Softball Plays Against MSU Moorhead, Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State This Week

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State softball team (25-19, 9-9 NSIC) has six NSIC games this week. The program begins the week with a trip to Moorhead, Minn. to take on MSU Moorhead (8-27, 3-15 NSIC) on Wednesday, April 19, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The team then returns home to host a pair of doubleheaders. The program takes on Sioux Falls (23-20, 10-8 NSIC) on Saturday, April 22, for two games starting at 12 p.m. The team then welcomes in Southwest Minnesota State (17-17, 8-10 NSIC) on Sunday, April 23, for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Senior Day – Jessica Goerger

This year each of St. Cloud State's seven senior softball players has chosen a day to have their Senior Day on.
On April 22, senior Jessica Goerger will be honored and recognized.
Goerger is a first baseman from Mankato, Minn. and is a four-year player for SCSU
Goerger has played in 182 games with 175 starts in her career
She has a career batting average of .333 with 65 runs, 169 hits, 28 doubles, 23 home runs and 116 RBIs.
Goerger is the school's all-time leader in hit by pitches (28) and ranks among the career leaders at St. Cloud State in home runs (5th), RBIs (7th) and on-base percentage (8th – .415)
She hit .384 with eight home runs, 12 doubles and 37 RBIs as a sophomore.
Goerger hit .324 with 11 home runs and 38 RBIs plus 20 walks as a junior.
This season, Georger is hitting .331 with 16 runs, 43 hits, eight doubles, a triple, three home runs and 35 RBIs.
She currently is placed seventh in the NSIC in RBIs
Goerger was named to the 2015 and 2016 NSIC All-Academic Team.
She has also taken on the leadership role of being a team captain in each of the last two seasons.
Jessica is the daughter of Rich and Kim Goerger

Senior Day – Megan Hedstrom

On April 23, senior Megan Hedstrom will be honored and recognized
She is a senior pitcher from Palatine, Ill that has spent three years at St. Cloud State after transferring from North Dakota.
Hedstrom has played in 109 games with 90 starts in her career as a batter.
In the circle, Hedstrom has pitched in 89 games with 51 starts.
She has a career record of 30-32 with a 3.33 ERA, 25 complete games, three shutouts and seven saves.
Her seven saves are the second-most in school history.
As a hitter, Hedstrom has a career batting average of .253 with 35 runs, 55 hits, eight doubles, three triples, five home runs, 31 RBIs, 12 walks and eight stolen bases.
Her best offensive year as a sophomore when she hit .290 with 31 hits, three home runs and 21 RBIs.
She has won at least nine games in every season pitching for SCSU including career-highs of 12 wins, 133 innings, four saves and two shutouts this season.
Hedstrom is ninth in school history in career appearances (89), wins (30) and lowest opponent batting average against (.269).
This season, she became the first pitcher at SCSU to throw a no-hitter since the 2013 campaign and the first to throw a perfect game since the 2007 season.
Megan is the daughter of Matthew and Dana Hedstrom

Senior Day – Alyssa Coletto

On April 23, senior Alyssa Coletto will also be honored and recognized
She is a senior catcher from Aurora, Ill. and a four-year player at St. Cloud State.
Coletto has played in 198 games with 195 starts in her career
She has a career batting average of .309 with 85 runs, 178 hits, 33 doubles, 17 home runs and 95 RBIs.
Coletto is ninth all-time in doubles and tied for 10th all-time in home runs at SCSU
She has played and started at least 40 games in each of her four seasons.
As a sophomore, Coletto hit .293 with 51 hits, nine doubles, seven home runs and 33 RBIs.
As a junior, she hit .337 with 57 hits, six doubles, five home runs and 21 RBIs.
This season, Coletto is having an outstanding season in which she is hitting .384 with 18 runs, 48 hits, 12 doubles, four home runs with 27 RBIs
She currently is sixth in the NSIC in doubles
She was named to the 2016 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team
She has also taken on the leadership role of being team captain in each of the last two seasons.
Alyssa is the daughter of Mike and Sandy Coletto

Notables

MSU Moorhead will be running live stats / live videoon their website on Wednesday
St. Cloud State has live stats for all four of the home games this weekend.
The program will also have live video for the two games against Sioux Falls on April 22.
Chartwells will be at the Selke Field and serving concessions for the Sunday game of this week against Southwest Minnesota State and for the final home games of the year next Wednesday, April 26, against Minnesota Crookston.
The Huskies are 64-23 against MSU Moorhead in a series that began in 1975
SCSU has a 3-7 record against Sioux Falls in a series that started during the 2013 season.
The Huskies have a 51-45-1 record against the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State since the schools started meeting on the softball diamond in 1973.
MSU Moorhead has lost five in a row and 12 of the team's last 13 games.
The program has been led by Taylor Roddle this season.
Roddle is hitting .366 with 18 runs, 41 hits, five doubles, three home runs, 18 RBIs and 57 total bases.
Madison Page is hitting .347 with 33 hits, 12 doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs.
Becky Volkert is the top pitcher and leads the squad with her 3.79 ERA, 68.1 innings pitched and 31 strikeouts.
Tori White has four wins, a 4.54 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 68.1 innings worked.
Sioux Falls has won three of the last five games
The program has been led by Jasmine Raqusi, who is hitting .386 with 17 runs, 51 hits including 14 doubles plus six home runs, 29 RBIs and 85 total bases.
Kenna Heath is hitting .354 with 17 runs, 35 hits and 10 stolen bases.
Emma Schifferie sports a .353 batting average with 27 runs, 54 hits, nine doubles, two home runs and 25 RBIs.
Kerrigan Hoshaw is hitting .330 with 32 hits, nine doubles, eight home runs and 27 RBIs.
She also works as one of the primary pitchers and has nine wins, plus 72 strikeouts in 99.2 innings pitched
Courtney Matthews has been the top pitcher with her 2.69 ERA, nine wins in 101.2 innings worked plus 72 strikeouts.
Southwest Minnesota State is 4-4 in the last eight games
Victoria Brooks is hitting .324 with 18 runs, 33 hits, six doubles and seven stolen bases.
Sam Flack is hitting .323 with 19 runs, 32 hits, seven doubles and 14 RBIs.
Taylor Koloc has a .324 batting average with 18 runs, 36 hits, five doubles, three triples, five home runs and 19 RBIs.
MacKenzie Clouse is hitting .288 with three home runs and 18 RBIs.
Alex O'Connor has been the top pitchers with her eight wins, 3.09 ERA, 10 complete games, two shutouts, five saves and 88 strikeouts in 111 innings pitched.
Shelby Crank has a 3.33 ERA with four wins in 42 innings worked.

SCSU Notables

St. Cloud State went 2-4 last week with road wins Bemidji State and Upper Iowa.
The program played a whirlwind six games in three days in three different cities due to weather issues.
Senior Alyssa Coletto led the team on the week with her .412 batting average, seven hits and three walks.
Junior Libby Bingham hit .385 with five hits.
Senior Jessica Goerger sported a .353 batting average and drove in four runs.
Senior Rebecca Harps had four doubles among her seven hits on the week.
Coletto leads the team with her .384 batting average, 74 total bases, on-base percentage of .469 and 12 doubles this season.
She is currently sixth in the league in doubles and eighth in on-base percentage.
Freshman Maya Keating is hitting .328 with 24 runs, 42 hits, 17 walks and 15 stolen bases.
She is sixth in the league in walks.
Senior Abby Bunnell is hitting .340 with 32 runs, 52 hits, two triples, 15 RBIs, 56 total bases and 29 stolen bases.
She is third in the league in stolen bases, seventh in hits, is tied for ninth in triples and 10th in runs scored.
Jaiden Lund is hitting .297 with 25 runs, 38 hits, eight doubles, six home runs, 23 RBIs, 64 total bases and 10 walks.
Morgan Emmans is hitting .320 with eight doubles, two triples, five home runs, 30 RBIs and 17 walks.
Emmans is tied for sixth in the league in walks and ninth in triple
Goerger is hitting .331 with 43 hits, eight doubles, three home runs and 35 RBIs.
She is seventh in league in RBIs.
Senior Megan Hedstrom has a 3.36 ERA with 12 wins, 11 complete games, two shutouts, four saves and 81 strikeouts in 133.1 innings thrown.
Hedstrom is second in the conference and 12th nationally in saves.
She is third in the NSIC in appearances (29) and innings pitched plus seventh in both strikeouts and wins
Sophomore Kate Kopeck is 11-8 with 73 strikeouts in her 121.2 innings thrown.
She is 10th in the league in wins, ninth in strikeouts and fifth in innings pitched.
The Huskies rank in the top half of the conference in batting average (.302 – 5th), fielding percentage (.967 – 5th), on-base percentage (.378 – 5th), stolen bases per game (1.57 – 4th) and win/loss percentage (.568 – 7th)

Up Next

The Huskies have the program's last home series of the season next Wednesday, April 26, beginning at 1 p.m. against Minnesota Crookston at Selke Field. The program then finishes off the 2017 regular season and the fight to get into the NSIC Softball Tournament with road doubleheaders against Wayne State on Saturday, April 29, starting at noon and Augustana on Sunday, April 30, starting at noon.