Dakota State Baseball was chosen to finish sixth in the 2021 NSAA Coaches Preseason Poll that was released last week. Bellevue was a unanimous pick to finish first place, Mayville State second and Valley City State third to round out the top three. Head coach Derrion Hardie and his squad is scheduled to open their 2021 baseball season on February 12-13 in a four-game series at Avila (Missouri). The first home games for the season are slated to be held in late February. The NSAA conference season gets underway on March 26-27 with a four-game series with Valley City State at Flynn Field.