The University of Minnesota Duluth baseball team will complete their 2025 regular season schedule with five straight games on the road this week, visiting the Twin Cities for a doubleheader with the Concordia St Paul Golden Bears on Wednesday, Apr. 30, at 12:30 PM and heading to Bismarck for a three game weekend against the University of Mary Marauders starting on Friday, May 2, at 1:30 PM.

 

Last Time Out

 

The Bulldogs closed out an away and home split five game schedule last week, falling in both games of their doubleheader against Winona State and tallying a 2-1 record against the University of Minnesota Crookston.

 

UMD now holds a 21-24 overall record and a 17-18 conference record, sitting in a tie for ninth place within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) standings.

 

Last Week's Highlight Players

 

Player

 

#10 Nathan Rosenberg - 5 GP, 8-20 (.400), 8 R, 5 RBIs, 2 HR, 1 3B, 1 2B, 1.000 FLD%

 

Pitcher

 

#31 Brayden Buttweiler - 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 31 BF, 2.21 ERA

 

Scouting Report - Concordia St. Paul

 

The Concordia St Paul Golden Bears are 20-25 overall and 16-19 against NSIC opponents this season, most recently defeating Bemidji State 14-4 last weekend.

 

The Bulldogs are 12-18 against the Golden Bears since 2014, falling 7-11 in their most recent matchup last season at home in Wade Stadium. UMD holds a 5-8 home record, 1-5 away record, and a 6-5 neutral site record over CSP, with their largest margin of victory sitting at eight runs (11-3, Mar. 2015).

 

The Golden Bears' offense is currently led by senior outfielder #27 Noah Juliar, who is tallying a .362 batting average over 174 at bats and three home runs this season.

 

Scouting Report - University of Mary

 

The University of Mary Marauders are 22-22 overall and 18-17 against NSIC opponents this season, taking down the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs 18-13 last weekend.

 

The Bulldogs are 20-12 against the Marauders since 2014, taking them down 4-2 in their most recent matchup last season at home in Wade Stadium. UMD holds a 12-3 home record and a 8-9 away record over UMary, with their largest margin of victory sitting at 19 runs (22-3, Apr. 2019).

 

The Marauders' offense is currently led by sophomore infielder #8 Isaac Pegors, who is tallying a .407 batting average over 135 at bats with 15 home runs this season.

 

Bulldogs Against The Rest

 

Throughout the 2025 season, the Bulldogs sit within the top five throughout the NSIC in five statistical categories, including: 

 

Fielding Percentage - 0.968 (5th in NSIC, 70th in NCAA)

Sacrifice Flies - 28 (1st in NSIC, 21st in NCAA)

Shutouts - 2 (4th in NSIC, 83rd in NCAA

Triples - 13 (3rd in NSIC, 58th in NCAA)

Triples per Game - 0.29 (3rd in NSIC, 60th in NCAA)

 

Looking Ahead

 

Bulldog baseball will await to see where they land in the final conference standings before the NSIC postseason tournament begins on Wednesday, May 7. The Bulldogs will need to sit within the top eight teams to secure a spot for the tournament.