2023 North Dakota State Bison softball team

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2023 North Dakota State Bison softball
North Dakota State Bison wordmark.svg
Conference Summit League
Record30–21 (13–8 Summit)
Head coach
  • Darren Mueller (22nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Gerice Olson
  • Kayti Grable
Home stadium Tharaldson Park
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 Summit League softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Dakota State  170 1.0003717 .685
Omaha  y155 .7503317 .660
North Dakota State  138 .6193021 .588
South Dakota  119 .5502428 .462
North Dakota  910 .4741238 .240
St. Thomas*  614 .3001835 .340
Kansas City  417 .190943 .173
Western Illinois  315 .167936 .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]

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Previous Season

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

Roster

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

2023 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
NamePosition
Darren MuellerHead coach
Gerice OlsonAssociate head coach
Kayti GrableAssistant Coach 
Reference: [6]

Schedule

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

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