PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Mason Pierzchalski hit a three-run go-ahead double and Brian VanderWoude pitched four scoreless innings of relief to lead North Dakota State to a 4-2 win over previously unbeaten Boston College on Saturday, March 5.
 
NDSU (8-2) went hitless for 7 1/3 innings before pinch hitter Taylor Sanders singled to spark a Bison rally in the eighth inning.  Brayden Resch drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game 1-1 before Pierzchalski's double to right-center field.
 
VanderWoude struck out four of the first five batters he faced and improved to 3-0 with the win.  Starter Reed Pfannenstein allowed one unearned run on four hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
 
Leadoff man Jake Palomaki was 2-for-3 with a run scored for Boston College (8-1).  Starting pitcher Jacob Stevens walked one and fanned nine in six innings of no-hit ball before being lifted after 94 pitches.  Bobby Skogsbergh, the first of three BC relievers, dropped to 0-1 with the loss.
 
Pierzchalski drove in NDSU's only run in a 6-1 loss to St. Bonaventure earlier in the day.  Drew Fearing scored on his fielder's choice in the sixth inning after the Bison got their only hit of that contest, a single by center fielder Alec Abercrombie.
 
NDSU's bullpen pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings against St. Bonaventure with lefty Chris Choles going 5 2/3 with four hits and two strikeouts, and righty Nick Salentine retiring all three men he faced in the ninth.
 
Bison starter Alex Rogers allowed six runs on seven hits with two walks in 2 1/3 innings and dropped to 0-1 with the loss.
 
Left fielder Aaron Phillips was 3-for-4 for the Bonnies (7-2), first baseman Matt Eastman drove in three runs, and starter Brandon Schimm struck out four in 7 1/3 innings to improve to 2-1 with the win.
 
North Dakota State is scheduled to play St. Bonaventure again at 10 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 6.