SID: Karen Madsen (605) 274-4335
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E-mail: madsen@cars.augie.edu
Web Site: www.augie.edu/athletics

April 15, 2002

VIKING BASEBALL 2002

AUGUSTANA (15-14, 5-3 NCC) is on the road Tuesday, April 16, to play the University of Nebraska-Omaha (18-11, 6-2). The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. at Sandlot Ridge.

LAST WEEKEND the Vikings won three games of a four-game series with South Dakota State University (12-14, 4-4).

Augie survived a 15-hit assault by the Jackrabbits to win the first game played Saturday at Ronken Field in Sioux Falls, 7-6. Augie secured the win on Phil Lang's two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning. Lang also cracked a two-run double to finish the game with four RBI. Ryan Dunlavey was 2-for-2 with a single and double, while Scott Harden smacked a solo home run. Kevin Wiessner contributed a double.

The Vikings overcame a three-run first inning by the Jacks to win the second game, 6-3. Andy Salmela hit two home runs for the hosts and drove in five runs. Owen Hoegh went the distance for the Vikings. Hoegh, 4-0 for the season, struck out five, walked one, and retired the last 13 batters.

The series shifted to Bob Shelden Field in Brookings, S.D., for a twin bill Sunday. SDSU spotted Augie a 5-0 lead and came back to post a 10-5 win in the opener. Dunlavey hit a home run, Salmela was 2-for-2 with a double, and Wiessner went 2-for-3 to lead the Vikings.

Augustana out hit the Jacks 17-14 and won the second game, 15-14. Each team logged five home runs, but it was Lang's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning that sealed the win for the Vikings. Doug Groebner and Dan Allard each had a three-run homer, Wiessner a two-run shot, and Sam Everson and Dunlavey had solo blasts for Augie. Groebner and Harden each had a double.

S.D. State      010 023 0 - 6 15 0
Augustana       200 302 X - 7 10 0
Tom Mousel and Chris Studer; Dan Allard, Eric Kerkvliet (6) and Phil Lang.

S.D. State      300 000 0 - 3 2 1
Augustana       102 030 X - 6 6 1
Cory Gilbert and Chris Studer; Owen Hoegh and Scott Harden.

Augustana       500 000 0 - 5  7  2
S.D. State      104 212 X - 10 10 1
Jeff Heinrich, Jeremy Schultz (4) and Phil Lang; Rob Hirrschoff and Chris Studer.

Augustana       441 023 01 - 15 17 3
S.D. State      506 020 10 - 14 14 1
Doug Groebner, Ben Iverson (3) and Scott Harden; Collin Cantalope, Ryan
Sauter (2), Tom Mousel (6), Syan Santema (8) and Chris Studer.

DOUG GROEBNER has set the Augustana career record for runs scored with 141.

Brad Bornhorst has three home runs this season and now holds the Augustana career record with 23. He also holds the school record for RBI with 129.

COMPLETE statistics for Augustana baseball can be found at www.augie.edu/athletics/

JEFF HOLM is in his first year as Augustana’s head coach. He succeeds Brett McCabe, who resigned in August, 2001, to accept an assistant coaching position at the University of Kanas.

Holm, a native of Brookings, S.D., was the head baseball coach and a member of the Admission Office recruiting staff at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., for three years. He led Millikin to back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2000 and 2001, and was named Coach of the Year in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. He played baseball at Minnesota State University, Mankato and later taught and coached in Watertown, S.D. He completed his master’s degree at South Dakota State University in 1997, and served as an assistant coach at SDSU in 1997 and 1998.

VIKING assistant coaches for the 2002 season are Matt Schuldt, Brian Hunt, and Jason Mathys.

VIKINGS ROSTER

• (1) Al Shaffer, OF/P, 6-4, 175, Fr, Fairmont, MN
• (2) Matt Halverson, RHP, 5-9, 155, So, Fargo, ND
• (3) Ryan Dunlavey, IF, 5-10, 165, Jr, Jackson, MN
• (4) Sam Everson, 3b, 6-1, 200, Fr, Rochester, MN
• (5) Scott Harden, C, 6-0, 175, Jr, Sacramento, CA
• (6) Jeremy Schultz, RHP, 5-10, 170, Fr, Sioux Falls
• (7) Jeff Heinrich, RHP, 6-4, 195, Sr, Fairmont, MN
• (8) Owen Hoegh, LHP, 6-4, 185, So, Byron, MN
• (9) Josh Emmerich, OF, 5-7, 170, Fr, Moorhead, MN
• (10) Adam Waldorf, SS, 6-1, 180, Fr, St. Cloud, MN
• (11) Eric Kerkvliet, RHP, 6-0, 150, So, Larhcwood, IA
• (12) Aaron Barber, OF, 6-0, 190, Fr, Cylinder, IA
• (13) Travis Pugliese, RHP, 6-0, 180, Fr, Burnsville, MN
• (14) Matt Suby, 2B, 5-10, 160, Fr, Marshall, MN
• (15) Ted Nelson, RHP, 6-3, 205, Sr, Revere, MN
• (16) Adam Schmidt, 3B, 6-2, 215, Fr, Ceylon, MN
• (17) Ryan Nett, LHP, 6-0, 180, So, Albany, MN
• (18) Andy Salmela, IB, 6-3, 195, Sr, Cottage Grove, MN
• (19) Doug Groebner, IF/P, 5-11, 175, Sr, Coon Rapids, MN
• (20) Kevin Wiessner, IF, 6-2, 185, So, Deephaven, MN
• (21) Dustin Flatten, RHP, 6-4, 200, So, Clark, SD
• (22) Jeff Mootz, SS, 5-10, 165, Fr, Sioux Falls
• (23) Dan Allard, RHP, 6-1, 160, Sr, Bloomington, MN
• (24) Tom DeBoer, RHP, 6-1, 190, Fr, Spicer, MN
• (25) Brad Bornhorst, IF, 6-3, 225, Jr, Mounds View, MN
• (26) Brett Scherschligt, C, 6-0, 195, Fr, Freeman, SD
• (27) Phil Lang, C, 5-11, 165, So, Roseville, MN
• (29) Craig Krogstad, C, 6-2, 185, So, Willmar, MN
• (32) Ben Iverson, RHP, 6-2, 190, Fr, Willmar, MN

AUGUSTANA QUICK FACTS
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Founded: 1860
Enrollment: 1700
Nickname: Vikings
Home field: Ronken Field
School colors: Yellow and Navy
Conference: North Central
Affiliation: NCAA-Division II
SID: Karen Madsen
Athletic director: Bill Gross
President: Bruce Halverson