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North Dakota State Travels to Northern Colorado for Four-Game Series March 2-4
3/1/2018 3:41:00 PM | Baseball
Game 1: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Friday, March 2 | 1 p.m. MT | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 2: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Saturday, March 3 | Noon MT | Greeley, Colo (Jackson Field)
Game 3: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Saturday, March 3 | 3 p.m. MT (approx.) | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 4: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Sunday, March 4 | Noon MT | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Live Stats (All Games) | NDSU Game Notes (PDF) | NDSU Baseball on Twitter
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team (4-4) is scheduled to play the University of Northern Colorado (4-3) in a four-game series March 2-4 at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colo. The series opener is slated for a 1 p.m. MT first pitch Friday, March 2, with a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday, March 3, at noon MT. The series finale is slated for a noon MT first pitch Sunday, March 4.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics will be available for all four games of the series. Please visit www.GoBison.com for a link to the Northern Colorado live stats feed.
SERIES RECORD: The four-game series at Northern Colorado will mark meetings 29-32 in the all-time series that dates back to 1962. The series is currently tied, 14-14. Last season, the Bears took three of four games from the Bison in Greeley, with NDSU's lone win occurring in game two of the series.
BISON NOTES: NDSU enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-4 after falling at Minnesota, 3-1, Tuesday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis ... Through eight games, three Bison are hitting above .300. Senior infielder Drew Fearing leads the team with a .375 batting average and has 12 hits, four runs, one double, one home run, three RBI and a .500 slugging percentage, while senior outfielder Logan Busch is hitting .323 with 10 hits, two runs, five doubles, four RBI and a .484 slugging percentage, and redshirt junior outfielder Jayse McLean is hitting .310 with nine hits, six runs, one homer, three RBI and five walks ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by sophomore right-hander Riley Johnson, who is 2-0 in two starts with a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings pitched. He is holding opponents to a .068 batting average and has allowed just two earned runs on three hits while compiling a team-best 11 strikeouts ... Senior left-hander Chris Choles leads the Bison bullpen with a 1.00 ERA in three appearances and nine innings pitched. Choles has allowed just three hits and one earned run while compiling two strikeouts and one save. He is limiting opponents to a .111 batting average ... As a team, NDSU ranks second in The Summit League with a .218 team batting average and is second in the league in team pitching with a 2.74 team ERA.
ABOUT NORTHERN COLORADO: The University of Northern Colorado Bears enter the weekend at 4-3 overall after winning two of three games against Montana State Billings Feb. 25-26 in Greeley ... Through seven games, the Bears are led at the plate by senior infielder Dean Lawson (.476 avg., 10 R, 10 H, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 2 SB), redshirt junior outfielder Jack Pauley (.333 avg., 5 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB) and redshirt senior utility player Cole Maltese (.267 avg., 5 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB) ... On the mound, Northern Colorado is paced by senior left-handed starting pitcher Keenan Lum (1.64 ERA, 2-0, 11.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 14 SO) and redshirt junior left-handed reliever Karver Pate (1.93 ERA, 0-0, 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) ... As a team, the Bears are hitting .291 and have a 5.34 team ERA ... Northern Colorado was picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the WAC preseason coaches' poll ... UNC is under the direction of eighth season head coach Carl Iwasaki.
JOHNSON THROWS SIXTH NO-HITTER IN PROGRAM HISTORY: Riley Johnson tossed the sixth no-hitter in NDSU program history, and the first no-hitter of the 2018 college baseball season in NDSU's 2-0 win over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23. Johnson was the first Bison to throw a no-no since Jay Mitchell accomplished the feat against Augustana (S.D.) in 2004. During his nine, no-hit innings, Johnson collected a career-high eight strikeouts while tallying only one walk. For his efforts, he was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week and voted The Summit League's Pitcher of the Week.
TURNING TWO: The Bison lead the country in double plays turned through eight games this season with 14. North Dakota State set a new single-season record with 53 double plays in 2017.
BUSCH HONORED BY SUMMIT LEAGUE: Logan Busch was named The Summit League's Player of the Week after leading NDSU offensively in the series win over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23-25. The Inver Grove Heights, Minn., native hit .444 with four hits, two doubles, two walks, one run, one RBI and a .583 on-base and .667 slugging percentage in the three games. Entering Tuesday, Busch leads the Bison and The Summit League in doubles with five.
MCLEAN OFF TO FAST START: After sitting out all of last season due to injury, outfielder Jayse McLean is off to a fast start at the plate, hitting .310 with nine hits, six runs, a homer, three RBI and five walks in eight games.
FEARING FINDING HIS SWING: Infielder Drew Fearing leads the Bison and The Summit League with 12 hits in eight games. He also paces the team and is tied for third in the league with a .375 batting average.
BROWN ACHIEVES COACHING MILESTONE: Eleventh-season head coach Tod Brown won his 250th career game in the Bison's 2-0 shutout victory over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23. Brown currently has the second-most wins in NDSU baseball history.
ROHDE HEATING UP AT THE PLATE: Tucker Rohde is hitting a team-best .400 with four hits, one RBI and five walks in his last four games.
NOTABLE HITTING STREAKS: Drew Fearing has tallied at least one hit in all eight of NDSU's games this season. Logan Busch has posted at least one hit in the Bison's last six contests.
NOTABLE REACHED BASE STREAKS: Jayse McLean and Drew Fearing have reached base safely in all eight of the Bison's contests this season. Logan Busch has reached safely in his last six games, while Tucker Rohde has gotten on base in his last five contests.
EIGHT CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark eight straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for six Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in four of the last six seasons. This is NDSU's 11th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: North Dakota State was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll released Thursday, Feb. 8, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was named the preseason favorite with 25 points and five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was tabbed second with 20 points and the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, while Western Illinois (14 points), Omaha (nine points) and Fort Wayne (five points) rounded out the poll.
PRESEASON HONORS: North Dakota State senior outfielder Logan Busch was named to The Summit League's Players to Watch List for the 2018 season. Busch, a native of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was a first team all-league honoree in 2017.
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his 11th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 251-277 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 2 | 1 p.m. MT | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 2: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Saturday, March 3 | Noon MT | Greeley, Colo (Jackson Field)
Game 3: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Saturday, March 3 | 3 p.m. MT (approx.) | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Game 4: North Dakota State at Northern Colorado
Sunday, March 4 | Noon MT | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Field)
Live Stats (All Games) | NDSU Game Notes (PDF) | NDSU Baseball on Twitter
SCENE SETTER: The North Dakota State University baseball team (4-4) is scheduled to play the University of Northern Colorado (4-3) in a four-game series March 2-4 at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colo. The series opener is slated for a 1 p.m. MT first pitch Friday, March 2, with a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday, March 3, at noon MT. The series finale is slated for a noon MT first pitch Sunday, March 4.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live statistics will be available for all four games of the series. Please visit www.GoBison.com for a link to the Northern Colorado live stats feed.
SERIES RECORD: The four-game series at Northern Colorado will mark meetings 29-32 in the all-time series that dates back to 1962. The series is currently tied, 14-14. Last season, the Bears took three of four games from the Bison in Greeley, with NDSU's lone win occurring in game two of the series.
BISON NOTES: NDSU enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-4 after falling at Minnesota, 3-1, Tuesday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis ... Through eight games, three Bison are hitting above .300. Senior infielder Drew Fearing leads the team with a .375 batting average and has 12 hits, four runs, one double, one home run, three RBI and a .500 slugging percentage, while senior outfielder Logan Busch is hitting .323 with 10 hits, two runs, five doubles, four RBI and a .484 slugging percentage, and redshirt junior outfielder Jayse McLean is hitting .310 with nine hits, six runs, one homer, three RBI and five walks ... On the mound, North Dakota State is led by sophomore right-hander Riley Johnson, who is 2-0 in two starts with a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings pitched. He is holding opponents to a .068 batting average and has allowed just two earned runs on three hits while compiling a team-best 11 strikeouts ... Senior left-hander Chris Choles leads the Bison bullpen with a 1.00 ERA in three appearances and nine innings pitched. Choles has allowed just three hits and one earned run while compiling two strikeouts and one save. He is limiting opponents to a .111 batting average ... As a team, NDSU ranks second in The Summit League with a .218 team batting average and is second in the league in team pitching with a 2.74 team ERA.
ABOUT NORTHERN COLORADO: The University of Northern Colorado Bears enter the weekend at 4-3 overall after winning two of three games against Montana State Billings Feb. 25-26 in Greeley ... Through seven games, the Bears are led at the plate by senior infielder Dean Lawson (.476 avg., 10 R, 10 H, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 2 SB), redshirt junior outfielder Jack Pauley (.333 avg., 5 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB) and redshirt senior utility player Cole Maltese (.267 avg., 5 R, 8 H, 1 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 1 SB) ... On the mound, Northern Colorado is paced by senior left-handed starting pitcher Keenan Lum (1.64 ERA, 2-0, 11.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 14 SO) and redshirt junior left-handed reliever Karver Pate (1.93 ERA, 0-0, 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) ... As a team, the Bears are hitting .291 and have a 5.34 team ERA ... Northern Colorado was picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the WAC preseason coaches' poll ... UNC is under the direction of eighth season head coach Carl Iwasaki.
JOHNSON THROWS SIXTH NO-HITTER IN PROGRAM HISTORY: Riley Johnson tossed the sixth no-hitter in NDSU program history, and the first no-hitter of the 2018 college baseball season in NDSU's 2-0 win over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23. Johnson was the first Bison to throw a no-no since Jay Mitchell accomplished the feat against Augustana (S.D.) in 2004. During his nine, no-hit innings, Johnson collected a career-high eight strikeouts while tallying only one walk. For his efforts, he was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week and voted The Summit League's Pitcher of the Week.
TURNING TWO: The Bison lead the country in double plays turned through eight games this season with 14. North Dakota State set a new single-season record with 53 double plays in 2017.
BUSCH HONORED BY SUMMIT LEAGUE: Logan Busch was named The Summit League's Player of the Week after leading NDSU offensively in the series win over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23-25. The Inver Grove Heights, Minn., native hit .444 with four hits, two doubles, two walks, one run, one RBI and a .583 on-base and .667 slugging percentage in the three games. Entering Tuesday, Busch leads the Bison and The Summit League in doubles with five.
MCLEAN OFF TO FAST START: After sitting out all of last season due to injury, outfielder Jayse McLean is off to a fast start at the plate, hitting .310 with nine hits, six runs, a homer, three RBI and five walks in eight games.
FEARING FINDING HIS SWING: Infielder Drew Fearing leads the Bison and The Summit League with 12 hits in eight games. He also paces the team and is tied for third in the league with a .375 batting average.
BROWN ACHIEVES COACHING MILESTONE: Eleventh-season head coach Tod Brown won his 250th career game in the Bison's 2-0 shutout victory over Central Connecticut State Feb. 23. Brown currently has the second-most wins in NDSU baseball history.
ROHDE HEATING UP AT THE PLATE: Tucker Rohde is hitting a team-best .400 with four hits, one RBI and five walks in his last four games.
NOTABLE HITTING STREAKS: Drew Fearing has tallied at least one hit in all eight of NDSU's games this season. Logan Busch has posted at least one hit in the Bison's last six contests.
NOTABLE REACHED BASE STREAKS: Jayse McLean and Drew Fearing have reached base safely in all eight of the Bison's contests this season. Logan Busch has reached safely in his last six games, while Tucker Rohde has gotten on base in his last five contests.
EIGHT CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS: North Dakota State has reached the 20-win mark eight straight seasons. The Bison have qualified for six Summit League tournaments, winning the tournament championship in 2014 and reaching the championship game in four of the last six seasons. This is NDSU's 11th season in The Summit League after three seasons as a Division I independent.
PRESEASON PICKS: North Dakota State was picked to finish third in The Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll released Thursday, Feb. 8, by the league office. The Bison tallied 17 points in the poll. Defending Summit League regular season and tournament champion Oral Roberts was named the preseason favorite with 25 points and five first-place votes, while South Dakota State was tabbed second with 20 points and the final first-place vote. NDSU was third, while Western Illinois (14 points), Omaha (nine points) and Fort Wayne (five points) rounded out the poll.
PRESEASON HONORS: North Dakota State senior outfielder Logan Busch was named to The Summit League's Players to Watch List for the 2018 season. Busch, a native of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was a first team all-league honoree in 2017.
THE COACH: Tod Brown (Arizona, 1994) is in his 11th season as the head coach for the Bison and has a 251-277 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
- Won school-record 19 Summit League games in 2017
- Combined record of 60-50 (.545) over the last two seasons (2016 and 2017)
- 91-47 (.659) record at home since 2010
- .529 winning percentage over the last six seasons
- Four Summit League championship game appearances in the past six seasons
- Six Summit League tournament appearances in the last seven years
- 25 All-Summit League honorees, including eight first team selections
- 21 players who have signed professional contracts
- Coached three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients: Wes Satzinger (2014), John Straka (2013) and Kole Zimmerman (2008)
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