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Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team is set for two days of midweek competition beginning tomorrow. The Wolves will travel to Concordia-St. Paul on Wednesday to take on the Golden Bears in an NSIC doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Northern will then return home Thursday for a 5 p.m. 9-inning game versus Presentation College from Fossum Field.
 
The Wolves enter the week after a pair of doubleheader rain outs versus Wayne State College. Northern is 11-14 overall this season and 4-8 in league action. Jack Schmidt is leading the Wolves offense with 50 hits, 11 doubles, 34 runs scored, 32 RBI, and a .500 average this season. Schmidt is followed by senior Matt Stubbs with a .443 average and a team, second best 43 hits, eight doubles, and 29 RBI. The Wolves are hitting .331 as a team this season with 287 hits, 195 runs scored, 51 doubles, ten triples, 32 homeruns, and 171 RBI.
 
Colton Boucher is leading the team on the mound with four wins and 35 strikeouts in 2016. Boucher is also third on the team with a 4.95 ERA in 36.1 innings pitched. Nick Hoffard and Marcus Manderbach are the final Wolves with multiple wins this season. Dillon Lee has been strong for NSU in his senior campaign making nine appearances. Lee has a team leading 3.06 ERA with two saves and a .206 opponent average. 
 
About the Golden Bears
- Concordia-St. Paul enters the week on a 5-game loss streak and 4-game sweep versus Minnesota Duluth
- The Golden Bears are 16-8 overall and 9-6 in NSIC play
- Alex LaPorte is leading Concordia this season with a .361 average, while Connor Olson has a team leading 32 hits and team second best .356 average
- Kody Knaus and Josh Lenz each have four wins this season, while Kevin Woebke has tallied a team leading 24 strikeouts and 4.20 ERA
- CSP is led by head coach Lunch McKenzie in his 17^th season with the program. McKenzie has tallied a career record of 356-277-1 with the Golden Bears
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves spilt with the Golden Bears in 2015, winning game one with a score of 1-0 and falling 5-4 in game two
- Colton Boucher earned his fifth victory of the season in game one, throwing seven scoreless innings for the Wolves. Boucher gave up just six hits and struck out five in the victory
- Northern tallied just three hits in the game, with a Jack Schmidt homerun down the left field line being the decisive hit
- The Wolves out-hit the Golden Bears in game two, however four errors and an unearned run made the difference in the game
- Tyler Gripentrog and Lucas Lorenz each notched three hits in the game two loss
 
About the Saints
- Presentation College enters the week with a 13-32 record this season
- Jesse Spangler leads the Saints offense with a .379 average and 58 hits this season
- A total of five Saints student-athletes are hitting above .300 on the year as the team pulls in a .286 average with 396 hits, 238 runs scored, 72 doubles, eight triples, 19 homeruns, and 210 RBI
- Alex Lunneborg and Connor Perry lead the PC pitching staff with five and four wins respectively in 2015-16. The duo has also tallied a team leading 49 (Perry) and 33 (Lunneborg) strikeouts on the year
- The Saints are led by head coach Jesse Eikum in his fifth season with the program
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves took home the 14-7, 11-inning, victory versus Presentation in 2015
- Nate Zeise picked up is first win of the season throwing two scoreless innings for NSU. Zeise added two strikeouts and gave up just one hit
- Tyler Gripentrog led the team with three hits and two RBI, while Lucas Lorenz and Patrick Leary each notched two hits apiece
- Northern fell behind 5-0 in the opening innings of play, however tied things up at 6-all in the sixth and continued to pound out runs