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4
Winner Fort Lewis College FLC 13-27
3
Black Hills State BHSU 12-26
Winner
Fort Lewis College FLC
13-27
4
Final
3
Black Hills State BHSU
12-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Fort Lewis College FLC 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 10 1
Black Hills State BHSU 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 11 1

W: Shanks, Amiee (7-14) L: Peskey, L (5-12)

11
Winner Fort Lewis College FLC 14-27
1
Black Hills State BHSU 12-27
Winner
Fort Lewis College FLC
14-27
11
Final
1
Black Hills State BHSU
12-27
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Fort Lewis College FLC 1 1 9 0 0 11 17 1
Black Hills State BHSU 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1

W: Mann, Hailie (7-13) L: Tuschen, S (5-11)

Kayla Stone at Adams State - Mar. 2, 2024
Brandy Sanderson
Kayla Stone (17) was a perfect 8-8 on the day with a double, a triple, two home runs, four runs scored, and six runs batted in.

Game Recap: Softball | | Hayden Mangan, Assistant AD-Communications & Fan Engagement

Skyhawks soar offensively, sweep Yellow Jackets

Fort Lewis earns first series sweep of the season

SPEARFISH, S.D. – Fort Lewis softball extended its winning streak to five straight games Sunday afternoon in the Mount Rushmore State as the Skyhawks handled Black Hills State 4-3 in game one and 11-0 in game two, capturing the program's first series sweep of the season.
 
The Skyhawks, now riding its longest winning streak of the season, stand at 14-27 overall, 12-20 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action, and seventh in the league standings to reside one spot out of the RMAC Tournament. The Yellow Jackets take their ninth consecutive loss and fall to 12-27 and 11-23 in conference play.
 
Fort Lewis combined for 27 hits, the most in a doubleheader this season, while also racking up the second-most runs (15) and runs batted in (15) in a doubleheader as well. Kayla Stone was an immaculate 8-8 at the plate recording two home runs, a double, and a triple for four runs and six RBIs to account for 10 of FLC's 15 total runs on the afternoon.
 
Audrey Fouras led the charge for Black Hills State with a 4-6 afternoon while Kayla Lee and Lily Simmons were the only additional Yellow Jackets to record a hit in both contests.
 
Game One – Fort Lewis 4, Black Hills State 3
Amiee Shanks (7-14) battled Laci Peskey (5-12) in the circle for a second straight day and it was Shanks who emerged the victor once again. Despite giving up 11 hits, Shanks buckled down and allowed only three runs, two of which were earned, while striking out four and not surrendering a walk.
 
Stone was the driving force behind the win, accounting for two of the four runs scored and three RBIs thanks to a pair of solo home runs in the second and sixth innings and the go-ahead RBI single to plate Alex Tenorio, who reached on an error to open the inning, with two outs in the top of the seventh. Briana Jorgensen also provided a two-out RBI single in the top of the sixth inning.
 
Black Hills State forced the 1-1 tie in the bottom of the third inning on a solo home run from Audrey Fouras to follow up Stone's second-inning blast. Then in the bottom of the sixth, Ashlynn Pauwels belted an RBI double to bring BHSU within one, and an error with two down brought in the game-tying run later in the inning.
 
Peskey was dealt her second loss at the hands of the Skyhawks surrendering three earned runs on 10 hits while striking out three without a hit batter or walk given.
 
Game Two – Fort Lewis 11, Black Hills State 1
For the second consecutive day, Fort Lewis exploded offensively in the afternoon clash for 17 total hits, the most in a single game this season to cap off the Skyhawks' fourth run-rule victory of the year.
 
While Stone led the charge with a game-high four hits, Catheryn Rodman and Tenorio each supplied three hits, and Hannah Rutherford and Cali Niccum another pair of hits as well. In addition, nine different Skyhawks scored runs in the contest, and seven recorded at least one RBI. Fort Lewis also picked up five extra-base hits including four doubles, the third-most in a game this year.
 
The Skyhawks plated just a single run in the first and second innings on RBI singles from Stone and Tenorio but did a plethora of damage in the third frame. Fort Lewis rifled off five consecutive hits for four runs before recording an out, then wrapped up the inning with nine runs on nine hits while leaving one runner stranded.
 
Hailie Mann (7-13) earned the win in the circle against BHSU's Shayla Tuschen (5-11) after throwing her 14th complete game of the season and allowing one unearned run on six hits, five strikeouts, and no walks or hit batters.
 
Quotable
"I'm proud of how the girls competed this weekend, it was a fun one. They competed all game long for four straight games and never laid down or let up when things didn't go their way on the field. We were able to pick up a few gritty wins and then really opened things up to end the trip. Overall, I'm proud of our combined performance this weekend." – Head Coach Paige Adair
 
Notables
-Fort Lewis is now 37-7 all-time against Black Hills State, 16-4 on Yellow Jacket Field, and has won 17 consecutive games over BHSU.
-FLC's sweep over Black Hills State is its first in a four-game series this year.
-The Skyhawks' five-game winning streak is its longest of the 2024 season.
-Fort Lewis boasts three batters with .336+ averages including Kayla Stone (.444), Alex Tenorio (.366), and Cara Daugherty (.366) while five individuals have tallied 32 or more hits: Stone (56), Tenorio (49), Daugherty (38), Ashley Burriel (33), and Hannah Rutherford (32).
-Across NCAA DII Amiee Shanks and Hailie Mann rank second and 31st in complete games, respectively, with Shanks also standing at 20th in total appearances.
-Kayla Stone's .444 batting average is now tied for 45th in NCAA DII.  
-Hailie Mann has now earned five wins in her last six starts, all complete game outings, with two shutouts and a 0.89 ERA over the same span.
 
Final Home Series
Next weekend will be the season's final home series for the Skyhawks up on Aspen Field. Fort Lewis will host New Mexico Highlands for a four-game series on Apr. 20-21 and will celebrate its annual Nike N7 games on Saturday followed by Senior Day on Sunday.
 
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