Paige Vargas

Vargas Leaving Impact on NDSU Softball Program

Pitching final home series this weekend against St. Thomas

FARGO, N.D — Its the final home series  for North Dakota State softball this weekend against St Thomas. The Bison are battling for a top four seed in the summit league tournament and will also honor five of their seniors in a class led by pitcher Paige Vargas. Vargas made a loud first impression winning the summit league freshman of…

NDSU Softball’s Vargas, Lyle Complimenting Each Other As Top Two Pitchers

Both are tops in the Summit League in many pitching categories

FARGO, N.D — North Dakota State softball has 26 wins this season,  the most since 2019. Helping get there securing 19 of them by pitching gems in the circle are Paige Vargas and Lainey Lyle. As the 1-2 punch for the Bison most weekends, Lyle  and Vargas both have sub 3 ERA’s throwing 16 complete games, allowing opponents to only…

NDSU Softball Fixing Team Chemistry After Disappointing 2021 Season

Bison did not win Summit League for first time since 2013

FARGO, N.D — North Dakota State softball is happily turning the page to a new chapter after a 2021 season to forget that produced both a losing record for the first time in four years and no Summit League championship for the first time in eight years. A rough start made it hard to recover as the Bison won two…

Bison Softball Splits Sunday Double Header With USD

NDSU won the morning matchup before dropping the afternoon showdown

FARGO, ND – The North Dakota State softball team split a Summit League doubleheader with South Dakota on Sunday, April 11, winning the opener 3-1 before falling 6-5 in the series finale at Tharaldson Park. Paige Vargas pitched a complete game win for the Bison (12-20, 7-5 Summit) allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk…

NDSU Softball Welcoming Tough Non-Conference Slate

Went 1-3 on opening weekend

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State Softball hasn’t had the best of starts to the 2019 season. In their opening weekend of games in South Carolina came out with a 1 and 3 record. In that tournament, the Bison faced Three NCAA Tournament teams from last season in South Carolina, Southern Illinois and Ohio State with the one win coming…

Youthful NDSU Softball Team Ready to Take on Bigger Roles in New Season

Bison lose six seniors from last season

FARGO, N.D. — Its hard to tell by going outside, however, spring sports are here and North Dakota State softball is getting ready for a new season inside. NDSU is coming off the program’s 10th Summit League Tournament title, but the team will look different than last season’s senior-driven roster. The Bison lose six seniors who accounted for over 130…

NDSU Softball Ready For Minnesota in NCAA Regional

Playing the Gophers for the first time this year

FARGO, N.D. — NDSU softball leaves for Minneapolis Wednesday in preparation for its match up with Minnesota Friday night. This could’ve been the second trip to the Twin Cities for the Bison this year had it not been for a cancellation of a doubleheader scheduled back on April 24th. The Gophers have had the upper hand in the head–to–head series of…

NDSU Softball Wins Summit League Tournament

The Bison beat South Dakota twice to advance to the NCAA Tournament

FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) Summit League Softball MVP pitcher Paige Vargas of North Dakota State shut down the powerful South Dakota offense not once, but twice as the Bison defeated USD by the scores of 6-0 and 3-1 on Saturday, May 11, to claim the program’s 10th league tournament championship and AQ bid into the NCAA 64-team field. The…

NDSU Softball Takes Doubleheader Over UND in First Meeting Since 2017

Bison scored 17 runs over both games

FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics)  KK Leddy and Paige Vargas threw back-to-back shutouts as North Dakota State took a pair from North Dakota by the scores of 3-0 and 14-0 in five innings in a Summit League doubleheader played on Saturday, May 4, in front of 453 spectators at Tharaldson Park. NDSU (38-12, 16-1 SL) and North Dakota (21-33, 6-11 SL)…

NDSU Softball Takes Both Games From Omaha in Doubleheader

Game One: NDSU 8-1 Game Two: NDSU 11-0

FARGO, N.D. — (NDSU Athletics) Vanessa Anderson hit a home run in each game including her second grand slam of the season and North Dakota State hammered five homers overall as the Bison defeated Omaha 8-1 and 11-0 in five innings during a Summit League softball doubleheader played Friday, April 26, before 121 spectators at Tharaldson Park.   NDSU (35-12, 13-1…