COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The North Dakota softball team closed out a three-game set with South Dakota State on Saturday, falling 9-0 to the Jackrabbits at John and Jean Marshall Softball Complex on the campus of Iowa Western CC.

SDSU got on the board in the bottom of the first with back-to-back RBI doubles and then an RBI groundout to put three up in the frame. In the bottom of the second, a single and two walks loaded the bases and then a hit batter scored the fourth run. With the bases still loaded, a three-RBI double made it 7-0, then an RBI single made it 8-0. Later, it looked like UND got out of the inning by turning a bases loaded double play, but it was ruled that Katelyn Neumayer's foot was off the bag at first; scoring the final run of the game.

Tori Kniesche picked up the win for SDSU, allowing no hits in a winning effort, while Camryn Lasota took the loss. NoDak got three baserunners in the game: Hannah Thompson drew a walk in the second inning and two Fighting Hawks were hit by a pitch: Neumayer in the third inning and Izzy Haslett in the fifth.

The Fighting Hawks will host South Dakota next weekend at the Apollo, with two games on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.

Postgame Notes 

·        SDSU was the last team to sweep three games from UND—doing so on May 6-7, 2022.

·        Emily Marr threw a season high 2.2 innings in relief, coming in for Lasota in the second.

·        UND's streak of 141 games with at least one hit was snapped. The last time the Fighting Hawks did not get a hit was on May 13, 2021 against Omaha in the Summit League Tournament.

How It Happened 

B1- SDSU 3, UND 0

B2- SDSU 9, UND 0

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