BROOKINGS — South Dakota State extended its win streak to 17 games on Saturday as the Jackrabbits swept a doubleheader against St. Thomas.

SDSU (30-18, 13-0) won the first game 5-2 and then shut out the Tommies in the second game, winning 8-0. The two teams were supposed to play a third game on Sunday but it was canceled due to rain.

The Jacks will play a three-game series in Omaha next. That will be the final series of the regular season for SDSU and the Jacks can clinch the Summit League regular season title with just one victory over the Mavericks. The two games of the series will be played on Friday and the final game of the series is on Saturday.

SDSU will play host to the Summit League Tournament, which will begin on May 8. The Jacks hosted the conference tournament last year as well but fell to Omaha in the championship game. SDSU is looking to win the conference tournament for the third time in the past four seasons.

Game 1: SDSU 5, St. Thomas 2

Tori Kniesche pitched a complete game for the Jackrabbits and gave up two runs on two hits. She had 13 strikeouts in the game and walked three batters.

SDSU broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the second inning. Alli Boyle hit a one-out single and Cheyanne Masterson drew a walk with two outs. Mia Jarecki then singled to left field and that sent Boyle home. Emma Osmundson then came to the plate and hit a line drive home run over the right field wall to put the Jacks up 4-0.

The Jacks added another run in the bottom of the third. Rozelyn Carrillo led off the inning with a double down the right field line. She advanced to third on a wild pitch and Brooke Dumont followed with a double into the right center field gap to give SDSU a 5-0 lead heading into the fourth.

The top of the fourth was the only troublesome inning for Kniesche. Laken Lienhard walked with one out and Cassidy Carby then launched one over the centerfield wall to cut the lead to 5-2. Kniesche got out of a jam in the sixth as the Tommies had two runners on with no outs but she retired the next three batters. St. Thomas went down one-two-three in the top of the seventh.

SDSU had nine hits as a team. Osmundson went 1-for-2 with three RBIs. Jarecki went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Dumont went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Rozelyn Carrillo was 2-for-3, Masterson was 1-for-2 and Boyle and Lindsey Culver were each 1-for-3.

Game 2: SDSU 8, St. Thomas 0 (5 inn.)

The Jacks racked up 10 hits as a team en route to a 8-run rule victory in game two. They scored five runs in the bottom of the third.

Masterson reached on an error with one out and Jarecki followed with a single. Christensen pinch ran for Masterson and she and Jarecki were hit home by a single from Osmundson. Culver followed Osmundson with a single of her own to put two runners on and Dumont hit one over the centerfield wall to give the Jacks a 5-0 lead going into the fourth.

SDSU then scored three runs in the fifth to end the game. Osmundson led off the inning with a single and advanced to third on a double from Culver Rozelyn Carrillo hit Osmundson home with a sacrifice fly and Culver scored on a Dumont double to make it 8-0. Jocelyn Carrillo hit a single and Tori Tollefson pinch ran for Dumont. She came home on a Boyle single and that gave the Jacks a doubleheader sweep.

Dumont was 2-for-2 with four RBIs. Osmundson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Boyle was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Rozelyn Carrillo had an RBI without getting a hit. Jocelyn Carrillo and Culver were each 2-for-3 and Jarecki was 1-for-3.

Shannon Lasey pitched all five innings for SDSU. She gave up no hits and struck out three batters while walking three.