JACKRABBITS PICKED FIFTH IN SUMMIT POLL

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SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota State has been picked to finish fifth in the upcoming Summit League baseball race, according to a preseason poll conducted among the league's head coaches that was announced Wednesday.

The Jackrabbits are coming off a 2024 season in which they posted a 20-29 overall record, including an 11-17 mark in Summit League play.

Defending league tournament champion Oral Roberts collected three first-place votes to take the top spot in the poll with 22 points. St. Thomas (19 points), Omaha (18) and North Dakota State (17) each received one first-place vote to hold spots 2-4, followed by SDSU with eight points and Northern Colorado with six.

Summit League play begins March 14, when the Jackrabbits travel to Northern Colorado for the start of a three-game series. The four-team Summit League Baseball Championship is set for May 21-24 in Omaha, Nebraska.

In addition, SDSU shortstop Carter Sintek was named a Summit League Player to Watch and reliever Dylan Driessen was selected as a Summit League Pitcher to Watch.

A sophomore from Bennington, Nebraska, Sintek started 23 games in the first half of the 2024 season before being sidelined the remainder of the year for medical reasons. He batted .283 (26-for-92) with seven extra-base hits (2 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs) and nine runs batted in, while posting eight multi-hit games.

Driessen, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska, averaged 12.98 strikeouts per nine innings last season, tallying 62 K's in 43 innings of work. The right-hander made a team-high 25 appearances, finishing the 2024 campaign with a 3-3 record and one save.

SUMMIT LEAGUE BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL

Oral Roberts (3) – 22
St. Thomas (1) – 19
Omaha (1) – 18
North Dakota State (1) – 17
South Dakota State – 8
Northern Colorado – 6

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Completed Event: Baseball versus Buena Vista on April 28, 2026 , Win , 11, to, 1 , 7 inn.

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Completed Event: Baseball versus Northern Colorado on April 25, 2026 , Loss , 2, to, 19 , 7 inn.

Completed Event: Baseball versus Northern Colorado on April 24, 2026 , Win , 7, to, 6 , 11 inn.

Completed Event: Baseball versus Briar Cliff on April 22, 2026 , Win , 15, to, 6

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