BEMIDJI, Minn. – The Bemidji State University Baseball team gets its 2023 season underway this weekend and will travel to Springfield, Ill., to face No. 12 University of Illinois Springfield for a pair of doubleheaders Saturday, Feb. 25 and Sunday. Each doubleheader between the Beavers and Prairie Stars will begin at 11:00 a.m. CT.
 
Live broadcast for each game can be found here and live stats can be followed here.
 
Bemidji State officially opens its 2023 season looking to improve on the 2022 season where it went 6-40 and 3-29 in conference play. The Beavers were picked to finish 15^th in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll with junior Jack Munson and Will Lavin were tabbed as the Beavers' Preseason Player and Pitcher to Watch, respectively.
 
The Beavers return 15 letterwinners from the 2022 season and 18 newcomers will make their debuts for the Beavers in the upcoming season.
 
The Prairie Stars are seven games into their season already and are 4-3 after the first two weekends. This weekend's series will be the home opener for UIS as it spent the first two weekends on the road at No. 16 Lenoir-Rhyne University and won all three games at the MIAA/GLVC Crossover hosted by Missouri Western State University.
 
The Prairie Stars are led at the plate by Asher Bradd who is batting .500 with 15 hits, three doubles and three RBI through seven games. On the mound, Chad Saner paces the team with 10 innings pitched and is 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA and 13 strikeouts.
 
For more information on the Bemidji State baseball program, follow the Beavers on Twitter (@BSUBeaversBase), like them on Facebook (facebook.com/BSUBeavers) and follow them on Instagram (@BSUBeaversBase).
 
Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).

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