hskrfan4life Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 North Dakota State finished 26-24 overall last year, and 15-13 in the Summit League. North Dakota State finished 238 in the RPI last year. 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 North Dakota State predicted to finish 2nd in the Summit League according to College Baseball Daily: Quote North Dakota State (2018 Record: 26-24, 15-13) It was a decent 2018 season for NDSU finishing third in the Summit League before going 1-2 in the Summit League Tournament. Returning Players Outfielder Jayse McLean will hit in the middle of the lineup this year after batting .250 last year with 7 home runs and 31 RBI. Bennett Hostetler should be back at shortstop after starting there the past two seasons. He hit .225 last year with 35 runs scored. He’ll play in the Cape Cod League this summer. Tucker Rohde will likely take over at third base after hitting .269 last year. Outfielder Carter Thompson should hit in the middle of the order after batting .340 in 97 at-bats last year with 3 home runs and 25 RBI. Parker Harm was great out of the bullpen last year with a 4.21 ERA in 51.1 innings pitched with 55 strikeouts and a save. He will also play in the Cape this summer. Jake Drew will take on a more prominent role this season after posting a 4.02 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched last year with 17 strikeouts. Jardan Harms will try to get in the weekend rotation after a shortened junior season due to an injury. Mitch O-Connor will likely be a weekend starter after making nine starts a season ago. Newcomers Peter Brookshaw led the team in hitting this past fall and as a chance to start on the infield as a freshman. Zach Solano is redshirt freshman who can play all three outfield spots. Brock Anderson is a two-way player who could see time at first base, in the outfield, and on the mound as a freshman. Max Loven and Ben Smith are both freshman who have a chance to work their way into the starting rotation after strong outings in the fall. Alec Holcomb is a JUCO transfer who could be used in the back-end of the bullpen. Outlook for 2019 “Our team strength has always been our pitching and defense. We have a younger/inexperienced pitching staff this year but the potential to be very deep, so we will need some time to figure out roles and where guys fit best. We need to continue to defend well like we have the past couple of years and will need a couple of young players to step up in the infield to replace a couple key infielders that we lost due to graduation. Offensively, base running is the area we need to improve upon the most. We have a good core of impact players that are back from last season combined with some talented newcomers that we believe can come in right away and make a major impact for our team. With our returning impact players a year older, combined with our crop of new players, we feel the pieces are there to be very solid offensively and improve upon what we did as a team in 2018. Our team seems to have solid depth on the mound and on the position player side of things, which will help give us some different options and combinations to work with.” – quote from NDSU coaching staff Quote Predicted Order to Finish: 1. Oral Roberts 2. NDSU 3. Omaha 4. South Dakota State 5. Western Illinois 6. Purdue Fort Wayne 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 North Dakota State picked to finish 3rd according to the Summit League Preseason Coaches Poll: Quote 2019 Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll Place Team Points (1st) 2018 Record 1. Oral Roberts 25 (5) 38-20 (24-6) 2. South Dakota State 21 (1) 18-32 (14-13) 3. North Dakota State 17 26-24 (15-13) 4. Western Illinois 12 17-31 (14-12) 5. Omaha 9 15-35 (10-17) 6. Fort Wayne 6 11-37 (7-23) Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team. 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 North Dakota State is 1-6, RPI 212, SOS 155, Non-con SOS 155 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 North Dakota State is 2-8, after losing a series to Northern Colorado 1-2, RPI is 271, SOS is 253, Non-Con is 254 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 55 minutes ago, Mavric said: I quit Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 North Dakota State is still 2-8 after their games against Mississippi Valley State were canceled, RPI is 258, SOS is 232, Non-con is 232. Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 North Dakota State is 2-11 after being swept by Omaha, RPI 268, SOS 235, Non-Con 238 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 North Dakota State is 4-12 (2-4 Summit League) after winning the series 2-1 against Western Illinois, RPI 239, SOS 233, Non-Con 215 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 North Dakota State is 5-14 (3-6 Summit League) after losing the series 1-2 against Oral Roberts, RPI 232, SOS 220, Non-Con 215 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 North Dakota State is 8-14 (6-6 Summit League) after sweeping Purdue Fort Wayne. RPI 214, SOS 242, Non-Con 194. Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 North Dakota State is 9-17 (7-8 Summit League) after losing to Minnesota in the midweek and losing the series 1-2 to South Dakota State. RPI 227, SOS 242, Non-Con 228. Quote Link to comment
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