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NDSU Baseball Opens Summit League Play at Western Illinois March 18-20
3/17/2016 2:46:00 PM | Baseball
Game 1: North Dakota State at Western Illinois
Friday, March 18 | 3 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
Game 2: North Dakota State at Western Illinois
Saturday, March 19 | 1 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
Game 3: North Dakota State at Western Illinois
Sunday, March 20 | 1 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
NDSU Notes (PDF) | Live Stats (all games) | Live video (all games)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team (9-6) opens Summit League play with a three-game series at Western Illinois (2-13) March 18-20 in Macomb, Ill. The Bison and Leathernecks open the series with a 3 p.m. game on Friday, March 18, before playing at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video will be available for all games at Western Illinois this weekend. For links, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SERIES RECORD: The three-game series at Western Illinois will mark meetings 47-49 in the all-time series between the Bison and Leathernecks ... WIU leads the series, 27-19 ... Last season, the Bison went 2-4 against Western Illinois, dropping two of three games in Macomb March 27-29 (L 0-1, L 1-3, W 10-2) and at home April 24-26 (L 4-6, L 2-7, W 9-4).
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: North Dakota State enters the weekend 9-6 overall after falling to Army, 6-3, in Clearwater, Fla., on Tuesday, March 15 ... Through 15 games, infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.321, 18 H, 5 R, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 5 BB), Brayden Resch (.315, 17 H, 9 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 11 BB) and Drew Fearing (.273, 15 H, 10 R, 2 2B, 8 RBI, 8 BB, 5 SB), and outfielder Jayse McLean (.233, 10 H, 6 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 7 BB) lead the Bison offensively, while RHP Reed Pfannenstein (3.00 ERA, 1-0, 18.0 IP, 19 H, 6 ER, 11 SO, 6 BB), LHP Zach Mayo (4.60 ERA, 0-1, 15.2 IP, 20 H, 8 ER, 23 SO, 5 BB) and RHP Brian VanderWoude (3.86 ERA, 3-1, 14.0 IP, 15 H, 6 ER, 12 SO, 5 BB) pace North Dakota State on the mound ... As a team, the Bison are hitting .233 and have a Summit League-low team ERA of 3.64.
SCOUTING WESTERN ILLINOIS: The Leathernecks enter the weekend at 2-13 overall after dropping a pair of games at 12th-ranked Missouri State on March 15-16, 13-4 and 15-3 ... Through 15 contests, infielders Chris Tschida (.317, 19 H, 8 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 7 BB) and Colton Pogue (.315, 17 H, 9 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 3 SB) lead WIU offensively, while LHP Preston Church (5.24 ERA, 0-1, 22.1 IP, 17 H, 17 R, 13 ER, 18 SO, 12 BB) and RHP Ian Koch (3.65 ERA, 0-2, 12.1 IP, 15 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 10 SO, 6 BB) pace Western Illinois on the mound ... As a team, the Leathernecks are hitting .211 and have a 7.29 team ERA ... WIU is under the leadership of third season head coach Ryan Brownlee.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is five victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters the three-game series at Western Illinois with a 195-230 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Sophomores Mason Pierzchalski (.321), Brayden Resch (.315), Drew Fearing (.273) and Jayse McLean (.233) lead the Bison in batting average through 15 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 10 opposing base runners in 17 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Four different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through seven contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with four saves, while Blake Stockert, Jordan Harms and Dalton England each have one save.
MAKING A COMEBACK: Bison left-handed pitcher Zach Mayo has a team and Summit League-high 23 strikeouts and just five walks in four appearances, including three starts, and 15.2 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - Ben Petersen: 5; On Base - Brayden Resch: 14, Drew Fearing: 6, Mason Pierzchalski: 6, Ben Petersen: 5
WEEKLY HONORS: North Dakota State right-handed relief pitcher Luke Lind was named The Summit League Pitcher of the Week for his performance during the season-opening weekend Feb. 19-21. Lind collected his first Pitcher of the Week award after notching his first career win in NDSU's 8-7 extra inning win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He struck out a career-high five batters over 4.2 innings of work while allowing no runs and surrendering just four hits.
NDSU WELCOMES EIGHT NEWCOMERS IN 2016: Eight newcomers, including six pitchers and two position players, join the Bison for the 2016 season ... Pitchers include right-handers Dalton England (Gilbert, Ariz.), Alex Rogers (Nanaimo, British Columbia), Logan McShane (Greenfield, Wis.), Nick Salentine (Fargo, N.D.), Jordan Harms (Hitterdal, Minn.) and Blake Tritch (Chaska, Minn.) ... Position players are Alec Abercrombie (Shoreview, Minn.) and Logan Busch (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).
PRESEASON PICKS: North Dakota State was picked to finish fifth in The Summit League in a preseason poll of the league's six head coaches. Oral Roberts was picked first after claiming the league's regular season and postseason tournament championships last season. The Golden Eagles received all five of its possible first-place votes. Fort Wayne, last season's tournament runner-up, was picked second. South Dakota State was slotted third with the final first-place tally, followed by Omaha, the Bison and Western Illinois. NDSU welcomes back second team All-Summit League outfielder Ben Petersen.
SIX CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark six straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five straight Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last four seasons. This is NDSU's ninth season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
THE COACH: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his ninth season with a 195-230 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:
UP NEXT: North Dakota State continues Summit League play with a three-game series at Omaha March 25-27 at the Ballpark at Boys Town in Omaha, Neb.
Friday, March 18 | 3 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
Game 2: North Dakota State at Western Illinois
Saturday, March 19 | 1 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
Game 3: North Dakota State at Western Illinois
Sunday, March 20 | 1 p.m.
Alfred D. Boyer Stadium | Macomb, Ill.
NDSU Notes (PDF) | Live Stats (all games) | Live video (all games)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team (9-6) opens Summit League play with a three-game series at Western Illinois (2-13) March 18-20 in Macomb, Ill. The Bison and Leathernecks open the series with a 3 p.m. game on Friday, March 18, before playing at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video will be available for all games at Western Illinois this weekend. For links, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SERIES RECORD: The three-game series at Western Illinois will mark meetings 47-49 in the all-time series between the Bison and Leathernecks ... WIU leads the series, 27-19 ... Last season, the Bison went 2-4 against Western Illinois, dropping two of three games in Macomb March 27-29 (L 0-1, L 1-3, W 10-2) and at home April 24-26 (L 4-6, L 2-7, W 9-4).
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: North Dakota State enters the weekend 9-6 overall after falling to Army, 6-3, in Clearwater, Fla., on Tuesday, March 15 ... Through 15 games, infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.321, 18 H, 5 R, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 5 BB), Brayden Resch (.315, 17 H, 9 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 11 BB) and Drew Fearing (.273, 15 H, 10 R, 2 2B, 8 RBI, 8 BB, 5 SB), and outfielder Jayse McLean (.233, 10 H, 6 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 7 BB) lead the Bison offensively, while RHP Reed Pfannenstein (3.00 ERA, 1-0, 18.0 IP, 19 H, 6 ER, 11 SO, 6 BB), LHP Zach Mayo (4.60 ERA, 0-1, 15.2 IP, 20 H, 8 ER, 23 SO, 5 BB) and RHP Brian VanderWoude (3.86 ERA, 3-1, 14.0 IP, 15 H, 6 ER, 12 SO, 5 BB) pace North Dakota State on the mound ... As a team, the Bison are hitting .233 and have a Summit League-low team ERA of 3.64.
SCOUTING WESTERN ILLINOIS: The Leathernecks enter the weekend at 2-13 overall after dropping a pair of games at 12th-ranked Missouri State on March 15-16, 13-4 and 15-3 ... Through 15 contests, infielders Chris Tschida (.317, 19 H, 8 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 7 BB) and Colton Pogue (.315, 17 H, 9 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB, 3 SB) lead WIU offensively, while LHP Preston Church (5.24 ERA, 0-1, 22.1 IP, 17 H, 17 R, 13 ER, 18 SO, 12 BB) and RHP Ian Koch (3.65 ERA, 0-2, 12.1 IP, 15 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 10 SO, 6 BB) pace Western Illinois on the mound ... As a team, the Leathernecks are hitting .211 and have a 7.29 team ERA ... WIU is under the leadership of third season head coach Ryan Brownlee.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is five victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters the three-game series at Western Illinois with a 195-230 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Sophomores Mason Pierzchalski (.321), Brayden Resch (.315), Drew Fearing (.273) and Jayse McLean (.233) lead the Bison in batting average through 15 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 10 opposing base runners in 17 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Four different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through seven contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with four saves, while Blake Stockert, Jordan Harms and Dalton England each have one save.
MAKING A COMEBACK: Bison left-handed pitcher Zach Mayo has a team and Summit League-high 23 strikeouts and just five walks in four appearances, including three starts, and 15.2 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - Ben Petersen: 5; On Base - Brayden Resch: 14, Drew Fearing: 6, Mason Pierzchalski: 6, Ben Petersen: 5
WEEKLY HONORS: North Dakota State right-handed relief pitcher Luke Lind was named The Summit League Pitcher of the Week for his performance during the season-opening weekend Feb. 19-21. Lind collected his first Pitcher of the Week award after notching his first career win in NDSU's 8-7 extra inning win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He struck out a career-high five batters over 4.2 innings of work while allowing no runs and surrendering just four hits.
NDSU WELCOMES EIGHT NEWCOMERS IN 2016: Eight newcomers, including six pitchers and two position players, join the Bison for the 2016 season ... Pitchers include right-handers Dalton England (Gilbert, Ariz.), Alex Rogers (Nanaimo, British Columbia), Logan McShane (Greenfield, Wis.), Nick Salentine (Fargo, N.D.), Jordan Harms (Hitterdal, Minn.) and Blake Tritch (Chaska, Minn.) ... Position players are Alec Abercrombie (Shoreview, Minn.) and Logan Busch (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).
PRESEASON PICKS: North Dakota State was picked to finish fifth in The Summit League in a preseason poll of the league's six head coaches. Oral Roberts was picked first after claiming the league's regular season and postseason tournament championships last season. The Golden Eagles received all five of its possible first-place votes. Fort Wayne, last season's tournament runner-up, was picked second. South Dakota State was slotted third with the final first-place tally, followed by Omaha, the Bison and Western Illinois. NDSU welcomes back second team All-Summit League outfielder Ben Petersen.
SIX CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark six straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five straight Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last four seasons. This is NDSU's ninth season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
THE COACH: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his ninth season with a 195-230 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
- Five consecutive Summit League tournament appearances
- Winning percentage of .518 the past four seasons
- 18 All-Summit League honorees, six first team selections
- 18 players who signed professional contracts
- Coached three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients: Wes Satzinger (2014), John Straka (2013) and Kole Zimmerman (2008)
UP NEXT: North Dakota State continues Summit League play with a three-game series at Omaha March 25-27 at the Ballpark at Boys Town in Omaha, Neb.
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