Northern Colorado

[roadwarrior]

The Bison baseball team travels to Greeley this weekend for four games against UNC:

Fri Feb 24 3pm W 11-4
Sat Feb 25 Noon W 11-2
Sat Feb 25 3pm W 18-4
Sun Feb 26 1pm W 18-2

[coldspot]

UNC returns 2 of their top hitters from last season:
Ben Packard .374 4 HR 43 RBI
Adam Hilker .335 2 HR 34 RBI 11 SB/19 SBA

and their top pitcher from last year:
Joe Willman 7-5 13 Starts 5.24 ERA 58 K/29 BB 80.2 IP

as well as some top relievers:
Cameron Tallman 1-0 23 appearances 3.67 ERA 17 K/16 BB 27 IP
Nate Steinmetz 1-1 21 Appearances 4.38 ERA 17 K/10 BB 24.2 IP

Supposed to be between 39*-49* down in Greeley while they're down there. Bison have been practicing on Dacotah Field from time to time so the cold shouldn't be an issue. I predict Bison take at least 3 of 4.

[moosbah]

Keep the momentum Bison. Take care of UNC.

[roadwarrior]

7th inning stretch, and it is NDSU 11 UNC 0

[baseballfan7]

Bison win 11-4

[baseballfan7]

Bison win 1st game of the doubleheader today 11-2

[Bisonwinagn]

Would be great to get a sweep and start the season off on a good note.

[baseballfan7]

Game 2 of the doubleheader and the Bison lead 8-2 after 3 innings.

[baseballfan7]

Bison win game 2 of the doubleheader 18-4

[baseballfan7]

Bison up 5-1 after 3 innings in the series finale.

[roadwarrior]

Obviously, pitching is not one of the Bears strengths this season!

So far the Bison have scored 51 runs in 27 innings.

[baseballfan7]

14-1 Bison in the 5th.

[MN_BISON]

Wow, nice showing by the Bison. Wasn't baseball thought to be a strong point at UNC when they left for DI? Are they playing as an Indy or did they latch onto another conference for baseball?

[NDSUstudent]

16-1 Bison, talk about a slaughter.

[NDSUstudent]

Wow, nice showing by the Bison. Wasn't baseball thought to be a strong point at UNC when they left for DI? Are they playing as an Indy or did they latch onto another conference for baseball?

They finished second in the Great West the past two seasons. They were picked third this year behind Utah Valley and Houston Baptist.

[roadwarrior]

Do I see a white flag being waved from the UNC dugout?

[baseballfan7]

18-2 Bison after 7

[roadwarrior]

Mercy rule?

[BadlandsBison]

Mercy rule?

No Quarter! Swing away

[roadwarrior]

Game over. 7 innings. 18-2

[roadwarrior]

In the four games against the Bears, we had 158 at bats and 71 hits! That is a pretty good hitting percentage!

.449

[ndsubison1]

big sweep!

[JSUBison]

In the four games against the Bears, we had 158 at bats and 71 hits! That is a pretty good hitting percentage!

.449

Those are Kelly Leak numbers.

[roadwarrior]

NDSU first baseman Nick Colwell was named Summit player of the week.

From gobison:


Colwell hit .700 (14-for-20) in NDSU's four-game sweep at Northern Colorado. He had two doubles, two triples and nine RBIs, stole a base, and scored seven runs.

[Strommer10]

With a win over a ranked Arizona team, a sweep of UNC, & mens basketball is imploading faster than the hindenburg, dare I say it but I'm excited for baseball season.