Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will close out their 10-game home this weekend with a 4-game series against Winona State University. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday. NSU athletics will honor the 15 Wolves seniors in between games on Saturday.
 
The Wolves enter the weekend after two much needed wins over Minnesota Crookston on Thursday. Northern is now 19-23 overall and 12-18 in league action sitting tied for 11^th with the Golden Eagles and still on the hunt for a conference tournament berth. Lucas Lorenz leads five Wolves hitting above .300 this season with a .338 average and a team leading 47 hits, 11 homeruns, four triples, and 47 RBI. The Wolves are hitting .281 with 355 hits, 239 runs scored, 69 doubles, 11 triples, 24 homeruns, and 213 RBI. Luke Chevalier, Nick Hoffard, and Thomas Sertic each have five wins this season. Chevalier leads the NSU starters with a 1.59 ERA through 56.2 innings of work. He also has a team leading 60 strikeouts. Kris Johnson has been a solid closer for the Wolves with three saves this season and a team leading 1.20 ERA. As a staff the Wolves hold a 4.98 ERA through 321.2 innings pitched with 230 strikeouts and a .280 opponent batting average.
 
About the Warriors
- Winona State enters the weekend with a 14-28 record overall land 14-18 mark in league action.
- WSU is currently tied for eighth in the league and two games up on the Wolves.
- Joe Kubera is leading the starters with a .322 average and 47 hits this season.
- The Warriors are hitting .271 as a team with 350 hits, 184 runs scored, 161 RBI, 52 doubles, six triples, and nine homeruns.
- Aaron Mutter leads the team with three pitching wins this season, while Parker Holmstrom holds a team leading 2.57 ERA.
- WSU holds a team ERA of 5.74 through 324.1 innings of work with 273 strikeouts and a .323 opponent batting average.
- Winona is led by head coach Kyle Poock in his 15^th season with the program where he has a career record of 385-298-2.
 
A Season Ago
- The Wolves and Warriors have not faced each other in league action since the 2014 season where NSU tallied two wins with scores of 1-0 and 11-2.
- None of the current NSU players recorded an at-bat in either match-up.