Bison Sports Update - March 29, 2021

This past weekend was a busy but quiet one for NDSU athletics!

Football
Saturday's game at South Dakota was cancelled 3 hours from gametime due to positive Covid tests within both NDSU and South Dakota's programs. 
The Bison return home this coming Saturday to play the Dakota Marker matchup against 4th ranked South Dakota State. Kickoff is at 2:30 PM CT.

Volleyball
The Bison Volleyball team finished their regular season this past Saturday, completing the conference sweep of in state rival North Dakota. Both games were won 3 sets to none in Grand Forks. The Bison also swept UND at home earlier this year in a non-conference matchup. 
Unfortunately since the Bison could not climb higher then 4th in the Summit League standings they will not be in the 4-team conference championship tournament. Only the top 4 teams participate in the 3 day tournament held next weekend.

Women's Soccer
The Bison Women's Soccer team had a rough go of things this past weekend. They were swept by rival South Dakota State at home. The Bison didn't score more then 1 goal all weekend but let in 3 goals by the Jackrabbits. 
The Bison will now travel to Vermillion, South Dakota to play the Coyotes in a 2 game series starting on Thursday, April 1st at 6 PM. The series conclusion will be on April 3rd at 1 PM.
North Dakota State Women's Soccer is 6-6 in conference and overall on the season.

Baseball
The Bison Baseball team has been the hot hand as of late. NDSU is 5-3 in conference play so far, winning the series in Western Illinois 3-1 and splitting the series at Oral Roberts 2-2. Before conference play the Bison won 11 of their 14 non-conference games including streaks of 5 wins twice.
The Bison will now travel to Omaha to play the Mavericks in a 4 game series starting with Friday's (4/2) doubleheader. Games start at 3 PM and roughly 6:30 PM. 
North Dakota State Baseball is 16-6 overall and 5-3 in conference play.

Softball
The Bison Softball team has not been too successful this year. They just started conference play on Saturday. They finished their first conference series at Western Illinois, splitting the series 2-2.
They will now travel to Kansas City to play the Roos. The 4-game series starts with a doubleheader on Friday (4/2). Games start at 12 PM and roughly 2 PM.
North Dakota State Softball is 7-17 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

​Go Bison!