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2022 North Dakota State Bison softball team

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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

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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

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Roster

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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

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2022 north dakota state coaching Staff
Name Position
Darren Mueller Head coach
Gerice Olson Associate head coach
Kayti Grable Assistant Coach  
Reference:[7]

Schedule

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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 parentheses.

Awards and honors

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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

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  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.