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2020 H OME SCH EDULE 2.14 MUR R AY STATE/UAP B 12/2:30 P.M. 2.15 UAPB/MURRAYSTATE 11/1:30 P.M. 2.16 MUR R AY STATE/UAP B 10/12:30 P.M. 3.6 SAM HOUSTON STATE (DH)* 4/6 P.M. 3.7 SAM H OUSTON STATE* 1 P.M. 3.13 LAMAR (DH)* 4/6 P.M. 3.14 LAMAR * 1 P.M. 3.25 LOUISIANATECH 6 P.M. 3.27 NICHOLLS (DH)* 4/6 P.M. 3.28 N I CH OLLS* N OON 3.31 GRAMBLING 6 P.M. 4.17 STEP H EN F. AUSTI N (DH )* 4/6 P.M. 4.18 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* 1 P.M. 4.21 SOUTH ER N 5 P.M. 5.1 MCNEESE* 5 P.M. 5.2 MCN EESE (DH )* N OON

REGIONALS ‘98 ‘00 ‘02 ‘13 ‘14 1 1 Table ofContents 2 QuickFacts 3 2020 Roster 4 RosterBreakdown 5 Preview MEET TH E TEAM 7 Hayley Barbazon 8 Cayla Jones 9 Maggie Black 10 Bronte Rhoden 11 Emma Hawthorne 12 Kaitlyn St. Clair 13 Samantha Guile 14 E.C. Delafield 15 EliseVincent 16 Codi Vernace 17 Sierra Stone 18 Alexis Perry 19 Casey Irvin 20 Marissa Reed 21 Jensen Howell/Makenzie Chaffin/Jordan Dickerson 22 Keely DuBois/Kat Marshall/Savannah Bartay 23 Kacee Mertens/Sydney Lewis MEET TH E COACH ES AN D STAFF 24 Donald Pickett 26 Amanda Locke 27 Brooke Boening 28 SydneyWarren/QuantaviousThompkins TH E SOUTH LAN D CON FER EN CE 29 Southland Conference 30 Opponent Information H I STOR Y OF TH E P R OGR AM 34 Series Records 35 Year-By-YearResults 44 Individual Season Records 45 Individual CareerRecords 46 All-Time Awards 47 Team Superlatives 48 All-Time Letterwinners 49 Retired Jerseys 50 2019 Review 51 2019 Stats 53 LastTime NSU N OR TH WESTER N STATE 54 Dr. Chris Maggio, President 55 Jerry Pierce,Vice President 56 Greg Burke, DirectorofAthletics 57 Sports Medicine 58 SID/Media Outlets 59 University Profile 60 City ofNatchitoches 61 Academics 62 Campus Life 2020 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Feb. 8 UMass-Lowell! 9 a.m. Feb. 8 Valpo! 11 a.m. Feb. 9 Fordham! 11:30 a.m. Feb. 9 at Houston! 2 p.m. Feb. 14 Murray State@ Noon Feb. 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff@ 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff@ 11 a.m. Feb. 15 Murray State@ 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16 Murray State@ 10 a.m Feb. 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff@ 12:30 p.m. Feb. 21 Houston Baptist# 3 p.m. Feb. 21 Detroit Mercy# 5 p.m. Feb. 22 MiddleTennessee# 3 p.m. Feb. 23 Jacksonville# 10 a.m. Feb. 23 Mississippi Valley St.# 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at Jackson State (DH) 3 p.m. Feb. 28 at Memphis% 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28 Western Illinois% 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29 Evansville% 11:30 a.m. Feb. 29 North Alabama% 4:30 p.m. March 1 Northern Illinois% 9 a.m. March 3 at Grambling 3 p.m. March 6 *Sam Houston St. (DH) 4 p.m. March 7 *Sam Houston St. 1 p.m. March 13 *Lamar(DH) 4 p.m. March 14 *Lamar 1 p.m. March 18 at LSU 6 p.m. March 20 *at Southeastern 5 p.m. March 21 *at Southeastern (DH) Noon March 25 Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. March 27 *Nicholls (DH) 4 p.m. March 28 *Nicholls Noon March 31 Grambling 6 p.m. April 1 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. April 3 *at Central Arkansas (DH) 4 p.m. April 4 *at Central Arkansas 1 p.m. April 10 *at Abilene Christian (DH) 5 p.m. April 11 *at Abilene Christian Noon April 17 *Stephen F. Austin (DH) 4 p.m. April 18 *Stephen F. Austin 1 p.m. April 21 Southern 5 p.m. April 24 *atTAMU-CC (DH) 1 p.m. April 25 *atTAMU-CC Noon May 1 *McNeese 5 p.m. May 2 *McNeese (DH) Noon May 5-8 Southland ConferenceTournament Hammond, La. ! - denotes Houston Invitational @ - denotes NHDDC Lady Demon Classic # - denotes Mardi Gras Mambo * - denotes Southland Conference game % - denotes Memphis Blues City Classic ON TH E COVER Northwestern State softball will attempt to build on a 30-win season and advancing to the Southland Conference Tournament winner’s bracket with squad that returns all but two position starters and three of its fourprimary pitchers. PitcherSamantha Guile is the seniorpresence on a deep pitching staff. The senioroutfield trio ofKaitlyn St. Clair, Hayley Barbazon and EliseVincent is the most veteran in the league. SeniorEmma Hawthorne has experience at third base, catcherand DP as herbat heated up in the second halfof2019. Follow all the action at nsudemons.com