NDSU Softball Release.pdf

North Dakota State (1-4) is scheduled play Boston College at 12 p.m. Central Time Friday, Feb. 17 against Boston College (3-1) in the opening game of the University of Arizona Wildcat Invitational at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium ... The Bison are scheduled to play five games ... Live stats at ArizonaLiveStats.com and live video at pac-12.com/live/university-arizona-2 (except for Friday's game vs. Drake) ... The tournament schedule:

U. of Arizona Wildcat Invitational
(Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Ariz.)
Friday, Feb. 17
BISON vs. Boston College (3-1), 12 p.m. CT Watch Live | Live Stats
BISON vs. Drake (4-1), 8 p.m. CT Live Stats
Saturday, Feb. 18
BISON vs. Ball State (1-4), 12 p.m. CT Watch Live | Live Stats
BISON vs. Abilene Christian (3-3), 2 p.m. CT Watch Live | Live Stats
Sunday, Feb. 19
BISON at #10/#11 Arizona (5-0), 2 p.m. CT Watch Live | Live Stats

The Series
This is the second meeting between North Dakota State and Boston College, members of the ACC ... The Bison won 6-1 on Feb. 29, 2008, at the Santa Clara Bronco Stampede ... This is the ninth meeting between North Dakota State and Drake, members of the Missouri Valley Conference ... The Bison lead the series 5-3 including two meetings at the 2015 UNI-Dome Classic ... This is the sxith meeting between North Dakota State and Ball State, members of the Mid-American Conference ... The Bison lead the series 3-2 after the teams split a pair at the 2014 Mizzou Tournament ... This is the third meeting between North Dakota State and Abilene Christian ... The Bison lead the series 2-0 with wins during the 2000 and 2001 seasons  ... This is the sixth meeting between North Dakota State and No. 10/11-ranked Arizona, members of the Pac-12 ... The Wildcats lead the series 5-0 including an 11-0 loss at the 2012 NCAA Tucson Regional.

Sertic Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week
North Dakota State junior right-hander Jacquelyn Sertic was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 13 ... It was Sertic's seventh career weekly honor ... Pitched her third career one-hitter and ninth career shutout in 1-0 win over Ole Miss ... Had 11 strikeouts in win over Rebels, seventh game with double-figure strikeouts.

Quickly Around the Horn
North Dakota State received nine votes toward the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Preseason Top 25 ... North Dakota State junior right-hander Jacquelyn Sertic threw her third career one-hitter in the 1-0 win over Ole Miss on Feb. 11 ... It was her ninth career shutout and with 11 strikeouts, she reached double-figures for the seventh time ... In the NCAA statistics (Feb. 14), Jacquelyn Sertic is No. 4 in strikeouts and tied for No. 11 in shutouts ... Freshman shortstop Montana DeCamp is tied for first in toughest to strikeout  ... The Bison are 0-1 in extra innings and stand 43-31 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... North Dakota State is 56-51 in extra innings overall ...  Collectively, the Bison are batting .167 with a 2.10 earned run average and are fielding at .970  ... NDSU opponents are batting .217 with an 1.36 ERA and are fielded at .988 ... The Bison are averaging 1.40 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 2.60 ... The big inning was the first for NDSU with three runs scored ... NDSU went 17-0 during the Summit League 2016 regular season, becoming the first team since DePaul in 1999 to go unbeaten in league play ... The Bison reached 30 wins for the 10th straight season in 2016 ... The Bison have won 27 straight Summit League regular season games and 33 in a row including the past two Summit League postseason tournaments ... Last Summit League loss was against South Dakota in game two April 3, 2015.

Reina, Sertic Take Aim at NDSU Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, senior catcher Alyssa Reina is 5th in runners caught stealing (33), 6th in slugging (.584), 7th in home runs (29), fielding (.991), fielding chances (1159) and putouts (1069), and 9th in walks (75) ... Junior right-hander Jacquelyn Sertic is 6th in strikeouts/7 IP (6.87 avg.), and 8th in strikeouts (325) and in opponent batting average (.225).

Bison Projected as Summit League Preseason Favorite
North Dakota State University was selected as The Summit League preseason softball favorites in a poll of the league's seven head coaches released Feb. 2 ... The Bison won their third consecutive league tournament title in 2016 ... NDSU collected six first-place votes for a total of 36 points ... Omaha was selected second with 27 points while Western Illinois placed third with 25 points ... South Dakota had 23 points for fourth place, followed by South Dakota State (19 points), IUPUI (11 points) and Fort Wayne (5 points) ... The Bison, who have won the last three Summit League tournament championships and five consecutive regular season crowns, return a league-high six all-league selections from last season, including pitcher of the year Jacquelyn Sertic ... A native of Sparks, Nev., Sertic led the league in wins (24), earned run average (2.26) and strikeouts (216) in 2016.

Former Bison Moreland to Play Professionally in Italy
Former North Dakota State University all-region shortstop Logan Moreland has signed to play professionally for Collecchio Softball of the Italian League ... Moreland (Woodland, Calif./Woodland H.S.) is the fourth NDSU softball player to compete professionally overseas, and joins former all-region pitchers and teammates Krista Menke (Italy/Netherlands) and Whitney Johnson (Netherlands), along with former All-American catcher Shelly Rhein (Italy) ... Menke won the Brewskeez Sports Cafe International Athlete of the Year Award last season.

The Mueller File
The North Dakota State head coach is Darren Mueller (16th season, 23rd overall) ... Mueller has compiled a 543-286 record (.658) including 164-34 (.828) vs. Summit League competition (including tournament) ... The Bison have had 10 straight 30-plus win season ... Mueller became the program's all-time winningest coach with the 4-1 victory at Western Illinois (4-16-11) ... North Dakota State has won seven Summit League tournament championships (2009-10-11-12, 2014-15-16) to advance to NCAA regional play ... The Bison won the NCAA Norman Regional in 2009 and advanced to the NCAA Super Regional at Arizona State ... NDSU has won six Summit League regular season crowns (2008, 2012-13-14-15-16) ... Rounding out the Bison staff are assistant coaches Gerice Olson and Beth Spoehr, along with graduate assistant manager Cheyenne Garcia and volunteer assistant Kendall Grimm ... The NDSU coaching staff earned the 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Summit League Coaching Staff of the Year honors ... The NDSU staff earned 2009, 2015 and 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Midwest Coaching Staff of the Year award ... Mueller was named the 2006 and 2007 Division I Independent Coach of the Year.

Against the Nationally-Ranked
North Dakota State has won nine of its last 30 meetings with nationally-ranked opponents ... With the dramatic 1-0 win in 11 innings over 9th/10th-ranked Oklahoma at the 2009 NCAA Norman Regional, North Dakota State softball recorded its first win over a nationally-ranked team since beginning the transition to Division I in 2005 ... NDSU is currently 10-58 overall ... By year,
2005 (0-5) -- Lost at #21 Iowa 2-0, Lost at #25 Nebraska 7-0, Lost at #25 Nebraska 8-0, Lost at #20 Missouri 9-1, Lost at #20 Missouri 8-0;
2006 (0-5) -- Lost at #10 Oklahoma 9-0, Lost at #10 Oklahoma 7-2, Lost at #24 North Carolina 5-1, Lost at #6 Cal 10-1, Lost at #16 Nebraska 8-0;
2007 (0-1) -- Lost to #25 Oregon 6-1;
2008 (0-1) -- Lost at #9 Stanford 7-0;
2009 (1-5) -- Lost at #11 Arizona 10-0, Lost at #11 Arizona 9-2, Lost at #11 Arizona 12-0, Won at #9/10 Oklahoma 1-0 (11), Lost at #9/10 Arizona State, 3-0, Lost at #9/10 Arizona State 11-0;
2010 (0-4) -- Lost vs. #6 Arizona 6-0, Lost at #21 Texas A&M 4-0, Lost at #21 Texas A&M 5-2, Lost at #1 Washington, 3-0;
2011 (0-10) -- Lost at #1/2 UCLA 7-0, Lost at #1/2 UCLA 15-2 (5), Lost at #2/4 Georgia 14-4 (5), Lost at #16/17 Stanford 12-0 (5), Lost vs. #24 Kentucky 5-4 (8), Lost at #2/3 Florida 18-0 (5), Lost at #2/3 Florida (9-0), Lost at #13/17 Missouri 4-3, Lost at #13/17 Missouri  11-2 (5), Lost at #1 Arizona State 10-1 (5);
2012 (1-6) -- Lost at #2 Alabama 9-4, Lost at #2 Alabama 3-2, Lost at #5 Arizona State 10-2 (5), Lost at #21 Texas A&M 6-0, Lost at #15 Baylor 1-0 (8), Lost at #15 Arizona 11-0 (5), Won vs. #13 Hawai'i 9-7;
2013 (2-5) — Lost vs. #1 Alabama 10-0 (5), Lost at #10 LSU 9-0 (5), Lost at #23 Georgia 4-1, Won at #23 Georgia 3-0, Lost at #12 UCLA 7-1, Won at #20 Nebraska 13-0, Lost at #20 Nebraska 11-0 (5);
2014 ­(2-6)— Lost at #12 Florida State 4-1, Lost at #12 Florida State 9-0 (5), Lost at #12 Florida State 5-0, Won at #22 Stanford 4-0, Lost at #18 Missouri 11-2 (5), Won vs. #21 Auburn 5-2, Lost at #14 Minnesota 4-1, Lost vs. #21 Auburn 1-0;
2015 (3-5) -- Won 6-5 vs. #17 Washington, lost at #11 Tennessee 14-3 (5), #10/12 lost 8-0 (5) at Minnesota, Won 5-4 at #10/12 Minnesota, Won 7-3 at #21 South Alabama, Lost 7-6 (8) at #21 South Alabama; Lost at #1 Oregon 4-3; Lost at #1 Oregon 6-1.
2016 (1-3) -- Lost at #2 Alabama 15-2 (5); Won at #2 Alabama 2-1; Lost vs. #22 Baylor 4-2; Lost vs. #22 Baylor 8-5; Lost vs. #19 Minnesota 7-2; Lost vs. #19 Minnesota 7-5.
2017 (0-0) -- at #10/11 Arizona