South Dakota senior first baseman Yvon Minogue homered three times and accounted for all six runs in the Coyotes’ 6-4 win against South Dakota State Wednesday in the first game of the Summit League Softball Tournament.
South Dakota (15-36) advances to the four-team, double-elimination tournament and will take on North Dakota State at noon Thursday.
Minogue hit a solo shot in the bottom of the third inning to break the Summit League’s career hit record with 266. She added a two-run homer in the fifth to pull USD within a run at 4-3 and hit a three-run blast in the sixth to put the Yotes ahead for good.
It was the first multi-home run game for Minogue, who has 11 this season and 28 in her four-year career. It was the first three-run home run game in Summit League Tournament history. Minogue also tied the tournament record for RBIs in a game with six.
