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Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will face Minot State from Fossum Field this Friday and Saturday in Northern Sun Intercollegiate baseball action. The Wolves and Beavers will begin play at 10 a.m. on Friday and 12 p.m. on Saturday.
 
The Wolves enter the weekend with an 11-16 record overall and 4-10 record in league action. The team has struggled to pull things together with runners on base and has given up 251 runs this season. They will look to make a run for the post-season as NSU sits 12^th in the league with 16 games remaining in the NSIC regular season. Jack Schmidt is leading six Wolves hitting above .300 on the year with a .481 average. The sophomore has tallied a team leading 51 hits, 34 runs score, 32 RBI, and 11 doubles. Prior to the midweek doubleheader with Concordia-St. Paul, Schmidt was on a 19-game hit streak dating back to March 13^th versus Valley City. Lucas Lorenz leads the team with nine homeruns this season, while Matt Stubbs is close behind with eight. As a unit the Wolves are hitting .325 with 302 hits, 201 runs scored, 54 doubles, ten triples, 34 homeruns, and 177 RBI.
 
Northern is looking for some relief on the mound and a pitcher to lock-in for the remainder of 2016. Colton Boucher, Nick Hoffard, and Marcus Manderbach are the three Wolves to record multiple victories this season. Boucher leads the team with 38 strikeouts in 40.1 innings pitched. Reliever Luke Chevalier has made seven appearances this season, and is leading the staff with a 4.15 ERA. He is followed by senior Dillon Lee with a 4.35 ERA who has seen time both as a reliever and a starter.
 
About Minot State
- The Beavers enter the weekend 4-23 overall and 1-12 in NSIC action, while on a current 13-game loss streak
- Jordan Schulz is leading six MSU starters hitting above .300 on the year with a .385 mark. Schulz has tallied a team leading 40 hits, 30 runs scored, 32 RBI, seven doubles, and five homeruns.  
- MSU is hitting .297 as a team with 276 hits, 192 runs scored, 52 doubles, six triples, 30 homeruns, and 182 RBI
- Austin Berntson and Lane Biggs lead the Beaver pitching staff with the team's four victories
- Berntson has tallied a team leading 29 strikeouts, while Wyatt Moore sits atop MSU with a 5.84 ERA
- The Beavers are led by head coach Brock Weppler in his ninth season with the program. Weppler has a career record of 111-210 heading into the 2016 season.
 
Earlier this Season
- The Wolves defeated the Beavers 18-7 and 12-8 in a pair of games from the Tucson Invitational to open the season
- Recording victories for NSU were Marcus Manderbach and Colton Boucher
- Lucas Lorenz went 3-for-5 with two homeruns in the game one win. Lorenz notched a team leading five RBI and three runs scored
- Mikey Barreneche (4-6), Jack Schmidt (3-6), Ben Allen (3-5), Easton Lopez (2-5), and Tyler Gripentrog (2-4) each recorded multiple hits in the 18-7 win
- Boucher threw six innings of work in game two giving up just two earned runs on two hits. The senior also struck-out eight in the win
- Lucas Lorenz and Ben Allen led the team in the 12-8 victory going 3-for-4 on the day. Lorenz blasted another two long balls for the Wolves