2025 North Dakota State Bison baseball team

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
North Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍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 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. In the NCAA tournament, the Bison would fall to Arkansas before defeating Kansas for the program's second ever NCAA Division I baseball tournament win. They would fall to Creighton to be eliminated from the tournament.

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
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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
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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 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 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 16–31 12–15 May 16 Omaha Newman Outdoor Field Canceled, Cold Temperatures 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: Rankings from D1Baseball.com: (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. NCAA tournament rankings are overall seeds.

Fayetteville Regional

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament § Fayetteville Super Regional

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