SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Oral Roberts remain the top team in the League with a 7-2 ledger while South Dakota State will return to action after a week off and will look to move above .500. Meanwhile, Omaha is coming off a stellar 7-6 triumph over Kansas State and will hit the road to face BYU for a trio of games beginning today at 4 p.m. CT.
Another League squad that will play a Power 5 team will be North Dakota State when they face Arizona beginning tomorrow at 7 p.m. CT.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (1-8, 0-0 SL) | @ndsubaseball
Next Up: at Arizona (3/3, , 6 p.m. MT; 3/4, 1 p.m. MT; 3/5, 10 a.m. MT)
Previous Games: vs. Hawaii (L, 13-1), at San Diego State (L, 9-2), at UC San Diego (L, 7-1; 14-6), at Arizona State (L, 10-9)
Although the Bison fell to Pac 12 foe Arizona State, they managed to drive in nine runs, including five in the third inning ... Peter Brokshaw belted a pair of home runs, including a two-run shot in the third inning ... Brookshaw’s eight RBI ranks seventh in the league while Terrell Huggins’ .371 batting average through NDSU’s nine games rank ninth in the league ... Huggins drove in two runs in the second game of a doubleheader via a home run against UC San Diego ... The Bison will remain in the Grand Canyon State for a three-game tilt against the Wildcats of Arizona.
NORTHERN COLORADO BEARS (2-4, 0-0 SL) | @UNC_BearsBSB
Next Up: at Washington (3/3, 3:05 p.m. MT; 3/4 DH, 1:05 p.m. MT; 3/5, 12:05 p.m. MT), at Nebraska (3/7, 3:05 MT); 3/8, 2:05 MT)
Previous Games: at New Mexico (L, 30-1; L, 11-3; L, 18-2)
The scheduled four games series against New Mexico turned into a three-game set as the series finale was canceled due to weather ... The first game of the tilt saw the host Lobos put up 30 runs and in total, New Mexico scored 59 runs in a trio of games ... Northern Colorado first basemen Caden Wagner drove collected two hits and drove in a run in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday while five different Bears recorded a hit in the series finale ... Wagner (.381) and Jackson Romero (.375) sit seventh and eighth, respectively, in overall batting average in the League and will put their bats to the test when they head to the Pacific Northwest where they will face Washington, followed by a pair of games against Nebraska.
OMAHA MAVERICKS (2-6, 0-0 SL) | @OmahaBSB
Next Up: at BYU (3/2, 3 p.m. MT; 3/3, 3 p.m. MT; 3/4, 12 p.m. MT), vs. Creighton (3/7, 5:30 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Fresno State (L, 2-1; L, 3-2; L, 13-4; W, 1-0), vs. Kansas State (W, 7-6)
All-League honoree Mike Boeve went 7-for-15 (.467) with three doubles, two RBI and one run in four games at Fresno State, all while striking out only once ... Caleb Riedel allowed only one run in six innings against the Bulldogs and held them hitless through 5.1 innings ... He recorded four strikeouts and allowed just three baserunners ... In a 7-6 win against Kansas State, four batters record multiple hits as Boeve, Haiden Hunt, Eddie Satisky Matt Goetzmann all recorded two each ... Reliever Kai Reum notched his first career win with the Mavericks after tossing two shutout innings in relief ... Omaha will head to Provo where they will face BYU before they head back to the Cornhusker State where they will host Creighton.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (7-2, 0-0 SL) | @ORUBaseball
Next Up: vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3, 3 p.m. CT; 3/4, 2 p.m. CT, 3/5, 1 p.m. CT), at Wichita State (3/7, 3 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Texas State (L, 3-2; W, 6-3; W, 8-4; W, 6-1), Tarleton State (W, 6-5)
Jacob Godman registered a team-best .471 average on the week and also logged a team-high three doubles against Missouri State and Texas State ... In the weekend series against Texas State, Godman recorded a multi-hit game in all three contests and the senior plated two runs and scored twice .. The Peak Pitcher of the Week, Cade Denton, picked up his second save of the season after tossing two no-hit innings and striking out three in Saturday’s win over Texas State ... He struck out the Bobcats’ 3-4-5 hitters in order to slam the door shut and has now not allowed an earned run in his last 40.1 innings on the mound, dating back to last season .. The Golden Eagles will host Stephen F. Austin for a three-game tilt.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (1-5, 0-0 SL) | @TommieBase
Next Up: at Saint Louis (3/4 DH, 12 p.m. CT; 3/5, 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Sacramento State (L, 2-0; L, 10-1)
The Tommies scored a run in the back end of a Saturday doubleheader at Sacramento State, but that was the only run they could score in a double header ... The four game series turned into a two-game tilt as Brigs Richartz led off the first game with his first double of the season ... The sophomore outfielder leads the team with a .375 batting average and Ben Vujovich leads the Tommies with five RBI ... The first game of the doubleheader Kolby Gartner go the distance where she struck out four batters on one earned run in eight innings of work ... St. Thomas travels to the Gateway to the West for a three-game series at Saint Louis in St. Louis.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksBaseball
Next Up: at Utah Tech (3/3, 4 p.m. MT; 3/4, 2 p.m. MT; 3/5, 11 a.m. MT)
Previous Games: at Little Rock (L, 9-6; W, 3-1; L, 7-6)
After a week off, the Jackrabbits will resume play with a four-game series at Utah Tech ... SDSU enters the weekend with a 1-2 overall record, with all three games played at Little Rock during the opening weekend of the campaign ... Ryan McDonald affected the running game in multiple ways in the series at Little Rock, recording a team-best two stolen bases while throwing out three of four would-be base-stealers ... Dylan Richey was the lone Jackrabbit pitcher to make more than one appearance against Little Rock, tossing 2.2 innings in the season opener and faced two batters in the finale.
WESTERN ILLINOIS EATHERNECKS (1-7, 0-0 SL) | @WIUBaseball
Next Up: at SIUE (3/4 DH, 1 p.m. CT; 3/5, 1 p.m. CT), at Missouri (3/7, 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. at No. 24 Texas Tech (L, 11-3; L, 24-9; L, 6-5; L, 14-8)
The Leathernecks dropped a four game series against No. 24 Texas Tech in which sophomore Nick Mitchell Batted .500 (9-for-18), drove in six runs and scored six runs on the weekend ... Western Illinois fell in its series finale against Texas Tech and they grabbed an early 4-0 lead before the Red Raiders would have 14 unanswered runs to help them take a the victory ... Max Slavens led the offensive charge in the series finale, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored ... Derek Botaletto also had three RBI double while Mitchell had another impressive performance as he drove in two runs and scored one ... WIU will head to SIUE for a three games series before traveling to Missouri to face the Tigers.
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