ST. PAUL, Minn. – As natural grass baseball fields slowly round into form in late March in the Upper Midwest, the challenging conditions have led to a change in site for this weekend's 4-game NSIC baseball series between host Minnesota Crookston (9-13, 6-6 NSIC) and Concordia-St. Paul (10-12, 6-6 NSIC).

The series will now be played in two days with doubleheaders on Thursday starting at 1 p.m. and Friday starting at noon, with the site shifting to Sioux Falls, South Dakota at Sanford Sports Complex, a 500-acre campus featuring five FieldTurf baseball fields.
 
The games will be streamed on the NSIC Network and feature live in-game statistics to follow along online.
 
LAST WEEKEND: MINNETONKA SWEEP
Concordia rebounded from a 4-game skid at Minnetonka High School's Veterans Field against UMary two weeks ago with a 4-game sweep of Northern State last weekend. The 4-game NSIC sweep was the first in head coach Neil Lerner's career, now in his sixth season leading the program.
 
Of course, during Lerner's tenure, the NSIC has shifted away from 4-game series throughout the duration of the season, as CSP has collected four 3-game series sweeps in Lerner's career.
 
Concordia's last 4-game NSIC series sweep, coincidentally, was against this weekend's opponent Minnesota Crookston in 2018, also played at Veterans Field in Minnetonka (3/17-18).
 
The big weekend vaulted CSP into a 3-way tie with Winona State and Minnesota Crookston in the NSIC standings at 6-6, with the trio sitting just one game out of a 6-way tie for third as SMSU, Minot State, UMD, UMary, Wayne State and St. Cloud State all boast 7-5 records in what has been a wide open start to the NSIC race.
 
Over the weekend, Concordia hit .340 (36-106) with a .470 OBP and .472 slugging (.942 OPS) while holding Northern State's bats to a .189/.302/.234 (21-111) slash and a .536 OPS.
 
The Golden Bears outscored Northern State 28-8, and CSP's pitching staff had a 1.50 earned run average, 1.13 WHIP and a 29-13 SO-BB ratio in 30.0 innings.
 
Further, Concordia's weekend starting rotation each worked 6.0 innings, and all four allowed two earned runs or less.
 
The lineup had four players hit .417 or better and six players hit .333 or better.
 
SERIES HISTORY: CSP 49, UMC 20
The Golden Bears and Golden Eagles have met 69 times since Concordia joined the NSIC in the 2000 NSIC baseball season. UMC won six of the first nine contests between the programs before Concordia took control of the series, winning 43-straight games from 2003 to 2018.
 
Since 2019, UMC has reversed the trend, though, by picking up wins in 14 of the last 17 contests. Concordia's win in game four of last season's series played in Beatrice, Nebraska snapped UMC's 6-game winning streak in the series.
 
Head coach Neil Lerner holds a 3-11 record against the Golden Eagles. The two teams have met at neutral fields 25 times, with UMC holding a slight 13-12 edge.
 
The last time the teams met on one of two campuses was April 10-11, 2021 in Crookston, and the last time UMC has been to Barnes Field was April 15, 2014. Concordia is 37-7 in games played on one of the home campuses.
 
PLAYER NOTES:
Bennett McCollow (2B-19, DH-3 | 2^nd-17, 3^rd-4, 1^st-1)
2025: 22 GP, .364/.500/.688 (28-77), 22 R, 7 2B, 6 HR, 15 RBI, 16-15 BB-SO
Career: 73 GP, .407/.508/.694 (109-268), 86 R, 25 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 68 RBI, 41-47 BB-SO

• Opened season reaching base (H, BB, HBP) in 14-straight games, extending his streak to 28 games
• Has reached base safely in 21 of 22 games and hit safely in 16 games, riding a 7-game reach base safely streak
• 4^th NSIC with 6 home runs
• 6^th NSIC in slugging (.688)
• 10^th NSIC with 0.73 walks per game
• 13^th NSIC in OBP (.500)
• Ranks third in CSP history with a .508 career OBP
• Ranks fourth in CSP history with a .407 average (109-268)
• Ranks sixth in CSP history with a .694 slugging percentage

 
Noah Juliar (RF-22 | 3^rd-18, 4^th-4)
2025: 22 GP, .419/.474/.547 (36-86), 17 R, 8 2B, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 9-11 BB-SO
Career: 117 GP, .339/.404/.529 (146-431), 93 R, 27 2B, 8 3B, 13 HR, 116 RBI, 48-78 BB-SO, 3-3 SB

• Opened season on 12-game hitting streak and 13-game reach base streak, extending his overall reach base streak to 25 games
• Has reached base safely in 21 of 22 games on the season and hit safely in 19 of 22 games, riding a 6-game hitting streak and 8-game reach base streak
• 1^st NSIC with 36 hits & 35^th DII with 1.64 hits per game
• 3^rd NSIC with eight doubles
• 7^th NSIC (65^th DII) with .419 average
• Ranks 4^th in CSP history with 8 triples
• Ranks 8^th in CSP history with 116 RBIs

 
Kal Brohmer (LF-16, 1B-4, DH-1) | 6^th-8, 1^st-5, 2^nd-4, 7^th-3, 5^th-1)
2025: 21 GP, .288/.411/.342 (21-73), 14 R, 0 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 19 RBI, 16-12 BB-SO, 4-4 SB, .981 fld
Career: 143 GP, .309/.422/.389 (139-450), 90 R, 18 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 80 RBI, 87-87 BB-SO, 9-12 SB, .992 fld

• Opened season reaching base safely in 14 games, extending streak to 25 games
• Has reached base successfully in 20 of 21 games and is riding a streak of 6-straight
• T-1^st NSIC with two triples
• 8^th NSIC with 0.76 walks per game
• Ranks 4^th in CSP history with 87 walks
• Ranks 6^th in CSP history with six triples
• Ranks 6^th in CSP history with 692 putouts
• Ranks 8^th in CSP history with 55 double plays turned
• Ranks 9^th in CSP history with a .992 fielding percentage

 
Koby McBroome (SS-20 | 1^st-14, 9^th-4, 6^th-2)
2025: 20 GP, .250/.372/.417 (18-72), 18 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 12-16 BB-SO, 5-7 SB
Career: 83 GP, .261/.406/.391 (68-261), 73 R, 10 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 38 RBI, 61-68 BB-SO, 6-8 SB

• Had a 10-game reached base streak earlier this season
• Riding a 4-game hitting streak and 5-game reached base streak
• Has reached base safely in 17 of 20 games on the year
• Had three games with 3-plus RBIs in a 6-game stretch
• T-1^st NSIC with two triples
• 5^th NSIC with three sacrifice bunts

 
Will Husemann (3B-22 | 4^th-17, 5^th-5)
2025: 22 GP, .299/.374/.494 (26-87), 18 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 8-29 BB-SO, 2-2 SB
Career: 40 GP, .315/.384/.531 (41-130), 26 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 32 RBI, 11-44 BB-SO, 2-2 SB

• Has reached base in 17 consecutive games
• Has reached base in 21 of 22 games on the season
• Leads the team with eight multi-RBI games

 
MISCELLANEOUS PLAYER NOTES:

• Freshman Eric Berg is third on the team in hitting at .300 (18-60) and doubles (6)
• Catcher Trett Joles is second on the team with three home runs and third on the team with a .416 OBP with a team-high nine HBP
• Center fielder Kaden Johnson leads the team in stolen bases (8-8) and is third on the team with six doubles
• First baseman Charlie Harms holds a 13-9 BB-SO ratio and has scored 13 runs while starting 14 games and playing in 20 overall
• Redshirt freshman infielder Jack Setterlund leads the team and is second in the NSIC with four sacrifice bunts, a mark that is 49^th in the country

 
PITCHER NOTES:
Korey Dahlberg
2025: 5 APP/5 GS, 1-2, 6.95 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 22.0 IP, 18-13 SO-BB, .291 oav
Career: 38 APP/37 GS, 14-17, 6.54 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 183.0 IP, 136-73 SO-BB, .308 oav

• Has registered two quality starts in 2025, working 6.0 IP with 0 ER with 5 SO against Minot State and 6.0 IP with 2 ER and 4 SO against Northern State
• Has not allowed more than six hits in a start this season
• Has at least four strikeouts in four of five starts
• Has pitched 4.0 or more innings in four of five starts
• Ranks T-2^nd in CSP history with 37 games started, one shy of matching school record held by Ben Lemke (2009-12)
• Ranks 6^th in CSP history with 878 batters faced
• Ranks 10^th in CSP history with 183.0 innings pitched

 
Gavin Rusch
2025: 5 APP/4 GS, 1-1, 5.62 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 24.0 IP, 27-8 SO-BB, .320 oav
Career: 33 APP/25 GS, 7-5, 7.09 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 132.0 IP, 94-43 SO-BB, .322 oav

• Had season-high 10 strikeouts in 6.0 IP, allowing 0 ER against Northern State
• Has pitched at least 4.0 IP in all five appearances (four starts)
• Has allowed 2 ER or less in three of five appearances
• Has at least four strikeouts in all four starts
• Has not allowed a stolen base (0-2) in 24.0 innings
• 7^th NSIC with 3.38 strikeout-walk ratio
• 8^th NSIC with 10.1 strikeouts/9 innings

 
Ian Segna
2025: 5 APP/4 GS, 2-1, 3.75 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 24.0 IP, 24-7 SO-BB, .266 oav
Career: 16 APP/14 GS, 8-2, 4.57 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 80.2 IP, 56-21 SO-BB, .312 oav

• Has three consecutive starts pitching at least 5.0 IP and allowing 2 ER or less
• Has pitched at least 5.0 IP in all four starts
• Recorded 9 SO in 7.0 IP against Minot State, with 1 BB and 2 ER
• Recorded 7 SO in 5.0 IP against UMary, allowing 1 ER on 2 H and 2 BB
• Allowed 2 ER in 6.0 IP with 3-0 SO-BB ratio against Northern State
• 6^th in NSIC with a 3.43 strikeout-walk ratio
• 7^th in NSIC with a 3.75 ERA
• 7^th in NSIC with 2.6 walks/9 innings
• 11^th in NSIC with a 1.33 WHIP
• 12^th in NSIC with 9.0 strikeouts/9 innings
• Ranks 10^th in CSP history in fewest walks/9 innings (2.34)

 
MISCELLANEOUS PITCHER NOTES:

• Senior Fritz Meyer has 5 app/4 starts, striking out 19 over 18.2 IP and is coming off of his best start, allowing two hits and a walk with five strikeouts in 6.0 shutout innings. He's pitched 4.0 or more innings in three of his four starts
• Senior Jack Greenlun leads the team with nine relief appearances, working 15.2 innings out of the bullpen with 15 strikeouts and a .232 opponent average with a win and a save. He's allowed 1 or 0 runs in six of his nine appearances. In two seasons as a pitcher, he's struck out 30 batters in 34.2 innings in 20 appearances
• Senior Leo Bustos has four appearances and two starts and has yet to allow an earned run in 8.2 innings (1 R, 0 ER). He has five strikeouts, a 1.15 WHIP and a .154 opponent batting average.
• Junior Ollie Yuhas, one of three LHP in the bullpen, has pitched to a 3.97 ERA and 0.88 WHIP in 11.1 IP across six appearances with a 6-3 SO-BB ratio and .184 oav. He hasn't allowed more than one hit in an appearance since allowing three hits in 2.0 IP in his debut on 2/24 and has pitched four times in a row without issuing a walk covering 7.1 IP
• Redshirt freshman Liam Bystol, one of three LHP in the bullpen, has a 2.35 ERA in 7.2 IP in five appearances, striking out seven with a 1.56 WHIP and .250 oav. He opened the year with 5.2 scoreless innings in his first three appearances and is coming off of a 2.0 IP scoreless appearance against UMary on 3/13 with no hits and two strikeouts.
• Senior Reece Piontek, one of three LHP in the bullpen, has 14 strikeouts in 14.2 IP and is coming off of a 1.2 IP scoreless appearance against Northern State with one hit allowed and three strikeouts. He's appeared in five games with two starts in 2025, has 106.0 career IP in 37 appearances with 23 starts and a 4-7 lifetime record, striking out 84 with an 8.58 ERA.
• Junior Cooper Mollet has recorded a 4.05 ERA and 0.75 WHIP in 6.2 innings with an 8-2 SO-BB ratio in five appearances, holding hitters to a .130 average. He's yet to allow more than one hit to an opponent and struck out four in 2.0 innings with an unearned run allowed against Crown.
• Junior Christian Lindow as struck out 11 batters in 10 innings across seven relief appearances, the second-most appearances on the team. He's 1-0 with a save, a 7.20 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP while holding opposing hitters to a .243 oav.
• Seven different pitchers have started a game for CSP this year, and four different pitchers have secured a save at the back of the bullpen.