Hoosier Classic Tournament Central
NDSU Softball Release

North Dakota State University (14-5) is scheduled to compete at Indiana University's Hoosier Classic on March 13-15 at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington ... NDSU opens Classic play against Mid-American Conference member Bowling Green (5-9) at 12:45 p.m. Central on Friday, March 13 ... The Bison then take on host and Big Ten member Indiana (5-18) at 3 p.m. Friday ... North Dakota State went 2-2 at the Tennessee Invitational last weekend, defeating Northern Iowa 12-4 and Krista Menke no-hit Purdue 8-0 in eight innings ... The Bison lost 4-1 to Indiana State and 14-3 in five to No. 11-ranked Tennessee.

Indiana University Hoosier Classic
(Andy Mohr Field, Bloomington, Ind.)
Friday, March 13
BISON vs. Bowling Green (5-9), 12:45 p.m.
BISON at Indiana (5-18), 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 14
BISON vs. Bowling Green, 3:45 p.m.

Sunday, March 15
BISON vs. Wright State (1-14), 11:15 a.m.
All times Central

The Series
This will be the second meeting between North Dakota State and Bowling Green ... The Bison lead the series 1-0 ... This will be the first meeting between North Dakota State and Indiana University ... NDSU is 2-0 against the Big Ten this season ... This will be the fourth meeting between North Dakota State and Wright State, members of the Horizon League ... The Bison lead the series 3-0 with all three games played during the 2010 season, one at the USF Tournament and two at the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational.

Quickly Around The Horn
Krista Menke recorded the third no-hitter of her career with an 8-0 eight inning win over Purdue University (3-7-15) at the Tennessee Classic ... Menke opened the season with a five-inning gem against Green Bay (2-6-15) ... Her other no-hitter came against Liberty in March 2013 ... North Dakota State has 27 no-hitters, including 11 at 7-plus innings, in the program's history ... Menke has three shutouts this season and 24 in her career ... Menke also has four one-hitters and 17 two-hitters in her career ... Menke has reached double-figure strikeouts eight times this season and 15 times in her career, including a career-high 16 vs. Montana (3-1-15) ... Junior second baseman Cheyenne Garcia tied the school single-game record with two home runs vs. Iowa (2-7-15) ... That record has been achieved 19 times by 12 athletes including current players Logan Moreland (2), Amanda Grable (2) and Maritza Lopez-Portillo (1) ... Junior shortstop Logan Moreland and Garcia are currently leading the team with .429 batting averages ... Garcia has 10 multi-hit games this season, while sophomore Alyssa Reina has six multi-RBI games ... Garcia has a 10-game hitting streak ... NDSU has 13 players with one or more RBI this season led by Reina's 23 ... Twelve Bison have scored one or more runs this season led by Moreland's 22 ... The Bison are 1-0 this season and 41-27 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... North Dakota State is 54-47 in extra innings overall ... Collectively, the Bison are hitting .316 with a 3.16 earned run average and are fielding at .968 ... NDSU opponents are hitting .188 with a 4.99 ERA and fielding at .953 ... The Bison are averaging 5.73 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 3.37 ... The big inning has been the fifth for North Dakota State with 23 runs scored.

Menke, Grable Take Aim at Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, senior pitcher Krista Menke is 3rd in batters faced (2,887); 4th in wins (73), saves (6), lowest opponent batting average (.202), innings pitched (678.2), games started (102), complete games (83), strikeouts (684) and strikeouts per 7 IP (7.06); 5th in appearances (125), and 6th in shutouts (24) ... Senior third baseman Amanda Grable is 3rd in sacrifice flies (8), 5th in home runs (31), 6th in walks (79), 8th in double plays turned (19), 9th RBIs (126) and 10th in fielding assists (276) ... Junior left fielder Maritza Lopez-Portillo is tied for 6th in most times hit by pitch (9) ... Sophomore catcher Alyssa Reina is 6th in slugging percentage (.557) ... Junior second baseman Cheyenne Garcia is 8th in slugging percentage (.539).

Bison In NCAA Statistics, Active NCAA Career Leaders
In the NCAA statistics released March 9, North Dakota State University is 6th in stolen bases (2.79 avg.) ... Individually, Krista Menke is leading the nation with 137 strikeouts, 4th in strikeouts per 7 IP (11.6 avg.), 15th in hits allowed per 7 IP (3.66 avg.), 16th in victories (10), 18th in saves (2) and 22nd in shutouts (3) ... Krista Menke also ranks in the top 25 among active career Division I leaders in eight different categories including six top 10 -- 4th in complete games; 7th in games started, innings pitched and shutouts; 8th in victories, 18th in appearances and 22nd in strikeouts per 7 IP.

Garcia, Reina, Sobrero, Menke Earn Summit League Honors
North Dakota State senior Krista Menke was named The Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 9 ... Menke earned league honors for the third time this season and 13th time in her career ... Menke was also named the College Sports Madness.com Summit League Player of the Week ... NDSU second baseman Cheyenne Garcia and Menke were named The Summit League Player and the Pitcher of the Week on March 2 ... It was the first career weekly honor for Garcia ... Menke was also named the College Sports Madness.com Summit League Player of the Week ... NDSU catcher Alyssa Reina was named The Summit League Softball Player of the Week on Feb. 16 ... It was the first career league weekly honor for Reina ... Reina was also selected as College Sports Madness.com's Summit League Player of the Week ... NDSU centerfielder Alex Sobrero and Menke were named The Summit League's Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 9 ... Menke was also named the College Sports Madness.com Summit League Player of the Week ... Sobrero earned her first career Summit League Player of the Week award.

Ex-NDSU Shortstop Nicole Rivera Member of USA Women's Baseball Pan Am Qualifier Team
Former North Dakota State University softball shortstop Nicole Rivera is a member of the 18-player USA Women's Baseball team that will be compete in the first-ever Pan American Games Qualifier for the sport on March 8-15 in La Vega, Dominican Republic ... Team USA will be vying to become one of four teams to qualify for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games scheduled for July 10-26 ... The Toronto Pan American games will be the first-ever multi-sport Games to host women's baseball ... Rivera, who started 225 career games for the Bison from 2008-11, was a two-time all-Summit League performer for North Dakota State including first team honors in 2010 ... She was a valuable member of three Summit League tournament championship teams including the 2009 unit that went on to win the NCAA Norman Regional and advance to the NCAA Tempe Super Regional ... Rivera, who is from Lakeside, Calif., finished her career with a .313 batting average, three home runs and 55 runs batted in ... She ranks third all-time in stolen bases (95) and stolen base attempts (107); fifth in fielding assists (383) and double plays turned (31); eighth in at bats (726) and runs scored (147), and ninth in hits (147).