BROOKINGS, S.D. (USD) — In its third appearance in the Summit League Softball Championship, South Dakota opened the day with a 9-1 run-rule win over No. 1 seed Omaha to force a winner-takes-all game two. The Mavericks secured their third straight postseason championship with a 4-2 win over the Yotes. Game 1 – W, 9-1 (5 innings) Ella McGee kicked things off with a leadoff triple in the bottom of the first, her first of three hits in the game one, and would later score on a Delaney White single to left field. For the second time in as many games, Abi Brown left the yard for a three-run home run to put the Yotes up 4-0 early. The Mavericks got one run back in the second with a solo homer, but that’s all the Mavs would scratch across against Clara Edwards who tossed all 5.0 innings with three strikeouts and just five hits. For the second inning in the row, the Yotes leadoff hitter started the inning with an extra base hit, this time with a double…..