Members of the Northern State track and field squads had a record-setting week.

Carson Barnett and Justin Jacobson both broke school records with numerous Wolves capturing first place finishes over two meets this last week.

The first school record came on the opening day of the Red Raider Open when Barnett hit 64.24m in the javelin giving him the event victory. Jacobson’s record came on the second day of the Red Raider Open winning the discus with a 51.98m throw.

Event victories for the men in the Red Raider Open came from Jacob Angerhofer in the 5000m, Sam Tremelling in the pole vault, and Joel Matehs in the 400m hurdles. For the women, event victories came from Morgan Sheldon in the 100m hurdles, Anna Skachenko in the 400m, Jordan West in the javelin, Renea Taylor in the 400m hurdles, Summer Carlson in the 800m, and from the 4x100m relay team consisting of Elisabet Osk Jonsdottir, Taylor, Skachenko, and Kyanna Collymore.

The track and field team traveled to the Mount Marty Twilight on Wednesday and left with eight event victories kicked off by Chris Weber in the 100m. Lincoln Woodring won the 800m with the 4x100m team of Drew Salfrank Weber, Peyton Mausbach and Ty Kadlec also taking home first. Sam Tremelling won the pole vault and Barnett won the javelin for the second meet in a row.

For the women, Taylor won the 100m, Carlson won the 800m again and the same 4x100m squad of Osk Jonsdottir, Taylor, Skachenko and Collymore took home gold for the second meet in a row.

The Northern State baseball team grabbed a series win against Bemidji last weekend. The Wolves kicked it off with a doubleheader win 5-3 and an 8-6 walk-off victory. In game one, the Wolves struck first on a sac fly from Nick Friedges scoring Brennan Phillips, followed up with Dillon Castellanos scoring on a wild pitch for an early 2-0 lead in the first.

Bemidji answered back in the bottom of the second to tie the game. Friedges broke the tie in the next inning with a three-run home run blast, which ended up producing the game-winning runs for the Wolves. The Beavers notched one more run in the bottom of the seventh, but that wasn’t enough as Braxton Kusler earned his second win of his freshman campaign, with Dalton Vanderloo recording the save.

In game two, it was Bemidji which struck first in the first inning before extending its lead to two in the third. The Beavers added on to their lead with three more runs to have a 6-0 lead in the fifth. The Wolves started a comeback in the seventh inning with a Friedges solo home run. In the eighth AJ Mendez scored on a sac fly from Castellanos to cut the lead down to four, setting the stage for a dramatic finish.

In NSU’s final at-bat, Mendez brought in Jack Weidner, followed by a single from Phillips scoring Dylan Soulek for a 6-4 score. Castellanos came up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs and hit a grand slam home run to win the game for the Wolves.

Bemidji State closed out the three-game series with a 10-2 victory over NSU. The two runs for the Wolves came from Soulek who scored on an error, and Friedges who scored on a sac fly from Castellanos.

Wolves baseball traveled to Minot for a midweek doubleheader, in which they split the two contests. They took game one 4-2, with Carson Zimmel securing the pitching win. The Wolves struck first on a throwing error, scoring Brennan Phillips, followed up by a sac fly which scored Soulek. The Beavers tied the game in the second inning on a two-run home run and there was no scoring until the seventh inning, when Phillips hit a go ahead two-run home run.

The Wolves dropped game two, 6-2. It was Northern which struck first in the third with a two-run home run from Drew Benson. The Wolves held the lead until the sixth when the Beavers tied it up at 2-2 and extended their lead to four in the seventh and there was no scoring for the remainder of the game.

Wolves softball was on the road as it took on Minnesota-Duluth Friday afternoon. They dropped both games 6-3 and 9-1. In game one, Duluth struck first putting up two runs and the hosts held that lead till the fifth when Kennedy Boyer scored on a double from Eden Ford, and Aune Boben scored on a sac fly from Madi Jones. The Wolves took the lead when Tevan Bryant brought in Ford, but the Wolves didn’t hold the lead for long as Duluth put up two more runs in the bottom half of the inning and another two in the sixth.

In game two, Aune Boben hit a lead-off homerun, her seventh of the year, and the only run for the Wolves. The Bulldogs answered with five runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning, two more in the second, one in the third, and one more in the fourth, ending the game in five innings.

The Wolves then traveled to St. Cloud State to take on the Huskies. They dropped both games in the doubleheader, 9-0 and 6-4. In game one, Northern only recorded three hits, one each from Boben, Ford and Jones.

In game two, the Wolves struck first with two runs from Boben and Ford. The Huskies got one run back in the second, but Tevan Bryant gained that run back on a home run in the third. SCSU tied the game in the third and it stayed 3-3 until Brooke Wolf scored on a double from Emma Owens. The Huskies ended up putting up four runs in the bottom of the sixth which was the final scoring in the game.

Coming up this week in Northern athletics, both baseball and softball will have their final games at home of the year. Baseball kicks it off with a doubleheader against Wayne State Saturday starting at noon at Fossum Field. Softball will take on Minnesota Crookston at Koehler Hall of Fame field in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Baseball will continue its series against the Wildcats Sunday at noon, with softball taking on Bemidji State at noon and 2 p.m.

Baseball will then hit the road to take on Augustana in a doubleheader Tuesday. The Northern State track and field teams will compete in the Drake Relays today and Saturday before they participate in the Marauder-Mystic Tune-up on Wednesday.

The Northern State Football team will cap off spring ball with its Maroon and Gold game Saturday morning at Dacotah Bank Stadium starting at 10 a.m.