SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- For the fourth time in the last eight games, Omaha delivered a walk-off win. The latest one had a little added meaning to it as it lifted the Mavericks to a 2-1 series victory over St. Thomas in what was the first Summit League series for both squads.
The Mavericks will take that momentum with them to Tulsa where they will play the Golden Eagles, who used a 5-4, 14-inning victory in game one of their series with South Dakota State to propel them to a sweep of the Jackrabbits.
The Tommies earned their first Summit League victory in game two of the series at Omaha, taking that one by the score of 8-6. St. Thomas will play host to South Dakota State in St. Paul this weekend as they play the program's first Division I home games.
NDSU's offense averaged nearly 15 runs per game in each of their its three victories at Northern Colorado as they swept the Bears in Greeley. Catcher Logan Williams continued his hot streak, homering in all three games to push his current overall streak to seven straight games with a home run. He'll look to keep that streak alive in a weekend series at Western Illinois.
COMING UP
Friday, April 1
North Dakota State at Western Illinois* | 3 p.m. CT
South Dakota State at St. Thomas* | 3 p.m. CT
Omaha at Oral Roberts* | 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 2
North Dakota State at Western Illinois* | 3 p.m. CT
South Dakota State at St. Thomas* | 3 p.m. CT
Omaha at Oral Roberts* | 6 p.m. CT
Sunday, April 3
North Dakota State at Western Illinois* | 3 p.m. CT
South Dakota State at St. Thomas* | 3 p.m. CT
Omaha at Oral Roberts* | 6 p.m. CT
Tuesday, April 5
Dakota Wesleyan at South Dakota State | 3 p.m. CT
Waldorf at St. Thomas | 3:30 p.m. CT
North Dakota State at Minnesota | 4 p.m. CT
Northern Colorado at Colorado Mines | 4 p.m. MT
Oral Roberts at Oklahoma | 6:30 p.m. CT
Wednesday, April 6
Illinois State at Western Illinois | 3 p.m. CT
Nebraska at Omaha | 6:30 pm. CT
All times local to site | *Summit League game
DIAMOND NOTES
• NDSU improved its winning streak to six in a row, while catcher Logan Williams extended his streak of consecutive games with a home run to seven after the Bison swept Northern Colorado in their Summit League-opening series. Williams was named the TicketSmarter Player of the Week after finishing the series going 6-for-14 at the plate with four home runs and 11 RBI.
• Williams capped the series with a pair of grand slams in a 15-1 victory in the finale. He was also one of Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of the Week for his efforts and leads the League with 10 home runs.
• NDSU’s Max Loven won the opener to pick up his third win of the season, which is tied with six others for the League lead in that category.
• Oral Roberts swept its Summit League-opening series with South Dakota, pulling out a 5-4 victory in 14 innings in game one before scoring double-digit runs over the next two victories.
• In the opener, reigning #SummitBSB Pitcher of the Year Isaac Coffey yielded just one hit over seven innings with six strikeouts for ORU, but SDSU put up four runs in the eighth, including a 3-run homer by Luke Ira to square the game at 4-4. Jackrabbit reliever Ryan Bourassa did his part, limiting the ORU bats to just one hit and a walk over six innings of relief that saw him record 12 strikeouts.
• ORU’s Jake McMurray delivered the game-winning hit with a two-out, RBI-double in the 14th.• Omaha won the rubber match of its series with St. Thomas with yet another walk-off victory, which was the Mavericks’ fourth in the last eight games. This one came via a bases-loaded walk drawn by Harrison Denk.
• In game two, lefthander Ledgend Smith earned his second TicketSmarter Pitcher of the Week award after fanning 11 Jacks over six scoreless innings to earn his third win of the season in a 13-1 victory. Smith leads the League with 43 total strikeouts.
• ORU would finish off the sweep with a 10-7 win in the finale. Caleb Denny went 7-for-13 with seven RBI in the series as he pushed his league-leading total in that category to 32.
• Omaha’s Harrison Denk drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to lift the Mavericks to a 3-2 win over St. Thomas and a 2-1 series win over the Tommies in what was the first Summit League series of the season for both teams.
• The Mavericks’ Caleb Riedel picked up his first win of the season, scattering three hits over six shutout innings in Omaha’s 6-1 victory in game one.
• The Tommies took game two at Omaha for the program’s first Summit League win, 8-6. Five Tommies had multiple hits in that contest led by designated hitter Brigs Richartz, who went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored.
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