SID: Karen Madsen (605) 274-4335
Fax: (605) 274-5298
E-mail: madsen@cars.augie.edu
Web Site: www.augie.edu/athletics

April 23, 2002

VIKING BASEBALL 2002

AUGUSTANA (18-17, 8-4 NCC) is scheduled to play Mount Marty College in non-conference action today. Play begins at 3:00 p.m. in Yankton, S.D.

THE VIKINGS swept a North Central Conference doubleheader with North Dakota State University Monday in Fargo, N.D. The games were originally scheduled to be played Sunday.

Freshman right-hander Ben Iverson (2-0) tossed a two-hitter and shut out the Bison, 2-0, in the opener. Chris Volkmann and Ryan Perreault each had a single for NDSU. Iverson registered six strikeouts and walked four. He did not allow a hit until the seventh inning and at one point had retired 11 consecutive batters. Freshman infielder Sam Iverson was 2-for-3 with a double and RBI for the Vikings. He also scored a run.

Augie scored three runs each in the first and second innings and held on for a 6-5 win in the second game. Everson stroked a two-run single in the first inning for the Vikings, and Brad Bornhorst ripped a three-run double in the second. Bornhorst was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles. Doug Groebner pitched the first 4 1/3 innings, while Eric Kerkvliet worked the final 2 2/3 and yielded just one hit.

Augustana       010 100 0 - 2 6 0
N.D. State      000 000 0 - 0 2 0
Ben Iverson and Phil Lang; Justin Burchill and Chris Boso.

Augustana       330 000 0 - 6 6 2
N.D. State      140 000 0 - 5 6 0
Doug Groebner, Eric Kerkvliet (5) and Scott Harden; Marc Forbush, Terry
Tchida and Jason Brueske.

DOUG GROEBNER has set the Augustana career record for runs scored with 146.

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 132.

SENIOR infielder Andy Salmela continues to lead Augie hitters with a .414 average. He also leads the team in hits (46), doubles (12), home runs (5) and RBIs (32). The Vikings are hitting .283 as a team.

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