University of North Dakota Athletics

2020 (Senior): Redshirt season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Finished second on the team with nine appearances and seven starts in the circle ... Tied for the team lead with three victories ... Also ranked second in WHIP (1.74), complete games (3), innings pitched (43.0) and strikeouts (22) ... Went a career-long 7.2 innings of four-run ball in the win vs. Boise State ... Tossed a complete game at CSUN ... Fired the first complete-game shutout of her career win a 1-0 win over Presbyterian ... Struck out five in back-to-back games against the Blue Hose ... Led the team with a 1.189 OPS from the plate ... Tied for the team lead with a pair of home runs ... Hit .222 and slugged .889 ... Smacked a pair of home runs, including the game winner, in the first at-bats of her career against Incarnate Word. 

2019 (Junior): Tossed six innings of near-shutout ball while North Dakota plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning to hold off the No. 25-ranked 49ers, 2-1, in the season opener in Las Vegas to give UND its first victory over a ranked opponent since moving to Division I in 2008 ... Finished second on the team with 27 appearances and made 19 starts ... Posted six victories and a save ... Her 120.2 IP were second on the team ... Struck out a career-high 68 hitters ... Struck out six in UND's win over Michigan State. 

2018 (Sophomore): Named to UND’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall of 2017... Picked up her first collegiate wins against Portland State in the Big Sky opener... Made 22 appearances, finishing with a 7.79 ERA in  32.1 IP with 17 strikeouts.

2017 (Freshman): Made 21 appearances in the circle, including five starts ... Finished with an 8.76 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 46.1 IP ... Recorded a 6.82 ERA over her final 18 appearances ... Did not allow a run in six outings ... Only gave up one homer after Feb. 18 ... Earned first varsity letter.

Before UND: A 2016 Aliso Niguel High School graduate … Four-time letter recipient at pitcher and first base … Helped her team to a league champions in 2014 … Member of both the Explosion Travel Team and Cal Cruisers softball club.

Personal: Daughter of Tony and Dana Pica … Majoring in communication.

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