2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

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.

2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball
ConferenceSummit League
2021 record42-19 (20-11 The Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tyler Oakes
  • David Pearson
  • Tanner Neale
Home stadiumNewman Outdoor Field
2021 Summit League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oral Roberts ‍†‍‍ 19–7 .73131–23 .574
North Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y 20–11 .64542–19 .689
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 14–12 .53822–25 .468
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .32115–32 .319
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .25911–29 .275
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 6, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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.[2]

Personnel

Roster
2021 North Dakota State roster[3]
 

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[4]
NamePosition
Tod BrownHead Coach
David PearsonAssistant Coach
Tyler OakesAssociate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Tanner NealeVolunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results
2021 North Dakota State Bison Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall

Record

 Summit League

Record

Feb 21 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY L 4-10 Kates (1-0) Harm (0-1) None 0-1
Feb 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY W 8-5 Smith (1-0) Hicks (0-1) Anderson (1) 1-1
Feb 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY W 10-2 Sankey (1-0) O'Connell (0-1) None 2-1
Feb 26 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO W 7-4 Drew (1-0) Harris (0-1) Nelson (1) 3-1
Feb 27 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO W 5-4 Feeney (1-0) Finkelnburg (0-2) Harm (1) 4-1
Feb 27 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO W 6-5 Smith (1-0) Dauman (0-1) Riedinger (1) 5-1
Feb 28 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center • St. Louis, MO Canceled, Rain 5-1
Mar 5 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO L 4-8 Wyatt (1-0) Riedinger (0-1) None 5-2
Mar 6 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO W 11-1 Sankey (2-0) Leach (1-1) None 6-2
Mar 6 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO L 4-148 Salim (1-0) Roehrich (0-1) None 6-3
Mar 7 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO W 11-17 Smith (2-0) Mazzetti (0-2) None 7-3
Mar 12 at Dayton Woerner Field • Dayton, OH W 5-1 Feeney (2-0) Jones (1-1) Harm (2) 8-3
Mar 13 at Dayton Woerner Field • Dayton, OH W 9-1 Sankey (3-0) Olson (0-3) None 9-3
Mar 14 at Dayton Woerner Field • Dayton, OH W 4-3 Smith (2-0) Keller (0-1) Roehrich (1) 10-3
Mar 16 at Dayton Woerner Field • Dayton, OH W 9-3 Smith (2-0) Pletka (0-2) None 11-3
Mar 19 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium • Macomb, IL W 11-2 Feeney (3-0) Sears (1-2) None 12-3 1-0
Mar 20 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium • Macomb, IL W 7-3 Smith (4-0) Fochs (2-2) Nelson (1) 13-3 2-0
Mar 20 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium • Macomb, IL W 8-48 Drew (2-0) Edwards (0-1) Harm (3) 14-3 3-0
Mar 21 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium • Macomb, IL L 7-9 Gray (1-0) Pilla (0-1) Edwards (3) 14-4 3-1
Mar 26 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 6-312 Harm (1-1) Pierce (0-1) Nelson (3) 15-4 4-1
Mar 26 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 4-5 Scoggins (2-1) Riedinger (0-2) None 15-5 4-2
Mar 27 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 3-5 Kowalski (4-1) Smith (4-1) Archambo (1) 15-6 4-3
Mar 28 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK W 9-7 Loven (1-0) Notary (0-4) Nelson (4) 16-6 5-3
Apr 2 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE L 4-15 Machado (2-3) Feeney (3-1) Smith (1) 16-7 5-4
Apr 2 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE W 8-2 Sankey (4-0) Koelewyn (1-3) None 17-7 6-4
Apr 3 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE L 0-7 Holetz (2-2) Smith (4-2) Blunt (1) 17-8 6-5
Apr 4 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE W 10-4 Pilla (1-1) Scott (2-1) None 18-8 7-5
Apr 9 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 2-0 Feeney (4-1) Warkentien (0-3) None 19-8 8-5
Apr 10 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 10-7 Smith (5-2) Fochs (2-4) Nelson (5) 20-8 9-5
Apr 10 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 6-3 Sankey (5-0) Beck (0-2) Harm (4) 21-8 10-5
Apr 11 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 6-514 Pilla (2-1) Gray (1-1) None 22-8 11-5
Apr 16 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND L 6-8 Weber (1-0) Harm (1-2) Scoggins (4) 22-9 11-6
Apr 17 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 14-11 Smith (6-2) Kowalski (3-2) Nelson (6) 23-9 12-6
Apr 17 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND L 2-18 Coffey (4-1) Sankey (5-1) None 23-10 12-7
Apr 18 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND Cancelled, Weather 23-10 12-7
Apr 23 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD W 5-0 Drew (3-0) Mazur (2-5) Harm (5) 24-10 13-7
Apr 23 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD L 2-3 Sundquist (2-2) Nelson (0-1) None 24-11 13-8
Apr 24 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD L 2-128 Carlson (2-3) Smith (6-3) None 24-12 13-9
Apr 24 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field • Brookings, SD W 13-1210 Pilla (3-1) Holliday (0-1) Nelson (7) 25-12 14-9
Apr 27 Valley City State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 5-310 Nelson (1-1) Suda (5-4) None 26-12
Apr 30 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 5-310 Nelson (2-1) Cyr (3-7) Drew (1) 27-12
May 1 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS L 2-10 Davis (5-4) Smith (6-4) None 27-13
May 2 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 5-3 Sankey (6-1) Barry (1-2) Drew (2) 28-13
May 4 Mayville State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 6-2 Koep (1-0) Taliaferro (1-1) Pilla (1) 29-13
May 7 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 8-7 Pilla (4-1) Blunt (0-1) Harm (6) 30-13 15-9
May 7 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 2-07 Loven (2-0) Maifeld (0-1) None 31-13 16-9
May 8 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 8-7 Drew (4-0) Koelewyn (1-4) Harm (7) 32-13 17-9
May 9 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND L 4-5 Timmins (4-2) Nelson (2-2) Mohler (4) 32-14 17-10
May 10 Concordia Moorhead Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 8-7 Sylte (1-0) Wiedeman (0-2) Zetterman (1) 33-14
May 14 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 7-4 Roehrich (1-1) Mazur (2-7) Harm (8) 34-14 18-10
May 14 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND L 0-5 Beazley (3-2) Loven (2-1) Bourassa (2) 34-15 18-11
May 15 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 5-3 Drew (5-0) Sundquist (2-3) Harm (9) 35-15 19-11
May 16 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field • Fargo, ND W 10-4 Feeney (5-1) Bishop (0-5) None 36-15 20-11
May 20 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY L 3-157 Fox (2-0) Loven (2-2) None 36-16
May 21 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY W 8-1 Sankey (7-1) Williams (3-8) None 37-16
May 22 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY W 6-1 Feeney (6-1) Laster (0-2) None 38-16
Summit League Tournament
May 27 (3) Omaha (2) Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE W 3-1 Loven (3-2) Holetz (3-5) Harm (10) 39-16
May 28 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE W 5-0 Feeney (7-1) Coffey (9-2) Smith (1) 40-16
May 29 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE L 5-15 Swift (3-0) Sankey (7-2) None 40-17
May 29 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field • Omaha, NE W 11-6[6] Roehrich (2-1) Rogen (2-4) Harm (11) 41-17
NCAA Stanford Regional
Jun 4 (1) #7 Stanford (4) Klein Field • Stanford, CA L 1-9[7] Williams (3-2) Loven (3-3) None 41-18
Jun 5 (3) Nevada (4) Klein Field • Stanford, CA W 6-1[8] Feeney (8-1) Murillo (2-2) Harm (12) 42-18
Jun 6 (2) #17 UC Irvine (4) Klein Field • Stanford, CA L 3-18[9] Denholm (6-2) Sankey (7-3) None 42-19

Stanford Regional
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament § Stanford Regional
Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal (2) UC Irvine Anteaters (3) Nevada Wolfpack (4) North Dakota State Bison

References
  1. "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. Schlabach, Mark (March 30, 2020). "NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for spring athletes". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "2021 Baseball Roster". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02.
  4. "2021 Baseball Coaching Staff". North Dakota State Athletics. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15.
  5. "Baseball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved Jan 12, 2022.
  6. "Bison secure SummitBSB title with 11-6 winner-take-all triumph over top-seeded Oral Roberts". The Summit League.
  7. "Num 7 Stanford Uses Long Ball to Down Bison in NCAA Regional". North Dakota State Athletics.
  8. "Bison Beat Nevada 6-1 to Advance at NCAA Baseball Regional". North Dakota State Athletics.
  9. "Num 17 UC Irvine Defeats NDSU Baseball in NCAA Regional". North Dakota State Athletics.
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