northernraider Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Today is opening day for college baseball which for the first time since 1901 will not include UND. No doubt it was expensive due to large rosters and frequent travel. However, if powers at be knew that UND would eventually would be in the Summit League would it have been saved? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND1983 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 It was not expensive. At all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 27 minutes ago, UND1983 said: It was not expensive. At all. Nope. About 1/4 the price of WIH. And that's without factoring in the $150,000 per year the baseball players paid UND in tuition, fees, and room and board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfan512 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 So, it was a year ago this weekend that UND almost swept #12 USC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 1 hour ago, northernraider said: Today is opening day for college baseball which for the first time since 1901 will not include UND. No doubt it was expensive due to large rosters and frequent travel. However, if powers at be knew that UND would eventually would be in the Summit League would it have been saved? If the Summit league had allowed UND to join as an affiliate member 4-5 years ago, story might have been different. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Nice write-up. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4266904-what-could-have-been No surprise these guys are having impact. Personally, I think that UND was able to recruit quality and character guys because only character guys would commit to coming to the frozen tundra of Grand Forks with its long road trips, late spring, and short home season. The deck for success at D1 is stacked against northern teams; Indiana's 2013 CWS appearance was the first for the B1G since 1984. For the northernmost teams, fuhgeddaboutit. Playing at UND meant love of the game and love for the school. Still sad to drive by Kraft on a sunny, spring day, but the U is marching on. I'd love to have seen the Hawk on an official baseball cap or jersey, though. I'd have bought one on the spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxScore Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 hours ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: Nice write-up. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4266904-what-could-have-been No surprise these guys are having impact. Personally, I think that UND was able to recruit quality and character guys because only character guys would commit to coming to the frozen tundra of Grand Forks with its long road trips, late spring, and short home season. The deck for success at D1 is stacked against northern teams; Indiana's 2013 CWS appearance was the first for the B1G since 1984. For the northernmost teams, fuhgeddaboutit. Playing at UND meant love of the game and love for the school. Still sad to drive by Kraft on a sunny, spring day, but the U is marching on. I'd love to have seen the Hawk on an official baseball cap or jersey, though. I'd have bought one on the spot. The Wallner kid at Southern Miss has a legit chance to be the national freshman of the year. Was real disappointed when he chose Southern Miss over Minnesota after UND dropped the program although there wasn't a whole lot of scholarship money left at Minnesota which probably played a role. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 On 5/14/2017 at 7:20 AM, NoiseInsideMyHead said: Nice write-up. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4266904-what-could-have-been No surprise these guys are having impact. Personally, I think that UND was able to recruit quality and character guys because only character guys would commit to coming to the frozen tundra of Grand Forks with its long road trips, late spring, and short home season. The deck for success at D1 is stacked against northern teams; Indiana's 2013 CWS appearance was the first for the B1G since 1984. For the northernmost teams, fuhgeddaboutit. Playing at UND meant love of the game and love for the school. Still sad to drive by Kraft on a sunny, spring day, but the U is marching on. I'd love to have seen the Hawk on an official baseball cap or jersey, though. I'd have bought one on the spot. With access to the Metrodome, UMn should've been better during that timeframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDvince97-01 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 22 hours ago, SiouxScore said: The Wallner kid at Southern Miss has a legit chance to be the national freshman of the year. Was real disappointed when he chose Southern Miss over Minnesota after UND dropped the program although there wasn't a whole lot of scholarship money left at Minnesota which probably played a role. Wallner is on track to be a first round pick in the 2019 MLB draft...just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Akron looks to restart baseball after not sponsoring it for a couple years. Only this time, it wouldn't be financed by Akron but by community funds. Also Akron will sponsor women's lacrosse to for Title IX purposes. http://www.gozips.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ND-fan Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Find it quite ironic that UND doesn't have men's team sport for Spring season. Will Summit Conference put any pressure on UND to bring back baseball especially when conference has minimum number of baseball schools. Also the cost for baseball should be reduced significantly with conference partners within driving distance of each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 7 hours ago, ND-fan said: Find it quite ironic that UND doesn't have men's team sport for Spring season. Will Summit Conference put any pressure on UND to bring back baseball especially when conference has minimum number of baseball schools. Also the cost for baseball should be reduced significantly with conference partners within driving distance of each other. In order to do that they would have to add/bring back a women’s sport or cut another men’s sport for Title IX. I don’t see UND bringing back baseball anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Don't you think that if the Summit really wanted UND to bring back baseball they would have made it a requirement for UND to enter the league? They will solve that issue by adding a team (when, TBD) On an unrelated note, is Men's Golf going to make it past this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Summit had its chance at UND baseball and even Northern Colorado baseball and Douple said no. So that ship has sailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 7 years after the program was cut.....UND has its first MLB player: If the program would have been around one more year, he Muckenhirn would have likely been second behind Matt Wallner who made his major league debut last season. He was originally committed to UND before the program was cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Zach Muckenhirn in his MLB debut went 1.2 in relief of struggling Max Scherzer, allowed 1 hit and no runs. Nice outing, hope to see more of him in a Mets uniform! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iramurphy Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Former UND commit Matt Walner hit walk off HR to win it for the Twins. Would have had Zach Muckenhirn and Walner at same time had they not dropped baseball. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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