FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State clinched a berth in the four-team Summit League baseball tournament with a pair of walk-off wins against Fort Wayne in a doubleheader Friday, May 17, at Newman Outdoor Field.

John Skrbec's two-run homer in the 10th inning gave NDSU a 4-2 victory in the opener and Jon Hechtner's two-out RBI single in the seventh inning gave the Bison a 4-3 victory in the nightcap.  It was Skrbec's second game-winning homer in four days.

North Dakota State improved to 23-25 overall and 10-13 in The Summit League.  The Bison will be either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the league tournament May 23-25 at Oakland.  Fort Wayne fell out of playoff contention at 22-31 overall and 9-20 in the league.

Skrbec, whose first home run of the year broke a 10-10 tie in the fourth inning of NDSU's 11-10 win over South Dakota State on Tuesday, nearly won it in the eighth inning when his fly ball was caught by Brandon Soat crashing into the wall in straightaway left field.

NDSU closer Kyle Kingsley pitched four complete innings allowing one run on five hits with three strikeouts and no walks to up his record to 1-4 on the year.  Bison starter David Ernst went six innings allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

IPFW tied the game 2-2 in the seventh when Tyler Shepherd singled and Caleb Fenimore doubled off Kingsley to set up a sacrifice fly by Kevin Wirth.  The Mastodons got back-to-back one-out hits from Markus Kalber and Evan VanSumeren in the 10th before a 6-4-3 double play ended that threat.

IPFW went ahead 1-0 in the fifth inning of Game 2 when Kendall Whitman's RBI single scored Shepherd after a hit-by-pitch, balk and stolen base.  NDSU tied it with two outs in the sixth when Wes Satzinger homered down the left field line.

A two-run homer to left by Wirth gave IPFW a 3-1 lead in the top of the seventh.  Pinch hitter Kyle Kleinendorst, Tim Colwell and Hechtner strung together three straight RBI singles with two outs for the victory.

NDSU's Jay Flaa pitched all seven innings in the nightcap allowing three earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks to improve to 1-0 on the season.  IPFW reliever Connor McLaughlin allowed two runs in one-third of an inning and dropped to 1-2 with the loss.

The final game of the series is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18.  NDSU can clinch the No. 3 seed with a victory or with a loss and one Oakland win over Western Illinois.  The Bison would be No. 4 seed with a loss and a Western Illinois doubleheader sweep over Oakland.