Baseball | 4/24/2018 11:57:00 AM

Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team is set for the week with games Wednesday at Minnesota Crookston and senior weekend this Saturday and Sunday at Fossum Field. The Wolves will face off against Minnesota Crookston beginning at 1:30 p.m. in an NSIC doubleheader Wednesday. First pitch against Duluth is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m. on Sunday against the Bulldogs.

The Wolves enter the week with a 13-15 overall and a 6-10 NSIC record (10^th). Last week Northern State went 4-2 splitting with Minnesota State Mankato and took three games from University of Mary. NSU as a team, is hitting .268 with 17 home runs, six triples, and 54 doubles on 222 hits. Jack Schmidt leads the team with .396 batting average, second on the team is Dakota Stilson with a .348, and Ben Carolin has a .307 average on the season. Schmidt also leads the Wolves with 40 hits, second is Stilson with 32, and Carolin and Lucas Lorenz have tallied 23 hits on the season. Schmidt notched a team high six home runs on the season and Lorenz is second with four. Schmidt and Stilson leads the team with 11 doubles, second on the team is Hayden Hall with seven.

NSU as a pitching staff has a 5.49 earned run average, giving up 236 hits, 127 earned runs, striking out 159 hitters, while walking 98, and giving up a .282 batting average. Luke Chevalier leads the pitching staff with three wins on the season with 43.1 innings and 34 strikeouts, Thomas Sertic is second on the team with 29.0 innings pitched and 29 strikeouts. Colton Landreth is third on the team with 18 strikeouts in 20.2 innings. Holt Hunziker has gave up one run in 16.2 innings in relief while striking out 17. Fielding percentage for the Wolves is at .955 with 41 errors as a team in 908 chances.
Wolves are coached by Dean Berry in his eighth year as head coach posting a 144-175 record.

About the Golden Eagles:

• The Golden Eagles enter the game with an 18-23 overall and 6-14 NSIC record (12^th).
• Minnesota Crookston as a team, notched a .275 batting average, 57 doubles, 20 triples, and 27 home runs on 343 hits. Leading the Golden Eagles in batting is Reed Hjelle, posting a .430 average on the season; second hitting .335 is Anthony Stewart.
• Hjelle has tallied eight home runs for the Golden Eagles, second on the team is Ethan Mushitz with six. Stewart leads the team with eight triples and second on the team with 11 doubles.
• Hjelle leads the team with 15 doubles and drove in 42 runs on the year.
• As a pitching staff, the Minnesota Crookston pitchers are posting a 5.29 earned run average, giving up 233 runs (188 earned), 162 walks, 300 strikeouts, and giving up a .281 batting average.
• Jayden Grover has tallied three wins and a 6.44 earned run average for the Golden Eagles. Zach Seipel notched the lowest earned run average with a 3.10 in 29.0 innings. Zach Rustad leads the team with 44.2 innings and 54 strikeouts.  

Last Match-Up:

• Northern State won both matchups with the Golden Eagles in the 2017 season winning by the scores of 4-3 and 10-5.
• Seth Sullwold and Schmidt hit three and four hits respectively, both recorded a home run.
• Thomas Sertic picked up a win going 2.1 innings, giving up five hits, one run, and one strikeout.
• Northern is 44-12 all-time record against Minnesota Crookston, with their last victory coming in 2017.

About the Bulldogs:

• The Bulldogs enter the week with a 15-20 overall and 11-12 NSIC record (8^th).
• Minnesota Duluth as a team, notched a .250 batting average, 45 doubles, seven triples, and 16 home runs. Leading the Bulldogs in hitting is Tyler Midas with a .353 average, second on the team is Henry George hitting .297 on the season.
• Midas is the team leader with four home runs and three players are tied with three home runs.
• Eric Yachinich and Midas are tied with a team leading 22 runs batted in on the season. Yachinich also leads the team with two triples on the year.
• As a pitching staff, Duluth pitchers are posting a 5.94 earned run average, giving up 228 runs, 120 walks, 232 strikeouts, and giving up a .304.
• Leading the pitching staff is Marcus Frederickson with a 2.09 earned run average, in 47.1 innings, and notched 44 strikeouts. Jalen Busker has a team leading four wins on the season, Busker is second in innings pitched with 41.1 and 32 strikeouts.

Last Match-Up:

• Wolves and Bulldogs split the season series last year over the last weekend of the 2017 season. Duluth took the first two game by the score of 1-4 and 6-7. Wolves defeated the Bulldogs in games three and four by the score of 5-4 and 9-2.
• Schmidt tallied eight hits in the four games against Duluth and Lorenz notched six hits over the four games.
• Thomas Sertic picked up his 6^th win of the season going 6.2 innings, two earned runs, four walks, and struck out five. Sam Krapf picked up his first save of the season in game three of the series.
• Northern State is 10-35 all-time against Minnesota Duluth, winning the last two games against the Bulldogs.