Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team continues their home stand Thursday with a doubleheader against Minnesota Crookston. The game was pushed back a day due to inclement weather in the forecast for Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. from Fossum Field. 
 
NSU went 1-5 on the week versus No. 19 Minnesota State and Wayne State College. The Wolves hit .235 with 40 hits, 20 runs scored, seven doubles, four homeruns, and 18 RBI. In the 9-1 victory over the Wildcats, the Wolves tallied five runs in the bottom of the first inning while notching ten hit in the game. The Northern State pitching staff tallied a 4.50 ERA through the six games with 36 strikeouts including a week high ten against the Wildcats in game two on Sunday. Lucas Lorenz and Mikey Barreneche led the team with six hits on the week. Lorenz went 6-for-18 with four runs, two RBI and a homerun, while Barreneche went 6-for-21 with two runs and two RBI. Luke Chevalier tallied the lone pitching victory for the Wolves in his fifth complete game of the season. Chevalier notched three strikeouts and gave up just three hits and one unearned run. He is now 5-2 on the year with a team leading 1.64 ERA.
 
About the Golden Eagles
- Minnesota Crookston hits the road with an 18-22 record overall and 12-16 mark in league action.
- Reed Hjelle is leading two hitters above .300 this season with a .333 average and a team leading 48 hits.
- The Golden Eagles are hitting .250 as a team with 300 hits, 179 runs scored, 41 doubles, 14 triples, eight homeruns, and 155 RBI.
- Jacob Butcher leads the pitching staff with five wins this season, while Zach Seipel has a team leading 41 strikeouts.
- The Golden Eagle pitching staff holds a 4.82 ERA through 321.0 innings pitched with 232 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .297.
- UMC is led by head coach Steve Gust in his third season with the program.
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves went 4-1 against the Golden Eagles in 2016 with three regular season wins and one conference tournament victory.
- Northern combined for 73 hits and 59 runs scored in the five games.
- Nate Zeise, Colton Boucher (2x), and Nick Hoffard notched the pitching wins for the team.
- Lucas Lorenz hit .692 in the final three match-ups going 9-for-12 with four runs scored and four RBI.
- Jack Schmidt led the team in all five games going 12-for-22 with a .545 average, eight runs scored, and five RBI.
- Ben Allen was second on the team with a .435 average, going 10-for-23 with nine runs scored and 12 RBI.