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JACKRABBITS POST 6-2 WIN AT TARLETON STATE
2/21/2026 9:12:00 PM | Baseball
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — South Dakota State scored four times in the top of the third inning and received solid pitching performances from Sam Novotny and Tristan Augedahl to post a 6-2 victory at Tarleton State in nonconference baseball action Saturday afternoon.
In evening the three-game series at a game apiece, the Jackrabbits improved to 2-5 overall. Tarleton State dropped to 4-2 overall.
Owen Siegert, who reach base in each of his first five trips to the plate on Saturday, started the third-inning rally with a triple to the right-center gap and scored on a base hit up the middle by Nolan Grawe. After moving up a base on a wild pitch, Grawe crossed home plate on a base hit by Luke Luskey.
Freshman catcher Luke Evenson delivered the final two runs with a two-out single to right field that plated both Luskey and Nate Wachter.
Tarleton State answered with a run of its own in the bottom of the third on a pair of hits before Novotny put together a streak of retiring eight Texan hitters in a row.
The Jackrabbits added runs in the sixth and seventh innings against the Tarleton State bullpen. Siegert drew a leadoff walk and scored on a groundout off the bat of Nate Wachter for the sixth-inning run while Grawe drove in Evenson with the seventh-inning score on a sacrifice fly.
Novotny surrendered an RBI double to Brady Englett in the sixth inning before giving way to Augedahl to start the eight. Augedahl would go on to record strikeouts on each of the last four outs he recorded to preserve the victory.
A junior from Omaha, Novotny allowed two runs on five hits to go along with three strikeouts and only one walk over seven innings.
Siegert paced the Jackrabbit offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate that included a pair of walks. Grawe contributed two of the Jackrabbits' 10 hits.
Ashton Bassett took the loss for the Texans after walking five and notching only one strikeout in 2 1/3 innings.
UP NEXT
The decisive game of the three-game series is slated for a noon start Sunday at the Tarleton State Baseball Complex.
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In evening the three-game series at a game apiece, the Jackrabbits improved to 2-5 overall. Tarleton State dropped to 4-2 overall.
Owen Siegert, who reach base in each of his first five trips to the plate on Saturday, started the third-inning rally with a triple to the right-center gap and scored on a base hit up the middle by Nolan Grawe. After moving up a base on a wild pitch, Grawe crossed home plate on a base hit by Luke Luskey.
Freshman catcher Luke Evenson delivered the final two runs with a two-out single to right field that plated both Luskey and Nate Wachter.
Tarleton State answered with a run of its own in the bottom of the third on a pair of hits before Novotny put together a streak of retiring eight Texan hitters in a row.
The Jackrabbits added runs in the sixth and seventh innings against the Tarleton State bullpen. Siegert drew a leadoff walk and scored on a groundout off the bat of Nate Wachter for the sixth-inning run while Grawe drove in Evenson with the seventh-inning score on a sacrifice fly.
Novotny surrendered an RBI double to Brady Englett in the sixth inning before giving way to Augedahl to start the eight. Augedahl would go on to record strikeouts on each of the last four outs he recorded to preserve the victory.
A junior from Omaha, Novotny allowed two runs on five hits to go along with three strikeouts and only one walk over seven innings.
Siegert paced the Jackrabbit offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate that included a pair of walks. Grawe contributed two of the Jackrabbits' 10 hits.
Ashton Bassett took the loss for the Texans after walking five and notching only one strikeout in 2 1/3 innings.
UP NEXT
The decisive game of the three-game series is slated for a noon start Sunday at the Tarleton State Baseball Complex.
NOTES
- Tarleton State leads the all-time series, 3-2
- Grawe has reached base safely in 23 consecutive games
- Augedahl has struck out a team-best 11 batters in only 5 2/3 innings across three relief appearances so far this season
- Siegert recorded his second three-hit game of the season
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Novotny, Sam (1-1)
L: Bassett, Ashton (0-1)
S: Augedahl, Tristan (1)
Batting:
3B: Siegert, Owen 1
RBI: Grawe, Nolan 2 ; Luskey, Luke 1 ; Wachter, Nate 1 ; Evenson, Luke 2
SH: Franke, Dayton 1 ; Finney, Travis 1
SF: Grawe, Nolan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Siegert, Owen 2 ; Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Luskey, Luke 1 ; Wachter, Nate 1 ; Evenson, Luke 1
HBP: Luskey, Luke 1 ; Franke, Dayton 1 ; Wachter, Nate 1 ; Evenson, Luke 1
Batting:
2B: Englett, Brady 1
RBI: Lorch, Carson 1 ; Englett, Brady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lorch, Carson 1 ; Johnson, Kendyl 1
SB: Englett, Brady 1
CS: Smeenk, Raphael 1
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R
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H
1
RBI
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