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COBBER GAMEDAY 2008 Concordia vs. NDSU – April 29, 2008 GAME #26 NDSU (922/29 The Summit) at CONCORDIA COLLEGE (1312/68 MIAC) April 29, 2008 Jake Christiansen Complex Moorhead, Minn. GAME TIME: 4 p.m. (1 – nineinning game) SERIES: NDSU leads 55321 SERIES STARTED: 1909 SERIES SYNOPSIS: Today’s game marks the first meeting between the border rivals since the 2005 season. In that game, NDSU scored seven times in the fifth inning en route to a 173 victory at Newman Outdoor Stadium. It is the first game between the teams played at Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex since 2003 when NDSU prevailed 110. The Bison have won six of the past seven meetings between the two teams in a stretch that dates back to 1998. The lone win for the Cobbers during that streak came in 2004 when CC won 128 at NDSU. In that game Concordia used four home runs to beat the Bison. Ryan Hebrink hit a pair of HR’s for the Cobbers. Brian Schumacher and Scott Johnson hit solo shots in the game to finish off the Concordia long ball attack. CC wasted only one inning before jumping on top of the Bison. In the second frame, the Cobbers put their first two batters on base and then benefited from a costly Bison error to score the first two runs of the game. Concordia added to the lead in the third inning when they scored three more runs all via the long ball. North Dakota State was able to get a solo run in the bottom of the fourth inning before the roof fell in on the Bison in the top half of the fifth. The Cobbers scored seven runs in the frame and sent 12 men to the plate. The highlight of the inning was Hebrink's threerun blast that put Concordia up 81. NDSU scored the final seven runs of the game, but by then the game was well in hand for the Cobbers. The Cobbers hammered out 13 hits in the game, and seven of the nine starting hitters amassed at least one hit. Schumacher and Scott Johnson led the Cobber offense by getting three hits each. Schumacher finished the game 3for4 with three runs scored, and Johnson was 3for5 with two runs scored and two RBI's hitting from the leadoff spot...NDSU has also claimed wins in nine of the past 11 meetings between the two schools...the last six games in the series have all featured doubledigit run totals for the winning team...the most runs scored by a single team in the series in a game is 24 by the Cobbers when CC posted a 2415 win at home on May 5, 1997...the longest winning streak by either team in the series is six games. Concordia won six straight from 1988 through 1992. CONCORDIA UPDATE Concordia returns to the diamond today to square off against non conference foe NDSU. The Cobbers had a pair of doubleheaders postponed over the weekend thanks to the springlike storm that came through the FM area on Friday and Saturday. CC was swept by Bethel (8 4 & 54) in their lone doubleheader last week. That series gave the Cobbers a serious case of the “woulda, coulda, shoulda’s.” In the opener, Concordia gave up five unearned runs and lost by four, and in the second game they conceded a threerun, walkoff homer in the bottom of the seventh. The two losses drop the Cobbers’ overall record to 1312 on the season. UNCHARTED TERRITORY Concordia junior catcher Kyle Johnson continues to tear through MIAC pitching this season. Johnson currently has a program record 19 game hitting streak. He has a chance to become the first player in program history to hit safely in 20 straight games today. Johnson leads the Cobbers in hitting in 2008 with a .448 average. He is currently leading the MIAC in RBI’s (19) and total bases (45) and is tied for the league lead in home runs (4) in conference games. THE .400 CLUB The Cobbers have three players this year hitting above .400. Besides Kyle Johnson, junior first baseman Scott Schumacher is batting .414 and sophomore outfielder Nick Lewis is hitting .408. The last time CC had a player hit above .400 was in 2006 when Billy DeNet hit .418 for the season. The last time Concordia finished the season with more than one player hitting above the .400 level was back in 1992. A BETTER BRAND OF ALUMINUM Concordia is currently batting .316 this season. That is fourth in the MIAC and an increase of over 30 percentage points from last season when they hit .280. The Cobber record for team average in a single season is .344 set back in 1985. UP NEXT Concordia has three conference doubleheaders to finish off the regular season. After taking a break for finals this week after today’s game, the Cobbers will play St. Mary’s at Winona State on Saturday and then return home to host St. Thomas on Monday, May 5 at 1 p.m. and Augsburg on Tuesday, May 6 at 1 p.m. NDSU UPDATE NDSU heads into today’s game after a nineday layoff. The last game action for the Bison came on Apr. 20 when they dropped a 65 decision at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne. That loss ended a two game win streak for NDSU which happened to be their first two wins in Summit league history. The Bison have had a mixed bag in 2008. They have posted wins over the University of Minnesota and Cleveland State and have close losses to Kansas, Creighton and leagueleading Oral Roberts. On the other side of the spectrum, they also have double digit losses to Oklahoma, Wichita State and leagueleading Oral Roberts. LONG ON LANGLAIS NDSU is led in hitting by senior shortstop Ryan Langlais. He is currently hitting .322 and named Co Player of the Week in the Summit League on April 21. He has currently hit safely in 11 straight games and is coming off a 10for21 (.476) weekend at IPFW. A LONG DAY AT THE OFFICE North Dakota State’s 17inning loss to Southern Utah on April 12 is now the longest game listed in the NDSU baseball record book. It went longer than the 16inning 21 loss to MSU Moorhead on May 10, 1972. NDSU and Southern Utah were tied at 5 after nine regulation innings before going scoreless into the 17th. A bad hop single with two outs scored the first two runs of a sevenrun frame for SUU. The game lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes and seven pitchers combined to throw 607 pitches. THIS DATE IN HISTORY April 29 1813 Rubber is patented 1852 First edition of Roget's Thesaurus published 1899 Big Band jazz founder Duke Ellington born 1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of four unassisted double plays 1936 First pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo 85 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports” debuts 1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1986 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 1997 KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HR's

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COBBER GAMEDAY 2008 Concordia vs. NDSU – April 29, 2008

GAME #26 NDSU (9­22/2­9 The Summit)

at CONCORDIA COLLEGE (13­12/6­8 MIAC)

April 29, 2008 Jake Christiansen Complex

Moorhead, Minn.

GAME TIME: 4 p.m. (1 – nine­inning game) SERIES: NDSU leads 55­32­1 SERIES STARTED: 1909 SERIES SYNOPSIS: Today’s game marks the first meeting between the border rivals since the 2005 season. In that game, NDSU scored seven times in the fifth inning en route to a 17­3 victory at Newman Outdoor Stadium. It is the first game between the teams played at Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex since 2003 when NDSU prevailed 11­0. The Bison have won six of the past seven meetings between the two teams in a stretch that dates back to 1998. The lone win for the Cobbers during that streak came in 2004 when CC won 12­8 at NDSU. In that game Concordia used four home runs to beat the Bison. Ryan Hebrink hit a pair of HR’s for the Cobbers. Brian Schumacher and Scott Johnson hit solo shots in the game to finish off the Concordia long ball attack. CC wasted only one inning before jumping on top of the Bison. In the second frame, the Cobbers put their first two batters on base and then benefited from a costly Bison error to score the first two runs of the game. Concordia added to the lead in the third inning when they scored three more runs all via the long ball. North Dakota State was able to get a solo run in the bottom of the fourth inning before the roof fell in on the Bison in the top half of the fifth. The Cobbers scored seven runs in the frame and sent 12 men to the plate. The highlight of the inning was Hebrink's three­run blast that put Concordia up 8­1. NDSU scored the final seven runs of the game, but by then the game was well in hand for the Cobbers. The Cobbers hammered out 13 hits in the game, and seven of the nine starting hitters amassed at least one hit. Schumacher and Scott Johnson led the Cobber offense by getting three hits each. Schumacher finished the game 3­for­4 with three runs scored, and Johnson was 3­for­5 with two runs scored and two RBI's hitting from the leadoff spot...NDSU has also claimed wins in nine of the past 11 meetings between the two schools...the last six games in the series have all featured double­digit run totals for the winning team...the most runs scored by a single team in the series in a game is 24 by the Cobbers when CC posted a 24­15 win at home on May 5, 1997...the longest winning streak by either team in the series is six games. Concordia won six straight from 1988 through 1992.

CONCORDIA UPDATE Concordia returns to the diamond today to square off against non­ conference foe NDSU. The Cobbers had a pair of doubleheaders postponed over the weekend thanks to the spring­like storm that came through the F­M area on Friday and Saturday. CC was swept by Bethel (8­ 4 & 5­4) in their lone doubleheader last week. That series gave the Cobbers a serious case of the “woulda, coulda, shoulda’s.” In the opener, Concordia gave up five unearned runs and lost by four, and in the second game they conceded a three­run, walk­off homer in the bottom of the seventh. The two losses drop the Cobbers’ overall record to 13­12 on the season. UNCHARTED TERRITORY Concordia junior catcher Kyle Johnson continues to tear through MIAC pitching this season. Johnson currently has a program record 19­ game hitting streak. He has a chance to become the first player in program history to hit safely in 20 straight games today. Johnson leads the Cobbers in hitting in 2008 with a .448 average. He is currently leading the MIAC in RBI’s (19) and total bases (45) and is tied for the league lead in home runs (4) in conference games. THE .400 CLUB The Cobbers have three players this year hitting above .400. Besides Kyle Johnson, junior first baseman Scott Schumacher is batting .414 and sophomore outfielder Nick Lewis is hitting .408. The last time CC had a player hit above .400 was in 2006 when Billy DeNet hit .418 for the season. The last time Concordia finished the season with more than one player hitting above the .400 level was back in 1992. A BETTER BRAND OF ALUMINUM Concordia is currently batting .316 this season. That is fourth in the MIAC and an increase of over 30 percentage points from last season when they hit .280. The Cobber record for team average in a single season is .344 set back in 1985. UP NEXT Concordia has three conference doubleheaders to finish off the regular season. After taking a break for finals this week after today’s game, the Cobbers will play St. Mary’s at Winona State on Saturday and then return home to host St. Thomas on Monday, May 5 at 1 p.m. and Augsburg on Tuesday, May 6 at 1 p.m.

NDSU UPDATE NDSU heads into today’s game after a nine­day layoff. The last game action for the Bison came on Apr. 20 when they dropped a 6­5 decision at Indiana University­Purdue University Fort Wayne. That loss ended a two­ game win streak for NDSU which happened to be their first two wins in Summit league history. The Bison have had a mixed bag in 2008. They have posted wins over the University of Minnesota and Cleveland State and have close losses to Kansas, Creighton and league­leading Oral Roberts. On the other side of the spectrum, they also have double­ digit losses to Oklahoma, Wichita State and league­leading Oral Roberts. LONG ON LANGLAIS NDSU is led in hitting by senior shortstop Ryan Langlais. He is currently hitting .322 and named Co­ Player of the Week in the Summit League on April 21. He has currently hit safely in 11 straight games and is coming off a 10­for­21 (.476) weekend at IPFW. A LONG DAY AT THE OFFICE North Dakota State’s 17­inning loss to Southern Utah on April 12 is now the longest game listed in the NDSU baseball record book. It went longer than the 16­inning 2­1 loss to MSU Moorhead on May 10, 1972. NDSU and Southern Utah were tied at 5 after nine regulation innings before going scoreless into the 17th. A bad­ hop single with two outs scored the first two runs of a seven­run frame for SUU. The game lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes and seven pitchers combined to throw 607 pitches. THIS DATE IN HISTORY April 29 1813 ­ Rubber is patented 1852 ­ First edition of Roget's Thesaurus published 1899 ­ Big Band jazz founder Duke Ellington born 1918 ­ Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of four unassisted double plays 1936 ­ First pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo 8­5 1961 ­ ABC's "Wide World of Sports” debuts 1967 ­ Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1986 ­ Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners 1997 ­ KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HR's

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MEET THE 2008 COBBERS No Name Yr Pos Ht Wt B/T Hometown/High School 01 Matt Youngquist Sr. OF 5­11 165 R/R Brooklyn Park, Minn./Cham P 02 Matt Venturini Jr. RHP 5­11 195 R/R Kalispell, Mont./Flathead 03 Jake Krause So. SS 6­0 170 R/R Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 04 Eddie Massee So. RHP 6­0 185 R/R Appleton, Minn./Lac Qui Parle 05 Michael Hinde Jr. C 5­11 190 L/R Montevideo, Minn./Monte. 06 Erick Sykora Jr. SS 5­9 155 R/R Rapid City, S.D./Stevens 07 Dan Wackler Fr. 2B/SS 5­11 155 R/R Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo 08 Joey Troxell Fr. C/IF 5­10 155 R/R Shape, Belgium/Shape 09 Drew Zimmerman Sr. OF 5­11 175 R/R Fargo, N.D./South 10 Clem Dupuis Fr. RHP 5­11 170 R/R Jurbise, Belgium/Eisenhower 11 Zach Weller Fr. RHP 6­3 190 R/R Sauk Centre/Sauk Centre 12 Josh Dahlke So. OF 6­0 175 R/R Willmar, Minn./Willmar 13 Nick Petro Jr. RHP 5­11 220 R/R Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson 14 Nate Haase So. IF 6­0 195 R/R Bertha, Minn./Bertha­Hewitt 15 Nick Lewis So. OF 6­4 185 L/R Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus F. 16 Tyler Doll So. 2B 5­6 145 R/R Perham, Minn./Perham 17 Scott Schumacher Jr. RHP 6­2 200 R/R Thompson, N.D./Thompson 18 Lucas Genereux So. 1B 5­9 170 R/R Thief River F., Minn./Lincoln 19 Matt Enger Fr. C 6­0 180 R/R Madison, Minn./Lac Qui Parle 20 Adam Johnson So. RHP 6­1 200 R/R Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pel. R. 21 Jake Torrison Fr. RHP 6­1 160 R/R Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata 23 Chris Fellows So. LHP 6­0 185 L/L Ortonville, Minn./Ortonville 24 Michael Carlson Fr. 3B/SS 6­1 175 R/R Sartell, Minn./Sartell 25 Phil Moenkedick Fr. LHP 6­2 175 L/L Perham, Minn./Perham 26 Brady Harms So. OF 6­1 175 L/R Hawley, Minn./Hawley 27 Randy Syrstad Fr. RHP 6­2 205 R/R Thompson, N.D./Thompson 28 Kyle Johnson Jr. C 6­1 255 R/R Cambridge, Minn./Cam­Isanti 29 Matt Green So. RHP 6­4 205 R/R Dilworth, Minn./D­G­F 30 A. Skow­Anderson Fr. RHP 6­4 185 R/R Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pel. R. 32 Fred Weiss So. OF 6­0 185 L/R Baxter, Minn./Brainerd 53 Andy Erickson So. RHP 5­10 200 R/R Sacred Heart, Minn./R­C­W XX Craig Knochenmus Fr. LHP 6­2 190 L/L Morris, Minn./Morris Area

Coaching Staff: Head Coach – Bucky Burgau (North Dakota State Univ. ‘73; 30 th Season – 555­431­6) Assistant Coaches – Mike Reese, Dave Klug

2008 Concordia Schedule MARCH____________________ 17­23 at RussMatt Invite (AZ) 17 vs. Hope (Mich.) L 0­5 17 vs. Hope (Mich.) W 10­9 18 vs. Knox (Ill.) W 7­4 18 vs. Knox (Ill.) L 7­8 20 vs. W. New England L 0­1 20 vs. W. New England L 3­11 21 vs. UW­LaCrosse W 11­3 21 vs. UW­LaCrosse W 7­6 22 vs. D’Youville (N.Y.) W 24­0 22 vs. D’Youville (N.Y.) W 29­2 26 at Univ. of Mary W 6­5 APRIL____________________ 5 at Carleton W 5­3 5 at Carleton W 12­2 10 GUSTAVUS L 8­9 10 GUSTAVUS L 1­3 15 at Macalester L 4­5 15 at Macalester W 17­12 16 HAMLINE L 5­11 16 HAMLINE L 2­5 19 at St. John’s W 6­1 19 at St. John’s W 9­6 20 ST. OLAF W 3­0 20 ST. OLAF L 0­5 22 at Bethel L 4­8 22 at Bethel L 4­5 29 NDSU 4 p.m. MAY__________________ ___ 3 at St. Mary’s (2) TBA 5 ST. THOMAS (2) 1 p.m. 6 AUGSBURG (2) 1 p.m.

MIAC Players of the Week April 28, 2008 Player of the Week St. Olaf College sophomore outfielder Tyler Jones (Farmington, Minn.) extended his hitting streak to six over the Oles' 5­0 week, as he went a combined 8­for­ 10 in a sweep of Saint Mary's on Tuesday, 4­for­7 against Gustavus on Wednesday and 2­for­3 on Sunday against Carleton. His 14­for­20 week, helped by his third and fourth four­hit games of the year on Tuesday, raised his average from .337 to .408.

Pitcher of the Week Hamline University senior pitcher Josh Roiger (West St. Paul, Minn./Sibley) led the Pipers to a road sweep of the #13 Tommies last week, coming in from left field for the save in the seventh inning of the opener. He then returned to the mound 30 minutes later to pitch a complete­game shutout in game two. The sweep over St. Thomas on their field marked the first time that the Tommies were swept in an MIAC baseball doubleheader in six seasons, covering 62 doubleheaders. It was the first time St. Thomas was swept at home in 10 years. While facing the minimum number of batters in the seventh inning in the game one 6­5 win Roiger struck out two and gave up one hit. In the complete­game shutout in game two, Roiger walked none and gave up just four hits, none with runners on base. He also threw six strikeouts in shutting down the Tommies.

Gameday Player Profile Name: Scott Schumacher Sport: Baseball Year: Junior Hometown: Thompson, N.D. High School: Thompson HS ‘05 Parents: Tim and Nancy Major: Marketing/Finance

Nickname: Schuey Place I would most like to visit: Kalispell, Montana Favorite TV show: Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, anything on the Discovery Channel Favorite movies: Bull Durham, Wedding Crashers Favorite musical groups: Sugarland, Dave Matthews Band, Dierks Bentley Favorite holiday: Valentines Day One thing I can't live without: Eddie Massee’s Smile What is the best gift you ever received: First baseball glove Best class ever taken at Concordia: Anything with Odile Streed The three people I would most like to meet: Joe Mauer, Johnny Cash, Bill Gates Nobody knows how much I like to: Beat Kyle in Darts The biggest influence on my baseball career: Coach Brontle Greatest personal sports moment: Winning Baseball state championship If I were to play another sport, it would be: Hockey Favorite pro sports team: Pittsburgh Penguins My dream job is: Crab Boat Captain

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MEET THE 2008 BISON No Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Yr. Hometown/High School 2 Ricky Hefflinger IF S/R 5­10 170 So. Portland, Ore./Cleveland 3 Chris Lovas IF R/R 6­0 180 So. Cheyenne, Wyo./Central HS 4 Dustin Wenzel P/OF R/R 5­9 175 Fr. Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck Century 5 Mark Ries P R/R 6­0 185 So. Shoreview, Minn./Totino­Grace 6 Devin Flynn IF L/R 6­1 170 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman 7 Kole Zimmerman C/OF R/R 6­0 225 Sr. Windom, Minn./Windom Area 8 Ryan Langlais IF R/R 6­0 195 Sr. Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS 9 Tim Jallen U S/R 5­9 170 So. Bismarck, N.D./Saguaro (AZ) 10 Craig Olson P L/L 5­10 165 Jr. Kalispell, Mont./Columbia Falls 11 Shane Bushland P R/R 5­11 180 Sr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 12 Chris Paterson P/OF R/R 5­10 185 Sr. Yucaipa, Calif./East Valley 13 David Williams IF R/R 6­1 195 Jr. Muskegon, Mich./Fruitport 15 Shannon Ekermans P L/L 6­2 185 So. Kenridge, South Africa/Fairmont 16 Chad Berg P/OF R/R 6­3 195 Jr. Grafton, N.D./Grafton 17 Gavin Hofer C S/R 6­1 210 Sr. Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville 18 Preston Ghizoni IF R/R 5­11 185 Fr. Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids 19 Jake Laber P R/L 6­0 185 Sr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS 22 Ben Mathiason P R/R 6­1 185 Sr. Kalispell, Mont./Flathead 23 Kenny Beese IF R/R 6­2 200 So. Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids 24 Sebastiona Miles 1B R/R 6­3 210 Sr. Valencia, Calif. /El Cerrito 26 Jeff Kyllo P R/R 6­3 210 Jr. Blanchard, N.D./May­Port­CG 27 John Demgen OF R/R 5­10 190 RFr. Minneapolis, Minn./Mpls. South 28 Eric Nutzhorn IF R/R 6­0 195 So. Moose Jaw, Sask. 29 Kyle Harrison OF R/R 5­11 180 RFr. Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids 30 Mike Germain 1B R/R 6­2 225 So. Merrifield, Minn./Brainerd 31 Ryan Williams P R/R 6­2 205 Jr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 32 Matt Bowar P R/R 6­6 220 Sr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley 33 Anthony Fontana C R/R 6­0 205 Fr. Casselton, N.D./Central Cass 35 Allen Goodman P R/R 6­1 225 Jr. Pierre, S.D./T.F. Riggs HS 36 Mike Schultz P L/R 6­4 215 Sr. Clearwater, Minn./St. Cloud Tech 39 Luke Otto OF R/R 6­0 195 Jr. Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi

Coaching Staff: Head Coach – Tod Brown (Arizona ’94; First Season) Assistant Coaches – Steve Montgomery (Pitching Coach), David Pearson, Tyrus Powe

Meet Head Coach Tod Brown Tod Brown, formerly the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for eight years at Bowling Green, is in his first year as head baseball coach at North Dakota State. Brown, 36, was part of two division titles and a regular­season championship in the Mid­American Conference while at Bowling Green, and he coached two MAC Player of the Year award­winners and eight professional draft picks.

A left­handed pitcher, Brown played collegiate baseball for Hall of Fame coach Jerry Kindall at Arizona, where he was a member of the 1992 Pac­10 championship team. In 1993, Brown won six games and had eight saves while setting Arizona’s single­season record with 35 appearances. He was named to the All­Midwest Regional team as the Wildcats fell one run shy of a College World Series appearance.

2008 NDSU Schedule MARCH____________________ 4 at Oklahoma L 3­15 5 at Oklahoma L 0­13 5 at Oklahoma L 3­9 8 at Kansas L 3­4(10) 9 at Kansas L 0­13 9 at Kansas L 9­11 14 vs. Central Michigan W 7­4 15 at Evansville (Ind.) W 4­3 16 vs. Cleveland State W 5­3 18 at U of Minnesota L 8­17 19 at U of Minnesota W 5­4(10) 22 vs. St. Cloud St. W 9­0 22 vs. St. Cloud St. W 3­2(9) 28 at #11 Wichita State L 3­14 29 at #11 Wichita State L 1­8 30 at #11 Wichita State L 5­9 APRIL____________________ 4 at Oral Roberts L 4­6 5 at Oral Roberts L 2­20 5 at Oral Roberts L 0­13 6 at Oral Roberts L 6­7 9 at Creighton L 0­2 9 at Creighton L 0­1 12 SOUTHERN UTAH L 5­12(17) 13 SOUTHERN UTAH L 6­8 13 SOUTHERN UTAH L 1­2 15 UNIV. OF MARY W 22­11 18 at IPFW L 2­5 19 at IPFW W 7­3 19 at IPFW W 8­7 20 at IPFW L 5­6 29 at Concordia College 4 p.m. MAY______________________ 2 at Centenary (La.) 6 p.m. 3 at Centenary (La.) (2) Noon 4 at Centenary (La.) Noon 7 U OF MINNESOTA 6:30 p.m. 10 at West. Illinois (2) Noon 11 at West. Illinois (2) Noon 15 S. DAKOTA ST. 6:30 p.m. 16 S. DAKOTA ST. (2) 3 p.m. 16 S. DAKOTA ST. 1 p.m.

NDSU LAST GAME RECAP (Courtesy of the NDSU SID) April 20 NDSU 5 @ Indiana University­Purdue University Fort Wayne 6 FORT WAYNE, Ind.­­Jared Davis and Garrett Seagraves hit two late home runs to rally IPFW past North Dakota State 6­5 and earn a four­game series split in Summit League baseball Sunday, April 20. Davis hit a two­out, two­run homer to chase NDSU starter Shane Bushland and pull the Mastodons within 4­3 in the seventh, and ninth­hitting Seagraves hit a three­run shot off reliever Chris Paterson with two outs in the eighth to put IPFW ahead 6­4. North Dakota State (9­22, 2­9) got one run back in the top of the ninth when designated hitter Shannon Ekermans led off with his second homer of the year.

Ekermans (2­4) was the losing pitcher despite throwing only two­thirds of an inning in relief of Bushland. He came on to end the seventh but put two of the three go­ahead runs on base in the eighth with a walk and hit­by­pitch.It was the first start of the year for Bushland, who earned a relief win and a save in Saturday's doubleheader sweep. He allowed three runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and no walks in 6 2/3 innings.Ekermans hit 3­for­4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Ryan Langlais, Kenny Beese and David Williams had the only other Bison hits, including Williams' first home run in the fourth inning that gave NDSU a 3­1 lead.

The Bison started the scoring in the second when Ekermans doubled and Williams walked with one out. Ekermans came in when Kyle Harrison reached on an error and Williams scored on Beese's single up the middle with two outs.

IPFW (9­24­1, 5­7) pulled within a run in the bottom of the second when Seagraves lifted a sacrifice fly to center field. It was 3­1 in the sixth when Langlais led off with a single, moved to second on an outfield error, then scored on an Ekermans double one out later to put NDSU ahead 4­1.

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THE BACK PAGE 2008 MIAC STANDINGS

MIAC Overall Games School W­L W­L Pct STR St. Thomas 10­2 21­7 .750 L2 Gustavus 10­3 18­11 .621 L2 St. Olaf 10­4 20­10 .667 W5 Hamline 7­5 18­13 .581 L2 Augsburg 8­6 16­14 .533 W2 St. John's 7­7 13­14 .481 W4 Bethel 8­7 18­14 .562 W4 Concordia 6­8 13­12 .520 L3 Macalester 6­10 13­20 .394 L4 St. Mary's 3­12 7­19 .269 W1 Carleton 2­13 9­22 .290 L8

UPCOMING MIAC GAMES______________ April 29 (Tuesday) North Dakota State @ Concordia 4 p.m. St. Thomas @ Gustavus 2:30 p.m. Hamline @ St. John’s 2:30 p.m. St. Olaf @ Carleton (1) 4 p.m. Macalester @ Northwestern 4 p.m. April 30 (Wednesday) St. John’s @ Carleton (2) 2:30 p.m. Bethel @ St. Mary’s (2) 2:30 p.m. Gustavus @ Hamline (2) 2:30 p.m.

RECENT MIAC RESULTS_______________ April 28 (Monday) Macalester 3­2 @ Bethel 4­9 April 27 (Sunday) St. Mary’s 3­7 @ Buena Vista 4­6 April 23 (Wednesday) Macalester 2­3 @ St. John’s 3­3 Augsburg 6­10 @ Hamline 5­4 Gustavus 1­5 @ St. Olaf 8­6 April 22 (Tuesday) Concordia 4­4 @ Bethel 8­5 St. Mary’s 2­4 @ St. Olaf 21­9 Carleton 11­6 @ Macalester 12­8 St. John’s 14­15 @ Augsburg 8­7 Hamline 6­4 @ St. Thomas 5­0 April 21 (Monday) Bethel 6­5 @ St. Thomas 15­16 St. Mary’s 5 @ Gustavus 10

2008 SUMMIT STANDINGS Summit Overall Games

School W­L W­L Pct STR Oral Roberts 13­3 31­11 .738 L1 Sthrn Utah 10­5 23­18 .561 W1 SDSU 6­3 17­19 .472 W3 Centenary 7­9 24­18 .571 L1 IPFW 7­9 11­27 .295 W1 Oakland 3­6 8­19 .296 L5 West. Illinois 4­8 10­24 .294 L5 NDSU 2­9 9­22 .290 L1

2008 TEAM STATISTICS CONCORDIA COLLEGE Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB SB­ATT FLD% K.Johnson .448 87 27 39 11 1 4 31 .736 8 1­1 .986 Schumacher .414 58 10 24 4 0 0 16 .483 5 1­1 .993 J.Dahlke. .412 17 8 7 1 1 1 2 .765 0 2­2 1.000 N.Lewis.. .408 49 15 20 8 1 2 13 .735 8 4­5 .931 B.Harms.. .358 53 14 19 1 1 1 8 .472 5 2­2 1.000 Zimmerman. .317 41 9 13 2 0 0 12 .366 9 3­3 .870 M.Carlson .312 77 16 24 3 1 0 15 .377 7 6­8 .923 T.Doll... .295 44 10 13 2 1 0 8 .386 5 0­0 .917 A.Johnson .269 26 5 7 1 0 1 4 .423 4 1­1 .929 F.Weiss.. .268 41 10 11 4 0 0 9 .366 6 1­1 1.000 J.Krause. .268 71 13 19 5 0 0 10 .338 12 7­8 .883 Youngquist .254 71 16 18 7 0 1 14 .394 14 6­8 1.000 D.Wackler .250 32 8 8 1 0 0 6 .281 6 2­2 .973 E.Sykora. .246 61 14 15 4 1 1 10 .393 8 1­1 .944 Genereux. .143 21 6 3 1 0 0 6 .190 6 2­2 .984 M.Hinde.. .000 11 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 4 0­0 1.000 Totals... .316 760 184 240 55 7 11 166 .450 107 39­45 .958 Opponents .288 721 129 208 44 4 12 113 .411 93 34­40 .952 Player ERA. W­L AP SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Av A.Johnson. 1.93 3­0 7 0 32.2 23 10 7 11 29 4 1 1 .190 Schumacher 2.30 4­1 5 0 27.1 29 10 7 8 16 5 2 0 .264 Skw­Andrsn 4.76 1­2 4 0 17.0 24 18 9 8 23 6 0 1 .316 E.Massee. 5.01 2­2 6 0 23.1 28 16 13 14 11 5 0 1 .304 N.Petro.. 5.14 1­1 9 2 14.0 17 10 8 11 16 3 0 1 .315 C.Fellows 6.43 1­1 10 0 14.0 21 11 10 4 8 5 0 1 .368 R.Syrstad 6.55 1­2 7 0 11.0 15 12 8 6 11 7 1 0 .341 J.Torrison 6.75 0­1 5 0 16.0 19 14 12 12 7 5 0 1 .292 Z.Weller.. 7.50 0­0 4 0 6.0 12 8 5 2 4 1 0 1 .387 Moenkedick 7.56 0­1 4 0 8.1 10 8 7 7 7 2 0 3 .278 M.Green.. 10.12 0­1 5 0 10.2 10 12 12 10 6 1 0 2 .286 Totals... 4.89 13­12 25 2 180.1 208 129 98 93 138 44 4 12 .288 Opponents 7.17 12­13 25 2 180.2 240 184 144 107 153 55 7 11 .316

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Player AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB SB­AT FLD% R.Langlais. .322 118 17 38 6 1 3 28 .466 10 2­3 .919 S.Ekermans...306 72 7 22 5 1 2 5 .486 2 0­0 .923 K.Zimmerman .288 111 17 32 9 0 5 14 .505 11 5­6 .934 S.Miles... .280 100 14 28 4 0 1 11 .350 6 1­2 .981 M.Germain. .239 88 9 21 4 0 1 10 .318 5 0­0 .987 E.Nutzhorn .219 73 5 16 2 0 0 12 .247 4 1­2 .917 L.Otto..... .161 62 7 10 3 0 0 4 .210 6 3­3 .979 C.Lovas.... .667 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 .667 0 0­0 .750 D.Williams .333 30 7 10 1 0 1 3 .467 5 1­1 1.00 C.Paterson .333 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 0 0­0 1.00 G.Hofer... .298 47 8 14 4 0 0 4 .383 9 0­1 .938 K.Harrison .271 48 9 13 2 0 2 5 .438 10 2­3 .955 K.Beese... .211 38 4 8 3 0 0 3 .289 6 0­0 .974 C.Berg.... .204 49 7 10 1 0 0 4 .224 2 0­0 .962 A.Fontana. .200 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0­0 1.00 P.Ghizoni.. .182 33 5 6 0 1 0 3 .242 1 2­2 .935 B.Gazich.. .135 37 7 5 1 0 2 8 .324 5 0­0 1.00 D.Flynn... .121 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 .121 3 0­0 .767 Hefflinger .081 37 5 3 2 0 0 1 .135 8 0­0 1.00 Totals.... .246 1020 137 251 47 3 18 123 .351 96 17­23 .947 Opponents. .332 1039 238 345 79 11 15 215 .473 127 33­41 .959 Pitcher ERA W­L AP SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Av Bushland. 1.96 4­2 13 2 46.0 41 17 10 12 28 7 1 2 .243 J.Laber.. 7.24 0­5 8 0 46.0 59 43 37 31 36 16 1 3 .316 M.Bowar.. 7.31 0­5 6 0 32.0 46 31 26 12 5 7 1 1 .338 Mathiason 7.44 3­5 8 0 42.1 65 43 35 15 24 16 1 1 .353 Ekermans 10.63 2­4 8 0 31.1 51 41 37 12 17 13 4 4 .372 Paterson 4.87 0­0 9 0 20.1 18 13 11 12 6 4 1 2 .254 Williams 6.23 0­0 9 1 8.2 12 10 6 7 4 7 0 0 .324 C.Berg.. 8.59 0­1 5 0 7.1 6 8 7 14 2 1 0 1 .207 A.Seelig 9.00 0­0 1 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .600 M.Ries.. 10.80 0­0 5 0 5.0 11 7 6 4 5 4 1 0 .440 C.Olson. 20.25 0­0 4 0 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 .500 Goodman. 22.09 0­0 4 0 3.2 13 9 9 2 2 2 0 0 .520 K.Beese. 23.62 0­0 3 0 2.2 11 7 7 2 2 1 1 1 .579 Schultz. 45.00 0­0 1 0 1.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 .667 Totals.. 7.24 9­22 31 3 248.2 345 238 200 127 133 79 11 15 .332 Opponents 3.68 22­9 31 6 264.0 251 137 108 96 250 47 3 18 .246