2005-06 W Softball Roster

1 Tara Petersen

  • Position:
    Pitcher
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Billings, Mont.
  • Highschool:
    Billings West High School

Summary

Biography

Career: UND’s career leader in wins (40), earned run average (1.88), strikeouts (637) and shutouts (24) ... Also poised to become UND’s all-time leader in games pitched (needs 12), innings pitched (needs 111/3) and complete games (needs eight).

2005: Named UND’s Co-Most Valuable Player ... All-North Central Conference selection ... Led the NCC in strikeouts with a school-record 360, 12th-most in Division II history ... That eclipsed the previous school record by 144 ... Ranked seventh in Division II with 10.0 strikeouts per seven innings ... Broke her own school record with 21 strikeouts vs. Minnesota State (Apr. 9), which is tied for fifth most in Division II single-game history and two short of the Division II record ... Broke her own school record for shutouts (10) and set a new school record for innings pitched (252.2) ... Posted the second-lowest ERA (1.75) in team history ... Led the NCC in wins ... Her 18 wins fell one shy of Julie Stasiuk’s (1987) school record ... Finished third in the NCC pitching race ... Finished third in the NCC in ERA and innings per game (6.02) ... Earned NCC Player of the Week Honors three times ... Had 17 games of 10 or more strikeouts ... Named a 2005 All-America Scholar Athlete by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association ... Academic All-NCC honorable mention ... Earned third letter.

2004: Appeared in 28 games last season, starting in 23 of them... Her 1.87 ERA ranked second in school history ... Finished the season with 172 strikeouts, third-most in UND single-season history ... She also finished second in school history last season with six shutouts ... Compiled double-digit strikeouts in seven games last year, including 14 strikeouts against Incarnate Word (Mar. 18) and 13 against Mayville State (Apr. 27) ... Did not give up an earned run in seven consecutive games... Pitched a total of 53 of 56 innings between Apr. 17th and Apr. 27th ... Pitched two, two-hit shutouts against Mayville State (Apr. 27) and again on May 3rd against Mary ... Earned second letter.
 
2003: Named UND’s Rookie of the Year ... Also named recipient of team’s Hustle and Iron Will Awards ... Tied a UND single-season record with seven shutouts ... Finished third in the North Central Conference with 141 strikeouts, the third-highest total in school history ... Her 2.18 ERA was the fourth-best in school history ... Her 12 wins are tied for the third-best in school history and ninth in all-time wins ... Set UND rookie records for wins, strikeouts and shutouts ... Posted second-lowest freshman ERA in school history ... Completed 20 games, tied for fourth-best by a rookie in UND history ...  Her seven shutouts ranks tied for eight on UND’s career list ... Began her collegiate career with four straight wins ... Racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts against Concordia-St. Paul (Mar. 22) ... Reached double-digits in strikeouts three times ... Allowed one run or fewer in 11 of her 22 starts ... Allowed two runs or fewer in 17 of her 22 starts ... Tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout against Bemidji State (Apr. 18) ... Tossed a five-inning no-hitter against Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Mar. 16) ... Earned first letter.

Before UND: A 2002 graduate of Billings West High School.
 
Personal: Majoring in physical therapy ... Daughter of Roger and Julie Petersen.

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