2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

The 2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison played their home games at Newman Outdoor Field adjacent to NDSU's campus. The team was coached by Tyler Oakes in his 1st season as head coach at NDSU. Oakes had been associated with NDSU Baseball since December 2013.^[2] The Bison claimed their first Summit League Regular season title during the season, winning every conference series played.
The Bison entered the Summit League tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. They lost to Omaha to start the tournament, then beat South Dakota State to advance to the semifinals, before falling to Omaha yet again to be eliminated from the tournament. NDSU finished the season with a 31-19 record and a 17-5 record in the Summit League, the second of which is their best for the program since entering Division I.

2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball
Summit League Regular season Champion
Conference	Summit League
Record	31-19 (17-5 Summit)
Head coach	Tyler Oakes (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Brandon Hunt Tanner Neale
Home stadium	Newman Outdoor Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Summit League baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Dakota State  ‍†‍‍	17	–	5		.773			31	–	19		.620
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	7		.708			38	–	18		.679
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍	13	–	9		.591			22	–	23		.489
Omaha  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			26	–	31		.456
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			16	–	29		.356
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			12	–	39		.235
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			8	–	44		.154
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament[1] champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Bison finished last season 42-19 and 20-11 in Summit League play.^[3] This led them to the Summit League tournament where they won; beating Omaha^[4] and Oral Roberts^[5] to advance to their second NCAA tournament berth since entering Division I. It was their first conference tournament title since 2014. NDSU entered the NCAA tournament as the four seed in the Stanford Regional.^[6] The Bison lost to number 7 overall seed Stanford^[7] before winning their first NCAA Division I Tournament game against regional three seed Nevada.^[8] NDSU was eliminated from the tournament when they lost to number 17 overall seed UC Irvine.^[9]

Personnel

Roster

2022 North Dakota State Roster
	Pitchers 16 - Nolan Johnson - Freshman 18 - Jake Drew - Senior 22 - Hayden Style - Sophomore 24 - Evan Sankey - Senior 25 - Riley Johnson - Senior 27 - Ben Smith - Junior 28 - Tyler Kliniske - Junior 30 - Reese Ligtenberg - Freshman 31 - Max Loven - Junior 32 - Andrew Baumgart - Freshman 35 - Leland Wilson - Freshman 37 - Jaxon Edwards - Freshman 38 - Shea Zetterman - Junior 40 - Tristen Roehrich - Junior 44 - Skyler Riedinger - Freshman		Catchers 5 - Logan Williams - Senior 7 - Will Busch - Sophomore 15 - Bennett Freiter - Freshman Infielders 2 - Peter Brookshaw - Junior 3 - Noah Dehne - Sophomore 9 - Garret Hill - Sophomore 12 - Drew Grindahl - Sophomore 13 - Druw Sackett - Junior 17 - Zach Kluvers - Freshman 26 - Carson Hake - Sophomore		Outfielders 1 - Terrell Huggins - Junior 6 - Calen Schwabe - Senior 19 - Cadyn Schwabe - Sophomore 20 - Chase Nett - Sophomore Utility 4 - Charley Hesse (INF/OF) - Senior 8 - Caden Edwards (P/INF) - Freshman 10 - Cade Feeney (P/INF) - Sophomore 11 - Brock Anderson (UTIL/P) - Junior 14 - Wyatt Nelson (P/OF) - Sophomore 33 - Hunter Koep (P/INF) - Senior 34 - Joey Danielson (P/C) - Junior
Reference:'[10]

Coaching staff

2022 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name	Position
Tyler Oakes	Head Coach
Brandon Hunt	Assistant Coach
Tanner Neale	Assistant Coach
Trent Keefer	Volunteer Assistant Coach
Reference:[11]

Schedule and results

2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log
Regular season (30-17)
February (4-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Summit League Record February 18 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX 3-5 Riley (1-0) Roehrich (0-1) None 342 0-1 – February 19 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field 7-4 Feeney (1-0) Eichelberger (0-1) Drew (1) 327 1-1 – February 19 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field 4-0 Sankey (1-0) Stephenson (0-1) Riedinger (1) 282 2-1 – February 20 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field 10-7 Zetterman (1-0) Sells (0-1) Drew (2) 327 3-1 – February 25 at Dixie State Bruce Hurst Field St. George, UT 1-4 Holliday (0-1) Loven (0-1) None 297 3-2 – February 26 at Dixie State Bruce Hurst Field 2-6 Porthan (1-0) Feeney (1-1) None 3-3 – February 26 at Dixie State Bruce Hurst Field 6-2 Sankey (2-0) Newman (0-1) Roehrich (1) 313 4-3 – February 27 at Dixie State Bruce Hurst Field 4-6 Thomas (1-0) Smith (0-1) Hardman (1) 316 4-4 –
March (11-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record March 4 at #25 Long Beach State Blair Field Long Beach, CA 5-4 Loven (1-1) Clough (0-1) Roehrich (2) 5-4 – March 5 at #25 Long Beach State Blair Field 2-5 Noble (1-0) Sankey (2-1) Devereaux (1) 1,403 5-5 – March 6 at #25 Long Beach State Blair Field 5-8 Devereaux (1-0) Riedinger (0-1) None 1,982 5-6 – March 8 at Minnesota U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN 5-2 Johnson (1-0) Schoeberl (0-1) Riedinger (2) 700 6-6 – March 11 Maine Chain of Lakes Park Orlando, FL 9-4 Roehrich (1-0) Pushard (0-1) None 317 7-6 – March 12 Maine Chain of Lakes Park Canceled, Rain 7-6 – March 13 Maine Chain of Lakes Park 0-7(7) Schulefand (1-0) Sankey (2-2) None 7-7 – March 13 Maine Chain of Lakes Park 4-2 Feeney (2-1) Labonte (0-1) Drew (1) 8-7 – March 15 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL 12-3 Roehrich (2-0) Del Prado (0-1) None 334 9-7 – March 16 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL 8-9 Mugavero (1-0) Danielson (0-1) None 425 9-8 – March 18 Fairfield Centennial Park Port Charlotte, FL 8-2 Loven (2-1) Sansone (0-1) Roehrich (3) 88 10-8 – March 19 Fairfield Centennial Park 12-9 Riedinger (1-1) Tolis (0-1) Drew (2) 11-8 – March 19 Fairfield Centennial Park 5-1 Feeney (2-1) Cafaro (0-1) None 12-8 – March 25 at Northern Colorado Jackson Field Greeley, CO 20-3(7) Loven (3-1) Torpey (0-1) None 133 13-8 1-0 March 26 at Northern Colorado Jackson Field 9-5 Roehrich (3-0) Mansur (0-1) None 137 14-8 2-0 March 27 at Northern Colorado Jackson Field 15-1(7) Sankey (3-2) Day (0-1) None 15-8 3-0
April (9-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record April 1 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium Macomb, IL 15-6 Loven (4-1) Fochs (0-1) Nelson (1) 16-8 4-0 April 2 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 6-4 Drew (1-0) Rosenfeld (0-1) None 250 17-8 5-0 April 3 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium 2-6 Kratz (1-0) Sankey (3-3) Carberry (1) 250 17-9 5-1 April 5 at Minnesota Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN Canceled, Weather 17-9 – April 9 at St. Thomas Series Relocated - Field Conditions Koch Diamond St. Paul, MN 0-6 Laubscher (1-0) Loven (4-2) None 310 17-10 5-2 April 9 at St. Thomas Koch Diamond 4-1 Feeney (3-1) Esch (0-1) Drew (3) 265 18-10 6-2 April 10 at St. Thomas Koch Diamond 8-7 Roehrich (4-0) Gartner (0-1) None 205 19-10 7-2 April 12 Dakota Wesleyan Newman Outdoor Field Fargo, ND Canceled, Weather 19-10 - April 15 at Omaha Series Relocated - Weather Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE 1-0 Loven (5-2) Riedel (0-1) Roehrich (4) 301 20-10 8-2 April 16 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field 2-10 Bell (1-0) Feeney (3-2) Machado (1) 303 20-11 8-3 April 16 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field 2-0 Drew (2-0) Timmins (0-1) None 305 21-11 9-3 April 20 at Nebraska Hawks Field Lincoln, NE 3-4 Hood (1-0) Smith (0-2) Bragg (1) 4,462 21-12 – April 22 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK 4-10 Kowalski (1-0) Loven (5-3) McCullough (1) 801 21-13 9-4 April 23 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 2-1 Feeney (4-2) Smith (0-1) Drew (4) 952 22-13 10-4 April 23 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium 10-2 Sankey (4-3) Coffey (0-1) Roehrich (5) 884 23-13 11-4 April 26 Valley City State Newman Outdoor Field Canceled, Weather 23-13 11-4 April 29 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field Brookings, SD 8-3 Loven (6-3) McCay (0-1) None 134 24-13 12-4
May (6-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Record May 1 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field Canceled 24-13 12-4 May 1 at South Dakota State Erv Huether Field Canceled 24-13 12-4 May 3 Mayville State Newman Outdoor Field 10-0(7) Edwards (1-0) Greenburg (0-1) None 596 25-13 – May 6 at #5 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL 0-22 Palmquist (1-0) Loven (5-4) None 2,838 25-14 – May 7 at #5 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field 1-16 Ligon (1-0) Feeney (4-3) None 3,018 25-15 – May 8 at #5 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field 4-6 Ziehl (1-0) Roehrich (4-2) Walters (1) 2,463 25-16 – May 13 Northern Colorado Newman Outdoor Field 7-4 Roehrich (5-2) Lockner (0-1) Drew (6) 308 26-16 13-4 May 14 Northern Colorado Newman Outdoor Field 13-12(11) Drew (3-0) Chase (0-1) None 249 27-16 14-4 May 15 Northern Colorado Newman Outdoor Field 13-6 Sankey (5-3) Metz (0-1) None 250 28-16 15-4 May 20 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 8-3 Loven (7-3) Warkentien (0-1) Roehrich (6) 29-16 16-4 May 20 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 7-3 Feeney (5-3) Carberry (0-1) Drew (7) 167 30-16 17-4 May 21 Western Illinois Newman Outdoor Field 3-6 Rosenfeld (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 209 30-17 17-5
Postseason (1-2)
Summit League Tournament (1-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Summit League Tournament Record May 26 (4) Omaha (1) J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK 2-10 Riedel (1-0) Loven (7-4) None 30-18 0-1 May 27 (3) South Dakota State (1) J. L. Johnson Stadium 7-4 Feeney (6-3) Bishop (0-1) None 31-18 1-1 May 28 (4) Omaha (1) J. L. Johnson Stadium 3-5 Bell (1-0) Sankey (5-4) Kreiling (1) 378 31-19 1-2
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Bison team member Reference:[12] Rankings from D1Baseball.com: (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Summit League Coach of the Year

• HC Tyler Oakes

First Team All-Summit League

• OF Calen Schwabe
• DH Logan Williams

Second Team All-Summit League

• C Will Busch
• 1B Brock Anderson
• 2B Druw Sackett
• SS Peter Brookshaw
• OF Jack Simonsen
• P Evan Sankey

Reference:^[13]

Summit League All-Tournament Team

• P Cade Feeney
• 2B Druw Sackett

Reference:^[14]