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BEMIDJI STATE BASEBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Asst. Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • E: [email protected] • O: (218) 755-2763 • C: (701) 771-1108 GAMES 4-8 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (1-2, 0-0 NSIC) BEMIDJI STATE (1-2, 0-0 NSIC) Head Coach: Tim Bellew (Kansas Wesleyan, ‘87) Date Team Time/Result Record at BSU: 184-345-1, 116-210 NSIC (12th Season) • Career Record: 411-603-1 (22nd Season) March 3 at William Jewell W, 10-3 March 4 at William Jewell L, 13-3 vs March 5 at William Jewell L, 10-1 March 8 vs. Upper Iowa ! 9:30 / 11:30 p.m. March 10 at Arlington Baptist 4 p.m. NR UPPER IOWA PEACOCKS (1-3, 0-0 NSIC) March 11 at Arlington Baptist 1 / 3 p.m. Head Coach: Brandon Hunt (Augustana, ‘07) March 14 at Rogers State 2 p.m. Record at UIU: 1-3, 0-0 NSIC (First Season) • Career Record: 1-3 (First Season) March 15 at Emporia State 3 p.m. March 18 at Augustana * 1 / 3 p.m. March 19 at Augustana * 12 / 2 p.m. March 23 vs. Minnesota Duluth ! 12:30 / 2:30 p.m. March 25 at Winona State * 12 / 2 p.m. NR (5-14, 1-1 NCCAA DI) March 26 at Winona State * 12 / 2 p.m. ARLINGTON BAPTIST PATRIOTS March 29 Concordia-St. Paul * 2 / 4 p.m. Head Coach: Barrett Weaver April 1 Sioux Falls * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. Record at ABC: - • Career Record: - April 2 Sioux Falls * 12 / 2 p.m. April 5 Northern State * 2 / 4 p.m. April 11 Minnesota Crookston * 2 / 4 p.m. April 14 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. April 15 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. • Mastantuono finished the weekend .429 from the April 19 Minot State * 2 / 4 p.m. BEAVER BASEBALL OPENS SPRING April 22 (23) Minnesota State * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. TRIP IN MINNEAPOLIS AND plate to lead all BSU starters. April 23 (23) Minnesota State * 12 / 2 p.m. GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS • Bemidji State is averaging .328 from the plate with a April 26 at U-Mary * 1 / 3 p.m. .325 on-base percentage and four steals. April 29 Southwest Minn. State * 1:30 /3:30 p.m. • This Week: The Bemidji State University baseball • After outscoring the season-opening 10-3 win, the April 30 Southwest Minn. State * 12 / 2 p.m. team heads south for its annual spring trip, beginning Beavers were outscored by the Cardinals, 23-4, over May 4 at (15) St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. with two series against Upper Iowa University and the next two games. May 6 (15) St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. Arlington Baptist College March 8 and March 10-11. • The pitching staff totaled a 8.64 ERA, .375 oppos- The Beavers open their spring trip Wednesday with ing batting average with 13 strikeouts while BSU is Home games in Bold ! - at US Bank Stadium a doubleheader against the Peacocks at 9:30 p.m. at fielding .980. * - NSIC game US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis while BSU will then • Senior LHP Mark Lesinski threw 6.0 innings in the Rankings based on NCBWA National Top 25 Poll head down to face the Patriots for a three-game series season-opening win, allowing five hits for a .227 op- Friday and Saturday at Grand Prairie Airhog Stadium posing batting average and two strikeouts. in Grand Prairie, Texas. SETTING THE SCENE About Upper Iowa Opponent(s): Upper Iowa • Who: Upper Iowa (1-3) vs. Bemidji State (1-2) • The Peacocks are led by first year head coach Bran- Arlington Baptist • When: Wednesday (9:30/11:30 p.m.) don Hunt. Game Time(s): March 8 - 9:30/11:30 p.m. • Where: Minneapolis, Minn. (US Bank Stadium) • Upper Iowa went 1-3 in its season-opening series March 10 - 4 p.m. March 11 - 1/3 p.m. • Watch: N/A at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas Feb. 25-26. Location(s): Minneapolis, Minn. • Listen: www.beaverradionetwork.com • Newman took the first two games of the series, 13- Grand Prairie, Texas • Social Media: @BSUBeaversBase 10 and 15-12, before UIU took the third game, 6-5. Field(s): US Bank Stadium Newman finished the series with a 13-2 win. Grand Prairie Airhog Stadium Series History • Upper Iowa plays a doubleheader Tuesday, March 7 • Overall Record: UIU leads 23-13 (2006-14) at Quincy University starting at 1 p.m. • Neutral Record vs UIU: UIU leads 1-0 (2007) • The Peacocks are hitting .353 from the plate and MULTIMEDIA have an 11.67 ERA with a .941 fielding percentage. Live Stats: Upper Iowa - Game 1 • Who: Bemidji State (1-2) vs. Arlington Baptist (5-14) http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=169764 Upper Iowa - Game 2 • When: Friday (4 p.m.), Saturday (1/3 p.m.) About Arlington Baptist http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=169765 • Where: Grand Prairie, Texas. (QuikTrip Park) • Arlington Baptist began its season Jan. 27-28 with Arlington Baptist • Watch: N/A a three-game series against University of Houston- Live Video: N/A • Listen: N/A Victoria, taking the first game, 6-5 before losses of 4-0 • Social Media: @BSUBeaversBase and 9-8. TEAM INFORMATION • The Patriots played two doubleheaders over its last 2016 Record: 14-36 (.280) Series History weekend, going 3-1. ABC won each game by at least NSIC Record: 11-23 (.324) (12th place) • Overall Record: Never met five runs against Central Christian College and Sch- Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 19 / 10 • Record at ABC: Never met reiner University. Newcomers: 19 • Arlington Baptist hosts Prairie View A&M University Bemidji State Overview for a doubleheader March 7 before hosting Bemidji • Bemidji State began its 2017 season 1-2 in a three- State. COACHING STAFF game series at William Jewell College, taking its sea- Head Coach: Tim Bellew (12th Season) son opener, 10-3. Quick Hits Alma Mater: Kansas Wesleyan ‘87 • Senior infielder Duane Miller led the Beavers with six • Bemidji State and Upper Iowa have not met since Office Phone: (218) 755-4108 RBIs over the weekend, including a two-run home run 2014 and have played in one neutral site game in se- e-mail: [email protected] Friday and a three-run home run Saturday. ries history, won 22-9 by UIU. Record at BSU: 183-343-1 • Miller is the first Beaver to hit home runs in the first • Bemidji State and Arlington Baptist have never met. Career Record: 410-601-1 (23rd Season) Record versus the NSIC: 116-210 two games of the season since Zach Braun did so in • BSU won its season opener for the first time since 2014. March 8, 2014 versus Malone University, a 17-4 vic- Assistants: • Senior infielder Matt Mastantuono recorded five tory in Tucson, Ariz. Jason Hampton Sacramento State (1st Season) RBIs in the season opener, including his first career Kyle Bagnell Oklahoma State (1st Season) home run. Kassidy Gaines Northern State (1st Season) 2 016 BEAVER BASEBALL 1 GAMES 4-8 vs UPPER IOWA / at ARLINGTON BAPTIST GAME NOTES Last Time... / Head Coach Tim Bellew LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... SINGLE-GAME INDIVIDUAL HITTING Head Coach Tim Bellew At-Bats: 7 Trevor Purvis and Jaryd Marks vs. U-Mary (April 7, 2013) Head coach Tim Bellew, the 2013 Northern Sun Inter- 6 Four times (May 4, 2016) collegiate Conference (NSIC) Coach of the Year, is the Hits: 5 Scott Litchy and Tyler Nelson (April 20, 2016) second winningest coach in Bemidji State baseball his- 4 Gunner Olszewski vs. Sioux Falls (April 16, 2016) tory and has amassed a 183-343-1 overall record and Doubles: 3 Tyler Nelson at Sioux Falls (March 29, 2015) 116-210 mark in the NSIC as the skipper of the Bea- 2 Scott Litchy at Minot State (April 20, 2016) vers. Now in his 12th season as head coach, Bellew Triples: 2 Nick Jelacie vs. Minnesota Crookston (Feb. 5, 2010) took over the BSU baseball program in the fall of 2005. Home Runs: 3 Zach Braun vs. Winona State (April 28, 2012) 2 Scott Litchy vs. Sioux Falls (April 16, 2016) Inside the Park Home Run: - The Beavers Under Bellew Back-to-Back Home Runs: Tyler Nelson and Scott Litchy vs. Sioux Falls (April 16, 2016) W/L Home Away Neutral Back-to-Back-to-Back Home Runs: Arkansas Tech 0-2 - 0-1 0-1 - Arizona Christian Univ. 2-0 - 1-0 1-0 Grand Slam: Augustana 5-14 1-5 2-7 2-2 - Runs Scored: Avila 1-0 - 1-0 - 5 Collin Eckman vs. Minnesota State (April 11, 2015) Benedictine Springfield 1-0 - - 1-0 4 Tyler Nelson and Gunner Olszewski at Minot State (April 20, 2016) Central Missouri State 1-1 - 1-1 - RBIs: Colorado Christian 1-1 - - 1-1 8 Scott Litchy at Sioux Falls (March 28, 2015) Concordia-St. Paul 13-27 6-10 4-10 3-7 7 Scott Litchy at Minot State (April 20, 2016) 6 Logan Riedel at William Jewell (March 6, 2016) Drury University 0-1 0-1 - - 5 Matt Mastantuono at William Jewell (March 3, 2017) Emporia State 0-9 - 0-8 0-1 Walks: Fort Hays State 0-3 - 0-3 - 4 Joey Hanowski at Northern State (April 6, 2016) Harding University 1-0 - 1-0 - 3 Joey Hanowski at U-Mary (May 1, 2016) Indiana Wesleyan 1-0 - - 1-0 Stolen Bases: 2 Gunner Olszewski at Concordia-St.