NDSU Heads to Northwest for Seattle University Round Robin on April 5-7

Friday, April 5

Seattle, Wash.

7 p.m.

North Dakota State Athletics

Seattle

Photo by: Cat Wofford

NDSU Heads to Northwest for Seattle University Round Robin on April 5-7

4/3/2019 9:41:00 AM | Softball

NDSU Softball Release.pdf

North Dakota State (24-11, 3-0 SL) is scheduled to play at the Seattle University Round Robin on April 5-7 ... The Bison play host Seattle (24-12) at 7 p.m. CT Friday, April 5 ... The Bison play Santa Clara (8-21) at 3:30 p.m. CT and Seattle at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 6, and close out against Portland State (11-18) at noon CT Sunday, April 7 ... Friday and Saturday's games against Seattle will be streamed on the WAC Digital Network ... Live stats at goseattleu.com ... The Bison have won 14 games in a row ... NDSU was No. 54 in this week's NCAA RPI ... The tournament schedule:

Seattle University Round Robin
Logan Field / Seattle, Wash.
Friday, April 5
BISON at Seattle U. (24-12), 7 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 6
BISON vs. Santa Clara (8-21), 3:30 p.m. CT
BISON at Seattle U., 6 p.m. CT
Sunday, April 7
BISON vs. Portland State (11-18), Noon CT

Quickly Around the Horn
North Dakota State enters this week with a 14-game winning streak ... NDSU had a 15-game winning streak during the 2013, the longest as a Division I program ... The school record is 27, set during the 2000 national championship season ... North Dakota State is 2-0 in extra innings this season, beating Texas State in 10 innings on Feb. 11 and Troy 3-2 in 9 innings on Feb. 22 ... NDSU stands 51-32 in extra innings under head coach Darren Mueller since 2002 ... The Bison are 64-52 in extra innings overall ... Senior Lauren Reimers hit her first collegiate home run in the top of seventh in the 5-4 game two win at Western Illinois (3-31-19) ... Reimers put the Bison ahead 4-3 ... Freshman Nicole Licea collected NDSU's first pinch hit of the season with a two-run double at Western Illinois (3-30-19) ... Pitcher KK Leddy and catcher Maddie Hansen were named to the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge Session 2 all-tournament team played Feb. 14-16 ... Leddy was 1-2 with a shutout and 2.33 ERA ... Hansen hit .357 with a pair of doubles, home run and two RBI ... Collectively, the Bison are batting .288 with a 2.91 earned run average and are fielding at .973 ... NDSU opponents are batting .234 with a 3.76 ERA and are fielding at .952 ... The Bison are averaging 4.80 runs scored per game, while opponents are averaging 3.17 ... NDSU is 23-3 when scoring 3 or more runs, 19-0 leading after six innings and 17-1 when scoring first.

NDSU, Shoultz, Leddy in NCAA Stats
In the NCAA statistics (4-1-19), North Dakota State is No. 21 in fielding percentage (.973) ... Individually, pitcher KK Leddy is No. 7 with 6 shutouts, No. 15 with 3 saves and 28th with 13 wins ... On the NCAA active career leader list, Katie Shoultz is No. 21 in stolen bases (75-91) ... Last season Shoultz matched the stolen base record of five achieved twice by Bison Athletic HoF/All-America shortstop Nikki Flynn Gregg.

Six Players Takes Aim at NDSU Career Charts
On the NDSU career charts, third baseman Julia Luciano is No. 4 in times hit by pitch (15) ... Outfielder Katie Shoultz is No. 4 in fielding (.994), No. 5 in stolen base attempts (91), and No. 6 in stolen bases (75) ... Second baseman Zoe Stavrou is No. 7 in sacrifice flies (7) and No. 10 in doubles (38) ... Pitcher KK Leddy is No. 7 in batters faced (2,262), No. 8 in strikeouts (374), No. 9 in Ks/7 IP (5.33) and apperances (100), and No. 10 in wins (44), shutouts (13), innings pitched (491), games started (78) and complete games (50) ... First baseman Vanessa Anderson is No. 6 with 81 walks, No. 8 with 28 home runs and No. 9 with 676 putouts ... Catcher Maddie Hansen is No. 8 in fielding (.991).

#SpecialK Notches Shutouts, Double-Figure Ks
Righty KK Leddy notched her third career save in game one at Western Illinois (3-31-19) ... Leddy recorded her fifth career double-figure strikeout game with 12 at Purdue Fort Wayne (3-23-19) ... Her career-high is 13 Ks vs. UTSA (2-9-19) ... Leddy pitched a five-inning one-hitter at Western Illinois (3-30-19) ... She has six shutouts this season and 13 in her career ... Leddy has compiled a 44-31 record.

Leddy Earns Summit League Weekly Honor
North Dakota State senior KK Leddy was named the Summit League Pitcher of the Week on March 25 ... Leddy went 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA, notching her fifth shutout of the season ... It was the second honor this season for Leddy, and third in her career ... NDSU senior CF Katie Shoultz was named SL Player of the Week, sophomore Kara O'Byrne was SL Pitcher of the Week on March 18.

Anderson Blasts Grand Slam, Second in Career
North Dakota State first baseman Vanessa Anderson hit a grand slam in the 7-0 win at Purdue Fort Wayne (3-24-19) ... Anderson had the last grand slam for NDSU against the College of Charleston (2-26-17) ... Last season Anderson tied the school single-game record for home runs in a game for the third time in her career ... Anderson hit a pair of home runs in the 9-2 win over South Dakota State (4-12-18) ... Seventeen NDSU players have achieved the feat 29 times.