With 16 practices under his belt so far during fall camp, senior captain Keaton Studsrud knows the season opener at Utah is closing in quickly.

Junior Emma Contino scored her first collegiate goal with 6:24 remaining in the second half to lift North Dakota to a 1-0 victory over host North Dakota State on Friday in the regular-season opener.

The Fighting Hawks took a break from full pads, practicing in just helmets, shoulder pads and shorts on Friday as they continue preparations for Utah and season opener in Salt Lake City. UND had been in full pads for 10 consecutive practices before getting a break for the 15th session of fall camp.

The Fighting Hawks are past the halfway point of fall camp now and just two weeks away from their season opener at Utah (Aug. 31; 6:30 p.m. CT). The coaches also are a week away from turning practices into full preparation mode for the No. 25 Utes.

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-- University of North Dakota head softball coach Jordan Stevens announced the hiring of Hannah Pomeroy to his coaching staff Thursday. Pomeroy comes to UND after previously coaching at Western Oregon as well as working at JUGS Sports, a company famous for providing automated pitching machine solutions to coaching staffs around the country.

Their collegiate days are fast approaching, but for a pair of incoming Fighting Hawks, significant prep honors continue to pile up.

Steady rainfall in the upper midwest forced the Fighting Hawks inside the High Performance Center for just the second time this fall, but once again the enclosed state-of-the-art facility proved more than adequate in allowing the coaches and players to accomplish what they set out to do on what was the 13th practice of camp.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Senior Savannah Sibold scored the lone goal and three UND goalkeepers combined for a five-save shutout, carrying the Fighting Hawks to a 1-0 exhibition win over Bemidji State.

Head coach Bubba Schweigert sent a message following Monday's practice that he wanted to see his team come back Tuesday with a higher sense of urgency and that's exactly what the fourth-year head coach saw from his Fighting Hawks.

The Fighting Hawks returned to the practice field on Monday morning after getting Sunday off, which was the team's first break from the pads since the opening practice on Aug. 3.

University of North Dakota freshman Mimi Eiden scored the game's lone goal to lift the Fighting Hawks to 1-0 win over visiting Jamestown in UND's exhibition opener on Saturday afternoon.

The North Dakota football coaching staff and hundreds of interested spectators got their first "live" look at the 2017 edition of the Fighting Hawks Saturday morning at Memorial Stadium.