Softball Begins NSIC Play This Week

Tuesday, March 28

Duluth, MN

12 p.m.

St. Cloud State

University of Minnesota Duluth

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The team is on the road against Minnesota Duluth on Tuesday and returns home to host Minot State and the University of Mary over the weekend

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State softball team (16-10), will look to break a six-game skid this week, when the program opens up Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) play by traveling to Minnesota Duluth (16-8) on Tuesday, March 28, in a doubleheader on the road at Junction Avenue Field starting at noon. The program then returns home and continues league play by hosting a pair of NSIC opponents in doubleheaders against Minot State (8-5) on Saturday, April 1, starting 1 p.m. and against the University of Mary (6-19) on Sunday, April 2, beginning at 1 p.m. The home games are tentatively scheduled to be held indoors at the Husky Dome at the moment, but please check scsuhuskies.com later in the week to see if the contests will be changed to the outdoor venue of Selke Field.

Senior Day – Rebecca Harps

This year each of St. Cloud State's seven senior softball players has chosen a day to have their Senior Day on.
On April 1, senior Rebecca Harps will be honored and recognized.
Harps is an outfielder/pitcher from Yucaipa, Calif. and is a four-year player for SCSU
She has played in 115 career games with 93 starts including 17 appearance and two games started in the circle.
Harps has a career batting average of .329 with 55 runs, 93 hits, 16 doubles, two home runs and 42 RBIs.
She had a breakout season as a junior when she played in 55 games with 54 starts in right field.
She led the team with her .351 batting average, 59 hits and 12 doubles, while placing second on the team with her 27 RBIs.
This season, Harps is hitting .342 with 19 runs, 26 hits, four doubles, a triple, two home runs and 12 RBIs.
She has been a two-time NSIC Spring All-Academic Team selection and captured the team's Golden Gloves Defensive Player of the Year and the team's Most Outstanding Player Award in 2016.
The daughter of Bill and Robin Harps

Senior Day – Abby Bunnell

On April 2, senior Abby Bunnell will be honored and recognized
Bunnell is an outfielder from Maple Grove, Minn.
She has played in 180 career games with 179 starts.
Bunnell has a career batting average of .308 with 115 runs, 181 hits, eight doubles, three triples, 44 RBIs plus 93 stolen bases.
She is the school's all-time leader in stolen bases and is placed 10th in career runs scored.
She has stolen more than 25 bases in each of the last three seasons.
This season, Bunnell is hitting .337 with 20 runs, 28 hits, nine RBIs and 24 stolen bases.
She has served as a team captain in each of the last two seasons.
Bunnell was named the NSIC Softball Player of the Week on March 14, 2016
She earned the team's Golden Glove Defensive Player of the Year Award following the 2015 season.
She is the daughter of Curt and Deb Bunnell

Notables

Minnesota Duluth will be running live stats / live video on their website on Tuesday
St. Cloud State has live stats for the two home games on Saturday against Minot State and the two home games Sunday against the University of Mary.
The program will also have live video for the games against the University of Mary on April 2.
The Huskies are 38-56 against Minnesota Duluth in a series that began in 1969
SCSU has a 4-8 record against Minot State in a series that started during the 1981 season.
The Huskies have a 15-15 record against the Marauders of the University of Mary since the schools started meeting on the softball diamond in 1997.
The UMD Bulldogs have won eight of the team's last nine games and already have three wins over ranked opponents this season (Southern Indiana, Grand Valley State and Missouri Western).
Sammi Sadler has been the top hitter with her .349 batting average along with 22 hits, eight doubles and 12 RBIs.
Hannah Schmoll is hitting .329 with 27 hits and 14 stolen bases.
Lauren Oberle sports a .324 batting average of 23 hits, five home runs and 19 RBIs.
Sam Hartmann is the top pitcher and is 8-3 with a 1.89 ERA, 10 complete games and four shutouts in 74 innings worked.
Minot State has won six in a row and seven of the last eight games after sweeping Montana State – Billings on Sunday by scores of 7-2 and 7-1.
Jordan Grant leads the team with her .462 batting average.
Grant has also scored 10 runs with 18 hits plus 10 stolen bases.
Tori Zimmerman is hitting .442 with 13 runs, 19 hits, seven doubles, three home runs and 15 RBIs.
Ashley Hill sports a .435 batting average, with 20 hits, four home runs and 14 RBIs.
Clarissa Ramirez is 3-2 with a 2.08 ERA
Jenn Spencer has a 2.24 ERA, four wins, five complete games and 30 strikeouts in 40.2 innings pitched.
The team is hitting .334 with 11 home runs and 69 RBIs plus has a team ERA of 1.92 in the circle.
The University of Mary Marauders have lost six of the team's last seven games entering this week.
Rebekkah Keller leads the offense with her .380 batting average and 30 hits.
Taylor Mendez is hitting .329 with 12 runs, 25 hits, five home runs and 14 RBIs
Brienna Backles has three wins and 26 strikeouts in 63 innings.
Taylor Lara also has three wins plus 28 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched

SCSU Notables

The Huskies had a tough 0-6 weekend at the Hy-Vee Classic from March 17-19
Sophomore Morgan Emmans was a bright spot on the trip with her .467 batting average, seven hits, two RBIs and 10 total bases.
Sophomore Jaiden Lund hit .375 with six hits, three walks and four RBIs.
Senior Alyssa Coletto put up a .353 batting average with six hits and five RBIs
Freshman Maya Keating picked up seven hits and scored three runs.
Coletto leads the team with her .438 batting average and nine doubles on the season.
She also has 32 hits, 13 runs scored, three home runs and 21 RBIs.
Coletto is second in the league in doubles, fifth in batting average, sixth in on-base percentage (.506) and seventh in slugging percentage (.712).
Keating is hitting .403 with 17 runs, 29 hits, 11 stolen bases plus 12 walks and a .494 on-base percentage.
Keating is seventh in the NSIC in stolen bases and ninth in on-base percentage.
Emmans has a .397 batting average, five doubles, two home runs and 18 RBIs
She is second in the NSIC with a pair of sacrifice flies and sixth with two triples.
Lund sports a .333 batting average with 17 runs, 24 hits, five home runs and 18 RBIs.
Senior Jessica Goerger has a .316 batting average and 27 RBIs.
She leads the NSIC in RBIs and is second in sacrifice flies (2).
Abby Bunnell is hitting .330 with 22 runs, 29 hits and 24 stolen bases.
Bunnell leads the NSIC and ranks 12th nationally in stolen bases.
Senior Megan Hedstrom has a 2.64 ERA, five complete games, four saves and 44 strikeouts in 71.2 innings.
Her four saves lead the league and are the second-most in the nation.
Senior Kate Kopeck leads the team in wins with eight and strikeouts with 48.
Kopeck is also seventh in the conference with a pair of shutouts.
The Huskies rank in the top half of the conference in batting average (.321 – 6th), fielding percentage (.964 – 7th), home runs per game (0.54 – 7th), on-base percentage (.397 – 3rd), scoring (5.42 – 5th), stolen bases per game (2.08 – 2nd), triples per game (0.23 – 5th), and win/loss percentage (.615 – 7th)

Up Next

The Huskies begin the week with a trip to Aberdeen, S.D. to take on Northern State on April 4 for two games starting at 2 p.m. The program then returns home and hosts Concordia-St. Paul on April 8 for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. and then welcomes in Minnesota State on April 9 for a pair of games starting at 1 p.m.