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BSU nearly upset No. 1-seeded and No. 8-ranked Southwest Minnesota State University in the first round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament Saturday in Marshall, Minn., but saw its season come to an end after it fell to the Mustangs and the University of Mary. The Beavers lost a close 2-1 game against SMSU before being upended 6-3 by the Marauders in the second round of the double-elimination tournament.
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Junior infielder Mara Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) earned her second postseason honor as she was named an All-Conference Honorable Mention, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference office announced Friday.
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NSIC Commissioner Butch Raymond has announced that the 2008 NSIC Women’s Softball Tournament has been pushed back a day due to poor weather predictions. The tournament, being hosted by Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn., has been changed from Friday/Saturday to Saturday/Sunday as fairer weather conditions are predicted for those days.
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BSU swept Northern State University Tuesday at Moccasin Creek Field. The two wins on the final day of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play leap-frogged BSU over NSU and into the eighth and final spot for the NSIC Softball Tournament.
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Bemidji State today announced that the lone home game of the season with Northern State University has been moved to Aberdeen, S.D.
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BSU was scheduled to play its lone home series of the season against Northern State University in a doubleheader April 25, but a pesky weather forecast that calls for rampant precipitation that includes a mixture of rain and snow is pushing back the series, the team announced today.
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BSU gave up a late rally to Minnesota State University Moorhead, and dropped both games of a doubleheader with the Dragons Wednesday evening at Alex Nemzek Field. The Beavers (4-21, 2-14 NSIC) lost the first game 4-3, and found little offense in a 4-1 loss in the second game.
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Bemidji State went into Historic Selke Field and took one game of a doubleheader against the St. Cloud State Huskies Tuesday afternoon. The Beavers (4-19, 2-12 NSIC) defeated SCSU (32-15) in the first game by a score of 4-1 before falling in the nightcap 15-0.
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Bemidji State had a combined five hits in two losing efforts against Winona State University and No. 7 Southwest Minnesota State University Sunday afternoon in Day 2 of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Crossover. The Beavers dropped the first game of the day to the Warriors, 12-0, followed by a 4-0 loss to the Mustangs.
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BSU came into the first day of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference crossover at the University of Mary riding a two-game win streak, but couldn’t continue its recent momentum. The Beavers dropped all three games Saturday, losing to the University of Upper Iowa 3-1, Wayne State College 8-5 and the University of Concordia-St. Paul 5-0.
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Kristin Paine (Sr., Chisholm, Minn.) threw her first-career no-hitter to lead BSU to a two-game sweep over the University of Minnesota, Crookston Thursday at the UMC Softball Field. Paine had her best outing of the season, going five strong innings while allowing no runs in her fourth complete game of the season. She struck out two and walked two to move to 1-7 on the season.
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Bemidji State had to reschedule a home doubleheader to be played at the University of Mary due to unfit playing conditions in Bemidji, and that lack of the home-field advantage cost the Beavers as they dropped two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matchups with the Marauders today at Brad Walsh Park.
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The snowy conditions around the Bemidji area has postponed softball play for at least the next week, the team has announced. BSU was scheduled to travel to Gran d Forks, N.D., today to take on the University of North Dakota, and the Beavers were to take a trip to Bismarck, N.D., April 12 for a doubleheader with the University of Mary.
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BSU lost both games of a doubleheader Thursday against Mayville State. The Beavers dropped the first game by a score of 8-6, and the offense was stagnant in Game Two as BSU fell 9-1.
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BSU wrapped up its first NSIC crossover with two losses to Southwest Minnesota State University and Upper Iowa University. Both games were played at Pete Chapman Complex, home of Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. The first game was a 9-4 loss to the Mustangs, and then the Beavers fell 7-0 to the Peacocks.
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BSU played its first three games of conference play Saturday, dropping all three contests to open the first NSIC Crossover of the season. All three games were played at Pete Chapman Complex, home of Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. The first game was an 11-4 loss to Winona State, next BSU fell 10-1 to Concordia-St. Paul, and then the Beavers dropped a close 6-4 contest to the host Wildcats.
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The Beavers have begun the season with a 1-4 record, and will play their next set of games Apr. 5-6 in the first NSIC Crossover of the season against Winona State, Concordia-St. Paul, Wayne State, Southwest Minnesota State and Upper Iowa. The first three games will be played on April 5 and will take place at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively. The final two games begin at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on April 6. All five games will take place at Wayne State.
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BSU scored the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning, but Upper Iowa answered with two runs in the bottom of the extra frame to take the game 4-3 Sunday morning in the final day of the Husky Dome Tournament.
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Bemidji State used an offensive explosion to help split a two-game set with Dakota State University and the University of Wisconsin-Superior Saturday afternoon in the first day of the Husky Dome Tournament.
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Brittany Bolstad (So., International Falls, Minn.) crossed the plate for the first run of the 2008 campaign for Bemidji State as the Beavers fell in both games of a double-header with St. Cloud State University by scores of 4-1 and 12-0. The games were played Friday night in the Husky Dome.
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Bemidji State has been picked to finish eighth in the 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Coaches’ Poll, announced today by the league office. For the third straight season, BSU will be starting with a new head coach as Ron Koskie takes over the helm for the 2008 squad.
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Bemidji State University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb today announced the hiring of Ronald Koski as the new head softball coach for the upcoming season.
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Bemidji State University Director of Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb has announced that for the first time in school history, soccer, women’s hockey, baseball and softball games will be broadcast on the Internet. A new web site, called Listen To The Beavers Dot Com, has launched for the fall season and it will be the Internet audio home of the Beavers.
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Sophomore infielder Mara Johnson (Bemidji,
Minn.) was named to the Second Team of the North Central Region
by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Monday
afternoon. The 2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region
Team is split into eight separate regions, the Great Lakes Region,
Mid-Atlantic Region, North Central Region, Northeast Region,
South Region, South Atlantic Region, South Central Region, and
the West Region.
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Despite totaling more hits and fewer errors
than its opponents in the first round of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference Tournament, the Bemidji State University softball
team suffered consecutive one-run setbacks. The Beavers lost
7-6 to Winona State in the opening round, then a 1-0 pitcher's
duel to Wayne State in the elimination round.
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Sophomore infielders Bridget Smith (Burnsville,
Minn.) and Mara Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) were named All-Conference
Honorable Mention as announced by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference office on Friday evening at its awards banquet which
is held in conjunction with the 2006 NSIC Softball Championship
in Marshall, Minn.
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The Northern Sun Intecollegiate Conference
office announced the pairings for this weekends’ NSIC
Softball Tournament hosted by regular season co-champion Southwest
Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. The Beavers will
take on the other co-champion, Winona State, in the first round
of the double elimination tournament.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
was dealt a pair of late-inning, one-run losses against the
University of North Dakota in its regular season finale on Tuesday
evening. The Fighting Sioux scored a run in the seventh inning
of the opener for a 3-2 win, and a run in the eighth inning
of the nightcap for a 5-4 victory.
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On an afternoon that the Bemidji State University
softball team belted four home runs to add to its single-season
school record (19), the Beavers swept the University of Minnesota,
Crookston in a rare non-conference twin bill, 11-6 and 14-2.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
split a non-conference double header with the University of
Wisconsin-Superior Tuesday at the BSU Softball Field. After
earning a 9-3 victory in game one, the Beavers were held to
just one run in the night cap dropping the game in eight innings,
2-1, on a day in witch the team honored its parents and lone
senior.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
was defeated 9-1 in each game of a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference doubleheader in Bismarck, N.D. BSU's offense was
stifled both games and the defense was plagued by two errors
in each game against the University of Mary.
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Bemidji State’s Jamie Docken (Jr.,
OF, Owatonna, Minn.) hit a three-run homer in the first inning
of each game on Monday afternoon against Northern State, but
the Beavers were only able to come away with victory in the
nightcap by a score of 13-5. BSU dropped the opener 6-3.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
lost their last three games of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Crossover in Aberdeen, S.D. The Beavers finished up a holdover
game from Saturday against Southwest Minnesota State, an 8-0
loss, then dropped games to Winona State, 5-3, and Upper Iowa,
10-5.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
was held to just one run in the two games completed at the Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Crossover in Aberdeen, S.D., on Saturday.
The Beavers lost 4-0 to Concordia-St. Paul and 6-1 to Wayne
State College before having their final game of the day postponed
due to weather. BSU trails Southwest Minnesota State by a score
of 6-0 in the fifth inning of a game that will be concluded
Sunday at 1 p.m.
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A home run by Amy Klaers (So., INF, Elk River,
Minn.) in the opener and another blast by Brittany Bolstad (Fr.,
OF, International Falls, Minn.) in the nightcap helped Bemidji
State University's offense come alive and cruise to back-to-back
wins, 7-3 and 11-3, over Minnesota, Crookston, on Thursday afternoon
at the BSU Softball Field.
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The Bemidji State University softball team’s
offense was held in check by Minnesota State, Moorhead, pitchers
in a doubleheader at the BSU Softball Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The Beavers managed just six total hits off of Dragon pitching
in the two-game sweep, losing by scores of 1-0 and 9-0.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
ran out of innings in a late comeback attempt against St. Cloud
State on a rainy Monday afternoon at the BSU Softball Field.
The Beavers dropped a 7-3 decision to the Huskies in the opening
game of the scheduled doubleheader, but blustery conditions
cancelled the nightcap.
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Sophomore third baseman Amy Klaers (Elk River,
Minn.) was selected the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Player of the Week for her performance in last weekend's games,
as announced by the league office today. Klaers is the first
softball player to receive the award for BSU since April 20,
1999.
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Behind a solid start from pitcher Ali Willard
(So., Hutchinson, Minn.) and clutch seventh-inning hits, the
Bemidji State University softball team scratched out a split
in a twinbill with the University of Mary (N.D.). The Beavers
downed Mary in the opener by a score of 4-3, but the Marauder
offense came alive to post a 10-0 shutout over BSU in the nightcap.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
found its hitting groove on Saturday afternoon at the BSU Softball
Field. The Beavers racked up 27 runs and 31 hits in a two-game
sweep of the University of Minnesota, Morris. Bemidji State
beat the Cougars 12-2 in the opener, and then sliced out a nine-run
third inning in the nightcap for a 15-1 victory.
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Bemidji State softball head coach Shane Veenker
announced today the signing of Jamie Lund, a native of Grantsburg,
Wis., to a National Letter of Intent. Lund is the second player
to sign a National Letter of Intent to play softball at BSU
next season.
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Bemidji State softball head coach Shane Veenker
announced today the signing of Big Lake, Minn., native Karissa
Hendrickson to a National Letter of Intent. Hendrickson is the
first to sign an NLI to play softball next season.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
was unable to follow up last night’s victory with more
of the same, dropping back-to-back games on Tuesday at the Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference Crossover in St. Paul, Minn.
BSU lost their first game of the day to Concordia-St. Paul,
10-2, before dropping the nightcap 8-1 to Upper Iowa University.
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Sophomore Mara Johnson (INF, Bemidji, Minn.)
hit a home run in each of Bemidji State University's three games
on Monday at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Crossover in St.
Paul, Minn., but the Beavers were able to win just once. The
victory came in the nightcap, 3-1 over Wayne State, while BSU
lost 3-2 to Winona State in the opener and 8-2 against Southwest
Minnesota State.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
finished up the Emporia State Tournament with back-to-back losses
to Washburn and seventh-ranked Emporia State on Sunday in Emporia
Kan. Washburn downed BSU 7-3, and ESU shut out the Beavers 4-0.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
lost three games on Saturday at the Emporia State Tournament
in Emporia Kan. No. 22 Northwest Missouri State downed the Beavers
8-3, while Truman State and Missouri Western beat BSU by eight
runs apiece, 11-3 and 12-4.
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Bemidji State University Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb today announced the hiring of Shane
Veenker as the 14th head softball coach since the program started
in 1981. Veenker will also serve as an assistant coach for the
women’s hockey team.
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The Bemidji State University softball team
has been picked to finish ninth in the 2007 Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference Coaches’ Poll, announced by the league office.
For the second straight season, BSU will be starting with a
new head coach as former assistant Shane Veenker is taking the
reins for the 2007 season.
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