Thursday Dickinson Softball Update

((HT: KFYR-TV/Bismarck Tribune))

Teammates and family members threw roses and softballs Wednesday into the farm pond where three North Dakota college softball players were found dead inside their sunken sport utility vehicle.

Senior softball player Jody Lantz of St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, said she and fellow students came to the pond Wednesday "to understand it a little more, wrap our heads around it.''

"It's going to be weird going onto the field and knowing that they're never going to be there,'' Lantz said.

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said the women's SUV was found resting on its wheels Tuesday in about 10 feet of water with the doors and windows closed.

"When you're not familiar with an area like that it would have been very easy to drive into'' the pond, Tuhy said.

The sheriff said the students were on private property. He stopped short of saying they were trespassing.

Dickinson State University President Richard McCallum said classes were canceled Wednesday and a memorial service was scheduled on the 2,700-student campus Thursday. The Dickinson State staff distributed ribbons in school colors - dark blue and silver - in memory of the three students.

Here's KFYR-TV's coverage from Retha Colclasure on site with the team...