2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball
2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball
Summit League Champion; Stanford Regional
Conference	Summit League
Record	42-19 (20-11 Summit)
Head coach	Tod Brown (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Oakes; David Pearson; Tanner Neale;
Home stadium	Newman Outdoor Field
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Summit League baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oral Roberts ‍†‍‍	19	–	7	.731	31	–	23	.574
North Dakota State ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	11	.645	42	–	19	.689
Omaha ‍‍‍	14	–	12	.538	22	–	25	.468
South Dakota State ‍‍‍	9	–	19	.321	15	–	32	.319
Western Illinois ‍‍‍	7	–	20	.259	11	–	29	.275

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison play their home games at Newman Outdoor Field adjacent to NDSU's campus. The team was coached by Tod Brown in his 14th season at NDSU. The Bison won the Summit League tournament for the second time since entering Division 1 and first time since the 2014 season. After entering the NCAA tournament the Bison went 1-2 and were eliminated after being defeated by No. 7 overall Stanford^[2] and No. 17 overall UC Irvine.^[3] They defeated Nevada^[4] for the team's first ever NCAA Division I Tournament game win.

Previous season

The Bison began the 2020 season 8-9 before the NCAA's decision to cancel the season on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the season's cancellation, all Division I college baseball players were granted an extra year of eligibility.^[5]

Personnel

Roster

2021 North Dakota State roster^[6]

Pitchers

12 - Thomas Bruchu – Junior
18 - Jake Drew – Junior
22 - Hayden Sylte – Freshman
23 - Zach Smith – Junior
24 - Evan Sankey – Junior
25 - Riley Johnson – Junior
27 - Ben Smith – Sophomore
28 - Barron Holtz – Sophomore
30 - Reese Ligtenberg – Freshman
31 - Max Loven – Sophomore
32 - Parker Harm – Senior
35 - Gabe Pilla – Sophomore
37 - Jaxon Edwards – Freshman
38 - Shea Zetterman – Sophomore
40 - Tristen Roehrich – Sophomore
44 - Skyler Riedinger – Freshman

Catchers

7 - Will Busch – Freshman
20 - Nick Emanuel – Senior

Infielders

1 - Bennett Hostetler – Senior
2 - Peter Brookshaw – Sophomore
3 - Noah Dehne – Freshman
4 - Charley Hesse – Junior
5 - Tucker Rohde – Senior
9 - Garret Hill – Freshman
16 - Jason Chiu – Freshman
17 - Zach Kluvers – Freshman
26 - Carson Hake – Freshman

Outfielders

6 - Calen Schwabe – Junior
13 - Zach Solano – Sophomore
19 - Jake Malec – Senior
36 - Nathan Vermaas – Freshman

Utility

8 - Caden Edwards (P/INF) – Freshman
10 - Cade Feeney (P/INF) – Freshman
11 - Brock Anderson (UTIL/P) – Sophomore
14 - Wyatt Nelson (P/OF) – Freshman
29 - Jack Simonsen (C/OF) – Junior
33 - Hunter Koep (P/INF) – Junior
34 - Joey Danielson (P/C) – Sophomore

Coaching staff

2021 North Dakota State Coaching Staff^[7]
Name	Position
Tod Brown	Head coach
David Pearson	Assistant Coach
Tyler Oakes	Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator
Tanner Neale	Volunteer assistant coach

Schedule and results

2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log

Regular season (38-16)

February (5-1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	Summit League Record
February 21	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY	4-10	Kates (1-0)	Harm (0-1)	None	0-1	-
February 22	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field	8-5	Smith (1-0)	Hicks (0-1)	Anderson (1)	1-1	-
February 22	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field	10-2	Sankey (1-0)	O'Connell (0-1)	None	2-1	-
February 26	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO	7-4	Drew (1-0)	Harris (0-1)	Nelson (1)	3-1	-
February 27	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	5-4	Feeney (1-0)	Finkelburg (0-1)	Harm (1)	4-1	-
February 27	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	6-5	Smith (2-0)	Dauman (0-1)	Riedinger (1)	5-1	-
February 28	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	Canceled, Rain				5-1	-

March (11-5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall Record	Summit League Record
March 5	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	4-8	Wyatt (1-0)	Riedinger (0-1)	None	5-2	-
March 6	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field	11-1	Sankey (2-0)	Leach (0-1)	None	6-2	-
March 6	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field	4-14⁽⁸⁾	Salim (1-0)	Roehrich (0-1)	None	6-3	-
March 7	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field	11-1⁽⁷⁾	Smith (3-0)	Mazzetti (0-1)	None	7-3	-
March 12	at Dayton		Woerner Field Dayton, OH	5-1	Feeney (2-0)	Jones (0-1)	Harm (2)	8-3	-
March 13	at Dayton		Woerner Field	9-1	Sankey (3-0)	Olson (0-1)	None	9-3	-
March 14	at Dayton		Woerner Field	4-3	Smith (4-0)	Keller (0-1)	Roehrich (1)	10-3	-
March 16	at Dayton		Woerner Field	9-3	Smith (5-0)	Pletka (0-1)	None	11-3	-
March 19	at Western Illinois		Alfred D. Boyer Stadium Macomb, IL	11-2	Feeney (3-0)	Sears (0-1)	None	12-3	1-0
March 20	at Western Illinois		Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	7-3	Smith (6-0)	Fochs (0-1)	Nelson (1)	13-3	2-0
March 20	at Western Illinois		Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	8-4⁽⁸⁾	Drew (2-0)	Edwards (0-1)	Harm (3)	14-3	3-0
March 21	at Western Illinois		Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	7-9	Gray (1-0)	Pilla (0-1)	Edwards (1)	14-4	3-1
March 26	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	6-3⁽¹²⁾	Harm (1-1)	Pierce (0-1)	Nelson (3)	15-4	4-1
March 26	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium	4-5	Scoggins (1-0)	Riedinger (0-2)	None	15-5	4-2
March 27	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium	3-5	Kowalski (1-0)	Smith (6-1)	Archambo (1)	15-6	4-3
March 28	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium	9-7	Loven (1-0)	Notary (0-1)	Nelson (4)	16-6	5-3

April (11-6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall Record	Summit League Record
April 2	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	4-15	Machado (1-0)	Feeney (3-1)	Smith (1)	16-7	5-4
April 2	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field	8-2	Sankey (4-0)	Koelewyn (0-1)	None	17-7	6-4
April 3	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field	0-7	Holetz (1-0)	Smith (6-2)	Blunt (1)	17-8	6-5
April 4	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field	10-4	Pilla (1-1)	Scott (0-1)	None	18-8	7-5
April 9	Western Illinois		Newman Outdoor Field Fargo, ND	2-0	Feeney (4-1)	Warkentien (0-1)	None	19-8	8-5
April 10	Western Illinois		Newman Outdoor Field	10-7	Smith (7-2)	Fochs (0-1)	Nelson (5)	20-8	9-5
April 10	Western Illinois		Newman Outdoor Field	6-3	Sankey (5-0)	Beck (0-1)	Harm (4)	21-8	10-5
April 11	Western Illinois		Newman Outdoor Field	6-5⁽¹⁴⁾	Pilla (2-1)	Gray (0-1)	None	22-8	11-5
April 16	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	6-8	Weber (1-0)	Harm (1-2)	Scoggins (1)	22-9	11-6
April 17	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	14-11	Smith (8-2)	Kowalski (0-1)	Nelson (6)	23-9	12-6
April 17	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	2-18	Coffey (1-0)	Sankey (5-1)	None	23-10	12-7
April 18	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	Canceled, Weather				23-10	12-7
April 23	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field Brookings, SD	5-0	Drew (3-0)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (5)	24-10	13-7
April 23	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field	2-3	Sundquist (1-0)	Nelson (0-1)	None	24-11	13-8
April 24	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field	2-12⁽⁸⁾	Carlson (1-0)	Smtih (8-3)	None	24-12	13-9
April 24	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field	13-12⁽¹⁰⁾	Drew (3-0)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (5)	25-12	14-9
April 27	Valley City State		Newman Outdoor Field	5-3⁽¹⁰⁾	Nelson (1-1)	Suda (0-1)	None	26-12	-
April 30	at Kansas		Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS	5-3⁽¹⁰⁾	Nelson (2-1)	Cyr (0-1)	Drew (1)	27-12	-

May (11-4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall Record	Summit League Record
May 1	at Kansas		Hoglund Ballpark	2-10	Davis (1-0)	Smith (8-4)	None	27-13	-
May 2	at Kansas		Hoglund Ballpark	5-3	Sankey (6-1)	Barry (0-1)	Drew (2)	28-13	-
May 4	Mayville State		Newman Outdoor Field	6-2	Koep (1-0)	Taliaferro (0-1)	Pilla (1)	29-13	-
May 7	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Pilla (4-1)	Blunt (0-1)	Harm (6)	30-13	15-9
May 7	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	2-0⁽⁷⁾	Loven (2-0)	Maifeld (0-1)	None	31-13	16-9
May 8	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Drew (4-0)	Koelewyn (0-1)	Harm (7)	32-13	17-9
May 9	omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	4-5	Timmins (1-0)	Nelson (2-2)	Mohler (1)	32-14	17-10
May 10	Concordia Moorhead		Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Sylte (1-0)	Wiedeman (0-1)	Zetterman (1)	33-14	-
May 14	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field	7-4	Roehrich (1-1)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (8)	34-14	18-10
May 14	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field	0-5	Beazley (1-0)	Loven (2-1)	Bourassa (1)	34-15	18-11
May 15	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field	5-3	Drew (5-0)	Sundquist (0-1)	Harm (9)	35-15	19-11
May 16	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field	10-4	Feeney (5-1)	Bishop (0-1)	None	36-15	20-11
May 20	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY	3-15⁽⁷⁾	Fox (1-0)	Loven (2-2)	None	36-16	-
May 21	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field	8-1	Sankey (7-1)	Williams (0-1)	None	37-16	-
May 22	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field	6-1	Feeney (6-1)	Laster (0-1)	None	38-16	-

Postseason (4-3)

Summit League Tournament (3-1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall Record	Summit LeagueT Record
May 27	(3) Omaha	(2)	Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	3-1	Loven (3-2)	Holetz (0-1)	Harm (10)	39-16	1-0
May 28	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	5-0	Feeney (7-1)	Coffey (0-1)	Smith (2)	40-16	2-0
May 29	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	5-15	Swift (1-0)	Sankey (7-2)	None	40-17	2-1
May 29	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	11-6	Roehrich (2-1)	Rogen (0-1)	Harm (11)	41-17	3-1

Stanford Regional (1-2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall Record	Stanford Regional Record
June 4	(1) #7 Stanford	(4)	Klein Field Stanford, CA	1-9	Williams (1-0)	Loven (3-3)	None	41-18	0-1
June 5	(3) Nevada	(4)	Klein Field	6-1	Feeney (8-1)	Murillo (0-1)	Harm (12)	42-18	1-1
June 6	(2) #17 UC Irvine	(4)	Klein Field	3-18	Denholm (1-0)	Sankey (7-3)	None	42-19	1-2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Bison team member
Reference:^[8]

Rankings from D1Baseball.com:
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Stanford Regional

Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal	(2) UC Irvine Anteaters	(3) Nevada Wolfpack	(4) North Dakota State Bison

References

^ "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^ "North Dakota State vs. Stanford". ESPN. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Num 17 UC Irvine Defeats NDSU Baseball in NCAA Regional". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Bison Beat Nevada 6-1 to Advance at NCAA Baseball Regional". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ Schlabach, Mark (March 30, 2020). "NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for spring athletes". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ "2021 Baseball Roster". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021.
^ "2021 Baseball Coaching Staff". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022.
^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[1] "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

[2] "North Dakota State vs. Stanford". ESPN. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[3] "Num 17 UC Irvine Defeats NDSU Baseball in NCAA Regional". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[4] "Bison Beat Nevada 6-1 to Advance at NCAA Baseball Regional". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[5] Schlabach, Mark (March 30, 2020). "NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for spring athletes". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[6] "2021 Baseball Roster". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021.

[7] "2021 Baseball Coaching Staff". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022.

[8] "2022 Baseball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

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