Northern State University Athletics - Wolves, Bulldogs to meet in NSIC quarterfinals tonight

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Athletes of the Week

Ashley Gabler

Softball

Ashley Gabler (OF, So., Minnetonka, Minn./Benilde-St. Margarets HS) led the Wolves with a .357 batting average in six conference games this week. After struggling in two home games on Wednesday, Gabler bounced back to go 5-for-9 (.556) at the plate for the Wolves in their four-game road trip and racked up a .600 on base percentage. The sophomore drilled her second home run of the season in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader against 24th ranked Minnesota State, Mankato, breaking up the Mavericks’ shut-out bid in the process.

James Paul

Baseball

James Paul (Sr., SS, R/R, 5-8, 165, Paynesville, Minn. / Paynesville HS) led the Wolves batters with a .542 average in their 1-5 week this week. He went 13-24 with five RBI, two doubles, and four runs scored with a .625 slugging percentage and a .577 on-base percentage (1.202 OPS). The senior also earned two walks and was a perfect 2-2 on stolen base attempts.

NSU's Renee Gittings (white jersey) scored her first career goal against the Bulldogs in an Oct. 17 meeting between the two teams.

Wolves, Bulldogs to meet in NSIC quarterfinals tonight

NSU Sports Information

11/4/2009 10:26:19 AM

DULUTH, Minn. – Northern State University soccer fans and parents who are unable to attend tonight’s Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference quarterfinal tournament game at the University of Minnesota Duluth can still follow all the action via live statistics feeds and a streaming video webcast.

Live stats will be available at http://sports.umdbulldogs.com/Soccer/xlive.htm, while the webcast will be carried on the www.northernsun.tv site.

The Wolves are making their 12th straight appearance in the NSIC post-season tournament, this time as the seventh seed in the annual 8-team affair. NSU has not missed a conference tournament since the program’s inception in 1998.

Second-seeded UMD is hosting its first playoff game since the 2003 season and pits its 13-2-1 overall record (11-1-1 NSIC) against the Wolves’ 7-7-6 mark (5-4-4 NSIC) in the 6:30 p.m. match-up. The Bulldogs took a 2-1 victory over NSU earlier this season in an Oct. 17 match in Aberdeen, snapping what had been a 5-game unbeaten streak for the Wolves.

The winner of tonight's match-up moves on to the tournament semifinals, to be held at the top remaining seed following today's first-round games. Semifinal games will be held on Friday, with the championship match scheduled for Sunday.