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2023 North Dakota State Bison softball team

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2023 North Dakota State Bison softball
ConferenceSummit League
Record30–21 (13–8 Summit)
Head coach
  • Darren Mueller (22nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Gerice Olson
  • Kayti Grable
Home stadiumTharaldson Park
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Summit League softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 17 0   1.000 37 17   .685
Omaha  ‍‍y 15 5   .750 33 17   .660
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 30 21   .588
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 11 9   .550 24 28   .462
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 9 10   .474 12 38   .240
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 18 35   .340
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 9 43   .173
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 3 15   .167 9 36   .200
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 2023 North Dakota State Bison softball team was an American college softball team that represented North Dakota State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bison were led by Darren Mueller in his twenty-second season, and played their home games at Tharaldson Park. They competed in the Summit League. The Bison finished the regular season in third place in the conference and claimed the three seed in the 2023 Summit League softball tournament. NDSU beat Kansas City on day 1, but lost to Omaha and South Dakota State on day 2 to be eliminated before the semifinals for the third year in a row.[2]

Previous Season

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The Bison finished the 2022 season with a 30-23 record, and a 10-8 record in Summit League play. NDSU played in the Summit League tournament as the 3rd seed.[3] They defeated North Dakota[4] and Omaha, before falling to South Dakota State and then Omaha in the elimination game to end their season in the semifinals.

Personnel

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Roster

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2023 North Dakota State Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 9 – Paige Vargas – Senior
  • 18 – Lainey Lyle – Senior
  • 54 – Piper Reed – Freshman
  • 99 – Savy Williams – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 5 – Kaylee Moore – Senior

Outfielders

  • 1 – Emilee Buringa – Junior
  • 17 – Faith Daehlin – Sophomore
  • 22 – Ella Claus – Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 3 – Anjolee Aguilar-Beaucage – Junior
  • 8 – Skylar Padgett – Senior
  • 11 – Riley Leadstrom – Freshman
  • 12 – Bella Dean – Freshman
  • 31 – Carley Goetschius – Senior
  • 42 – Chloe Woldruff – Sophomore

Utility

  • 14 – Reanna Rudd (C/INF) – Junior
  • 35 – Zoe King (C/INF) – Freshman
  • 47 – Ava Chavarria (C/INF) – Freshman
 
Reference:[5]

Coaching staff

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2023 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name Position
Darren Mueller Head coach
Gerice Olson Associate head coach
Kayti Grable Assistant Coach  
Reference:[6]

Schedule

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2023 North Dakota State Bison softball game log
Regular Season (29–19)
Post-Season (1–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Bison team member
  • Reference:[10]
  • Rankings from NFCA:[11]
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • All times in Central Time Zone

References

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  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "College softball:Bison run out of gas in Summit tourney". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "NDSU draws Summit League tournament's No. 3 seed, will face UND in Wednesday's first round". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. May 8, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "NDSU Advances in Summit League Championship With 5-2 Win Over UND". valleynewslive.com. Valley News Live. May 12, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 Softball Roster". gobison.com. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "2023 Softball Roster". gobison.com. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Winter Storm Forces NDSU Softball Schedule Change". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  8. ^ "NDSU Softball Announces Changes to South Dakota Series". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "Updates made to Summit League Softball Championship schedule". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "2023 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 coaches Poll (Preseason)". nfca.org. Retrieved February 12, 2023.