WINONA, Minn. - The Winona State University baseball team will host Minot State University on Tuesday, March 28 in an NSIC doubleheader beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Winona State will face Minot State having last faced - and beaten - the Beavers in a 8-7 NSIC tournament clash last spring.
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
Live stats & streams for the games are available at the links above and on the WSU Baseball schedule page.
The doubleheader will take place in the cozy confines of Loughrey Field.
WINONA STATE STORYLINES
The Warriors are 9-14 overall and 5-3 within the NSIC.
Kyle Yu is hitting .368, collecting 25 hits in 68 at-bats and 13 RBI. Yu leads WSU in stolen bases with nine on the year.
Cooper Kapanke has a team-leading three home runs on the season and tops the Warriors' RBI chart with 18.
On the mound, Justin Firpo leads WSU in innings pitched (26 1/3),and has a 2-1 record.
In addition to Firpo, three pitchers have met or surpassed 15 innings pitched; Pierce Gritzmaker (19 1/3), Bailey Banaszynski (18 1/3), Peyton Lee (18 1/3), Peter Tveite (18 1/3).
Minot State STORYLINES
The Beavers (14-6 overall, 5-3 NSIC) have lost two in a row.
Mark Ossanna is batting .421 and leads Minot State in home runs with 8.
Gunnar Kozlowitz leads Minot State in doubles with nine.
Derek Kay leads the Beavers on the base paths at 10-for-10 in stolen bases.
Bryant Bagshaw leads Minot State on the mound in terms of wins, registering a 4-1 record.
WARRIOR NOTABLES
Head coach
Seth Wing is in his first season at Winona State, having previously served as athletic director and baseball coach at Cornell College.
Wing was an associate head coach during WSU's last World Series appearance in 2011.
Winona State first fielded an intercollegiate baseball team in 1919.
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About Winona State University Athletics:
The Winona State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as an integral part of the educational mission of the institution, is committed to offering opportunities to experience academic and athletic excellence for our student-athletes through two simple words:
Graduate Champions.
Fourteen Warrior programs compete at the NCAA Division II level within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Winona State University competes as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the sport of women's gymnastics.
