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Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will open a 6-game home stand tomorrow afternoon from Fossum Field. The Wolves are set to match-up with Bemidji State in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Northern will then return to Fossum for a pair of doubleheaders with Augustana on Saturday and Sunday. Game times for the weekend contest are still to be determined as Presentation College is also schedule to play at Fossum Field this weekend.
The Northern State University baseball team went 2-2 against Upper Iowa on the road this past Sunday and Monday. The Wolves move to fifth overall in the league with an 11-7 record overall and 4-2 mark in NSIC play. NSU tallied 46 hits in the 4-game set versus the Peacocks, led by senior
Matt Stubbs going 7-for-14 at the plate.
Colton Boucher and
Nick Hoffard earned wins for Northern throwing 6.1 and 5.2 innings respectively. Senior
Dillon Lee and redshirt freshman
Luke Chevalier each tallied a save for the Wolves as well. Northern struggled on defense giving up 13 errors total, and will look to clean things up as they return home for a 6-game stand.
Jack Schmidt and
Matt Stubbs are leading six NSU hitters above .300 with .521 and .468 season averages. Schmidt is leading the team with 38 hits, seven doubles, and 28 runs scored, while Stubbs has knocked in a team leading 25 RBI with a .805 slugging percentage.
Lucas Lorenz has hit a team leading seven balls out of the park, as Northern as combined for 24 homeruns this season. As a team the Wolves are hitting .352 with 228 hits, 163 runs scored, 142 RBI, 40 doubles, and ten triples.
Colton Boucher leads the NSU pitching staff with four wins in 2016. The seniors has thrown a team leading 31.2 innings with 33 strikeouts and a 3.69 season ERA.
Luke Chevalier leads the NSU relievers with a 1.23 ERA after earning his first career save over the weekend.
Nick Hoffard and
Marcus Manderbach are both 2-1 on the year as well.
About Bemidji State
- The Beavers enter tomorrow's match-up with a 3-21 mark overall and 0-8 record in NSIC action
- Tyler Nelson leads the Bemidji offense hitting .392 on the year with 40 hits and 18 RBI
- BSU is hitting .284 as a unit with 238 hits, 119 runs scored, 106 RBI, 28 doubles, 11 triples, and nine homeruns
- Reliever Nate Heisick holds two of the team's three wins this season making nine appearances and throwing 19.1 innings
- Six Beavers have tallied double-digit strikeouts on the year, led by Jack Stigman with 18 in 26 innings of work
- The BSU staff holds a 7.88 ERA with a .345 opponent average in 24 games played
- The Beavers are led by head coach Tim Bellew in his 11th season with the program. Bellew is the third winningest coach is BSU history with a record of 169-307-1
Last Match-up
- Northern swept Bemidji State, 4-3 and 10-2, in mid-week action a season ago
- The Wolves combined for 24 team hits in the two victories, with four doubles
- Dillon Lee earned his second save of the year in game one, throwing 1.2 scoreless innings
- Marcus Manderbach earned the game two victory, throwing 4.2 innings with two strikeouts and six hits given up
About Augustana
- The Vikings enter the week on a 5-game win streak, including a 4-game sweep of Minot State
- Augie will face U-Mary at home tomorrow, prior to traveling to Aberdeen this weekend
- Tyler Field is leading nine players hitting above .300 with a .529 average this season, while Patrick O'Donnell leads the starters with a .438 mark
- The Vikings are hitting .334 as a team with 220 hits, 160 runs scored, 135 RBI, 41 doubles, eight triples, and 22 homeruns
- Ryne Lees and Ryan Hamilton lead the Augie pitching staff with 4-1 and 3-0 records this season
- A total of four Augustana pitchers have tallied 20 or more strikeouts, while the staff has tallied a 5.19 ERA
- The Vikings are led by head coach Tim Huber in his eighth season with the program. Huber holds a career record of 239-141 in seven seasons with Augustana
Last Match-up
- The Wolves went 1-3 versus the Vikings in 2015
- NSU recorded 16 hits in the 4-game series with the Augustana, including four extra base hits
- Augie blasted 52 hits in the series, scoring 42 runs
