For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
#4 Jaden Werner (SS, 5-8, 178, So., R/R, Crivitz, Wis. / Crivitz HS) – Concordia-St. Paul
- Hit .500 (7-for-14) with two home runs and two doubles as CSP went 5-0 on the week
- Drove in a team-best six runs while scoring five runs
- Registered a .611 on-base percentage and a 1.071 slugging percentage
- Drew three walks and was hit by a pitch
- Fielded 1.000 with 13 assists and six putouts at shortstop
- Ranks fourth in the NSIC with 1.268 OPS while his four home runs rank fifth

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#6 Luke DeGrammont (LHP, 5-10, 185, Sr., L/L, Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville North HS) – Concordia-St. Paul
- Threw a three-hit shutout in the NSIC opener in a 2-0 win over Bemidji State
- Struck out a career-best 11 with no walks
- Needed just 80 pitches as he faced just two over the minimum in the complete game effort
- Dropped his season ERA to 1.86 over 19.1 innings, good for fourth in the NSIC
- Lower his opponent average to .233, good for ninth in the NSIC

Other Top Performances - Player
#5 Calvin James (UMary) finished the Marauders non-conference schedule by going 8-for-15 with 4 doubles, a triple, and a home run in a four-game swing to Missouri. He scored 7 runs and drove in 6. He averaged .533/.579/1.133 for an OPS of 1.712. He had multiple hits in three of four games, including 3x4 effort in win at Northwest Missouri State. He was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI in win at William Jewell. He scored at least one run in all four games. He had two games with two doubles as he ranks second in the nation in RBI/game (1.80) and 5th in doubles/game (.67).
#25 Ryan Wickman (MSU) led the way for the Mavericks offensively in their series win over Minot State with a batting average of .462 by having six hits, including a triple and a home run, in 13 at bats throughout the series. He started in all three games for MSU at centerfield and led the Mavericks with a .846 slugging percentage as well as a .563 on-base percentage. He was second on the Mavericks with three stolen bases on three attempts in the series. He scored six runs in the series and batted in a pair while accumulating 11 total bases. He walked and struck out twice in addition to being hit by a pitch.
Kaiden Cardoso (MINOT) led the way for the Beavers in their NSIC opening series, collecting four hits and 3 RBIs as Minot State battled to take the third game in extra innings at Minnesota State.
#4 Noah Christenson (USF) had a walk-off single and hit .357 with a home run to lead the Cougars to a series win over Minnesota Crookston. Christenson hit a walk-off single to lift USF to a 3-2 win in game one on Saturday and then had three hits and two runs in a 7-5 win over Sunday. He had a .643 slugging mark and a .357 OBP while recording two steals in two attempts and had a 1.000 fielding mark in a solid all-around weekend.
#9 Andrew Hanson (WSC) hit .500 going 5 for 10 in a three-game sweep over SMSU. He extended his season-opening hit streak to 11 straight games as he went 2 for 4 with a homer, a triple and four RBI in Saturday's 10-8 win over Mustangs. He was 2 for 3 with a double, three stolen bases and two RBI in Sunday's 14-4 win. For the weekend, he had 1.100 slugging percentage and was 5 for 6 on stolen bases.

Other Top Performances - Pitcher
Tanner Brown (AUGIE) faced 23 batters and recorded 10 strikeouts. He earned his second win of the season as he did not give up a hit until the top of the fifth inning, seeing the minimum number of batters to that point. The win for Brown was the second-straight complete-game gem for the senior.
#44 Isaiah Biehn (BSU) threw 4.1 innings of relief during the series at CSP. He made one appearance with a career-high three strikeouts. He allowed a .214 opposing batting average with one run, one walk and three hits.
#14 Joseph Sinclair (UMary) turned in a stellar performance to earn his first win at UMary in the Marauders 9-3 win at Northwest Missouri. He held the Bearcats to one run on two hits over 6.0 innings as he struck out two hitters and walked two.
#23 Brendan Knoll (MSU) recorded a seven-inning complete-game shutout with .125 opponent batting average. He shutout Minot State to open the series on the mound and earned the victory to move to 3-0 on the season. He walked one and struck out seven in his one start and appearance over the weekend. He allowed three hits in the contest and just one extra-base hit, which was a double.
#9 RJ Martinez (MINOT) turned in season-highs of 7 innings with 8 strikeouts without allowing a run against Minnesota State, giving the Beavers a chance for an extra-inning win.
#47 Alex Krout (USF) collected his fourth save of the season to help the Cougars to a 7-5 win in game three when he allowed just two hits across three innings with two strikeouts. In helping USF to a series win, Krout threw just 22 pitches and retired the first four batters on just eight pitches. He now has a 2.89 era in six appearances, four which have resulted in saves.
#27 Brody Sintek (WSC) fired a complete game win Saturday in 4-3 victory over SMSU. He struck out seven batters, allowing just six hits and three earned runs with one walk. He threw 90 pitches with 62 strikes.
 
NSIC Baseball Players of the Week
2/8/22
Player:  #29 Ben Thoma - Minnesota Crookston
Pitcher:  #33 Jake Dykhoff  - Minnesota Crookston
2/15/22
Player:  #2 JT Mix - Augustana
Pitcher:  #33 Jake Dykhoff  - Minnesota Crookston (2)
2/22/22
Player:  #4 Noah Christenson - Sioux Falls
Pitcher: #40 Max Otto - Northern State
3/1/22
Player: #11 Ben Prediger – University of Mary
Pitcher: #13 Austin Wagner – University of Mary
3/7/22
Player: #6 Colin Lynam – Wayne State
Pitcher: #9 RJ Martinez – Minot State
3/14/22
Player: #5 Nick Altermatt - Minnesota State
Pitcher: #15 Nicolas Herold – Winona State
3/22/22
Player: #4 Jaden Werner – Concordia-St. Paul
Pitcher: #6 Luke DeGrammont – Concordia-St. Paul

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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