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Bison Softball Heads into Summit League Tournament with Top Seed

NDSU receives a bye first round and awaits the winner of USD/Omaha.
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ELMHURST, Ill. (Summit League) – North Dakota State will carry the top seed into The Summit League Softball Championship after winning its seventh regular season title. Joining the Bison in the championship field are South Dakota State, Western Illinois, South Dakota, Omaha and Fort Wayne. The 2018 Summit League Softball Championship will be played May 9-12, at Ellig Sports Complex on…
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Bison Baseball Suffers Series Sweep by Hands of ORU

NDSU falls to 18-22 overall and sits in fifth in the conference
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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – Oral Roberts University completed a three-game Summit League baseball series sweep of North Dakota State University with a 7-4 victory Sunday, May 6, at Newman Outdoor Field. ORU first baseman Spencer Henson went 4-for-5 with a home run and center fielder Nick Rotola was 3-for-6 in the leadoff spot for the league-leading Golden Eagles, who improved…
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Sertic Nearly Perfect as Bison Softball Clinches Regular Season Title

NDSU wins the conference regular season title for the sixth time in last seven years.
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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – Jacquelyn Sertic carried a perfect game into the seventh as North Dakota State shut out Western Illinois 4-0 in a Summit League single-game played Sunday, May 6, before 245 spectators at the Ellig Sports Complex. NDSU (30-17, 10-3 SL) completed the three-game sweep on Senior Day to clinch the program’s seventh Summit League regular season…
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College Baseball: Oral Roberts Downs NDSU 9-3

Oral Roberts pounded out 15 hits to beat North Dakota State 9-3
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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) — Cal Hernandez went 4-for-4 at the plate as Oral Roberts pounded out 15 hits to beat North Dakota State 9-3 in Summit League baseball Saturday, May 5, at Newman Outdoor Field. Hernandez doubled, tripled and scored three runs for ORU while Nick Roark and Harrison Smith each homered to help lift the Golden Eagles (29-15,…
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College Softball: NDSU Rolls Into First Place With Sweep Over Western Illinois

Bison Jacquelyn Sertic and KK Leddy threw back-to-back shutouts
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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) — For the third straight Saturday, Jacquelyn Sertic and KK Leddy threw back-to-back shutouts as North Dakota State blanked Western Illinois by identical scores of 3-0 in a Summit League softball doubleheader played Saturday, May 5, before 260 spectators at the Ellig Sports Complex. The Bison moved into first place in the league standings as head…
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UND Hockey: Head Coach Brad Berry Signs New 5-Year Contract

Berry's five-year contract will keep him behind the UND bench through the 2022-23 season
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics)– University of North Dakota Athletics Director Bill Chaves announced today that head men’s hockey coach Brad Berry has been signed to a new five-year contract, at $400,000 base salary per year, which will keep him behind the Fighting Hawks bench through the 2022-23 season. In just three seasons at the helm of his alma mater, Berry has put his own…
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NDSU Baseball Falls Short in Slugfest with Oral Roberts

The Bison lost 11-8
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FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State brought the lumber to the ballpark in the series opener against Oral Roberts, but the pitching came up short. The Bison lost 11-8. Riley Johnson (4-6) picked up the loss for the Herd, failing to make it out of the fourth inning while giving up eight runs, six of them earned. NDSU scored four…
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German Athletes Find Home with MSUM Track and Field

MSUM track and field to compete at NSIC Championships next Friday.
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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The track and field season is nearing its end for MSUM. Both the men and women’s teams continue to prepare for the NSIC Outdoor Championships in Winona a week from Friday. At Minnesota State-Moorhead there is a pair of Dragons that have traveled a great distance to compete in the sport that they love. “The flight attendant…
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NDSU Throwers Thriving Before Summit League Championships

The Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships are on May 10-12 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Ahletics)—North Dakota State junior Payton Otterdahl threw a monstrous 68-07.00 (20.90m) in the shot put Friday at the NDSU Tune-Up, claiming the top spot in the NCAA this season by more than one and a half feet. Otterdahl now ranks fourth among Americans and 10th in the world this year in the shot put, professionals included. Three…
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Coaches of the Week: NDSU Golf Coaches Johnson & Kennedy

The Bison men's and women's golf teams are headed to the NCAA Regional.
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FARGO, N.D. — For the first time in program history, NDSU men’s golf is the Summit League champion. The Bison followed up the women’s performance from a week earlier to move on to the NCAA Regional. KVRR Sports Director Keith Albertson sits down with women’s coach Matt Johnson and men’s coach Steve Kennedy as this weeks Coaches of the Week….