2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2022
Team:	North Dakota State Bison
Head Coach:	Tyler Oakes
Short Conf:	Summit
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Brandon Hunt
Asst Coach2:	Tanner Neale
Conf Record:	17-5
Record:	31-19
Conference:	Summit League
Stadium:	Newman Outdoor Field
Champion:	Summit League Regular season Champion

The 2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison played their home games at Newman Outdoor Field adjacent to NDSU's campus. The team was coached by Tyler Oakes in his 1st season as head coach at NDSU. Oakes had been associated with NDSU Baseball since December 2013.^[1] The Bison claimed their first Summit League Regular season title during the season, winning every conference series played.
The Bison entered the Summit League tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. They lost to Omaha to start the tournament, then beat South Dakota State to advance to the semifinals, before falling to Omaha yet again to be eliminated from the tournament. NDSU finished the season with a 31-19 record and a 17-5 record in the Summit League, the second of which is their best for the program since entering Division I.

Previous season

The Bison finished last season 42-19 and 20-11 in Summit League play.^[2] This led them to the Summit League tournament where they won; beating Omaha^[3] and Oral Roberts^[4] to advance to their second NCAA tournament berth since entering Division I. It was their first conference tournament title since 2014. NDSU entered the NCAA tournament as the four seed in the Stanford Regional.^[5] The Bison lost to number 7 overall seed Stanford^[6] before winning their first NCAA Division I Tournament game against regional three seed Nevada.^[7] NDSU was eliminated from the tournament when they lost to number 17 overall seed UC Irvine.^[8]

Personnel

Roster

2022 North Dakota State Roster
	Pitchers 16 - Nolan Johnson - Freshman 18 - Jake Drew - Senior 22 - Hayden Style - Sophomore 24 - Evan Sankey - Senior 25 - Riley Johnson - Senior 27 - Ben Smith - Junior 28 - Tyler Kliniske - Junior 30 - Reese Ligtenberg - Freshman 31 - Max Loven - Junior 32 - Andrew Baumgart - Freshman 35 - Leland Wilson - Freshman 37 - Jaxon Edwards - Freshman 38 - Shea Zetterman - Junior 40 - Tristen Roehrich - Junior 44 - Skyler Riedinger - Freshman		Catchers 5 - Logan Williams - Senior 7 - Will Busch - Sophomore 15 - Bennett Freiter - Freshman Infielders 2 - Peter Brookshaw - Junior 3 - Noah Dehne - Sophomore 9 - Garret Hill - Sophomore 12 - Drew Grindahl - Sophomore 13 - Druw Sackett - Junior 17 - Zach Kluvers - Freshman 26 - Carson Hake - Sophomore		Outfielders 1 - Terrell Huggins - Junior 6 - Calen Schwabe - Senior 19 - Cadyn Schwabe - Sophomore 20 - Chase Nett - Sophomore Utility 4 - Charley Hesse (INF/OF) - Senior 8 - Caden Edwards (P/INF) - Freshman 10 - Cade Feeney (P/INF) - Sophomore 11 - Brock Anderson (UTIL/P) - Junior 14 - Wyatt Nelson (P/OF) - Sophomore 33 - Hunter Koep (P/INF) - Senior 34 - Joey Danielson (P/C) - Junior
Reference:^[9]

Coaching staff

2022 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name	Position
	Head Coach
Brandon Hunt	Assistant Coach
Tanner Neale	Assistant Coach
Trent Keefer	Volunteer Assistant Coach
Reference:^[10]

Schedule and results

2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log
Regular season (30-17)
February (4-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Summit League Record February 18 3-5 Riley (1-0) Roehrich (0-1) None 342 0-1 – February 19 7-4 Feeney (1-0) Eichelberger (0-1) Drew (1) 327 1-1 – February 19 4-0 Sankey (1-0) Stephenson (0-1) Riedinger (1) 282 2-1 – February 20 10-7 Zetterman (1-0) Sells (0-1) Drew (2) 327 3-1 – February 25 1-4 Holliday (0-1) Loven (0-1) None 297 3-2 – February 26 2-6 Porthan (1-0) Feeney (1-1) None 3-3 – February 26 6-2 Sankey (2-0) Newman (0-1) Roehrich (1) 313 4-3 – February 27 4-6 Thomas (1-0) Smith (0-1) Hardman (1) 316 4-4 –
March (11-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record March 4 5-4 Loven (1-1) Clough (0-1) Roehrich (2) 5-4 – March 5 2-5 Noble (1-0) Sankey (2-1) Devereaux (1) 1,403 5-5 – March 6 5-8 Devereaux (1-0) Riedinger (0-1) None 1,982 5-6 – March 8 5-2 Johnson (1-0) Schoeberl (0-1) Riedinger (2) 700 6-6 – March 11 9-4 Roehrich (1-0) Pushard (0-1) None 317 7-6 – March 12 Canceled, Rain 7-6 – March 13 0-7^(7) Schulefand (1-0) Sankey (2-2) None 7-7 – March 13 4-2 Feeney (2-1) Labonte (0-1) Drew (1) 8-7 – March 15 12-3 Roehrich (2-0) Del Prado (0-1) None 334 9-7 – March 16 8-9 Mugavero (1-0) Danielson (0-1) None 425 9-8 – March 18 8-2 Loven (2-1) Sansone (0-1) Roehrich (3) 88 10-8 – March 19 Centennial Park 12-9 Riedinger (1-1) Tolis (0-1) Drew (2) 11-8 – March 19 Centennial Park 5-1 Feeney (2-1) Cafaro (0-1) None 12-8 – March 25 20-3^(7) Loven (3-1) Torpey (0-1) None 133 13-8 1-0 March 26 9-5 Roehrich (3-0) Mansur (0-1) None 137 14-8 2-0 March 27 15-1^(7) Sankey (3-2) Day (0-1) None 15-8 3-0
April (9-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record April 1 15-6 Loven (4-1) Fochs (0-1) Nelson (1) 16-8 4-0 April 2 6-4 Drew (1-0) Rosenfeld (0-1) None 250 17-8 5-0 April 3 2-6 Kratz (1-0) Sankey (3-3) Carberry (1) 250 17-9 5-1 April 5 Canceled, Weather 17-9 – April 9 at St. Thomas Series Relocated - Field Conditions 0-6 Laubscher (1-0) Loven (4-2) None 310 17-10 5-2 April 9 4-1 Feeney (3-1) Esch (0-1) Drew (3) 265 18-10 6-2 April 10 8-7 Roehrich (4-0) Gartner (0-1) None 205 19-10 7-2 April 12 Dakota Wesleyan Canceled, Weather 19-10 - April 15 at Omaha Series Relocated - Weather 1-0 Loven (5-2) Riedel (0-1) Roehrich (4) 301 20-10 8-2 April 16 2-10 Bell (1-0) Feeney (3-2) Machado (1) 303 20-11 8-3 April 16 2-0 Drew (2-0) Timmins (0-1) None 305 21-11 9-3 April 20 3-4 Hood (1-0) Smith (0-2) Bragg (1) 4,462 21-12 – April 22 4-10 Kowalski (1-0) Loven (5-3) McCullough (1) 801 21-13 9-4 April 23 2-1 Feeney (4-2) Smith (0-1) Drew (4) 952 22-13 10-4 April 23 10-2 Sankey (4-3) Coffey (0-1) Roehrich (5) 884 23-13 11-4 April 26 Valley City State Canceled, Weather 23-13 11-4 April 29 8-3 Loven (6-3) McCay (0-1) None 134 24-13 12-4
May (6-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record May 1 Canceled 24-13 12-4 May 1 Canceled 24-13 12-4 May 3 Mayville State 10-0^(7) Edwards (1-0) Greenburg (0-1) None 596 25-13 – May 6 0-22 Palmquist (1-0) Loven (5-4) None 2,838 25-14 – May 7 1-16 Ligon (1-0) Feeney (4-3) None 3,018 25-15 – May 8 4-6 Ziehl (1-0) Roehrich (4-2) Walters (1) 2,463 25-16 – May 13 7-4 Roehrich (5-2) Lockner (0-1) Drew (6) 308 26-16 13-4 May 14 13-12^(11) Drew (3-0) Chase (0-1) None 249 27-16 14-4 May 15 13-6 Sankey (5-3) Metz (0-1) None 250 28-16 15-4 May 20 8-3 Loven (7-3) Warkentien (0-1) Roehrich (6) 29-16 16-4 May 20 7-3 Feeney (5-3) Carberry (0-1) Drew (7) 167 30-16 17-4 May 21 3-6 Rosenfeld (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 209 30-17 17-5
Postseason (1-2)
(1-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Tournament Record May 26 (1) 2-10 Riedel (1-0) Loven (7-4) None 30-18 0-1 May 27 (1) 7-4 Feeney (6-3) Bishop (0-1) None 31-18 1-1 May 28 (1) 3-5 Bell (1-0) Sankey (5-4) Kreiling (1) 378 31-19 1-2

Awards and honors

Summit League Coach of the Year

• HC Tyler Oakes

First Team All-Summit League

• OF Calen Schwabe
• DH Logan Williams

Second Team All-Summit League

• C Will Busch
• 1B Brock Anderson
• 2B Druw Sackett
• SS Peter Brookshaw
• OF Jack Simonsen
• P Evan Sankey

Reference:^[11]

Summit League All-Tournament Team

• P Cade Feeney
• 2B Druw Sackett

Reference:^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tyler Oakes Named NDSU Baseball Head Coach. North Dakota State Bison. June 22, 2021 . February 19, 2022.
2. Web site: 2021 Baseball Schedule. North Dakota State Bison. February 19, 2022.
3. Web site: Bison batterymates lift NDSU into winner's bracket. The Summit League. May 27, 2021 . February 18, 2022.
4. Web site: Bison secure SummitBSB title with 11-6 winnter-take-all triumph over top-seeded Oral Roberts. The Summit League. May 29, 2021 . February 18, 2022.
5. Web site: Bison bound for Stanford Regional. The Summit League. May 31, 2021 . February 18, 2022.
6. Web site: North Dakota State vs. Stanford. ESPN. February 18, 2022.
7. Web site: Bison Beat Nevada 6-1 to Advance at NCAA Baseball Regional. North Dakota State Bison. June 5, 2021 . February 18, 2022.
8. Web site: Num 17 UC Irvine Defeats NDSU Baseball in NCAA Regional. North Dakota State Bison. June 6, 2021 . February 18, 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 Baseball Roster. North Dakota State Bison. February 19, 2022.
10. Web site: 2022 Baseball Coaching Staff. North Dakota State Bison. February 19, 2022.
11. Web site: Omaha's Boeve Collects Top SummitBSB Award. The Summit League. May 24, 2022 . May 24, 2022.
12. Web site: Second-seed Oral Roberts rolls to its 20th SummitBSB Championship title. The Summit League. May 29, 2022 . May 29, 2022.