MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead softball team is scheduled to wrap up conference play this week with three doubleheaders on the calendar. MSUM opens the week on Wednesday with a doubleheader (11 a.m. first game) against Minnesota-Duluth, which will be played at the West St. Paul Dome in West St. Paul, Minn.

The Dragons will wrap up the week with doubleheaders at Sioux Falls on Saturday and Southwest Minnesota State on Sunday. MSUM is still mathematically alive for a berth in the NSIC tournament (the top 10 teams in the regular-season standings qualify) but likely would need to win all six games this week to do so.

MSUM is coming off of its best weekend of the season, with sweeps of Bemidji State and Minnesota-Crookston in Sioux City, Iowa. The Dragons will take a four-game winning streak into this week's action.

Sophomore Moriah Bruns leads MSUM with a .310 average. She has six doubles, three triples three homers and 15 RBI. Senior Amanda Moore is hitting .252 with three homers and 17 RBI. Sophomore Mollie Annen leads with nine doubles. As a team, MSUM is hitting .224 with 16 homers and 83 RBI. On the mound, Morgan Nybo leads with a 4-9 record and 4.97 ERA in 74.2 innings. Kelsey Fehl is in her third season as MSUM's head coach.

Minnesota-Duluth
The Bulldogs are 34-10 overall and 14-4 in the NSIC. In their last action in St. Cloud, Minn., on Sunday, they split with Minot State, losing the opener 7-6 but winning the second game 3-0. Earlier in the week, UMD swept Minnesota-Crookston and Mary in doubleheaders. The Bulldogs possess a powerful offense with 55 home runs in 44 games; Kierra Jeffers leads the way with 13 homers and 47 RBI. Jordan Rice has 12 homers and 36 RBI. Six Bulldog players have averages of .300 or higher; the UMD team average is .321. On the mound, Julia Nealer is 19-4 with a 1.69 ERA in 149.1 innings. Jen Banford is in her eighth season as UMD's head coach with a record of 240-150 at the school.

Sioux Falls
The Cougars are 13-23 overall and 8-14 in the NSIC. They have lost six in a row, including being swept by Upper Iowa and Winona State last weekend. USF will face Minnesota State, Mankato on Wednesday before facing MSUM.  Bailey Bouman leads the Cougar offense with a .320 average, while Shelby Thompson is hitting .294 with two homers and 21 RBI. As a team, USF is hitting .231 with eight homers and 113 RBI.  Bouman has been the team's top pitcher, going 6-8 with a 4.64 ERA in 83.1 innings pitched. Travis Lape is in his second season as USF's head coach with a record of 28-42 at the school.

SMSU
The Mustangs are 14-20 overall and 7-15 in the NSIC. They have lost six in a row, including being swept by Winona State and Upper Iowa last weekend. SMSU is scheduled to face Concordia-St. Paul and Northern State in doubleheaders prior to facing the Dragons. Amy Dreessen leads the SMSU bats with a .412 average to go with five homers and 26 RBI. Chelsey Rodenkirch is hitting .315 for SMSU, which is hitting .260 as a team. On the mound Rachel Hoeppner leads the way with an 8-13 record and 4.78 ERA in 126 innings. Missy Bruggeman is in her second season as SMSU's head coach with a record of 35-41 at the school.