Upcoming Event: Softball versus Minnesota Crookston on September 28, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Softball
vs Minnesota Crookston
South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, February 18
San Diego, Calif.
9 AM PT / 11 AM CT
South Dakota State University
vs
Oregon State
JACKRABBITS TRAVEL WEST FOR SAN DIEGO TOURNAMENT
2/17/2022 6:30:00 PM | Softball
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE at TORERO CLASSIC HOSTED BY SAN DIEGO |
| When | Friday, February 18 - Sunday, February 20 |
| Where | San Diego, California (University of San Diego) |
| Live Video | No live video |
| Live Stats | USDToreros.com |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State |
| Social Media | Twitter I Facebook |
South Dakota State enters the Torero Classic in San Diego with a 3-2 record following Opening Weekend at the Doc Halvorson UNI-Dome Tournament hosted by Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The Jacks will play five games against Oregon State, Iowa, DePaul, San Diego and UC Riverside over the course of the three-day event hosted by San Diego.
KEY STORYLINES
- Rozelyn Carrillo and Lindsey Culver led the Jacks at the plate in their opening weekend, posting .588 and .522 batting averages, respectively. The duo knocked 10 hits and four RBIs apiece over the five games.
- Culver knocked four doubles in Opening Weekend, the fourth highest total in the nation as of Thursday. She also notched two homers and seven total runs in the opening weekend with a 1.053 slugging percentage.
- SDSU returns all nine all-Summit players from a season ago, including Player of the Year Cylie Halvorson, Pitcher of the Year Tori Kniesche and Freshman of the Year Grace Glanzer.
- Three pitchers picked up a victory in last weekend's wins - Tori Kniesche (UNI Friday), Grace Glanzer (UNI Saturday) and Emma Hardin (Nebraska Sunday).
- SDSU ranked ninth nationally in slugging percentage (.560) and 14th in ERA (1.87) in the nation last season, one of three schools in the country to rank in the top 15 in both categories.
- Cylie Halvorson shattered the school home run record, ranked 15th nationally and led the league with 19 homers. She averaged .352 en route to being named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team.
- Tori Kniesche was named to the NFCA All-Region First Team in 2021 after she posted a 1.57 ERA, which was the sixth-best mark in school history. Kniesche allowed just 3.50 hits per seven innings, the eighth-best mark in the country.
- Grace Glanzer was named to the NFCA All-Region Third Team after she posted a 1.78 ERA, which ranked tenth all-time in SDSU single season history, and was second in the Summit League, only behind teammate Tori Kniesche.
- 2021 Summit League Championship MVP Jocelyn Carillo paced the Jackrabbits at the plate with a .418 batting average and 1.303 on-base percentage last season.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday
Oregon State at 11 AM CT
Iowa at 4 PM CT
Saturday
DePaul at 1:30 PM CT
at San Diego at 6:30 PM
Sunday
UC Riverside at 1:30 PM
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