BSB Preview: Baseball Begins Five-Game Week Against Omaha and South Dakota State

Omaha, Neb. -- For the first time during the 2026 season, Creighton Baseball will play a five-game week as the Bluejays host Omaha and South Dakota State in midweek contests before a weekend series with Sacramento State. All five contests will be played in Charles Schwab Field Omaha.

Omaha at Creighton
March 24 @ 6:00 pm
ESPN+ (Connor Happer & Jon Schriner)
Radio: 1180 AM (Gary Sharp & Jake Ryan)
Stat Broadcast

South Dakota State at Creighton
March 25 @ 6:00 pm
ESPN+ (Connor Happer & Rob Simms)
Radio: 1180 AM (John Bishop & Jake Ryan)
Stat Broadcast

Series History: Creighton leads Omaha, 65-36
Creighton and Omaha have met 101 times with the Bluejays holding a 65-36 edge. Since 2012 Creighton leads 19-9, including taking two of three last season.

Omaha (65-36)
1966 Omaha L 2-11
1966 Omaha L 4-6
1966 * Omaha L 5-6
1967 Omaha L 8-11
1967 * Omaha L 2-4
1967 Omaha L 3-7
1968 Omaha L 0-4
1969 Omaha W 8-5
1969 Omaha L 6-7
1970 Omaha L 3-6
1970 Omaha L 5-6
1971 Omaha W 3-1
1971 Omaha W 7-1
4/16/72 Omaha L 6-8
4/16/72 Omaha W 2-0
1973 Omaha L 1-3 (14)
1973 Omaha W 8-1
4/26/74 at Omaha L 0-4
4/26/74 at Omaha L 0-4
4/27/74 Omaha W 2-1
4/27/74 Omaha W 9-1
5/1/75 Omaha L 3-4
5/1/75 Omaha W 7-5
5/3/75 at Omaha L 1-8
5/3/75 at Omaha W 3-1
1977 Omaha L 2-7
1977 Omaha L 2-3
1977 Omaha W 8-7
1978 Omaha L 1-2
1978 Omaha L 5-7
1978 Omaha W 2-1
1978 Omaha W 5-4
1979 Omaha W 4-3
1979 Omaha W 8-7
1979 Omaha L 2-7
4/12/80 at Omaha L 2-3
4/12/80 at Omaha W 3-2 (8)
4/14/80 Omaha W 8-5
4/14/80 Omaha W 4-3 (8)
1981 at Omaha L 9-10
1981 at Omaha W 9-7
1981 Omaha L 2-3
1981 Omaha W 10-6
4/18/83 Omaha W 10-3
4/18/83 Omaha W 11-1
4/26/83 Omaha W 9-6
4/26/83 Omaha L 8-?
4/24/84 Omaha W 8-7
4/24/84 Omaha L 3-7
3/24/86 Omaha W 33-9
3/24/86 Omaha W 16-1
4/28/87 Omaha W 16-4
4/28/87 Omaha W 14-8
4/4/88 at Omaha W 4-3
4/27/88 Omaha W 10-0
4/4/89 at Omaha W 14-1
4/9/91 Omaha W 30-10
4/30/92 Omaha W 6-5
4/30/92 Omaha W 16-0
4/27/93 Omaha L 6-14
4/27/93 Omaha W 7-1
4/6/94 Omaha W 9-3
4/13/94 Omaha W 4-3
4/13/94 Omaha W 9-2
4/14/98 Omaha W 4-2
2/8/99 at Omaha W 10-5
4/18/00 Omaha W 15-9
2/25/01 vs. Omaha W 4-3
2/25/01 vs. Omaha W 11-5
3/20/01 Omaha W 9-8
3/6/02 Omaha W 11-1
4/1/03 ! at Omaha W 17-15
3/27/12 Omaha L 2-3
5/9/12 Omaha W 6-1
3/29/13 Omaha W 4-3
3/30/13 at Omaha W 11-4
3/31/13 Omaha L 2-4
4/22/14 Omaha L 1-4
4/21/15 Omaha W 8-2
5/17/16 Omaha W 2-1
5/9/17 at Omaha W 7-5
4/17/18 Omaha W 9-2
5/9/18 at Omaha W 10-6
5/15/18 Omaha W 8-1
4/30/19 at Omaha W 6-2
5/14/19 Omaha W 13-2
3/7/20 Omaha L 1-8
3/5/21 at Omaha W 10-3
3/6/21 at Omaha W 15-2
3/7/21 at Omaha L 2-5
3/8/22 at Omaha L 3-5
5/10/22 Omaha L 3-5
4/4/23 at Omaha L 1-4
5/16/23 Omaha W 4-2
3/12/24 Omaha W 8-7
4/9/24 at Omaha W 7-6
5/14/24 Omaha W 2-1
3/25/25 at Omaha W 10-0 (7)
4/29/25 Omaha L 5-11
5/13/25 at Omaha W 19-3 (7)
3/18/26 Omaha W 8-2
* - "W" Club Invitational (at Nebraska Wesleyan) ! - Played in Rosenblatt Stadium

Series History: Creighton leads South Dakota State, 26-5
Creighton and South Dakota State have faced off 31 times, with the Bluejays winning 26 contests. Creighton has won 12 straight and 18 of 21 games in Omaha.

South Dakota State (26-5)
1969 South Dakota State L 2-3
1969 South Dakota State L 5-8
1971 South Dakota State W 8-1
1971 South Dakota State W 7-1
3/23/91 vs. South Dakota State W 12-5
3/15/05 South Dakota State W 13-0 (7)
3/15/05 South Dakota State W 3-2 (7)
4/26/05 at South Dakota State W 13-1
3/13/07 South Dakota State L 4-13
3/25/08 South Dakota State W 9-8 (11)
3/14/09 South Dakota State W 8-2
3/15/09 South Dakota State L 2-4
3/15/09 South Dakota State W 12-3
4/28/09 at South Dakota State W 5-2
3/12/10 & vs. South Dakota State W 4-2
3/11/11 South Dakota State W 6-0
3/12/11 South Dakota State W 6-3
3/13/11 South Dakota State W 13-0
4/13/12 South Dakota State L 2-5
4/15/12 South Dakota State W 6-5
5/8/13 South Dakota State W 7-1
3/14/14 South Dakota State W 5-4 (10)
3/15/14 South Dakota State W 3-1
3/17/15 South Dakota State W 4-2
4/29/15 % vs. South Dakota State W 8-5
4/13/16 South Dakota State W 6-5 (11)
4/11/17 South Dakota State W 6-5 (11)
4/10/18 South Dakota State W 9-4
3/19/24 South Dakota State W 10-3
3/18/25 South Dakota State W 1-0
4/23/25 ^ vs. South Dakota State W 12-2 (7)
& - Metrodome Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.)
% - Played in Sioux City, Iowa
^ - Played in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Promotional Schedule
The contest with Omaha on Tuesday will be Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night!

In addition, the first 100 fans and 100 students can claim a custom CU bucket hat at the marketing table behind Section 112.

Wednesday's game with South Dakota State offers the first Camper Reunion game of the season, where all CU Baseball campers can claim discounted tickets by calling the ticket office at 402-280-JAYS. Pom-poms will be available for fans upon entry.

Scouting Creighton (9-11)
Heading into a week chock-full of home games, the Bluejays fell to 9-11 after losing all three road games to Miami. The two
final games of the series ended in eight innings, as the Hurricanes recorded a collective 26 hits over those two games, leaving Creighton to score just six runs in that time.

The closest score came in the first game, as the Bluejays and Hurricanes battled to 4-4 entering the bottom of the seventh. Though four Bluejay batters crossed home plate, a five-run seventh inning for Miami, paired with a scoreless eighth and ninth inning for Creighton, sealed the loss 9-4.

In the second game, Connor Capece provided the Bluejays with the 1-0 edge in the second inning for his first home run of the season, but Miami's response quickly turned the one-run advantage into an 11-1 loss in eight innings.

In the final game of the series, North recorded three RBI, but Creighton couldn't hold back Miami's offense, as the Hurricanes scored at least one run in all but one of eight innings, handing the Bluejays a 15-5 loss.

Over the weekend, North recorded five RBI. The graduate infielder holds a 19 RBI and 30 hits on 76 at-bats this season.

Scouting Omaha (8-13)
Omaha fell to 8-13 on the season after most recently losing a weekend series to Northern Colorado at home.

The Mavericks lost the first game 11-4 courtesy of seven combined runs in the fifth and sixth innings for the Bears. Rebounding the next day, Omaha pushed Northern Colorado to an 11-inning battle, overcoming the visiting team 12-11.

In the extra-inning thriller, Omaha's Chase Diggins came in clutch twice, scoring the tying run in the 10th to push the game to the 11th inning, then hitting a single to secure the win in the 11th.

In the deciding game, the Mavericks once again forced extra time. In the bottom of the ninth, trailing 7-3, Omaha got an RBI single, two-run single and a wild pitch to bring a runner home. This time, though, Northern Colorado gained the edge, scoring in the 10th inning and striking out the Maverick batter running home to end the game 8-7 in favor of Northern Colorado.

Diggins, a critical part of getting the mid-series win, sits at third on the team with a .301 batting average this season. Jackson Trout leads the team with a .410 batting average, recording a team-high 15 RBI.

On the mound, Sam Beck has a team-best 3.93 ERA while Maddox Mayer has 14.1 innings and a team-high 15 strikeouts under his belt for the Mavericks.

Scouting South Dakota State (7-17)
Heading into the matchup with Creighton, South Dakota most recently broke a nine-game losing streak by taking the latter two games of the series against North Dakota State.

After losing the first game 6-1, the Jackrabbits rebounded in a doubleheader the next day, scoring 24 runs and limiting North Dakota State to six in that time. Over the Saturday doubleheader, South Dakota State scored in 11 of the 16 innings.

In the first game of the afternoon, a combined seven runs over the fourth and fifth innings, plus another three tacked on in the seventh, gave the Jackrabbits the winning edge.

In that game, Luke Luskey connected on all fronts, recording five RBI, doubling and homering twice. The team finished the 13-5 victory with a season-high 15 hits.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Jackrabbits defeated the Bison in eight, helped by strong work on the mound from Sam Novotny. Novotny notched 7.2 innings where he allowed just one solo home run and five hits while collecting nine strikeouts.

One win for a career 500 for Mark Kingston
Heading into a week of home ball, Creighton baseball head coach Mark Kingston is one win away from notching his 500th career win.

The tenured coach, with 15 years of head coaching experience prior to leading the 2026 Creighton baseball squad, holds a
career 499-346-1 record, accumulated over time spent at South Carolina, South Florida, Illinois State and now Creighton.

Home Cooking
After playing just four home games in the first 20 contests, Creighton will play six straight games in the friendly confines of Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The Bluejays are 3-1 in their four home games this season.

McHugh Pushes Reached Base Streak to Double Digits
Nate McHugh is continuing his strong 2026 season as the catcher/DH enters the week hitting .341 with five home runs and 15 RBI. Over the last 10 games he has reached base in each contest, hitting .333 with and on-base percentage of .449. The Colorado native went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI last week against Omaha.

BSB Preview: Baseball Begins Five-Game Week Against Omaha and South Dakota State

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Connor Capece

Nate McHugh