Aberdeen, S.D. – With the announcement late last week of the site reversal of Wednesday's doubleheader against UMary, Northern State is now set to face the Marauders in Bismarck, North Dakota. First pitch times for the games are scheduled for 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. at the Bismarck Municipal Ballpark.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

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NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters the mid-week doubleheader with a record of 10-23 (5-17 NSIC)
• This past weekend the Wolves fell victim to a 3-game series sweep at Minnesota Crookston, falling by scores of 18-3 (7 Inn.), 2-1, and 3-2
• As a team Northern has hit .274 with 280 hits, 63 doubles, one triple, 38 homeruns, 164 RBI, and 186 runs scored through 33 games played
• NSU's 38 homeruns are the most in a single season since the Wolves hit a school record of 50 in 2016
• Jack Paulson is one of four players with a batting average above .300, batting .351 with a team-best 39 hits on the season; Jackson Meyer (.327), Niko Pezonella (.318), and Reece Ragatz (.308) are each hitting above .300 as well
• Ragatz holds a team-best .692 slugging percentage and Pezonella holds a team-leading .458 on-base percentage; Pezonella has a team-best 1.082 on-base plus slugging percentage, while Ragatz is close behind with a 1.065 percentage
• Austin Portner has tallied a team-leading 32 runs scored this season and is tied with Paulson and Pezonella recording eight doubles
• Ragatz has recorded the Wolves lone triple of the year and leads the team with nine homeruns and 31 RBI
• On the base paths Karson Hesser has collected a team-high six stolen bases
• The Wolves' pitching staff has recorded an ERA of 7.93, allowing 306 hits and 143 walks, while throwing 264 strikeouts; opponents have held a .296 batting average against NSU pitchers
• Max Otto (0-7) and Michael Chevalier (4-4) have been the two primary starting pitchers this season for Northern, as Otto has recorded an ERA of 5.11 while Chevalier has notched an ERA of 5.26
• Otto leads the team with 69 strikeouts and has limited opponents to a .245 batting average, and Chevalier is second on the team with 62 strikeouts and holds opponents to a .237 batting average
• Jack Miller and Cooper Tessendorf (1-1) have the lowest ERAs among relief pitchers at 2.45 and 4.26 respectively, Miller has made eight relief appearances this season while Tessendorf has made nine relief appearances
• Otto, Blake Ask, Tyler Boyum, and Brenden Baxter have each recorded one save this season

UMARY STORYLINES

• UMary enters the mid-week doubleheader with a record of 15-25 (8-17 NSIC)
• The Marauders were swept in their 3-game NSIC weekend series at St. Cloud State this past weekend, falling by scores of 13-2, 6-5, and 5-0
• As a team Mary has his .298 with 394 hits, 83 doubles, 11 triples, 58 homeruns, 270 RBI, and 293 runs scored in 40 games played
• Derek Shoen leads UMary at the plate, batting .387 with a slugging percentage of .671, and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 1.149; Shoen has tallied 60 hits, 12 doubles, one triple, ten homeruns, 39 RBI, and 38 runs scored this season
• Other Marauders to bat above .300 this season include Cal James (.364), Krece Papierski (.321), and Michael Polson (.301)
• James saw his hit streak snapped this past weekend at SCSU, reaching eight consecutive games
• On the base paths Polson has collected a team-high six stolen bases
• The Marauders' pitching staff has recorded an ERA of 8.18, allowing 421 hits and 152 walks, while throwing 239 strikeouts; opponents have held a .327 batting average against UMary pitchers
• Jonathan Draheim (4-3) is UMary's top starting pitcher, while making eight starts he has recorded an ERA of 3.52 with a team-best 32 strikeouts as he has held opponents to a .279 batting average; another key starting pitcher is Austin Wagner (3-1), recording an ERA of 5.33 with 18 strikeouts as he has held opponents to a .290 batting average
• The Marauders top relief pitcher is Mark Schommer, he has made 12 relief appearances and pitching 13.1 innings this season, recording an ERA of 1.35 as he has held opponents to .250 at the plate
• Schommer has earned two saves this season in relief, while Jaxon Zanolli and Joel McGrath have each recorded one save
• Tanner Spencer is in his fourth season as the head baseball coach at UMary, recording a record of 63-81 during his time with the Marauders

LAST MATCH-UP

• UMary defeated Northern State in two of three games in last season's series in Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota; the Marauders won games one and two by scores of 4-2 and 5-0, while the Wolves responded with a 4-1 win in game three to snap a 6-game losing streak in the series
• Northern leads the all-time series 21-19