ATHLETICS
Single-game football, volleyball tickets go on sale Thursday
Single-game tickets for the upcoming UND football and volleyball seasons will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased through undsports.com/tickets or stopping by the box office at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
The home opener for the UND football team is slated for Aug. 29 at 7:05 p.m. against Valparaiso and the 2013 home schedule features seven home games, including four against preseason top 10 teams South Dakota State, Montana, Montana State and Eastern Washington.
The UND volleyball team will host the UND Classic on Aug. 30-31 at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The UND Classic will feature games against Texas A&M, Iowa State and South Dakota State. UND's 2013 home volleyball schedule also features games against North Dakota State and the entire Big Sky Conference.
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Single-game tickets for football start at $15 per adult ticket and $10 for a youth ticket. Volleyball single-game tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for youth.
BASEBALL
UND announces staff promotions
The UND baseball program announced Monday assistant coach J.C. Field has been elevated to associate head coach while assistant coach Brian DeVillers adds recruiting coordinator to his job title.
"They have worked really hard through our transition to Division I and have been a major factor in getting the caliber of kids in our program that led us to our first winning season last year," UND baseball coach Jeff Dodson said.
Field, who is going into his sixth season at UND, serves as the primary hitting and catching coach, as well as the team's third base coach. Last season, UND led the Great West Conference in hitting with a .292 clip.
Field graduated in 2006 from the University of Missouri, where he helped guide the Tigers to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances.
DeVillers, a former UND standout, begins his seventh season as an assistant coach at his alma mater. Prior to joining the UND coaching staff, the third baseman was a two-time all-North Central Conference selection (2001 and 2003). He ranks in the top 10 on UND's all-time list in runs (10th, 127), triples (seventh, 5), home runs (tied for sixth, 31), runs batted in (seventh, 136), total bases (sixth, 297), and walks (sixth, 84).
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A Grand Forks native and Red River High School graduate, he was an honorable mention USA Today All-American in 1999. That same year he helped lead the Grand Forks Royals to the state American Legion championship, while setting single season and career records in home runs and RBIs.
-- Herald staff reports
