Augustana vs St. Cloud State in NSIC Tournament
After outscoring Winona State 19-4 in the first two games of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championship baseball tournament, the #19 Augustana Vikings begin round two tonight.
The Vikings (33-9) will host the St. Cloud Huskies (22-12) at Karras Park beginning at 6:00 PM. This begins a four-team, double-elimination format featuring the four winners of last weekend s Opening Round matchups. The winner seals an automatic bid into the regional tournament hosted by Central Missouri.
Augustana, fortunately, has come through the season so far without any cancellations due to COVID-19. However, St. Cloud has seen eight of its games canceled.
SDSU vs Southern Illinois in FCS Quarterfinals
Follow up the NFL Draft with the Pride of the Dakotas as #1 South Dakota State University (6-1) will host #8 Southern Illinois (6-3) in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The game will be under the lights as the kickoff is set for 8:00 PM. If you don t have tickets for the game watch on ESPN2.
The Jacks are riding a 5-game win streak, last winning round one of the FCS Playoffs against Holy Cross. Meanwhile, the Salukis eliminated #3 Weber State to punch their ticket with a date against SDSU.
While SDSU and SI have a history, it s the Jackrabbits getting the nod for a win on their home field this Sunday holding an 8-3 series advantage.
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UL Snaps Their 3 Game Losing Streak Against ULM
The Ragin Cajuns snapped their 3 game losing streak today against ULM. UL performed in a spectacular fashion, beating ULM 88-72. With this win Coach Bob Marlin ties Kermit Davis with the most wins as a coach in Sun Belt history.
UL handled their business today. They ended up winning both halves of this game. They won the first half 45-38, and they won the second half 43-34. ULM s hot shooting streak did not continue today as they shot 27.8% from the 3 point line, compared to the Cajun s 63.6%. The Ragin Cajuns made a conscious effort to stop ULM from the 3 point line. Coach Marlin on the great defense and stopping ULM from 3 today said: We were fortunate to take away the three. Ten was too many last time. So today I think we gave away five, which is a win .