Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University baseball team heads south to take on Concordia-St. Paul in a four game series. Due to inclement weather, the series has been moved to Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 from the Sanford Diamonds in Sioux Falls. Game one is set to begin at 1 p.m. with game two following at 3 p.m. on Friday and game three is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. with the final game starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday against the Golden Bears.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• The live stat link is available above or on the full schedule on nsuwolves.com

 
NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters the week with a 10-12 overall record and 5-7 mark in the NSIC
• The Wolves are hitting .288 along with a .969 fielding percentage on the season along with a team ERA of 8.04
• Karson Hesser leads the NSU offense hitting .425, knocking 31 hits, 23 RBIs, 19 runs, nine doubles, and two homeruns
• Brennan Phillips and Jack Weidner round out the top hitters batting .392 and .344 with 21 and 22 hits respectively
• Phillips leads the tam with 47 total bases and one triple while Hesser leads with a slugging percentage of .630
• With eight stolen bases, Nick Friedges leads the team with an on base percentage of .421
• In 24.1 innings of work, Drew Burkholder recorded an ERA of 2.96 and 18 strikeouts in 97 at bats
• Max Otto leads the pitching staff with 28 strikeouts in 31.2 innings pitched with an ERA of 3.98
• Michael Chevalier has held hitters to a .250 batting average in 28.1 innings pitched with 24 strikeouts in 108 at bats

 
CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL STORYLINES

• Concordia-St. Paul enters the week with a 13-8 overall record and a 5-7 mark in the NSIC
• The Golden Bears are hitting .334 along with .938 fielding percentage and a team ERA of 7.47 in the 2024 season so far
• Bennett McCollow is first on the team hitting .447 with 34 hits, 31 runs, 25 RBIs, nine doubles, one triple and one homerun
• Nick Thimsen and Justin McGuigan round out the top hitters batting .425 and .373 with 34 and 25 hits respectively
• In addition, Thimsen leads the team with 29 runs and a .800 slugging percentage
• Mason Nadolney recorded ten homeruns in the season to lead the team while Bryce Nelson leads on the bases with five stolen bases
• In four starts, Ian Segna has notched three wins in 24.2 innings pitched with 14 strikeouts and an ERA of 5.47
• Korey Dahlberg has tallied 25 strikeouts in 26.1 innings of work  along with pitching a complete game
• The Golden Bears are led by head coach Neil Lerner as he enters in his fifth season

 
LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State split the series against Concordia-St. Paul, 1-1 in the Spring of 2022
• The Golden Bear leads the all time series, 50-20 against the Wolves