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North Dakota State Bison softball
North Dakota State Bison softball
2024 North Dakota State Bison softball team
University	North Dakota State University
Head coach	Darren Mueller (23rd season)
Conference	Summit League
Location	Fargo, ND
Home stadium	Tharaldson Park (Capacity: 735)
Nickname	Bison
NCAA Tournament champions
	D II: 2000
NCAA WCWS appearances
	pre-NCAA: 1973, 1974, 1975; D II: 1999, 2000, 2001
NCAA Tournament appearances
	D I: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; D II: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Conference Tournament championships
	Summit: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; North Central Conference: 1999, 2002
Regular Season Conference championships
	Summit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; NCC: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

The North Dakota State Bison softball team is part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. They are members of the NCAA Division I and the Summit League. The current Bison softball head coach is Darren Mueller in his 23rd season. The Bison softball team has appeared in six Women's College World Series, in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1999, 2000 and 2001.^[1]

Head coaches

#	Name	Term
1	Judy Strachan	1976–1977
2	Pam Larson	1978
3	Donna Palivec	1979–1981
4	Kathy Frederickson	1982–1984
5	Sue Collins	1985
6	Pam Hehrens	1986–1987
7	Michelle Woodward	1988–1990
8	Nadine Roth	1991
9	Karla McCrory	1992
10	Greg Crowley	1993–1994
11	Mitch Hanson	1995–2001
12	Darren Mueller and Jamie Trachsel	2011–2016
12	Darren Mueller	2002–present

NCAA Division I Championships

The Bison have appeared in 10 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 10-20.

Year	Regional	Opponent	Result
2009	Norman Tempe Super Regional	#7 Oklahoma Tulsa Tulsa #10 Arizona State #10 Arizona State	W 1-0 ¹¹ W 3-2 W 4-1 L 0-11 ⁵ L 0-3
2010	Seattle	#3 Washington Nebraska	L 0-3 L 1-5
2011	Tempe	#1 Arizona State San Diego State	L 0-10⁵ L 4-5
2012	Tucson	#13 Arizona Hawai'i Notre Dame	L 0-11⁵ W 9-7 L 4-8
2014	Minneapolis	Auburn #16 Minnesota Auburn	W 5-2 L 1-4¹⁰ 0-1
2015	Eugene	Fresno State #2 Oregon BYU Oregon	W 4-0 L 3-4 W 7-0 L 1-6
2016	Seattle	Minnesota Weber State Minnesota	L 2-7 W 5-2 L 2-7
2017	Norman	#10 Oklahoma Tulsa #10 Oklahoma	W 3-2⁹ L 1-2 L 2-10⁵
2018	Tucson	Mississippi State #14 Arizona Mississippi State	W 5-4 L 0-6 L 0-12⁵
2019	Minneapolis	#7 Minnesota Drake	L 0-3 L 0-8⁵

All seeds denote National Seeds

^ Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
^ "Tharaldson Park". North Dakota State Athletics.