Wednesday, May 7
Ronken Field | Sioux Falls, S.D.
12:00 P.M. CT
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St. Cloud State Baseball Falls to USF in First Round of NSIC Tournament
5/7/2025 3:28:00 PM | Baseball
Huskies will look to keep season alive with second round game vs. UMary on Thursday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – St. Cloud State Baseball (26-25, 22-18 NSIC) fell to Sioux Falls (30-26, 25-15 NSIC), 10-2, in the first round of the 2025 NSIC Tournament on Wednesday in Sioux Falls. The Cougars jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two runs in the third and three in the fourth inning and the Huskies were unable to get back in the game.
Senior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wis.) hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 5-1, but then USF responded with three runs in the sixth inning to push the lead back to 8-1. In the seventh inning, sophomore Wilmis Castro (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) hit a lead-off triple and later scored on a groundout double play.
TOP HUSKIES
SCSU will play UMary in the consolation first round at 12:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 8 at the Birdcage in Sioux Falls. If the Huskies were to win, they would play 45 minutes after game seven, which slate to start at 3:30 p.m. CT on the same field.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Baseball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Senior Blaine Guthrie (Emerald, Wis.) hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 5-1, but then USF responded with three runs in the sixth inning to push the lead back to 8-1. In the seventh inning, sophomore Wilmis Castro (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) hit a lead-off triple and later scored on a groundout double play.
TOP HUSKIES
- Guthrie – 1-3, HR, RBI
- Castro – 1-4, 3B
- Junior Wyatt Tweet (Russell, Manitoba) – 2-3
- SCSU is now 34-23 in NSIC Tournament games dating back to 2010 and 1-1 against Sioux Falls in the tournament.
- The Huskies are now 10-5 in NSIC Tournament first round games.
- Guthrie launched his fifth home run of the season and drove in his 23rd run.
- Castro hit his first triple of the season.
- Tweet recorded his 14th multi-hit game of the season.
SCSU will play UMary in the consolation first round at 12:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 8 at the Birdcage in Sioux Falls. If the Huskies were to win, they would play 45 minutes after game seven, which slate to start at 3:30 p.m. CT on the same field.
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: Ammann, Jake (6-4)
L: Volkers, Frankie (3-2)
Batting:
3B: Castro, Wilmis 1
HR: Guthrie, Blaine 1
RBI: Guthrie, Blaine 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Castro, Wilmis 1 ; Guthrie, Blaine 1
HBP: Tigges, Reid 1
Batting:
2B: Bonner, Isaac 1
3B: Christenson, Noah 1
HR: Iliff, Mitch 1 ; Haase, Jaxon 2
RBI: Iliff, Mitch 3 ; Haase, Jaxon 5 ; Christenson, Noah 1 ; Drossel, Nolan 1
SF: Iliff, Mitch 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vogel, Dominic 1 ; Iliff, Mitch 2 ; Serie, Ben 1 ; Bonner, Isaac 1 ; Haase, Jaxon 2 ; Gouldin, Ryan 1 ; Christenson, Noah 1 ; Drossel, Nolan 1
SB: Drossel, Nolan 1
HBP: Iliff, Mitch 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
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2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
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1
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
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