Tuesday, March 22
St. Cloud, Minn.
1:00 p.m.
St. Cloud State
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University of Minnesota Duluth
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Samantha Boettcher
Softball Opens NSIC Play This Week
3/21/2016 3:03:00 PM | Softball
SCSU hosts UMD on Tuesday and on the Road to take on MSU Mankato and Concordia-St. Paul Over the Weekend
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State softball team (14-11), who are riding a five-game winning streak, opens up Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) play this week by hosting Minnesota Duluth (11-6) on Tuesday, March 22, in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at Selke Field. The home outdoor games will be the first of the season for the program. The team then continues league play with a pair of road NSIC doubleheaders against Minnesota State, Mankato (17-7) on Friday, March 25, starting at 1 p.m. and against Concordia-St. Paul (6-14) on Saturday, March 26, at 1 p.m.
Admission to watch all home NSIC softball games is FREE
Faculty / Staff Appreciation Day
Libby Bingham – Martin Lo (Elementary Education)
Lexie Blonigan – Christine Metzo (Women's Studies)
Samantha Boettcher – Susan Haller (Education)
Abby Bunnell – Kay Czarnetski (SCSU Equipment Manager)
Alyssa Coletto – Shawn Kakuk (Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Center)
Morgan Emmans – Julie Alexander (Athletic Training)
Cassie Francesconi – Marlene Fischer (Communication Studies)
Senna Francesconi – Dr. Gary Buls (Mathematics)
Jessica Goerger – Jane Bagley (Nursing)
Mikayla Hansen – Shawn Kakuk (Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Center)
Rebecca Harps – Stewart Wirth (Criminal Justice)
Megan Hedstrom – Derrick Silvestri (Mass Communications)
Brianne Hightshoe – Richard Young (Marketing)
Kate Kopeck – Dr. Jeannot (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Megan Larkin – Gary Bohannan (Physics and Astronomy)
Jaiden Lund – Catherine Fox (Women's Studies)
Jordin Novak – Emil Towner (Business)
Taige Puetz –Sue Wielinksi (Physical Education Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School)
Kadee Vesledahl – John Hoover (Special Education)
Veronica Wold – Caryl Martin (Health and Physical Education)
Notables
SCSU softball plays six games at home next week starting with a doubleheader against Northern State on March 29 starting at 2 p.m. The program then has a busy weekend of action and hosts Winona State for two games on April 2 beginning at 1 p.m. and a doubleheader against Upper Iowa on April 3 starting at 1 p.m.
Admission to watch all home NSIC softball games is FREE
Faculty / Staff Appreciation Day
- St. Cloud State's softball team is hosting Faculty / Staff Appreciation Day on Tuesday with each SCSU player asking a member of the faculty or staff to attend the game and be recognized.
- The list of faculty / staff members invited by the team that will be recognized are:
Libby Bingham – Martin Lo (Elementary Education)
Lexie Blonigan – Christine Metzo (Women's Studies)
Samantha Boettcher – Susan Haller (Education)
Abby Bunnell – Kay Czarnetski (SCSU Equipment Manager)
Alyssa Coletto – Shawn Kakuk (Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Center)
Morgan Emmans – Julie Alexander (Athletic Training)
Cassie Francesconi – Marlene Fischer (Communication Studies)
Senna Francesconi – Dr. Gary Buls (Mathematics)
Jessica Goerger – Jane Bagley (Nursing)
Mikayla Hansen – Shawn Kakuk (Assistant Director of Multicultural Student Center)
Rebecca Harps – Stewart Wirth (Criminal Justice)
Megan Hedstrom – Derrick Silvestri (Mass Communications)
Brianne Hightshoe – Richard Young (Marketing)
Kate Kopeck – Dr. Jeannot (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Megan Larkin – Gary Bohannan (Physics and Astronomy)
Jaiden Lund – Catherine Fox (Women's Studies)
Jordin Novak – Emil Towner (Business)
Taige Puetz –Sue Wielinksi (Physical Education Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School)
Kadee Vesledahl – John Hoover (Special Education)
Veronica Wold – Caryl Martin (Health and Physical Education)
Notables
- St. Cloud State is running live stats / live video for the two home games on Tuesday
- MSU Mankato will be running live stats / live video on their live stats on Friday
- Concordia-St. Paul are running live stats / live video on their website on Saturday
- The Huskies are only 37-55 against Minnesota Duluth in a series that began in 1969
- SCSU has a 54-73 record against MSU, Mankato in a series that started during the 1976.
- The Huskies have a 26-21 record against the Golden Bears of Concordia-St. Paul since the schools started meeting on the softball diamond in 1978.
- The UMD Bulldogs have won seven straight games and were victorious in nine of the team's 10 games down on the most recent trip to Florida at the Spring Games.
- The Bulldogs last played a game on March 11 and are coach by Jen Walter, who is in her first year in charge of the program.
- Natalie Wright has been the club's top hitter with her .316 batting average and 18 hits plus nine stolen bases
- Hannah Schmoll has 15 hits, 14 runs scored and 11 stolen bases.
- Becky Smith has made her 13 hits count this season and leads the team with her three home runs, 16 runs scored and 14 RBIs
- Cayli Sadler has won five games with a 2.75 ERA and six complete games in 56 innings thrown
- Sam Hartmann is the other primary pitcher and has recorded 42 strikeouts, two shutouts and five wins in her 50.2 innings thrown.
- Minnesota State, Mankato are also playing well and went 9-1 on the team's most recent trip to Florida.
- The team played in the Apple Market Classic in St. Joseph, Mo. last weekend and went 3-2.
- MSU Mankato is under the direction of Lori Meyer, who is her 32nd season in charge of the program.
- The pitching staff for the Mavericks has led the way with Coley Ries winning the NSIC's Pitcher of the Week honors on March 15.
- Ries is 11-3 so far this season with a 1.26 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 89.0 innings pitched.
- Ries just threw the third no-hitter of her career on Sunday, March 20, against Central Oklahoma
- Libby Bemis has also pitched well with a 2.18 ERA, a 6-4 record and 60 strikeouts in 70.2 innings pitched.
- McKenzie Papp leads the team in hitting with a .443 batting average and 27 hits.
- Karli DesLauriers is also hitting .400 plus has 26 hits and 13 RBIs.
- Dana Mogren is hitting .365 with 16 runs, 27 hits, two home runs and 18 RBIs
- Concordia-St. Paul also played in the Apple Market Classic last weekend and went 0-6 in the tournament.
- The Golden Bears are under the direction of Bob Bartel, who is in his 12th season in charge of the program.
- Justine Schattner has been the team's top hitter with her .415 batting average and 27 hits plus seven doubles, two home runs and 21 RBIs
- Nicole Thompson has also hit well with a .403 batting average, 14 runs and 25 hits.
- Liz Jarosz has totaled a .316 batting average, 12 runs, six doubles and 11 RBIs.
- Linzy Heim has a team high four wins and also leads the team with 69 innings thrown and 33 strikeouts.
- The Huskies went 7-5 on the team's trip to Florida, but went 5-1 in the last week of action including five straight wins to close out the trip.
- Jessica Goerger led the team in RBIs on the trip to the Spring Games with 11.
- Freshman Morgan Emmans made her five hits count on the trip by lacing three doubles and driving in six runs.
- Head coach Paula U'Ren had a memorable trip to Florida as she picked up her 600th career victory both overall and at St. Cloud State with the team's 11-2 victory over Le Moyne College on March 8.
- Junior outfielder Abby Bunnell was named the NSIC's Softball Player of the Week on March 14 for the first time in her career.
- For the week of March 7-13, Bunnell helped the Huskies go 5-1.
- She had team highs in batting average (.556), hits (10), home runs (1), stolen bases (4) and walks (4).
- She also was tied for second on the team in total bases (13) and on-base percentage (.636).
- Despite being a leadoff hitter, Bunnell was third on the team in RBIs with six while recording at least a hit and a run scored in all six games.
- Bunnell is the first Huskies' softball player to earn a weekly award from the NSIC since Kelly Franks was named Pitcher of the Week on April 28, 2015.
- Bunnell is the first SCSU position player to take home a weekly award from the NSIC since Ally Koski during the 2010 season.
- Freshman pitcher Kate Kopeck won four of the team's seven games on the trip with a 2.33 ERA in 24.0 innings thrown.
- Kopeck is tied for the team lead on the season with five wins.
- Bunnell is the current team leader in with a .400 batting average, 22 runs, 34 hits and 17 stolen bases.
- She is also second on the team with her 15 RBIs and seven walks
- Bunnell also leads the squad with her 11 multi-hit games.
- Junior Alyssa Coletto is second on the team with her .397 batting average and 31 hits.
- Junior Rebecca Harps has had a strong start to her third season in a Huskies' uniform with a .380 batting average, 18 runs, 27 hits, four doubles and 14 RBIs.
- Her 27 hits this season are three times as many as she had her first two seasons combined.
- Goerger leads the team in home run with three and RBIs with 18.
- She also has been hit by eight pitches and walked 11 times for an on-base percentage of .527.
- Goerger also leads the team with her .648 slugging percentage, while totaling six multi-RBI contests.
- Sophomore Veronica Wold is tied for the team lead with six multi-RBI games and third overall with her 14 RBIs on the season.
- Jaiden Lund is 12th nationally in triples with three.
- Senior Senna Francesconi is tied her the team lead with her five wins and leads the squad with her 72.1 innings pitched, 54 strikeouts and five complete games.
SCSU softball plays six games at home next week starting with a doubleheader against Northern State on March 29 starting at 2 p.m. The program then has a busy weekend of action and hosts Winona State for two games on April 2 beginning at 1 p.m. and a doubleheader against Upper Iowa on April 3 starting at 1 p.m.
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