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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
MIAC Race
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
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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
Baseball
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