North Dakota (8-7) vs. UT Arlington (6-9) | Feb. 27 (11:30 a.m.) & Feb. 28 (9 a.m.)
First career meeting
North Dakota (8-7) at UTSA (5-9) | Feb. 27 (4:30 p.m.) on ESPN+
Third career meeting | UTSA leads series 2-0 | Last meeting, Feb. 19, 2016 | UTSA 8, UND 1
North Dakota (8-7) vs. Saint Francis (0-14) | Feb. 28 (2 p.m.)
Second career meeting | UND leads series 1-0 | Last meeting, March 15, 2000 | UND 7, SFU 3
North Dakota (8-7) vs. New Mexico State (6-11) | March 1 (9 a.m.)
10th career meeting | NMSU leads series 9-0 | Last meeting, Feb. 19, 2024 | NMSU 2, UND 1
San Antonio, Texas (Roadrunner Field)
Watch:
ESPN+ (against UTSA on Friday at 4:30 p.m.)
Full Game Notes are
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The North Dakota softball team looks to stay hot, continuing its 2026 season in San Antonio for five games in the Birds Up Bash at Roadrunner field in San Antonio. The Hawks will face UT Arlington twice, while playing UTSA, New Mexico State, Saint Francis and New Mexico State once each.
The Hawks enter this game on a five-game winning streak, owning an 8-7 record on the season. UND dominated in Murray, Ky. last weekend at the Velvet Milkman Classic, beating Green Bay and Murray State twice, finishing it out with a victory over IU Indy.
In the tournament, NoDak outscored its opponents 29-13, hitting for a .297 team batting average and owning a team ERA of 1.32. The Hawks swatted 12 extra base hits and had two home runs.
Pregame Notes
- Tegan Livesay is tied for the Summit League lead in complete games with four, while being second in saves with two
- Livesay leads the team in innings pitched at 34.2, good for fourth in the Summit League
- Head Coach Jordan Stevens sits just two wins away from 200 career wins at North Dakota
- Makenna Alexander leads UND in batting average, raking .333 through 15 games and 42 at-bats
- Jaedyn Valdez is hitting .462 through 26 at-bats (12-of-26), going 10-for-17 at the dish this past weekend
- Aleksia Severson is hitting .571 against left-handed pitchers this season
- Hailey Bethune and Katelyn Neumayer hit back-to-back home runs on Saturday in the third inning against IU Indy
- North Dakota is 4-0 this season in one-run games
- Unity Nelson threw a career-high eight innings on Saturday against Murray State
- UND is 32-for-126 (.254) this season with runners in scoring position
For more information on North Dakota Softball, follow on social media @UNDsoftball or visit FightingHawks.com.
