BROOKINGS – South Dakota State completed a record-breaking regular season with a four-game sweep – including a trio of shutouts – versus perennial power North Dakota State at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium.

The Jackrabbits won 3-0 and 1-0 on Friday – allowing two total hits. They followed that with 2-0 and 7-5 victories on Saturday.

“This weekend, I thought we were challenged offensively,” said coach Krista Wood. “They have good pitchers and they did a good job keeping us off balance.

“But our defense and our pitching staff did a better job of keeping their team off balance and we were able to throw three shutouts, which helped us in the three games that we maybe didn’t hit as well.”

SDSU improved to 38-5, breaking the school record for wins (37) in a season set in 2018 and matched in 2019.

The Jacks went 21-1 in conference play.

The Summit League Championship is this week at Ellig Sports Complex in Fargo, N.D. Top-seeded SDSU takes on the winner of Wednesday’s matchup between Kansas City and South Dakota on Thursday at noon. They tourney runs through Saturday.

The Bison won seven of the past eight regular-season crowns, including two consecutively. They’ve claimed 10 of the past 11 tourney titles, including six in a row.

Friday

Game 1

• SDSU 3, NDSU 0

Grace Glanzer tossed a one-hit shutout and the Jackrabbits hit at least one homer for the 17th consecutive game.

Glanzer lost the no-hitter with one out in the seventh. She struck out four and walked two.

Jocelyn Carrillo had an RBI single in the opening frame.

Carrillo and Cheyanne Masterson belted no-doubt home runs in the sixth frame for a pair of insurance runs.

Carrillo, Masterson, who also doubled, and Cylie Halvorson each finished 2-for-3.

The Bison’s Lainey Lyle allowed three runs – two earned – on seven hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Sam Koehn singled up the middle.

Game 2

• SDSU 1, NDSU 0

Tori Kniesche spun the Jackrabbits’ second one-hit shutout of the day, striking out 11 and walking one.

The Jackrabbits pushed across the game’s lone run in the fourth inning.

Kelsey Lenox drew a leadoff walk. Cheyanne Masterson came through with a one-out double to plate pinch-runner Olivia Pfeifer.

Lenox and Peyton Daugherty singled.

NDSU’s Paige Vargas threw a three-hitter, surrendering one run with 10 Ks and five walks. Emilee Buringa singled with two outs in the third.

Saturday

Game 1

• SDSU 2, NDSU 0

Grace Glanzer and Tori Kniesche combined on a four-hitter and the Jackrabbits logged a pair of home runs.

It marked SDSU’s 12th shutout of the season.

Glanzer gave up three hits and struck out a trio of batters in five innings for the win.

Kniesche tossed the final two frames to log the save. She surrendered one hit, struck out three and walked one.

No. 9 hitter Rozelyn Carrillo and No. 2 hitter Emma Osmundson went deep in the third.

Jocelyn Carrillo had the team’s other hit – a double.

The Bison’s Kara O’Byrne allowed two runs on three hits with eight Ks and a pair of walks.

Game 2

• SDSU 7, NDSU 5

The Jackrabbits cleared the fence two more times in completing the sweep.

Kelsey Lenox’s three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth put SDSU ahead 7-5.

NDSU’s Ciara Jensen (second) and SDSU’s Rozelyn Carrillo (third) had RBI doubles to open the scoring for their respective teams.

Cylie Halvorson, who has reached base safely in 20 consecutive games, hit a three-run homer late in the third to make it 4-1.

The Bison got a solo home run from Avery Wysong in the fourth.

They pushed across three runs in the fifth as Madyson Camacho had an RBI single and Stephanie Soriano drove in Cameryn Maykut with a fielder’s choice. Camacho later scored on an error on Montana DeCamp’s batted ball.

Kendra Conard (2-1) picked up the victory in the circle after giving up five runs on six hits with a strikeout and a walk. The senior from South Lake Tahoe, California, was a first-team All-Summit League honoree after winning 18 games in 2019.

NDSU’s Paige Vargas allowed seven runs on nine hits with four strikeouts and a walk.