| 2004 News Archive |
| Previous seasons: [2002][2003] |
Former Bemidji State University baseball
players Shaun Ross and Brian Beuning are headlining a sizable
group of former Beavers who are continuing successful baseball
careers beyond their collegiate playing days.
[complete
story] |
Bemidji State senior infielder Jon
Czech and senior utility player Shaun Ross have been named to the First-Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference baseball team, as announced by league officials.
The duo headlines a group of four BSU players to earn All-NSIC
recognition in 2004; pitchers Tyler Norland and Scott Pugliese were named Honorable Mention All-NSIC.
[complete story] |
Bemidji State wrapped up its 2004 season,
splitting a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball
double-header at Northern State this afternoon. The Beavers
jumped out to a four-run lead after three innings in Game 1
before cruising to an 8-4 victory, but the Wolves used a Wes
Fisback grand slam to take the lead for good in an eventual
7-5 win to earn the split.
[recap]
box scores: [game
1][game 2] |
Bemidji State split a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference baseball double-header with the Northern State Wolves
this afternoon, using strong starting pitching to capture a
6-2 win in the opener and then seeing a seventh-inning rally
fall one run short in a 9-8 heartbreaker in the nightcap.
[recap]
box scores: [game
1][game 2] |
Bemidji State wrapped up its four-game Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference baseball series with Minn.-Duluth
this afternoon, with the Bulldogs completing a four-game season
sweep of BSU with wins by 14-4 and 3-0 counts. The teams played
a split home-and-home series this year, with Duluth capturing
7-5 and 4-2 wins in Bemidji on April 21.
[recap]
box scores: [game
1][game 2] |
Bemidji State’s bats found a solution
to Wayne State pitching in Game 1 of a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference double-header, pounding out 10 hits and getting a
walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh to take an 8-7 win.
But the Wildcats were back in form for Game 2, as Nathan Gettler
hurled a one-hit shutout and beat the Beavers, 4-0, to earn
a split in the double-header.
[recap]
box scores: [game
1][game 2] |
Bemidji State’s baseball team spent
a frustrating afternoon trying to solve the Wayne State (Neb.)
pitching staff, and never quite found an answer as the Wildcats
swept a two-game Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference double-header
by scores of 5-3 and 25-1. BSU generated just six hits on the
afternoon, and were held to a single hit in the Game 2 loss.
[recap]
box scores: [game
1][game 2] |
Bemidji State dropped a pair of two-run
decisions to the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference baseball action this afternoon,
losing 7-5 in Game 1 and dropping a 4-2 nine-inning decision
in Game 2.
Jon Czech tied Jamie Sinning’s 1990 Bemidji State
single-season record with his 10th home run of the season
in the bottom of the seventh in Game 1.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State ran its winning streak to
a season-high four games and picked up its fifth win in its
last seven starts, completing a four-game series sweep of the
Minn.-Crookston Golden Eagles this afternoon. BSU raced out
to a 16-5 lead in Game 1 behind a season-high 20 hit assault,
then held on for a 16-12 win in Game 1, then rallied from two
runs down to take an 8-3 lead in Game 2 and hold on for an
8-5 win to complete the sweep.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Due to rain in the Bemidji area overnight
and forecast to continue throughout the day, BSU's scheduled
baseball doubleheader with the Minn.-Crookston Golden Eagles
today has been cancelled.
[complete story] |
Bemidji State baseball (9-25, 6-8 NSIC)
used performances from seniors Jon Czech and Tyler Norland
to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader against cellar-dwelling
Minnesota-Crookston (3-25, 1-13 NSIC) by scores of 12-6 and
2-0. Czech hit home runs in both games, thrusting BSU’s
single-season home run record into serious jeopardy, while
Norland tossed a seven-hit shutout in Game 2 to silence the
Golden Eagles’ bats.
[recap]
box scores [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State (6-24 / 4-8 NSIC) continues
a scheduled 20-game homestand April 14 when it wraps up a four-game
non-conference series against the St. Cloud State Huskies.
BSU played a double-header at St. Cloud State, April 3, and
the Huskies make the return trip to Bemidji on Wednesday.
[complete story] complete
release [276k PDF] |
Falling snow and temperatures in the low
30s meant baseball in Northern Minnesota, as Bemidji State
dropped a pair of one-run games to the Winona State Warriors
today in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. BSU scored
two runs in the bottom of the seventh in each game of the twinbill,
but left the tying run stranded at third base in both games.
The Warriors led 7-0 and eventually held on for a 12-11 win
in a thrilling Game 1, then edged BSU 6-5 in the nightcap.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State baseball continued its mid-season
surge after a slow start, posting a surprising sweep of the
Winona State Warriors this afternoon in Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference action. The Beavers broke a 2-2 tie with a run in
the bottom of the sixth to capture a 3-2 win in Game 1 of a
double-header, and plated five unearned runs in the bottom
of the fifth to propel themselves to an 8-5 win in Game 2.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State baseball picked up its fourth
victory in six starts, using a five-run first inning to propel
itself to an 8-5 victory over the North Dakota Fighting Sioux
in Game 1 of a non-conference double-header. The Sioux returned
the favor, picking up an 8-5 win in the nightcap.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State baseball dropped its sixth
one-run decision of the season, losing Game 1 of a Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference series, 3-2, to the Concordia-St.
Paul Golden Bears. But the Beavers overcame a seven-run fourth
inning by the Bears in Game 2, and squashed a three-run bottom-of-the-seventh
rally to win a 14-13 thriller in the nightcap.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State baseball split a Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference double-header with the Concordia-St.
Paul Golden Bears this afternoon. The Beavers jumped out to
a 6-0 lead in Game 1, then held on for a 6-2 win, and Concordia
scored eight runs in the fourth inning to blow Game 2 open
and send BSU to an 11-4 defeat.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State baseball head coach Chris
Brown today announced a site-swap with the University of North
Dakota for non-conference double-headers scheduled for April
6 and April 19.
[complete story] |
The Bemidji State baseball team picked up
its first victory of the 2004 season and snapped a school record-tying
20-game losing streak dating back to the end of the 2003 season,
overpowering the St. Cloud State Huskies 7-4 in Game 2 of a
March 31 twinbill. Bemidji State dropped the opener, 4-1.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2] |
Bemidji State (0-18 / 0-4 NSIC) will look
for its first diamond victory of the 2004 season tomorrow when
it travels to St. Cloud State (3-13 / 1-3 NCC) for a non-conference
double-header. BSU is off to the worst start in school history,
but faces a Husky program against which it has had a degree
of recent success.
[complete story] complete
release [276k PDF] |
Bemidji State’s baseball team opened
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play in a weather-delayed
four-game series against the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs
Sunday and Monday in Marshall. Southwest State swept the four-game
series by scores of 23-2, 5-4, 3-0 and 4-2 in the Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener for both squads.
[recap]
box scores: [game 1][game
2][game 3][game
4] |
Bemidji State’s baseball team saw
its losing streak to open the 2004 season reach 14 games over
the weekend, as the Beavers dropped four games to South Dakota
at the LaVista Sports Complex in Omaha. Three of BSU’s
four losses to the Coyotes came by a single run - 4-3 in the
series opener, and 1-0 and 6-5 on Sunday. South Dakota triumphed
12-1 in the Saturday nightcap.
[recap]
box scores: [gm 1]
[gm 2] [gm
3] [gm 4] |
Bemidji State will attempt to snap an 11-game
losing streak when it travels to Omaha, Neb. this weekend to
tackle South Dakota in a four-game weekend non-conference series.
[complete story] complete release
[276k PDF] |
Bemidji State head baseball coach Chris
Brown today announced BSU’s updated weekend schedule
for March 20-21. BSU will play four games against South Dakota
in Omaha, Neb.
[complete story] |
Bemidji State head baseball coach Chris
Brown today announced BSU’s scheduled March 20 double-header
at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa has been cancelled.
[complete story] |
Bemidji State has opened its 2004 baseball
season with an 0-10 record, going 0-7 in Joplin and Warrensburg,
Mo. with a single game at Pittsburg (Kan.) State, Mar. 9-13.
BSU held a 7-1 lead against No. 2 Central Missouri State on
March 12, but dropped an 8-7 decision in its narrowest defeat
so far this year. The 0-10 start is the worst at BSU since
the 1975 team opened 0-11 and is the fourth-worst start in
school history.
• March 9: vs Mount Marty (SD) (L,
6-10)(L, 0-10)
• March 10: vs Morningside (L,
4-6), at Pittsburg State (L,
3-10)
• March 12: at Central Missouri State (L,
7-8)
• March 13: vs Benedictine (L,
6-11); vs Northeastern St (L,
6-14) |
The Central Oklahoma Bronchos completed
a three-game weekend sweep of the Bemidji State baseball team,
taking a 12-1 mercy-rule shortened victory today at Broncho
Field.
[recap][Game
2 box] |
The Bemidji State baseball team opened
its 2004 season with 25-0 and 20-4 losses to the Central Oklahoma
Bronchos today.
[recap][Game
1 box][Game 2 box] |
The Bemidji State baseball team has been
picked to finish sixth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference in the league’s 2004 pre-season coaches poll,
as announced late yesterday by the NSIC office.
[complete story] |
Bemidji State will get its 53rd season of
baseball competition underway on March 6, 2004 when the Beavers
travel south to tackle Central Oklahoma in a three-game non-conference
series. That series opens an eight-day tour of Missouri and
Oklahoma which will see BSU play nine games. After Central
Oklahoma, BSU will play two games at Missouri Southern, visit
Pittsburg (Kan.) State and play three games at Central Missouri
State.
[complete story] 2004 Spring
Prospectus [176k
PDF] |
Bemidji State head baseball coach Chris
Brown today announced the program’s 2004 baseball schedule.
The 54-game slate features a lengthy road trip to Missouri
and Kansas to kick the season off in early March and a 20-game
home schedule which features non-conference double-headers
against regional rivals North Dakota and St. Cloud State.
[complete story][schedule] |
Bemidji State University head coach Chris
Brown announced today that eleven BSU players will participate
in high-level competition this summer.
[complete story] |
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Bemidji State head baseball coach Chris Brown announced
the signing of five players to National Letters of Intent
to play baseball for the Beavers beginning in 2004. Joining
the BSU baseball team are Tony Meech, Matt Middendorf, Lee
Pingel, Jared Podraza and Bryant Salamone.
[complete story] |
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