ON TAP
North Dakota looks to ride momentum from a series win at previously-12th-ranked Southern California as it heads to Alabama to tussle with the Crimson Tide for a three-game set starting Friday.

ROCK THE VOTE
UND appeared in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll for the first time in school history this week. North Dakota was among 25 schools receiving votes just outside the top 30.

ZACH ATTACK
Junior Zach Muckenhirn had quite the opening night start, blanking the 12th-ranked USC Trojans for a complete-game, three-hit shutout. He struck out a career-high nine in the win, walking just one. It was his second shutout of his career (Apr. 25, 2015 vs. Sac State).

RANK AND FILE
North Dakota's two wins over the 12th-ranked Trojans marked the first over a ranked team in the team's Division I history.

PAC-12 POPPERS
UND now has three wins over PAC-12 teams in the past two seasons. North Dakota defeated Washington, 6-4 in 10 innings for the first win of last season. UND defeated USC, 1-0 and 5-4 on Feb. 19 and 20 this year for a 3-4 record against the PAC-12 in the past two season.

HOW YOU BEN?
Junior transfer Ben Reznicek made a solid debut in a UND uniform last week at Southern California. He started all three games and had hits in each, including a four-hit game on Sunday. He stole three bases and added three runs and three RBIs for the week, hitting .500 (6-for-12).

HARRY THE HITTER
Brett Harrison picked up right where he left off last season, collecting hits in all three games at Southern California last week. Coupled with his 11-game streak to end last season, Harrison has now hit safely in 14 consecutive games.

BEEN CAUGHT STEALIN'
Brett Harrison gunned down both runners that tried to steal on him last week and Hayden May thwarted the only attempt against him making UND catchers 3-for-3 in mowing down base-runners last week.

I CAN SEE FOR MILES
Miles Lewis, a redshirt freshman, made his debut last week at Southern California. He scored the lone run in the Friday 1-0 win and had four hits for the series. Lewis was named the WAC Freshman of the Year prior ot last season before redshirting the season due to injury.

TOTALLY RAD
Junior transfer Brandon Radmacher pitched in two of the USC games out of the bullpen, going 3.2 innings without allowing a run. He saved the Saturday win be throwing the final two innings with just two hits allowed. He also threw Sunday, going 1.2 innings, striking out two on two hits.

BACK-TO-BACK JACK
Senior Daniel Lockhert and redshirt freshman Connor Trygstad homered back-to-back in UND's 5-4 win at USC Feb. 20. They were the first homers for UND on the season.

DeGAGNE' DECISION
Brett DeGagne' was unlucky in decisions last season, getting several no-decisions and earning just one win despite throwing well. The senior righty worked around some jams Saturday to throw 5.1 innings with just two hits and four strikeouts in the win. He worked around four walks and a pair of hit batters, allowing three earned runs in his fifth career win.   

PASSING THE BUCK
Jeff Dodson notched career win No. 100 in the 6-4 win at Washington Feb. 27, moving him past Gene Roebuck for victories as a UND skipper. He is now third for career wins among UND baseball coaches all-time. Roebuck coached the team from 1990-93 and led the team to the 1993 NCAA North Central Regional. Roebuck was also a Hall of Fame women's basketball coach at UND (1987-2012).

All-time winningest UND baseball coaches
COACH        WINS        YEARS
Kelvin Ziegler        326        1994-2007
Pinky Kraft        207        1956-81
Jeff Dodson        125      2009-pres.
Gene Roebuck        99        1990-93

DODSON MILESTONES
Some of Coach Dodson's biggest wins have come on milestone occasions. His first win at UND was a 10-7 victory at Missouri State, UND's first as a Division I team (2009). Here's a look at some milestone wins for Dodson:

Win    Opp.
1    at Missouri St. (2009)    10-7
5    at Creighton (2009)    7-6
25    No. Colorado (2010)    10-7
50    at NJIT (2012)    6-3
75    at No. Colo. (2013)     23-7
99    vs. NDSU (2014)    3-2
100    at Washington (2015)    6-4

STAFF NOTES
Head coach Jeff Dodson and assistant coach  Brian DeVillers have been together for the entire past seven seasons. DeVillers was a holdover from the previous staff and is entering his ninth season on the UND coaching staff after a standout playing career at North Dakota. Zack Trygstad is in his second year as a volunteer assistant while Mitch Mormann is the new assistant coach in his first season.

2015 HIGHLIGHTS
DIRTY DOZEN
North Dakota had a graduating class of 12 players last season. That group included seven starters that helped UND into the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament for the first time.

ROAD WARRIORS
The UND schedule sees 21 straight games away from home to start the season. In that mix are trips to Southern California, Alabama, Kansas, Wichita State and Creighton before opening Western Athletic Conference play at Sacramento State and Utah Valley. One final doubleheader at South Dakota State preceeds the home opener against Seattle on April 8. UND will have 17 home games on the docket.

NORTH DAKOTA PICKED NINTH IN THE WAC PRESEASON POLL... AGAIN
UND will have to prove doubters wrong again as they were selected ninth in the ten-team Western Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll. North Dakota was also picked ninth last season, but finished in a tie for fourth with a 16-11 league mark, including sweeps of Chicago State, Northern Colorado, and New Mexico State

HOME RUN CHAMP
Former slugger Jeff Campbell wowed a national audience last July with an impressive performance in winning the College Home Run Derby in Omaha, Neb. Campbell, who was previously unsigned, used that as a springboard to sign with the Atlanta Braves organization, where he hit .277 with 13 RBI in 27 games with the Danville Braves (A).

FEELING DRAFTY
Follis turned his phenomenal senior season into a draft spot as the Colorado Rockies snagged him with their 28th round selection. He became the first UND player in the MLB draft since Matt Mahoney went in the 48th round of the 2000 draft.

SIGN LANGUAGE
Senior Andrew Thome will also be pursuing a professional career after signing a free agent deal with the Houston Astros after the draft. Thome finished his UND career with his name plastered all over the record book.

BRAVE NEW WORLD
Jeff Campbell became the third UND player this season to reach the professional ranks when he signed a free agent deal with the Atlanta Braves organization. Campbell used a national stage at the College Home Run Derby to garner more recognition to an already impressive collegiate career.

FOLLIS .404
Tyler Follis hit .404 in his final season on campus at UND, finishing seventh overall in batting average in all of NCAA Division I. His .404 mark was the highest of any Division I player at North Dakota and the highest since Nate Meissner hit .416 in 2007.

THREE HONORED BY LEAGUE
Jeff Campbell was named to the All-WAC First Team (OF) while Tyler Follis (SS) and Ryan Reese (1B) each picked up second team accolades at the season's end.

DO YOU RE-CYCLE?
Jeff Campbell became the first player in North Dakota's Division I era to hit for the cycle when he turned the trick in the regular season finale May 16 at New Mexico State. Campbell homered in the first then doubled to give North Dakota a huge lead. He would triple in his third at bat to set the stage in the 7th, when he singled to complete the task. He scored three runs and drove in four more in the win.

...AND THAT'S NOT ALL
Oh, and to boot, Campbell threw the final two innings in relief to earn his 11th save of the season. He did not allow a run and scattered three hits with a strikeout.

KEEP THE ERASER HANDY
Senior Tyler Follis re-wrote his own single-season mark for hits, notching 76 for the year. He also is the new hit king for a career in the program's history, tallying 240 in his four seasons.  

FOLLIS FOURSOME
Tyler Follis had a 4-for-4 night in his home finale May 12, the fourth time this season he  collected four hits in a game. He led the team with 21 multi-hit games this year and was second in the WAC with a .404 batting average.

FOUR-HIT DAYS FOR THESE GUYS, TOO
Brett Harrison got his first four-hit game of his career with a 4-for-5 effort May 15 at NMSU. Jeff Campbell made it three different UND players with four hits ina four-game span with his cycle effort a day later.

HARRISON SETTLED IN
Freshman catcher Brett Harrison picked up his first career three-hit game with three knocks at North Dakota State Apr. 22. After starting the season at .149 through 14 games, Harrison hit .374 the rest of the way to finish the season at .305.

WHACKING IN THE WAC
North Dakota led the Western Athletic Conference in team batting average with an impressive .280 clip. Two UND batters were in the top four in the league in hitting with Follis at .404 (second) and Campbell at .365 (fourth).

FOUR-K NINTH
Senior Andrew Thome pulled a rarity in a Mar. 27, 2015 win at Northern Colorado. He struck out four batters in the ninth inning to finish off his 15th career complete game and give him a career-high-tying 11 in the win.

POWER WASH
North Dakota's 6-4 win over Washington on Feb. 27, 2015 marked the school's first-ever win over a PAC-12 school. Ryan Reese's three-run blast in the 10th inning proved to be the difference as Jeff Campbell picked up the win in relief, squandering just one run over three innings.