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 9-14 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (2-6, 0-0 NSIC) BEMIDJI STATE (1-2, 0-0 NSIC) Head Coach: Tim Bellew (Kansas Wesleyan, ‘87) Date Team Time/Result Record at BSU: 185-349-1, 116-210 NSIC (12th Season) • Career Record: 412-607-1 (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 ! L, 6-2 / L, 4-3 NR ROGERS STATE HILLCATS (13-8, 0-3 HC) March 10 at Arlington Baptist W, 20-7 / L, 5-3 Head Coach: Chris Klimas (Oklahoma Baptist, ‘01; East Central, ‘12) March 11 at Arlington Baptist L, 2-1 F/6.1 March 14 at Rogers State 2 p.m. Record at RSU: 47-49, 22-32 HC (Third Season) • Career Record: 47-49 (Third Season) March 15 at Pittsburg 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. NR PITTSBURG STATE GORILLAS (8-14, 2-7 MIAA) March 25 at Winona State * 12 / 2 p.m. March 26 at Winona State * 12 / 2 p.m. Head Coach: Tom Myers (Pittsburg State, ‘99) March 29 Concordia-St. Paul * 2 / 4 p.m. Record at PSU: 8-14, 2-7 MIAA (First Season) • Career Record: 319-105 (Eighth Season) April 1 Sioux Falls * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. April 2 Sioux Falls * 12 / 2 p.m. April 5 Northern State * 2 / 4 p.m. April 11 Minnesota Crookston * 2 / 4 p.m. NR AUGUSTANA VIKINGS (4-7, 0-0 NSIC) April 14 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. April 15 at Wayne State * 12 / 2 p.m. Head Coach: Tim Huber (Minnesota State, ‘01; Southwest Minn. State, 04) April 19 Minot State * 2 / 4 p.m. Record at AU: 280-165, 177-81 NSIC (Ninth Season) • Career Record: 378-236 (13th Season) April 22 (23) Minnesota State * 1:30 / 3:30 p.m. April 23 (23) Minnesota State * 12 / 2 p.m. April 26 at U-Mary * 1 / 3 p.m. April 29 Southwest Minn. State * 1:30 /3:30 p.m. BEMIDJI STATE TRAVELS TO ROG- 20-7, before falling in the final two games, 5-3 and 2-1. April 30 Southwest Minn. State * 12 / 2 p.m. ERS STATE, PITTSBURG STATE AND • The final game of the Bemidji State and Arlington May 4 at (15) St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. AUGIE TO FINISH SPRING TRIP Baptist series was called after 6.1 innings due to rain May 6 (15) St. Cloud State * 4 / 6 p.m. and unplayable field conditions. Home games in Bold • This Week: The Bemidji State University baseball ! - at US Bank Stadium team continues its 2017 spring trip with visits to Rog- About Rogers State * - NSIC game ers State University, Pittsburg State University and • The Hillcats are led by third-year head coach Chris Rankings based on NCBWA National Top 25 Poll Augustana University. The Beavers will play two nine- Klimas. inning games against the Hillcats and Gorillas before • Rogers State went 1-3 in its last week of games, opening conference play against the Vikings. including the beginning of its Heartland Conference SETTING THE SCENE schedule. Opponent(s): Rogers State • Who: Bemidji State (2-6) vs. Rogers State (13-8) • RSU first took down Pittsburg State, 22-17, on the Pittsburg State • When: Tuesday (2 p.m.) road Wednesday, March 8 before being swept by St. Augustana Mary’s University in a three-game series March 9-10. Game Time(s): March 14 - 2 p.m. • Where: Claremore, Okla. (Diamond Sports Complex) March 15 - 1 p.m. • Watch/Live Stats: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/rsu/ • The Hillcats are hitting .3294 from the plate and have March 18 - 1/3 p.m. a 3.48 ERA with a .967 fielding percentage. March 19 - 12/2 p.m. Series History Location(s): Claremore, Okla. • Overall Record: Never met About Pittsburg State Pittsburg, Kan. • Record at RSU: Never met • The Gorillas are led by first-year head coach Tom Sioux Falls, S.D. Myers. Field(s): Diamond Sports Complex • Who: Bemidji State (2-6) vs. Pittsburg State (8-14) • PSU went 1-3 in its last week of games, coming off Al Ortolani Field a 10-7 win against Missouri Western State University. Ronken Field • When: Wednesday (1 p.m.) • Where: Pittsburg, Kan. (Al Ortolani Field) • Pittsburg State fell to Rogers State to begin the week • Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/pittstate/baseball/ followed by a doubleheader sweep to open a three- TEAM INFORMATION game series against Missouri Western. 2016 Record: 14-36 (.280) Series History • The Gorillas are hitting .309 from the plate and have NSIC Record: 11-23 (.324) (12th place) • Overall Record: PSU leads, 13-0 a 7.51 ERA with a .944 fielding percentage. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16 / 10 • Record at PSU: PSU leads, 11-0 Newcomers: 19 About Augustana • Who: Bemidji State (2-6) vs. Augustana (4-7) • The Vikings are led by nine-year head coach Tim • When: Saturday (1/3 p.m.), Sunday (12/2/p.m.) Huber. COACHING STAFF • Where: Sioux Falls, S.D. (Ronken Field) • Augustana went 2-1 in its most recent series against Head Coach: Tim Bellew (12th Season) • Watch: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bsu/ Newman University March 4-5. Alma Mater: Kansas Wesleyan ‘87 • Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/augie/baseball/ • Newman opened the three-game series with a 7-3 Office Phone: (218) 755-4108 win over Augustana. The Vikings took the final two e-mail: [email protected] Series History games of the series, 9-6 and 6-5. Record at BSU: 184-347-1 • Overall Record: AU leads, 5-20 • Augustana plays a four-game series against Truman Career Record: 411-605-1 (23rd Season) • Record at AU: AU leads, 2-11 State University March 14-15. Record versus the NSIC: 116-210 • The Vikings are hitting .224 from the plate and have a 4.10 ERA with a .957 fielding percentage. Assistants: Bemidji State Overview Jason Hampton Sacramento State (1st Season) • Bemidji State went 1-4 over the first leg of the spring Kyle Bagnell Oklahoma State (1st Season) trip, losing two games to Upper Iowa and going 1-2 Kassidy Gaines Northern State (1st Season) against Arlington Baptist. • BSU fell to UIU, 6-2 and 4-3, in a doubleheader at US Bank Stadium Wednesday. • BSU won the series opener against Arlington Baptist, 2 0 17 BEAVER BASEBALL 1 GAMES 9-14 at ROGERS STATE / PITTSBURG STATE / AUGUSTANA 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 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) tory and has amassed a 185-349-1 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: Arizona Christian Univ. 2-0 - 1-0 1-0 - Arkansas Tech 0-2 - 0-1 0-1 Grand Slam: Arlington Baptist 1-2 - 1-2 - 1 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) 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 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) RBIs: Central Missouri State 1-1 - 1-1 - 8 Scott Litchy at Sioux Falls (March 28, 2015) Colorado Christian 1-1 - - 1-1 7 Scott Litchy at Minot State (April 20, 2016) Concordia-St. Paul 13-27 6-10 4-10 3-7 6 Logan Riedel at Arlington Baptist (March 10, 2017) 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. Paul (March 25, 2016) Jamestown 1-5 0-2 0-3 1-0 Hit by Pitch: Kansas Wesleyan 2-0 - 2-0 - 2 Zach Braun vs. Malone (March 8, 2014) Lubbock Christian 0-1 - 0-1 - Walk-off Hit: Macalester 1-0 - - 1-0 7th inn Mason Cisneros vs.