North Dakota vs. St. Thomas || 4/18 (DH) - 4/19 
12th meeting, UST leads 7-4
Grand Forks, N.D. (Albrecht Field)

FULL GAME NOTES ARE HERE

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Easter Weekend brings St. Thomas to Albrecht Field for a three-game Summit League series. UND enters the second-to-last league weekend of the season with momentum after taking two of three games from NDSU and with 24 wins, the Hawks are eyeing the program's single-season wins record. Live coverage links are available at www.FightingHawks.com. 

THE MATCHUP
» St. Thomas won the first two Summit League meetings between the two programs in 2022, UND claimed the next two and since then the two sides have swapped victories with UST winning twice over the Hawks last season. 

» UND's Makaela Carr leads the nation in saves (9). Katie Joten leads the Summit League in defensive assists (91) and Callie Honig paces the league in doubles (13).

» Taya Hopfauf holds a top 25 mark nationally in runners caught stealing with a Summit League best 11. Carr's 4.47 K-to-BB ratio ranks 25th in DI and she carries a top 50 K-per-7 rate of 7.9. 

» Four Tommies hold averages north of .300 led by Kaitlyn Raymond's .377. She paces UST in hits (46) and runs scored (28). Seven players have contributed 15 or more RBI led by Cassidy Carby's 25. 

» Ella Cook leads the pitching staff with a 3.59 ERA, nine wins, 82.2 IP and 60 strikeouts. Ava Kleinfeldt follows with a sub-4.0 ERA, an 8-2 record, six complete games and 48 strikeouts in 80.0 IP. 

HONED IN
For the first time in her career, senior designated player Callie Honig earned Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Player of the Week honors. Honig's honor is the third for UND this season which is a season high for the program as a member of the Summit League.

The Scottsdale, Arizona native hit .667 recording six hits in nine at bats over the weekend in Fargo as UND took two of three from their Peace Garden State foe. Honig blasted her fourth home run of the season in the series opener, and it stood as the lone tally for either dugout in the contest as UND claimed a 1-0 win.
 
She added a hit in game two and returned on Sunday with a 3-for-5 effort which included a double and three RBI. Her team-leading 13th two bagger of the season plated the first run for either team in the rubber match and her last hit was the eventual game-winning knock as she placed a full-count, bases loaded pitch with two outs in the eighth inning into shallow left centerfield to plate a pair and give the Hawks a lead that would hold.
 
For the week, which included a midweek doubleheader against Jamestown, Honig produced a slash of .500/.563/.786 with seven base hits including a double and a home run. She delivered a team-leading four RBI, scored a pair of runs and was walked twice.  

CHASING HISTORY
The 2025 Fighting Hawks find themselves chasing history as the program's single-season wins record of 26, which was set in 2018, is well in reach for UND. The Hawks are in the midst of the program's third 24-win season; all of which have occurred since 2000. Additionally, North Dakota, currently five games above .500 are hunting the program's first season with an above .500 finish since the flood-shortened season of 1997 when the Hawks went 12-10. The Hawks' last full season with an above .500 finish was in 1995 when UND went 21-18. A .500 or better finish in 2025 would be the fifth such conclusion to a season in program history.

SCHEDULE CHANGES
Due to conference game makeup requirements for Mayville State, Tuesday, April 22's game, previously moved from April 2 due to weather has been canceled. Additionally, the Hawks have added a game with Minnesota Crookston and Wednesday, April 23's matchup will now be a doubleheader scheduled for a 5 p.m. start. 

CLOSING IN
Sunday's win over the Bison gave UND its seventh Summit League victory of the season marking the fourth season since the program's first year of SL action in 2019 that the Hawks have reached seven conference wins. UND is two wins away from matching 2023's best such effort and three SL wins from reaching ten for the first time since 2018: UND's last as a member of the Big Sky Conference and the last time the Hawks finished .500 or better in conference play.

IN HER SIGHTS
Senior pitcher Jackie Albrecht enters the weekend six strikeouts away from becoming the fourth UND arm to reach 400 strikeouts in her career. The Barrington, Illinois native is staring down a third-straight 100-strikeout campaign. If she reaches 400, she will join Tara Peterson (932), Kaylin VanDomelen (567) and Mikki Cochrane (494). VanDomelen holds the Division I career record. 

KEEP IT 100
Katie Joten's two-hit day in the series finale at NDSU, her 11th multi-hit game of the season, moved her to the century mark in base knocks for her career as a Fighting Hawk. Her 100th hit could arguably be her most important to date as she hustled for an infield single which extended an eighth inning for UND that saw the Hawks plate two runs, including Joten, to grab a 5-3 lead that they would not relinquish. 

FUN TIMES IN FARGO
Sunday's win over NDSU gave the Hawks the program's first series win in Fargo in its Division I membership (2009) and it is the first since taking both ends of a doubleheader on April 17, 1995.

SIX STRAIGHT
The Hawks won six-straight games, their longest streak of the season, with their game one victory over North Dakota State. It was the Hawks' longest such streak ever as a Summit League member (2019) and the longest since winning seven straight from February 24 through March 3 in 2018.

Full game notes are attached above.