St. Cloud, Minn. – The Northern State University baseball team beat Minnesota Crookston and loss to Minot State in elimination game Friday. The Wolves finish the season at 26-25.
The Quick Details:
Final Score: Game One
Northern State 10; Minnesota Crookston 0
Game Two:
Northern State 2; Minot State 5
Record:
Northern State 26-25
How It Happened: Game One
- Northern State started the scoring in the third inning off a Hayden Houts groundout that scored Justin Barreneche.
- NSU added one run in the fourth on a sac fly from Alec Lee that scored Chad Hinkle.
- Hayden Hall hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth that scored Spencer Sarringar to extend the lead to 3-0.
- Spencer Sarringar doubled to right center in the top of the seventh to extend the lead to 5-0. Hayden Hall hit another sacrifice fly later in the inning to give the Wolves a 6-0 lead.
- Luke Chevalier had a perfect game heading into the seventh inning before to he gave up a single.
- NSU added four runs in the top of the eighth to secure a 10-0 win and stave off elimination.
Northern State Statistics:
How It Happened: Game Two
- Minot State scored the first run of the game on a home run to jump out to an early lead.
- Northern State took the lead in the fourth inning capiltalizing on a bases loaded situation that scored Jeffery Disla and Alec Lee.
- Minot State added three runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead and added one more in the eighth to eliminate the Wolves.
Northern State Statistics:
The Wolves lose nine seniors;
Hayden Hall, Jeffery Disla,
Mikey Adams,
Justin Barreneche,
Holt Hunziker,
Mike Wiesmann,
Brock Ragatz,
Dakota Stilson, and
Luke Chevalier. This group of seniors helped the Wolves advance to the conference tournament 3-out-of-4 years. This group helped NSU tally up 94 wins over the past four season defeating multiple ranked opponents over the past few season.
