Baseball Captures MIAC With 30-8 Season Behind All-American Coste
Coach Bucky Burgau's 17th season at Concordia produced a school record 30 wins, an MIAC title with a 16-4 record and a third trip to the NCAA Tournament in the past four seasons. The Cobbers finished 2nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
Chris Coste '95, Fargo, N.D., earned his third consecutive MIAC-MVP award and a third consecutive spot on the All-America team. He batted .484 and had a 7-2 record on the mound with a 1.29 ERA. Coste, who played third base when not pitching, graduates having tied or broken seven 7 Cobber career baseball records, including hitting (.442), hits (162), RBI (110), homers (19) and ERA (2.11).
Ron Litzau '95, Park Rapids, capped an outstanding career as a three year starting catcher by being named All-MIAC and first-team All-Region. Litzau hit .339 with 16 RBI and was a vital coach-on-the-field for a young pitching staff.
Jeremy Kovash '95, Moorhead, earned All-MIAC and second-team All-Region honors with his .336 hitting, 35 RBI, 4 homers and solid defense at first base. Those stats, along with his 3.68 GPA in Social Studies Education also earned him Academic All-MIAC status.
Greg Salvevold '97, Moorhead, pitched (2-0, 3.55 ERA) and hit (.362) his way to All-MIAC and second-team All-Region honors. Scott DeBrito '97, Fergus Falls, was also named All-MIAC after hitting .309 with 24 RBI & 30 runs.
Jeremy Holm '97, Fargo, N.D., was All-MIAC for his defense at second,
.289 hitting and 35 RBI. Mike Chuba '95, Upsala, hit .533 at the Midwest
regional and joined Coste on the All-Tournament Team.
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10 Jim McCormick SO 6-0 160 P Jamestown, ND 11 Josh Diebert SO 6-1 195 OF Fargo, ND 12 Mike Chuba SR 5-9 180 OF Upsala 13 Jeff Spanier JR 6-2 195 C Paynesville 14 Terry Haus JR 6-1 185 1B/3B St.Cloud 15 Chad Hinz JR 6-2 195 P Albert Lea 16 Greg Salvevold SO 6-2 190 P/3B Moorhead 17 Stuart Lang JR 6-0 180 P Slayton 18 Ron Litzau SR 5-11 160 C Park Rapids 19 Scott Kohler SO 5-8 175 P/3B Moorhead 20 Randy Razidlo SO 5-9 175 OF Waconia 23 Jeremy Holm SO 5-10 175 2B Fargo, ND 24 Scott DeBrito SO 6-0 180 SS Fergus Falls 25 Jeremy Kovash JR 6-3 215 IF Moorhead 26 Tyler Kocon SO 6-0 195 OF Coon Rapids 27 Danny Zinger JR 6-1 185 SS Coronation, AL 28 Joe Cuchna SO 5-10 180 P/IN Clarissa 29 Jason Myhre SO 6-3 230 1B Minneota 53 Chris Coste SR 6-1 200 IF/P Fargo, ND 54 Seth Stohs SO 5-9 225 IF Perham 54 Nathan Quale SO 2-1 221 P Kerkhoven
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1995 Baseball
Mt. St. Clare W 21-2
Mt. St. Clare W 10-0
Clarks
W 1-0
Clarks
W 5-0
Dordt
W 6-2
Dordt
W 9-5
Wartburg
W 9-6
Wartburg
W 8-7
UM-Morris
W 5-1
UM-Morris
W 6-3
Hamline
W 7-0
Hamline
W 9-1
St. John's
L 2-7
St. John's
W 15-2
Augsburg
W 17-2
Augsburg
W 6-0
St. Thomas
L 2-3
St. Thomas
W 1-0
St. Olaf
L 1-7
St. Olaf
W 13-8
Gustavus
W 8-3
Gustavus
L 6-7
NDSU
L 1-5
NDSU
W 4-1
Carleton
W 9-3
Carleton
W 8-1
Valley City St. L 0-3
Bethel
W 7-1
Bethel
W 7-0
UM-Crookston W 14-1
Macalester
W 14-6
Macalester
W 6-1
St. Mary's
W 2-0
St. Mary's
W 9-1
St. Thomas
W 8-3
UW-Oshkosh
L 2-4
Benedictine W 14-8
UW-Oshkosh
L 6-15
Record: 30-8
MIAC Record: 16-4 1st
Coach: Don Burgau
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1995 Individual Season Hitting Stats NAME BA AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SAC ROE SB A Marsden 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stohs .600 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 Johnson .500 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Coste .484 126 45 61 41 9 3 9 15 8 2 3 5 88 Salvevold .362 94 20 34 23 2 1 2 8 12 1 2 3 26 Litzau .339 109 26 37 16 1 1 0 16 12 2 5 3 33 Kovash .336 107 23 36 35 6 0 4 21 25 3 2 0 15 Razidlo .333 90 31 30 13 6 1 1 12 9 2 3 10 1 Zinger .324 74 17 24 15 3 1 1 11 20 4 0 9 2 Myhre .316 19 2 6 3 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 DeBrito .309 136 30 42 24 6 2 1 6 19 5 7 3 89 Holm .289 121 28 35 35 9 4 3 9 11 5 3 2 87 Deibert .268 41 10 11 9 1 1 0 3 9 0 2 1 3 Haus .243 70 12 17 7 1 1 0 16 12 1 1 0 2 Spanier .238 21 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 6 0 1 0 1 Drewes .235 81 15 19 12 2 0 2 11 9 4 1 1 0 Cuchna .125 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 Kocun .083 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 Lang .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Kohler .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Geiszler .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 TOTAL .325 1120 276 364 241 50 15 23 140 164 30 32 37 387 1995 Pitching Stats NAME W L S PCT G GS CG IP RUN ER ERA BF H 2B 3B HR BB Lang 7 0 0 .000 20 0 0 42.0 16 13 2.79 169 37 6 3 1 11 Coste 7 2 7 .778 18 4 4 56.0 12 8 1.29 207 31 5 0 3 10 Cuchna 5 4 0 .556 10 10 3 50.2 35 26 4.66 228 43 9 0 2 25 McCormick 4 1 0 .800 7 4 3 34.2 5 5 1.32 130 17 2 2 3 7 Hinz 4 0 0 .000 9 7 0 35.1 10 9 2.31 158 24 7 0 1 18 Salvevold 2 0 0 .000 7 7 1 33.0 16 13 3.55 142 25 3 1 1 19 Kohler 1 1 0 .500 7 6 0 25.1 25 20 7.17 116 23 8 2 2 11 TOTAL 30 8 7 .789 78 38 11 277.0 119 94 3.05 1150 200 40 8 13 101 NAME K K/G HBP WP BK SC Lang 26 5.6 3 2 0 1 Coste 54 8.7 7 3 0 2 Cuchna 32 5.7 11 4 1 5 McCormick 15 3.9 3 2 0 0 Hinz 21 5.4 6 2 0 1 Salvevold 25 6.8 4 4 0 5 Kohler 19 6.8 1 5 0 3 TOTAL 192 6.2 35 22 1 17
1995 MIAC Baseball
1. Concordia 16-4 30-8
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2. St. Thomas 15-5 28-13 *
3. St. Mary's 12-8 24-11
St. John's 12-8 22-13
5. Carleton 11-9 13-19
St. Olaf 11-9
25-15
7. Hamline 9-11 12-23
8. Bethel 8-12
19-23
9. Gustavus 7-13 10-20
10. Macalester 6-14 18-18
11. Augsburg 3-17 5-32
* Advanced to NCAA
Midwest Regional