South Dakota softball hit three more home runs, including a leadoff homer by Yvon Minogue, but came out on the short end of a 12-5 loss to IUPUI in an elimination game Thursday at the Summit League Tournament in Fargo.
The Coyotes’ season ends with a 15-38 record.
Minogue, who hit three home runs in a win against South Dakota State Wednesday, added three more homers in two games Thursday. She finished the tournament 6-for-10 with six home runs and 11 RBIs. Following her home run against IUPUI, she was walked in each of her next three at bats before grounding out in the seventh.
Minogue finishes her four-year career with 271 hits and 63 doubles, both of which are USD and Summit League records. She also hit 31 home runs, third-most in Coyote history and top-10 among Summit leaders. She hit .438 this season (77-for-176), which may be good enough to win her second consecutive Summit League batting title.
USD had lost their first game of the day 9-8 to North Dakota State.
