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Baseball | Morningside/Northwestern Preview

Dordt will travel to face Morningside on Friday, March 20 and will host Northwestern on Saturday, March 21.  The doubleheader with Morningside begins at 1:00 and the games with Northwestern start at 2:00.
 
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Live Stats
Dordt Season Stats      
Morningside Season Stats    
Northwestern Season Stats
 
MORNINGSIDE
Overall Record/ Conference:  13-10/1-1
Runs Scored/Opponents: 161/106  
Batting Average/ Opponents: .269/.259
On Base Percentage/ Opponents: .418/.387
Slugging Percentage/ Opponents: .450/.353  
Fielding Percentage/Opponents: .972/.939  
Stolen Bases/Opponents: 17/26
ERA/ Opponents: 5.43/7.13
Strikeouts by Pitching Staff/Opponents: 162/132
Walks by Pitching Staff/Opponents: 94/116  
Last 10 Record: 6-4
Last 5 Record: 2-3  
Streak: Won 1
Home: 1-1
Away: 12-9
 
Morningside Leaders
Romani Perez | .438ba | 21h | 4-2b | 4hr | 19rbi
Conner Maston | .352ba | 19h | 4-2b | 15rbi
Jaxon Bunkers | .317ba | 19h | 8rbi
Conner Maston | 2-0 w-l | 22ip | 27k | 3.22era
Cade Nolan | 2-2 w-l | 27ip | 34k | 2.30era
 
NORTHWESTERN
Overall Record/ Conference:  14-7/2-2
Runs Scored/Opponents: 146/100  
Batting Average/ Opponents: .265/.272
On Base Percentage/ Opponents: .409/.387
Slugging Percentage/ Opponents: .411/.388
Fielding Percentage/Opponents: .966/.953
Stolen Bases/Opponents: 30/25
ERA/ Opponents: 5.31/7.46
Strikeouts by Pitching Staff/Opponents: 135/177
Walks by Pitching Staff/Opponents: 82/129
Last 10 Record: 7-3
Last 5 Record: 3-2
Streak: Won 1
Home: 1-1
Away: 13-6
 
Northwestern Leaders
Ranier Castillo | .366ba | 26h | 13rbi | 1hr
Nikolai Wede | .296ba | 16h | 6hr | 13rbi
Devin Dirkx | 19h | .292ba | 3hr | 20rbi
Grant Guidry | .290ba | 18h | 3hr | 13rbi
Devin Dirkx | 3-2 w-l | 28ip | 15k | 4.18era
Micah De Haan | 2-1 w-l | 28ip | 27k
 
DORDT
Overall Record/ Conference: 11-13/1-3
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Last 10 Record:  3-7
Last 5 Record: 2-3
Streak:  Lost 3
Home:  0-0
Away:  11-13
 
Leaders
Logan Templeton | .338ba | 27h | 7-2b | 1hr | 19rbi
Logan Harris | .303ba | 23h | 6-2b | 18rbi
Stephen Dillender | .288ba | 5-2b | 2hr | 9rbi
Lincoln Vander Molen | 2-3 w-l | 5.79era | 28ip | 10k
Bennett Spronk | 4-1 w-l | 5.92era | 22k | 24ip
Daniel Buteyn | 3-1 w-l | 18ip | 28k | 4.91era
Matt Eubanks | 1-3 w-l | 22ip | 4.91era | 31k
 
LAST TIME
Morningside split with Northwestern on March 13 in Sioux City. Northwestern won the opener 3-1 and Morningside won the second game 9-8.
 
Game 1 Box Score https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260313_ecm6.xml     
Game 2 Box Score https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260313_cvuc.xml
 
Northwestern split with Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday, March 14 in Orange City with a 7-6 loss in game one and 10-4 win in game two.
Game 1 Box Score   https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260314_20kc.xml
Game 2 Box Score https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260314_r5sa.xml   
 
Dordt lost to Midland in Fremont last weekend 12-9 and 15-5 on March 14.
Game 1 Box Score  https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260314_3h07.xml  
Game 2 Box Score  https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260314_ef81.xml  
 
THE SERIES
Morningside has won the last five meetings in the series.  Morningside won the two games played last year on March 21, 11-0 and 11-0.
 
Game 1 Box Score https://godordt.com/sports/baseball/stats/2025/morningside/boxscore/13497
Game 2 Box Score https://godordt.com/sports/baseball/stats/2025/morningside/boxscore/13498
 
Northwestern has won six games in a row in the series with a 5-4, 11-4 sweep on March 22.
 
Game 1 Box Score https://godordt.com/sports/baseball/stats/2025/northwestern/boxscore/13499
Game 2 Box Score https://godordt.com/sports/baseball/stats/2025/northwestern/boxscore/13500
 
NEXT
Dordt will travel to Yankton on Friday, March 27 and will host the Lancers on Saturday, March 28.
 
GPAC STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE
 
Team GPAC Record Overall Record
Doane 3-1 16-5
Briar Cliff 3-1 10-13
Concordia 3-1 15-9
Midland 4-2 9-15
Dakota Wesleyan 2-2 11-9
Morningside 1-1 13-10
Northwestern 2-2 14-7
Dordt 1-3 11-13
Mount Marty 1-3 10-14
Hastings 1-3 12-9
Waldorf 1-3 8-16
 
THIS WEEKEND
Friday, March 20
Northwestern @ Briar Cliff
Dordt @ Morningside
Doane @ Concordia
Waldorf @ Mount Marty
Dakota Wesleyan @ Hastings
 
Saturday, March 21
Mount Marty @ Briar Cliff
Midland @ Waldorf
Concordia @ Doane
Northwestern @ Dordt
 
Sunday, March 22
Hastings @ Morningside
 
NEXT WEEK
Tuesday, March 24
Dakota Wesleyan @ Morningside
 
Friday, March 27
Dakota Wesleyan @ Doane
Hastings @ Northwestern
Dordt @ Mount Marty
 
Saturday, March 28
Concordia @ Waldorf
Hastings @ Northwestern
Midland @ Morningside
Briar Cliff @ Doane
Mount Marty @ Dordt
 
Sunday, March 29
Concordia @ Briar Cliff
Waldorf @ Dakota Wesleyan
Morningside @ Midland
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Daniel Buteyn

#15 Daniel Buteyn

Sophomore
Logan Harris

#20 Logan Harris

Junior
Bennett Spronk

#33 Bennett Spronk

Senior
Lincoln  Vander Molen

#21 Lincoln Vander Molen

Freshman
Logan  Templeton

#4 Logan Templeton

Freshman
Stephen Dillender

#6 Stephen Dillender

Junior

Players Mentioned

Daniel Buteyn

#15 Daniel Buteyn

Sophomore
Logan Harris

#20 Logan Harris

Junior
Bennett Spronk

#33 Bennett Spronk

Senior
Lincoln  Vander Molen

#21 Lincoln Vander Molen

Freshman
Logan  Templeton

#4 Logan Templeton

Freshman
Stephen Dillender

#6 Stephen Dillender

Junior