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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, February 28
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Photo by: Bob Solorio
JACKS GET BACK IN WIN COLUMN AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS
2/28/2026 9:21:00 PM | Baseball
CONWAY, Ark. — Sam Schlecht put together his second consecutive strong start and the Jackrabbit offense executed in multiple ways to score runs as South Dakota State came away with an 8-5 victory over Central Arkansas in nonconference baseball action Saturday afternoon at Bear Stadium.
With their third win in their last four games, the Jackrabbits improved to 4-6 overall. UCA dropped to 6-5 on the season.
SDSU never trailed in leveling the three-game weekend series, opening the scoring in the top of the second on a two-out, two-run double down the left-field line by Nic Werk that plated both Carter Taylor and Luke Wroblewski.
The Jackrabbit lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth inning, when Dayton Franke led off with a single and later scored on a groundout off the bat of Wroblewski.
Schlecht, meanwhile, took a shutout into the sixth inning as he completed five scoreless frames for the second consecutive start. After allowing only two hits and walking one batter through the first five innings, the senior right-hander surrendered two extra-base hits in the bottom of the sixth — a double by Zeb Allen and two-run home run by Landon Carter — as UCA drew to within 3-2.
In improving to 2-1 on the season, Schlecht struck out seven.
The Jackrabbits would respond with runs in each of the final three innings, starting with a three-run top of the seventh that was aided by a pair of UCA miscues. After Nate Wachter doubled with one out, Luke Luskey reached on an error, with Wachter later scoring on a groundout by Franke. A throwing error later in the error allowed Franke to score and Taylor came across with the final run of the inning on the back end of a double steal.
SDSU upped its lead to 7-2 by manufacturing a run in the eighth as Wroblewski led off with a single, moved to second on a bunt by Werk and scored on a base hit by Owen Siegert.
UCA trimmed the deficit with a three-run bottom of the eighth. The Bears loaded the bases without a hit against Jackrabbit relievers Drew McDowell and Tristan Augedahl. Jack Runsick drove in the first run of the inning with a single, with another run scoring on a passed ball before a sacrifice fly plated the final run.
Augedahl ended the rally with his second strikeout of the inning, then added two more strikeouts in a scoreless ninth to close out the Jackrabbit victory.
SDSU, which capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly by Taylor in the ninth, finished with an 11-5 advantage in hits, including two each by Siegert, Franke and Wroblewski. Allen and Carter each posted two hits for UCA.
ON DECK
The decisive game of the three-game series is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday.
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With their third win in their last four games, the Jackrabbits improved to 4-6 overall. UCA dropped to 6-5 on the season.
SDSU never trailed in leveling the three-game weekend series, opening the scoring in the top of the second on a two-out, two-run double down the left-field line by Nic Werk that plated both Carter Taylor and Luke Wroblewski.
The Jackrabbit lead grew to 3-0 in the fourth inning, when Dayton Franke led off with a single and later scored on a groundout off the bat of Wroblewski.
Schlecht, meanwhile, took a shutout into the sixth inning as he completed five scoreless frames for the second consecutive start. After allowing only two hits and walking one batter through the first five innings, the senior right-hander surrendered two extra-base hits in the bottom of the sixth — a double by Zeb Allen and two-run home run by Landon Carter — as UCA drew to within 3-2.
In improving to 2-1 on the season, Schlecht struck out seven.
The Jackrabbits would respond with runs in each of the final three innings, starting with a three-run top of the seventh that was aided by a pair of UCA miscues. After Nate Wachter doubled with one out, Luke Luskey reached on an error, with Wachter later scoring on a groundout by Franke. A throwing error later in the error allowed Franke to score and Taylor came across with the final run of the inning on the back end of a double steal.
SDSU upped its lead to 7-2 by manufacturing a run in the eighth as Wroblewski led off with a single, moved to second on a bunt by Werk and scored on a base hit by Owen Siegert.
UCA trimmed the deficit with a three-run bottom of the eighth. The Bears loaded the bases without a hit against Jackrabbit relievers Drew McDowell and Tristan Augedahl. Jack Runsick drove in the first run of the inning with a single, with another run scoring on a passed ball before a sacrifice fly plated the final run.
Augedahl ended the rally with his second strikeout of the inning, then added two more strikeouts in a scoreless ninth to close out the Jackrabbit victory.
SDSU, which capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly by Taylor in the ninth, finished with an 11-5 advantage in hits, including two each by Siegert, Franke and Wroblewski. Allen and Carter each posted two hits for UCA.
ON DECK
The decisive game of the three-game series is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday.
NOTES
- UCA leads the all-time series, 10-4
- Jackrabbit third baseman Nolan Grawe reached base safely for the 26th game in a row, dating back to last season, after a seventh-inning single
- Augedahl has tallied 15 strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings pitched so far this season
- After giving up double figures for runs in each of the first five games of the season, Jackrabbit pitchers have allowed a total of 22 runs over the last five contests
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schlecht, Sam (2-1)
L: MEELER, CADEN (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Wachter, Nate 1 ; Taylor, Carter 1 ; Werk, Nic 1
RBI: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Franke, Dayton 1 ; Taylor, Carter 1 ; Wroblewski, Luke 1 ; Werk, Nic 2
SH: Jones, Luke 1 ; Werk, Nic 1
SF: Taylor, Carter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wachter, Nate 1 ; Evenson, Luke 1 ; Franke, Dayton 2 ; Taylor, Carter 2 ; Wroblewski, Luke 2
CS: Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Vogt, Jaren 1
HBP: Luskey, Luke 1 ; Taylor, Carter 2
Batting:
2B: ALLEN, ZEB 1
HR: CARTER, LANDON 1
RBI: RUNSICK, JACK 1 ; CARTER, LANDON 2 ; GWYN, PARKER 1
SF: GWYN, PARKER 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SLOAN, JAYDEN 1 ; NEGRE, NATE 1 ; ALLEN, ZEB 2 ; CARTER, LANDON 1
HBP: ALLEN, ZEB 1
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