THIS WEEK'S GAMES
•The Southwest Minnesota State University softball team (10-17, 5-7 NSIC) continues Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play this week with six scheduled games.
•SMSU opens the stretch of games on Wednesday taking on Augustana University (26-8, 8-2 NSIC) with a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. at Bowden Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
•This weekend, SMSU is scheduled to host Minot State (19-14, 6-6 NSIC) on Saturday and the University of Mary (11-12, 2-8 NSIC) on Sunday. A decision on where those games will take place will be determined in the next two days due to poor weather and field conditions.   
•SMSU begins the week in 10^th place in the NSIC, while Augustana is tied for second.  
 
            GAME COVERAGE
•Live statistics for all six games will be available at smsumustangs.com.
•Updates can also be found by following @smsusoftball on Twitter.
 
            SERIES HISTORY
•Augustana leads the all-time series versus SMSU, 57-14, in a match-up that started in 1974.
•Augustana has won 17 of the last 18 meetings since the start of the 2010 season. SMSU's lone victory came on April 14, 2015, in Marshall.
•SMSU's last victory over Augustana in Sioux Falls occurred on May 1, 2007.  
•Minot State leads the series versus SMSU, 6-5, in a match-up that started in 2013. The two teams are 5-5 in NSIC games, while Minot State defeated SMSU in last season's NSIC Tournament.  
•SMSU leads the all-time series versus U-Mary, 15-13, in a match-up that started in 1990.  
 
            HEAD COACH
•Jamie Dunn is in her fifth season as head coach and has an overall record of 94-132-1, including 57-72-1 in conference play.
•SMSU had qualified for the NSIC Tournament the past three seasons.
 
            MUSTANG NOTABLES
•SMSU is hitting .266 with 11 home runs and 39 doubles.
•SMSU has an ERA of 5.18 with 121 strikeouts in 171 2/3 innings.
•SMSU has a .953 fielding percentage.
•SMSU is 4-1 in one-run games.
•SMSU is 10-0 when leading after five innings and 9-0 when leading after six innings.
•Freshman Bailey Johnson leads the team with a .347 batting average with seven doubles and two home runs.
•Johnson has currently reached base in 16 straight games.  
•Senior Mackenzie Clouse is batting .333 with a team-high 10 doubles and is second on the team with 15 RBIs.
•Clouse ranks 48^th in Division II in doubles per game (0.37) and 97^th with 10 doubles.
•Clouse lead the team with seven multi-hit games and is second with four multi-RBI games.
•Sophomore Emma Grote is hitting .321 and is tied for the team lead with five stolen bases.
•Sophomore Kali Tomlinson has eight doubles and is the team leader with three home runs.
•Tomlinson earlier this season had a 10-game hitting streak, the longest by a Mustang this season.  
•Junior Shelby Crank has a team-high five victories this season in the circle and has a team-low 4.05 ERA in 76 innings.
•Crank recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in the win over MSU Moorhead on April 6, 2018.
 
            SMSU PICKED EIGHTH IN NSIC POLL
•Southwest Minnesota State University was picked to finish eighth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• SMSU freshman, Bailey Johnson, and junior pitcher, Athena Golling, were named "Players to Watch" in the conference this season.
•Winona State was chosen as the preseason favorite.
•The top 10 teams in the final NSIC standings qualify for the NSIC Tournament in Sioux Falls on May 3-5.
 
            MUSTANG SOFTBALL HISTORY
•Southwest Minnesota State is in its 47th season of softball and has an all-time record of 924-858-1 in 1,783 games.
•SMSU won conference championships in 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and won NSIC tournament championships in 1998 and 2007.
•SMSU made NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
 
            MORE MUSTANG STATS
•For career statistics and game-highs for each Mustang player go to SMSUmustangs.com/softballcareer.
 
            NEXT UP
•Southwest Minnesota State is scheduled to play at Minnesota State in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 17.