Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska-Kearney baseball team continues its long March home stand this weekend when the Minot State University Beavers come to town.

UNK (6-10) and MSU (2-4) will play a four-game series beginning Friday at 2 p.m. A double header, with a noon start, will be held Saturday with the finale set for Sunday at noon. Check the Loper schedule page for media links.

Minot, picked eighth out of 15 teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), split a double header with league rival Concordia-St. Paul on Monday afternoon. The games were held at U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings.

The Beavers, with eight Canadians on its roster, are coming off a 29-win season. Minot has allowed 39 runs to date while fanning 27 batters and walking just 11. At the plate, the Beavers are batting .214 in the early going with eight different players having an RBI.

Junior outfielder Michael Borst (.333, three RBI's) and junior infielder Geordie McDougall (.294, four RBI's) lead at the plate with senior right hander Justin Demary (2.57 ERA, 14.0 innings) and junior right hander Andres Hackman (4.09 ERA, 11.0 innings) the busiest pitcher.

UNK comes in batting .305 as a team and has scored the same amount of runs (129) and it has given up. Drawing six walks a game, forty percent of the Lopers hits have been doubles. The leader in that category is junior outfielder Pate Katechis (11) with three others at seven a piece.

On the mound, seven players have logged at least 10 innings led by senior stalwart Mitchell Robinson (30.0) and junior lefty Evan Hill (21.1). Right handed relievers Thomas Ruwe (eight) and Eric Sandoz (seven) are first and second, respectively, in appearances.

Another top flight MIAA squad, Missouri Southern State, is next week's opponent. The Lopers then play the first of three mid-week games vs. Northwest Missouri State (March 20).