ASHLAND, Wis. – The Northland College Baseball team will compete in two series this week, starting with the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday at 5 p.m., and finishing the week with an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference three-game series at Crown College. The LumberJacks and Polars have one game on Friday at 3 p.m., then a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.
 
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Last weekend, Northland played a three-game conference series with the University of Northwestern. The Jacks battled but could not come away with a win. In game three, Northland had a lead entering the eighth inning, but the Eagles would walk it off in the ninth to win 13-12.
 
Senior Caden Willis, after batting over .600 last week, now leads the LumberJacks with a .333 batting average with 25 hits, two doubles, two triples, and three home runs. Ridge Guyette is not far behind, batting .329. Two other student-athletes are also batting north of .300 in Jonjay Arreazola and Nathan Davison. On the mound, Ethan Boyce leads Northland with a 4.78 ERA and 24 strikeouts. Andrew Birko follows with a 6.53 ERA.
 
The Saints have a 10-13 record and are 3-6 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. In their most recent games, CSS had a doubleheader with Carleton College where they split the series, winning game one 10-0 then falling 1-2.  Jake Schelonka paces the team at .417 with a team-high 18 RBIs. Matt Forrest leads the pitch staff with a 1.69 ERA.
 
The Polars are 13-12 overall and are fifth in the UMAC with an 8-4 record. Last week, Crown was at Bethany Lutheran College, where they went 1-2 in the three-game series. In the game they won, they bested the Vikings 13-10. The Polars have five student-athletes batting over .300 with Drew Girtz leading at .380. On the mound, Ryan Vondracek has a team-low 3.47 ERA with 35 strikeouts.
 
Northland College is an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, WI. The LumberJacks and LumberJills sponsor 14 varsity sports and compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference