SDSU SWEEPS FRIDAY DOUBLEHEADER

Friday, May 2

Grand Forks, N.D.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

26-24, 11-5

North Dakota (DH)

25-26, 7-9

Jackrabbits

North Dakota

Abby Gentry

Photo by: Evan Patzwald

5/2/2025 9:54:00 PM | Softball

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By: Andrew Pedersen

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – South Dakota State earned back-to-back victories in a Summit League softball doubleheader on Friday, May 2, over North Dakota at Albrecht Field. The Jackrabbits completed a five-inning, run-rule victory by a 13-4 score to begin the day, followed by a 3-1 win against the Fighting Hawks to cap the doubleheader.

Game One
South Dakota State scored eight runs in the first inning, then tallied another five in the fifth frame, to earn a 13-4 triumph in five innings over UND.

Two straight walks to begin the game led to a Brooke Dumont RBI double, along with RBI singles by Abby Gentry and Alli Boyle, with all three hits in consecutive fashion. Emma Christensen was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. Akayla Barnard and Madi Conklin each drew walks to push the Jackrabbit lead to 5-0.

SDSU turned the lineup over resulting in lead-off batter Mia Jarecki hit a two-run double to push the advantage to 7-0. Gentry drew another bases-loaded walk for SDSU before the top of the inning closed with the Jacks in front, 8-0.

North Dakota responded in the second inning with four runs on four hits. That cut the deficit to 8-4 and in the third brought in reliever Madi Mangulis.

The junior pitcher was stellar for the Jackrabbits. Mangulis wound up pitching three shutout innings. She allowed just one hit and two walks to go along with four strikeouts in her appearance in the circle.

SDSU put the finishing touches on the win with its five-run fifth inning at the plate.

Christensen led the frame off with a solo home run, the first homer of her career, to put the Jacks on top 9-4. Barnard and and Jarecki each singled and they scored on a two-run double off the bat of Emma Vike. Another RBI single courtesy of Gentry ended the scoring at 13-4 in favor of the Jackrabbits.

Seven different Jacks combined for 11 hits. Gentry was 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs. Jarecki and Boyle had a pair of hits apiece with Jarecki also scoring two runs.

Game Two
Starting pitcher Tayler Baker tossed one of the best games of her college career to lead State to a 3-1 victory over North Dakota.

The Fighting Hawks got on the board first in the second inning thanks to a hit by pitch, walk and fielding error.

SDSU was thwarted through the first three innings before tying the score in the fourth. Gentry hit a lead-off single in the frame and was moved over in a Boyle sacrifice bunt. Christensen followed with a one-out RBI double to make it a 1-1 score.

Baker produced six strikeouts in her first four innings of work while keeping the Fighting Hawks hitless.

The Jackrabbits took the lead for good in the top of the fifth. A lead-off walk drawn by Caitlyn Wells saw pinch runner Cece Hanson advance to third after a sacrifice bunt and ground out. An RBI double hit by Barnard easily plated Hanson to push the Jacks ahead, 2-1.

Baker, meanwhile, got an out to begin the fifth before UND produced its first single of the affair. Baker quickly got two more outs to move to the sixth. That frame saw the Jacks add a bit of breathing room. A lead-off double by Boyle saw her eventually plated on another RBI by Barnard, this time via single, to make the score 3-1.

SDSU's starter threw another 1-2-3 frame in the sixth before moving to the seventh. Baker allowed one single in the inning, but ended any threat beyond that to earn a complete-game shutout victory.

Baker gave up just two hits and two walks across seven innings. She allowed one earned run while she struck out eight batters. The eight strikeouts were the most for Baker since her career debut in February when she struck out nine. Baker threw her second consecutive complete game as she improved to 9-5 overall on the season.

NOTES

South Dakota State improved to 27-24 overall and 12-5 in Summit League play. North Dakota dropped to 25-27 overall and 7-10 in conference action.
The opening win of the series for the Jackrabbits clinched the No. 2 seed for SDSU in the upcoming Summit League Softball Championship. The Jacks will play the winner of the No. 3/6 seed game on Thursday, May 8, at 1:30 p.m. as the host of the tournament at Jerald T. Moriarty Field in Brookings.
SDSU's Mangulis improved to 6-5 on the season with her relief appearance in game one of the series. It was her second showing in conference play where she pitched multiple scoreless innings. Mangulis has appeared in a team-high 30 games in the circle this year.
The SDSU lineup saw Gentry go a team-best 5-for-6 at the plate across the doubleheader. In conference play she leads Summit League players in batting average (.481) and RBIs (24).
Brooke Dumont and Mia Jarecki each had significant milestones on Friday. The pair have both eclipsed 100 RBIs during their college careers. They both sit just shy of SDSU's all-time top 10 individually in the category which is 105 RBIs by Devan Larson from 2013-16.
Jarecki added to her achievements with a new program record on Friday. Jarecki's two runs scored in the first game of the doubleheader gave her 151 runs in her Jackrabbit career. The mark topped the program record of 150 set just a year ago by Lindsey Culver.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits and Fighting Hawks square off in the regular season finale on Saturday. SDSU and UND are slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch at Albrecht Field in Grand Forks.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Mangulis, Madi (6-5)

L: Armstrong (4-2)

Jackrabbits

Batting:

2B: Jarecki, Mia 1 ; Vike, Emma 1 ; Dumont, Brooke 1

HR: Christensen, Emma 1

RBI: Jarecki, Mia 2 ; Vike, Emma 2 ; Dumont, Brooke 1 ; Gentry, Abby 3 ; Boyle, Alli 1 ; Christensen, Emma 1 ; Barnard, Akayla 1 ; Conklin, Madi 1

SH: Conklin, Madi 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Jarecki, Mia 2 ; Vike, Emma 2 ; Dumont, Brooke 1 ; Gentry, Abby 1 ; Boyle, Alli 1 ; Christensen, Emma 2 ; Barnard, Akayla 2 ; Conklin, Madi 1 ; Marnocha, Quinn 1