| 2005 News Archive |
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Bemidji State outfielder Jared Podraza (Carter
Lake, Iowa) has been named First-Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference in a vote of the league’s coaches, announced
today by the NSIC office. Joining Podraza on the All-NSIC team
are honorable mention selections John Grindeland (Moorhead,
Minn.) and Tony Klaers (Elk River, Minn.).
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The Bemidji State baseball team wrapped up
its 2005 season this afternoon, dropping a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference double-header to the Wayne State Wildcats by scores
of 10-6 and 8-5. The sweep, coupled with Concordia-St. Paul’s
split at Northern State this afternoon, helped Wayne State seal
up the No. 1 seed in next weekend’s NSIC Tournament.
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The Bemidji State baseball team rallied from
six runs down to tie the 16th-ranked Wayne State Wildcats in
Game 1 of a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference double-header
before falling 9-6, then allowed 11 runs in the first inning
of Game 2 on just three hits as the Wildcats completed the sweep,
12-2.
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The Bemidji State baseball team wrapped up
the non-conference portion of its 2005 regular season, dropping
10-3 and 3-1 decisions at Minnesota Duluth on Wednesday afternoon.
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Game 1 got off to a slow start with a 15
minute weather delay but Bemidji State and Northern State would
eventually take the field. The first two innings took over an
hour to play with another 20 minute weather delay, but the skies
would clear up just long enough to squeeze in two games. NSU
pulled away from BSU winning 7-1, fighting off BSU and the weather
in game 1 but Bemidji State would fight back behind a solid
pitching performance and some defensive breaks to take game
2, 5-2, in five innings.
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The Bemidji State University baseball team
saw its season-long five-game winning streak come to an end
today as the University of Minnesota Duluth and the Beavers
collided in their first contest as non-conference opponents
in nearly 30 years. In their first season as members of the
North Central Conference, the Bulldogs swept the double-dip
using timely hitting and the long ball to down BSU 17-6 in game
one and 21-6 in the nightcap.
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Bemidji State infielder Tony Klaers (Elk
River, Minn.) has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Baseball Player of the Week for his efforts in six games last
week, the NSIC office announced today.
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Bemidji State posted its highest single-game
run total since the 2002 season, cruising to an 18-6 win over
Minnesota Crookston in Game 1 of a Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference double-header. The Beavers then held on for a 5-4
victory in Game 2 to complete a four-game season-series sweep
of the Golden Eagles.
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Michael Nordyke (Ukiah, Calif.) went 6-for-8
with five runs scored, leading Bemidji State to a two-game sweep
of Minn.-Crookston in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
double-header this afternoon. BSU led 6-0 after three and a
half innings en route to a 9-4 victory in Game 1, then scored
four runs in the sixth and seventh innings to rally to an 8-6
win in Game 2.
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Bemidji State suffered a pitching apocalypse
in a 19-13 non-conference baseball loss to St. Cloud State in
Game 1 of a double-header this afternoon, but rallied to win
Game 2, 5-4, on a two-out RBI single by Matt Pesta (Long Prairie,
Minn.) in the bottom of the sixth and earn the split.
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After dropping two games to Southwest Minnesota
State University (SMSU) on Saturday, Bemidji State came out
ready to play on Sunday. With the assistance of a five-run fifth
inning in game one and a five-run fourth inning in game two,
BSU swept both games of the double-header. With the 6-3 win
in game one and a 7-3 win in game two, BSU improves to 4-29
(3-9 NSIC) while SMSU dropped to 14-13 (9-5 NSIC).
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Junior Tony Klaers’
(Elk River, Minn.) two-home run effort fell short to Southwest
Minnesota State’s Colby Pack, who had three home runs
on the day, as the Mustangs swept Bemidji State, 16-9 in game
one and 11-3 in game two, during Saturday’s double-header
at the BSU Baseball Field. The pair of losses dropped Bemidji
State’s record to 2-29 overall and 1-9 in the conference
while Southwest Minnesota State (SMSU) improved to 14-11 on
the season, 9-3 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action.
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| Bemidji State head baseball coach Mike Benke
announced a new start time for the team's scheduled April 16
double-header against Southwest Minnesota State. First pitch
is now scheduled for noon Central time at the BSU baseball field. |
The Bemidji State baseball team was swept
in a two-game series with the Fighting Sioux of the University
of North Dakota Wednesday afternoon at the BSU Baseball Field.
The Sioux outscored the Beavers 17-1 in game one and 8-1 in
game two, to improve their record to 18-13 while dropping BSU’s
record to 2-27.
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| Bemidji State interim head baseball coach
Mike Benke announced that today’s scheduled non-conference
double-header against North Dakota has been rescheduled for
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. |
Bemidji State picked up its first Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference victory of the season, scoring
the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning when
Eric Pilgrim (Park Rapids, Minn.) reached on an error to score
Matt Middendorf (Sauk Centre, Minn.) and give BSU a 6-5 victory
over Winona State in the first game of a double-header this
afternoon. Winona State rallied to gain a split by capturing
a 12-3 decision in Game 2.
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Bemidji State dropped both games of a double-header
to open a four-game Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
series against Winona State, losing a 9-1 decision in Game 1
and falling 7-5 in Game 2 this afternoon.
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With two out in the bottom of the sixth,
Bemidji State’s Eric Pilgrim laced a single into right
center field, scoring Michael Nordyke and breaking a 4-4 draw
en route to a 6-4 non-conference baseball victory over Jamestown
College. The win was BSU’s first of the season, snapping
a school-record 23-game losing streak.
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Bemidji State baseball scored just one run
and was held to eight base hits at St. Cloud State, dropping
and 4-1 and 6-0 decisions in a non-conference double-header
sweep Monday afternoon.
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Bemidji State baseball dropped a pair of
one-run contests at Concordia St.-Paul, losing 2-1 in Game 1
and dropping an 8-7 decision in the nightcap. The Golden Bears
won both games in their final at-bat, winning Game 1 with an
RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning and winning Game
2 with an RBI single by their nine-hole hitter with two out
in the bottom of the seventh.
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Bemidji State baseball opened Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference play at Concordia-St. Paul, dropping
6-4 and 14-5 decisions to the Golden Bears.
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Bemidji State baseball dropped all three
games of a triple-header at Augustana, including one-run setbacks
in the second and third games, losing yesterday by scores
of 3-1, 5-4 and 4-3. The teams were scheduled to play a four-game
weekend series with a pair of double-headers, but weather
wiped out the scheduled Friday contests.
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Bemidji State dropped five games last week
in Kansas and Missouri to wrap up a 12-game Midwest road trip
to open the 2005 season. On March 14, BSU dropped a single game
to Missouri Western State by a score of 9-3; on March 16, BSU
was swept in a double-header at Pittsburg (Kan.) State, 20-3
and 16-0. BSU wrapped up its Midwest trip with a March 17 double-header
against Washburn (Kan.), dropping 11-9 and 13-2 decisions.
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Bemidji State baseball dropped three games
to nationally-ranked opponents at the Central Missouri State
Classic, losing 15-4 to No. 30 Emporia State; 8-4 to No. 11
Grand Valley State and 12-2 to third-ranked Central Missouri
State this past weekend.
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Bemidji State was swept in a double-header
at Emporia State, dropping to 0-4 on the season with 8-2 and
14-7 defeats this afternoon.
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Bemidji State baseball opened its 2005 campaign
with a pair of losses this afternoon at Emporia State. The Beavers
dropped a 20-1 decision to the Hornets in Game 1, then held
a 2-1 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth inning in Game
2 before falling 9-5.
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Bemidji State baseball is in final preparations
for its 54th season of competition, which gets underway with
an 11-game swing through Kansas and Missouri beginning March
5. The Beavers, who earlier this week were picked to finish
sixth in the eight-team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
in a preseason vote of the league’s coaches, will enter
the 2005 campaign with high expectations and depth, experience
and talent at all positions.
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The Bemidji State baseball team has been
picked to finish sixth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
in the league’s 2005 pre-season coaches poll, as announced
today by the NSIC office.
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The Bemidji State University baseball program,
in conjunction with Bemidji Youth Baseball, will hold a day
camp on Feb. 12 and 13 at the Gillette Recreation and Fitness
Center on the Bemidji State campus. The camps are open to boys
and girls, ages 6-18.
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A season-opening road trip to Missouri and
Kansas and non-conference series against Upper Iowa and four
North Central Conference opponents highlight the 2005 Bemidji
State baseball schedule, as announced today by head coach Chris
Brown. BSU’s 2005 docket includes 53 scheduled games and
participation in a tournament hosted by Missouri Southern which
will add between three and five games once opponents are finalized
by the host institution.
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