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Defense Overpowers Offense in UND Spring Game

Team green recorded 12 sacks and 18 tackles for loss.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — During practices last fall, freshman Brock Boltmann was handing the ball off to Austin Gordon as the duo worked together on the offensive scout team to give the Fighting Hawks’ defense the best look they could in preparing for each week’s opponent. This spring, Gordon was chasing Boltmann and the fellow North Dakota quarterbacks around from…

College Football: UND Focused on Upping the Physicality in Spring Game

UND's offense and defense will square off in roughly 60 live plays

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND football returns to live action Friday night for its 15th and final session of the spring. The players will have the chance to showcase their progress from the past few weeks in the Spring Game. The offense and defense will square off in roughly 60 live plays. The team says the focus heading into the…

Bison Softball Splits Doubleheader at South Dakota State

The Bison won game one 9-2 before losing Thursday afternoon 11-3

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State won game one 9-2, but South Dakota State bounced back for an 11-3 win in five innings in the second as the teams split Summit League softball doubleheader played Thursday, April 12, at Augustana University’s Bowden Field. The final game between NDSU (22-14, 2-2 SL) and SDSU (24-12, 5-3 SL) that…

NDSU Baseball Drops a Pair at South Dakota State

The Bison lost 5-4 and 12-9

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (NDSU Athletics) – The South Dakota State University Jackrabbits swept a doubleheader against the North Dakota State University baseball team Thursday, April 12, at Karras Park Home of Ronken Field on the Augustana University campus, winning game one, 5-4, and game two, 12-9. North Dakota State (13-16, 6-7 Summit League) and South Dakota State (9-20, 7-5 Summit…

College Wrestling: NDSU’s Clay Ream Named Big 12 Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Ream compiled a 24-6 record this season including his second straight runner-up finish at the Big 12 Championships

IRVING, Texas (NDSU Athletics) — North Dakota State University’s three-time NCAA Elite 90 Award winner, 157-pounder Clay Ream was named Big 12 Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year as the conference announced its 2018 Winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year. The award winners were based on each sport’s respective head coaches. Ream, a redshirt senior from Wentzville, Mo., has a 3.977…

UND Hockey Reveals 2018-2019 Schedule

UND will open National Collegiate Hockey Conference play at Miami Nov. 9-10

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – The University of North Dakota hockey program announced its entire 2018-19 schedule on Wednesday, in conjunction with the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) unveiling the league’s conference schedule for next season. North Dakota’s 35-game regular-season schedule features a heavy Western Collegiate Hockey Associate (WCHA) flavor during the first half the season, with non-conference dates against old…

UND Football: Fighting Hawks Still Working Out the Kinks Heading into their Spring Game

UND's spring game is set for 6 p.m. on Friday at the High Performance Center

GRAND  FORKS, N.D. — Three wins, eight losses, and an 11th-place finish in the isn’t exactly what UND football had in mind after making the playoffs the year before. In fact, most of what took place during the 2017 season is completely different from UND’s 2016 Big Sky title year. This spring, however, the Hawks are using their 15 practices to…

Fargo North Softball Patiently Awaiting Start of Season

Spartans eyeing return to state tournament this year.

FARGO, N.D. — Much of North Dakota and Minnesota continues to wait for the start of spring sports season at the high school level. The biggest absence at this point has been spring. So, just about everyone is practicing inside. “Last year at this point in time I already had sunburn going on. I was already tan,” junior center fielder Greta…

Dylan Miller Will Not Return To Bison Basketball Team Next Season

Junior forward Dylan Miller averaged just 2.9 points per game last season.

FARGO, N.D. — On the basketball court, the Bison basketball team will be in need of another post. According to NDSU athletics, junior forward Dylan Miller will not be returning to the team next season. The Illinois native started just four games this past season after starting 19 the year prior. He had increasingly diminished playing time, especially after a suspension…

NDSU Baseball, Softball Shift Series against South Dakota State

Each squad will be playing in Sioux Falls instead of Brookings, and the games have moved up in the week.

FARGO, N.D. — As winter weather continues to dismantle the spring sports season, North Dakota State baseball and softball are shifting their series. Both teams are scheduled to play South Dakota State this weekend, but the games have been moved up in the week and to Sioux Falls instead of Brookings. NDSU baseball at Augustana University Thursday, 11:00 a.m. Thursday,…