St. Cloud State Baseball Eliminated from NSIC Tournament by Concordia-St. Paul

Thursday, May 9

Mandan, N.D.

12:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

32-19

Concordia St. Paul

28-21

Concordia-St. Paul

St. Cloud State

St. Cloud State Baseball Eliminated from NSIC Tournament by Concordia-St. Paul

5/9/2024 6:12:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Huskies score five runs in the final four innings, unable to complete comeback against Golden Bears

MANDAN, N.D. – St. Cloud State Baseball (32-19, 28-11 NSIC) lost 6-5 in the consolation round of the NSIC Tournament to Concordia St. Paul (28-21, 19-19 NSIC) on Thursday at BNC Field in Mandan, North Dakota. The Huskies had eight hits over the final five innings but did not score until the sixth inning, falling short of a comeback for the second game in a row.

With the loss, the Huskies ended their season with 32 wins, their third consecutive 30-win season, its 14^th 30-win season in program history, all coming under head coach Pat Dolan.

CONSOLATION ROUND – CSP 6, SCSU 5

CSP jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning, adding on with one-run innings in the sixth and seventh innings. Down by as many as five runs, the Huskies found an answer with two outs in the bottom of the sixth when redshirt senior Noah Dehne (St. Paul, Minn.) hit his second home run in as many days after a walk from senior Drew Beier (Foley, Minn.) to cut the deficit to three runs. The Huskies got as close as one run over the final three innings with RBI singles from junior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.) and redshirt junior Garrett Bevacqua (Carlsbad, Calif.), and with a sacrifice fly from junior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wisc.).

Senior Peyton Van Beck (Elrosa, Minn.) made his 11th start of the season and continued to be a reliable option, striking out two batters over four innings, giving up four runs. Van Beck finished his senior season with a 3.97 ERA and 56 strikeouts over 65.2 innings. Senior Jack Habeck (Appleton, Wisc.) came on in relief in the fifth inning and capped off a memorable Husky career with five innings pitched, giving up two runs but striking out four batters.

TOP HUSKIES

Dehne – 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
Bevacqua – 3-4, RBI
Navratil – 1-4, RBI
Habeck – 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 K

NOTES

The Huskies played in their 13th consecutive conference tournament, their longest streak in program history. Their NSIC Tournament record under Pat Dolan moves to 36-25.
Habeck finishes his career with 212.0 innings pitched, the ninth-most all time by a Husky.
Dehne hit a home run in back-to-back games, the first time he has done so since April 24th, 2023 vs U- Mary and April 27th, 2023 vs Bemidji State.
Smith ends the season holding a share of the team lead in batting average, doubles, and runs batted in, the first Husky to lead all such categories since Michael Jurgella in 2014.
James ended his career with 42 home runs, hitting 13 with the Huskies in 2024.