Wednesday, April 22
Fargo, N.D.
6:30 p.m.
North Dakota State
vs
North Dakota
Photo by: Richard Svaleson
Bison Take On North Dakota Wednesday Evening at Newman Outdoor Field
4/21/2015 2:09:00 PM | Baseball
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THIS WEEK: The North Dakota State University baseball team (9-24) will take on North Dakota (14-18) on Wednesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. at Newman Outdoor Field. The Bison and UND were originally scheduled to play on Tuesday, but the game was postponed to Wednesday due to inclement weather.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video (PPV) will be available for the contest at GoBison.com.
THE SERIES: Wednesday's game against North Dakota will be the 177th meeting in the all-time series that dates back to 1910. The Bison trail UND in the series, 77-99, after dropping two games last season to UND. NDSU's last triumph in the series was a 9-3 victory on March 29, 2013 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: North Dakota enters Tuesday's contest at 14-18 overall after winning two of three games at Seattle April 17-19. Jeff Campbell (.385, 47 H, 7 2B, 6 HR, 29 RBI, .590 SLG%), Tyler Follis (.422, 49 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 14 BB) and Ryan Reese (.313, 31 H, 4 2B, 4 HR, 28 RBI) lead UND in the batter's box through 32 games. Right-hander Brett DeGagne' (0-2, 10.24 ERA, 19.1 IP, 23 H, 25 R, 22 ER, 17 BB, 21 SO) is scheduled to start on the mound Wednesday for UND. North Dakota is under the direction of seventh season head coach Jeff Dodson (Livingston, 1993).
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 9-24 and a Summit League tally of 4-14 after claiming a 7-6 walk-off win over Summit League-leading Oral Roberts on Saturday, April 18, at Newman Outdoor Field. Through 33 contests, Ben Petersen (.345, 38 H, 5 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI), Taylor Sanders (.326, 30 H, 7 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI), John Skrbec (.270, 30 H, 9 2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 19 BB) and Juan Gamez (.258, 25 H, 3 2B, 6 HR, 22 RBI) lead the Bison offensively. Bison reliever Brian VanderWoude (1-1, 2.08 ERA, 1 SV, 34.2 IP, 28 H, 16 R, 8 ER, 13 BB, 36 SO) leads the Bison on the mound.
WALK-OFF WIN: David Ernst delivered a walk-off infield RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded to lift the Bison to a 7-6 win over Oral Roberts in game two of a Summit League doubleheader on Saturday, April 18, at Newman Outdoor Field. The victory snapped an eight-game winning streak for ORU and a six-game losing skid for the Bison.
CAREER-MILESTONE: Bison right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude struck out a career-best seven batters in a career-high five-and two-thirds innings pitched in game one of a doubleheader against Oral Roberts on Saturday.
RECORD SETTER: Right-hander David Ernst became the career leader in starts at North Dakota State with 46 after starting on the mound at South Dakota State Friday, April 10. The Fargo native passed former Bison great Jake Laber, who made 45 starts from 2005-08.
RETURN TO THE MOUND: Bison redshirt sophomore right-hander Sean Terres made his first-ever collegiate start and first appearance on the mound since last season Tuesday at Minnesota. After being injured the first-half of 2015, the Cold Spring, Minn., native pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits with two walks and a strikeout. Terres is slated to make his 2015 home debut on Wednesday against North Dakota.
POWER SURGE: NDSU junior catcher Juan Gamez has hit two grand slams so far this season. The Tucson, Ariz., native recorded his first grand slam against Kansas on Feb. 27, before delivering what proved to be the game-winning grand slam at Northern Colorado on March 7. Gamez leads NDSU in round-trippers this season with six and ranks second on the team in RBI with 22.
POSITION DEPTH TO BE TESTED: The Bison have key spots to fill in the lineup after the departure of Summit League Player of the Year Tim Colwell and fellow All-Summit League performers Michael Leach, Kyle Kleinendorst and Wes Satzinger. Senior third baseman John Skrbec, junior shortstop Aiden Hook and junior left fielder Jon Hechtner are the lone returning position starters for the Bison.
NEW FACES: Seven freshmen and seven transfers make up the 14 total newcomers joining the Bison this season. New freshmen include Brayden Resch (C/UTIL), Drew Fearing (INF), Mason Pierzchalski (INF), Jayse McLean (OF), Joe Vacinek (RHP), Colin Baumgard (RHP) and Blake Stockert (RHP). The new transfers are Danny Regan (INF/OF), Juan Gamez (C/UTIL), JT Core (C/UTIL), JD Larimer (INF), Taylor Sanders (C/OF), Riley Horn (LHP) and Nick Salentine (RHP/INF).
FIVE CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark five straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for four straight Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship last season and reaching the championship game each of the past three seasons. This is NDSU's eighth season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: Defending Summit League tournament champion North Dakota State was picked to finish fourth in The Summit League in a preseason poll of the league's six head coaches. For the second consecutive season, Omaha was tabbed to claim its third straight Summit League regular season baseball title. The Mavs received three of six first-place votes and a total of 23 points. Oral Roberts placed second with the other three first-place votes and 21 points. South Dakota State came in third with 17 points followed by the Bison with 15 points. Western Illinois (8 points) and Fort Wayne (6 points) rounded out the poll.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE: This is North Dakota State's eighth year in The Summit League, which has six baseball teams for 2015 – NDSU, Fort Wayne, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State and Western Illinois – after losing Oakland to the Horizon League. Denver, IUPUI and South Dakota do not have baseball. Oral Roberts, which won 15 straight league championships from 1998-2012, returns to the league this season after competing in the Southland Conference the past two years.
THE COACH: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his eighth season with a 175-218 record. Brown previously was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for eight seasons at Bowling Green, where he was part of two division titles and a regular-season title in the Mid-American Conference. Brown began his collegiate coaching career in 1999 as a volunteer assistant at Arizona. He was a left-handed pitcher for the Wildcats under Hall of Fame coach Jerry Kindall and a member of the 1992 Pac-10 champs.
THE TOD BROWN FILE:
Live Stats
Live Video
THIS WEEK: The North Dakota State University baseball team (9-24) will take on North Dakota (14-18) on Wednesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. at Newman Outdoor Field. The Bison and UND were originally scheduled to play on Tuesday, but the game was postponed to Wednesday due to inclement weather.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video (PPV) will be available for the contest at GoBison.com.
THE SERIES: Wednesday's game against North Dakota will be the 177th meeting in the all-time series that dates back to 1910. The Bison trail UND in the series, 77-99, after dropping two games last season to UND. NDSU's last triumph in the series was a 9-3 victory on March 29, 2013 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: North Dakota enters Tuesday's contest at 14-18 overall after winning two of three games at Seattle April 17-19. Jeff Campbell (.385, 47 H, 7 2B, 6 HR, 29 RBI, .590 SLG%), Tyler Follis (.422, 49 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 14 BB) and Ryan Reese (.313, 31 H, 4 2B, 4 HR, 28 RBI) lead UND in the batter's box through 32 games. Right-hander Brett DeGagne' (0-2, 10.24 ERA, 19.1 IP, 23 H, 25 R, 22 ER, 17 BB, 21 SO) is scheduled to start on the mound Wednesday for UND. North Dakota is under the direction of seventh season head coach Jeff Dodson (Livingston, 1993).
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter Wednesday's game with an overall record of 9-24 and a Summit League tally of 4-14 after claiming a 7-6 walk-off win over Summit League-leading Oral Roberts on Saturday, April 18, at Newman Outdoor Field. Through 33 contests, Ben Petersen (.345, 38 H, 5 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI), Taylor Sanders (.326, 30 H, 7 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI), John Skrbec (.270, 30 H, 9 2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 19 BB) and Juan Gamez (.258, 25 H, 3 2B, 6 HR, 22 RBI) lead the Bison offensively. Bison reliever Brian VanderWoude (1-1, 2.08 ERA, 1 SV, 34.2 IP, 28 H, 16 R, 8 ER, 13 BB, 36 SO) leads the Bison on the mound.
WALK-OFF WIN: David Ernst delivered a walk-off infield RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded to lift the Bison to a 7-6 win over Oral Roberts in game two of a Summit League doubleheader on Saturday, April 18, at Newman Outdoor Field. The victory snapped an eight-game winning streak for ORU and a six-game losing skid for the Bison.
CAREER-MILESTONE: Bison right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude struck out a career-best seven batters in a career-high five-and two-thirds innings pitched in game one of a doubleheader against Oral Roberts on Saturday.
RECORD SETTER: Right-hander David Ernst became the career leader in starts at North Dakota State with 46 after starting on the mound at South Dakota State Friday, April 10. The Fargo native passed former Bison great Jake Laber, who made 45 starts from 2005-08.
RETURN TO THE MOUND: Bison redshirt sophomore right-hander Sean Terres made his first-ever collegiate start and first appearance on the mound since last season Tuesday at Minnesota. After being injured the first-half of 2015, the Cold Spring, Minn., native pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits with two walks and a strikeout. Terres is slated to make his 2015 home debut on Wednesday against North Dakota.
POWER SURGE: NDSU junior catcher Juan Gamez has hit two grand slams so far this season. The Tucson, Ariz., native recorded his first grand slam against Kansas on Feb. 27, before delivering what proved to be the game-winning grand slam at Northern Colorado on March 7. Gamez leads NDSU in round-trippers this season with six and ranks second on the team in RBI with 22.
POSITION DEPTH TO BE TESTED: The Bison have key spots to fill in the lineup after the departure of Summit League Player of the Year Tim Colwell and fellow All-Summit League performers Michael Leach, Kyle Kleinendorst and Wes Satzinger. Senior third baseman John Skrbec, junior shortstop Aiden Hook and junior left fielder Jon Hechtner are the lone returning position starters for the Bison.
NEW FACES: Seven freshmen and seven transfers make up the 14 total newcomers joining the Bison this season. New freshmen include Brayden Resch (C/UTIL), Drew Fearing (INF), Mason Pierzchalski (INF), Jayse McLean (OF), Joe Vacinek (RHP), Colin Baumgard (RHP) and Blake Stockert (RHP). The new transfers are Danny Regan (INF/OF), Juan Gamez (C/UTIL), JT Core (C/UTIL), JD Larimer (INF), Taylor Sanders (C/OF), Riley Horn (LHP) and Nick Salentine (RHP/INF).
FIVE CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark five straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for four straight Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship last season and reaching the championship game each of the past three seasons. This is NDSU's eighth season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: Defending Summit League tournament champion North Dakota State was picked to finish fourth in The Summit League in a preseason poll of the league's six head coaches. For the second consecutive season, Omaha was tabbed to claim its third straight Summit League regular season baseball title. The Mavs received three of six first-place votes and a total of 23 points. Oral Roberts placed second with the other three first-place votes and 21 points. South Dakota State came in third with 17 points followed by the Bison with 15 points. Western Illinois (8 points) and Fort Wayne (6 points) rounded out the poll.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE: This is North Dakota State's eighth year in The Summit League, which has six baseball teams for 2015 – NDSU, Fort Wayne, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State and Western Illinois – after losing Oakland to the Horizon League. Denver, IUPUI and South Dakota do not have baseball. Oral Roberts, which won 15 straight league championships from 1998-2012, returns to the league this season after competing in the Southland Conference the past two years.
THE COACH: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his eighth season with a 175-218 record. Brown previously was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for eight seasons at Bowling Green, where he was part of two division titles and a regular-season title in the Mid-American Conference. Brown began his collegiate coaching career in 1999 as a volunteer assistant at Arizona. He was a left-handed pitcher for the Wildcats under Hall of Fame coach Jerry Kindall and a member of the 1992 Pac-10 champs.
THE TOD BROWN FILE:
- 2014 Summit League tournament champions
- 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Corvallis Regional qualifiers
- Won school-record 40 games in 2012
- Three straight Summit League championship game appearances
- Four consecutive Summit League tournament appearances
- Winning percentage of .518 the past four seasons
- 16 All-Summit League honorees, six first team selections
- 14 players who signed professional contracts
- Coached three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients: Wes Satzinger (2014), John Straka (2013) and Kole Zimmerman (2008)
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