Baseball | 3/16/2018 9:19:00 AM
Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team will kick off conference play with double-headers this Saturday and Sunday against Augustana University. Due to poor weather forecasts in the Sioux Falls area, the Wolves will face the Vikings on Saturday at 3 p.m. from Plattsmouth HS (Plattsmouth, Neb.) and Sunday at 12 p.m. from Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.).
About the Wolves:
The Wolves enter the first weekend of conference play with a 5-4 record. The Wolves are out-scoring opponents 65-47 in 2018. As a team, they are hitting .315 on the season hitting nine home runs, five triples, and 21 doubles on 88 hits. NSU as a team has a 5.82 earned run average, giving up 86 hits, 44 earned runs, striking out 59 hitters, walking 27, and giving up a .310 batting average.
Jack Schmidt leads the team with .444 average, second on the team is
Kolin Kubitz and
Dakota Stilson with a .393 average on the season. Schmidt also leads the team with 16 hits Kubitz and Stilson is second with 11 hits. Kubitz and
Lucas Lorenz are tied with three home runs. Stilson and Schmidt are tied with four doubles.
Zach Hartford leads the team with two wins on the season.
Sam Krapf leads the team with 12.0 innings and a 2.25 earned run average.
Luke Chevalier is second on the team with 11.0 innings pitched and leads the team with 13 strikeouts.
About the Vikings:
The Vikings enter the first weekend of the conference season with a 9-0 record. Augustana is out-scoring opponents 77-33 early in the 2018 season. As a team, they are hitting .328 on the season hitting four home runs, three triples, and 19 doubles on 104 hits. The Vikings as a team has a 2.88 earned run, giving up 66 hits, 24 earned runs, striking out 83 hitters, walking 32, and giving up a .244 batting average. Ryan Nickel is leading the team with a .455 average, second on the team is Riley Johnson hitting .429 on the season. Riley Johnson leads the team with 18 hits, second on the team with hits is Jordan Barth with 11 hits. Jordan Barth and Sam Baier lead the team with two home runs. David Flattery, Jacob Blank, and Tyler Mitzel lead the team with two wins on the season. Blank leads the team with 13.1 innings and 18 strikeouts.
