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VALLEY CITY (vcsuvikings.com)– Mayville State scored five runs in the eighth inning, breaking open a tight game en route to a 10-4 victory over Valley City State on Saturday night.
The Comets led 5-3 before the big eighth inning gave them some breathing room in the winner’s bracket game at the NSAA Baseball Tournament.
Mayville State (33-15) advances to a winner’s bracket semifinal game Sunday at 11 a.m. against top seed Bellevue University. Valley City State (23-25
) will play a loser-out game against No. 5 seed Dickinson State at 2 p.m. Sunday. The winner of Sunday’s 2 p.m. game will play at 5:30 p.m. against the loser of the 11 a.m. game.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (vcsuvikings.com) – Valley City State University won two games in walk-off fashion on Saturday as the Viking baseball team hosted Waldorf University for a rare tripleheader.
The Vikings won game one 2-1 on a walk-off two-run double from JT Reed, and then won game three 7-6 after an extra-inning walk-off sacrifice fly by David Demeter. Waldorf won game two by a score of 5-2.
With the pair of wins, the Vikings are now 17-23 overall and 10-9 in conference play. Waldorf moves to 19-24 overall and 12-11 in the NSAA.
Matthew Suda picked up both wins on the mound for VCSU after making two scoreless relief appearances.
DICKINSON, N.D. – Valley City State University hit 10 home runs and scored 36 runs Friday during a baseball doubleheader at Dickinson State University.
The Vikings hit five home runs in each game as they swept the doubleheader by scores of 16-5 and 20-5. Jorun Hamre, David Demeter and Dustin Mertz each hit two home runs on the day. VCSU also pounded out 12 doubles in the doubleheader.
Valley City State improves to 11-16 overall and 4-2 in conference play. Dickinson State drops to 3-15 overall and 1-5 in the North Star Athletic Association.
Up next: The Vikings and Blue Hawks play another doubleheader Saturday in Dickinson at 1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT.