Huskies Hit Four Home Runs to Clinch Series over UMary

Sunday, April 13

Bismarck, N.D.

12:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

19-16, 0

UMary

16-18, 0

St. Cloud State

University of Mary

Photo by: Brian Larson/UMary Athletics Communications

4/13/2025 4:06:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Navratil leads the way with HR and five RBI, Huskies score 10+ for ninth time this season

BISMARCK, N.D. – St. Cloud State Baseball (19-16, 15-10 NSIC) launched four home runs in a 13-10 victory to clinch a series victory over UMary (16-18, 12-13 NSIC) on Sunday at Bismarck Municipal Park in Bismarck, N.D. SCSU's four long balls match a season-best mark, as senior Ethan Navratil (Albany, Minn.), junior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba), redshirt freshman Jonathan Pribula (Plymouth, Minn.) and redshirt junior Eric Bello (Manati, Puerto Rico) all left the yard.

SCSU scored first with an RBI single from Navratil in the top of the first inning, but the Maurauders scored a run in the first and second to take its first and only lead of the game at 2-1. SCSU took the lead for good in the third inning when the Huskies scored three runs, including two on Tweet's second home run of the season. SCSU then extended its lead to 6-2 when Tweet and Navratil drew back-to-back walks with the bases loaded in the fourth.

After UMary cut the lead to 6-4, Bello and Pribula homered in back-to-back innings in the fifth and sixth, respectively, to push the lead back to five at 9-4. UMary rallied to get within one run at 10-9 in the seventh, but SCSU responded again with a three-run eighth inning to put the game out of reach with an RBI double from redshirt junior Liam Moreno (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and a three-run home run from Navratil.

On the mound, SCSU starter redshirt junior Cael Kolacia (Fort Dodge, Iowa) gave up eight runs but lasted 6.2 innings and struck out eight. Redshirt senior Frankie Volkers (Maple Grove, Minn.) came on in the ninth with a runner on worked out of a bases loaded jam to earn his seventh save of the season.

TOP HUSKIES

Navratil – 3-4, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R
Tweet – 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Pribula – 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Moreno – 2-4, 2B, RBI, 4 R, SB
Bello – 1-4, HR, RBI
Kolacia – W, 6.2 IP, 8 R, 8 K
Volkers – SV, 1.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H

NOTES

The Huskies scored 10+ runs for the ninth time this season.
SCSU's four long balls matched its mark from Northern State on April 5 for the most this season.
Navratil continued his assault on the program's record book, launching his 26^th career home run while recording five RBI to bring his career total to 147. He moves into a tie with Michael Jurgella (2012-15) for the sixth-most career home runs in program history, while remaining at seventh on the career RBI list.
Volkers recorded his seventh save of the season and moved into a three-way tie for the third-most saves in a single season with Reese Gregory (2014) and Miles Nablo (2017).
Tweet and Bello each launched their second home runs of the season.
Pribula hit his third home run of the season and improved to .417 (10-for-24) on the season with a 2-for-3 performance from the plate.
Kolacia notched his second consecutive and third victory of the season in his ninth start.
Moreno matched a team-high for runs in a game this season with four.

UP NEXT

SCSU will continue its road trip with a doubleheader against Minnesota Duluth on Tuesday, April 15. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CT in Duluth.

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