on the MIAA Network.
All games played at OC's campus can be viewed on FloCollege. Each of the Yellow Jackets first four games will be streamed on FloCollege and the final game versus Central Oklahoma will be on MIAA Network.
StatBroadcast: Live Stat links for all games can all be found at the links above
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• Black Hills State currently sits at 3-3 after splitting each of their first three series versus UMary, Minot State, and MSU Billings. BHSU was able to really get strong offensive performances in order to win those games. BHSU has had a combined 30 runs in the three games BHSU won and were undefeated when scoring more than five runs. The pitching staff held down the fort too only allowing 24 earned runs and striking out 39 batters. However, they did walk 32 batters which turned out to be many of their runs allowed.
• The Yellow Jackets are currently top 20 in the country in ten different stats. They are leading the country in batters hit (1), and hit by pitches (9), fifth in home runs (6), sixth in hits (56), ninth in home runs per game (1.00), ninth in RBIs (37), 11^th in doubles (12), 13^th in total runs (39), 16^th in sacrifice flies (2), and 20^th in doubles per game (2.00).
• The team took BHSU to their first ever RMAC tournament last season after leading BHSU to a 27-27 (25-19 RMAC) record, which finished sixth in the conference. They had five All-RMAC players, one RMAC Pitcher of the Year, and one All-Region player last year.
• Last year, the Yellow Jackets set 20 separate team records. They were single-season doubles (102), single-season triples (12), single-season walks (177), single-season wins (27), single-season road wins (20), single season RMAC wins (25), single-season hits (468), single-season RBIs (272), single-season runs (290), single-season total bases (699), single-season at-bats (1487), single-season games played (52), single-season pitcher strikeouts (295), single-season sacrifice flies (20), single-season sacrifice bunts (43), single-season hit by pitches (39), single-season batting average (.315), single-season on-base percentage (.397), and single-season slugging percentage (.470).
• BHSU landed at seventh in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll with 64 points. It is the highest ranking BHSU has received in a preseason coaches' poll in their RMAC history.
• The three wins in the first weekend at the Bubble was the most wins in the first weekend in the D2 era. It is also the second time BHSU has entered the second weekend at .500.
• Kaitlyn Geschwill, a newcomer for the Yellow Jackets, made probably the biggest impact a newcomer can make in her first weekend with her new team: she won RMAC Pitcher of the Week. The Central Lakes College transfer had a huge weekend out of the bullpen for BHSU. She pitched in five of the six games, threw 15 innings with a 2-1 record, only allowing two earned runs and seven hits on a .93 ERA and 22 strikeouts. She ranks second in the country in pitching appearances (5), fourth in the country in strikeouts (22), eighth in the country in victories (2), 11^th in the country in strikeouts per seven innings (10.3), and 18^th in the country in innings pitched (15.00).
• Carly Reyes Mims is also coming off a major freshman season and was also named All-RMAC Honorable Mention last season. She is in the record book once for being tied for fifth in single-season doubles (11). Reyes Mims started the season off very hot. She hit .450 with a .577 on-base percentage and a .700 slugging percentage. She had five hits and a home run with nine runs scored. She was one of three players in the country that had nine runs scored, was seventh in the country in assists with 14, was 12^th in the country in hits with nine and was 23^rd in total bases. She has reached base in every game this season and went 4-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in game two versus UMary.
• Caylee Mann was the top player for BHSU early and was another transfer who made an immediate impact. She finished the weekend with a .429 batting average, a .619 slugging percentage, 13 total bases, nine hits, and nine RBIs. She is ranked sixth in the country in RBIs, 12th in hits, and 30^th in total bases. She had an RBI in five of the six games and she has two games with three RBIs while having three hits in both of those games.
• Delaney Milanowski, another transfer, was the third transfer who made a huge statement in the first games of the season. Milanowski is hitting .357 with five hits, a double, and three RBIs with an .867 OPS. Milanowski went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in the win over Minot State and had two hits in three games.
• Sammie Kaufman-Warner, a freshman, hit second for BHSU in all six games and was the only player to hit multiple home runs this weekend. She also hit .350 with a .700 slugging percentage, a 1.117 OPS, 14 total bases, seven hits and six RBIs. She was eighth in the country in home runs with two, 23^rd in total bases (14), 31^st in RBIs (6), and 45^th in runs scored (5). She also reached base in all six games and had hits in five of them. She also had an RBI in five of the six games. Versus Minot, she went 2-4 with a home run.
• Desi Hernandez is coming off an excellent freshman season where she was named All-RMAC honorable mention. Hernandez is hitting .318 batting average with a .545 slugging percentage. She had 12 total bases, seven hits, five RBI, with a home run, and two doubles. On the fielding side, she had one caught stealing. She was 31^st in the country in doubles (2), 33^rd in home runs (1), 35^th in hits (7), and 39^th in total bases (12).  She had a career-high four hits twice going 4-4 in both games against New Mexico Highlands and Colorado School of Mines. She is currently on a six-game hitting streak and has two RBIs in two of the six games.
•  Alyssa Wong was named to All-RMAC Gold Glove team and started this year with a .500 on-base percentage with five walks, four hits, three runs scored, two doubles, and one RBI. She had a hit in three games this year and two runs scored in the final game of the weekend.
• Head Coach Ashlyn Englehorn is the first Jacket head coach to win Coach of the Year since Amy Gurney did it in the DAC in 2008. She is entering her third season as head coach of the Yellow Jackets and has a overall record of 65-111 (.369), a BHSU record of 45-62 (.421), and a RMAC record of 39-47 (.453). She led BHSU to first RMAC Tournament berth in program history in 2025 after being picked to finish ninth in preseason coaches poll. Helped the Green & Gold finish with their first winning record in program history since 2009. In her first two seasons as head coach, she has won nine RMAC series, with six being this year. In the previous 12 seasons, BHSU had won a total of eight RMAC series. She also helped BHSU break their program wins record, program road wins record, and program RMAC wins record, along with multiple other program statistical records. 

 
CAMERON STORYLINES

• Cameron is coming off a season where they finished seventh in the Lone Star with a 29-24 record and a 22-22 conference record. They ended the season winning ten of the last 12 games before losing to UT Tyler in the LSC Softball Tournament. This year they started the season 1-3 at the Lone Star Classic where they got an immediate win versus East Central before losing the next three to Washburn, #9 Augustana, and #24 Missouri Southern.
• Their game versus Augustana was a nuts 16-15 with Auggie pulling it out. The Vikings were up 8-2 when Cameron put nine runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 11-8 lead. The Vikings put three up in the bottom of the sixth and seventh and both teams put across four runs in the eighth before Augustana walked it off in the bottom of the ninth.
• Cameron is ranked top 20 in the country in four stats. They are seventh in walks (25), ninth in home runs per game (1.00), 13^th in hit by pitches (5), and 20^th in home runs (4).
• Cameron was picked to finish sixth in the now combined Lone Star Conference this season. They received 551 points, which was just ahead of Eastern New Mexico and just behind Lubbock Christian.
• Haley Gardella has been the star so far this year for the Aggies. She has a 1.542 OPS with a .357 batting average, a 1.071 slugging percentage, five hits with three home runs, a double, and six RBIs. She ranks third in the country in home runs (3), fourth in home runs per game (.75), 22^nd in slugging percentage (1.542), 31^st in total bases (15), and 52^nd in RBIs (6). Gardella went 2-7 with a double in her first two games, and then in the win versus Augustana she went 2-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs. She then went 1-for-4 with a home run in the final game versus Missouri Southern.
• Madyssen Boutwell was their player to watch in the preseason polls. Boutwell didn't start the season amazing. She only had a .222 batting average, but walked seven times, had a .588 on-base percentage, and scored two runs.
• Chloe Hill has been a solid pitcher. She has a 0.00 ERA after one outing where she went six innings. She didn't allow an earned run, but did allow six runs total. She also walked five batters and struck out five batters in six innings.
• Head Coach Bryan Howard is in his second season for the Aggies after spending the previous two at Missouri S&T. He has a career 77-89 record and 27-30 at Cameron. He just had his first winning season last year.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• BHSU has never faced Cameron. Winner of this game will become 1-0 in the series record.

 
#25 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN STORYLINES

• #25 Oklahoma Christian enters the season in the top 25 after going 38-21 last season and 29-15 in conference play. They finished fourth in the conference last year and lost in the first round of the LSC Softball Tournament to Lubbock Christian. They then went and played in the NCAA DII Tournament, where they went 2-2 in the South Central Regional going 1-1 against Colorado Christian, beating MSU Denver, and then losing to UT Tyler to end their season.
• The Eagles are 4-0 this year after sweeping their first two doubleheaders. One of those doubleheaders was versus the number two team in the country in Tampa and OCU beat them 6-2 over the two games. They then went and faced Eckard and won by a combined 10-2. Their pitchers have surrendered just 4 runs in four games while their offense has scored four or more three times.
• The Eagles are ranked top 20 in six categories this season so far. They are leading the country in hit batters (1), win/loss percentage (1.00), they are second in earned run average (.50), 11^th in shutouts (1), 14^th in WHIP (1.07), and 16^th in sacrifice flies (2).
• Oklahoma Christian was picked fourth in the LSC with 715 points and one first place vote. They were just behind Angelo State for third and just ahead of Lubbock Christian for fifth.
• Kadence Brewster has been one of the top hitters for the Eagles so far. She is hitting .429 with a .571 slugging percentage, six hits, eight total bases, two doubles, and an RBI. She got a hit in all four games this season and went 3-4 in game two versus Eckard with a double and an RBI.
• Kallie Rupp is having a nuts year as well. She is hitting .417 with a .750 slugging percentage with five hits, nine total bases, a home run, a double, and six RBIs. In the two matchups versus Eckard, she went 4-7 with a double, a home run, and five RBIs combined.
• The top pitcher of this absolutely stacked staff has been Jill Dickson. Dickson pitched in 11 innings, only gave up one run on ten hits, and struck out ten batters. She's 2-0 with a .64 ERA. In the game she pitched against Tampa, she pitched a seven-inning shutout with eight strikeouts on only five hits. Against Eckard, she went 4 innings, allowed five hits, three walks, and struck out two while only giving up one earned run.
• Shalee Rodriguez is in her fifth year with the Eagles. She has a 154-76 career record with OCU and has had 35 wins in each season since she took over as skipper. She has made the postseason every single season since she's been there.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets and Eagles have never faced each other, so they are looking to break the 0-0 tie tomorrow morning.

 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO STORYLINES

• Eastern New Mexico enters the season coming off a strong sixth place finish in the LSC where they went 30-25 and 23-21 in conference play. They were able to bring the 30 win season into the LSC tournament where they lost first round to #7 Angelo State. The Greyhounds did struggle against teams ranked above them in conference play. They went 1-12 against ranked opponents last year with their only win being a 6-0 win over #18 Oklahoma Christian.
• The Greyhounds have started this season 2-1 with a three game tournament at the Lone Star Classic, where they beat Minnesota Duluth, beat #9 Augustana, and then lost to Emporia State. They beat Augustana 10-9 in eight innings. They tied it up in the fifth after being down 7-3 and then outscored the Vikings 3-2 in the eighth inning to get a massive statement win before a letdown game to Emporia where they lost 2-7.
• ENMU is ranked top 40 in the country in seven stats. They are first in hit batters (1), fifth in team strikeouts per seven innings (8.67), tenth in fielding percentage (.987), 33^rd in hits allowed per seven innings (9.33), 35^th in home runs per game (.67), 35^th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.00), and 40^th in WL percentage (.667)
• The Greyhounds were picked to finish seventh in the Lone Star Preseason Coaches' Poll and received 537 points, just 14 behind Cameron for sixth and just ahead of St. Edward's.
• Giazza Lopez was the a bright spot for the Greyhounds in Texas on offense. She had a .571 batting average, a 1.441 OPS, a .727 on-base percentage, a .714 slugging percentage and had four walks, four hits, four runs scored and five total bases. Against Duluth, she went 1-for-1 with two runs scored and then went 2-4 with one run scored in the win over Augustana.
• Miranda Guillen has been a solid pitcher for ENMU so far. She threw a complete game versus Duluth, giving up four earned runs, and nine hits, but struck out ten batters and then she pitched 3.2 innings versus Emporia and gave up four earned runs and five hits with six strikeouts. She has a 5.25 ERA with eight earned runs and 16 strikeouts
• Head Coach Amanda Fefel has consistently been building the program. She is in her fifth season and just had her first winning season of her career, but her teams have improved every year. She has a 102-112 career record going from 18-30 her first year to 30-25 last year.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets and Greyhounds have never faced each other, so this will be the first chance for someone to get the series record to 1-0.

 
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST STORYLINES

• Oklahoma Baptist is entering this season fresh off a campaign where they finished second in the Great American Conference. They finished 36-17 and 25-7 in conference play. They went 4-1 versus GAC ranked teams in conference play with two wins over Southern Arkansas and two wins over Harding. They won two of three in the GAC tournament before falling to Southern Arkansas and just missing out on the NCAA Tournament.
• The Bison have started off this season 5-0 after winning each of their five games in the Lone Star Classic. They beat MSU Moorhead 5-0, then beat UT Dallas 12-11 in eight innings where they blew a 7-3 lead but outscored UTD 3-2 in the eighth. They then beat Northwest Missouri State 8-3, Maryville 5-4 in eight innings, and St. Edward's 5-3. Their offense scored 35 runs in five games and didn't have less than five in a game.
• OBU is ranked top 10 in the country in 11 stats. They are first in home runs (9), first in WL percentage (1.00), second in stolen bases (21), third in sacrifice flies (5), third in home runs per game (1.5), sixth in strikeouts per seven innings (7.95), seventh in hits (55), seventh in sacrifice bunts (6), sixth in stolen bases per game (3.5), eighth in total runs (43), and ninth in RBIs (37).
• The Greyhounds were picked to finish second in the GAC Preseason Poll with a total of 106 points. They received two first place votes and finished behind Southern Arkansas and ahead of Harding in the poll.
• The GAC Player of the Week went to Haley Hacker, who hit .667 with a 1.250 slugging percentage and a .750 on-base percentage. She had two home runs, a double, five RBIs, six runs scored, 15 total bases, and four walks this past weekend. She is 11^th in batting average, third in hits, third in home runs, seventh in home runs per game, seventh in on-base percentage, third in runs scored, eighth in slugging percentage, 11^th in stolen bases, and fifth in total bases. She had three multi-hit games last weekend including a 3-for-3 game with 3 RBIs, a home run, and three runs scored against Northwest Missouri State.
• Greenlee Wells is also having an insane start to the year. She has a .529 batting average and a 1.235 slugging percentage with three home runs, three doubles, nine hits, nine RBIs, and four runs scored as well as 21 total bases. Wells is ranked third in assists per game (3.67), fourth in doubles, 23^rd in doubles per game, 12^th in hits, third in home runs, seventh in home runs per game, fourth in RBIs, 20^th in slugging percentage, and third in total bases. She went 4-for-5 with five RBIs, a home run, a double, and a run scored versus UT Dallas. She also had a home run versus MSUM and SEU.
• The GAC Pitcher of the Week also belongs to a Bison in Jaycee Shafer. Shafer pitched in all five games this past weekend for the Bison and pitched 21.2 innings to a 1.94 ERA with six earned runs, a 5-0 record, 20 hits allowed, and 25 strikeouts to ten walks. She ranks second in complete games, sixth in games started, first in innings pitched, first in pitching appearances, second in strikeouts, and first in wins. She pitched six innings versus MSU Moorhead and didn't allow a run and struck out six.
• Jace Brewer is in his second season at Oklahoma Baptist and has a 41-17 career record.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets have faced the Bison one time in their history. They faced each other in an early-season tournament game in Tuscon, Arizona where BHSU won 2-0 and took the 1-0 series lead. BHSU's pitcher Crystal Amaral threw seven shutout innings.

 
#11 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA STORYLINES

• Central Oklahoma is entering the season as the #11 team in the country and this will be the first team BHSU has played in the D2 era that has a championship trophy since 2014 when they played Augustana. Central Oklahoma is coming off a 52-11 year and a 25-4 performance in MIAA. They turned that into a perfect MIAA tournament, where they won their conference for the eighth time and fifth time since 2017. They then advanced to the NCAA Regional where they took out Minnesota State and Rogers State twice to advance to NCAA D2 Super Regional. They then went 2-1 against Augustana in the Super Regional to advance to the D2 Softball Championship. They beat Pace 3-2 and then fell to Western Washington and Tampa to end their season.
• The Bronchos have started the 2026 season 4-2 at the Branson Leadoff Classic. While there they beat Sioux Falls, Arkansas Tech, Minnesota Crookston, before losing back-to-back to unranked Arkansas Monticello and Missouri S&T. They then finished the tournament with a win over McKendree in the eighth inning where they tied it up with two runs in the seventh, before scoring four in the eighth.
• OCU is ranked top ten in seven categories. They are second in doubles (16), fourth in walks (27), sixth in RBIs (38), eighth in doubles per game (2.67), eighth in total runs (43), ninth in team strikeouts per seven innings (7.74), and tenth in hit by pitch (5).
• The Bronchos were picked to finish second in the MIAA this year with one first place vote and 125 points. They are sitting behind Pitt State for first and just ahead of Missouri Southern
• Jenna Jobe is the batting average leader for UCO so far. Jobe is hitting .421 with a .576 slugging percentage. She has eight hits in 19 at bats and has three doubles and six RBIs. She is fourth in the country in doubles and 23^rd in doubles per game. Jobe had four mult-hit games to begin the season before being held hitless in the last two. Against Sioux Falls, she went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
• Haley Gallo had a .357 batting average but a 1.336 OPS. She had six walks which led to a .550 on-base percentage. She also had a home run and three doubles, which led to a .786 slugging percentage while putting up four RBIs and crossing the plate five times. She was 24^th in the country in walks per game (1.00). She had a hit in each of the last five games, but has been on base in all of them. She went 1-for-3 against Ark-Monticello with a home run and two RBIs.
• The top pitcher for the Bronchos is Shelby Beard. In 18 innings, she has a 2.72 ERA with two complete games, seven earned runs on 18 hits, and 16 strikeouts. She is currently 13^th in wins, 17^th in strikeouts, 16^th in pitching appearances, 14^th in innings pitchd, sixth in games started, and second in complete games. Beard made four appearances during the opening tournament. She pitched five innings versus Sioux Falls with only one earned run and two strikeouts. Beard then pitched four innings versus Crookston giving up one earned run and striking out seven.
• Head Coach Sam Maples is in her seventh season as a head coach and first with Central Oklahoma. Maples replaced the legendary Cody White, who had helped UCO reach nine NCAA tournaments in his 11 years coaching. Maples had a successful stint at Oklahoma Baptist, where she led the Bison to five straight winning seasons in six years and two straight 40-win seasons before she left. She has a 174-119 career record and is 4-2 at Central Oklahoma

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets and Bronchos have never faced each other, so whoever wins will get the 1-0 series lead.
• The Jackets have faced Maples before, as I said earlier, BHSU beat OBU 2-0 in Tuscon, Arizona in 2019 when Maples was the coach.