Friday, April 11
Brookings, S.D.
2 p.m.
North Dakota State
at
South Dakota State
Photo by: Jim Hilton
Bison Head to Brookings for Summit League Softball Series at South Dakota State
4/9/2014 10:53:00 AM | Softball
North Dakota State at South Dakota State
Friday, April 11, 2 p.m. - Live Stats
Friday, April 11, 4 p.m. - Live Stats
Saturday, April 12, 12 p.m. - Live Stats
NDSU Softball Notes (PDF)
This Week
North Dakota State (21-13, 4-1 Summit) is scheduled to play South Dakota State (7-23, 2-7 Summit) at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium in Brookings on April 11-12 ... SDSU and NDSU will play a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. Friday, April 11 ... The series concludes with a single-game at noon Saturday, April 12.
Ticket Information
Gates open at the Jackrabbit Softball Stadium at 1 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday ... Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students ... SDSU students will be admitted free ... Tickets are available at the gate or by calling 1-866-GoJacks ... There will be no charge for parking ... Parking is north of the field.
The Series
North Dakota State leads the series with South Dakota State 55-45 ... The Bison swept the three-game series against SDSU played in the Fargodome last season ... Friday's doubleheader will be South Dakota State's first home games since April 29, 2012, vs. NDSU ... The Jackrabbits didn't play a single game at home in 2013.
Quickly Around The Horn
In the NCAA statistics released April 7, North Dakota State junior righthander Krista Menke ranked 19th in wins (16), 40th in saves (2) and 49th in shutouts (4); junior centerfielder Alex Sobrero is 39th in doubles per game (0.34 avg) ... Team-wise, NDSU is 29th in fielding percentage (.972), 41st in doubles per game (1.47 avg) and 45th in stolen bases per game (1.50) ... Senior catcher Jenina Ortega set the school single-season record for hit by pitch at eight at Omaha (4-5-14) ... The old record was seven and set three times previously by Lynnae Foshag (2005, 2006, 2007), Foshag is also the Bison all-time Queen of Pain with 24 career HBP ... Sophomore left fielder Maritza Lopez-Portillo tied a school single-game record with two home runs vs. Nicholls State (2-22-14) ... That record has been achieved 16 times by 10 athletes including Amanda Grable ... NDSU has hit a pair of grand slam home runs this season, Logan Moreland vs. Columbia (2-21-14) and Cheyenne Garcia vs. Ball State (3-21-14) ... Sophomore DP Jackie Stifter is currently leading the team with a .420 batting average to go with eight doubles, a home run and 11 RBI ... Nine of Stifter's 24 career hits have been doubles ... Junior third baseman Amanda Grable has a team-high 11 two-out RBI, while Cheyenne Garcia is next with 10 ... NDSU has eight players with 10 or more RBI this season led by Garcia's 35 ... Junior centerfielder Alex Sobrero has 13 multi-hit games this season and is hitting .485 with runners in scoring position ... Senior first baseman Brandi Enriquez reached base safely in 14 consecutive games during one stretch this season ... Sophomore shortstop Logan Moreland had a season best 11-game hitting streak this spring ... NDSU tied several team records vs. Nicholls State (2-22-14) -- total bases in a game (32) and runs scored in an inning (12) ... Nine Bison have scored 10 or more runs this season led by Garcia's 26 ... NDSU has 10 players with at least one home run led by Garcia with five ... Menke has four shutouts this season and 16 in her career ... Menke tossed a one-hitter at Southeast Missouri State (3-18-14) and has two in her career ... Menke has a pair of two-hitters this season (both at Omaha) and 11 in her career ... With the nine-inning 2-1 win at IUPUI on April 20, the Bison are 1-0 this season and 39-27 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... North Dakota State is 52-47 in extra innings overall ... Collectively, the Bison are hitting .302 with a 3.22 earned run average and is fielding at .972 ... NDSU opponents are hitting .241 with a 4.58 ERA and fielding at .959 ... The Bison are averaging 5.15 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 3.41 ... The big inning has been the third for North Dakota State with 33 runs scored ... The Bison are 16-1 when leading or tied after six innings ... NDSU is 19-5 when scoring three (3) or more runs and 17-5 when scoring first.
Menke, Ortega, Enriquez Take Aim at Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, junior Krista Menke is 5th in strikeouts (407) and batters faced (2,057); 6th in strikeouts per 7 IP (5.97 avg) and saves (3); 7th in opponent batting average (.215), appearances (92) and shutouts (16); 8th in wins (50), complete games (57) and innings pitched (477), and games started (72) ... Senior catcher Jenina Ortega is 2nd with 50 baserunners thrown out, 3rd in hit by pitch (12), 6th in putouts (968), 7th in fielding chances (1,106) and 10th with 15 home runs ... Senior first baseman Brandi Enriquez is 4th in double plays turned (32) ... Junior third baseman Amanda Grable is T7th in sacrifice flies (5), T8th with 23 home runs and T9th with 17 double plays turned ... Sophomore pitcher Tabby Bayers is 8th in strikeouts per 7 IP (5.17 avg) ... Sophomore second baseman Cheyenne Garcia is 10th in slugging percentage (.506).
Menke, Grable Earn Summit League Weekly Honors
North Dakota State junior right-hander Krista Menke has earned Summit League co-Pitcher of the Week honors three times during the season on Feb. 24, March 3 and April 7 ... North Dakota State junior third baseman Amanda Grable was named Summit League co-Player of the Week on March 3.
Bison First in Preseason 2014 Summit League Poll
Two-time defending regular season champion, North Dakota State was tabbed as the favorite to win the 2014 Summit League Softball Championship in a poll of the league's seven head coaches ... The Bison tallied 33 total points and four first-place votes after winning their second-consecutive regular season title and third in the last six years ... NDSU returns 13 players from last season's team that went 33-16 and 17-1 in league play, including first team all-league honoree Jenina Ortega and second team selections Brandi Enriquez, Amanda Grable and Cheyenne Garcia ... Omaha was picked second and received one first-place vote ... Fort Wayne, the 2013 Summit League Tournament champion, was tabbed third and collected two first-place votes ... South Dakota and Western Illinois tied for fourth while IUPUI and South Dakota State rounded out the poll at sixth and seventh ... NDSU will host The Summit League Championship tournament May 7-10 at the Ellig Sports Complex.
Bison and The RPI
The second NCAA RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) was released April 7 ... The Summit League ranks 13th among Division I conferences ... The Bison come in at No. 65 and are one of four league teams in the top 100. Fort Wayne is highest on the list at 64 while Omaha (96) and South Dakota (99) round out the list.
Friday, April 11, 2 p.m. - Live Stats
Friday, April 11, 4 p.m. - Live Stats
Saturday, April 12, 12 p.m. - Live Stats
NDSU Softball Notes (PDF)
This Week
North Dakota State (21-13, 4-1 Summit) is scheduled to play South Dakota State (7-23, 2-7 Summit) at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium in Brookings on April 11-12 ... SDSU and NDSU will play a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. Friday, April 11 ... The series concludes with a single-game at noon Saturday, April 12.
Ticket Information
Gates open at the Jackrabbit Softball Stadium at 1 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday ... Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students ... SDSU students will be admitted free ... Tickets are available at the gate or by calling 1-866-GoJacks ... There will be no charge for parking ... Parking is north of the field.
The Series
North Dakota State leads the series with South Dakota State 55-45 ... The Bison swept the three-game series against SDSU played in the Fargodome last season ... Friday's doubleheader will be South Dakota State's first home games since April 29, 2012, vs. NDSU ... The Jackrabbits didn't play a single game at home in 2013.
Quickly Around The Horn
In the NCAA statistics released April 7, North Dakota State junior righthander Krista Menke ranked 19th in wins (16), 40th in saves (2) and 49th in shutouts (4); junior centerfielder Alex Sobrero is 39th in doubles per game (0.34 avg) ... Team-wise, NDSU is 29th in fielding percentage (.972), 41st in doubles per game (1.47 avg) and 45th in stolen bases per game (1.50) ... Senior catcher Jenina Ortega set the school single-season record for hit by pitch at eight at Omaha (4-5-14) ... The old record was seven and set three times previously by Lynnae Foshag (2005, 2006, 2007), Foshag is also the Bison all-time Queen of Pain with 24 career HBP ... Sophomore left fielder Maritza Lopez-Portillo tied a school single-game record with two home runs vs. Nicholls State (2-22-14) ... That record has been achieved 16 times by 10 athletes including Amanda Grable ... NDSU has hit a pair of grand slam home runs this season, Logan Moreland vs. Columbia (2-21-14) and Cheyenne Garcia vs. Ball State (3-21-14) ... Sophomore DP Jackie Stifter is currently leading the team with a .420 batting average to go with eight doubles, a home run and 11 RBI ... Nine of Stifter's 24 career hits have been doubles ... Junior third baseman Amanda Grable has a team-high 11 two-out RBI, while Cheyenne Garcia is next with 10 ... NDSU has eight players with 10 or more RBI this season led by Garcia's 35 ... Junior centerfielder Alex Sobrero has 13 multi-hit games this season and is hitting .485 with runners in scoring position ... Senior first baseman Brandi Enriquez reached base safely in 14 consecutive games during one stretch this season ... Sophomore shortstop Logan Moreland had a season best 11-game hitting streak this spring ... NDSU tied several team records vs. Nicholls State (2-22-14) -- total bases in a game (32) and runs scored in an inning (12) ... Nine Bison have scored 10 or more runs this season led by Garcia's 26 ... NDSU has 10 players with at least one home run led by Garcia with five ... Menke has four shutouts this season and 16 in her career ... Menke tossed a one-hitter at Southeast Missouri State (3-18-14) and has two in her career ... Menke has a pair of two-hitters this season (both at Omaha) and 11 in her career ... With the nine-inning 2-1 win at IUPUI on April 20, the Bison are 1-0 this season and 39-27 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... North Dakota State is 52-47 in extra innings overall ... Collectively, the Bison are hitting .302 with a 3.22 earned run average and is fielding at .972 ... NDSU opponents are hitting .241 with a 4.58 ERA and fielding at .959 ... The Bison are averaging 5.15 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 3.41 ... The big inning has been the third for North Dakota State with 33 runs scored ... The Bison are 16-1 when leading or tied after six innings ... NDSU is 19-5 when scoring three (3) or more runs and 17-5 when scoring first.
Menke, Ortega, Enriquez Take Aim at Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, junior Krista Menke is 5th in strikeouts (407) and batters faced (2,057); 6th in strikeouts per 7 IP (5.97 avg) and saves (3); 7th in opponent batting average (.215), appearances (92) and shutouts (16); 8th in wins (50), complete games (57) and innings pitched (477), and games started (72) ... Senior catcher Jenina Ortega is 2nd with 50 baserunners thrown out, 3rd in hit by pitch (12), 6th in putouts (968), 7th in fielding chances (1,106) and 10th with 15 home runs ... Senior first baseman Brandi Enriquez is 4th in double plays turned (32) ... Junior third baseman Amanda Grable is T7th in sacrifice flies (5), T8th with 23 home runs and T9th with 17 double plays turned ... Sophomore pitcher Tabby Bayers is 8th in strikeouts per 7 IP (5.17 avg) ... Sophomore second baseman Cheyenne Garcia is 10th in slugging percentage (.506).
Menke, Grable Earn Summit League Weekly Honors
North Dakota State junior right-hander Krista Menke has earned Summit League co-Pitcher of the Week honors three times during the season on Feb. 24, March 3 and April 7 ... North Dakota State junior third baseman Amanda Grable was named Summit League co-Player of the Week on March 3.
Bison First in Preseason 2014 Summit League Poll
Two-time defending regular season champion, North Dakota State was tabbed as the favorite to win the 2014 Summit League Softball Championship in a poll of the league's seven head coaches ... The Bison tallied 33 total points and four first-place votes after winning their second-consecutive regular season title and third in the last six years ... NDSU returns 13 players from last season's team that went 33-16 and 17-1 in league play, including first team all-league honoree Jenina Ortega and second team selections Brandi Enriquez, Amanda Grable and Cheyenne Garcia ... Omaha was picked second and received one first-place vote ... Fort Wayne, the 2013 Summit League Tournament champion, was tabbed third and collected two first-place votes ... South Dakota and Western Illinois tied for fourth while IUPUI and South Dakota State rounded out the poll at sixth and seventh ... NDSU will host The Summit League Championship tournament May 7-10 at the Ellig Sports Complex.
Bison and The RPI
The second NCAA RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) was released April 7 ... The Summit League ranks 13th among Division I conferences ... The Bison come in at No. 65 and are one of four league teams in the top 100. Fort Wayne is highest on the list at 64 while Omaha (96) and South Dakota (99) round out the list.
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