| 2006 News Archive |
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Bemidji State first baseman Matt Pesta (Long
Prairie, Minn.) has been named All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference, the league office announced late last week. Pesta
headlines a group of three Bemidji State players who earned
All-NSIC honors; senior third baseman Tony Klaers (Elk River,
Minn.) and junior outfielder Eric Pilgrim (Park Rapids, Minn.)
both were named Honorable Mention All-NSIC.
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Bemidji State University senior infielder
Matt Middendorf (Sauk Centre, Minn.) has been named to the ESPN
the Magazine / College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) Academic All-District V College Division Baseball Team,
as announced today by CoSIDA.
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Bemidji State saw its 2006 baseball campaign
come to an end over the weekend when it split a four-game Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference series with the Northern State
Wolves. BSU swept a double-header on Saturday, May 6 by scores
of 13-3 and 6-4 and was swept in a Sunday, May 7 twinbill by
scores of 3-1 and 8-2.
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Bemidji State posted its first NSIC double-header
sweep since April 24, 2005, picking up 13-3 and 6-4 victories
over the Northern State Wolves in Aberdeen. Tony Klaers (Elk
River, Minn.) had two home runs and five RBI in leading the
Game 1 romp, and BSU's starting pitchers allowed just five earned
runs in the twinbill sweep.
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Minnesota Duluth used a four-run first inning
to spark a 6-3 victory over Bemidji State in Game 1 of a non-conference
double-header, then scored seven unanswered runs in the fifth,
sixth and seventh innings to rally from a 7-1 deficit to stun
the Beavers, 8-7, in the nightcap to complete a two-game sweep.
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Three South Dakota State pitchers limited
Bemidji State to three hits over 14 innings as the Jackrabbits
posted a pair of 6-0 victories over the Beavers in a non-conference
double-header this afternoon. Christian Larson pitched a two-hit
shutout in the Game 1 victory, while Caleb Thielbar limited
BSU to a single hit in six innings of work in Game 2.
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| Bemidji State head baseball coach Tim Bellew
announced that today's scheduled Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference double-header against Minnesota Crookston has been
cancelled due to wet field conditions and a forecast of additional
rain in the Bemidji area this afternoon. At this time, no makeup
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Bemidji State’s Matt Asche (Cedar Falls,
Iowa) capped a two-run Beaver rally with an RBI single with
the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning
to lift BSU past Minnesota-Duluth, 5-4, in Game 2 of a non-conference
double-header this afternoon in Bemidji. The victory, coupled
with a 13-7 victory in Game 1, helped complete BSU’s first
double-header sweep of the Bulldogs in more than nine years.
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Bemidji State starting pitcher Chad Schwegel
(St. Joseph, Minn.) held the North Dakota Fighting Sioux to
two runs in a stellar seven-inning outing to lead the Beavers
to a 10-2 non-conference victory this afternoon.
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Bemidji State’s baseball team tied
a season high by scoring six or more runs in its second and
third consecutive game, but the offense could not keep pace
with the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears, who completed a four-game
sweep of the Beavers with 11-6 and 8-6 victories today in Bemidji.
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Concordia-St. Paul first baseman Erik Quarberg
went 3-for-8 with nine RBI, including an eight-RBI performance
in Game 2, to help lift the Golden Bears past Bemidji State
in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference double-header,
7-2 and 20-6, this afternoon. Quarberg went 0-for-3 with an
RBI in Game 1, then erupted to go 3-for-5 with four runs scored
and eight RBI in Game 2. Quarberg hit a three-run home run in
an eight-run Concordia fifth inning and had a grand slam in
a four-run seventh.
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Bemidji State head baseball coach Tim
Bellew announced that today's scheduled non-conference double-header
against Minnesota Duluth has been postponed due to wet field
conditions and a forecast of additional rain in the Bemidji
area this afternoon. The games have been rescheduled for Thursday,
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St. Cloud State used a six-RBI game from
third baseman Nate Swan to pick up a 9-4 victory over Bemidji
State in Game 1 of a non-conference double-header, but the Beavers
built a 6-1 lead through four innings and then held on to capture
Game 2, 6-5, and garner a series split. The teams survived windy
conditions, as both games were played with a stiff crosswind
blowing across from right field.
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Five Bemidji State pitchers combined to allow
25 runs on 28 hits as the Wayne State Wildcats completed a four-game
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference sweep of the Beavers
with 13-2 and 12-3 victories in a double-header today.
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Bemidji State’s baseball team managed
seven hits off three Wayne State (Neb.) pitchers and scored
one run in a two-game double-header sweep at the hands of the
Wildcats this afternoon in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
play. A fourth-inning home run from John Grindeland (Moorhead,
Minn.) accounted for BSU’s lone run in a 4-1 Game 1 loss,
and BSU was held to three hits and grounded into four double
plays in a 6-0 shutout loss in Game 2.
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Bemidji State senior Tony Klaers (Elk River,
Minn.) went 5-for-7 at the plate with two home runs, three RBI
and four runs scored to help the Beavers to a non-conference
double-header split with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in
BSU’s 2006 home opener. The Fighting Sioux plated nine
runs in the third inning in Game 1 then held off a furious BSU
rally before holding on for an 11-8 victory, and BSU was in
control from start to finish in a 9-2 victory to garner the
split.
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The Bemidji State baseball team picked up
its first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference victory of
the season, splitting a double-header with the Southwest Minnesota
State Mustangs yesterday afternoon. The Beavers got a three-RBI
game from first baseman Matt Pesta (Long Prairie, Minn.) to
spark a 9-1 victory in Game 1, then saw a late-inning rally
fall short in a 4-2 loss in the nightcap.
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The Bemidji State baseball team won one of
its three games at the Holiday Inn Express Classic hosted by
Central Missouri State. The Beavers toppled No. 6 Central Missouri
State, 9-6, on Friday, and dropped a pair of games in a Saturday
double-header - an 8-2 loss to No. 10 Emporia (Kan.) State and
a 6-2 loss to Washburn (Kan.).
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Wayland Baptist used a five-run seventh inning
to blow open a one-run game against Bemidji State and cruise
to a 15-10 victory on March 15 in the rubber match of a three-game
non-conference series. Wayland Baptist hit four home runs in
the third and fourth innings of the contest as the Pioneers
plated nine unaswered runs to erase a 4-0 deficit.
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Bemidji State and Wayland Baptist each scored
three runs in the first inning, and the Beavers grabbed a 4-3
advantage on a sacrifice fly by Matt Pesta (Long Prairie, Minn.)
in the fourth, but the Pioneers piled on nine runs in the fourth
and rode strong relief pitching to post a 21-4 victory over
the Beavers in non-conference play.
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Bemidji State infielder Matt Pesta (Long
Prairie, Minn.) went 2-for-5 with a team-leading five RBI, helping
lift the Beavers past Wayland Baptist (Texas), 16-6, in non-conference
play yesterday. The victory was the first of the season for
Bemidji State, and the first for BSU rookie skipper Tim Bellew.
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Bemidji State dropped a double-header
at 10th-ranked Emporia State on March 5, falling 9-6 in Game
1 and 4-0 in the nightcap. BSU led 5-2 heading into the bottom
of the fourth in Game 1, and suffered a one-hit shutout in
the second game. BSU's scheduled double-header at ESU on March
4 was cancelled due to rain.
Recaps available later today (March 7).
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Bemidji State baseball opened its 2006
season by dropping both games of a double-header at Southwest
Baptist. The Beavers dropped Game 1 of a two-game double-header
5-1, and dropped a 4-3 decision in 10 innings in the nightcap.
Recaps available later today (March 7).
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Eleven games against teams which advanced
to the 2005 NCAA Central Regional, including a contest with
Central Regional champion and eventual national semifinalist
Central Missouri State, dot Bemidji State University’s
2006 baseball schedule, as announced today by first-year head
coach Tim Bellew. In total, the slate awaiting BSU’s rookie
skipper includes 56 scheduled contests with BSU’s traditional
imbalanced schedule of 38 road contests and 18 scheduled home
games.
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The Bemidji State University baseball program,
in conjunction with Bemidji Youth Baseball, will hold a day
camp on Dec. 17 and 18 at the Gillette Recreation and Fitness
Center on the Bemidji State campus. The camps are open to boys
and girls, ages 7-14.
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 Bemidji
State Director of Athletics Dr. Rick Goeb today announced the
hiring of Tim Bellew as the ninth head baseball coach in the
54-year history of the program. Bellew will also serve as the
manager of BSU’s athletics concessions.
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