Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will open the 2017 home schedule tomorrow from Fossum Field. The Wolves will face off against St. Cloud State in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
 
The Wolves enter the week with an 8-8 record overall and a 1-3 mark in the NSIC after a weekend series with Upper Iowa University. A total of seven Wolves are hitting above .300 this season led by Zach Beatty and Ben Allen with .444 and .388 averages. Lucas Lorenz leads the team with 20 hits, eight doubles, four homeruns, and 26 RBI. The junior is currently slugging .793 this season and ranks second in slugging percentage and third in the NSIC in homeruns. The Wolves are hitting .301 as a team this season with 149 hits, 27 doubles, eight triples, seven homeruns, and 97 RBI.
 
Thomas Sertic leads the Northern State pitching staff with three wins this season, followed by Luke Chevalier with two. Sertic holds a 1.80 ERA, with Chevalier close behind at a 2.28. The pair also lead the team in strikeouts with 29 by Chevalier and 12 by Sertic in 2017. As a staff the Wolves hold a 5.43 ERA in 122.2 innings of work. They also hold an opponent batting average of .293.
 
About St. Cloud State
- The Huskies enter the week with a 14-6 record overall and 5-3 mark in NSIC play.
- St. Cloud State is on a 3-game win streak versus Wayne State over the weekend, taking the series 3-1 on the road.
- Jackson Goplen is leading eight hitters this season with a .492 average and 29 hits.
- The Huskies are hitting. 353 as a team with 239 hits, 42 doubles, seven triples, seven homeruns, and 180 RBI.
- Cal Giese and Austin Caspersen each have three wins this season, leading the SCSU staff.
- Giese holds a team leading 1.05 ERA, while Miles Nablo is close behind with a 1.13 mark.
- St. Cloud State has a team ERA of 4.00 with 139 strikeouts in 153.0 innings of work.
- SCSU is led by head coach Pat Dolan in his tenth season with the program, where he has tallied a career record of 366-121-1.
 
Earlier this Season
- The Wolves defeated the No. 14 Huskies 3-2 earlier this season from Tucson.
- NSU handed Giese his first loss of the season, while Louie Carlos picked up the win and Luke Chevalier picked up the save for the Wolves.
- Ben Allen and Easton Lopez led the team with two hits apiece as the Wolves combined for nine in the game.
- Lopez, Lorenz, and Schmidt each tallied an RBI, while Lorenz and Allen notched the two extra base hits.