Spring sport recaps

The Bemidji State baseball team completed the 2014 season with a record of 21-22 overall and a 15-15 mark in NSIC play to finish ninth in the league standings, narrowly missing out on the NSIC Tournament. Following the season, sophomore shortstop Tyler Nelson (Hayfield, Minn.) was named All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Second Team, becoming the 16th member of the BSU baseball team to earn all-conference honors under ninth-year head coach Tim Bellew … Women’s track and field wrapped up the 2014 outdoor season at the NSIC Championships, where Jolynne Denman (So., Esko), Ciara Brewster (So., Crookston), and Brittany Koss (Fr., Grand Rapids) posted personal-bests results in their respective events to headline a group of six Beavers who recorded season-bests at the meet. Following the season, the team was selected for United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II All-Academic Team honors. Bemidji State, which carried a 3.09 cumulative team grade point average in 2013-14, was one of 105 institutions from across the country to be honored with the all-academic award … Men’s golf competed in nine events in 2013-14 and posted two top-five finishes, which included a Husky Classic team title. Led by a 77.7 stroke average from Second Team All-NSIC golfer Andrew Benson, the Beavers’ team average of 314.2 was seventh in the NSIC. Benson finished 10th at the NSIC Championship and was among the top 20 individuals at three events, which included capturing medalist honors at the Husky Classic Sept. 22-23 with a one-over-par 145 (73-72)… Women’s golf placed ninth at the 2013-14 NSIC Championships. Sophomore Olivia Knutson (Hatton, N.D.) finished the 72-hole event at +61 (349) to lead BSU and tie for 13th place individually … Led by the senior duo of Nicole Dupay (OF, Woodbury) and Megan Bergeson (IF/C, Spicer), the BSU softball team posted an 11-31 record in 2014. Bergeson and Dupay finished their collegiate careers second and third on BSU all-time games-played list, and Dupay cemented herself among the top 10 BSU players all-time in seven offensive categories, including home runs (8), runs batted in (53) and hits (102).