2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team
The 2022 North Dakota State Bison baseball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bison played their home games at Newman Outdoor Field adjacent to NDSU's campus. The team was coached by Tyler Oakes in his 1st season as head coach at NDSU. Oakes had been associated with NDSU Baseball since December 2013. The Bison claimed their first Summit League Regular season title during the season, winning every conference series played. The Bison entered the Summit League tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. They lost to Omaha to start the tournament, then beat South Dakota State to advance to the semifinals, before falling to Omaha yet again to be eliminated from the tournament. NDSU finished the season with a 31-19 record and a 17-5 record in the Summit League, the second of which is their best for the program since entering Division I. Previous season The Bison finished last season 42-19 and 20-11 in Summit League play. This led them to the Summit League tournament where they won; beating Omaha and Oral Roberts to advance to their second NCAA tournament berth since entering Division I. It was their first conference tournament title since 2014. NDSU entered the NCAA tournament as the four seed in the Stanford Regional. The Bison lost to number 7 overall seed Stanford before winning their first NCAA Division I Tournament game against regional three seed Nevada. NDSU was eliminated from the tournament when they lost to number 17 overall seed UC Irvine. Personnel Roster {| class="toccolours" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;" ! colspan="9" style="" |2022 North Dakota State Roster |- | width="03" | | valigh="top" | Pitchers 16 - Nolan Johnson - Freshman 18 - Jake Drew - Senior 22 - Hayden Style - Sophomore 24 - Evan Sankey - Senior 25 - Riley Johnson - Senior 27 - Ben Smith - Junior 28 - Tyler Kliniske - Junior 30 - Reese Ligtenberg - Freshman 31 - Max Loven - Junior 32 - Andrew Baumgart - Freshman 35 - Leland Wilson - Freshman 37 - Jaxon Edwards - Freshman 38 - Shea Zetterman - Junior 40 - Tristen Roehrich - Junior 44 - Skyler Riedinger - Freshman |width="15"| |valign="top"| Catchers 5 - Logan Williams - Senior 7 - Will Busch - Sophomore 15 - Bennett Freiter - Freshman Infielders 2 - Peter Brookshaw - Junior 3 - Noah Dehne - Sophomore 9 - Garret Hill - Sophomore 12 - Drew Grindahl - Sophomore 13 - Druw Sackett - Junior 17 - Zach Kluvers - Freshman 26 - Carson Hake - Sophomore |width="15"| | valign="top" | Outfielders 1 - Terrell Huggins - Junior 6 - Calen Schwabe - Senior 19 - Cadyn Schwabe - Sophomore 20 - Chase Nett - Sophomore Utility 4 - Charley Hesse (INF/OF) - Senior 8 - Caden Edwards (P/INF) - Freshman 10 - Cade Feeney (P/INF) - Sophomore 11 - Brock Anderson (UTIL/P) - Junior 14 - Wyatt Nelson (P/OF) - Sophomore 33 - Hunter Koep