2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

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|year=2021

|team=North Dakota State Bison

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|head_coach=Tod Brown

|short_conf=Summit

|hc_year=14th

|asst_coach1=Tyler Oakes

|asst_coach2=David Pearson

|asst_coach3=Tanner Neale

|conf_record=20-11

|record=42-19

|conference=Summit League

|stadium=Newman Outdoor Field

|champion=Summit League Champion
Stanford Regional

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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. After entering the NCAA tournament the Bison went 1-2 and were eliminated after being defeated by No. 7 overall Stanford{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-baseball/boxscore/_/gameId/401331856|title=North Dakota State vs. Stanford|work=ESPN|access-date=February 18, 2022}} and No. 17 overall UC Irvine.{{cite web|url=https://gobison.com/news/2021/6/6/-17-uc-irvine-defeats-ndsu-baseball-in-ncaa-regional.aspx|title=Num 17 UC Irvine Defeats NDSU Baseball in NCAA Regional|work=North Dakota State Bison|access-date=February 18, 2022}} They defeated Nevada{{cite web|url=https://gobison.com/news/2021/6/5/bison-beat-nevada-6-1-to-advance-at-ncaa-baseball-regional.aspx|title=Bison Beat Nevada 6-1 to Advance at NCAA Baseball Regional|work=North Dakota State Bison|access-date=February 18, 2022}} for the team's first ever NCAA Division I Tournament game win.

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.{{Cite news|last=Schlabach|first=Mark|date=March 30, 2020|title=NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for spring athletes|work=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/28972856/ncaa-approves-extra-year-eligibility-spring-athletes|access-date=February 2, 2021}}

Personnel

=Roster=

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! colspan="9" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}" |2021 North Dakota State roster{{Cite web|title=2021 Baseball Roster|url=https://gobison.com/sports/baseball/roster/2021|url-status=live|website=North Dakota State Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202072443/https://gobison.com/sports/baseball/roster/2021 |archive-date=2021-12-02 }}

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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

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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

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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

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=Coaching staff=

colspan="9" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}; text-align:center;"\| 2021 North Dakota State Coaching Staff{{Cite web\|title=2021 Baseball Coaching Staff\|url=https://gobison.com/sports/baseball/coaches/2021\|url-status=live\|website=North Dakota State Athletics\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062633/https://gobison.com/sports/baseball/coaches/2021 \|archive-date=2022-01-15 }}
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Name	Position
Tod Brown	Head coach
David Pearson	Assistant Coach
Tyler Oakes	Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator
Tanner Neale	Volunteer assistant coach

Schedule and results

colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}" \| 2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log
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colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}" \| Regular season (38-16)
valign="top" \| {\| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! colspan=12 style="padding=left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}" \| February (5-1)
Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall record ! Summit League Record
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| February 21	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY	4-10	Kates (1-0)	Harm (0-1)	None	0-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| February 22	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field	8-5	Smith (1-0)	Hicks (0-1)	Anderson (1)	1-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| February 22	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field	10-2	Sankey (1-0)	O'Connell (0-1)	None	2-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| February 26	at Saint Louis	Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO	7-4	Drew (1-0)	Harris (0-1)	Nelson (1)	3-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| February 27	at Saint Louis	Billiken Sports Center	5-4	Feeney (1-0)	Finkelburg (0-1)	Harm (1)	4-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| February 27	at Saint Louis	Billiken Sports Center	6-5	Smith (2-0)	Dauman (0-1)	Riedinger (1)	5-1	-
align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" \| February 28	at Saint Louis	Billiken Sports Center	Canceled, Rain				5-1	-

Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall Record ! Summit League Record
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; width:100%" ! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}"\|March (11-5)
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| March 5	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	4-8	Wyatt (1-0)	Riedinger (0-1)	None	5-2	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 6	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	11-1	Sankey (2-0)	Leach (0-1)	None	6-2	-
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| March 6	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	4-14⁽⁸⁾	Salim (1-0)	Roehrich (0-1)	None	6-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 7	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field	11-1⁽⁷⁾	Smith (3-0)	Mazzetti (0-1)	None	7-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 12	at Dayton	Woerner Field Dayton, OH	5-1	Feeney (2-0)	Jones (0-1)	Harm (2)	8-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 13	at Dayton	Woerner Field	9-1	Sankey (3-0)	Olson (0-1)	None	9-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 14	at Dayton	Woerner Field	4-3	Smith (4-0)	Keller (0-1)	Roehrich (1)	10-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 16	at Dayton	Woerner Field	9-3	Smith (5-0)	Pletka (0-1)	None	11-3	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 19	at Western Illinois	Alfred D. Boyer Stadium Macomb, IL	11-2	Feeney (3-0)	Sears (0-1)	None	12-3	1-0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 20	at Western Illinois	Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	7-3	Smith (6-0)	Fochs (0-1)	Nelson (1)	13-3	2-0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 20	at Western Illinois	Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	8-4⁽⁸⁾	Drew (2-0)	Edwards (0-1)	Harm (3)	14-3	3-0
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| March 21	at Western Illinois	Alfred D. Boyer Stadium	7-9	Gray (1-0)	Pilla (0-1)	Edwards (1)	14-4	3-1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 26	at Oral Roberts	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	6-3⁽¹²⁾	Harm (1-1)	Pierce (0-1)	Nelson (3)	15-4	4-1
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| March 26	at Oral Roberts	J. L. Johnson Stadium	4-5	Scoggins (1-0)	Riedinger (0-2)	None	15-5	4-2
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| March 27	at Oral Roberts	J. L. Johnson Stadium	3-5	Kowalski (1-0)	Smith (6-1)	Archambo (1)	15-6	4-3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| March 28	at Oral Roberts	J. L. Johnson Stadium	9-7	Loven (1-0)	Notary (0-1)	Nelson (4)	16-6	5-3

Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall Record ! Summit League Record
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; width:100%" ! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}"\|April (11-6)
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 2	at Omaha	Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	4-15	Machado (1-0)	Feeney (3-1)	Smith (1)	16-7	5-4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 2	at Omaha	Tal Anderson Field	8-2	Sankey (4-0)	Koelewyn (0-1)	None	17-7	6-4
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 3	at Omaha	Tal Anderson Field	0-7	Holetz (1-0)	Smith (6-2)	Blunt (1)	17-8	6-5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 4	at Omaha	Tal Anderson Field	10-4	Pilla (1-1)	Scott (0-1)	None	18-8	7-5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 9	Western Illinois	Newman Outdoor Field Fargo, ND	2-0	Feeney (4-1)	Warkentien (0-1)	None	19-8	8-5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 10	Western Illinois	Newman Outdoor Field	10-7	Smith (7-2)	Fochs (0-1)	Nelson (5)	20-8	9-5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 10	Western Illinois	Newman Outdoor Field	6-3	Sankey (5-0)	Beck (0-1)	Harm (4)	21-8	10-5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 11	Western Illinois	Newman Outdoor Field	6-5⁽¹⁴⁾	Pilla (2-1)	Gray (0-1)	None	22-8	11-5
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 16	Oral Roberts	Newman Outdoor Field	6-8	Weber (1-0)	Harm (1-2)	Scoggins (1)	22-9	11-6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 17	Oral Roberts	Newman Outdoor Field	14-11	Smith (8-2)	Kowalski (0-1)	Nelson (6)	23-9	12-6
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 17	Oral Roberts	Newman Outdoor Field	2-18	Coffey (1-0)	Sankey (5-1)	None	23-10	12-7
align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" \| April 18	Oral Roberts	Newman Outdoor Field	Canceled, Weather				23-10	12-7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 23	at South Dakota State	Erv Huether Field Brookings, SD	5-0	Drew (3-0)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (5)	24-10	13-7
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 23	at South Dakota State	Erv Huether Field	2-3	Sundquist (1-0)	Nelson (0-1)	None	24-11	13-8
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| April 24	at South Dakota State	Erv Huether Field	2-12⁽⁸⁾	Carlson (1-0)	Smtih (8-3)	None	24-12	13-9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 24	at South Dakota State	Erv Huether Field	13-12⁽¹⁰⁾	Drew (3-0)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (5)	25-12	14-9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 27	Valley City State	Newman Outdoor Field	5-3⁽¹⁰⁾	Nelson (1-1)	Suda (0-1)	None	26-12	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| April 30	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS	5-3⁽¹⁰⁾	Nelson (2-1)	Cyr (0-1)	Drew (1)	27-12	-

Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall Record ! Summit League Record
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; width:100%" ! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}"\|May (11-4)
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| May 1	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	2-10	Davis (1-0)	Smith (8-4)	None	27-13	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 2	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	5-3	Sankey (6-1)	Barry (0-1)	Drew (2)	28-13	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 4	Mayville State	Newman Outdoor Field	6-2	Koep (1-0)	Taliaferro (0-1)	Pilla (1)	29-13	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 7	Omaha	Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Pilla (4-1)	Blunt (0-1)	Harm (6)	30-13	15-9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 7	Omaha	Newman Outdoor Field	2-0⁽⁷⁾	Loven (2-0)	Maifeld (0-1)	None	31-13	16-9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 8	Omaha	Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Drew (4-0)	Koelewyn (0-1)	Harm (7)	32-13	17-9
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| May 9	omaha	Newman Outdoor Field	4-5	Timmins (1-0)	Nelson (2-2)	Mohler (1)	32-14	17-10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 10	Concordia Moorhead	Newman Outdoor Field	8-7	Sylte (1-0)	Wiedeman (0-1)	Zetterman (1)	33-14	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 14	South Dakota State	Newman Outdoor Field	7-4	Roehrich (1-1)	Mazur (0-1)	Harm (8)	34-14	18-10
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| May 14	South Dakota State	Newman Outdoor Field	0-5	Beazley (1-0)	Loven (2-1)	Bourassa (1)	34-15	18-11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 15	South Dakota State	Newman Outdoor Field	5-3	Drew (5-0)	Sundquist (0-1)	Harm (9)	35-15	19-11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 16	South Dakota State	Newman Outdoor Field	10-4	Feeney (5-1)	Bishop (0-1)	None	36-15	20-11
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| May 20	at Eastern Kentucky	Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY	3-15⁽⁷⁾	Fox (1-0)	Loven (2-2)	None	36-16	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 21	at Eastern Kentucky	Turkey Hughes Field	8-1	Sankey (7-1)	Williams (0-1)	None	37-16	-
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 22	at Eastern Kentucky	Turkey Hughes Field	6-1	Feeney (6-1)	Laster (0-1)	None	38-16	-

! colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison}}"|Postseason (4-3)

Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall Record ! Summit LeagueT Record
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; width:100%" ! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}"\|{{CollegePrimaryColorLink\|North Dakota State Bison\|2021 Summit League Baseball Tournament\|Summit League Tournament}} (3-1)
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 27	(3) Omaha	(2)	Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	3-1	Loven (3-2)	Holetz (0-1)	Harm (10)	39-16	1-0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 28	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	5-0	Feeney (7-1)	Coffey (0-1)	Smith (2)	40-16	2-0
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| May 29	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	5-15	Swift (1-0)	Sankey (7-2)	None	40-17	2-1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| May 29	(1) Oral Roberts	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	11-6	Roehrich (2-1)	Rogen (0-1)	Harm (11)	41-17	3-1

Date ! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Overall Record ! Stanford Regional Record
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; font-size:95%; width:100%" ! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison}}"\|{{CollegePrimaryColorLink\|North Dakota State Bison\|2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament\|Stanford Regional}} (1-2)
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| June 4	(1) #7 Stanford	(4)	Klein Field Stanford, CA	1-9	Williams (1-0)	Loven (3-3)	None	41-18	0-1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| June 5	(3) Nevada	(4)	Klein Field	6-1	Feeney (8-1)	Murillo (0-1)	Harm (12)	42-18	1-1
align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" \| June 6	(2) #17 UC Irvine	(4)	Klein Field	3-18	Denholm (1-0)	Sankey (7-3)	None	42-19	1-2

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| {{hlist|{{legend inline|#ccffcc|Win}} | {{legend inline|#ffdddd|Loss}} | {{legend inline|#bbbbbb|Postponement}} | Bold: Bison team member | Reference:{{cite web|url=https://gobison.com/sports/baseball/schedule/2022|title=2022 Baseball Schedule|work=North Dakota State Bison|access-date=February 11, 2022}}}} {{hlist|Rankings from D1Baseball.com: | (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.}}

=Stanford Regional=

{{Main|2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#Stanford Regional}}

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colspan=4\|Stanford Regional Teams
style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Stanford Cardinal\|border=0}}\|(1) Stanford Cardinal !style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle\|UC Irvine Anteaters\|border=0}}\|(2) UC Irvine Anteaters !style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle\|Nevada Wolfpack\|border=0}}\|(3) Nevada Wolfpack !style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle\|North Dakota State Bison\|border=0}}\|(4) North Dakota State Bison

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colspan=4|Stanford Regional Teams

style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stanford Cardinal|border=0}}|(1) Stanford Cardinal

!style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Irvine Anteaters|border=0}}|(2) UC Irvine Anteaters

!style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Nevada Wolfpack|border=0}}|(3) Nevada Wolfpack

!style="width: 25%; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Dakota State Bison|border=0}}|(4) North Dakota State Bison

References

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