2/9/2010 - HEADLINES Sander earns NSIC Pitcher of the Week honors

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ST. PAUL, Minn.  -- Junior Ryan Sander (St. James, Minn.), Bemidji State University right-hander/first baseman, has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Pitcher of the Week by the NSIC office, for his efforts in a 2-2 opener to begin the 2010 season. The award is the first of his career and he is the first BSU pitcher to earn the award since Chad Schwegel received the honor on May 7, 2007.

Sander hurled six-innings of shutout baseball against University of Minnesota, Crookston to open the 2010 season, Feb. 5 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, giving-up just three hits in a 7-0 victory. He had a no-hitter going through four innings, retiring 12-of-13 batters. The lone baseman reached on a fielding error. He gave-up just one hit in each of the final three innings, all of which were singles. Sander fanned five batters, while giving-out two free passes.

Sander started at first base for the other three games last weekend, batting .375 (3-for-8). He went 2-for-2 in game two of the double-dip with UMC, recording two RBI, knocking in the go-ahead and eventual game-winning run in the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly to right field. He also had a double in the game. In the field, Sander recorded 18 putouts and three assists, while committing zero errors.

The BSU baseball team went 2-2 to open the 2010 campaign, downing UMC, 7-0 and 8-4, Feb. 5 before falling to Rockhurst University, 6-2 and 5-4, Feb. 6. The Beavers have a weekend off before traveling back to Metrodome for a four-game series with Northern State University in a nonconference tilt Feb. 21-22.

Bemidji State University, located in Bemidji, Minn., is an NCAA Division II institution and a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

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