The Basics
Oral Roberts  0 – South Dakota State 4
Oral Roberts (35-21, 21-9) – North Dakota State (19-31, 13-15)
Location: Tal Anderson Field (Omaha, Nebraska)
Win: Logan Knight (4-6), Loss: Nathan Love (6-7), Save: N/A
 
OMAHA, NEB. - The Oral Roberts baseball team fell victim to a complete game shutout as they dropped the semifinal to North Dakota State by a final of 4-0.
 
Nathan Love went 6.0 innings giving up six hits, four earned runs, two walks and struck out two in the loss.
 
The Bison got the scoring going early in top of the first inning as they plated two with an RBI single and led 2-0 after an innings of play.  Later, in the third, they scored two more on a sacrifice fly and a RBI single to stretch the lead to four.
 
Those would be the only runs that would be seen all night as Oral Roberts struggled to get anything going, recording just three hits and grounding into three double plays in the evening.  Right-hander Logan Knight went the distance for the second time against ORU this season blanking the Golden Eagles. 
 
Oral Roberts will now face No. 3 Omaha in an elimination game at 4pm on Friday for a spot in Saturday's championship game with North Dakota State.  The winner of that game will have to beat the Bison twice in order to become the tournament champion.
 
Inside the Box Score 
-            ORU was shutout for the third time this season, second time against NDSU
-            The Golden Eagles grounded into three double plays and had three hits
 
Game Notes:
-            ORU's nine game conference win streak has been snapped
-            It is the first time since May 9^th where ORU has not scored at least nine runs
-            Ryan Folmar is one win away from becoming the winningest coach in Summit League history
 
 
Up Next:
The Golden Eagles take on the No. 3 seed Omaha Mavericks in an elimination game at 4pm on Friday from Tal Anderson Field in Omaha, Nebraska.
 
 
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