CROOKSTON, Minn. - The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball team will play their final home games of 2024 Wednesday, May 1 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., against the University of Mary. The games were moved from Tuesday to Wednesday due to weather. 

The Golden Eagles are headed into the home stretch of the regular season as they are jockeying for seeding in the NSIC Tournament. The Golden Eagles come into Wednesday with a 29-14 (23-10 NSIC) mark. They are one win away from their first-ever back-to-back 30 win seasons. The Golden Eagles are four wins away from setting their program record for NSIC victories in a season. Minnesota Crookston comes into the week as the No. 3 team in the NSIC standings. They are a half-game ahead of St. Cloud State University, and two games behind Minnesota State University in second. 

The University of Mary comes into the weekend with a 22-21 (18-15 NSIC) record. They are currently sixth in the NSIC standings. If the season ended today, Minnesota Crookston would play UMary in the opening round of the NSIC Tournament. Minnesota Crookston has a 4-3 edge on the Marauders in their last seven tilts. 

Minnesota Crookston
Projected Starters
Jr. C 29 Kodi Miller, Grand Rapids, Minn., .262, 20 R, 7 2B, 6 HR, 28 RBI
Sr. 1B 18 Teddy Giefer, Courtland, Minn., .361, 28 R, 12 2B, 6 HR, 46 RBI
R-So. 2B 20 Kobe Senn, Fargo, N.D., .286, 32 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 17 RBI
R-So. 3B 2 Sawyer Satrom, Portland, N.D., .340, 38 R, 7 2B, 1 HR, 25 RBI
R-Sr. SS 10 Mitch Goodwin, Prior Lake, Minn., .256, 36 R, 8 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 28 RBI
R-Sr. LF 8 Jake Hjelle, East Grand Forks, Minn., .313, 45 R, 12 2B, 1 3B, 12 HR, 47 RBI
Sr. CF 9 Caden Headlee, Fargo, N.D., .381, 40 R, 10 2B, 6 HR, 36 RBI
R-Jr. RF/C 19 Danny Wensloff, Roseau, Minn., .279, 32 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 32 RBI
Or Fr. RF/LF 37 Cole Hebl, Hillsboro, N.D., .395, 15 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI
So. DH 32 Josh Dykhoff, Wadena, Minn., .317, 43 R, 12 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 42 RBI

Top Pitchers
R-Sr. RHP 24 Jake Osowski, East Grand Forks, Minn., 8-0 3.94 ERA, 64.0 IP, 60 K 22 BB
Sr. RHP 7 Brody Sorenson, Grand Forks, N.D., 6-1 4.30 ERA, 58.2 IP, 59 K, 9 BB
So. RHP 32 Josh Dykhoff, Wadena, Minn., 2-2 6.98 ERA, 49.0 IP, 43 K, 20 BB
So. RHP 3 Isaac Wensloff, Roseau, Minn., 4-2 5.82 ERA, 34.0 IP, 30 K, 10 BB
Fr. LHP 41 Nate Benning, Browerville, Minn., 3-1 5.87 ERA, 46.0 IP, 31 K, 25 BB
R-Jr. RHP 25 Nate Grafsgaard, Devils Lake, N.D., 0-1 2.40 ERA, 15.0 IP, 24 K, 15 BB
R-Jr. LHP 4 Caden Edwards, Duluth, Minn., 2-0 4.61 ERA, 13.2 IP, 21 K, 9 BB
Jr. RHP 15 Max Weber, St. Paul, Minn., 2-1 4.91 ERA, 7.1 IP, 7 K, 4 BB

The Golden Eagles come into Wednesday hitting .310 as a team, with 354 runs scored, 83 doubles, nine triples, 59 home runs, and 317 RBIs. Minnesota Crookston is paced by Caden Headlee (Sr., OF, Fargo, N.D.), who is batting .381, with 40 runs scored, 10 doubles, six home runs, and 36 RBIs. Teddy Giefer (Sr., 1B, Courtland, Minn.) is swinging .361, with 28 runs scored, 12 doubles, six home runs, and 46 RBIs. Sawyer Satrom (R-So., IF, Portland, N.D.) comes in hitting .340, with 38 runs scored, seven doubles, and 25 RBIs. Jake Hjelle (R-Sr., OF/1B, East Grand Forks, Minn.) is hitting .313, with 45 runs scored, 12 doubles, 12 home runs, and 47 RBIs. 

On the mound, Jake Osowski (R-Sr., RHP, East Grand Forks, Minn.) has been one of the top pitchers in the league, going 8-0 with a 3.94 ERA in 64 innings pitched. He has 60 strikeouts, and just 22 walks. Brody Sorenson (Sr., RHP, Grand Forks, N.D.) is 6-1 with a 4.30 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched, with 59 strikeouts. Isaac Wensloff (So., RHP, Roseau, Minn.) comes in with a 4-2 mark and a 5.82 ERA in 34 innings. Out of the bullpen, Caden Edwards (R-Jr., LHP, Duluth, Minn.) is 2-0 with a 4.61 ERA in 13.2 innings.

UMary

Projected Starters
Sr. C 11 Ben Prediger, Calgary, Alb., .380, 7 R, 6 2B, 3 HR, 15 RBI

Sr. 1B 29 Noah Hull, Scarborough, ON., .344, 35 R, 10 2B, 11 HR, 36 RBI

Fr. 2B 5 Carter Shin, Burlington, ON., .278, 13 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI

Sr. 3B 3 Dylan Edmands, Regina, SK., .295, 37 R, 7 2B, 7 HR, 29 RBI

So. SS 2 Kalem Haney, Lethbridge, Alb., .375, 41 R, 12 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR, 36 RBI

Jr. LF 26 Krece Papierski, Craig, Colo., .234, 23 R, 8 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI

Fr. CF 20 Carter Beck, Carnduff, SK., .338, 42 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 9 HR, 42 RBI

Or Sr. CF 4 Michael Polson, Westminster, Colo., .336, 26 R, 8 2B, 4 3B, 7 HR, 24 RBI

Sr. RF 9 Daniel Martin, Langley, B.C., .297, 26 R, 6 2B, 5 HR, 22 RBI

Sr. DH 15 Josh Walker, Victoria, B.C., .384, 28 R, 14 2B, 5 HR, 31 RBI

Top Pitchers

Sr. RHP 19 Paxton Miller, Bismarck, N.D., 2-1 8.12 ERA, 44.1 IP, 41 K, 23 BB

Sr. LHP 24 Lukas Frers, Surrey, B.C., 2-4 7.28 ERA, 38.1 IP, 37 K, 12 BB

Jr. RHP 34 Alec Danen, Sheboygan, Wis., 3-2 6.99 ERA, 37.1 IP, 33 K, 23 BB

So. RHP 36 Ryan Chamberlain, Laramic, Wyo., 1-2 10.20 ERA, 30 IP, 22 K, 10 BB

So. LHP 23 Jaxon Zanolli, Olds, AB., 1-4 10.80 ERA, 26.2 IP, 27 K, 17 BB

Jr. RHP 39 Kevin Millar, Georgetown, ON., 2-0 7.46 ERA, 25.1 IP, 22 K, 11 BB

Sr. RHP 35 Mark Schommer, New Ulm, Minn., 3-0 .51 ERA, 17.2 IP, 26 K, 2 BB

The Marauders are batting .309, while having scored 324 runs, 87 doubles, 11 triples and 293 RBIs. Carter Beck leads the way for the Marauders with 42 runs on the season while swinging .338, with five doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 42 RBIs. Kalem Haney comes in batting a .375 with41 runs, 12 doubles, four triples, five home runs and 36 RBIs. First baseman Noah Hull is hitting .344 with 35 runs, ten doubles, 11 home runs and 36 RBIs. Josh Walker came in hitting .384 with 28 runs, 14 doubles, five home runs and 31 RBIs.

When looking at pitching, University of Mary has a team ERA of 9.04, with 281 strikeouts and 188 walks. Paxton Miller leads the way with a 2-1 mark and a 8.12 ERA in 44.1 innings pitched. Miller has 41 strikeouts in those 44.1 innings while walking 23 batters. Lefty Lukas Frers is 2-4 on the season with a 7.28 ERA in 38.1 innings pitched with 37 strikeouts and 12 walks. Alec Danen is 3-2 with an ERA of 6.99 in 37.1 innings pitched with 33 strikeouts and 23 walks. Sophomore  Jaxon Zanolli is 1-4 with an ERA of 10.80 in 26.2 innings pitched with 27 strikeouts.