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Bison Travel to Minnesota Tuesday, Host Minot State Wednesday in Home Opener
4/4/2016 5:02:00 PM | Baseball
North Dakota State at Minnesota
Tuesday, April 5 | 3 p.m.
Siebert Field | Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Stats | Live Video
North Dakota State vs. Minot State
Wednesday, April 6 | 5 p.m.
Newman Outdoor Field | Fargo, N.D.
Live Stats | Live Video
NDSU Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State baseball team (11-13) is scheduled to travel to Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 5, to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-10) at Siebert Field at 3 p.m. before hosting Minot State (4-17) Wednesday, April 6, at Newman Outdoor Field at 5 p.m. in the 2016 home opener.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video will be available for Tuesday's game at Minnesota and Wednesday's home opener against Minot State. Please visit www.GoBison.com for links.
SERIES RECORDS: Minnesota - Tuesday's game at Minnesota will mark the 34th meeting in the all-time series ... The Golden Gophers lead the series, 25-8 ... Last season, the Bison split two games with Minnesota, winning in Fargo on May 5 and losing in Minneapolis April 14 ... Minot State - Wednesday's contest against Minot State will be the 40th meeting in the all-time series and the first since 2014 ... NDSU leads the series, 22-17 ... In the last meeting with the Beavers in 2014, the Bison claimed a 5-0 victory in a contest played in Bismarck, N.D.
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter the week with an overall record of 11-13 and a Summit League tally of 2-7 after dropping three games at Oral Roberts April 1-3 ... Through 24 games, North Dakota State is led offensively by infielders Drew Fearing (.330, 29 H, 19 R, 6 2B, 13 RBI, 13 BB, 8 SB and Brayden Resch (.306, 26 H, 16 R, 5 2B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 17 BB) ... On the mound through 24 contests, NDSU is paced by right-handed starter Reed Pfannenstein (3.45 ERA, 2-1, 31.1 IP, 36 H, 14 R, 12 ER, 18 SO, 15 BB) and right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude (3.28 ERA, 4-1, 24.2 IP, 24 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 27 SO, 10 BB) ... NDSU is hitting .228 and has a 4.57 team ERA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: Minnesota - The Minnesota Golden Gophers come into Tuesday's contest with an overall record of 15-10 and a 2-1 Big Ten Conference record after winning two of three games at home against the Iowa Hawkeyes April 1-3 ... Through 25 games, five Minnesota players are hitting above .300, led by junior right-handed pitcher/outfielder Matt Fiedler (.408, 42 H, 24 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 7 SB) and junior catcher Austin Athmann (.397, 31 H, 16 R, 10 2B, 6 HR, 20 RBI, .756 SLG%, 8 BB) ... On the mound through 25 contests, Minnesota is paced by Fiedler (3.67 ERA, 4-2, 41.2 IP, 36 H, 17 R, 17 ER, 34 SO, 18 BB) and senior left-handed pitcher Dalton Sawyer (4.62 ERA, 3-3, 37.0 IP, 36 H, 20 R, 19 ER, 43 SO, 16 BB) ... The Golden Gophers are hitting .327 and have a 4.31 team ERA ... Minnesota is under the direction of 34th season head coach John Anderson ... Minot State - Minot State enters the week with a 4-17 overall record and a 1-7 NSIC mark after dropping four games at Augustana (S.D.) April 2-3 ... The Beavers have dropped their last seven games ... Through 21 contests, MSU is led offensively by junior outfielder Jordan Schulz (.390, 32 H, 24 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .622 SLG%, 14 BB, 8 SB) and sophomore outfielder Kyle Williamson (.361, 26 H, 17 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 10 BB) ... Freshman infielder Celestino Rodriguez has a team-high seven home runs ... Senior southpaw Austin Berntson (7.36 ERA, 2-2, 29.1 IP, 44 H, 31 R, 24 ER, 25 SO, 8 BB) leads Minot State on the mound through 21 contests ... The Beavers are hitting .299 and have a team ERA of 10.31 ... MSU is under the leadership of ninth season head coach Brock Weppler.
FEARING EXCELLING IN LEAGUE PLAY: Sophomore infielder Drew Fearing leads the Bison in batting average (.424), hits (14), doubles (4), runs scored (9), slugging percentage (.545), on base percentage (.525), total bases (18) and stolen bases (3) through nine Summit League games.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is only three victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters Tuesday's contest at Minnesota with a 197-237 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Drew Fearing (.330) and Brayden Resch (.306) lead the Bison in batting average through 24 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 12 opposing base runners in 31 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Five different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through 24 contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with five saves, while Brian VanderWoude, Blake Stockert, Jordan Harms and Dalton England each have one save.
MAKING A COMEBACK: Bison left-handed pitcher Zach Mayo has a team-high 34 strikeouts and just 16 walks in seven appearances, including six starts, and 27 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - None; On Base - Drew Fearing: 15
MIDCO SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR NDSU HOME GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA: North Dakota State's home baseball game against Minnesota scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo will be televised live throughout the Upper Midwest on Midco Sports Network. For more information on MidcoSN, please visit www.MidcoSN.com.
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 197-237 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 is slated to host the IPFW Mastodons in a three-game Summit League series at Newman Outdoor Field April 8-10.
Tuesday, April 5 | 3 p.m.
Siebert Field | Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Stats | Live Video
North Dakota State vs. Minot State
Wednesday, April 6 | 5 p.m.
Newman Outdoor Field | Fargo, N.D.
Live Stats | Live Video
NDSU Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State baseball team (11-13) is scheduled to travel to Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 5, to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-10) at Siebert Field at 3 p.m. before hosting Minot State (4-17) Wednesday, April 6, at Newman Outdoor Field at 5 p.m. in the 2016 home opener.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics and live video will be available for Tuesday's game at Minnesota and Wednesday's home opener against Minot State. Please visit www.GoBison.com for links.
SERIES RECORDS: Minnesota - Tuesday's game at Minnesota will mark the 34th meeting in the all-time series ... The Golden Gophers lead the series, 25-8 ... Last season, the Bison split two games with Minnesota, winning in Fargo on May 5 and losing in Minneapolis April 14 ... Minot State - Wednesday's contest against Minot State will be the 40th meeting in the all-time series and the first since 2014 ... NDSU leads the series, 22-17 ... In the last meeting with the Beavers in 2014, the Bison claimed a 5-0 victory in a contest played in Bismarck, N.D.
CATCHING UP WITH THE BISON: The Bison enter the week with an overall record of 11-13 and a Summit League tally of 2-7 after dropping three games at Oral Roberts April 1-3 ... Through 24 games, North Dakota State is led offensively by infielders Drew Fearing (.330, 29 H, 19 R, 6 2B, 13 RBI, 13 BB, 8 SB and Brayden Resch (.306, 26 H, 16 R, 5 2B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 17 BB) ... On the mound through 24 contests, NDSU is paced by right-handed starter Reed Pfannenstein (3.45 ERA, 2-1, 31.1 IP, 36 H, 14 R, 12 ER, 18 SO, 15 BB) and right-handed reliever Brian VanderWoude (3.28 ERA, 4-1, 24.2 IP, 24 H, 11 R, 9 ER, 27 SO, 10 BB) ... NDSU is hitting .228 and has a 4.57 team ERA.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: Minnesota - The Minnesota Golden Gophers come into Tuesday's contest with an overall record of 15-10 and a 2-1 Big Ten Conference record after winning two of three games at home against the Iowa Hawkeyes April 1-3 ... Through 25 games, five Minnesota players are hitting above .300, led by junior right-handed pitcher/outfielder Matt Fiedler (.408, 42 H, 24 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 7 SB) and junior catcher Austin Athmann (.397, 31 H, 16 R, 10 2B, 6 HR, 20 RBI, .756 SLG%, 8 BB) ... On the mound through 25 contests, Minnesota is paced by Fiedler (3.67 ERA, 4-2, 41.2 IP, 36 H, 17 R, 17 ER, 34 SO, 18 BB) and senior left-handed pitcher Dalton Sawyer (4.62 ERA, 3-3, 37.0 IP, 36 H, 20 R, 19 ER, 43 SO, 16 BB) ... The Golden Gophers are hitting .327 and have a 4.31 team ERA ... Minnesota is under the direction of 34th season head coach John Anderson ... Minot State - Minot State enters the week with a 4-17 overall record and a 1-7 NSIC mark after dropping four games at Augustana (S.D.) April 2-3 ... The Beavers have dropped their last seven games ... Through 21 contests, MSU is led offensively by junior outfielder Jordan Schulz (.390, 32 H, 24 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, .622 SLG%, 14 BB, 8 SB) and sophomore outfielder Kyle Williamson (.361, 26 H, 17 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 10 BB) ... Freshman infielder Celestino Rodriguez has a team-high seven home runs ... Senior southpaw Austin Berntson (7.36 ERA, 2-2, 29.1 IP, 44 H, 31 R, 24 ER, 25 SO, 8 BB) leads Minot State on the mound through 21 contests ... The Beavers are hitting .299 and have a team ERA of 10.31 ... MSU is under the leadership of ninth season head coach Brock Weppler.
FEARING EXCELLING IN LEAGUE PLAY: Sophomore infielder Drew Fearing leads the Bison in batting average (.424), hits (14), doubles (4), runs scored (9), slugging percentage (.545), on base percentage (.525), total bases (18) and stolen bases (3) through nine Summit League games.
BROWN APPROACHING MILESTONE: North Dakota State head coach Tod Brown is only three victories away from tallying his 200th career win. Brown enters Tuesday's contest at Minnesota with a 197-237 record as the Bison bench boss.
SOPHOMORE SLUGGERS: Drew Fearing (.330) and Brayden Resch (.306) lead the Bison in batting average through 24 games.
PATROLLING THE BASE PATHS: NDSU catcher Juan Gamez has thrown out a team-high 12 opposing base runners in 31 stolen base attempts against this season.
SHUTTING THE DOOR: Five different North Dakota State relievers have tallied at least one save through 24 contests. Sean Terres leads the Bison and The Summit League with five saves, while Brian VanderWoude, Blake Stockert, Jordan Harms and Dalton England each have one save.
MAKING A COMEBACK: Bison left-handed pitcher Zach Mayo has a team-high 34 strikeouts and just 16 walks in seven appearances, including six starts, and 27 innings pitched this season after sitting out all of last season due to injury.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON BASE STREAKS: Hitting - None; On Base - Drew Fearing: 15
MIDCO SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR NDSU HOME GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA: North Dakota State's home baseball game against Minnesota scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo will be televised live throughout the Upper Midwest on Midco Sports Network. For more information on MidcoSN, please visit www.MidcoSN.com.
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 197-237 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 is slated to host the IPFW Mastodons in a three-game Summit League series at Newman Outdoor Field April 8-10.
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