Upcoming Event: Baseball versus Northern Colorado on April 26, 2026 at noon
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Baseball
vs Northern Colorado
South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, April 25
Brookings, S.D.
2 p.m.
South Dakota State University
14-26
2
vs
19
Northern Colorado
1-13-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Colo. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 0 |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Photo by: Jenna Batka
NORTHERN COLORADO ERUPTS TO EVEN SERIES
4/25/2026 7:36:00 PM | Baseball
Northern Colorado struck for two big innings, scoring eight times in its first at-bat and adding 10 more runs in the fourth, to defeat South Dakota State, 19-2, and even their Summit League baseball series at a game apiece Saturday afternoon at Erv Huether Field.
UNC maintained its lead over the Jackrabbits for third place in the league standings, improving to 11-31 overall and 9-10 in league play. SDSU dropped to 14-26 overall and 7-10 in The Summit League.
For the second game in a row, a starting pitcher didn't make it out of the first inning. This time it was the Jackrabbits' Sam Novotny, who put himself in early danger by sandwiching a pair of walks around a single to load the bases three batters into the game. UNC plated the first run on an RBI groundout, which was followed by an RBI single by Mason Griffin.
After Novotny notched a strikeout, the rest of the six runs in the frame were scored on two-out hits. Ethan Mooser drove in two with a single through the right side and the bases were again filled by a base hit and hit batter to bring Novotny's short stint to an end.
Back at the top of the lineup against reliever Jacob Sjuts, Ethan Sanchez and Brandon Sanchez came through a single and double, respectively, that each scored two runs.
After being held scoreless in the second and third innings, UNC sent 15 men to the plate in the top of the fourth against four different Jackrabbits pitchers and again did a lot of its damage with two outs. Wilson Kieffer tallied two hits in the inning and drove in a total of three runs. Sam Pease and Brandon Sanchez also delivered two-run singles in the inning. Eight of the fourth-inning runs scored after the second out of the inning.
SDSU scored its runs in back-to-back innings against Bear starter Jake Storey. Keagen Jirschele led off the bottom of the third with a double and scored on a single up the middle by Nic Werk.
In the home half of the fourth, Brady Brown singled, moved to second base on a walk to Dayton Franke and motored home on a base hit by Carter Taylor.
Matthew Werk settled things down out of the Jackrabbit bullpen as he turned in the longest outing of his career by pitching 3 1/3 innings and giving up only one run. He struck out three and walked one.
UNC held a 15-7 advantage in hits as Pease and both Ethan and Brandon Sanchez recorded three hits. No player had more than one hit for the Jackrabbits.
ON DECK
Due to rain in the forecast for Sunday, the decisive game of the series has been moved up to a noon start at Erv Huether Field.
NOTES
UNC maintained its lead over the Jackrabbits for third place in the league standings, improving to 11-31 overall and 9-10 in league play. SDSU dropped to 14-26 overall and 7-10 in The Summit League.
For the second game in a row, a starting pitcher didn't make it out of the first inning. This time it was the Jackrabbits' Sam Novotny, who put himself in early danger by sandwiching a pair of walks around a single to load the bases three batters into the game. UNC plated the first run on an RBI groundout, which was followed by an RBI single by Mason Griffin.
After Novotny notched a strikeout, the rest of the six runs in the frame were scored on two-out hits. Ethan Mooser drove in two with a single through the right side and the bases were again filled by a base hit and hit batter to bring Novotny's short stint to an end.
Back at the top of the lineup against reliever Jacob Sjuts, Ethan Sanchez and Brandon Sanchez came through a single and double, respectively, that each scored two runs.
After being held scoreless in the second and third innings, UNC sent 15 men to the plate in the top of the fourth against four different Jackrabbits pitchers and again did a lot of its damage with two outs. Wilson Kieffer tallied two hits in the inning and drove in a total of three runs. Sam Pease and Brandon Sanchez also delivered two-run singles in the inning. Eight of the fourth-inning runs scored after the second out of the inning.
SDSU scored its runs in back-to-back innings against Bear starter Jake Storey. Keagen Jirschele led off the bottom of the third with a double and scored on a single up the middle by Nic Werk.
In the home half of the fourth, Brady Brown singled, moved to second base on a walk to Dayton Franke and motored home on a base hit by Carter Taylor.
Matthew Werk settled things down out of the Jackrabbit bullpen as he turned in the longest outing of his career by pitching 3 1/3 innings and giving up only one run. He struck out three and walked one.
UNC held a 15-7 advantage in hits as Pease and both Ethan and Brandon Sanchez recorded three hits. No player had more than one hit for the Jackrabbits.
ON DECK
Due to rain in the forecast for Sunday, the decisive game of the series has been moved up to a noon start at Erv Huether Field.
NOTES
- SDSU leads the season series, 3-2
- The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series, 46-39
- Taylor has reached base safely in 18 consecutive games
- Jackrabbit reserves accounted for four of the team's seven hits
-GoJacks.com-
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Storey, Jake (2-3)
L: Novotny, Sam (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Sanchez, Brandon 1
RBI: Bullard, Jake 1 ; Mooser, Ethan 3 ; Sanchez, Brandon 4 ; Pease, Sam 2 ; Griffin, Mason 2 ; Sanchez, Ethan 2 ; Kieffer, Wilson 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bullard, Jake 2 ; Mooser, Ethan 1 ; Barber, Brett 2 ; Sanchez, Brandon 2 ; Pease, Sam 3 ; Pruski, Logan 3 ; Griffin, Mason 2 ; Sanchez, Ethan 3 ; Kieffer, Wilson 1
SB: Barber, Brett 1 ; Pruski, Logan 1 ; Griffin, Mason 1 ; Sanchez, Ethan 1
CS: Griffin, Mason 1
HBP: Barber, Brett 2 ; Griffin, Mason 1
Batting:
2B: Jirschele, Keagen 1
RBI: Taylor, Carter 1 ; Werk, Nic 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Brown, Brady 1
HBP: Luskey, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Carter 1
Game Leaders
AB
1
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
PH/cf
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
PH/dh
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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