Authorities in Southwestern North Dakota say three Dickinson State softball players have been reported missing after a friend received late night telephone calls that indicated the women needed help.

Police identified the women as 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar of Grossmont, California, 20-year-old Afton Williamson of Lake Elsinore, California, and 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld of Brandon, Manitoba in Canada.

They're believed to have been in a white Jeep Cherokee when they were last heard from late Sunday.

Dickinson Police Lt. Dave Wallace says a friend of the women received two telephone calls from them, about one minute apart, before the line cut out.

Wallace says water was mentioned, but the context is unclear.

Dickinson is about 98 miles west of Bismarck.