Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team remains on the road this Friday and Saturday for a 4-game series with the University of Mary. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Friday and 12 p.m. on Saturday between the Wolves and Marauders.
 
The Wolves enter the weekend series with a 13-17 record overall and 6-12 mark in the NSIC. The Wolves are coming off a midweek spilt with Minot State University, falling 7-3 and winning 12-3. Heading into the weekend, Ben Carolin leads the team hitting .342 this season. Lucas Lorenz is second on the team with a .330 average, while leading the Wolves with 33 hits, 24 runs scored, 32 RBI, 11 doubles, and seven homeruns. As a team the Wolves are hitting .282 with 258 hits, 163 runs scored, 50 doubles, eight triples, 12 homeruns, and 144 RBI.
 
Luke Chevalier and Nick Hoffard each have three wins this season, while Chevalier sitting atop the team holding a 2.20 ERA and 44 strikeouts. Hoffard has thrown the most innings for the Wolves with 51.1 this season. Nate Zeise has been solid in the relief thus far throwing 11.1 innings with a 2.38 ERA and team low .205 opponent batting average. As a staff, Northern holds a 5.38 ERA through 232.2 innings pitched with 152 strikeouts and a .288 opponent batting average.
 
About the Marauders
- The University of Mary enters the weekend with an 8-23 record overall and 4-18 mark in league action.
- The Marauders four wins have come against Wayne State, Upper Iowa (x2), and Concordia-St. Paul.
- Andrew Beyer is leading three hitters above .300 this season, with a .342 average through 31 games. He also has a team leading 38 hits and 21 runs scored.
- As a team the Marauders are hitting .241 with 218 hits, 112 runs scored, 32 doubles, five triples, seven homeruns, and 87 RBI.
- Nicholas Strobbe and Jake Johnson led the staff with two wins and 32 strikeouts each this season, while Isaac Saad holds a team leading 3.54 ERA.
- The Marauder staff holds a 5.57 ERA through 232.2 innings pitched with 164 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .302.
- Mary is led by head coach Joel Arta in his sixth season with the program.
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves split with the Marauders in 2016, dropping game one 9-5 and coming back in game two with a 23-0 victory.
- Four of the Wolves six hits in the game one loss were for extra bases, led by Kolin Kubitz with a home run.
- NSU busted out 20 hits and 23 runs scored in Nick Hoffard's sixth win of the season.
- Hoffard threw five innings, giving up just two hits and striking out two for the Wolves.
- Northern tallied 11 extra base hits in game two, including two homeruns by Tyler Gripentrog.
- Allen, Lorenz, Schmidt, Leary, Gripentrog, and Kubitz each tallied two hits in the win.