NDSU Hosts SDSU in Summit League Three-Game Series on April 29-30

Saturday, April 29

Fargo, N.D.

12 p.m.

North Dakota State

South Dakota State

Photo by: Carrie Snyder

NDSU Hosts SDSU in Summit League Three-Game Series on April 29-30

4/27/2017 2:25:00 PM | Softball

NDSU Softball Release.pdf
SDSU Softball Notes.pdf

Friday, April 29
BISON vs. South Dakota State, 12 p.m. I Live Stats I Live Video (BEK Prime)
BISON vs. South Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. I Live Stats I Live Video (BEK Prime)

Saturday, April 30
BISON vs. South Dakota State, 11 a.m. I Live Stats I Live Video (BEK Prime)

North Dakota State (7-5 SL, 20-28) is scheduled to host South Dakota State (4-8 SL, 17-30) in a three-game series on April 29-30 at the Ellig Sports Complex ... The Bison and SDSU play a noon doubleheader Saturday, April 29 ... Saturday is Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day at the ballpark ... The teams close out the three-game set at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 30 ... NDSU softball will be honoring lone senior Alyssa Reina prior to Sunday's game ... BEK Sports will broadcast the three-game series statewide ... NDSU is 2-4 at home this season and the Jackrabbits are 1-14 on the road.

The Series
This will be the 111th meeting between North Dakota State and South Dakota State ... The Bison lead the series 66-44 and won all three meetings against the Jackrabbits last season in Brookings.

Quickly Around the Horn
North Dakota State rallied past Western Illinois 5-4 in eight innings (4-23-17) to improve to 2-1 in extra innings this season ... NDSU defeated Georgia Tech 8-6 (G1, 3-25-17) in 12 innings, matching the longest game in program history ... The Bison stand 45-31 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... North Dakota State is 58-51 in extra innings overall ... NDSU freshman left fielder Stephanie Soriano #Squints tied the NDSU single-game record when she was hit by pitch twice against South Dakota (4-15-17) ... The record has been tied 15 times by 12 different players ... Sophomore third baseman Julia #LuckiyLuciano has been hit by pitch seven times this season ... Sophomore Vanessa Anderson #ThePunisher has hit nine home runs this season ... Her first career home run was a grand slam in the 7-3 win over the College of Charleston (2-26-17) ... NDSU head coach Darren Mueller reached career win No. 550 with the 3-1 victory at Stetson University (3-10-17) ... In NCAA statistics (April 24), individually, Jacquelyn Sertic #TheScientist is No.4 in strikeouts (258) and No. 35 in strikeouts per 7 innings (8.2 avg.) ... Soriano leads the Bison with 13 multi-hit games ... Sophomore second baseman Zoe Stavrou #ZOWIE tops NDSU with eight multi-RBI games, Anderson is second with seven ... Junior right fielder Bre Beatty #FreeBird, Stavrou and Anderson lead the Bison with 11 two-out RBI ... Collectively, the Bison are batting .235 with a 3.14 earned run average and are fielding at .966 ... NDSU opponents are batting .254 with an 2.60 ERA and are fielding at .962 ... The Bison are averaging 3.24 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 3.77 ... NDSU is 18-1 when out-hitting opponents.

The Scientist's Research Nets Shutouts, Double-Figure Ks
North Dakota State junior right-hander Jacquelyn Sertic #TheScientist has reached double-figure strikeouts nine times this season and 15 times in her career, the last coming with 15 strikeouts at North Dakota (4-11-17) ... Sertic collected a pair of shutouts at the Ragin' Cajun Invitational on March 3-5 ... Sertic has four shutouts this season and 12 in her career ... Sertic has compiled a 48-32 record with three saves over three seasons.

Zowie, The Punisher, Squints Tie Home Run Record
North Dakota State freshman left fielder Stephanie Soriano #Squints and sophomore first baseman Vanessa Anderson #ThePunisher both tied the school record with two home runs against IUPUI in game two April 8 ... Soriano became the 16th Bison player to tie the record ... The record has been achieved 28 times ... Anderson tied the record for the second time including the pair at Fort Wayne (4-2-17) ... Fellow sophomore Zoe Stavrou #ZOWIE hit two home runs in the 6-0 win against Ball State (2-18-17) ... Stavrou tied the record for the second time.

NDSU-Georgia Tech Marathon Produces Records
North Dakota State freshman left fielder Stephanie Soriano #Squints tied the single-game record with five base hits and seven at-bats at Georgia Tech (G1, 3-25-17) ... The Bison won 8-6 in 12 innings ... Soriano became the fifth NDSU player collect five hits, the first since Melissa Chmielewski vs. Saint Mary's, Calif. (3-5-08) ... Junior righty Jacquelyn Sertic #TheScientist struck out a career-high 19 at Georgia Tech (G1, 3-25-17) to match the single-game record set by Whitney Johnson in eight-inning win against Toledo (2-9-12) ... Sertic became the third pitcher to throw 12 innings in a game, the first since Amber Garrett at Colorado State (4-26-06) ... NDSU tied the school record for the longest game for the fifth time in program history, the last time against UMKC (4-22-12) ... NDSU junior catcher Tabby Heinz #Toby tied the school record with 21 putouts and 22 fielding chances at Georgia Tech (G1, 3-25-17), matching Janice Thompson's effort vs. South Dakota State (4-6-84) ... Freshman center fielder Madyson #Macho Camacho walked four times at Georgia Tech (G1, 3-25-17) to tie the single-game mark.

Sertic, Heinz, Luciano Take Aim at NDSU Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, pitcher Jacquelyn Sertic is 6th in strikeouts/7 IP (7.36 avg.), strikeouts (557), and batters faced (2257), 7th in saves (3), 8th in appearances (103) and innings pitched (530), and 9th in wins (48), starts (78), complete games (61), and shutouts (12) ... Catcther Tabby Heinz is 10th in fielding pct. (.988) ... Third baseman Julia Luciano is 6th in times hit by pitch (12).

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 ... The Bison, who have won the last three Summit League tournament championships and five consecutive regular season crowns, return six all-league selections, including pitcher of the year Jacquelyn Sertic.

Former Bison Moreland Playing Professionally in Italy
Former North Dakota State all-region shortstop Logan Moreland began play professionally this month 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 562-310 record (.644) including 171-39 (.814) vs. Summit League competition (including tournament) ... Mueller reached career win No. 550 at Stetson (3-10-17) ... 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 the 2006 and 2007 Division I Independent Coach of the Year.