Friday, March 3
Greeley, Colo.
3 p.m.
North Dakota State
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Northern Colorado
Photo by: Eric Miller
North Dakota State Goes to Northern Colorado for Four-Game Series March 3-5
3/1/2017 4:43:00 PM | Baseball
Game 1: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Friday, March 3 | 2 p.m. MT (3 p.m. CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Games 2-3: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado (DH)
Saturday, March 4 | 11 a.m. MT (noon CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 4: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Sunday, March 5 | noon MT (1 p.m. CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Live Stats (all games) | NDSU Game Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: After earning a 3-1 win over Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday in Minneapolis, the North Dakota State University baseball team (5-3) treks to Greeley, Colo., for a four-game series against the University of Northern Colorado Bears (3-6) March 3-5. The series opener is slated for 2 p.m. MT (3 p.m. CT) Friday, March 3. The two teams will play a doubleheader Saturday, March 4, beginning at 11 a.m. MT (noon CT), before closing out the series with a single game Sunday, March 5, at noon MT (1 p.m. CT).
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live stats will be available for every game at Northern Colorado. For links, please visit www.GoBison.com. Twitter updates will also be available on the official NDSU baseball Twitter account at www.Twitter.com/NDSUbaseball.
SERIES RECORD: The four-game series against the Bears will be meetings 25-28 in the all-time series that dates back to 1962. The Bison lead the series, 13-11. NDSU and UNC last played each other in 2015, with the Bison winning the series, 3-1.
BISON NOTES: The North Dakota State University Bison enter Friday at 5-3 overall after claiming a 3-1 win over Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday ... The victory was NDSU's first win over the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis since 2012 ... Through eight games, the Bison are led at the plate by junior infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.370 avg., 10 H, 7 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB) and Drew Fearing (.241 avg., 7 H, 6 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 3 SB), redshirt junior infielder Matt Elsenpeter (.320 avg., 8 H, 3 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB), redshirt junior outfielder Logan Busch (.292 avg., 7 H, 8 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .708 SLG%, 8 BB), senior outfielder Ben Petersen (.267 avg., 8 H, 7 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB) and freshman infielder Tucker Rohde (.258 avg., 8 H, 1 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI) ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by redshirt junior LHP Chris Choles (0.96 ERA, 1 SV, 9.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO) and redshirt senior LHP Zach Mayo (1.00 ERA, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 10 SO) ... As a team, the Bison rank fourth in The Summit League with a .256 team batting average and second in the league with a 3.84 team ERA ... NDSU is limiting opponents to .240 hitting.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: The University of Northern Colorado Bears enter the weekend at 3-6 overall after splitting a pair of games at San Jose State Feb. 24-25 ... Through nine games, UNC is paced in the batter's box by redshirt sophomore outfielder Jack Pauley (.371 avg., 13 H, 6 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI), redshirt junior utility player Cole Maltese (.344 avg., 11 H, 8 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .656 SLG%, 5 BB) and junior outfielder Evan Johnson (.200 avg., 6 H, 5 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 5 BB) ... Redshirt junior RHP Aaron Hamilton (3.27 ERA, 1-1, 11.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 15 SO), senior RHP Cody Carroll (13.50 ERA, 0-1, 5.1 IP, 13 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO), freshman RHP Troy Watson (3.86 ERA, 1-0, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO) and junior LHP Keenan Lum (8.38 ERA, 0-1, 9.2 IP, 15 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO) are slated to start for Northern Colorado this weekend ... The Bears were picked to finish eighth in the WAC Preseason Baseball Coaches' Poll ... UNC is under the direction of seventh season head coach Carl Iwasaki.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON-BASE STREAKS: Mason Pierzchalski has a seven-game hitting streak through eight NDSU contests ... Logan Busch has reached base safely in all eight of the Bison's games this season, while Pierzchalski has gotten on-base in seven of eight contests.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WELCOMES 14 NEWCOMERS IN 2017: Fourteen newcomers, including eight position players and six pitchers, join the Bison for the 2017 season. Position players include infielders Bennett Hostetler (Bozeman, Mont.), Charley Hesse (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Tucker Rohde (Scottsdale, Ariz.); outfielder Carter Thompson (Fargo, N.D.); catchers Nick Emanuel (Esko, Minn.), Jake Malec (Proctor, Minn.) and Calvin Kalthoff (Cold Spring, Minn.); and infielder/outfielder Axel Twenge (Minnetonka, Minn.). ... Pitchers include left-hander Mitch O'Connor (Bloomington, Minn.), and right-handers Ryan Olson (Halstad, Minn.), Riley Johnson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Devin Foster (Broomfield, Colo.), Austin Truso (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Kyle Ferderer (Savage, Minn.).
DITCH AND KEEFER JOIN NDSU COACHING STAFF: In addition to 14 new student-athletes, the Bison also have two new coaches for 2017. Jeff Ditch, who has coached college baseball for over 24 years, is the new hitting coach for North Dakota State, while former Bison left-handed pitcher Trent Keefer is a volunteer assistant coach. Ditch joined the Bison after serving as head coach for 11 seasons at Indiana University-Pennsylvania, where he was the all-time winningest coach in program history, recording 253 wins. He also spent time at West Virginia, Cincinnati and Penn State as an assistant.
WEEKLY HONORS: Mason Pierzchalski was named Summit League Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 17-19.
BISON 1660 TO BROADCAST MINIMUM OF 24 NDSU BASEBALL GAMES IN 2017: A minimum of 24 North Dakota State University baseball games will air live on Bison 1660 AM during the 2017 season, NDSU athletics and Radio FM Media announced Monday, Feb. 20. Bison 1660 will broadcast 24 regular season contests and all postseason games over the air, online at Bison1660.com, and on the Bison 1660 app. The "Voice of the Bison" Jeff Culhane will call the action, with Bison 1660 on-air personality Keith Brake providing color commentary. All broadcasts will feature a 30-minute pregame show. For a complete broadcast schedule, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark seven straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last five seasons. This is NDSU's 10th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: The North Dakota State University baseball team was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Thursday, Feb. 9, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll, which was voted on by the league's six head coaches. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was picked first and tallied 25 points with five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was second with 18 points and received the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, followed by Omaha (13 points), Western Illinois (nine points) and Fort Wayne (eight points).
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) enters his 10th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 220-252 record at NDSU. 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:
Friday, March 3 | 2 p.m. MT (3 p.m. CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Games 2-3: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado (DH)
Saturday, March 4 | 11 a.m. MT (noon CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 4: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Sunday, March 5 | noon MT (1 p.m. CT)
Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Live Stats (all games) | NDSU Game Notes (PDF)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: After earning a 3-1 win over Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday in Minneapolis, the North Dakota State University baseball team (5-3) treks to Greeley, Colo., for a four-game series against the University of Northern Colorado Bears (3-6) March 3-5. The series opener is slated for 2 p.m. MT (3 p.m. CT) Friday, March 3. The two teams will play a doubleheader Saturday, March 4, beginning at 11 a.m. MT (noon CT), before closing out the series with a single game Sunday, March 5, at noon MT (1 p.m. CT).
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live stats will be available for every game at Northern Colorado. For links, please visit www.GoBison.com. Twitter updates will also be available on the official NDSU baseball Twitter account at www.Twitter.com/NDSUbaseball.
SERIES RECORD: The four-game series against the Bears will be meetings 25-28 in the all-time series that dates back to 1962. The Bison lead the series, 13-11. NDSU and UNC last played each other in 2015, with the Bison winning the series, 3-1.
BISON NOTES: The North Dakota State University Bison enter Friday at 5-3 overall after claiming a 3-1 win over Minnesota at U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday ... The victory was NDSU's first win over the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis since 2012 ... Through eight games, the Bison are led at the plate by junior infielders Mason Pierzchalski (.370 avg., 10 H, 7 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB) and Drew Fearing (.241 avg., 7 H, 6 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 3 SB), redshirt junior infielder Matt Elsenpeter (.320 avg., 8 H, 3 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 3 BB), redshirt junior outfielder Logan Busch (.292 avg., 7 H, 8 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .708 SLG%, 8 BB), senior outfielder Ben Petersen (.267 avg., 8 H, 7 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 6 BB) and freshman infielder Tucker Rohde (.258 avg., 8 H, 1 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI) ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by redshirt junior LHP Chris Choles (0.96 ERA, 1 SV, 9.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO) and redshirt senior LHP Zach Mayo (1.00 ERA, 1-0, 9.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 10 SO) ... As a team, the Bison rank fourth in The Summit League with a .256 team batting average and second in the league with a 3.84 team ERA ... NDSU is limiting opponents to .240 hitting.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: The University of Northern Colorado Bears enter the weekend at 3-6 overall after splitting a pair of games at San Jose State Feb. 24-25 ... Through nine games, UNC is paced in the batter's box by redshirt sophomore outfielder Jack Pauley (.371 avg., 13 H, 6 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI), redshirt junior utility player Cole Maltese (.344 avg., 11 H, 8 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .656 SLG%, 5 BB) and junior outfielder Evan Johnson (.200 avg., 6 H, 5 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 5 BB) ... Redshirt junior RHP Aaron Hamilton (3.27 ERA, 1-1, 11.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 15 SO), senior RHP Cody Carroll (13.50 ERA, 0-1, 5.1 IP, 13 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO), freshman RHP Troy Watson (3.86 ERA, 1-0, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO) and junior LHP Keenan Lum (8.38 ERA, 0-1, 9.2 IP, 15 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO) are slated to start for Northern Colorado this weekend ... The Bears were picked to finish eighth in the WAC Preseason Baseball Coaches' Poll ... UNC is under the direction of seventh season head coach Carl Iwasaki.
NOTABLE HITTING AND ON-BASE STREAKS: Mason Pierzchalski has a seven-game hitting streak through eight NDSU contests ... Logan Busch has reached base safely in all eight of the Bison's games this season, while Pierzchalski has gotten on-base in seven of eight contests.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE WELCOMES 14 NEWCOMERS IN 2017: Fourteen newcomers, including eight position players and six pitchers, join the Bison for the 2017 season. Position players include infielders Bennett Hostetler (Bozeman, Mont.), Charley Hesse (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Tucker Rohde (Scottsdale, Ariz.); outfielder Carter Thompson (Fargo, N.D.); catchers Nick Emanuel (Esko, Minn.), Jake Malec (Proctor, Minn.) and Calvin Kalthoff (Cold Spring, Minn.); and infielder/outfielder Axel Twenge (Minnetonka, Minn.). ... Pitchers include left-hander Mitch O'Connor (Bloomington, Minn.), and right-handers Ryan Olson (Halstad, Minn.), Riley Johnson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Devin Foster (Broomfield, Colo.), Austin Truso (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Kyle Ferderer (Savage, Minn.).
DITCH AND KEEFER JOIN NDSU COACHING STAFF: In addition to 14 new student-athletes, the Bison also have two new coaches for 2017. Jeff Ditch, who has coached college baseball for over 24 years, is the new hitting coach for North Dakota State, while former Bison left-handed pitcher Trent Keefer is a volunteer assistant coach. Ditch joined the Bison after serving as head coach for 11 seasons at Indiana University-Pennsylvania, where he was the all-time winningest coach in program history, recording 253 wins. He also spent time at West Virginia, Cincinnati and Penn State as an assistant.
WEEKLY HONORS: Mason Pierzchalski was named Summit League Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 17-19.
BISON 1660 TO BROADCAST MINIMUM OF 24 NDSU BASEBALL GAMES IN 2017: A minimum of 24 North Dakota State University baseball games will air live on Bison 1660 AM during the 2017 season, NDSU athletics and Radio FM Media announced Monday, Feb. 20. Bison 1660 will broadcast 24 regular season contests and all postseason games over the air, online at Bison1660.com, and on the Bison 1660 app. The "Voice of the Bison" Jeff Culhane will call the action, with Bison 1660 on-air personality Keith Brake providing color commentary. All broadcasts will feature a 30-minute pregame show. For a complete broadcast schedule, please visit www.GoBison.com.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark seven straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for five Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in three of the last five seasons. This is NDSU's 10th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: The North Dakota State University baseball team was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Thursday, Feb. 9, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll, which was voted on by the league's six head coaches. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was picked first and tallied 25 points with five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was second with 18 points and received the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, followed by Omaha (13 points), Western Illinois (nine points) and Fort Wayne (eight points).
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) enters his 10th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 220-252 record at NDSU. 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 five seasons
- Five Summit League tournament appearances in the last six years
- Winning percentage of .520 the past five seasons
- 20 All-Summit League honorees, including seven first team selections
- 19 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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