Overview

• North Dakota State broke open the game with two-out runs in the first inning as Davis Hamilton scored on a double and Colten Becker followed with an RBI single.
• Starter Logan Knight held Kansas to three runs over 6 1/3 innings while reliever Danny Lachenmayer recorded his ninth save, combining to allow just five hits.
• Kansas starter Cooper Moore (7-3) was charged with four earned runs over five innings and the Jayhawks committed two errors in the opening frame.
• Jackson Hauge’s two-run homer in the fourth inning tied the game at 2-2, but Blake Timmons’ go-ahead RBI single reclaimed the lead for the Bison.
• North Dakota State improves to 21-33 and will face the loser of Arkansas-Creighton in another elimination game, while Kansas concludes its season with a program-high 43-17 record.