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SANFORD, FLORIDA – Wolves baseball went head-to-head with the UMD Bulldogs in a conference double-header Saturday. Northern swept Duluth with two comeback wins.
THE QUICK DETAILS
Game One: NSU 5
, UMD 1
Game Two: NSU 11, UMD 10
Records: NSU 5-8 (NSIC 3-5), UMD 3-16 (NSIC 2-6)
GAME ONE: NSU 5, UMD 1
- The first game of the double-header went to the Wolves in comeback fashion
- Carson Zimmel pitched 6.2 innings, only giving up one run on five hits against 31 faced batters; Zimmel was credited with the game's win
- Minnesota Duluth went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first
- It wasn't until the top of the sixth when the next runs of the game were scored, all by Northern State
- Dillon Castellanos kicked off the sixth inning with a double to center; he advanced to third on the next play, a single from Drew Benson
- An Andrew Niaves walk loaded the bases, setting up Castellanos and Kyle Konechne (pinch running for Benson) to score on a Collin Lott single; Wolves go up 2-1
- Jake Weidner had the only home run of the game, batting in Niaves and Lott to push NSU's lead to 5-1
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Carson Zimmel: 6.2 IP, 5 hits, 1 run
Collin Lott: 2-3, 1 run, 2 RBI
Dillon Castellanos: 2-4, 1 run, double
GAME TWO: NSU 11, UMD 10
- The Wolves got on the board first with a Dalton Kesti score; he was batted in on a Drew Benson hit
- Dylan Soulek added to the lead, touching home due to a Casey Vining single
- UMD scored the next 10 runs of the game; four in the bottom of the second and six in the fourth
- Andrew Niaves scored in the fifth to cut the lead to 10-3 Duluth
- Three Northern runners came home in the top of the sixth; Mateo Tahsini in on a Dillon Castellanos double, Castellanos in on a Soulek single, and Soulek in on a Benson single
- An excess of walks and wild pitches in the seventh brought three Wolves home, bringing the score to 10-9 Bulldogs
- A three-and-out in the bottom of the seventh got the Wolves back to their offense where they scored two in the eighth
- Jack Weidner touched home plate to tie the game off a Tahsini single
- Castellanos scored on a wild pitch to complete the Wolves' comeback and solidify the 11-10 NSU win; no runs were scored the rest of the game
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Mateo Tahsini: 3-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI
Dillon Castellanos: 2-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI, SB
Dalton Kesti: 2-3, 2 runs, 2 SB
UP NEXT
Northern State baseball is back tomorrow, March 15 to finish the conference series against Minnesota Duluth. Start time for the Wolves and Bulldogs is set for 9 a.m. CST.
