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Huskies Split Doubleheader, Win Series over SMSU
3/16/2025 11:02:00 PM | Baseball
Huskies fall 5-0 in first game before rebounding for 5-4 win in nightcap
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – St. Cloud State Baseball (9-9, 5-3 NSIC) split a doubleheader with Southwest Minnesota State (8-6, 3-5 NSIC) and earned a series victory on Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. The Huskies dropped the first game 5-0 before coming back and winning 5-4 in the night cap to earn the series victory with three out of four wins.
GAME 1 – SMSU 5, SCSU 0
The Huskies struggled to figure out SMSU starting pitcher Carter Petron, as he carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning before sophomore Wilmis Castro's (San Juan, Puerto Rico) double ended the no-no bid. The Mustangs scored single runs in the first, second, third, fifth and sixth innings and shut out the Huskies for the first time this season.
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The Huskies wasted no time getting to work in the second game of the day, beginning with a leadoff home run from redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.), his second long ball of the season. SMSU tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the second, but then SCSU regained the lead for good in the fourth inning on a two-run home run from Castro. A two-run single from junior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba) in the fifth inning gave the Huskies insurance runs and made the score 5-2.
SMSU scored single runs in the sixth and eighth innings to cut the lead down to 5-4, but redshirt senior Frankie Volkers (Maple Grove, Minn.) came on in relief with one out in the eighth and slammed the door on any potential comeback. Volkers entered the game with runners on first and third and proceeded to work out of the jam with two strikeouts and then followed that up with striking out the side in the ninth to earn the save and victory of the Huskies.
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SCSU will next travel to Sioux Falls for a four-game series on March 21-23. Game one of the series is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. CT on Friday, March 21.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
GAME 1 – SMSU 5, SCSU 0
The Huskies struggled to figure out SMSU starting pitcher Carter Petron, as he carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning before sophomore Wilmis Castro's (San Juan, Puerto Rico) double ended the no-no bid. The Mustangs scored single runs in the first, second, third, fifth and sixth innings and shut out the Huskies for the first time this season.
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- Castro – 1-2, 2B
- Junior Ethan Krueger (Wauwatosa, Wis.) – 1-1
- Redshirt junior Cael Kolacia (Fort Dodge, Iowa) – L, 6.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 K
- SCSU moves to 7-2 all-time in games played at U.S. Bank Stadium and snapped a seven-game winning streak dating back to Feb. 22. 2017 against Concordia-St. Paul (7-2).
- The loss marked the first time this season SCSU has been shutout.
- Senior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.) extended his hit streak to a career-best 15 games.
- Kolacia went at least 6.0 innings for the fourth time in five starts this season.
- Castro hit his fourth double of the season in the fifth.
The Huskies wasted no time getting to work in the second game of the day, beginning with a leadoff home run from redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.), his second long ball of the season. SMSU tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the second, but then SCSU regained the lead for good in the fourth inning on a two-run home run from Castro. A two-run single from junior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba) in the fifth inning gave the Huskies insurance runs and made the score 5-2.
SMSU scored single runs in the sixth and eighth innings to cut the lead down to 5-4, but redshirt senior Frankie Volkers (Maple Grove, Minn.) came on in relief with one out in the eighth and slammed the door on any potential comeback. Volkers entered the game with runners on first and third and proceeded to work out of the jam with two strikeouts and then followed that up with striking out the side in the ninth to earn the save and victory of the Huskies.
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- Moreno – 2-4, HR, 2B, RBI, 2 R
- Castro – 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
- Tweet – 1-4, 2 RBI
- Redshirt sophomore Hayden Konkol (Denmark, Wis.) – 3-4, 2B, R
- Volkers – SV, 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 5 K
- SCSU improves to 8-2 all-time in games played at U.S. Bank Stadium.
- Volkers earned his fourth save of the season and moves into a tie for ninth-place with Grady Fuchs (2023) in program history for most saves in a season.
- Moreno led the way offensively with a home run, double, RBI and two runs. His two hits marked the seventh multi-hit game of his season.
- Castro launched his second long ball of the season and now has 14 RBI on the season, a mark which ranks second on the team. His two RBI mark his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
- Tweet's two RBI marked the third game with multiple RBI this season.
- With three hits, Konkol recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season which included his team-leading sixth double.
SCSU will next travel to Sioux Falls for a four-game series on March 21-23. Game one of the series is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. CT on Friday, March 21.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Petron, Carter (2-1)
L: Kolacia, Cael (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Lampert, Levi 1 ; Latendresse, Owen 1
HR: Froland, Tyler 1
RBI: Hammrich, Henry 1 ; Froland, Tyler 2 ; Petron, Brady 1 ; Woitalla, Brock 1
SH: Petron, Brady 1
SF: Hammrich, Henry 1 ; Woitalla, Brock 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lampert, Levi 1 ; Froland, Tyler 1 ; Cortez, Jared 1 ; Latendresse, Owen 1 ; Woitalla, Brock 1
SB: Lampert, Levi 1 ; Petron, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: Castro, Wilmis 1
Base Running:
HBP: Baumhover, Austin 1
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