BROOKINGS – South Dakota State beat Omaha two more times – 7-2 and 6-4 – during Summit League baseball action Friday at Erv Huether Field to complete a regular-season sweep of the Mavericks.

The Jackrabbits (25-22, 18-12) have won eight consecutive games entering the postseason. UNO finished the year 12-40 (9-19)

The Summit League Baseball Championship begins Wednesday with third-seeded SDSU taking on second-seeded North Dakota State at noon and top-seeded Oral Roberts facing fourth-seeded Western Illinois at 6 p.m.

A complete tournament schedule is in the Scoreboard on Page 14.

Notes: The Jackrabbits can finish in a tie for second in the conference standings if the Bison lose at IPFW today. Either way, NDSU is the No. 2 seed because it holds the head-to-head tiebreaker – a 4-2 regular-season advantage – over SDSU. … SDSU went 6-0 versus UNO. The Jackrabbits posted a 5-3 win Thursday after sweeping the Mavericks on March 17-19 in Omaha by the scores of 5-2, 15-0 (seven innings) and 13-4.

Game 1

• SDSU 7, UNO 2

The Jackrabbits took control during a wild, four-run fifth inning.

SDSU put up the four runs on three hits in the big frame, which saw Maverick starting pitcher Payton Kinney and UNO head coach Evan Porter get ejected.

Trailing 2-0, SDSU’s Landon Badger drew a four-pitch walk to open the bottom of the fifth and Skyler Wenninger singled. Both runners advanced on Nick Smith’s sacrifice bunt.

Badger scored on a wild pitch with two outs. Luke Ringhofer walked to put runners on the corners, and a Matt Johnson RBI single knotted the score at 2-all.

Newt Johnson was grazed by a 2-2 pitch, which appeared to anger Kinney and led to a visit to home plate by Porter.

Anthony Schneider drove the next pitch to center for a two-run single, putting the Jackrabbits ahead 4-2.

Kinney was ejected by home plate umpire Joel Hospodka immediately following the play. Porter again emerged from the dugout and was tossed soon thereafter.

SDSU pulled away with single runs in each of the next three innings.

Badger reached on an error in the sixth, moved to second on a groundout and, following a walk to Smith, scored on a fielding error after Tony Kjolsing lifted a single to left to give SDSU a 5-2 cushion.

In the seventh, Newt Johnson got it going with a one-out single and Schneider was hit by a pitch. Josh Kunzmann stepped up with a run-scoring hit to make it 6-2.

Ringhofer sparked a two-out rally in the eighth with a single to center and Matt Johnson then drew a base on balls. Newt Johnson’s RBI single provided for the final margin.

Newt Johnson finished 3-for-4 to lead the Jackrabbits’ 11-hit attack. Kjolsing went 2-for-5 with a double.

Ethan Kenkel picked up the win on the mound after allowing two runs – one earned – on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five innings.

Left-hander Bryce Hanson worked the final four frames to earn his first career save. He surrendered just one hit with five strikeouts and a pair of walks.

UNO’s Ryan Cate went 2-for-4 and Grant Suponchick doubled.

Kinney gave up four runs on five hits and four walks with four strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Cole Patterson singled, moved to second on Nate Mallott’s sacrifice bunt and then scored on an error as Jack Kalina singled to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.

In the third, Riley Herold reached second on an error, took third on Cate’s single and then scampered home as Patterson hit into a double play to put the visitors up 2-0.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7, OMAHA 2

UNO               011 000 000 – 2   7 2

SDSU              000 041 11x – 7 11 2

Payton Kinney, Nick Drahozal (5), Marcus Ethen (8) and Nate Mallott; Ethan Kenkel, Bryce Hanson (5) and Luke Ringhofer. W – Kenkel (4-1). L – Kinney (3-3). Sv – Hanson (1). 2B: UNO, Grant Suponchick; SDSU, Tony Kjolsing.

Game 2

• SDSU 6, UNO 4

The Jackrabbits scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and SDSU didn’t allow a run over the final seven frames.

Ringhofer opened the bottom of the fifth with a walk and later stole second. He scored on a two-out error to make it 5-4.

In the sixth, Philip Jacobson got it going with a single, moved to second on Schneider’s sacrifice bunt, took third on a wild pitch and sprinted home on Kjolsing’s sacrifice fly to push the margin to 6-4.

Hunter Even threw three hitless innings in relief of Brett Mogen to tally the win. He struck out three batters.

Quinn Reimers pitched a scoreless eighth and Chris Halbur closed the door in the ninth for his ninth save of the season.

Jacobson and Ringhofer both finished 2-for-3 with a double.

Mogen surrendered four runs – two earned – on eight hits and a walk with one strikeout in four innings.

UNO struck first as Herold had an RBI single in the first inning.

SDSU answered with four in the bottom of the frame as Ringhofer notched an RBI double, Kunzmann stroked a two-run single and Badger added an RBI hit.

The Mavericks’ Cole Thibodeau and Suponchick had back-to-back run-scoring hits in the second. An error on the latter hit allowed the tying run to score, making it 4-4.

UNO’s Sam Palensky went 3-for-5, while Mallott and Thibodeau added two hits apiece.

Cal Hehnke allowed five runs – four earned – on six hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings in the loss.

OMAHA 6, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4

UNO               130 000 000 – 4 10 4

SDSU              400 011 00x – 6   7 3

Cal Hehnke, Corey Binger (5) and Nate Mallott; Brett Mogen, Hunter Even (5), Quinn Reimers (8), Chris Halbur (9) and Kolton Michalski, Ian Cote (5). W – Even (2-2). L – Hehnke (1-2). Sv – Halbur (9). 2B: SDSU, Luke Ringhofer, Philip Jacobson.