**UPDATE** (11:45 a.m.) The start of today's game has been pushed back to at least 3 p.m. due to rain

South Dakota and Omaha are the lone unbeaten teams in the Summit League Tournament and they face off at 1 p.m. Friday in Brookings for the right to play for a championship Saturday.
 
The Coyotes (24-26) upset top-seeded South Dakota State 2-0 Thursday and will try to make lightning strike twice when facing the second-seeded Mavericks Friday. Omaha has won all seven matchups against South Dakota dating back to last season including a 3-1 win in last year's tournament.
 
South Dakota State rebounded from its loss to South Dakota and knocked out North Dakota State with a 10-2 decision Thursday evening. The Jackrabbits will face the loser of today's 1 p.m. game in an elimination contest at 3:30 p.m. The winner of that game also advances to Saturday's final and will have to win twice to take the crown.
 
South Dakota pitcher Clara Edwards has pitched back-to-back shutouts to carry the Coyotes to this point. She bested Pitcher of the Year Tori Kniesche from SDSU Thursday. She will be up against a similar dragon in Omaha's Kamryn Meyer Friday. Meyer has the 11^th-best ERA in the nation (1.21) and ranks sixth in strikeouts with 242.
 
One win Friday would send South Dakota to the championship series for the third time. The Coyotes were runner-up at this event in both 2015 and 2019.