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May 6, 2002 VIKING BASEBALL 2002AUGUSTANA (26-22, 11-9 NCC) is the No. 3 seed in the North Central Conference tournament beginning Thursday in Omaha, Neb. The Vikings play No. 2 seed Minnesota State University, Mankato (26-14, 13-7) at 5:00 p.m. in the first-round of the double elimination tournament. The University of Nebraska-Omaha (32-13, 14-4), the No. 1 seed, takes on No. 4 South Dakota State University (21-21, 10-10) at 5:00 p.m. This is Augie's first appearance in the NCC tournament since 1997. THE VIKINGS earned a berth in the conference tournament by splitting a four-game series with Mankato and Saint Cloud State University last weekend at Ronken Field. Mankato took the first game of Friday's doubleheader, 9-5. The Mavericks pounded out 14 hits. For Augie, Phil Lang went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs. Andy Salmela drove in two runs while Ryan Dunlavey and Doug Groebner each stroked a double. The Vikings came back to win the second game, 3-2. Doug Groebner's sacrifice fly in the last of the eighth inning scored Salmela with the winning run. Dunlavey's two-run triple tied the game in the seventh inning. Sam Everson collected a double. Owen Hoegh pitched 7 2/3 innings and yielded nine hits while striking out seven. Mankato 032 000 4 - 9 14 0 Augustana 002 010 2 - 5 7 1 Rupert and Spanier; Dan Allard and Phil Lang. Mankato 100 001 00 - 2 9 1 Augustana 000 000 21 - 3 4 1 Cierlik, Steen (7) and Spanier; Owen Hoegh, Eric Kerkvliet (7) and Scott Harden. Saint Cloud blanked Augie, 13-0, in the opener of Saturday's doubleheader. Scott Harden had two of Augie's four hits, while Salmela and Adam Waldorf each had one. The Vikings collected 11 hits to win the second game, 7-6. Augie trailed, 6-5, heading into the eighth inning. Dunlavey ripped a solo home run to lead off the inning, and Brad Bornhorst followed with a solo blast with two out to settle the issue. Salmela also homered, Matt Suby was 2-for-4 with a triple, and Bornhorst and Doug Groebner each had a double. Bornhorst was 3-for-4. Saint Cloud 432 001 3 - 13 20 3 Augustana 000 000 0 - 0 4 1 Hoelscher and Fischer; Ben Iverson, Ted Nelson (3), Jeff Heinrich (5) and Phil Lang. Saint Cloud 220 010 01 - 6 11 1 Augustana 300 020 02 - 7 11 3 Gillson, Miller (2), Litke (5) and Fischer; Doug Groebner, Eric Kerkvliet (7) and Scott Harden. THE VIKINGS' Owen Hoegh has set a school record for strikeouts in a season with 62. Doug Groebner has set the Augustana career record for runs scored with 153. Andy Salmela has set the Augustana career record for doubles with 40. He owns the career record for RBIs with 145. He also has the career record for hits with 184. The Vikings set the school record for most NCC wins in a season with eleven. Brad Bornhorst has set the career record for home runs with 25. COMPLETE statistics for Augustana baseball can be found at www.augie.edu/athletics/ JEFF HOLM is in his first year as AugustanaĂs 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 masterĂs 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
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