FARGO, N.D.—South Dakota was one out away from victory, but came away with two defeats at defending Summit League champion North Dakota State Saturday at Tharaldson Park.
 
Sam Koehn hit a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning to give NDSU a 6-5, walk-off win in game one. Sophomore Lainey Lyle pitched her first collegiate no-hitter in a 3-0, Bison victory in game two.
 
The wins move North Dakota State to 11-19 overall and 6-4 in Summit play. South Dakota drops to 8-27 and 3-3 inside the conference. The two teams meet again in an 11 a.m. doubleheader Sunday.
 
All five South Dakota runs during the twin bill came in the top of the seventh inning of game one. The Coyotes trailed 4-0, but got a three-run double from Courtney Wilson to tie the game at 4-4 and took the lead two batters later on a base hit by Lauren Wobken.
 
USD pitcher Holly Fletcher, who replaced starter Sarah Lisko to start the sixth inning, issued a walk and a base hit to put runners on second and third with nobody out. Facing the heart of the Bison lineup, Fletcher got Montana DeCamp to foul out and struck out Cara Beatty for out number two. She fell behind 3-0 in the count to Koehn, and Koehn roped a 3-1 offering past third base and down the line for the winning hit.
 
Lyle entered play with a modest 3-4 record and a 5.01 ERA in 36 innings of work on the year. But she rode the momentum of the walk-off win to shut down the Coyotes in the night cap. Lyle issued walks in the first and second innings before retiring 16 in a row to close out the game. She struck out seven.
 
A two-run homer by Beatty in the fourth and a solo shot by Cameryn Maykut in the sixth was plenty of support for Lyle. Beatty was 3-for-4 in game two and totaled four hits on the day. Wilson was 3-for-4 in game one for South Dakota.