VALLEY CITY (vcsuvikings.com)– Dickinson State rallied from a 7-3 deficit on Sunday as the Blue Hawks extended their season with a 9-8 victory over Valley City State at the NSAA Baseball Tournament.
VCSU led 7-3 after the fourth inning – thanks to a six-run third inning. Dickinson State chipped away and scored in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings en route to the come-from-behind victory.
Dickinson State will play Bellevue University in a loser-out game at approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The winner will advance to the NSAA championship game against Mayville State at 11 a.m. Monday. Valley City State ends its season with a 23-26 overall record.
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JAMESTOWN, ND. (jimmiepride.com) – Brian Rice (JR/Vancouver, WA) went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs, including a go-ahead two-run home run as the University of Jamestown baseball team defeated Dickinson State (N.D.) University 8-4 Wednesday afternoon at Jack Brown Stadium.
With the score tied 4-4 in the bottom of the fourth, Chase Hacker (SR/Millcreek, WA) reached on a two-out walk. Rice then drove an 0-1 pitch from John Koronoka (0-2) over the right field fence to make it 6-4.
Dickinson State took a 1-0 lead on an RBI groundout by Robert Encinas that scored Kobe Krenz from third.