SIOUX FALLS. -- The University of Sioux Falls Baseball Team (0-3) will look for its first win of the season when the Cougars play four combined games against Rogers State (Okla.) (7-2) and Drury University (0-6)  at US Baseball Park in Springfield, Mo., March 2-4.

USF will open play against Rogers State at 6 p.m., on Friday. On Saturday, the Cougars will face host school Drury at 2:30 p.m., and Rogers State at 6 p.m. On Sunday, the Cougars will conclude the trip with a 2:30 p.m., match up against Drury University. Live stats will be available for the USF-Drury games.

 The Cougars opened the season with three losses to Metro State, 5-2, 14-3 and 17-8. Rogers State has opened 7-2 and own a four-game winning streak. Drury has started the season with six losses.

Inside look - Rogers State
Rogers State is located in Claremore, Okla., and a member of the Heartland Conference in NCAA DII. Led by junior infielder Zack Mann, who is hitting .447 with 11 RBI, Rogers State is raking .341 as a team with two home runs and 67 RBIs. As a team, they have a .438 on-base percentage and have limited opponents to .279. Also for the Hillcats, junior infielder Grant Farris is hitting .414 and junior infielder Blake Chiaramonte, .394. Through nine games, the Hillcats a 1.85 earned run average with two starters 2-1, including Spencer Bivens (1.08 ERA, 16 2/3 innings, 15 strikeouts) and Tim Luce (1.53 ERA, 17 2/3 innings, 16 strikeouts).

Inside look – Drury University
Drury is a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference in NCAA DII and located in Springfield, Mo. This season, the Panthers have struggled on offense with a .192 batting average. KK Daniel is hitting .333 with six hits and four RBIs while Caleb Essick is at .316. Drury has scored 18 runs with 37 hits and 16 RBIs but no home runs. To this point, the Panthers own an on-base percentage of .269 and .233 slugging mark. Opponents are hitting .323 with a .444 on-base percentage. As a staff, Drury has a 7.94 ERA, allowing 45 earned runs in 51 innings.
 
Rehwaldt earns POW honors for first time
Junior first baseman Josh Rehwadt hit .727 in the opening weekend of play (Metro State, Feb. 16-18) and picked up his first-ever Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Week honor on Feb. 20. Rehwaldt, a 6-6, 240 pound standout from Burnsville, Minn., registered eight hits in 11 at bats against Metro State. He also had two home runs, six RBIs and two runs scored. After his sizzling weekend at the dish, Rehwaldt, who was named by NSIC coaches as "Player to Watch" in the preseason, owns a 1.273 slugging percentage and a .714 on-base percentage. In a 17-8 loss to Metro State on Feb. 18, Rehwaldt had four hits in five at bats with a home run and three RBIs. He recorded three hits with two RBIs in a 14-3 loss to Metro State. In the opener, he had a hit and RBI in a 5-2 loss to the Roadrunners.

Rehwaldt, a business major at USF, has 12 career HRs, 96 RBI, 154 hits, and 88 runs in making 101 career starts. He also has 23 multi RBI games and 49 multi-hit games. A year ago Rehwaldt was named to the All-NSIC first team after ranking in top 10 in eight NSIC hitting categories. He also became USF's first-ever NCAA DII all-region player with his selection to the 2017 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) DII squad.

USF hitting .240 as a team
USF, which was picked 11th in the NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll, is led by head coach Grant Hieb, who is 19-34 in his second season with the program. The Cougars opened the season with three straight losses when they were outscored 36-to-13. Rehwaldt is hitting .727 to lead an attack that stands at .240 through three games. The Cougars have 25 hits in 104 at bats with 13 RBI, three home runs, two doubles and a triple. The Cougars own a .322 on-base percentage and are slugging .365.  Outfielder Ryan Bernardy, who hit a three-run home run in the series finale against Metro State, is hitting .364 with three RBIs, and .417 on-base percentage. Also hitting .300 is junior Jack Revier at .333 while outfielder Matthew Minnick, who was all-NSIC in 2015, has a .231 average.

Gavin leads pitching staff
On the mound, senior Dylan Gavin, who was also named by the NSIC as a preseason "Player to Watch" on USF, has a 4.26 ERA after one start. He worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs and five hits with a pair of strikeouts.  Also making starts in the opening weekend was sophomore Keenahn Coyle (0-1, 16.88 ERA, 2 2/3 innings, five earned runs, seven hits, strikeout) and freshman Brandon Roesler (11.25 ERA, 4 innings, five runs, 12 hits, strikeout). Overall, USF has a 12.00 ERA, allowing 32 earned runs and 46 hits in 24 innings. USF has 13 strikeouts and 12 walks combined as a unit.