UMC Alumni Baseball Game

CROOKSTON, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Crookston baseball team will hold an alumni game under the lights at Jim Karn Field Sat., Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. All former UMC baseball players are invited to participate in the game as the Golden Eagle alumni will take on the current UMC baseball team.

The Golden Eagles currently have 22 alumni registered to compete in the alumni game, a record for the school. Any alumnus who hasn’t already can RSVP with Jesse Jennings to be a part of the alumni game. E-mail Jesse at jenni228@crk.umn.edu or Head Coach Steve Gust at 218-281-8445 or e-mail at sjgust@umn.edu.

The game will occur after the UMC football game at 1 p.m. against Southwest Minnesota State University at Ed Widseth Field and after the UMC volleyball game at 4 p.m. versus Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The Golden Eagle baseball program is in their third season under Head Coach Steve Gust. They have ushered in a major transformation during Gust’s time at UMC going from 1-47 the year prior to 39 wins in the last two seasons. The Golden Eagles culminated last season’s 25 win season by earning a berth in the NSIC Tournament for the first time since 2001. Minnesota Crookston will look to continue to improve as they enter their third season under Coach Gust. UMC has their largest roster under Gust with 49 players currently on the roster.