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1984 Concordia Baseball

With an overall record of 27-8 and a conference finish at 12-5, Concordia's baseball team, coached by Don "Bucky" Burgau, had its best season ever. Beside being all-American, Co-captains Berglund and Nelson were named to the all-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tea along with Kent Kuball 85 second baseman from Mapleton, Minn.

All-Americans highlight season

Six Concordia athletes earned all-American status in baseball, tennis, and track and field this spring, the highest number of Cobbers to be so honored in a single season.

Howard Berglund '84 from Carrington, N.D., garnered two of the prized certificates in baseball and track.

Howard Berglund, who both pitched and played shortstop for the Cobbers, had a .432 batting average. In the 62 2/3 innings he pitched this year, he had 64 strikeouts and an earned-run average of 2.87.

Since baseball was his first love, Berglund hadn't planned to go out for track in college, although he had been an all-state javelin champion in high school. However, when Concordia's baseball season ended early during his junior year, he turned his attention to track, set an MIAC javelin record of 218'4" and qualified for the NCAA national meet where he placed seventh. This year, even though he didn't compete at the conference meet, he again qualified for nationals, placing sixth and earning his all-American status. A summa cum laude graduate in biology, Berglund plans to attend the University of North Dakota Medical School in Grand Forks this fall.

Mark Nelson, the Cobber's first baseman led the team in defense and offense with a .967 fielding percentage and .461 batting average. His 36 runs, 47 hits 12 doubles, three triples five home runs and 31 RBI all team highs. Nelson is a psychology major.

Roster

1984
Seniors:
Howard Berglund, Dan Hertel, John Kost, Graig Simmons, Mark Nelson, Graig Smith,
Juniors:
Tim Anderson, Ray Brekke, Kent Kuball, Graig Sawyer, Dan Solbrack,
Sophomores:
Craig Emerson, Doug Kovash, Paul Hanson, Mark Rice, John Riewer, John Stearns, Greg Toivonen,
Freshman:
Kent Amundson, Todd Larson, Doug Link, Kevin Moe, Chris Napierala, Doug Schwab, Chris Swanson,

MIAC Race

    1984 MIAC Baseball
    1. St. Olaf     16-4
    2. St. Mary's   15-5
    3. Concordia    12-5
    4. Augsburg     11-7
       Gustavus     11-7
    6. St. Thomas   12-8
    7. Hamline      9-9
    8. Bethel       6-12
    9. St. John's   6-12
    10. Macalester   4-16
    11. Carleton    1-18

Schedule

1984 Baseball
    Hamline       L 2-3
    Hamline       W 4-3
    St. John's    W 5-4
    St. John's    W 11-6
    Valley City   W 2-1
    Valley City   W 6-0
    Valley City   W 10-0
    Valley City   W 2-0
    UND           W 2-1
    UND           L 1-4
    NDSU          W 3-0
    Minot St.     W 3-2
    NDSU          L 1-2
    Minot St.     W 11-7
    Bethel        W 8-3
    Bethel        W 10-4
    Dickinson St. W 14-3
    Dickinson St. W 12-0
    Valley City   W 11-1
    Valley City   W 13-4
    St. Thomas    L 4-6
    St. Thomas    L 2-7
    St. Mary's    L 1-4
    St. Mary's    L 4-5
    Hamline       W 12-10
    Hamline       W 15-5
    Carleton      W 8-4
    St. Olaf      W 2-1
    St. Olaf      W 6-1
    St. John's    W 10-2
    St. John's    W 15-6
    Macalester    W 11-0
    Macalester    W 15-2
    Gustavus      L 2-3
    Gustavus      W 6-3

Record: 27-8

    MIAC record: 12-5 place 3rd
    Coach: Don Burgau
    Capt.
    All-MIAC

1984 Season Stats

1984 Season Stats - Hitting

Name         AB   R H 2B 3B HR SB SAC HP BB K RBI AVG
Anderson     72 10 18 4       3       1       12 12 20 .250
Berglund     81 22 35 9       4   3   1   1   15   9 24 .432
Hertel       90 16 27 7       5   2       5   11 16 27 .300
Kost         82 15 27 2           1   4   4   16 11 12 .329
Kuball      124 34 40 3   1   1 34       1   11   6 21 .323
Nelson      102 36 47 12   3   5   5   1   4   19   3 31 .461
Rice         33   5 12 2   1                    4   6   6 .364
Riewer       57 20 15 7       1      2       14   6 13 .263
Sawyer       35   2   7 1                        3   6   1 .200
Schwab       13   6   2                               5      .154
Simmons      61 10 15 2       2           2    6   9 15 .246
Smith        51 14 14 3   1       8   2       12   12 8 .275
Stearns      76 20 26 6   1   2   7   1   2   13   11 15 .342
Toivonen     57 22 25 6   2   3   3       1   15   15 14 .439
Emerson       1   5                                          .000
Degerman      9   1   1                           2          .111
Larson        2       1                                      .500
Napierala     1                                              .000

1984 Season Stats - Pitching

Name          ERA   GS CG IP    BF   1B 2B 3B HR   R    ER BB K
Berglund      2.87   9   9 62.6 266 43   5   3   6   30   20 21 64
Riewer        3.25   7   4 44.3 184 26   3   1   3   19   16 18 28
Brekke        3.48   6   2 31.0 143 20   6   0   1   18   12 18 37
Kovash        3.79   6   5 38.0 176 33   7   0   3   24   16 19 27
Swanson       0.58   4   4 31.0 127 14   4   1   0    6    2 18 28
Link          2.08   2   1 13.0   56   7   0   0   1    5    3 10 12
Solbrack      1.80   0   0   5.0   22   1   2   0   0    2    1   2   6
Lund          1.50   1   0   6.0   26   4   1   0   0    3    1   1   2

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