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The South Dakota State University baseball team will attempt to build on its best-ever start to a season at the Division I level when it plays three games this weekend at the Metrodome Tournament in Minneapolis.
The Jackrabbits, 6-3 overall, open play at 1 p.m. Friday against Creighton (Neb.). The Bluejays also are 6-3 on the season.
Saturday, SDSU will meet Harvard (Mass.) at 1 p.m. The Crimson have turned in a 2-1 record so far in 2010, including a victory over Notre Dame (Ind.) last weekend in Florida.
The Jackrabbits are slated to conclude the tournament Sunday by squaring off against host Minnesota. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m. against the Golden Gophers, who enter the weekend with a 4-7 overall record.
JACKRABBITS ONLINE: Audio broadcasts of all three Jackrabbit games at this weekend's Metrodome Tournament are scheduled to be available through the Jackrabbit Extra subscription service at GoJacks.com — the official website of South Dakota State University Athletics. Tyler Merriam returns to call the play-by-play.
Please note that all broadcasts of select Jackrabbit baseball games this season will be available only through the Jackrabbit Extra, which costs $9.95 per month for both video and audio content, or $4.95 per month for audio-only broadcasts. Sunday's game is scheduled to be video-streamed via a feed from Minnesota, along with the March 16 game at Nebraska and April 14 game at Minnesota.
THE SERIES: The Jackrabbits have regularly played Creighton and Minnesota since making the move to Division I at the start of the 2005 season.
Overall, Creighton leads the all-time series by a 12-7 margin. The two squads met four times in 2009, with the Bluejays winning three times, including a 5-2 decision on April 28 in Brookings. SDSU's lone win was a 4-2 triumph in the opening game of a doubleheader March 14 in Omaha, Neb.
Minnesota holds a 26-5 series advantage over the Jackrabbits since they first played in 1947. The Golden Gophers won both meetings last season, winning by scores of 7-2 on March 8 at the Metrodome and 9-6 on April 15 at Siebert Field in Minneapolis. SDSU put together a two-game winning streak against Minnesota in 2008, winning by a 5-4 count in Sioux Falls and 6-4 margin in Minneapolis.
Saturday's matchup with Harvard will the be first between the Jackrabbits and Crimson.
FAST START: With a 6-3 record, South Dakota State is off to its best start at the Division I level. The Jackrabbits won each of their first two series and split a two-game set at nationally ranked Arkansas earlier this week.
In both 2007 and 2008, the Jackrabbits began the season with 4-6 records through 10 games. Last season, the Jacks began the year with a 1-9 mark through 10 games and did not record their sixth victory until April 17 in their home opener with North Dakota State.
The Jackrabbits' best-ever start to the season came in 1996, when SDSU opened the year with a 9-1 record en route to a 34-13 overall record.
EARLIER THIS WEEK: South Dakota State earned a landmark victory when it won the first game of a two-game series against nationally ranked and 2009 College World Series qualifier Arkansas.
Game 1: SDSU 3, Arkansas 2
Alex Oberle and Trever Vermeulen combined to limit Arkansas to four hits and Jesse Sawyer hit his fourth home run of the season, lifting the South Dakota State University baseball team to a 3-2 upset victory over 14th-ranked Arkansas on March 9.
Arkansas gained a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-out rally. Matt Vinson walked, stole second and scored on Collin Kuhn's base hit to left field.
SDSU took the lead in the fourth inning. Sawyer led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. Zach Rhodes followed with a single to move Sawyer to third and both runners scored on Eric Cain's double to center field.
Sawyer closed out the Jackrabbit scoring with a solo shot to lead off the sixth inning, his 23rd career home run.
Oberle, a junior college transfer from San Jose, Calif., held the Razorbacks to one run on three hits, while walking three and striking out three in 6 2/3 innings.
Vermeulen, the reigning Summit League Pitcher of the Week, allowed a run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly, but struck out leadoff hitter Jarrod McKinney with runners and second and third to end the game. Vermeulen struck out three in 2 1/3 innings to earn his first save of the season. He allowed one hit and issued a walk.
Rhodes and John Lee each collected two of the Jackrabbits' nine hits.
Game 2: Arkansas 21, SDSU 2
One day after being upset by South Dakota State, the 14th-ranked Arkansas baseball team scored runs in bunches during the late innings to defeat the Jackrabbits, 21-2, on March 10.
Arkansas wasted little time in taking the lead as Collin Kuhn walked to lead off the game and Zack Cox followed with a two-run home run to right field. Kuhn hit a solo shot in the second to make the score 3-0 in favor of the home team.
The Jackrabbits got on the board with two unearned runs in the fourth inning. With two outs, Jesse Sawyer reached on an error, moved to second on a base hit by Zach Rhodes and scored on an opposite-field single off the bat of Zach Briggs. Erik DeJong followed with a base hit to center to score Rhodes.
The Razorbacks got a run back in the home half of the fourth inning, then began to pull away with a three-run sixth inning. Tim Carver opened the frame with a double and later scored on a groundout. Andy Wilkins added a two-run double later in the inning.
Arkansas took advantage of three Jackrabbit errors in the seventh inning to tack on four more runs in the seventh. Bo Bigham knocked in two of the runs with a double.
In the eighth, the Razorbacks sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 times. Another Jackrabbit error aided the Arkansas offensive explosion, which featured a three-run triple by Matt Vinson and two-run double by Carver.
Freshman Stephen Bougher took the loss for the Jackrabbits. The Papillion, Neb., native allowed four runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings, while walking three and striking out one. Four other pitchers worked in the game for SDSU, which gave up 18 hits.
Seven different Arkansas players notched at least two hits.
Randall Fant pitched three scoreless innings, striking out three and walking one, to earn the victory. D.J. Baxendale struck out four batters in three more scoreless innings to pick up his fourth save of the season.
SUMMIT LEAGUE RACE: South Dakota State has been picked to finish third in the eight-team Summit League race, according to a preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches.
Oral Roberts, the winner of the last 12 Summit League titles, received seven of eight first-place votes to earn the top spot in the poll with 49 points. Centenary (La.) was picked second with 39 points, followed by SDSU with 36 points, including one first-place vote.
Rounding out the poll were: Southern Utah (30), North Dakota State (27), Oakland (16), IPFW (14) and Western Illinois (13).
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: South Dakota State University third baseman Jesse Sawyer and relief pitcher Trever Vermeulen were honored by The Summit League for their efforts as the Jackrabbits won three of four games in a weekend series at Air Force March 5-7.
Sawyer earned Summit League Player of the Week honors after recording three three-hit games. A junior from Calgary, Alberta, Sawyer batted .625 (10-for-16) with three home runs and nine runs batted in, also posting a 1.188 slugging percentage.
Vermeulen, a junior from Mitchell, was honored as Pitcher of the Week. In three appearances covering 6 2/3 innings, the right-hander struck out 10 batters, did not issue a walk and allowed only one earned run. He was the winning pitcher in both games of a March 6 doubleheader, tallying seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
HOT-HITTING JACKS: The Jackrabbits entered their series at Arkansas as the clear-cut leader in team hitting among Summit League squads. SDSU compiled a .391 batting average through its first seven games, with the second-place team being Western Illinois at .288.
The Jackrabbits tallied 79 hits in the four-game series at Air Force, including 26 in the series finale. SDSU also scored 59 runs in the series, tallying double figures for runs in all four games.
After its two-game series at Arkansas, SDSU is still hitting .358 as a team. Seven players with at least 30 at-bats are currently hitting .350 or better. Newcomer Zach Rhodes leads the contingent with a .485 average (16-for-33), and has hit safely in all games he has played. Rhodes has notched six multi-hit games.
LIGHTS OUT: The SDSU bullpen set the tone for the season with a strong collective effort in the first series of the season, Feb. 26-28 at Murray State (Ky.).
The Jackrabbits allowed only one earned run in 12 1/3 innings during the three-game series, including seven innings of one-run baseball in the middle game of the series.
Junior Trever Vermeulen has been the anchor of the bullpen so far this season. IN a team-high six appearances covering 11 innings, the Mitchell native has posted a 2-0 record with one save, while striking out 16 batters and walking only two.
CANADIAN CONNECTION: The Jackrabbits have received strong performances from a group of Canadian imports so far this season.
Three products of the Prairie Baseball Academy rank among the top four hitters so far this season. Newcomer Zach Rhodes is hitting a team-best .485 (16-of-33) with two home runs, 10 runs batted in and 10 runs scored, while playing mostly as the team's designated hitter. He also leads the team with three stolen bases.
Returning all-conference third baseman Jesse Sawyer leads the team with four home runs and 11 RBI, while ranking second on the squad with a .438 batting average. Sawyer, who hit a single-season school-record 19 home runs in 2009, has 23 home runs in 65 career games.
Joel Blake, who has split time between first base, left field and catcher this season, is batting .375 so far this season. Blake tallied a school-record 21 doubles in 2009 and already has notched seven doubles this season.
Redshirt freshman Daniel Telford has contributed as a top pinch-hitter and spot starter this season. He is hitting .294 and has added two home runs and eight RBI in only 17 at-bats.
Left-handed pitcher Shane Kraemer has solidified the Jackrabbit pitching staff, posting a 1-0 record and 3.12 earned run average in four appearances. He was the winning pitcher in relief in the Jackrabbits' first victory of the season, Feb. 27 against Murray State (Ky.), and made his first career start March 6 at Air Force.
Infielder Daniel Marra is sidelined by a hand injury that has prevented him from playing this season.
COACH PRICE: Ritchie Price returns for his second season as head coach of the South Dakota State University baseball team in 2010.
The youngest head baseball coach at the Division I level, Price has compiled a 32-33 coaching record. In 2009, he directed a dramatic mid-season turnaround during his inaugural season with the Jackrabbits. After starting the 2009 campaign with a 5-22 overall record and 1-6 mark in Summit League play, the Jackrabbits went 19-6 over the final five weeks of the regular season to earn the third seed in the Currington Mortgage Summit League Championship.
At the league tournament, the Jackrabbits dropped their opening game to Southern Utah but came back to defeat both Centenary (La.) and Southern Utah the next day to advance to the title series, where they lost to perennial Summit League champion Oral Roberts.
Overall, SDSU finished the 2009 season with a 26-30 record, including a 17-10 slate in Summit League regular season games.
Price began his association with the Jackrabbit baseball program by serving as infield and third base coach in 2008, and was elevated to interim head coach following the resignation of Reggie Christiansen in June 2008.
A native of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Price comes from a baseball family. His two brothers – Ryne and Robby – have played at the University of Kansas, where their father, Ritch, is currently the head baseball coach.
Ritchie Price also played at Kansas, setting Jayhawk career records for games played (255), at bats (1,022), hits (312), runs scored (204), sacrifices (35) and hit by pitches (53). Price's graduating class owns the most wins of any class in Kansas baseball history.
In 2006, Price helped lead the Jayhawks to a Big 12 Conterence championship, as Kansas went 4-0 to win the conference title. After earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, Price's squad went 1-2, earning a win over Hawaii in the opening game.
Price was one of the ironmen of college baseball, starting 252 consecutive games at shortstop. Although no official records are kept by the NCAA, this is most certainly among the best in college baseball history.
He was a four-time all-Big 12 selection, and was named the conference's best defensive shortstop in 2004 by Baseball America.
Following his highly successful career with the Jayhawks, Price was an 18th round draft pick of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft. Not only did Price play rookie ball with the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, but he also spent a week in Class A, playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League.
Price graduated from Kansas in 2007 with a degree in communication studies. He received his master's degree in health, physical education and recreation with an emphasis in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State in the summer of 2009.
THE ROSTER: The 2010 SDSU baseball roster features 28 players from 11 different states plus Canada. Of the 30 players, six are from South Dakota, while three are from each of the states of Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota. Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington are represented by one player each. In addition, six players are from Canada. By class, six are seniors, nine are juniors, eight are sophomores, one is a redshirt freshmen and six are incoming freshmen.
A LOOK AHEAD: Extended wintry weather in the Great Plains has forced the SDSU-Nebraska baseball game originally scheduled for March 2 to be pushed back two weeks.
The game is now set to be played March 16 at 1:35 p.m. at Hawks Field in Lincoln, Neb.
The Jackrabbits are then scheduled to make their second trip to the state of Colorado this month, playing a four-game series at Northern Colorado from March 19-21.
The Jackrabbits, 6-3 overall, open play at 1 p.m. Friday against Creighton (Neb.). The Bluejays also are 6-3 on the season.
Saturday, SDSU will meet Harvard (Mass.) at 1 p.m. The Crimson have turned in a 2-1 record so far in 2010, including a victory over Notre Dame (Ind.) last weekend in Florida.
The Jackrabbits are slated to conclude the tournament Sunday by squaring off against host Minnesota. First pitch is set for 3:05 p.m. against the Golden Gophers, who enter the weekend with a 4-7 overall record.
JACKRABBITS ONLINE: Audio broadcasts of all three Jackrabbit games at this weekend's Metrodome Tournament are scheduled to be available through the Jackrabbit Extra subscription service at GoJacks.com — the official website of South Dakota State University Athletics. Tyler Merriam returns to call the play-by-play.
Please note that all broadcasts of select Jackrabbit baseball games this season will be available only through the Jackrabbit Extra, which costs $9.95 per month for both video and audio content, or $4.95 per month for audio-only broadcasts. Sunday's game is scheduled to be video-streamed via a feed from Minnesota, along with the March 16 game at Nebraska and April 14 game at Minnesota.
THE SERIES: The Jackrabbits have regularly played Creighton and Minnesota since making the move to Division I at the start of the 2005 season.
Overall, Creighton leads the all-time series by a 12-7 margin. The two squads met four times in 2009, with the Bluejays winning three times, including a 5-2 decision on April 28 in Brookings. SDSU's lone win was a 4-2 triumph in the opening game of a doubleheader March 14 in Omaha, Neb.
Minnesota holds a 26-5 series advantage over the Jackrabbits since they first played in 1947. The Golden Gophers won both meetings last season, winning by scores of 7-2 on March 8 at the Metrodome and 9-6 on April 15 at Siebert Field in Minneapolis. SDSU put together a two-game winning streak against Minnesota in 2008, winning by a 5-4 count in Sioux Falls and 6-4 margin in Minneapolis.
Saturday's matchup with Harvard will the be first between the Jackrabbits and Crimson.
FAST START: With a 6-3 record, South Dakota State is off to its best start at the Division I level. The Jackrabbits won each of their first two series and split a two-game set at nationally ranked Arkansas earlier this week.
In both 2007 and 2008, the Jackrabbits began the season with 4-6 records through 10 games. Last season, the Jacks began the year with a 1-9 mark through 10 games and did not record their sixth victory until April 17 in their home opener with North Dakota State.
The Jackrabbits' best-ever start to the season came in 1996, when SDSU opened the year with a 9-1 record en route to a 34-13 overall record.
EARLIER THIS WEEK: South Dakota State earned a landmark victory when it won the first game of a two-game series against nationally ranked and 2009 College World Series qualifier Arkansas.
Game 1: SDSU 3, Arkansas 2
Alex Oberle and Trever Vermeulen combined to limit Arkansas to four hits and Jesse Sawyer hit his fourth home run of the season, lifting the South Dakota State University baseball team to a 3-2 upset victory over 14th-ranked Arkansas on March 9.
Arkansas gained a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a two-out rally. Matt Vinson walked, stole second and scored on Collin Kuhn's base hit to left field.
SDSU took the lead in the fourth inning. Sawyer led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. Zach Rhodes followed with a single to move Sawyer to third and both runners scored on Eric Cain's double to center field.
Sawyer closed out the Jackrabbit scoring with a solo shot to lead off the sixth inning, his 23rd career home run.
Oberle, a junior college transfer from San Jose, Calif., held the Razorbacks to one run on three hits, while walking three and striking out three in 6 2/3 innings.
Vermeulen, the reigning Summit League Pitcher of the Week, allowed a run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly, but struck out leadoff hitter Jarrod McKinney with runners and second and third to end the game. Vermeulen struck out three in 2 1/3 innings to earn his first save of the season. He allowed one hit and issued a walk.
Rhodes and John Lee each collected two of the Jackrabbits' nine hits.
Game 2: Arkansas 21, SDSU 2
One day after being upset by South Dakota State, the 14th-ranked Arkansas baseball team scored runs in bunches during the late innings to defeat the Jackrabbits, 21-2, on March 10.
Arkansas wasted little time in taking the lead as Collin Kuhn walked to lead off the game and Zack Cox followed with a two-run home run to right field. Kuhn hit a solo shot in the second to make the score 3-0 in favor of the home team.
The Jackrabbits got on the board with two unearned runs in the fourth inning. With two outs, Jesse Sawyer reached on an error, moved to second on a base hit by Zach Rhodes and scored on an opposite-field single off the bat of Zach Briggs. Erik DeJong followed with a base hit to center to score Rhodes.
The Razorbacks got a run back in the home half of the fourth inning, then began to pull away with a three-run sixth inning. Tim Carver opened the frame with a double and later scored on a groundout. Andy Wilkins added a two-run double later in the inning.
Arkansas took advantage of three Jackrabbit errors in the seventh inning to tack on four more runs in the seventh. Bo Bigham knocked in two of the runs with a double.
In the eighth, the Razorbacks sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 times. Another Jackrabbit error aided the Arkansas offensive explosion, which featured a three-run triple by Matt Vinson and two-run double by Carver.
Freshman Stephen Bougher took the loss for the Jackrabbits. The Papillion, Neb., native allowed four runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings, while walking three and striking out one. Four other pitchers worked in the game for SDSU, which gave up 18 hits.
Seven different Arkansas players notched at least two hits.
Randall Fant pitched three scoreless innings, striking out three and walking one, to earn the victory. D.J. Baxendale struck out four batters in three more scoreless innings to pick up his fourth save of the season.
SUMMIT LEAGUE RACE: South Dakota State has been picked to finish third in the eight-team Summit League race, according to a preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches.
Oral Roberts, the winner of the last 12 Summit League titles, received seven of eight first-place votes to earn the top spot in the poll with 49 points. Centenary (La.) was picked second with 39 points, followed by SDSU with 36 points, including one first-place vote.
Rounding out the poll were: Southern Utah (30), North Dakota State (27), Oakland (16), IPFW (14) and Western Illinois (13).
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: South Dakota State University third baseman Jesse Sawyer and relief pitcher Trever Vermeulen were honored by The Summit League for their efforts as the Jackrabbits won three of four games in a weekend series at Air Force March 5-7.
Sawyer earned Summit League Player of the Week honors after recording three three-hit games. A junior from Calgary, Alberta, Sawyer batted .625 (10-for-16) with three home runs and nine runs batted in, also posting a 1.188 slugging percentage.
Vermeulen, a junior from Mitchell, was honored as Pitcher of the Week. In three appearances covering 6 2/3 innings, the right-hander struck out 10 batters, did not issue a walk and allowed only one earned run. He was the winning pitcher in both games of a March 6 doubleheader, tallying seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
HOT-HITTING JACKS: The Jackrabbits entered their series at Arkansas as the clear-cut leader in team hitting among Summit League squads. SDSU compiled a .391 batting average through its first seven games, with the second-place team being Western Illinois at .288.
The Jackrabbits tallied 79 hits in the four-game series at Air Force, including 26 in the series finale. SDSU also scored 59 runs in the series, tallying double figures for runs in all four games.
After its two-game series at Arkansas, SDSU is still hitting .358 as a team. Seven players with at least 30 at-bats are currently hitting .350 or better. Newcomer Zach Rhodes leads the contingent with a .485 average (16-for-33), and has hit safely in all games he has played. Rhodes has notched six multi-hit games.
LIGHTS OUT: The SDSU bullpen set the tone for the season with a strong collective effort in the first series of the season, Feb. 26-28 at Murray State (Ky.).
The Jackrabbits allowed only one earned run in 12 1/3 innings during the three-game series, including seven innings of one-run baseball in the middle game of the series.
Junior Trever Vermeulen has been the anchor of the bullpen so far this season. IN a team-high six appearances covering 11 innings, the Mitchell native has posted a 2-0 record with one save, while striking out 16 batters and walking only two.
CANADIAN CONNECTION: The Jackrabbits have received strong performances from a group of Canadian imports so far this season.
Three products of the Prairie Baseball Academy rank among the top four hitters so far this season. Newcomer Zach Rhodes is hitting a team-best .485 (16-of-33) with two home runs, 10 runs batted in and 10 runs scored, while playing mostly as the team's designated hitter. He also leads the team with three stolen bases.
Returning all-conference third baseman Jesse Sawyer leads the team with four home runs and 11 RBI, while ranking second on the squad with a .438 batting average. Sawyer, who hit a single-season school-record 19 home runs in 2009, has 23 home runs in 65 career games.
Joel Blake, who has split time between first base, left field and catcher this season, is batting .375 so far this season. Blake tallied a school-record 21 doubles in 2009 and already has notched seven doubles this season.
Redshirt freshman Daniel Telford has contributed as a top pinch-hitter and spot starter this season. He is hitting .294 and has added two home runs and eight RBI in only 17 at-bats.
Left-handed pitcher Shane Kraemer has solidified the Jackrabbit pitching staff, posting a 1-0 record and 3.12 earned run average in four appearances. He was the winning pitcher in relief in the Jackrabbits' first victory of the season, Feb. 27 against Murray State (Ky.), and made his first career start March 6 at Air Force.
Infielder Daniel Marra is sidelined by a hand injury that has prevented him from playing this season.
COACH PRICE: Ritchie Price returns for his second season as head coach of the South Dakota State University baseball team in 2010.
The youngest head baseball coach at the Division I level, Price has compiled a 32-33 coaching record. In 2009, he directed a dramatic mid-season turnaround during his inaugural season with the Jackrabbits. After starting the 2009 campaign with a 5-22 overall record and 1-6 mark in Summit League play, the Jackrabbits went 19-6 over the final five weeks of the regular season to earn the third seed in the Currington Mortgage Summit League Championship.
At the league tournament, the Jackrabbits dropped their opening game to Southern Utah but came back to defeat both Centenary (La.) and Southern Utah the next day to advance to the title series, where they lost to perennial Summit League champion Oral Roberts.
Overall, SDSU finished the 2009 season with a 26-30 record, including a 17-10 slate in Summit League regular season games.
Price began his association with the Jackrabbit baseball program by serving as infield and third base coach in 2008, and was elevated to interim head coach following the resignation of Reggie Christiansen in June 2008.
A native of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Price comes from a baseball family. His two brothers – Ryne and Robby – have played at the University of Kansas, where their father, Ritch, is currently the head baseball coach.
Ritchie Price also played at Kansas, setting Jayhawk career records for games played (255), at bats (1,022), hits (312), runs scored (204), sacrifices (35) and hit by pitches (53). Price's graduating class owns the most wins of any class in Kansas baseball history.
In 2006, Price helped lead the Jayhawks to a Big 12 Conterence championship, as Kansas went 4-0 to win the conference title. After earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, Price's squad went 1-2, earning a win over Hawaii in the opening game.
Price was one of the ironmen of college baseball, starting 252 consecutive games at shortstop. Although no official records are kept by the NCAA, this is most certainly among the best in college baseball history.
He was a four-time all-Big 12 selection, and was named the conference's best defensive shortstop in 2004 by Baseball America.
Following his highly successful career with the Jayhawks, Price was an 18th round draft pick of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft. Not only did Price play rookie ball with the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, but he also spent a week in Class A, playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the New York-Penn League.
Price graduated from Kansas in 2007 with a degree in communication studies. He received his master's degree in health, physical education and recreation with an emphasis in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State in the summer of 2009.
THE ROSTER: The 2010 SDSU baseball roster features 28 players from 11 different states plus Canada. Of the 30 players, six are from South Dakota, while three are from each of the states of Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota. Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington are represented by one player each. In addition, six players are from Canada. By class, six are seniors, nine are juniors, eight are sophomores, one is a redshirt freshmen and six are incoming freshmen.
A LOOK AHEAD: Extended wintry weather in the Great Plains has forced the SDSU-Nebraska baseball game originally scheduled for March 2 to be pushed back two weeks.
The game is now set to be played March 16 at 1:35 p.m. at Hawks Field in Lincoln, Neb.
The Jackrabbits are then scheduled to make their second trip to the state of Colorado this month, playing a four-game series at Northern Colorado from March 19-21.
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