2007 SoftballFighting Sioux University of North Dakota Media Guide 17 10 11 9 24 Karli Fisher Lindsey Gaustad Casie Hanson Sharla Hume Marie Kriegler Fr. / P/OF Fr. / 3B/OF So. / C/OF Jr. / SS/2B Fr. / P Castle Rock, Colo. Fergus Falls, Minn. St. Peter, Minn. Whittier, Calif. Lino Lakes, Minn. 12 16 18 6 14 Nicole Larson Anne Lothian Melissa Mowry Rhonda Nelk Carrie Oswald Fr. / IF Jr. / OF Fr. / C Fr. / OF/P Jr. / OF Oakdale, Minn. St. Paul, Minn. Waconia, Minn. Wheaton, Minn. Duluth, Minn. 3 21 22 7 4 Alicia Pearce Jess Price Nicole Puerling Abby Rehberger Amber Roth Fr. / P Sr. / SS/2B So. / Util. Fr. / Util. Fr. / C Maple Grove, Minn. Dalton, Minn. Camarillo, Calif. Brainerd, Minn. Shoreview, Minn. 13 1 15 Justine Wernick Michele Wolf Brittny Zavala Head Coach Assistant Coach Jr. / 3B So. / P Fr. / OF/P Tracy Marback Alicia Nelson Eagan, Minn. Lakeville, Minn. Grand Forks, N.D. GENERAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS FIGHTING SIOUX QUICK FACTS THE 2007 FIGHTING SIOUX Head Coach Tracy Marback.......................................... 2 Location: Grand Forks, ND 58202 Assistant Coach Alicia Nelson...................................... 3 Founded: 1883 Support Staff...................................................................3 2007 Outlook...............................................................4-5 Enrollment: 12,834 (Fall 2006) 2007 Roster .....................................................................6 Nickname: Fighting Sioux Jess Price.........................................................................7 Colors: Kelly Green and White Sharla Hume ...................................................................8 National Affiliation: NCAA Division II Anne Lothian ..................................................................9 Conference: North Central Conference (NCC) Carrie Oswald ...............................................................10 President: Dr. Charles Kupchella (Indiana, PA, 1964) Justine Wernick .............................................................11 Director of Athletics: Tom Buning (Army, 1981) Casie Hanson ................................................................12 Athletic Department Phone: (701) 777-2234 Nicole Puerling .............................................................13 Athletic Department Fax: (701) 777-2285 Michele Wolf ................................................................14 Karli Fisher, Lindsey Gaustad......................................15 Ticket Office Phone: (701) 777-4689 Marie Kriegler, Nicole Larson......................................16 Melissa Mowry, Rhonda Nelk......................................17 First Year of softball: 1977 Alicia Pearce, Abby Rehberger ....................................18 All-Time Record: 392-633-2 (30 years) Amber Roth, Brittny Zavala.........................................19 NCAA Championships: 0 NCC & OPPONENTS NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0 North Central Conference ............................................20 Home Field: Ulland Park Softball Complex (200) 2007 NCC Composite Schedule...................................21 Press Box Phone: (701) 740-7659 (SID cell) NCC Opponents............................................................22 Ulland Park Phone: (701) 795-5743 Non-Conference Opponents....................................23-24 All-Time vs. Opponents ...............................................25 2006 SEASON IN REVIEW 2006 Overall Record: 17-25 Season Recap...........................................................26-27 2006 NCC Record: 2-10 (t-6th) Results...........................................................................28 2006 NCC Tournament Record: 2-2 Statistics ........................................................................29 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/9 NCC Recap..............................................................30-31 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 UND SOFTBALL HISTORY Position Players Returning/Lost: 5/8 Team & Coaching History............................................32 Pitchers Returning/Lost: 1/1 Awards & Honors .........................................................33 Team Records ...............................................................34 Career Records ........................................................35-36 Head Coach: Tracy Marback (Minnesota State, Moorhead, 1997) Single-Season Records..................................................37 Record at UND: 92-151 (6th year) Freshman Records ........................................................38 Career Record: 111-186 (7th year) Year-by-Year Results...............................................39-45 Office Phone: (701) 777-4952 All-Time Roster ............................................................46 Office Fax: (701) 777-4352 2006 HOF Inductee Mindy (Sutter) Nielson................47 E-mail: [email protected] The Fighting Sioux Club ..............................................48 Graduate Assistant: Alicia Nelson (Minnesota State, Moorhead, 2006) THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA Office Phone: (701) 777-4952 About UND.......................................................... UND-2 E-mail: [email protected] A UND Education ............................................... UND-3 UND Administration ........................................... UND-4 Athletic Director.................................................. UND-5 Media Relations Contact: Jayson Hajdu Athletic Administration....................................... UND-6 Office Phone: (701) 777-2986 Head Coaches ...................................................... UND-7 Office Fax: (701) 777-4352 Facilities ......................................................... UND-8-10 Cell Phone: (701) 740-7659 Strength Training .............................................. UND-11 E-mail: [email protected] Sports Medicine................................................. UND-12 Website: www.fightingsioux.com Academic Success ............................................. UND-13 National Champions .......................................... UND-14 The 2007 University of North Dakota softball media guide is a production of the Conference Dominance ..................................... UND-15 Fighting Sioux Athletic Media Relations Office. The publication was written and edit- About Grand Forks............................................ UND-16 ed by assistant director of media relations Jayson Hajdu, with assistance provided by publications editor Matt Schill. Additional editorial assistance provided by director of On the cover: Senior shortstop Jess Price (left) and junior outfielder media relations Dan Benson . Cover design and printing by Fine Print Inc., Grand Forks, Carrie Oswald lead the Fighting Sioux into the 2007 season. N.D. All photography by UND Athletics photographers Neil DeKrey and Kory Wallen. 1 HEAD COACH TRACY MARBACK The TRACY MARBACK File TRACY Birthplace: Bismarck, N.D. Bachelor’s Degree: Minnesota State, Moorhead, 1997 Marback Exercise Science HEAD COACH Master’s Degree: North Dakota, 2000 6TH YEAR AT UND Kinesiology BISMARCKISMARCK, N.D. MSU-MOORHEAD, 1997 Coaching: 1999-00 — Assistant Coach University of North Dakota The all-time Marback was hired as 2001 — Head Coach Quincy University winningest the 12th coach in UND 2002-Present — Head Coach coach in softball history prior to University of North Dakota UND softball the 2002 season, after history, head one year as head coach Marback’s Head Coaching Record: Year School Overall Conf. coach Tracy Marback enters her sixth at Quincy (Ill.) 2001 Quincy 19-35 6-16 season at the helm of the Fighting University. Marback’s 2002 North Dakota 23-33 3-13 Sioux. hiring returned her to the 2003 North Dakota 15-30 3-13 program where she had 2004 North Dakota 17-34 1-13 2005 North Dakota 20-29 4-8 Marback, who enters the season with a served as an assistant 2006 North Dakota 17-25 2-10 92-151 record at UND, became the pro- coach from 1998 to 2000 at UND 5 Years 92-151 13-57 gram’s winningest coach with a 3-1 win under Paula Sondreal. Overall 6 Years 111-186 19-73 over Bentley on March 13, 2006 at the Prior to her first stint at Gene Cusic Classic in Florida. UND, Marback served as a student- assistant coach at her alma mater, Marback guided the Sioux to a 17-25 Minnesota State, Moorhead. overall record in 2006, including a pair of wins at the North Central Conference Marback was a four-year letterwinner Tournament. Senior pitcher Tara with the Dragons, for whom she started Petersen and freshman outfielder Casie for two years at third base. A two-year Hanson captured all-conference honors, captain, Marback was a two-time all- with Hanson being named NCC conference selection and set an MSU, Freshman of the Year. A total of six Moorhead record for doubles in a sea- Fighting Sioux have garnered All-NCC son. accolades under the tutelage of Marback. Marback graduated from MSU, Moorhead in 1997 with a bachelor’s In the classroom, UND had two players degree in exercise science. In 2000 she – Melissa Champion and Tara Petersen received her master’s degree in kinesiol- – named to the Academic All-NCC ogy with an emphasis in sport psychol- Team, and the two of them were joined ogy and a cognate in education adminis- by teammate Carrie Oswald on the NCC tration from UND. Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. Marback is currently pursuing her doc- In 2005 Marback guided the Fighting torate degree in criminology. Sioux to their first 20-win season since 2002 and just the seventh in the 29-year history of the program. UND’s four North Central Conference