South Dakota concludes its spring break trip with a five-game slate at the Cardinal Classic hosted by Louisville at Ulmer Stadium.

The Schedule
Thursday
7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT) vs. Louisville | First Meeting
Friday
Noon (ET)/11 a.m. (CT) vs. Dartmouth | First Meeting
3 p.m. (ET)/2 p.m. (CT) vs. Illinois | First Meeting
Saturday
10:30 a.m. (ET)/9:30 a.m. (CT) vs. Dartmouth 
3:30 p.m. (ET)/2:30 p.m. (CT) vs. Michigan | Second Meeting (1-0)
 

The Opponents 

Louisville (16-8)
Louisville, an NCAA tourney participant in 2023, enters its home tourney after being swept in its ACC openers against 15th-ranked Virginia Tech. 
Chelsea Mack is hitting .362 as one of four Cardinal starters hitting over .300. Riley Frizell and Vanessa Miller each have five home runs while Frizell has a team high 24 RBIs through 24 games. 
The six member pitching staff, sporting a 3.11 team ERA, is led by Alyssa Zabala (10-3, 2.18), who has made nine starts and thrown over 64 innings. Brooke Gray is 3-2 with a 2.33 ERA having thrown 30 innings, second most on the team.

Dartmouth (2-4)
The Big Green returned from a two week hiatus to post a pair of wins on Wednesday over Butler (4-3) and Bellarmine (2-0).
Ashley Frantz leads the team with a .500 average with six hits in 12 at bats. Allie Ohde is hitting .316 with the team's lone home run in six games. 
The Big Green has scored just 13 runs in six games on the season.
Rachel McCarroll (1-2, 4.42 ERA) and Jensin Hall (1-2, 4.79 ERA) make up the pitching staff.

Illinois (8-11)
Illinois enters with seven of its 11 losses on the season coming against ranked foes. No. 11 Missouri took two from the Illini.
Paige Berkmeyer leads the Illinois offense with a .375 average while Abby Ryniec is hitting .357. Both share team high honors with 12 RBIs.
The pitching staff is led by Tori McQueen (5-4, 2.29 ERA), who has 65 strikeouts in 58 innings pitched. 

Michigan (13-10)
Michigan owns two wins over a ranked Florida team and sports a 2-2 record against ranked foes this season.
The Wolverines went 2-1 at their most recent tourney, the NKU Spring Classic in Highland Heights, Kentucky. 
Maddie Erickson leads the team in batting average (.348), OPS (.926), hits (24) and home runs (3).
Lauren Derkowski heads up the pitching staff and has 62 strikeouts through 58.1 innings.