Jump to content

2022 North Dakota State Bison softball team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 68.190.72.187 (talk) at 05:39, 20 February 2023 (References). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

2022 North Dakota State Bison softball
ConferenceSummit League
Record30–23 (10–8 Summit)
Head coach
  • Darren Mueller (21st season)
Home stadiumTharaldson Park
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Summit League softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  ‍y 18 2   .900 41 13   .759
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 17 4   .810 32 14   .696
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 10 8   .556 30 23   .566
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 28 25   .528
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 9 11   .450 13 34   .277
St. Thomas (MN)  ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 14 36   .280
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 4 16   .200 14 39   .264
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 8 37   .178
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today


The 2022 North Dakota State Bison softball team was an American college softball team that represented North Dakota State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bison were led by Darren Mueller in his twenty-first season, and played their home games at Tharaldson Park. They competed in the Summit League.
The Bison finished the season with a 30-23 record, and a 10-8 record in Summit League play. NDSU made it to the Summit League Tournament as the 3 seed.[2] They defeated North Dakota[3] and Omaha, before falling to South Dakota State and Omaha in the elimination game to be eliminated from contention.

Previous season

The Bison finished the 2021 season 11–12 in Summit League play and 16–29 on the season. They entered the Summit League tournament as the 3 seed[4] but lost to North Dakota in the first round, 5–6 in 10 innings.[5]

Personnel

Roster

2022 North Dakota State Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 9 – Paige Vargas – Senior
  • 13 – Lainey Lyle – Junior
  • 20 – Mac Schulz – Junior
  • 99 – Savy Williams – Freshman

Catchers

  • 5 – Kaylee Moore – Junior
  • 7 – Avery Wysong – Senior

Outfielders

  • 1 – Emilee Buringa – Sophomore
  • 3 – Molly Gates – Sophomore
  • 11 – Dez Cardenas – Junior
  • 17 – Faith Daehlin – Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 00 – Ciara Jensen – Sophomore
  • 8 – Skylar Padgett – Junior
  • 15 – Nicole Licea – Senior
  • 32 – Carley Goetschius – Junior
  • 33 – Cameryn Maykut – Senior
  • 42 – Chloe Woldruff – Freshman

Utility

  • 14 – Reanna Rudd (C/INF) – Sophomore
  • 23 – Aba Turner (C/OF) – Junior
 
Reference:[6]

Coaching staff

2022 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name Position
Darren Mueller Head Coach
Gerice Olson Associate Head Coach
Kayti Grable Assistant Coach  
Reference:[7]

Schedule

2022 North Dakota State Bison softball game log
Regular Season (28–21)
Post-Season (2–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Bison team member
  • Reference:[10]
  • Rankings from NFCA:
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parenthesis.

Awards and honors

First Team All-Summit League[11]

  • Dez Cardenas
  • Cameryn Maykut

Second Team All-Summit League

  • Paige Vargas
  • Emilee Buringa
  • Reanna Rudd

Summit League All-Tournament Team[12]

  • Paige Vargas
  • Skylar Padgett
  • Nicole Licea

References

  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "NDSU Draws Summit League Tournament's No. 3 seed, will face UND in Wednesday's first round". Fargo Forum. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "NDSU Advances in Summit League Championship With 5-2 Win over UND". Valley News Live. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Summit League Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The Summit League. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "No. 6 North Dakota upsets No. 3 North Dakota State 6-5 in 10 innings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Softball Roster". gobison.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Softball Roster". gobison.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "Paige Vargas Slings Bison to Second Summit League Tournament Victory". Fargo Forum. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "Two tough losses eliminate Bison from Summit softball tournament". Fargo Forum. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "SummitSB Awards Revealed on Eve of Championship". The Summit League. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "Top-seeded South Dakota State earns second straight SummitSB Championship Title". The Summit League. Retrieved May 27, 2022.