Updated (3/26/15 2:45 p.m.): UMD's four-game weekend series against Concordia University, St. Paul has been moved to Veterans Field in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The game start times will remain the same.

The University of Minnesota Duluth will continue on the road for one more week and two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference series before finally taking the field in Duluth after a two-year layoff next weekend. The Bulldogs opened the NSIC season with a split against the University of Sioux Falls last weekend and will look to improve on that in the days ahead.

UMD (7-5, 2-2 NSIC) scored 21 runs last time out and 41 runs on the weekend but settled for a four-game series split with the Cougars last Friday and Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs will now travel down I-35 to take on Concordia University, St. Paul this weekend and Upper Iowa University next Tuesday as the NSIC schedule kicks into high gear.

COVERING THE BASES
UMD | OVERALL: 7-5 (2-2 NSIC) | @UMDBaseball
• Junior first baseman Alex Wojciechowski tore the cover off the ball last week, hitting .409/.485/.741 on the week, 11-of-27 with four extra base hits including a pair of home runs, a double, and a triple, driving in eight runs and crossing the plate seven times. He also drew five walks and swiped on base on two attempts. He lifted a pair of home runs in UMD's come-from-behind 12-8 victory over Sioux Falls on Friday afternoon, finishing 4-of-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored, adding a double as well.
• Sophomore outfielder Grant Farley continues to lead the Bulldogs offensively, hitting .472/.537/.972 on the season with 10 of his 17 hits going for extra bases, including three home runs. Hits 14 RBIs are a team-high while he's also one of four Bulldogs to crack double digit runs scored. UMD has also gotten a surge of power from senior centerfielder John Meyer, who has already surpassed his career-high with three homers in the early going of the season.
• Freshman right-hander Alex Ferguson made a pair of appearances for the Bulldogs last week, throwing 5.1 innings to the tune of a 1.69 ERA and .067 batting average allowed, with just one hit and three walks allowed while striking out two. He tossed 3.1 innings in his first collegiate start against Wayne State (Mich.) last Monday afternoon, allowing just one hit and one run, while striking out two.
• UMD have faced most right-handed starting pitchers this season, 0-1 against the only lefty they've faced, and 7-4 against the other. Still, the Bulldogs are hitting .336 (39-of-116) against left-handers and just .264 (64-of-242) against righties.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS (Saturday & Sunday, March 28-29, 1:30 p.m. and Noon) - Live Stats | Live Video - Veterans Field (Minnetonka, Minn.)
Concordia-St. Paul | OVERALL: 6-6 (4-0 NSIC) | @CUGoldenBears
• The Golden Bears opened conference play with a four-game sweep of the University of Minnesota-Crookston last weekend, scoring 38 runs against the Golden Eagles. CU and UMD split a doubleheader last season on April 2, 2014 in Mauston, Wisconsin.
• Junior left-hander Kody Knaus leads the Concordia pitching staff, currently 1-0 with a team-high three starts and 16 innings pitched to the tune of a 2.25 ERA and .250 batting average allowed. Sophomore southpaw Kevin Woebke has started a pair of games, posting a 1.64 ERA and 11 strikeouts but 14 baserunners in 11.0 innings.
• Junior infielder Eric Fasnacht has launched three home runs and slugged .821 on the season, currently second on the team with .436/.500/.821 batting line. He's driven in 18 runs and crossed the plate 13 times, tied for the team-high with freshman catcher Connor Olson who's scored 13 of the 19 times he's reached base this season with 15 hits and five doubles (.385/.442/.590). The Golden Bears have mostly stuck to the same starting line-up with nine players starting at least 10 of their 12 games.

SCOUTING THE PEACOCKS (Tuesday, March 31, 1:30 p.m.) - Live Stats | Live Audio
Upper Iowa | OVERALL: 7-9 (0-4 NSIC) | @UIUPeacocks
• The Peacocks opened conference play with a four-game sweep at the hands of St. Cloud State University last weekend. Upper Iowa will take on Minnesota-Crookston this weekend before UMD comes to Fayette. The Bulldogs swept a doubleheader in Fayette last season on April 22, 2014. The two teams will meet again later this season, a year to the date of that doubleheader, in Duluth.
• Senior right-hander Mason Buster and junior righty Garrison Becker have tossed the most innings for Upper Iowa, each starting three games and posting similar 5.60 and 5.62 ERAs, respectively. Buster has struck out 12 in 17.2 innings, while Becker is 0-2 with teams batting .366 against him. Freshman lefty Ross Kulick has made six appearances out of the bullpen, posting a team-leading 2.57 ERA in seven innings.
• Junior outfielder Eric Cottrell has started every game for the Peacocks so far this season, batting a team-leading .429/.492/.518 with 10 RBIs and eight runs scored. Sophomore outfielder Alex George leads the team with 33 total bases, including seven doubles and has driven in 13 runs and scored the same number. Freshman outfielder Jacob Greco has crossed the plate 14 of the 23 times he's reached base, including a home run despite a .250/.333/.328 batting line.

The Bulldogs will head south this weekend to take on Concordia-St. Paul. Opening pitch for Saturday's doubleheader is set for 1:30 p.m. with Sunday's action starting at Noon.