NORTH DAKOTA STATE BASEBALL Contact: Ryan Workman | (701) 809-6597 | [email protected] | @Ndsubaseball
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Summit League Championship (Tal Anderson Field) May 26, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA STATE BASEBALL Contact: Ryan Workman | (701) 809-6597 | [email protected] | @NDSUbaseball #2 Seed North Dakota State Bison #3 Seed Omaha Mavericks 38-16 Overall (20-11 Summit League) 22-23 Overall (14-12 Summit League) Head Coach: Tod Brown at Head Coach: Evan Porter Overall Record: 337-347 (14th year) Overall Record: 90-126-1 (5th year) Record at NDSU: 337-347 (14th year) Record at Omaha: 90-126-1 (5th year) Bison Schedule/Results All NDSU Summit League #1 Seed Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (38-16 Overall, 20-11 Summit League) Tournament Games on: 28-21 Overall (19-7 Summit League) 2/19 at Western Kentucky ..................................... Postponed Head Coach: Ryan Folmar 2/20 at Western Kentucky ..................................... Postponed Overall Record: 278-188 (9th year) 2/21 at Western Kentucky ..................................... L, 4-10 Record at Oral Roberts: 278-188 (9th year) 2/22 at Western Kentucky ..................................... W, 8-5 2/22 at Western Kentucky ..................................... W, 10-2 2/26 at Saint Louis ................................................ W, 7-4 #4 Seed South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2/27 at Saint Louis ................................................ W, 5-4 14-30 Overall (9-19 Summit League) 2/27 at Saint Louis ................................................ W, 6-5 2/28 at Saint Louis ................................................ Canceled Head Coach: Rob Bishop 3/5 at Northern Colorado .................................... L, 4-8 Overall Record: 225-273-1 (11th year) 3/6 at Northern Colorado .................................... W, 11-1 Record at SDSU: 91-120 (5th year) 3/6 at Northern Colorado .................................... L, 4-14 (8) 3/7 at Northern Colorado .................................... W, 11-1 (7) Scene Setter 3/12 at Dayton ...................................................... W, 5-1 The North Dakota State baseball team travels to Omaha this week for the 2021 Summit League Baseball Championship 3/13 at Dayton ...................................................... W, 9-1 presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare. NDSU enters the four team double elimination tournament as the number two 3/14 at Dayton ...................................................... W, 4-3 seed and will face the host, third-seeded Omaha, in the opening round on Thursday. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at 3/16 at Dayton ...................................................... W, 9-3 Tal Anderson Field. Top-seeded Oral Roberts faces fourth-seeded South Dakota State in the other game at 1 p.m. The two 3/19 *at Western Illinois ....................................... W, 11-2 winners will face each other at 3 p.m. Friday, while the two losers will play at 11 a.m. 3/20 *at Western Illinois ....................................... W, 7-3 3/20 *at Western Illinois ....................................... W, 8-4 (8) 3/21 *at Western Illinois ....................................... L, 7-9 Media Coverage 3/26 *at Oral Roberts ............................................ W, 6-3 (12) Bison 1660 will have live coverage of all NDSU games during the tournament. The entire tournament will be broadcast on 3/26 *at Oral Roberts ............................................ L, 4-5 MidcoSN. Links for live video and live stats for all games can be found at GoBison.com. 3/27 *at Oral Roberts ............................................ L, 3-5 3/28 *at Oral Roberts ............................................ W, 9-7 Series History 4/2 *at Omaha .................................................... L, 4-15 (7) The Bison are 48-43 all-time against Omaha, while NDSU is 76-123 against South Dakota State and 17-44 against Oral 4/2 *at Omaha .................................................... W, 8-2 Roberts. NDSU is 11-12 all-time in the Summit League Championship. Thursday will be the first meeting between the Bison 4/3 *at Omaha .................................................... L, 0-7 and the Mavericks in the tournament. The Bison are 2-6 against the Jackrabbits and 1-5 against the Golden Eagles. 4/4 *at Omaha .................................................... W, 10-4 4/9 *Western Illinois..................................W, 2-0 Hostetler Named Summit League Player of the Year 4/10 *Western Illinois..................................W, 10-7 Bennett Hostetler is the second Bison to earn the Summit League Player of the Year award, as Tim Colwell picked up the 4/10 *Western Illinois..................................W, 6-3 honor in 2014. In league games, Hostetler led the Summit League in on base percentage (.500), RBI (31), total bases (67), hit 4/11 *Western Illinois..................................W, 6-5 (14) by pitch (10) and sacrifice flies (3). He also ranked second in the league in batting average (.387), hits (41), and home runs 4/16 *Oral Roberts ......................................L, 6-8 (7). Hostetler ranked third in the league in slugging percentage (.632), fifth in walks (17) and third in total plate appearances 4/17 *Oral Roberts ......................................W, 14-11 (137). He had 14 multiple-hit games in 31 league games, including a stretch of seven straight from April 24-May 14. 4/17 *Oral Roberts ......................................L, 2-18 4/18 *Oral Roberts ......................................Canceled Eight Bison Earn All-Summit League Honors 4/23 *at South Dakota State ................................. W, 5-0 Shortstop Bennett Hostetler, outfielder Jake Malec, starting pitcher Cade Feeney and relief pitcher Parker Harm were all 4/23 *at South Dakota State ................................. L, 2-3 (9) named to the All-Summit League First Team. Third baseman Tucker Rohde, outfielder Jack Simonsen and starting pitchers 4/24 *at South Dakota State ................................. L, 2-12 (8) Max Loven and Evan Sankey were named to the second team. 4/24 *at South Dakota State ................................. W, 13-12 (10) 4/27 Valley City State ..................................W, 5-3 (11) 4/30 at Kansas ...................................................... W, 5-3 (10) Record-Setting Bullpen 5/1 at Kansas ...................................................... L, 2-10 The Bison bullpen has a school-record 23 saves this season, breaking the previous school record of 17 saves during the 2016 5/2 at Kansas ...................................................... W, 5-3 season. Eight different Bison have recorded a save this season, led by senior Parker Harm with nine and freshman Wyatt 5/4 Mayville State .....................................W, 6-2 Nelson’s seven saves. NDSU is the only school in the country to have multiple players with seven saves or more each. NDSU 5/7 *Omaha ..............................................W, 8-7 leads the nation in saves and is one of three schools in the country with eight or more players to record a save. 5/7 *Omaha ..............................................W, 2-0 5/8 *Omaha ..............................................W, 8-7 He’s Simply The Best 5/9 *Omaha ..............................................L, 4-5 At the NDSU Green & Gold Gala, senior shortstop Bennett Hostetler was named the Male Athlete of the Year. Hostetler took 5/10 Concordia (Minn.) ................................W, 8-7 home the prize in a loaded category that featured football’s James Kaczor, basketball’s Rocky Kreuser, track and field’s Alex 5/14 *South Dakota State ............................W, 7-4 Talley and wrestling’s Luke Weber. 5/14 *South Dakota State ............................L, 0-5 5/15 *South Dakota State ............................W, 5-3 We’ve Been Everywhere, Man 5/16 *South Dakota State ............................W, 10-4 North Dakota State leads all NCAA schools in road victories with 24 on the year. Of the 903 teams playing across all levels, 5/20 at Eastern Kentucky ...................................... L, 3-15 (7) Cal Baptist (D1-20) and Minnesota State (D2-22) are the only other teams with 20 or more road wins. The Bison have won a 5/21 at Eastern Kentucky ...................................... W, 8-1 game in nine different states on the road (Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, 5/22 at Eastern Kentucky ...................................... W, 6-1 Kansas), traveling over 12,000 miles on a bus this season. With a win on Thursday against Omaha, NDSU would become the 5/27 ^at Omaha ................................................... 6 p.m. fifth NCAA Division I school in the last 10 years to win 25 or more road wins in a season. 5/28 ^at Summit League Championships ............ 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. 5/29 ^at Summit League Championships ............ TBA Flaa Makes MLB Debut * - Summit League game ^ - Summit League Championship (Tal Anderson Field - Omaha, Neb.) Former Bison Jay Flaa made his Major League Baseball debut April 27 with the Baltimore Orioles against the New York All home games in bold played at Newman Outdoor Field Yankees. Flaa tossed 1.1 innings of scoreless relief in the eighth and ninth, while striking out two-time MLB All-Star Aaron All times CENTRAL, unless noted Judge for his first MLB strikeout. Flaa was placed on waivers the next day, but was picked up by the Atlanta Braves. Safe at First In 218 career games, senior Bennett Hostetler has reached base safely in 179 games. His percentage of reaching base safely in 82.1 percent of his games is the highest total of any player in the country that has