MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State baseball team travels to Bismarck, N.D. to take on UMary in the final weekend of the regular season while sitting in first place of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference standings and searching for their first NSIC title in school history.

Minot State is currently 25-6 in NSIC play while No. 11 Augustana is second with a mark of 24-6 in conference play.

The Beavers and Marauders will play a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m. and a doubleheader starting at noon on Saturday.

Quick Hits

Minot State is 25-6 in NSIC play after sweeping Upper Iowa in a four-game series last weekend at Corbett Field.

Jaymon Cervantes tossed a complete-game victory to improve to 5-0 on the season while Reilly O'Rourke threw a complete-game three-hitter to clinch the series win over the Peacocks
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Minot State is hitting .289 as a team with 273 runs, 365 hits, 86 doubles, six triples and 44 home runs.

Michael leads the Beavers in hitting at .351, followed by Justin Demary (.345) and Trevaun Smith and Celestino Rodriguez (.327).

Darrel Doll and Rodriguez rank second in the NSIC with a team-high eight home runs while the Beavers rank first as a team with 44 home runs on the season.

Wyatt Schlosser leads the NSIC with 18 doubles and ranks fourth with 17 stolen bases on the season.

Scouting the UMary Marauders

UMary enters the weekend with a 5-34 overall record and 2-26 mark in the NSIC. Jesus Payan leads the Marauder offense while hitting .348 with a team-high eight doubles, two home runs and 24 RBIs. Connor Doll is hitting .290 with 17 RBIs on the season. Colin Gudereit is 2-4 on the mound this season with a 5.14 ERA and 14 strikeouts.

As a team, the Marauders are hitting .258 with 171 runs, 298 hits, 34 doubles, one triple and five home runs. The UMary pitching staff has a team ERA of 7.17 while giving up 228 earned runs on 362 hits and striking out 167 opposing batters.

Interim head coach Kevin Walsh is in his first season leading the Marauder program after joining the staff before the season as a pitching coach and moving to interim head coach on March 27, 2018.

Series History

UMary leads the all-time series with Minot State, 41-22. In their last meeting, the Beavers won a 12-5 decision over the Marauders in Minot, N.D. on April 30, 2017.

Up Next

The NSIC Tournament will be held on May 9-12 in Sioux Falls, S.D. and will be played at Karras Park and Sioux Falls Stadium.

The top eight teams in the final regular season standings will compete in the double-elimination tournament with the winner receiving at automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Central Regional.