For Immediate Release
Monday, May 6, 2019
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Baseball Players of the Week
NSIC Player of the Week
#3 Toran Shahidi (C, 5-6, 180, Sr., Ames, Iowa / Ames HS)
St. Cloud State
- Batted .545 in five games last week going 6-of-11 from the plate, including a walk and three HBP
- Recorded a 1.455 slugging percentage as he had a double and three home runs
- Had nine RBI while scoring three runs
- Helped SCSU to a 4-1 mark last week and the third seed in the upcoming NSIC Tournament

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#24 Aaron Mutter (RHP, Jr., R/R, Burlington, Wis. / Burlington HS)
Winona State
- Tossed a complete game 7.0 inning shutout vs. CSP on May 1st
- Allowed just two hits over his first scoreless outing of the year
- Matched his career high with 10 strikeouts
- Is 3-0 over his last three starts with a 1.35 ERA (3 ER/20.0 IP) and 22 strikeouts
- Helped WSU earn the eighth seed in the upcoming NSIC Tournament

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Augustana University Vikings

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 6-0 vs. Upper Iowa W 13-0 vs. Upper Iowa W 27-5 vs. Upper Iowa	36-14, 29-6 NSIC	W5	1st Overall
Team Notes
- Augustana clinched the NSIC regular season title after sweeping a three-game series against Upper Iowa in the final series of the season - The Vikings put up 46 runs in the series, hitting two home runs and stealing 14 bases on 14 attempts against Upper Iowa - The pitching staff for Augustana posted a combined ERA of 2.14 during the past week and struck out 20 batters - The 27 runs scored by the Vikings in game three of the series with the Peacocks was the third-most all-time in school history
Top Performer(s)
- Max Steffens pitched his seventh complete game of the season against Upper Iowa for his eighth win of the year. He became the all-time leader for innings pitched in a season in Augustana history with 83.1. - Sam Baier hit .375 during the series against Upper Iowa and recorded a double and a home run, drove in nine RBI, and stole two bases. - Ryan Nickel batted .364 with four hits during the past week of games. The sophomore hit two doubles, scored four times, and drove in seven RBI.
Up Next
Wednesday May  8  vs. Winona State - at 12 p.m.

 

Bemidji State University Beavers

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
L 10-3 at Minot State L 12-10 at Minot State W 3-2 at Minnesota Duluth L 12-2 at Minnesota Duluth L 12-2 at Minnesota Duluth L 4-3 at Minnesota Duluth	8-38, 6-26 NSIC	L 3
Team Notes
- Bemidji State finished the 2019 regular season 8-38 overall and 6-26 in NSIC play and found itself outside postseason play in 15th place. - The Beavers’ went 1-5 last week, dropping a midweek doubleheader at Minot State before picking up a win to open a four-game series at Minnesota Duluth Friday. - BSU’s 3-2 victory Friday at UMD was its first since April 19 and snapped a 10-game losing skid. - As a team, the Beavers were .259 at the place and .963 in the field.   - Junior Isaiah Grancorvitz led all BSU players hitting .455 on the weekend. He played in all six games and managed 10 hits in 22 at-bats, which included a double and two homeruns. He added a walk a hit-by-pitch and three RBI. - The end of the season also signaled the end of the BSU playing careers of the Beavers’ six seniors: Ben Bauer, Tommy Geisenhof, Koty Kissack, Alec Meyer, Jesse Palafox, Drake Wawro.
Top Performer(s)
- Junior Isaiah Grancorvitz led all BSU players hitting .455 on the weekend. He played in all six games and managed 10 hits in 22 at-bats, which included a double and two homeruns. He added a walk a hit-by-pitch and three RBI - Sophomore Wyatt White also posted a pair of homeruns during the week of play and finished going 7-for-21 for a .333 average with three RBI. - Jesse Palafox was on the mound to earn the win Friday going a career-high six innings and allowing two earned runs, seven hits and two walks, while compiling a career-best 12 strikeouts and holding his opponents to a .280 batting average.
Up Next
Season Complete

 

Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 0-4 at WSU L 1-9 at WSU L 2-4 at USF L 3-5 at USF W 4-3 at USF	21-27, 12-23 NSIC	W1	5th Overall
Team Notes
-Concordia finished the season with a 4-3 win over Sioux Falls after dropping the first four games of the week -CSP had 21 different players register plate appearances and 10 different players picking up hits, including six with at least one extra base hit - The Golden Bear pitching staff tallied 40 strikeouts over 37.0 innings, with eight different pitchers striking out at least three
Top Performer(s)
- Patrick Bordewick paced the team with five hits, including a double, while driving in three and fielding 1.000 on the week - Keanu Mendez worked 7.2 innings in his final career start as he held USF to six hits and three runs while striking out eight
Up Next
Season Complete

 

University of Mary Marauders

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 1-0 at SCSU L 4-0 at SCSU L 5-4 at NSU L 10-3 at NSU L 10-7 at NSU W 6-2 at NSU (NC)	17-32, 12-23 NSIC	W1	15th Overall
Team Notes
- The Marauders finished the 2019 season with 17 wins overall and 12 in Northern Sun play in head coach Mark Moriarty’s first season at UMary. The 17 overall wins is the most for the program since the team won 17 in 2013. The dozen conference wins is the most since winning 12 NSIC games in 2010 - UMary jumped to ninth in the league standings after finishing 15th the past four years - Closed out season with 6-2 win over Northern State behind trio of senior pitchers Colin Gudereit, Travis Holte and Chris Scott, who combined to allow one earned run and striking out eight
Top Performer(s)
- Facing #14 St. Cloud State, freshman righthander Jonathan Draheim limited the Huskies to two hits and one walk in a six inning complete game 1-0 loss - It was the second straight 1-0 loss for Draheim, who posted three wins and a 3.32 in his first collegiate season - Jesus Payan finished the season with three straight multi-hit games, finishing the four-game Northern State series 9-for-16 - Overall last week he hit in all six games and was 11-for-22 with a home run and three RBIs. In the last two weeks Payan had six multiple hit games in 11 outings - He finished the season hitting .387/.451/.564 with 11 doubles, three triples and four home runs, scoring 21 runs and driving in 32 - Sr. infielder Darius Barlas hit his tenth home run of the season against the Wolves. He is the first UMary player to reach double figures in home runs since Tyler Liffrig hit 11 in 2009. Prior to this season Barlas had one home run - For the year Barlas hit .288/.366/.519 with seven doubles, 10 home runs, 29 runs scored and 40 RBIs
Up Next
Season Complete

 

University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles

Last Week	Season Record	Win Streak	2019 Preseason Poll
L 1-0 UMD W 14-4 UMD W 7-5 MINOT W 9-4 MINOT	28-19 (20-12 NSIC)	W3	10th Overall
Last Week
- Minnesota Crookston finished the regular-season with a school-record 28 overall wins and 20 conference wins - The Golden Eagles ended the season on a three-game win streak with victories over Minnesota Duluth and Minot State - The Golden Eagles clinched their third berth in the NSIC Tournament in the last four years - Minnesota Crookston has won 115 games over the last five years after winning just two games in 2013 and 2014 before the arrival of Head Coach Steve Gust - The Golden Eagles have averaged 23 wins per year since 2015
Top Performer(s)
- Brock Reller hit .462 last week with five runs scored and three RBIs - Reed Hjelle hit .462 with five runs scored and three RBIs - Conner Richardson had a 0.00 ERA in five innings pitched with five strikeouts - Nate Albrecht had a 0.00 ERA in seven innings pitched with four strikeouts
Next Week
Wed., May 8 – vs. St. Cloud State – NSIC Tournament – 6:30 p.m.

 

University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 1-0 at UMC L 14-4 at UMC L 3-2 vs. BSU W 12-2 vs. BSU W 12-2 vs. BSU W 4-3 vs. BSU	16-33; 12-24 NSIC	W3	9th Overall
Team Notes
-UMD closed the books on its 48th season of intercollegiate baseball by winning four of its last six outings -The Bulldogs open last week with a 1-0 triumph at Minnesota Crookston, snapped a six-game losing skid -UMD made its first appearances of the 2019 season at Bulldog Park over the weekend and went 3-1 against Bemidji State -The Bulldogs were 12-11 when they scored first in 2019 and 14-7 when they outhit the opponent. UMD was outscored 58-36 by the opposition in the first inning this season, but held the upper hand (42-24) in the second inning
Top Performer(s)
- Junior outfielder Drew Stewart batted a team-high .571 during the past week (six game), going 8-14 with four doubles -Sophomore outfielder Henry George paced the 2019 Bulldogs in hitting with a career-high .388 while rookie designated hitter - Tosten Mann was next at .351 - Senior first baseman Tyler Wojciechowski belted a team-leading and personal-high six homers during his final collegiate go-around -Junior lefthander Rece Dietrich ranked first on the cub in a host of pitching categories including ERA (3.56), wins (three – sharing that honor with Nick Dorfman), starts (nine), and innings (48.0).
Up Next
Season Complete

Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
W 4-1 at USF W 12-1 at USF W 3-1 vs WSU W 11-1 vs WSU L 3-2 vs WSU	38-11, 28-8 NSIC	L1
Team Notes
- Mavericks had won nine in a row prior to Saturday’s loss - Minnesota State has gone 20-3 in last 23 games - Senior OF Jordan Hart has tied school record with 18 home runs
Top Performer(s)
- SO OF/RHP Cam Kline his .500 (9x18) last week - FR Ss Nick Altermatt hit .500 (10x20) with 4 doubles last week
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8  vs. Northern State  - 6 p.m.

Minot State University Beavers

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 10-3 vs. BSU W 12-10 vs. BSU L 7-5 at UMC L 9-4 at UMC	32-16, 24-10 NSIC	L2	3rd Overall
Team Notes
- Minot State swept Bemidji State at home on Wednesday before dropping a pair of games at Minnesota Crookston on Saturday. - The Beavers wrapped up the 2019 campaign with a 20-3 mark at home, including 29-4 combined the past two seasons. - With the two double-digit performances against BSU, Minot State tallied 10+ runs in 15 games this season. - In the set of four games, the Beaver offense hit .297 with 31 runs, 35 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, a home run and 26 RBI.
Top Performer(s)
- Wyatt Schlosser hit .643 at the plate with four doubles, a triple and six RBI in the four-game weekly slate. - Darrel Doll launched a home run with two doubles and six RBI while hitting .571 at the plate on the week.
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8 vs. Wayne State - 12:30 p.m.

 

Northern State University Wolves

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 2-1 vs SMSU L 8-6 vs. SMSU W 5-4 vs. UMary W 10-3 vs. UMary W 19-7 vs. UMary L 6-2 vs. UMary (NC)	25-23, 20-16 NSIC	L1	8th Overall
Team Notes
- NSU hit .280 over the week against Southwest Minnesota State and University of Mary with 11 doubles, 10 home runs, 21 walks, and two hit by pitches - The Wolves pitching staff allowed 4.40 earned runs per game with 23 earned runs, 30 walks, and 39 strikeouts - Northern State finished conference play 12-3 in the last 15 games to secure a seventh seed in the NSIC Conference Tournament - The Wolves advanced to the conference tournament for the fifth time in six years, with back-to-back appearances
Top Performer(s)
- Mikey Adams hit .389 in the final week of the season tallying seven hits, one double, two home runs, five runs batted in, and four runs scored - Jeff Disla also hit above .300 with five hits, one double, two home runs, and four runs batted in - Grant Farmer pitched in two games this week for the Wolves pitching 8.1 IP with four hits, one earned run, and four strikeouts - Luke Chevalier pitched against Southwest Minnesota State pitching 6.2 IP with three hits, one run, four walks, and 11 strikeouts
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8 vs Minnesota State - 6 p.m.

 

University of Sioux Falls Cougars

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
L 4-1 vs. MSU L 12-1 vs. MSU W 4-2 vs. CSP W 5-3 vs. CSP L 4-3 vs CSP	13-37, 11-25 NSIC	L 1
Team Notes
- USF finished the week with a 2-3 record with 4-2 and 5-3 wins over Concordia St. Paul and a 4-3 lost to CSP. USF lost to Minnesota State, 4-1 and 12-1 -  USF pitching staff had a 3.92 earned run average in the past week with 25 runs (17 earned) in 31.2 innings. USF had 22 strikeouts and walked just eight during the five games - On Senior Day May 4 at the Birdcage, USF Baseball recognized the contributions of eight seniors include Rehwaldt, Ryan Bernardy, Christian Lazar, Mitchell Lyall, Duncan Jakubowski, Spencer Dokken, Dan Johnson and John Berroth
Top Performer(s)
- Keenahn Coyle, who has a league-high 11 pickoffs, had his third straight strong start as he threw a career-high eight innings while allowing one earned run on four hits with five strikeouts - CSP hit just .138 again Coyle who had a 1.12 ERA and picked up his second win - In the past five games, Josh Rehwaldt has hit .385 with five hits in 13 at bats and three runs scored while hitting two home runs and driving in four runners - He had a 1.000 slugging mark and .529 OBP with two steals in three attempts - Rehwaldt had 43 putouts and an assist during games with MSU and CSP - He was walked four times this week included two intentional passes - He finished the season with a team-high .337 batting average and 10 home runs plus a team-high 35 RBI as well as .438 OBP - Rehwaldt finished his career with 27 home runs, 266 hits, 44 stolen bases, 194 starts, 422 total bases, 162 RBI plus a .366 career batting average, all totals which are the best by a USF player in the DII era - Across three appearances, sophomore lefthander Jackson Olson had a 0.00 ERA in three appearances as he allowed just three hits in 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts
Up Next
Season Complete

 

Southwest Minnesota State University

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
L 2-1 vs. NSU W 8-6 vs. NSU L 18-6 vs SCSU W 5-3 vs SCSU L 5-4 vs. SCSU	11-27, 10-23 NSIC	L1
Team Notes
- SMSU finished the season going 2-3 versus a pair of NSIC Tournament teams - SMSU split two games with NSU, before winning one of three games versus SCSU - SMSU’s win over SCSU was its first over a ranked team since beating SCSU in 2015. It also snapped a 13-game losing streak to SCSU - Junior Ben Heichel tied for sixth in the league with seven home runs - Sophomore Spencer Schroeder finished 20th in the NSIC in ERA (3.60) - Sophomore John Bezdicek closed NSIC play with 52 strikeouts ranking fifth in the league and was also ninth with 46 innings pitched - Sophomore Teddy Broxterman tied for second in the conference with five saves
Top Performer(s)
- Sophomore Wes Sarsland picked up the victory versus NSU tossing seven-plus innings and allowing just one run on five hits with a career-high eight strikeouts - Senior Cole Petersen, in his last collegiate game, earned the win over SCSU allowing two earned runs in 4 2/3 innings - Fellow senior Alex Jorgensen closed his career firing 2 1/3 shutout innings to earn the save over SCSU - Junior Tanner Strommen finished the week batting .400 (6 for 15) with one double - Redshirt freshman Logan Funk belted a solo home run in his first career at bat in game one of the series versus SCSU - Sophomore Teddy Broxterman pitched a career-high six-plus innings and recorded a career-high five strikeouts in the game three loss to SCSU
Up Next
Season complete

 

St. Cloud State University Huskies

Last Week	Season Record	Streak
May 1: SCSU 1, Mary 0 May 1: SCSU 4, Mary 0 May: 3: SCSU 18, SMSU 6 May 4: SMSU 5, SCSU 3 May 4: SCSU 5, SMSU 4	38-10, 26-8 NSIC	W1
Team Notes
- The Huskies went 4-1 on the week with a sweep over Mary on May 1 and a 2-1 record at SMSU on May 3-4 - The Huskies earned a #3 ranking in the latest NCAA regional poll.  SCSU has earned four consecutive NCAA tournament bids in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.  SCSU has gained eight NCAA tournament bids since 2010 under the direction of head coach Pat Dolan - Dom Austing is now 7-0 on the season with 74 strikeouts.  His ERA this season is 2.15 - Mitch Mallek is batting .369 to lead SCSU this season.  He also leads SCSU with 53 runs, 65 hits and 11 homers - SCSU has outscored its opponents 351-141 this season
Top Performer(s)
- Catcher Toran Shahidi batted .545 this week with nine RBIs and three home runs to pace the Huskies at the plate - Dom Austing and Matt Osterberg both tossed two-hit shutouts in victories over U-Mary on May 1 for the Huskies.  Both had seven strikeouts apiece in the game
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8 vs. Minnesota Crookston - 6:30 p.m.

 

Upper Iowa University Peacocks

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
L 10-7 at WSC W 10-5 at WSC L 6-0 at AUGIE 13-0 (7) at AUGIE 27-5 (7) at AUGIE	12-28, 9-25 NSIC	L3	12th Overall
Team Notes
- Upper Iowa went 1-4 in their last week on the diamond in 2019 with their win coming in game 2 at Wayne State after a 10-7 loss in game one Z The Peacocks were swept by the NSIC regular season champs, Augustana, in Sioux Falls to end the season
Top Performer(s)
- Alex Morales recorded UIU's win with 5.2 innings against the Wildcats striking out 7 - Kyle Routieaux (.455) and Jake Dale (.429) led the offense combing for 11 hits, 7 runs and 7 RBI
Up Next
Season Complete

 

Wayne State College Wildcats

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 10-7 vs. UIU L 10-5 vs. UIU	32-16, 23-12 NSIC	L1	6th Overall
Team Notes
- WSC split with Upper Iowa to end regular season - WSC was 19-4 at home at the Pete Chapman Baseball Complex
Top Performer(s)
- Sophomore outfielder Alex Logelin was 2 for 4 with four RBI in 10-7 win over Upper Iowa - Junior outfielder Brendan Madsen went 3 for 7 in UIU doubleheader - Senior shortstop Jake Lorenzini was 2 for 3 with two runs scored in 10-7 win over UIU - Sophomore Andrew Hanson went 3 for 8 with three RBI in Upper Iowa doubleheader
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8 vs. Minot State 12:30 p.m.

Winona State University Warriors

Last Week	Season Record	Streak	Preseason Poll
W 4-0 vs. CSP W 9-1 vs. CSP L 3-1 at Mankato L 11-1 at Mankato W 3-2 at Mankato	24-21, 16-16 NSIC	W1	7th Overall
Team Notes
- Clinched the #8 seed in this week’s NSIC Tournament, marking back-to-back postseason appearances - Sweep over CSP was fourth NSIC sweep of the season - WSU pitching surrendered just five hits and one run in two-game sweep of CSP - Won eight of their last 11 games of the regular season
Top Performer(s)
- Aaron Mutter (5-2) two-hit CSP for a complete game (7.0 IP) shutout while matching his season high in Ks (10) - Dillon Whittaker (5-3) followed with a nine-inning complete game victory over CSP - Freshman Justin Firpo earned his second save with his longest career outing (4.0 IP) at Mankato in the finale - Tanner Williams launched his team-leading sixth homer at Mankato over the weekend - Chad Herbst went 4-for-8 with three RBI in the sweep vs. CSP
Up Next
Wednesday, May 8 vs. Augustana – 12 p.m.