2019 North Dakota State Bison softball team explained
| Sport: | softball |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | North Dakota State Bison |
| Conference: | Summit League |
| Short Conf: | Summit League |
| Record: | 42-16 |
| Conf Record: | 16-2 |
| Head Coach: | Darren Mueller |
| Hc Year: | 18th |
| Stadium: | Tharaldson Park |
| Champion: | Summit League Regular Season Champion
Summit League Tournament Champion |
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,[1] and qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament. NDSU lost both games in the Minneapolis Regional, first to 12th ranked Minnesota[2] and second to 25th ranked Drake.[3]
Personnel
Roster
| 2019 North Dakota State Bison Roster |
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| | 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
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| Reference:[4] | |
Coaching staff
| 2019 North Dakota State Coaching Staff |
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| Name | Position |
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| Darren Mueller | Head coach |
| Gerice Olson | Assistant coach |
| Melissa Chmielewski | Assistant coach | |
| Reference:[5] | |
Schedule
| 2019 North Dakota State Bison softball game log |
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| Regular season (38-13) |
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| February (7-6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| February 9 | | | | 6-2 | Leddy (1-0) | Nelson (0-1) | None | 641 | 1-0 | - | | February 10 | | | Bobcats Softball Stadium | 6-5 | Leddy (2-0) | Bradley (0-1) | None | 587 | 2-0 | - | | February 10 | | | Bobcats Softball Stadium | 1-9(5) | Barrera (0-1) | Leddy (2-1) | None | 587 | 2-1 | - | | February 11 | | | Bobcats Softball Stadium | 4-3(10) | Vargas (1-0) | King (0-1) | None | 364 | 3-1 | - | | February 14 | | | | 4-0 | Leddy (3-1) | Vidal (0-1) | None | 75 | 4-1 | - | | February 14 | | | | 6-7 | Storms (1-0) | Vargas (1-1) | None | 263 | 4-2 | - | | February 15 | | | | 3-5 | Plain (1-0) | Leddy (3-2) | None | 150 | 4-3 | - | | February 16 | | | | 9-10 | Jones (1-0) | Leddy (3-3) | None | 150 | 4-4 | - | | February 22 | | | | 1-4 | Martin (1-0) | Vargas (1-2) | None | 1779 | 4-5 | - | | February 22 | | | Jane B. Moore Field | 3-2(9) | Leddy (4-3) | Willis (0-1) | None | 1779 | 5-5 | - | | February 23 | | | Jane B. Moore Field | 2-10(5) | Handley (0-1) | Leddy (4-4) | None | 2098 | 5-6 | - | | February 23 | | | Jane B. Moore Field | 6-1 | Leddy (5-4) | Amarillas (0-1) | None | 69 | 6-6 | - | | February 24 | | | Jane B. Moore Field | 9-6 | Vargas (2-2) | Montgomery (0-1) | None | 111 | 7-6 | - | |
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| March (17-5) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| March 1 | | | | 8-0 | Leddy (6-4) | Best (0-1) | None | 338 | 8-6 | - | | March 1 | | | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium | 5-2 | Vargas (3-2) | Driscoll (0-1) | Leddy (1) | 338 | 9-6 | - | | March 2 | | | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium | 0-7 | Wilkey (1-0) | Leddy (6-5) | None | 334 | 9-7 | - | | March 2 | | | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium | Canceled | | | | | 9-7 | - | | March 3 | | | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium | 2-3 | Pancino (1-0) | Vargas (3-3) | None | 497 | 9-8 | - | | March 8 | | | | 4-0 | Vargas (4-3) | Day (0-1) | None | 42 | 10-8 | - | | March 8 | | | Felsbgerg Field | 1-2 | Kugelmann (1-0) | Leddy (6-6) | Muraskin (1) | 103 | 10-9 | - | | March 9 | | | | 2-3 | Tidd (1-0) | O'Byrne (0-1) | Holloway (1) | 583 | 10-10 | - | | March 9 | | | FAU Softball Stadium | 1-4 | Bates (1-0) | Vargas (4-4) | Echazarreta (1) | 64 | 10-11 | - | | March 10 | | | FAU Softball Stadium | 7-0 | Leddy (7-6) | Pechin (0-1) | None | 59 | 11-11 | - | | March 13 | | | | 3-2 | Vargas (5-4) | Graves (0-1) | None | 103 | 12-11 | - | | March 14 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 7-5 | Leddy (8-6) | Coffman (0-1) | None | 167 | 13-11 | - | | March 15 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 1-0 | O'Byrne (1-1) | Johnson (0-1) | Leddy (2) | 85 | 14-11 | - | | March 15 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 6-4 | Vargas (6-4) | Mcdonald (0-1) | None | 50 | 15-11 | - | | March 16 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 3-0 | Leddy (9-6) | Moody (0-1) | None | 116 | 16-11 | - | | March 16 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 5-1 | O'Byrne (2-1) | Hudson (0-1) | None | 53 | 17-11 | - | | March 17 | | | EddieCMoore Complex | 3-2 | Vargas (7-4) | White (0-1) | None | 123 | 18-11 | - | | March 23 | at Purdue Fort Wayne | | | 11-1 | Leddy (10-6) | Eyre (0-1) | None | 127 | 19-11 | 1-0 | | March 23 | at Purdue Fort Wayne | | | 5-0 | Vargas (8-4) | Malicki (0-1) | None | 127 | 20-11 | 2-0 | | March 24 | at Purdue Fort Wayne | | | 7-0 | Leddy (11-6) | McConnell (0-1) | None | 131 | 21-11 | 3-0 | | March 30 | | | | 12-0(5) | Leddy (12-6) | Ira (0-1) | None | 112 | 22-11 | 4-0 | | March 31 | | | | 10-7 | Vargas (9-4) | Rodriguez (0-1) | Leddy (3) | 91 | 23-11 | 5-0 | | March 31 | | | | 5-4 | Leddy (13-6) | Carlin (0-1) | None | 130 | 24-11 | 6-0 | |
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| April (12-1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| April 5 | | | | 8-1 | Leddy (14-6) | Nance (0-1) | None | 96 | 25-11 | - | | April 5 | | | Logan Field at SU Park | 9-7 | Vargas (10-4) | Larkins (0-1) | O'Byrne (1) | 112 | 26-11 | - | | April 6 | | | Logan Field at SU Park | 9-1(5) | Leddy (15-6) | Kim (0-1) | None | 93 | 27-11 | - | | April 7 | | | Logan Field at SU Park | 2-1 | O'Byrne (3-1) | Parrish (0-1) | Vargas (1) | 92 | 28-11 | - | | April 14 | | | | 5-0 | Leddy (16-6) | Conard (0-1) | None | 306 | 29-11 | 7-0 | | April 14 | | | Tharaldson Park | 1-0 | Vargas (11-4) | DeMarais (0-1) | None | 306 | 30-11 | 8-0 | | April 15 | | | Tharaldson Park | 2-6 | Conard (1-0) | Leddy (16-7) | None | 50 | 30-12 | 8-1 | | April 19 | | | | 2-0(8) | Leddy (17-7) | Devers (0-1) | None | | 31-12 | 9-1 | | April 19 | | | Nygaard Field | 10-0(5) | Vargas (12-4) | Durham (0-1) | None | 150 | 32-12 | 10-1 | | April 20 | | | Nygaard Field | 7-0 | Leddy (18-7) | Devers (0-1) | None | 200 | 33-12 | 11-1 | | April 24 | | | | Canceled | | | | | 33-12 | - | | April 24 | | | | Canceled | | | | | 33-12 | - | | April 26 | | | Tharaldson Park | 8-1 | Leddy (19-7) | Millington (0-1) | None | 121 | 34-12 | 12-1 | | April 26 | | | Tharaldson Park | 11-0(5) | Vargas (13-4) | Jones (0-1) | None | 121 | 35-12 | 13-1 | | April 27 | | | Tharaldson Park | 15-0(5) | Leddy (20-7) | Millington (0-1) | None | 204 | 36-12 | 14-1 | |
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| May (2-1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| May 4 | | | Tharaldson Park | 3-0 | Leddy (21-7) | Jones (0-1) | None | 453 | 37-12 | 15-1 | | May 4 | | | Tharaldson Park | 14-0(5) | Vargas (14-4) | Pica (0-1) | None | 453 | 38-12 | 16-1 | | May 5 | | | Tharaldson Park | 4-6 | Rosas (1-0) | O'Byrne (2-2) | Jones (1) | 348 | 38-13 | 16-2 | |
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| Post-season (4-3) |
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| (4-1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit LeagueT
Record |
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| May 10 | | (1) | | 6-3 | Leddy (22-7) | Conard (0-1) | None | 311 | 39-13 | 1-0 | | May 10 | | (1) | Tharaldson Park | 1-10(5) | Devers (1-0) | Leddy (23-8) | None | 336 | 39-14 | 1-1 | | May 10 | | (1) | Tharaldson Park | 5-0 | Vargas (15-4) | Conard (0-1) | None | 336 | 40-14 | 2-1 | | May 11 | | (1) | Tharaldson Park | 6-0 | Vargas (16-4) | Devers (0-1) | None | 341 | 41-14 | 3-1 | | May 11 | | (1) | Tharaldson Park | 3-1 | Vargas (17-4) | Durham (0-1) | None | 341 | 42-14 | 4-1 | |
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| (0-2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Minneapolis Regional
Record |
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| May 17 | | | | 0-3 | Fiser (1-0) | Leddy (23-9) | None | 1158 | 42-15 | 0-1 | | May 18 | | | | 0-8(5) | Newman (1-0) | Vargas (17-5) | None | 994 | 42-16 | 0-2 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: NDSU Takes Pair from South Dakota to Win 10th Summit League Softball Championship. gobison.com. February 16, 2022.
- Web site: Fiser Fans 12, Leads No. 7 Seed Minnesota Past NDSU 3-0 at NCAA Regional. The Summit League. February 16, 2022.
- Web site: Fired up Drake Eliminates NDSU at NCAA Regional. The Summit League. February 16, 2022.
- Web site: 2019 Softball Roster. gobison.com. February 16, 2022.
- Web site: 2019 Softball Coaching Staff. gobison.com. February 16, 2022.
