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Bison Travel to Omaha March 25-27 for Summit League Series
3/23/2016 11:10:00 AM | Baseball
Game 1: North Dakota State at Omaha
Friday, March 25 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
Game 2: North Dakota State at Omaha
Saturday, March 26 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
Game 3: North Dakota State at Omaha
Sunday, March 27 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
NDSU Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State baseball team (10-8, 1-2 Summit League) travels to Omaha, Neb., March 25-27 for a three-game Summit League series against the Omaha Mavericks (12-9, 3-0 Summit League) at the Ballpark at Boys Town. Game one is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, March 25, with games two and three slated for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics will be available for all games at Omaha. Please visit GoBison.com for direct links.
SERIES RECORD: The three-game series at Omaha will be meetings 61-63 in the all-time series that dates back to 1978 ... The Bison lead the series, 31-29 ... Last season, NDSU went 2-5 against the Mavs, dropping a non-league game in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 15, before being swept in a three-game league series in Omaha March 20-22 and winning two of three contests in Fargo May 15-16.
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter the weekend with an overall record of 10-8 and a Summit League tally of 1-2 after dropping two of three games at Western Illinois March 18-20 ... Through 18 games, North Dakota State is led offensively by infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.328, 22 H, 7 R, 5 2B, 10 RBI, 7 BB) and Brayden Resch (.323, 21 H, 11 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 15 BB) ... On the mound through 18 contests, NDSU is paced by right-handed starter Reed Pfannenstein (3.43 ERA, 1-0, 21.0 IP, 23 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 14 SO, 8 BB) and right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude (3.06 ERA, 4-1, 17.2 IP, 18 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 18 SO, 7 BB) ... As a team, NDSU is hitting just .231 boasts a Summit League-best 3.74 team ERA.
ANALYZING OMAHA: The Mavs enter the weekend with an overall record of 12-9 and a Summit League mark of 3-0 after sweeping a three-game series against IPFW in Omaha March 18-20 ... Through 21 contests, the Mavericks are paced at the plate by outfielder Cole Gruber (.395, 34 H, 23 R, 5 2B, 12 RBI, 9 BB, 14 SB) and infielder Clayton Taylor (.364, 28 H, 17 R, 6 2B, 6 HR, 33 RBI) ... On the mound through 21 games, UNO is led by right-handed starters Tyler Fox (3.52 ERA, 4-1, 30.2 IP, 34 H, 19 R, 12 ER, 26 SO, 5 BB) and Corey Binger (4.10 ERA, 3-0, 1 CG, 26.1 IP, 29 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 21 SO, 5 BB), and left-handed reliever Sam Murphy (1.00 ERA, 2-0, 1 SV, 18.0 IP, 14 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 15 SO, 2 BB) ... As a team, Omaha is hitting a Summit League-high .300 and has a team ERA of 5.41 ... UNO is under the direction of 17th season head coach Bob Herold.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is four victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters the three-game series at Omaha with a 196-232 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Sophomores Mason Pierzchalski (.328), Brayden Resch (.323) and Drew Fearing (.269) lead the Bison in batting average through 18 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 11 opposing base runners in 22 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Four different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through 18 contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with five 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 26 strikeouts and just 10 walks in five appearances, including four starts, and 19 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - None; On Base - Brayden Resch: 17, Drew Fearing: 9, Ben Petersen: 8
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 196-232 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 travels to Tulsa, Okla., to take on Oral Roberts in a three-game Summit League series April 1-3.
Friday, March 25 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
Game 2: North Dakota State at Omaha
Saturday, March 26 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
Game 3: North Dakota State at Omaha
Sunday, March 27 | 1 p.m.
The Ballpark at Boys Town | Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats
NDSU Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State baseball team (10-8, 1-2 Summit League) travels to Omaha, Neb., March 25-27 for a three-game Summit League series against the Omaha Mavericks (12-9, 3-0 Summit League) at the Ballpark at Boys Town. Game one is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, March 25, with games two and three slated for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics will be available for all games at Omaha. Please visit GoBison.com for direct links.
SERIES RECORD: The three-game series at Omaha will be meetings 61-63 in the all-time series that dates back to 1978 ... The Bison lead the series, 31-29 ... Last season, NDSU went 2-5 against the Mavs, dropping a non-league game in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 15, before being swept in a three-game league series in Omaha March 20-22 and winning two of three contests in Fargo May 15-16.
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter the weekend with an overall record of 10-8 and a Summit League tally of 1-2 after dropping two of three games at Western Illinois March 18-20 ... Through 18 games, North Dakota State is led offensively by infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.328, 22 H, 7 R, 5 2B, 10 RBI, 7 BB) and Brayden Resch (.323, 21 H, 11 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 15 BB) ... On the mound through 18 contests, NDSU is paced by right-handed starter Reed Pfannenstein (3.43 ERA, 1-0, 21.0 IP, 23 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 14 SO, 8 BB) and right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude (3.06 ERA, 4-1, 17.2 IP, 18 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 18 SO, 7 BB) ... As a team, NDSU is hitting just .231 boasts a Summit League-best 3.74 team ERA.
ANALYZING OMAHA: The Mavs enter the weekend with an overall record of 12-9 and a Summit League mark of 3-0 after sweeping a three-game series against IPFW in Omaha March 18-20 ... Through 21 contests, the Mavericks are paced at the plate by outfielder Cole Gruber (.395, 34 H, 23 R, 5 2B, 12 RBI, 9 BB, 14 SB) and infielder Clayton Taylor (.364, 28 H, 17 R, 6 2B, 6 HR, 33 RBI) ... On the mound through 21 games, UNO is led by right-handed starters Tyler Fox (3.52 ERA, 4-1, 30.2 IP, 34 H, 19 R, 12 ER, 26 SO, 5 BB) and Corey Binger (4.10 ERA, 3-0, 1 CG, 26.1 IP, 29 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 21 SO, 5 BB), and left-handed reliever Sam Murphy (1.00 ERA, 2-0, 1 SV, 18.0 IP, 14 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 15 SO, 2 BB) ... As a team, Omaha is hitting a Summit League-high .300 and has a team ERA of 5.41 ... UNO is under the direction of 17th season head coach Bob Herold.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is four victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters the three-game series at Omaha with a 196-232 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Sophomores Mason Pierzchalski (.328), Brayden Resch (.323) and Drew Fearing (.269) lead the Bison in batting average through 18 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 11 opposing base runners in 22 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Four different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through 18 contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with five 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 26 strikeouts and just 10 walks in five appearances, including four starts, and 19 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - None; On Base - Brayden Resch: 17, Drew Fearing: 9, Ben Petersen: 8
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 196-232 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 Summit League championship game appearances in the past four seasons
- Five consecutive Summit League tournament appearances
- Winning percentage of .516 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 travels to Tulsa, Okla., to take on Oral Roberts in a three-game Summit League series April 1-3.
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