For Immediate Release
Monday, April 15, 2019
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Baseball Players of the Week
NSIC Player of the Week
#16 Jordan Hart (OF, 6-1, 210, Sr., R/R, Lyle, Minn. / Lyle HS)
Minnesota State
- Had a .429/.500/1.286 slash line with a 1.786 OPS against Northern State and Upper Iowa
- Recorded nine hits including a double, a triple and five home runs with a grand slam against NSU
- Also had 12 RBI, eight runs scored, two walks and got hit by a pitch once
- Became the career all-time leader in RBI at MSU, passing Nolan Johnson (2012-15) with a single in the first game against UIU for 169 RBI
- Recorded a hit in four of the five games with three of the four games being multi-hit games
- Recorded seven RBI in the second game of the doubleheader against NSU
- Leads the NSIC in hits (60), home runs (15), RBI (56), total bases (118) and slugging percentage (.825)
- Named NSIC Player of the Week for the third time this season (3/4/19 & 3/26/19)

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#34 Reilly O’Rourke (RHP, 6-6, 240, Sr., R/R Sydney, Nova Scotia / Vauxhall Academy)
Minot State
- Went 1-0 in two starts last week throwing 13.2 innings
- Recorded a perfect 0.00 ERA while striking out 17 batters and allowing just five hits
- Posted a no-decision in 5.2 innings of action against WSC while striking out nine batters
- Only allowed one hit in eight shutout innings while striking out eight NSU batters in a 6-1 victory

*"Up Next" times and dates subject to change
 

Augustana University Vikings

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 2-1 at UMC W 3-0 at UMC W 5-1 vs. CSP L 1-0 vs. CSP W 7-1 vs. CSP	25-11, 18-4 NSIC	W1	1st Overall
Team Notes
- Augustana split a road mid-week doubleheader with Minnesota Crookston on April 10th - The Vikings won two out of three games against Concordia St. Paul over the weekend in a series moved to Boone, Iowa - Augustana’s pitching staff put up a combined ERA of 0.71 over the past five games while striking out 35 batters
Top Performer(s)
- Max Steffens pitched a complete game against Concordia St. Paul and gave up zero earned runs and only three hits - JT Mix batted .368 during the week with an on-base percentage of .429. Mix also stole one base and drove in one run - Michael Svozil went 7-20 at the plate over the course of the past week, hitting one triple with two RBI and a perfect 3-3 on stolen base attempts
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 at Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Bemidji State University Beavers

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 2-1 vs UIU W 8-5 vs UIU	5-24, 4-13 NSIC	W2	14th Overall
Team Notes
- Bemidji State swept Upper Iowa, 2-1 and 8-5, in a midweek doubleheader during its only day of action - After holding a one-run lead, BSU faced a 1-1 tie heading into the seventh inning before three straight singles led to its second walk-off win in its last four contests - The Beavers broke a 4-4 tie after the top of the fifth inning with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and an insurance run in the eighth - On the day, BSU hit .208 from the plate, fielded .984, totaled 21 walks, and was a perfect 5-for-5 on stolen base chances - Four of BSU’s five pitchers to make an appearance combined for 11.0 innings with just one earned run allowed - BSU’s three-game series against Southwest Minnesota State was cancelled due to snow
Top Performer(s)
- Junior Noah Boser went 3-for-5 from the plate with four walks, two runs, and one double while fielding a perfect 1.000 percentage - Sophomore Wyatt White recorded his second walk-off hit during a four-game stretch and finished with four RBI against Upper Iowa - White and freshman Jacob Carlson recorded two hits each, combining for six RBI and 10 putouts - Freshman starting pitcher Kevin Smith threw 5.2 innings with one earned run allowed and an opposing batting average of .190 - Senior pitcher Jesse Palafox earned his first win of the season after throwing 1.1 innings with two strikeouts in game one - Sophomore pitcher Trevyn Wells recorded his second win of the season in game two while totaling six strikeouts and two walks
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 vs St. Cloud State – 1 / 3 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Northern State – 12 / 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Northern State – 12 p.m.

Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 2-5 at SCSU L 2-5 at SCSU L 1-5 vs AUGIE W 1-0 vs AUGIE L 1-7 vs AUGIE	18-17, 9-14 NSIC	L1	5th Overall
Team Notes
- Concordia opened the week with a pair of 5-2 losses at St. Cloud State before dropping two of three over the weekend against Augustana - The CSP duo of Zach Lauzon and Blake Stelzer combined for the team’s fourth shutout of the season in a 1-0 victory in the first game of the day on Sunday - As a staff on the week against two of the top offenses in the league, the Golden Bears put up a 3.23 ERA and a .254 opponent average with 25 strikeouts in 39.0 innings
Top Performer(s)
- Zach Lauzon worked 6.0 innings of one-hit ball while striking out three while picking up a shutout win over Augie on Sunday - Cole Kirchoff paced the offense with three RBIs, four hits and three steals on the week as he finished with a .267 batting average and a .313 on-base percentage
Up Next
Tuesday, Apr. 16 vs Upper Iowa – 1:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.

 

University of Mary Marauders

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 3-1 vs WSU W 3-2 vs WSU  W 3-2 vs UMC L 11-7 vs. UMD L 16-8 v UMC	12-21 | 8-12 NSIC	L2	15th Overall
Team Notes
- Marauders swept a doubleheader from Winona State for the first time, picking up 3-1 and 3-2 wins - A quartet of Marauders pitchers combined to hold the Warriors without an earned run in the two games as Jonathan Draheim pitched a complete game in the opener and Daniel Turner, Quentin Evers and Charles Bielejeski took command in game two - UMary posted a season-high 17 hits in the final game of the UMC series - The Marauders wrap up 12 straight games as the home team with a doubleheader against Minot State on Tuesday, April 16. The two games will be broadcast statewide on BEK Sports
Top Performer(s)
- For the second straight week, Fr. RHP Jonathan Draheim pitched a complete game victory for the Marauders. He allowed three hits, one walk and no earned runs in seven innings in a 3-1 win over Winona State - He threw five perfect innings in innings 2-6 and recorded 17 straight outs - Fr. RHP Daniel Turner held Winona State to three hits, one walk and no earned runs while striking out four in five innings of work in the Marauders 3-2 walk-off victory earned when Connor Doll was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded - Jesus Payan was 12-for-18 with a slash line of .667/.700/.944 over five games. He hit a home run and two doubles, scored twice and drove in eight runs - Payan capped the week with a 4-for-5 effort against UMC, hitting a home run and driving in five runs to tie the Marauders NCAA-era single game mark - Connor Doll hit .400/.478/.400 (8-for-20), scoring three time and driving in three runs. He had the game-winning RBI against Winona State when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force home the winning run - In two appearances last week, Charles Bielejeski picked up his first collegiate win against Winona State and a save against UMC - He pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks and striking out five
Up Next
April 16 vs. Minot State at Municipal Ballpark | April 19-20 at Minnesota Duluth

 

University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles

Last Week	Season Record	Win Streak	2019 Preseason Poll
W 2-1 Augie L 3-0 Augie L 3-2 UMARY W 11-7 UMARY W 16-8 UMARY	19-13 (12-6 NSIC)	W2	10th Overall
Last Week
- Minnesota Crookston is currently sixth in the NSIC with a record of 12-6 - After splitting with the defending National Champions, Augustana, the Golden Eagles picked up yet another series win in NSIC after winning the final two games against the University of Mary - The Golden Eagles won their fourth series of conference play over the weekend
Top Performer(s)
- Reed Hjelle collected seven hits in five games this weekend, including three homeruns in two wins over UMARY - Landyn Swenson continued to set the table at the top of the order. The junior from Devils Lake, N.D., gathered six hits and scored five runs on the weekend against the Marauders - Dalton Grose shut the door yet again with his seventh save of the season, which leads the NSIC - Brock Reller had five RBI’s in Sunday’s win over the Marauders, which adds on to his already team leading 34 RBI’s - Reller is ninth in the conference with that RBI total
Next Week
Tues., April 16 vs SMSU - 1:30/3:30 p.m. Fri., April 19 vs St. Cloud State - 1/3 p.m. Sat., April 20 vs St. Cloud State- 12 p.m.

 

University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 12-3 vs. USF L 4-7 vs. USF L 2-6 vs. SCSU L 2-8 vs. SCSU L4-7 SCSU	8-23, 6-15 NSIC	L4	9th Overall
Team Notes
- The Bulldogs split with Sioux Falls before dropping all three games of the series against No. 9 St. Cloud State in Mauston, Wis. - UMD hit .292 as a team this week racking up six doubles, a triple and three homeruns -The Bulldogs are in the Twin Ports at Wade Stadium and Superior H.S. for the next six games this week
Top Performer(s)
- Senior pitcher Nick Dorfman pitched a complete-game victory over USF tossing a season-high seven strikeouts - Sophomore infielder Anders Brown led the team this week hitting .375 going 6-for-16 with four RBI - Tim Pokornowski and Eric Yachinich each tallied their first homers of the season - Junior outfielder Drew Stewart had seven hits and raised his batting average 22 points to .265
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 vs. Northern State (2) 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 19 vs. U-Mary (2) 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 vs. U-Mary (2) 12:00 p.m.

 

Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 7-1 at Northern State W 14-1 at Northern State (8) W 16-6 vs. Upper Iowa (7) W 7-1 vs. Upper Iowa W 10-3 vs. Upper Iowa	27-8, 18-5 NSIC	W9	2nd Overall
Team Notes
- MSU went 5-0 on the week, sweeping both Northern State and Upper Iowa to extend the winning streak to nine games - Senior outfielder Jordan Hart broke the career all-time RBI record at MSU in the second inning of game one against Upper Iowa. An RBI single gave him 169 RBI, passing Nolan Johnson (2012-15) who previously had 168 - The offense had a .613 slugging percentage and a .480 on-base percentage and had 49 RBI in the five games - Offensively the Mavericks hit .387 on the week with 54 runs as the pitching staff held a 1.89 earned-run average with 46 strikeouts and eight walks
Top Performer(s)
- Senior outfielder Jordan Hart hit .429 with a 1.286 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage for a 1.786 OPS. His nine hits included a double, a triple and five home runs with a grand slam. He also had eight runs scored, 12 RBI, two walks and a hit by pitch - Sophomore outfielder Jack Waletich had a slashline of .750/1.125/.833 in five games played. He had three doubles, seven runs scored, three stolen bases and was hit by a pitch four times - Sophomore outfielder/RHP Cam Kline hit .533/1.000/.650 on the week with four doubles, a home run, five RBI, three runs scored and five walks. Kline (7-0) gave up six runs (three earned runs) on seven hits and a walk, while striking out 10 in six innings - Sophomore right-hander Jimmy Larson (5-3) went 2-0 on the week with a 0.69 ERA in 13 innings pitched, including a complete game. He gave up one run on nine hits and two walks, while striking out 18
Up Next
April 19-20: vs. Wayne State – 12:00 p.m./2:00 p.m. & 12:00 p.m.

 

Minot State University Beavers

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W, 6-3 vs. WSC L, 1-0 vs. WSC W, 9-3 vs. NSU W, 4-0 vs. NSU W, 6-1 vs. NSU	21-12, 14-6 NSIC	W3	3rd Overall
Team Notes
- Minot State split a doubleheader with Wayne State before sweeping a three-game series against Northern State - The Beavers were 12-of-14 in stealing bases, moving the season total to 99 and ranking eighth nationally - Zach Newman threw seven shutout innings while allowing three hits and striking out nine batters in 4-0 victory over Northern State - Minot State hit .237 as a team with 25 runs, 36 hits, six doubles, five home runs and 23 RBI - The Beaver pitching staff recorded a 1.05 ERA while striking out 51 opposing batters in 43 innings on the mound
Top Performer(s)
- Darrel Doll hit .438 with two doubles, three home runs and seven RBI while posting a 1.125 slugging percentage in five games - Reilly O’Rourke recorded a perfect 0.00 ERA in two starts. O’Rourke tossed 13.2 innings while striking out 17 batters and only allowing five hits
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 at UMary (DH) – 1:30 p.m.

 

Northern State University Wolves

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 7-1 at MSU L 14-1 at MSU (8) L 9-3 at Minot State L 4-0 at Minot State L 6-1 at Minot State	13-19, 8-13 NSIC	L5	8th Overall
Team Notes
- NSU dropped games at MSU and Minot State last week, hitting just .151 in the five games
Top Performers
- Hayden Houts led the Wolves at the plate hitting .353 with six hits, including three doubles and a home run with 3 RBI - On the mound Zach Hartford went seven innings allowing one run on six hits with five strikeouts
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 at Minnesota Duluth – 1:30/3:30 p.m Friday, April 19 vs Bemidji State – 1:30/3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 vs Bemidji State – 12 p.m.

University of Sioux Falls Cougars

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
L 12-3 vs UMD W 7-4 vs. UMD L 3-2 vs. Wayne State L  7-3 vs. Wayne State L 4-2 vs. Wayne State	9-27, 7-16 NSIC	L 3
Team Notes
- USF pitching staff had a 3.65 earned run average in the past week with 15 earned runs allowed in 37 innings. USF had 30 strikeouts and walked just 11 during the five games - USF lowered its overall earned run average to 6.20 after a solid week on the hill
Top Performer(s)
- Shortstop Grant Lung had a career first with two three-run home runs to lift USF to a 7-4 win over Minnesota-Duluth on April 9 at the Birdcage - Over the past five games, Christian Lazar has made two appearances and worked 6 1/3 innings with five hits allowed and 10 strikeouts. He held opponents to a .208 batting average and earned a win to improve to 3-1 on the season - Sophomore starter Brandon Roesler allowed three unearned runs in a 3-2 loss to second place Wayne State as he fell to 0-6 on the season. He worked six innings and allowed seven hits while striking out four hitters - Freshman centerfielder Connor King hit .308 with four hits, four runs scored in 13 at bats - Grant Lung had eight RBI on the week and leads USF with 29 RBI
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 vs. Augustana - 4/6 p.m.

 

Southwest Minnesota State University

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
Idle	5-18, 4-14 NSIC	L5
Team Notes
- SMSU's games with Bemidji State were cancelled over the weekend
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 at Minnesota Crookston - 1:30/3:30 p.m.

St. Cloud State University Huskies

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 5-2 vs CSP W 5-2 vs CSP W vs UMD 6-2 W vs UMD 8-2 W vs UMD 7-4	27-6, 15-4 NSIC	W5	4th
Team Notes
- #9 St. Cloud State extended their winning streak to five after sweeping CSP and UMD last week - Mathew Meyer recorded his 200th career hit against the Bulldogs on Sunday, Apr. 15 - SCSU leads the NSIC in ERA (2.96) and strikeouts (327)
Top Performer(s)
- Mitch Mallek was 6-15 with two homeruns, six RBI’s and one double. Of note, Mallek is six hits shy of becoming the 11th player in program history to reach 200 career hits. Recorded two RBI’s in each of the Huskies’ three games against UMD - Najee Gaskins was 7-17 with a three-hit performance against UMD in game three. Gaskins recorded four RBI’s on the week - Cal Giese recorded his 20th career win for SCSU after only allowing two earned runs on five hits in his five innings of work against UMD in game one - Sheldon Miks did not allow an earned run and struck out nine in his six innings of work against UMD in game two. Miks only allowed five Bulldogs to reach base in his sixth win of the season, and 25th in his career. Miks is now tied for the 5th most wins in program history
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 vs. Bemidji State - TBD

 

Upper Iowa University Peacocks

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 2-1 at BSU L 8-5 at BSU L 16-6 (7) vs MSU L 7-1 vs MSU L 10-3 vs MSU	8-20, 5-17 NSIC	L7	12th Overall
Team Notes
- The Peacocks dropped five games last week with a pair at Bemidji State and three more in Fayette against Minnesota State as the away team - Upper Iowa was limited to 16 runs in the five games, while the opponents scored 43 runs to post the five victories
Top Performer(s)
- Riley Braughton 9 hits and 4 RBI - Duncan Snider took a hard luck loss in UIU's 2-1 loss at Bemidji State throwing 6 innings and allowing 2 runs with 5 strikeouts and 7 walks
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 at Concordia-St. Paul

 

Wayne State College Wildcats

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 6-3 (10) at Minot State W 1-0 (8) at Minot State W 3-2 vs USF W 7-3 vs. USF W 4-2 vs USF	27-9, 18-5 NSIC	W4	6th Overall
Team Notes
- WSC has won 18 of its last 20 games - WSC is 16-0 at home at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex following three game sweep of USF - WSC earned mid-week road split at Minot State - Wildcat pitching holds opponents to .150 average during the week, allowing just 22 hits in 5 games
Top Performer(s)
- Sophomore Andrew Hanson hit team-high .438 during the week going 7 for 16 with two doubles - Sophomore outfielder Alex Logelin hit .353 (6-17) with two doubles, one HR and six runs scored - Junior second baseman Peyton Barnes went 6 for 16 (.375) with one triple and four RBI - Junior Hunter Wienhoff allowed just two hits over eight innings with seven strikeouts in 7-3 win over USF Saturday - Freshman starter Ryan Obrecht fired seven innings of shutout ball, allowing just five hits with six strikeouts in 1-0 8 inning win at Minot State Wednesday
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16th at Winona State - 1/3 p.m. Friday, April 19th at Minnesota State - 12/2 p.m. Saturday, April 20th at Minnesota State - 12 p.m.

Winona State University Warriors

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 3-1 at UMary L 3-2 at UMary	15-14, 8-9 NSIC	L2	7th Overall
Team Notes
- Swept in a midweek doubleheader at UMary - WSU was held to a season-low three hits in the game one loss - Lost the second game of the twinbill on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, 3-2 - Have dropped four of their last six games after a stretch of five wins over the previous seven games - The Warrior pitching staff has recorded double-digit strikeouts in three of its last nine games
Top Performer(s)
- Aaron Mutter struck out six over 6.0 IP while allowing three runs on six hits, yet was on the losing end of a quality start vs. UMary - Dillon Whittaker struck out six over 6.0 IP while allowing just one earned run in a no decision vs. UMary in Game 2
Up Next
Tuesday, April 16 vs. Wayne State – 1:30 p.m. (DH) Friday, April 19 at Augustana – 6 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Augustana – 12 p.m. (DH)