LAWRENCE, Kan. – South Dakota State hit a season-high three home runs, including a go-ahead solo shot by Jocelyn Carrillo in the top of the 10th inning, to outlast Kansas, 15-11, in a series-opening softball game Wednesday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark.

The Jackrabbits, 11-2 overall, used the long ball to build a 10-0 lead through their first three times to the plate. Cylie Halvorson put SDSU on the board with a two-run homer to left in the first inning and Lindsey Culver connected on a three-run blast as part of an eight-run third inning. In all, SDSU sent 13 batters to the plate in the frame, with Halvorson, Mia Elliott, Rozelyn Carrillo and Peyton Daugherty adding run-scoring hits.

Kansas, 9-6 on the season, immediately cut into the deficit with a five-run home half of the third that was highlighted by a two-run single by Macy Omli and a three-run double by Morgyn Wynne. Omli also tripled in a run in the fourth inning and Wynne hit a solo homer in the fifth off Jackrabbit starter Grace Glanzer to pull the Jayhawks to within 10-8.

Tori Kniesche pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth, but surrendered the tying run on a two-run home run by Brittany Jackson after a leadoff walk to Sydney Ramsey.

The Jackrabbits put together a five-run top of the 10th, starting with Jocelyn Carrillo’s first home run of the season to lead off the inning. Her sister, Rozelyn, re-started the rally with her fourth hit of the game, a single, and moved up a base on an error. Rozelyn Carrillo later scored on Halvorson’s fourth RBI of the game with help of an error, while Elliott and Culver added run-scoring singles.