2019 North Dakota State Bison softball team

2019 North Dakota State SB Team

2019 North Dakota State Bison softball
Summit League Regular Season Champion
Summit League Tournament Champion
ConferenceSummit League
Record42-16 (16-2 Summit League)
Head coach
  • Darren Mueller (18th season)
Home stadiumTharaldson Park
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Summit League softball standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Dakota State  ‍y 16 2   .889 42 16   .724
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 33 28   .541
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 6   .667 20 20   .500
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 11 7   .611 37 19   .661
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 7 11   .389 22 34   .393
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 3 15   .167 10 39   .204
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 2 16   .111 4 43   .085
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 14, 2019[1]
Rankings from NFCA


The 2019 North Dakota State Bison softball team was an American college softball team that represented North Dakota State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bison were led by Darren Mueller in his 18th season, and played their home games at Tharaldson Park. They competed in the Summit League, where they finished the season with a 42–16 record, also finishing 16–2 in conference play.

The Bison won the Summit League Tournament,[2] and qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament. NDSU lost both games in the Minneapolis Regional, first to 12th ranked Minnesota[3] and second to 25th ranked Drake.[4]

Personnel

Roster

2019 North Dakota State Bison Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 5 – KK Leddy – senior
  • 9 – Paige Vargas – freshman
  • 10 – Kara O'Byrne – sophomore
  • 27 – Morgan Olson – sophomore

Catchers

  • 7 – Avery Wysong – freshman
  • 26 – Maddie Hansen – senior

Outfielders

  • 2 – Madyson Camacho – junior
  • 12 – Stephanie Soriano – junior
  • 21 – Katie Shoultz – senior
 

Infielders

  • 3 – Julia Luciano – senior
  • 15 – Nicole Licea – freshman
  • 17 – Vanessa Anderson – senior
  • 18 – Zoe Stavrou – senior
  • 19 – Montana Decamp – junior
  • 33 – Cameryn Maykut – freshman
  • 37 – Sam Koehn – sophomore

Utility/Designated
Player

  • 4 – Cara Beatty – sophomore
  • 6 – Lauren Reimers – junior
 
Reference:[5]

Coaching staff

2019 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name Position
Darren Mueller Head coach
Gerice Olson Assistant coach
Melissa Chmielewski Assistant coach  
Reference:[6]

Schedule

2019 North Dakota State Bison softball game log
Regular season (38-13)
February (7-6)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Summit League
Record
February 9 UTSA Bobcats Softball Stadium
San Marcos, TX
6-2 Leddy (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 641 1-0 -
February 10 Abilene Christian Bobcats Softball Stadium 6-5 Leddy (2-0) Bradley (0-1) None 587 2-0 -
February 10 at Texas State Bobcats Softball Stadium 1-9(5) Barrera (0-1) Leddy (2-1) None 587 2-1 -
February 11 at Texas State Bobcats Softball Stadium 4-3(10) Vargas (1-0) King (0-1) None 364 3-1 -
February 14 Northern Colorado Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 4-0 Leddy (3-1) Vidal (0-1) None 75 4-1 -
February 14 #12 Arkansas Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 6-7 Storms (1-0) Vargas (1-1) None 263 4-2 -
February 15 #5 Washington Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 3-5 Plain (1-0) Leddy (3-2) None 150 4-3 -
February 16 Southern Illinois Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 9-10 Jones (1-0) Leddy (3-3) None 150 4-4 -
February 22 at #22 Auburn Jane B. Moore Field
Auburn, AL
1-4 Martin (1-0) Vargas (1-2) None 1779 4-5 -
February 22 Troy Jane B. Moore Field 3-2(9) Leddy (4-3) Willis (0-1) None 1779 5-5 -
February 23 at #22 Auburn Jane B. Moore Field 2-10(5) Handley (0-1) Leddy (4-4) None 2098 5-6 -
February 23 Villanova Jane B. Moore Field 6-1 Leddy (5-4) Amarillas (0-1) None 69 6-6 -
February 24 Eastern Illinois Jane B. Moore Field 9-6 Vargas (2-2) Montgomery (0-1) None 111 7-6 -
March (17-5)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Summit League
Record
March 1 Cal Poly Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium
Stanford, CA
8-0 Leddy (6-4) Best (0-1) None 338 8-6 -
March 1 Montana Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 5-2 Vargas (3-2) Driscoll (0-1) Leddy (1) 338 9-6 -
March 2 Northwestern Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 0-7 Wilkey (1-0) Leddy (6-5) None 334 9-7 -
March 2 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Canceled 9-7 -
March 3 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 2-3 Pancino (1-0) Vargas (3-3) None 497 9-8 -
March 8 Illinois State Felsbgerg Field
Miami, FL
4-0 Vargas (4-3) Day (0-1) None 42 10-8 -
March 8 at FIU Felsbgerg Field 1-2 Kugelmann (1-0) Leddy (6-6) Muraskin (1) 103 10-9 -
March 9 Notre Dame FAU Softball Stadium
Boca Raton, FL
2-3 Tidd (1-0) O'Byrne (0-1) Holloway (1) 583 10-10 -
March 9 Purdue FAU Softball Stadium 1-4 Bates (1-0) Vargas (4-4) Echazarreta (1) 64 10-11 -
March 10 Stony Brook FAU Softball Stadium 7-0 Leddy (7-6) Pechin (0-1) None 59 11-11 -
March 13 Butler EddieCMoore Complex
Clearwater, FL
3-2 Vargas (5-4) Graves (0-1) None 103 12-11 -
March 14 Eastern Illinois EddieCMoore Complex 7-5 Leddy (8-6) Coffman (0-1) None 167 13-11 -
March 15 Towson EddieCMoore Complex 1-0 O'Byrne (1-1) Johnson (0-1) Leddy (2) 85 14-11 -
March 15 Wichita State EddieCMoore Complex 6-4 Vargas (6-4) Mcdonald (0-1) None 50 15-11 -
March 16 Purdue EddieCMoore Complex 3-0 Leddy (9-6) Moody (0-1) None 116 16-11 -
March 16 Chattanooga EddieCMoore Complex 5-1 O'Byrne (2-1) Hudson (0-1) None 53 17-11 -
March 17 Florida Gulf Coast EddieCMoore Complex 3-2 Vargas (7-4) White (0-1) None 123 18-11 -
March 23 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 11-1 Leddy (10-6) Eyre (0-1) None 127 19-11 1-0
March 23 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 5-0 Vargas (8-4) Malicki (0-1) None 127 20-11 2-0
March 24 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 7-0 Leddy (11-6) McConnell (0-1) None 131 21-11 3-0
March 30 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium
Macomb, IL
12-0(5) Leddy (12-6) Ira (0-1) None 112 22-11 4-0
March 31 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium 10-7 Vargas (9-4) Rodriguez (0-1) Leddy (3) 91 23-11 5-0
March 31 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium 5-4 Leddy (13-6) Carlin (0-1) None 130 24-11 6-0
April (12-1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Summit League
Record
April 5 at Seattle Logan Field at SU Park
Seattle, WA
8-1 Leddy (14-6) Nance (0-1) None 96 25-11 -
April 5 at Seattle Logan Field at SU Park 9-7 Vargas (10-4) Larkins (0-1) O'Byrne (1) 112 26-11 -
April 6 Santa Clara Logan Field at SU Park 9-1(5) Leddy (15-6) Kim (0-1) None 93 27-11 -
April 7 Portland State Logan Field at SU Park 2-1 O'Byrne (3-1) Parrish (0-1) Vargas (1) 92 28-11 -
April 14 South Dakota State Tharaldson Park
Fargo, ND
5-0 Leddy (16-6) Conard (0-1) None 306 29-11 7-0
April 14 South Dakota State Tharaldson Park 1-0 Vargas (11-4) DeMarais (0-1) None 306 30-11 8-0
April 15 South Dakota State Tharaldson Park 2-6 Conard (1-0) Leddy (16-7) None 50 30-12 8-1
April 19 at South Dakota Nygaard Field
Vermillion, SD
2-0(8) Leddy (17-7) Devers (0-1) None 31-12 9-1
April 19 at South Dakota Nygaard Field 10-0(5) Vargas (12-4) Durham (0-1) None 150 32-12 10-1
April 20 at South Dakota Nygaard Field 7-0 Leddy (18-7) Devers (0-1) None 200 33-12 11-1
April 24 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Canceled 33-12 -
April 24 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Canceled 33-12 -
April 26 Omaha Tharaldson Park 8-1 Leddy (19-7) Millington (0-1) None 121 34-12 12-1
April 26 Omaha Tharaldson Park 11-0(5) Vargas (13-4) Jones (0-1) None 121 35-12 13-1
April 27 Omaha Tharaldson Park 15-0(5) Leddy (20-7) Millington (0-1) None 204 36-12 14-1
May (2-1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Summit League
Record
May 4 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 3-0 Leddy (21-7) Jones (0-1) None 453 37-12 15-1
May 4 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 14-0(5) Vargas (14-4) Pica (0-1) None 453 38-12 16-1
May 5 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 4-6 Rosas (1-0) O'Byrne (2-2) Jones (1) 348 38-13 16-2
Post-season (4-3)
Summit League Tournament (4-1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Summit LeagueT
Record
May 10 (4) South Dakota State (1) Tharaldson Park
Fargo, ND
6-3 Leddy (22-7) Conard (0-1) None 311 39-13 1-0
May 10 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 1-10(5) Devers (1-0) Leddy (23-8) None 336 39-14 1-1
May 10 (4) South Dakota State (1) Tharaldson Park 5-0 Vargas (15-4) Conard (0-1) None 336 40-14 2-1
May 11 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 6-0 Vargas (16-4) Devers (0-1) None 341 41-14 3-1
May 11 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 3-1 Vargas (17-4) Durham (0-1) None 341 42-14 4-1
Minneapolis Regional (0-2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record
Minneapolis Regional
Record
May 17 at (7) #12 Minnesota Jane Sage Cowles Stadium
Minneapolis, MN
0-3 Fiser (1-0) Leddy (23-9) None 1158 42-15 0-1
May 18 #25 Drake Jane Sage Cowles Stadium 0-8(5) Newman (1-0) Vargas (17-5) None 994 42-16 0-2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement/Canceled
  • Bold: Bison team member
  • Reference:[7]
  • Rankings from NFCA
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "NDSU Takes Pair from South Dakota to Win 10th Summit League Softball Championship". gobison.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Fiser Fans 12, Leads No. 7 Seed Minnesota Past NDSU 3-0 at NCAA Regional". The Summit League. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Fired up Drake Eliminates NDSU at NCAA Regional". The Summit League. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "2019 Softball Roster". gobison.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "2019 Softball Coaching Staff". gobison.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "2019 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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North Dakota State Bison softball
Venues
  • Ellig Sports Complex (1976–2017)
  • Fargodome (1999,2002,2008,2013)
  • Tharaldson Park (2018–present)
Coaches
  • Judy Strachan (1976–77)
  • Pam Larson (1978)
  • Donna Palivec (1979–81)
  • Kathy Frederickson (1982–84)
  • Sue Collins (1985)
  • Pam Hehrens (1986–87)
  • Michelle Woodward (1988–90)
  • Nadine Roth (1991)
  • Karla McCrory (1992)
  • Greg Crowley (1993–94)
  • Mitch Hanson (1995–01)
  • Jamie Trachsel (co-HC, 2011–16)
  • Darren Mueller (2002–present)
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National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics