2024 North Dakota State Bison baseball team explained
| Sport: | baseball |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Team: | North Dakota State Bison |
| Conference: | Summit League |
| Short Conf: | Summit |
| Record: | 20–30–1 |
| Conf Record: | 14–12–1 |
| Head Coach: | Tyler Oakes |
| Asst Coach1: | Brandon Hunt |
| Asst Coach2: | Tanner Neale |
| Asst Coach3: | Trent Keefer |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Newman Outdoor Field |
The 2024 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison played home games at Newman Outdoor Field on NDSU's campus. The team was coached by third year head coach Tyler Oakes.
The Bison finished the season with a 20–30–1 overall record and a 14–12–1 record, which was good for third in the Summit League. NDSU made the Summit League tournament as the second seed, since regular season winner St. Thomas was ineligible, and played Oral Roberts in the first round. The Bison would fall to the Golden Eagles, defeat top-seeded Omaha in the first elimination game, but fell to Northern Colorado in extra innings in the second elimination game.[1]
Previous season
The Bison finished the 2023 season with a 23–30 overall record, and a 16–7 record in the Summit League - which was good for second in the league. In the Summit League tournament, which was the first tournament NDSU had held at Newman Outdoor Field in the Division I era, the Bison lost to South Dakota State,[2] beat Omaha,[3] but fell to South Dakota State again in the final elimination game.[4]
Personnel
Roster
| 2024 North Dakota State Roster |
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| | Pitchers- 12 – Matt Sargeant – Freshman
- 13 – Roman Trapani – Freshman
- 16 – Nolan Johnson – RS Sophomore
- 20 – Logan Knight – Junior
- 22 – Hayden Sylte – RS Junior
- 24 – Hunter Rosenbaum – Senior
- 25 – Parker Puetz – Sophomore
- 27 – Julien Hachem – Sophomore
- 28 – Ben Soke – Freshman
- 29 – Ben Berkhof – Freshman
- 30 – Reese Ligtenberg – RS Junior
- 31 – Seth Thompson – Junior
- 32 – Andrew Baumgart – RS Sophomore
- 33 – Landon Koenig – Freshman
- 34 – Joey Danielson – Senior
- 35 – Leland Wilson – RS Junior
- 36 – Colbey Klepper – Senior
- 37 – Cole Mahlum – Junior
- 38 – Alex Karns – Junior
- 40 – Austin Bergum – Junior
- 44 – Skyler Riedinger – RS Junior
| | Catchers- 7 – Will Busch – Senior
- 15 – Bennett Freiter – RS Sophomore
Infielders
- 4 – Jake Schaffner – Freshman
- 5 – Davis Hamilton – Sophomore
- 6 – James Dunlap – Senior
- 9 – Garret Hill – Senior
- 10 – Luis Garcia – Junior
- 11 – Jack Steil – Senior
- 17 – Zach Kluvers – RS Junior
- 18 – Aiden Schenk – Freshman
- 26 – Carson Hake – Senior
| | Outfielders- 3 – Kyle Law – Sophomore
- 8 – Sam Canton – Junior
- 14 – Colten Becker – Junior
- 19 – Cadyn Schwabe – Senior
Utility
- 1 – Noah Gordon (C/UTIL) – Freshman
- 2 – Blake Timmons (OF/INF) – Freshman
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| Reference:[5] | |
Coaching staff
| 2024 North Dakota State Coaching Staff |
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| Name | Position |
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| Head Coach |
| Brandon Hunt | Assistant Coach |
| Tanner Neale | Assistant Coach |
| Trent Keefer | Assistant Coach |
| Reference:[6] | |
Schedule and results
| 2024 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log |
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| Regular season (19–28–1) |
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| February (2–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | Summit League
Record |
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| February 16 | | | | 2–14 | Pinto (1–0) | Puetz (0–1) | None | 826 | 0–1 | – | | February 17 | | | | 2–7 | Luu (1–0) | Knight (0–1) | None | 745 | 0–2 | – | | February 18 | | | | 4–10 | Brooks (1–0) | Koenig (0–1) | None | 718 | 0–3 | – | | February 20 | | | | Canceled, Field Conditions[7] | 0–3 | – | | February 21 | | | | 4–5 | Sagouspe (1–0) | Danielson (0–1) | None | 1,185 | 0–4 | – | | February 23 | | | | 6–7 | Martinez (1–0) | Riedinger (0–1) | None | 302 | 0–5 | – | | February 24 | | | | 9–7 | Wilson (1–0) | Cruz (0–1) | None | 500 | 1–5 | – | | February 25 | | | | 6–4 | Bergum (1–0) | Carter (0–2) | None | 450 | 2–5 | – | | February 29 | | | | 7–19(7) | Hutcheson (1–1) | Ligtenburg (0–1) | None | 3,193 | 2–6 | – | |
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| March (5–10) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| March 1 | | | | 5–6 | Holmes (2–0) | Danielson (0–2) | None | 3,191 | 2–7 | – | | March 2 | | | | 0–10(8) | Kmatz (2–0) | Knight (0–2) | None | 3,332 | 2–8 | – | | March 3 | | | | 7–13 | Segura (2–0) | Koenig (0–2) | None | 3,308 | 2–9 | – | | March 9 | | | | 6–3 | Johnson (1–0) | Stuprich (1–2) | Danielson (1) | 1,396 | 3–9 | – | | March 9 | | | | 6–8 | Polk (3–0) | Wilson (1–1) | Rodriguez (1) | 1,115 | 3–10 | – | | March 10 | | | | 10–11 | Fabre (1–0) | Danielson (0–3) | None | 1,287 | 3–11 | – | | March 12 | | | | 1–6 | Loer (1–0) | Wilson (1–2) | Coleman (1) | 9,909 | 3–12 | – | | March 13 | | | | 0–7 | Hellmers (1–0) | Sargeant (0–1) | None | 9,833 | 3–13 | – | | March 15 | | | | 4–1 | Johnson (2–0) | Bell (0–2) | Danielson (2) | 497 | 4–13 | 1–0 | | March 16 | | | | 4–7 | Hackmann (1–0) | Bergum (0–1) | Gainer (2) | 365 | 4–14 | 1–1 | | March 16 | | | | 8–5 | Karns (1–0) | Byhre (0–3) | Danielson (3) | 365 | 5–14 | 2–1 | | March 20 | | | | 1–3 | Walsh (2–0) | Trapani (0–1) | Sanders (1) | 3,991 | 5–15 | – | | March 22 | | | | 3–7 | Hall (2–2) | Karns (1–1) | None | 963 | 5–16 | 2–2 | | March 23 | | | | 8–5 | Knight (1–2) | Caravalho (0–2) | Danielson (4) | 867 | 6–16 | 3–2 | | March 24 | | | | 8–6 | Ligtenberg (1–1) | Carmack (1–3) | Danielson (5) | 832 | 7–16 | 4–2 | | March 28 | | | | Postponed – Field Conditions[8] | – | – | | March 29 | | | | – | – | | March 30 | | | | – | – | |
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| April (6–7–1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| April 3 | | | | 7–8 | Primeaux (1–0) | Hachem (4–1) | Burke (1) | 1,167 | 7–17 | – | | April 5 | | | | 1–5 | McCay (3–0) | Wilson (1–3) | None | 570 | 7–18 | 4–3 | | April 6 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 9–8 | Knight (2–2) | Peters (0–2) | None | 492 | 8–18 | 5–3 | | April 6 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 7–11 | Goble (3–4) | Karns (1–2) | None | 492 | 8–19 | 5–4 | | April 9 | | | | 3–11 | Kennedy (1–0) | Hachem (0–2) | None | 513 | 8–20 | – | | April 12 | | | | 12–13 | Gienger (1–2) | Danielson (0–3) | None | 221 | 8–21 | 5–5 | | April 13 | | | | 3–2 | Knight (3–2) | Gibson (1–4) | Danielson (6) | 115 | 9–21 | 6–5 | | April 14 | | | | 11–3 | Koenig (1–2) | Tuttle (0–1) | None | 110 | 10–21 | 7–5 | | April 16 | | | | Canceled, Inclement Weather | – | – | | April 20 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 3–10 | Hall (5–2) | Wilson (1–4) | None | 276 | 10–22 | 7–6 | | April 20 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 7–6 | Riedinger (1–1) | Patten (1–1) | None | 276 | 11–22 | 8–6 | | April 21 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 5–4 | Danielson (1–4) | Patten (1–2) | None | 293 | 12–22 | 9–6 | | April 23 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 13–3(7) | Ligtenberg (2–1) | Thompson (2–3) | None | 252 | 13–22 | – | | April 27 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 6–7 | Bell (2–5) | Wilson (1–5) | Gainer (4) | 181 | 13–23 | 9–7 | | April 27 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 3–6 | Caleb (5–1) | Knight (3–3) | Mattingley (1) | 181 | 13–24 | 9–8 | | April 28 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 2–2 | None – Tie | 145 | 13–24–1 | 9–8–1 | |
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| May (6–3) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Record |
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| May 1 | | | | 21–14 | Sargeant (1–1) | Beuter (1–3) | Danielson (7) | 925 | 14–24–1 | – | | May 3 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 3–11 | Esch (4–2) | Wilson (1–6) | None | 268 | 14–25–1 | 9–9–1 | | May 4 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 7–4 | Knight (4–3) | Retz (2–3) | Danielson (8) | 352 | 15–25–1 | 10–9–1 | | May 5 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 5–4 | Thompson (1–0) | Gartner (3–4) | Danielson (9) | 279 | 16–25–1 | 11–9–1 | | May 10 | | | | 11–10 | Karns (2–2) | Clemons (4–4) | Danielson (11) | 241 | 17–25–1 | 12–9–1 | | May 11 | | | | 7–6(11) | Thompson (2–0) | Driessen (2–3) | Rosenbaum (1) | 306 | 18–25–1 | 13–9–1 | | May 12 | | | | 5–8 | Kent (3–4) | Hachem (0–3) | Schlecht (1) | 175 | 18–26–1 | 13–10–1 | | May 16 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 9–3 | Knight (5–3) | Smith (2–10) | None | 156 | 19–26–1 | 14–10–1 | | May 17 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 2–5 | Gienger (5–3) | Koenig (1–3) | Carvajal (2) | 323 | 19–27–1 | 14–11–1 | | May 18 | | | Newman Outdoor Field | 12–18 | Storey (2–4) | Sargeant (1–2) | None | 281 | 19–28–1 | 14–12–1 | |
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| Postseason (1–2) |
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| (1–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Summit League
Tournament Record |
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| May 22 | vs. (3) Oral Roberts | (2) | | 3–11 | Hall (9–2) | Knight (5–4) | None | 627 | 19–29–1 | 0–1 | | May 23 | vs. (1) Omaha
Elimination Game | (2) | J. L. Johnson Stadium | 7–5 | Riedinger (2–1) | Dreher (0–2) | None | 519 | 20–29–1 | 1–1 | | May 24 | vs. (4) Northern Colorado
Elimination Game | (2) | J. L. Johnson Stadium | 9–10(10) | Carvajal (3–0) | Danielson (1–5) | None | 421 | 20–30–1 | 1–2 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Late Bears runs doom NDSU baseball in Summit tournament. inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. May 24, 2024. May 25, 2024.
- Web site: Nelson, third-seeded SDSU slug their way by NDSU. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 24, 2023. December 18, 2023.
- Web site: Bison falter in late innings but stay alive in Summit tourney with win in 12 innings. inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. May 25, 2023. December 18, 2023.
- Web site: Third-seeded Jacks reach title game with win over NDSU. thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 26, 2023. December 18, 2023.
- Web site: 2024 Baseball Roster. gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. December 18, 2023.
- Web site: 2024 Baseball Coaching Staff. gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. December 18, 2023.
- Web site: NDSU Baseball Game at Long Beach State Canceled. gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024.
- Web site: NDSU Baseball Series at St. Thomas Adjusted. gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. March 28, 2024. March 28, 2024.
