ON DECK
The Southwest Minnesota State softball team will travel to Mitchell, S.D., and take on Dakota Wesleyan in a non-conference doubleheader tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, but forecasted weather moved it up a day.

SERIES HISTORY
SMSU will face DWU for the fifth and sixth times tomorrow ... The Mustangs hold a 3-1 advantage in the series after facing the Tigers four times last season ... SMSU has outscored DWU 24-10 in the four games ... SMSU is 2-0 while playing at home and has never played a game in Mitchell, S.D.

HEAD COACH
Jamie Dunn is in her third season as head coach at Southwest Minnesota State University and has compiled a 48-70-1 overall record and a 23-28-1 in the NSIC. Prior to SMSU, Dunn spent the 2013 season as assistant coach at NCAA Division II Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colo., and three seasons as head coach at Fruita Monument High School.

ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
Southwest Minnesota State returned from the Spring games in Florida with a 2-8 record. SMSU's two wins were a 11-2 victory over Post University and a 4-3 walk-off win against Assumption College.

ROSTER OVERVIEW
Southwest Minnesota State has 17 players on the 2016 roster, including two seniors, five juniors, three sophomores and seven freshmen.

HISTORY LESSON
Southwest Minnesota State begins its 45th season of softball in 2015. SMSU began play in the 1972 season, five years after the school opened its doors. SMSU owns an all-time record of 873-796. The Mustangs joined the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) in 1992 and are 325-187 in conference games.

MUSTANG AT HOME
Southwest Minnesota State is 267-170-1 since 1973 when playing in Marshall. The Mustangs have compiled a .611 winning percentage in 41 years of playing games at home. SMSU's first year of play was 1972, but SMSU did not play a game at home during its inaugural season.

SMSU PICKED 10TH IN NSIC POLL
Southwest Minnesota State University was picked to finish 10th in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Winona State was chosen as the preseason favorite earning 219 points, including nine first-place votes. SMSU senior outfielder Jazmyne Neely and junior pitcher Alex O'Connor were named "Players to Watch" in the conference this season.

MORE MUSTANG STATS
For career statistics and game-highs for each Mustang player go to smsumustangs.com/softballcareer.

IN THE HOLE
Following the non-conference doubleheader against DWU, SMSU will start Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action next Tuesday, March 22, with a doubleheader at Sioux Falls starting at 12 p.m.