The 2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison play their home games at Newman Outdoor Field adjacent to NDSU's campus. The team was coached by Tod Brown in his 14th season at NDSU. The Bison won the Summit League tournament for the second time since entering Division 1 and first time since the 2014 season. After entering the NCAA tournament the Bison went 1-2 and were eliminated after being defeated by No. 7 overall Stanford and No. 17 overall UC Irvine. They defeated Nevada for the team's first ever NCAA Division I Tournament game win.

Previous season The Bison began the 2020 season 8-9 before the NCAA's decision to cancel the season on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the season's cancellation, all Division I college baseball players were granted an extra year of eligibility.

Personnel

Roster 2021 North Dakota State roster Pitchers 12 - Thomas Bruchu – Junior 18 - Jake Drew – Junior 22 - Hayden Sylte – Freshman 23 - Zach Smith – Junior 24 - Evan Sankey – Junior 25 - Riley Johnson – Junior 27 - Ben Smith – Sophomore 28 - Barron Holtz – Sophomore 30 - Reese Ligtenberg – Freshman 31 - Max Loven – Sophomore 32 - Parker Harm – Senior 35 - Gabe Pilla – Sophomore 37 - Jaxon Edwards – Freshman 38 - Shea Zetterman – Sophomore 40 - Tristen Roehrich – Sophomore 44 - Skyler Riedinger – Freshman Catchers 7 - Will Busch – Freshman 20 - Nick Emanuel – Senior

Infielders 1 - Bennett Hostetler – Senior 2 - Peter Brookshaw – Sophomore 3 - Noah Dehne – Freshman 4 - Charley Hesse – Junior 5 - Tucker Rohde – Senior 9 - Garret Hill – Freshman 16 - Jason Chiu – Freshman 17 - Zach Kluvers – Freshman 26 - Carson Hake – Freshman Outfielders 6 - Calen Schwabe – Junior 13 - Zach Solano – Sophomore 19 - Jake Malec – Senior 36 - Nathan Vermaas – Freshman

Utility 8 - Caden Edwards (P/INF) – Freshman 10 - Cade Feeney (P/INF) – Freshman 11 - Brock Anderson (UTIL/P) – Sophomore 14 - Wyatt Nelson (P/OF) – Freshman 29 - Jack Simonsen (C/OF) – Junior 33 - Hunter Koep (P/INF) – Junior 34 - Joey Danielson (P/C) – Sophomore 

Coaching staff 2021 North Dakota State Coaching Staff Name Position Tod Brown Head coach David Pearson Assistant Coach Tyler Oakes Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Tanner Neale Volunteer assistant coach

Schedule and results 2021 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log Regular season (38-16) February (5-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Overall record Summit LeagueRecord February 21 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes FieldBowling Green, KY 4-10 Kates (1-0) Harm (0-1) None 0-1 - February 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field 8-5 Smith (1-0) Hicks (0-1) Anderson (1) 1-1 - February 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field 10-2 Sankey (1-0) O'Connell (0-1) None 2-1 - February 26 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports CenterSt. Louis, MO 7-4 Drew (1-0) Harris (0-1) Nelson (1) 3-1 - February 27 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center 5-4 Feeney (1-0) Finkelburg (0-1) Harm (1) 4-1 - February 27 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center 6-5 Smith (2-0) Dauman (0-1) Riedinger (1) 5-1 - February 28 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center Canceled, Rain 5-1 -March (11-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecord March 5 at Northern Colorado Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO 4-8 Wyatt (1-0) Riedinger (0-1) None 5-2 - March 6 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field 11-1 Sankey (2-0) Leach (0-1) None 6-2 - March 6 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field 4-14(8) Salim (1-0) Roehrich (0-1) None 6-3 - March 7 at Northern Colorado Nottingham Field 11-1(7) Smith (3-0) Mazzetti (0-1) None 7-3 - March 12 at Dayton Woerner FieldDayton, OH 5-1 Feeney (2-0) Jones (0-1) Harm (2) 8-3 - March 13 at Dayton Woerner Field 9-1 Sankey (3-0) Olson (0-1) None 9-3 - March 14 at Dayton Woerner Field 4-3 Smith (4-0) Keller (0-1) Roehrich (1) 10-3 - March 16 at Dayton Woerner Field 9-3 Smith (5-0) Pletka (0-1) None 11-3 - March 19 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer StadiumMacomb, IL 11-2 Feeney (3-0) Sears (0-1) None 12-3 1-0 March 20 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 7-3 Smith (6-0) Fochs (0-1) Nelson (1) 13-3 2-0 March 20 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 8-4(8) Drew (2-0) Edwards (0-1) Harm (3) 14-3 3-0 March 21 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 7-9 Gray (1-0) Pilla (0-1) Edwards (1) 14-4 3-1 March 26 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson StadiumTulsa, OK 6-3(12) Harm (1-1) Pierce (0-1) Nelson (3) 15-4 4-1 March 26 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 4-5 Scoggins (1-0) Riedinger (0-2) None 15-5 4-2 March 27 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 3-5 Kowalski (1-0) Smith (6-1) Archambo (1) 15-6 4-3 March 28 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 9-7 Loven (1-0) Notary (0-1) Nelson (4) 16-6 5-3April (11-6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecord April 2 at Omaha Tal Anderson FieldOmaha, NE 4-15 Machado (1-0) Feeney (3-1) Smith (1) 16-7 5-4 April 2 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field 8-2 Sankey (4-0) Koelewyn (0-1) None 17-7 6-4 April 3 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field 0-7 Holetz (1-0) Smith (6-2) Blunt (1) 17-8 6-5 April 4 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field 10-4 Pilla (1-1) Scott (0-1) None 18-8 7-5 April 9 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor FieldFargo, ND 2-0 Feeney (4-1) Warkentien (0-1) None 19-8 8-5 April 10 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 10-7 Smith (7-2) Fochs (0-1) Nelson (5) 20-8 9-5 April 10 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 6-3 Sankey (5-0) Beck (0-1) Harm (4) 21-8 10-5 April 11 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 6-5(14) Pilla (2-1) Gray (0-1) None 22-8 11-5 April 16 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field 6-8 Weber (1-0) Harm (1-2) Scoggins (1) 22-9 11-6 April 17 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field 14-11 Smith (8-2) Kowalski (0-1) Nelson (6) 23-9 12-6 April 17 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field 2-18 Coffey (1-0) Sankey (5-1) None 23-10 12-7 April 18 Oral Roberts Newman Outdoor Field Canceled, Weather 23-10 12-7 April 23 at South Dakota State Erv Huether FieldBrookings, SD 5-0 Drew (3-0) Mazur (0-1) Harm (5) 24-10 13-7 April 23 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field 2-3 Sundquist (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 24-11 13-8 April 24 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field 2-12(8) Carlson (1-0) Smtih (8-3) None 24-12 13-9 April 24 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field 13-12(10) Drew (3-0) Mazur (0-1) Harm (5) 25-12 14-9 April 27 Valley City State Newman Outdoor Field 5-3(10) Nelson (1-1) Suda (0-1) None 26-12 - April 30 at Kansas Hoglund BallparkLawrence, KS 5-3(10) Nelson (2-1) Cyr (0-1) Drew (1) 27-12 -May (11-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecord May 1 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 2-10 Davis (1-0) Smith (8-4) None 27-13 - May 2 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark 5-3 Sankey (6-1) Barry (0-1) Drew (2) 28-13 - May 4 Mayville State Newman Outdoor Field 6-2 Koep (1-0) Taliaferro (0-1) Pilla (1) 29-13 - May 7 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field 8-7 Pilla (4-1) Blunt (0-1) Harm (6) 30-13 15-9 May 7 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field 2-0(7) Loven (2-0) Maifeld (0-1) None 31-13 16-9 May 8 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field 8-7 Drew (4-0) Koelewyn (0-1) Harm (7) 32-13 17-9 May 9 omaha Newman Outdoor Field 4-5 Timmins (1-0) Nelson (2-2) Mohler (1) 32-14 17-10 May 10 Concordia Moorhead Newman Outdoor Field 8-7 Sylte (1-0) Wiedeman (0-1) Zetterman (1) 33-14 - May 14 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field 7-4 Roehrich (1-1) Mazur (0-1) Harm (8) 34-14 18-10 May 14 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field 0-5 Beazley (1-0) Loven (2-1) Bourassa (1) 34-15 18-11 May 15 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field 5-3 Drew (5-0) Sundquist (0-1) Harm (9) 35-15 19-11 May 16 South Dakota State Newman Outdoor Field 10-4 Feeney (5-1) Bishop (0-1) None 36-15 20-11 May 20 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes FieldRichmond, KY 3-15(7) Fox (1-0) Loven (2-2) None 36-16 - May 21 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field 8-1 Sankey (7-1) Williams (0-1) None 37-16 - May 22 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field 6-1 Feeney (6-1) Laster (0-1) None 38-16 -Postseason (4-3) (3-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save OverallRecord Summit LeagueTRecord May 27 (3) Omaha (2) Tal Anderson FieldOmaha, NE 3-1 Loven (3-2) Holetz (0-1) Harm (10) 39-16 1-0 May 28 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field 5-0 Feeney (7-1) Coffey (0-1) Smith (2) 40-16 2-0 May 29 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field 5-15 Swift (1-0) Sankey (7-2) None 40-17 2-1 May 29 (1) Oral Roberts (2) Tal Anderson Field 11-6 Roehrich (2-1) Rogen (0-1) Harm (11) 41-17 3-1 (1-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save OverallRecord Stanford RegionalRecord June 4 (1) #7 Stanford (4) Klein FieldStanford, CA 1-9 Williams (1-0) Loven (3-3) None 41-18 0-1 June 5 (3) Nevada (4) Klein Field 6-1 Feeney (8-1) Murillo (0-1) Harm (12) 42-18 1-1 June 6 (2) #17 UC Irvine (4) Klein Field 3-18 Denholm (1-0) Sankey (7-3) None 42-19 1-2

Stanford Regional

Stanford Regional Teams(1) Stanford Cardinal(2) UC Irvine Anteaters(3) Nevada Wolfpack(4) North Dakota State Bison

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