{"id":280578,"date":"2024-03-11T10:38:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280578"},"modified":"2024-03-11T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:38:59","slug":"vcsu-vikings-wrap-up-florida-spring-break-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280578","title":{"rendered":"VCSU Vikings Wrap Up Florida Spring Break Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AUBURNDALE, FLA. \u2013 The Valley City State baseball team completed it spring road trip to Florida with a pair of losses during a doubleheader against Northwestern College on Saturday.
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Northwestern erupted for 21 hits and 18 runs in game one, and then won a pitcher’s duel in game two as the Red Raiders swept the doubleheader by scores of 18-1 and 4-0.
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VCSU is now 8-13 overall and finishes its spring trip with a 4-7 record during 11 games in Florida.
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Up next: The Vikings begin conference play with a four-game road series at preseason conference favorite Bellevue University. The Bruins were ranked No. 7 in the nation in the NAIA’s Preseason Top 25 Poll. The Vikings and Bruins will play doubleheaders March 15 and 16 in Bellevue, Neb.
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Northwestern 18, VCSU 1<\/strong>
Northwestern’s offense carried game one as the Red Raiders collected 21 total hits in the 7-inning game.
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Both teams plated a single run in the first inning with VCSU’s\u00a0Kaden Rozdeba<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0tying the game at 1-1 with an RBI single in the bottom of the first. Northwestern took control with an 8-run outburst in the third inning.
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VCSU was limited to three total hits coming from\u00a0Jaden Babiuk<\/a><\/dfn>,\u00a0Hunter Logan<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and Rozdeba.
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Jacob Marx<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0took the loss, working 2 1\/3 innings on the mound to start the game.\u00a0Riley Resnick<\/a><\/dfn>,\u00a0Brendan Berk<\/a><\/dfn>,\u00a0Jay Mendez<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0Keeton Clark<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0all pitched in relief.
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Northwestern 4, VCSU 0<\/strong>
The teams settled into a pitcher’s duel in game two with just 8 total hits in Northwestern’s 4-0 win. The Red Raiders scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the first inning off VCSU starter\u00a0Jacob Hendrickson<\/a><\/dfn>.\u00a0Takao Cookson<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0came on in relief and shut Northwestern down over the final 5 1\/3 innings, but the Viking offense was kept quiet by Northwestern pitcher Brad Tornow.
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Tornow pitched a complete-game shutout, giving up just two hits and striking out 16.
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VCSU’s two hits came from\u00a0Tory Nelson<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0Kaden Rozdeba<\/a><\/dfn>.
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Cookson pitched 5 1\/3 shutout innings for VCSU, scattering three hits and striking out six.
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Rochester 14, VCSU 2 (Friday)<\/strong>
Both teams managed six hits in the game, but Rochester took advantage of free bases\u00a0to push across 14 runs in a 14-2 victory. The game ended after eight innings due to run rule.
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VCSU pitchers combined to walk 13 batters and hit 3 batters. Eight of those runners would eventually score for Rochester.
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Six different Vikings had one hit each, including a pinch-hit RBI single by\u00a0Kaden Rozdeba<\/a><\/dfn>.\u00a0Jamel Chabot<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0had a double for VCSU’s only extra-base hit.
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Kahlil Tilbury<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0took the loss after starting on the mound. Tilbury went 2 2\/3 innings, giving up three hits and five runs. He walked seven and struck out four.\u00a0Jarrett Faue<\/a><\/dfn>,\u00a0Keeton Clark<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0Garrett Dykstra<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0all pitched in relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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