2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball
2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball
Summit League Champion; Fayetteville Regional
Conference	Summit League
Record	21–34 (13–15 Summit)
Head coach	Tyler Oakes (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Brandon Hunt; Tanner Neale; Trent Keefer;
Home stadium	Newman Outdoor Field

2025 Summit League baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oral Roberts ‍†‍‍	21	–	9	.700	37	–	22	.627
St. Thomas* ‍†‍‍	21	–	9	.700	29	–	21	.580
‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	15	.464	21	–	34	.382
Omaha ‍‍‍	12	–	16	.429	20	–	30	.400
South Dakota State ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	16	–	36	.308
Northern Colorado ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	18	–	33	.353

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament * Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III As of June 1, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison played home games at Newman Outdoor Field on NDSU's campus and were coached by fourth-year head coach Tyler Oakes.

The Bison finished the season with a 21–34 overall record and a 13–15 conference record, which was good for 3rd in the Summit League. NDSU made the Summit League tournament as the second seed, since the 2nd place team in the regular season (St. Thomas) was ineligible, and played Omaha in the opening round. The Bison defeated the Mavericks and then defeated Oral Roberts in the semifinals to reach the championship games. In the final round, NDSU would rematch with the Golden Eagles and win the second game to win the program's third Summit League tournament and NCAA tournament berth.^[2] In the NCAA tournament, the Bison would fall to Arkansas^[3] before defeating Kansas^[4] for the program's second ever NCAA Division I baseball tournament win. They would fall to Creighton to be eliminated from the tournament.^[5]

Previous season

The Bison finished the 2024 season with a 20–30–1 overall record, and a 14–12–1 record in the Summit League. In the Summit League tournament, the Bison lost the opening round game to Oral Roberts, won the first elimination game over Omaha, but fell to Northern Colorado in the last lower bracket game to be eliminated from the tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2025 North Dakota State Roster

Pitchers

12 – Matt Sargeant – Sophomore
13 – Roman Trapani – Sophomore
16 – Nolan Johnson – RS Junior
17 – Sam Roberts – Senior
20 – Logan Knight – Senior
22 – Hayden Sylte – RS Senior
25 – Parker Puetz – RS Sophomore
26 – Ethan Swaby – Freshman
27 – Julien Hachem – Junior
28 – Danny Lachenmayer – Freshman
29 – Ben Berkhof – RS Freshman
30 – Reese Ligtenberg – RS Senior
31 – Seth Thompson – Senior
33 – Landon Koenig – Sophomore
34 – Cade Wiegert – Junior
35 – Leland Wilson – RS Senior
36 – Garrett Shupe – Freshman
37 – Cole Mahlum – Senior
38 – Alex Karns – Senior
40 – Austin Bergum – Senior
41 – Luke Agnew – RS Freshman
44 – Skyler Riedinger – RS Senior

Catchers

7 – Evan Gustafson – RS Freshman
15 – Bennett Freiter – RS Junior

Infielders

4 – Jake Schaffner – Sophomore
5 – Davis Hamilton – Junior
6 – Alex Urlaub – Senior
10 – Luis Garcia – Senior
18 – Aiden Schenk – RS Freshman
19 – Tommy Simon – Freshman
24 – Luke Shannahan – Junior

Outfielders

3 – Kyle Law – Junior
8 – Sam Canton – Senior
9 – Will Mann – Junior
14 – Colten Becker – Senior
32 – Dante Smith – Freshman

Utility

1 – Noah Gordon (C/UTIL) – Sophomore
2 – Blake Timmons (OF/INF) – RS Freshman
11 – Tate Martin (INF/RHP) – Freshman

Reference:^[6]

Coaching staff

2025 North Dakota State Coaching Staff
Name	Position
Tyler Oakes	Head Coach
Brandon Hunt	Assistant Coach
Tanner Neale	Assistant Coach
Trent Keefer	Assistant Coach
Reference:^[7]

Schedule and results

2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball game log

Regular season (17–31)

February (1–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Summit League Record
February 14	at No. 21 Dallas Baptist		Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX	6–11	Bonn (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	None	973	0–1	–
February 15	at No. 21 Dallas Baptist		Horner Ballpark	2–5	Pettitte (1–0)	Knight (0–1)	Peters (1)	998	0–2	–
February 16	at No. 21 Dallas Baptist		Horner Ballpark	1–11	Schwede (1–0)	Martin (0–1)	None	779	0–3	–
February 18	at Lamar		Vincent-Beck Stadium Beaumont, TX	3–10	Sutton (1–0)	Agnew (0–1)	None	568	0–4	–
February 19	at Lamar		Vincent-Beck Stadium	2–13⁽⁷⁾	Stallings (1–0)	Sargeant (0–1)	None	543	0–5	–
February 22	at UTRGV		UTRGV Baseball Stadium Edinburg, TX	Canceled, Rain^[8]					0–5	–
February 23	at UTRGV		UTRGV Baseball Stadium	3–10⁽⁷⁾	Loa (1–1)	Johnson (0–2)	Thayer (1)	1,173	0–6	–
February 23	at UTRGV		UTRGV Baseball Stadium	7–5	Riedinger (1–0)	Oliva (0–1)	None	1,173	1–6	–
February 28	at No. 20 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	4–12	Myers (1–0)	Johnson (0–3)	None	4,180	1–7	–

March (7–9)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Summit League Record
March 1	at No. 20 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium	7–9	Quick (3–0)	Knight (0–2)	Ozmer (3)	4,019	1–8	–
March 2	at No. 20 Alabama		Sewell–Thomas Stadium	3–11	Alcock (2–0)	Martin (0–2)	None	3,419	1–9	–
March 4	at No. 2 LSU		Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	9–11	Cowan (2–0)	Lachenmayer (0–1)	Evans (3)	9,892	1–10	–
March 5	at No. 2 LSU		Alex Box Stadium	3–13⁽⁷⁾	Schmidt (2–0)	Shupe (0–1)	None	10,446	1–11	–
March 7	at Tulane		Greer Field at Turchin Stadium	6–7	Moore (2–1)	Lachenmayer (0–2)	None	1,642	1–12	–
March 8	at Tulane		Greer Field	3–9	Cehajic (3–1)	Knight (0–3)	None	1,241	1–13	–
March 9	at Tulane		Greer Field	12–3	Ligtenberg (1–0)	Rodriguez (1–1)	None	1,449	2–13	–
March 15	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	9–8	Johnson (1–3)	Rouse (1–1)	Lachenmayer (1)	511	3–13	1–0
March 15	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium	3–0	Knight (1–3)	Love (2–3)	None	479	4–13	2–0
March 16	at Oral Roberts		J. L. Johnson Stadium	6–9	Patten (2–0)	Bergum (0–1)	Floyd (4)	517	4–14	2–1
March 18	at Oklahoma State		O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK	1–9	Pesca (1–0)	Shupe (0–2)	None	4,491	4–15	–
March 19	at Oklahoma State		O'Brate Stadium	Canceled, Weather Conditions^[9]					4–15	–
March 21	at Northern Colorado		Jackson Field Greeley, CO	8–7	Lachenmayer (1–2)	Hose (0–1)	None	260	5–15	3–1
March 22	at Northern Colorado		Jackson Field	3–4	Hose (1–1)	Ligtenberg (1–1)	None	251	5–16	3–2
March 23	at Northern Colorado		Jackson Field	11–8	Riedinger (2–0)	Tuttle (2–2)	Lachenmayer (2)	257	6–16	4–2
March 28	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field Fargo, ND	5–2	Johnson (2–3)	Duerr (1–3)	Lachenmayer (3)	214	7–16	5–2
March 28	South Dakota State		Newman Outdoor Field	3–2	Riedinger (3–0)	Driessen (1–1)	None	214	8–16	6–2

April (7–10)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Summit League Record
April 4	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	6–3	Johnson (3–3)	Teinert (0–4)	Lachenmayer (4)	467	9–16	7–2
April 5	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field	1–5	Weber (1–3)	Knight (1–4)	Foerstch (1)	538	9–17	7–3
April 6	at Omaha		Tal Anderson Field	1–11⁽⁷⁾	Curtis (1–3)	Puetz (0–1)	None	529	9–18	7–4
April 8	at Creighton		Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE	3–2	Wiegert (1–0)	Langrell (3–1)	Lachenmayer (5)	1,265	10–18	–
April 11	St. Thomas		Newman Outdoor Field	1–7	Kruzan (6–0)	Johnson (3–4)	None	423	10–19	7–5
April 12	St. Thomas		Newman Outdoor Field	8–6	Koenig (1–0)	Dalen (1–1)	Lachenmayer (6)	383	11–19	8–5
April 13	St. Thomas		Newman Outdoor Field	6–1	Puetz (1–1)	Cano (1–2)	None	288	12–19	9–5
April 15	at Minnesota		Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN	2–9	Urban (2–0)	Wilson (0–1)	None	698	12–20	–
April 17	Northern Colorado		Newman Outdoor Field	11–3	Johnson (4–4)	Gienger (1–3)	None	146	13–20	10–5
April 18	Northern Colorado		Newman Outdoor Field	5–8	Landen (1–2)	Knight (1–5)	None	142	13–21	10–6
April 19	Northern Colorado		Newman Outdoor Field	4–6	Storey (2–2)	Shupe (0–3)	Hudson (1)	225	13–22	10–7
April 22	at Creighton		Charles Schwab Field Omaha	2–5	Koosman (5–3)	Wilson (0–2)	Wendt (2)	982	13–23	–
April 25	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field Brookings, SD	3–6	Driessen (2–1)	Riedinger (3–1)	None	192	13–24	10–8
April 26	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field	8–4	Knight (2–5)	Duerr (3–4)	Sylte (1)	306	14–24	11–8
April 26	at South Dakota State Rescheduled from March 29		Erv Huether Field	6–8	Goble (2–1)	Koenig (1–1)	Driessen (4)	306	14–25	11–9
April 27	at South Dakota State		Erv Huether Field	6–9	Madison (2–2)	Wilson (0–3)	Driessen (5)	231	14–26	11–10
April 29	at Minnesota		Siebert Field	6–3	Roberts (1–0)	Ryerse (0–2)	Lachenmayer (7)	570	15–26	–

May (2–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Summit League Record
May 2	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	1–2⁽¹⁰⁾	Patten (4–0)	Lachenmayer (1–3)	None	417	15–27	11–11
May 3	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	8–4	Knight (3–4)	Love (6–6)	None	376	16–27	12–11
May 4	Oral Roberts		Newman Outdoor Field	8–9⁽¹⁰⁾	Floyd (2–0)	Riedinger (3–2)	None	486	16–28	12–12
May 7	Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Exhibition Game		Newman Outdoor Field	4–5	Rodriguez	Sargeant	Quesada	1,908	–	–
May 9	at St. Thomas		Koch Diamond St. Paul, MN	4–5	Kruzan (8–1)	Johnson (4–5)	Endres (3)	461	16–29	12–13
May 10	at St. Thomas		Koch Diamond	1–3	Ritter (5–1)	Knight (3–5)	Skilbeck (6)	498	16–30	12–14
May 11	at St. Thomas		Koch Diamond	2–9	Retz (5–1)	Puetz (1–2)	None	407	16–31	12–15
May 16	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	Canceled, Cold Temperatures^[10]					16–31	12–15
May 16	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	Canceled, Cold Temperatures^[10]					16–31	12–15
May 17	Omaha		Newman Outdoor Field	12–2⁽⁷⁾	Wilson (1–3)	Foerstch (2–3)	None	159	17–31	13–15

Postseason (4–3)

Summit League Tournament (3–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Summit League Tournament Record
May 21	at (3) Omaha First Round	(2)	Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE	1–0⁽¹⁰⁾	Lachenmayer (2–3)	Mabee (1–2)	None	560	18–31	1–0
May 22	vs. (1) Oral Roberts Winners Semifinal	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	4–0	Knight (4–5)	Love (6–7)	None	197	19–31	2–0
May 24	vs. (1) Oral Roberts Finals Game 1	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	1–3	Patten (6–0)	Puetz (1–3)	Floyd (9)	322	19–32	2–1
May 24	vs. (1) Oral Roberts Finals Game 2	(2)	Tal Anderson Field	4–2	Sylte (1–0)	Ruthardt (0–1)	Lachenmayer (8)	322	20–32	3–1

NCAA Tournament (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAA Tournament Record
May 30	at No. 3 (1) Arkansas	(4)	Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR	2–6	Coil (3–0)	Johnson (4–6)	None	9,994	20–33	0–1
May 31	vs. (2) Kansas	(4)	Baum–Walker Stadium	4–3	Knight (5–6)	Moore (7–3)	Lachenmayer (9)	9,685	21–33	1–1
June 1	vs. (3) Creighton	(4)	Baum–Walker Stadium	10–11	Langrell (7–1)	Lachenmayer (2–4)	None	9,588	21–34	1–2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Bison team member
Reference:^[11]

Rankings from D1Baseball.com:^[12]
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
NCAA tournament rankings are overall seeds.

Fayetteville Regional

Fayetteville Regional Teams
(1) Arkansas Razorbacks	(2) Kansas Jayhawks	(3) Creighton Bluejays	(4) North Dakota State Bison

References

^ "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
^ Izzo, Dom (May 24, 2025). "Bison best on the diamond, NDSU wins Summit League baseball tournament". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
^ McFeely, Mike (May 30, 2025). "A clutch hit or two by Bison would've gone long way against powerhouse Arkansas". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
^ McFeely, Mike (May 31, 2025). "Analytics, schnanalytics. Throwback Bison get an NCAA baseball tournament win". Retrieved June 1, 2025.
^ "Bison baseball mounts huge rally in regional but falls to Creighton". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Roster". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Coaching Staff". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
^ "NDSU Rained Out at UTRGV, Doubleheader Set for Sunday". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 22, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
^ "NDSU Baseball Wednesday Game at Oklahoma State Canceled". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. March 19, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "NDSU Baseball Series Against Omaha Altered". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
^ "Top 25 Archives". d1baseball.com. D1 Baseball. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[1] "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 1, 2025.

[2] Izzo, Dom (May 24, 2025). "Bison best on the diamond, NDSU wins Summit League baseball tournament". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. Retrieved June 1, 2025.

[3] McFeely, Mike (May 30, 2025). "A clutch hit or two by Bison would've gone long way against powerhouse Arkansas". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. Retrieved June 1, 2025.

[4] McFeely, Mike (May 31, 2025). "Analytics, schnanalytics. Throwback Bison get an NCAA baseball tournament win". Retrieved June 1, 2025.

[5] "Bison baseball mounts huge rally in regional but falls to Creighton". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.

[6] "2025 Baseball Roster". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

[7] "2025 Baseball Coaching Staff". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 26, 2025.

[8] "NDSU Rained Out at UTRGV, Doubleheader Set for Sunday". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 22, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[9] "NDSU Baseball Wednesday Game at Oklahoma State Canceled". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. March 19, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[5_16_omaha-10] "NDSU Baseball Series Against Omaha Altered". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[11] "2025 Baseball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[12] "Top 25 Archives". d1baseball.com. D1 Baseball. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

North Dakota State Bison baseball
Venues	Jack Williams Stadium (Time period unknown) Dacotah Field (Time period unknown) Bison Baseball Diamond (Time period unknown) Newman Outdoor Field (1997–Present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1925–1946 1947 1948–1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024