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North Dakota State Opens Summit League Play at Oral Roberts March 17-19
3/16/2017 10:48:00 AM | Baseball
Game 1: North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
Friday, March 17 | 6:30 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
Game 2: North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
Saturday, March 18 | 2 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
Game 3: North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
Sunday, March 19 | 1 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
NDSU Game Notes (PDF) | Live Video (all games)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team is scheduled to open Summit League play with a three-game series at Oral Roberts March 17-19 at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. The series opener is slated for 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, with game two planned for Saturday, March 18, at 2 p.m. The series finale is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 19.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live stats and free live video will be available for all games. 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 three-game series at Oral Roberts will mark meetings 35-37 in the all-time series that dates back to 2008. The Golden Eagles lead the series, 24-10. Last season, the Bison went 2-4 against ORU, losing three games in Tulsa before winning two of three contests in Fargo. NDSU has never won a series in Tulsa.
BISON NOTES: The North Dakota State Bison enter the weekend at 7-10 overall after going 1-4 in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational March 10-15 ... NDSU has dropped its last four games ... Through 17 contests, North Dakota State is led by junior infielder Mason Pierzchalski (.365 avg., 14 R, 23 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, .556 SLG%, 6 BB), redshirt junior outfielder Logan Busch (.283 avg., 10 R, 15 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .566 SLG%, 13 BB), senior outfielder Ben Petersen (.279 avg., 16 R, 17 H, 3 2B, 6 HR, 17 RBI, .623 SLG%, 10 BB, 3 SB) and junior infielder Drew Fearing (.271 avg., 12 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 6 RBI, 11 BB, 6 HP, 4 SB) ... On the mound, the Bison are led by senior right-handers Luke Lind (3.42 ERA, 2-1, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 23.2 IP, 19 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 21 K) and Reed Pfannenstein (5.89 ERA, 1-2, 18.1 IP, 31 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 2 BB, 16 K) ... As a team, NDSU is hitting .249 and has a 4.72 team ERA.
SCOUTING ORAL ROBERTS: The Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles enter the weekend at 9-7 overall after falling to Kansas at home Wednesday, 7-2 ... Through 16 games, ORU is led by junior infielder Dylan Snypes (.359 av.g, 13 R, 23 H, 8 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB), junior outfielder Noah Cummings (.344 avg., 14 R, 22 H, 3 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 8 BB), junior infielder Nick Roark (.327 avg., 13 R, 18 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 11 BB, 4 SB) and junior catcher Matt Whatley (.317 avg., 12 R, 19 H, 1 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB) ... On the mound, Oral Roberts is led by sophomore pitcher Josh McMinn (2.88 ERA, 2-1, 25.0 IP, 25 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 19 K) and sophomore pitcher/infielder Trevor McCutchin (1.29 ERA, 0-0, 14.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 17 K) ... As a team, the Golden Eagles are hitting .273 and have a 4.49 team ERA ... ORU was picked first in The Summit League preseason poll ... Oral Roberts is under the direction of fifth season head coach Ryan Folmar.
PETERSEN POWER: Ben Petersen leads North Dakota State and The Summit League with six home runs this season. The senior from Lino Lakes, Minn., also paces the Bison and ranks second in the league in RBIs with 17. His .623 slugging percentage is tops on the team and third best in the league.
PIERZCHALSKI SIZZLING AT THE PLATE: Mason Pierzchalski is riding a team-high 16-game hitting streak entering Friday's Summit League opener at Oral Roberts. The Sammamish, Wash., native leads the Bison and is tied for The Summit League lead in hits with 23. He also leads NDSU and ranks fourth in the league with a .365 batting average.
LIND LOCKING DOWN OPPONENTS: Right-hander Luke Lind leads North Dakota State and ranks second in The Summit League with a 3.42 ERA in four starts and 23 2/3 innings pitched. He also leads the team and ranks second in the league in strikeouts with 21 Ks. In his last start against St. Bonaventure March 10, Lind tossed his first collegiate complete game shutout, allowing no earned runs on only three hits with no walks and four strikeouts in seven innings.
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.
SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mason Pierzchalski (Feb. 19), Ben Petersen (March 6) and Luke Lind (March 13) have received Summit League Player of the Week honors this season.
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 222-259 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 17 | 6:30 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
Game 2: North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
Saturday, March 18 | 2 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
Game 3: North Dakota State at Oral Roberts
Sunday, March 19 | 1 p.m.
Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Live Stats
NDSU Game Notes (PDF) | Live Video (all games)
NDSU baseball on Twitter: @NDSUbaseball
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team is scheduled to open Summit League play with a three-game series at Oral Roberts March 17-19 at J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. The series opener is slated for 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, with game two planned for Saturday, March 18, at 2 p.m. The series finale is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 19.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live stats and free live video will be available for all games. 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 three-game series at Oral Roberts will mark meetings 35-37 in the all-time series that dates back to 2008. The Golden Eagles lead the series, 24-10. Last season, the Bison went 2-4 against ORU, losing three games in Tulsa before winning two of three contests in Fargo. NDSU has never won a series in Tulsa.
BISON NOTES: The North Dakota State Bison enter the weekend at 7-10 overall after going 1-4 in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational March 10-15 ... NDSU has dropped its last four games ... Through 17 contests, North Dakota State is led by junior infielder Mason Pierzchalski (.365 avg., 14 R, 23 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, .556 SLG%, 6 BB), redshirt junior outfielder Logan Busch (.283 avg., 10 R, 15 H, 5 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .566 SLG%, 13 BB), senior outfielder Ben Petersen (.279 avg., 16 R, 17 H, 3 2B, 6 HR, 17 RBI, .623 SLG%, 10 BB, 3 SB) and junior infielder Drew Fearing (.271 avg., 12 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 6 RBI, 11 BB, 6 HP, 4 SB) ... On the mound, the Bison are led by senior right-handers Luke Lind (3.42 ERA, 2-1, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 23.2 IP, 19 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 21 K) and Reed Pfannenstein (5.89 ERA, 1-2, 18.1 IP, 31 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 2 BB, 16 K) ... As a team, NDSU is hitting .249 and has a 4.72 team ERA.
SCOUTING ORAL ROBERTS: The Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles enter the weekend at 9-7 overall after falling to Kansas at home Wednesday, 7-2 ... Through 16 games, ORU is led by junior infielder Dylan Snypes (.359 av.g, 13 R, 23 H, 8 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB), junior outfielder Noah Cummings (.344 avg., 14 R, 22 H, 3 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 8 BB), junior infielder Nick Roark (.327 avg., 13 R, 18 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 11 BB, 4 SB) and junior catcher Matt Whatley (.317 avg., 12 R, 19 H, 1 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB) ... On the mound, Oral Roberts is led by sophomore pitcher Josh McMinn (2.88 ERA, 2-1, 25.0 IP, 25 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 19 K) and sophomore pitcher/infielder Trevor McCutchin (1.29 ERA, 0-0, 14.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 17 K) ... As a team, the Golden Eagles are hitting .273 and have a 4.49 team ERA ... ORU was picked first in The Summit League preseason poll ... Oral Roberts is under the direction of fifth season head coach Ryan Folmar.
PETERSEN POWER: Ben Petersen leads North Dakota State and The Summit League with six home runs this season. The senior from Lino Lakes, Minn., also paces the Bison and ranks second in the league in RBIs with 17. His .623 slugging percentage is tops on the team and third best in the league.
PIERZCHALSKI SIZZLING AT THE PLATE: Mason Pierzchalski is riding a team-high 16-game hitting streak entering Friday's Summit League opener at Oral Roberts. The Sammamish, Wash., native leads the Bison and is tied for The Summit League lead in hits with 23. He also leads NDSU and ranks fourth in the league with a .365 batting average.
LIND LOCKING DOWN OPPONENTS: Right-hander Luke Lind leads North Dakota State and ranks second in The Summit League with a 3.42 ERA in four starts and 23 2/3 innings pitched. He also leads the team and ranks second in the league in strikeouts with 21 Ks. In his last start against St. Bonaventure March 10, Lind tossed his first collegiate complete game shutout, allowing no earned runs on only three hits with no walks and four strikeouts in seven innings.
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.
SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mason Pierzchalski (Feb. 19), Ben Petersen (March 6) and Luke Lind (March 13) have received Summit League Player of the Week honors this season.
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 222-259 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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