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Missouri Western softball shuts out Arkansas-Monticello

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The Missouri Western softball team pounded out nine hits and got a complete game shutout from junior pitcher Annalee Rubio picking up their second straight shutout defeating the Lady Miners of Missouri S&T 3-0 in the Arkansas-Monticello 5-State Classic. Western improves to 11-3 overall and will take on the North Alabama Lions at 3:00 pm closing out the day.

Rubio allowed two hits in the game with one coming in the first inning off the bat of Maggie Schroeder. Rubio struckout the final batter of the inning stranding Schroeder at third.

Western got on the board in the second with back to back hits. Taylor Anding singled and then Leah Steele blasted her first homer of the season over left center putting Western up 2-0 after two innings.

The Griffons got their third run in the third when Anding singled up the middle scoring pinch runner Erin Widrig. The Griffons had three hits in the inning.

Rubio cruised until the sixth when she gave up her second hit to Lindsey DeForest to lead off the inning. After a sac bunt by the Lady Miners advancing DeForest to second Rubio walked consecutive baters loading the bases. She then struckout the next batter and foced Missouri S&T into a fielder choice ending the threat.

Rubio struckout two of the final three Miners in the seventh evening her record at 3-3 on the season. The shutout was her first as a Griffon as she struckout eight.

Breanna Fleschner and Anding both had two hits in the contest as Western left eight on base.

The Lady Miners stranded five in the contest. On the mound Elise Kittrell went all six, giving up nine hits and three earned runs. She falls to 0-2 on the season while the Miners fall to 0-6.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcats pick up first win at Northeastern State

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The Northwest Missouri State Bearcat baseball team picked up their first win of the 2012 season Friday afternoon beating the Northeastern State Riverhawks 12-6 at Rousey Field.

Ryan Abernathy got the Bearcats (1-4, 0-0 MIAA) off to a hot start doubling down the left field line to start off the game.  Abernathy would cross the plate off of a two-out Tyler Durant single.  A wild pitch and an error would put Northwest up 2-0 in the first.

A Jon Pomatto double in the second inning would spark a three-run inning to push the Northwest lead to 5-0.

With the lead at 9-0 in the third, the Riverhawks (3-5) would answer with two runs off of starter Chris Green.

The Bearcats weren’t finished scoring as they were able to push across single runs in the fourth, fifth and ninth innings.

Northeastern State would score two runs in the fifth and eighth innings before Josh Parrish came in and collected the final four outs for Northwest.

Green earned the win for the Bearcats after allowing three hits in four innings with four strikeouts.

Krueger led a balanced Bearcat attack, finishing the day 3-for-3 with two walks.

Abernathy, Pomatto, and Cameron Bedard also had multiple hits for Northwest on their way to a season-high 12 runs scored.

“We felt like we had an outstanding week of practice and it led to being prepared for our start today,” head coach Darin Loe said.  “Our offense did a great job early and we played outstanding defense all day.”

The Bearcats will look to continue their hot play Saturday as they face Arkansas Tech followed by another match-up with Northeastern State.  First-pitch from Rousey Field is slated for 11 a.m.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Western tennis earns first win of the season against Lincoln

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The Missouri Western women’s tennis team picked up their first victory of the season in their second match of the Car City/Hyundai Classic by a score of 7-2 against the Lincoln Blue Tigers. Western is 1-2 on the season and will play the final match of the classic Saturday at noon against the Newman Jets at the St. Joseph Country Club.

Western’s opened up the match winning two of three doubles matches. Nicole Kerr and Katie Field picked up a victory over Kamaria Brave and Jasmine Daniel by a score of 8-3 in No. 2 doubles while Erin Ward and Alecia Jenkins won 8-0 over Victoria Banks and Gabrielle Quinn in No. 3 doubles.

In singles competition the Griffons won five of the six matches with Ceara Boldridge, Kayla Dysart, Erin Ward and Katie Field all winning in straight sets. Field won No. 6 singles by a scores of 6-0, 6-0 over Banks while Dysart won No. 3 singles 6-0 and 6-1 over Brave. Boldridge won 6-0, 6-2 against Alina Katrevich while Erin Ward won 7-5 and 6-1 against Daniel in No. 4 singles.

In No. 1 singles Nicole Kerr showed some determination fighting back winning set two 6-2 and the third set tie breaker 10-8 after losing the first set 6-2 against Camila Araujo. The Blue Tigers fall to 0-2 with the loss.

Missouri Western 7, Lincoln University 2
Feb 24, 2012 at St. Joseph, Mo. (Tennis and Swim Club)

Singles competition
1. Kerr,Nicole (MWSU) def. Araujo,Camila (LU) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8
2. Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) def. Katrevich,Alina (LU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) def. Brave,Kamaria (LU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Ward,Erin (MWSU) def. Daniel,Jasmine (LU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Quinn,Gabrielle (LU) def. Jenkins,Alecia (MWSU) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9
6. Field,Katie (MWSU) def. Banks,Victoria (LU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Araujo,Camila/Katrevich,Alina (LU) def. Boldridge,Ceara/Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) 8-4
2. Kerr,Nicole/Field,Katie (MWSU) def. Brave,Kamaria/Daniel,Jasmine (LU) 8-3
3. Ward,Erin/Jenkins,Alecia (MWSU) def. Banks,Victoria/Quinn,Gabrielle (LU) 8-0

— MWSU Sports Information —

Northwest softball wins two at Five State Classic

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The Northwest Missouri State softball team earned its first wins of the season on Friday as they took a 4-0 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State and a 9-8 win from Missouri S&T at the Arkansas-Monticello Five State Classic.

The Bearcats saw their record climb to 2-4 on the young season and have a chance to get back to .500 on Saturday. Northwest continues action in Bentonville as they open Saturday with University of Illinois-Springfield at 12:30 p.m. before closing the day against Rockhurst at 3 p.m.

In the second game of the day the Miners took the early lead adding four runs in the top of the first, but Northwest battled back with three runs in the bottom half. Kayli Schurman blasted a three-run homer for her only hit of the game pulling Northwest within one.

The Bearcats tied the game up on a Miner throwing error in the bottom of the second as Jordan Gadbois scored the first of her three runs in the game. Gadbois added two hits in the afternoon game.

Northwest would break the game open in the fourth when Josie Van Houten and Angela Wright each singled home runners for their only RBIs. The third run of the inning was aided by an S&T error putting Northwest up 7-4.

In the bottom of the fifth the Bearcats added two more runs, which proved to be more than just insurance runs.

The Miners would rally in the top half of the sixth as they finally chased Northwest starter Abbie Vitosh. Vitosh was responsible for all eight Miner runs and 12 hits as she struck out three.

Morgan Brunmeier entered with the bases loaded only allowing one hit. However, the one base hit pulled the Miners within a run at 9-8. From there Brunmeier would close the door not allowing a base runner and picking up her first save of the year in two innings of work.

In the Bearcats first game of the day Northwest took a shutout win over Oklahoma Panhandle State, 4-0. Stats from the day’s first game were not available.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Chiefs sign defensive back Jacques Reeves

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The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Friday that the club has signed free agent defensive back Jacques Reeves. He has six years of NFL experience with the Houston Texans (2008-09) and Dallas Cowboys (2004-07).

Reeves (5-11, 188) has seen action in 88 games (35 starts) with 164 tackles (146 solo), six interceptions returned for 145 yards, 45 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. He has 25 career special teams tackles and has returned 13 kickoffs for 199 yards (15.3 avg.).

Reeves played in 28 games (21 starts) during his two seasons with Houston, totaling 77 tackles (69 solo) with five interceptions returned for 127 yards, including one TD, 26 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. In 2008, he started all 16 games and recorded 49 tackles (46 solo) with a career-best four interceptions returned for 108 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown, 19 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

During his first four NFL seasons with Dallas, Reeves played in 60 games (14 starts) with 87 tackles (77 solo), an interception, 19 passes defensed, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. He became a starter in 2007, registering a career-high 60 tackles (52 solo).

He saw action in all 49 games during his collegiate career at Purdue (2000-03), totaling 140 tackles, seven interceptions, 17 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He also competed as a sprinter for Purdue’s track team.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

Royals agree to terms with Escobar and Giavotella

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The Kansas City Royals have announced that the club has agreed to terms on 2012 Major League contracts with infielders Alcides Escobar and Johnny Giavotella.  Consistent with club policy, terms of the contracts were not disclosed.

The Royals now have three unsigned players on the 40-man roster with zero to three years of service time: right-handed pitcher Vin Mazzaro; left-handed pitcher Danny Duffy and catcher Salvador Perez.

The Royals first full squad workout for the 2012 campaign will take place tomorrow afternoon in Surprise, Ariz.  The Spring Training opener is on Sunday, March 4 against the Texas Rangers at 1:05 p.m. CT.

— Royals Media Relations —

Griffon falter late again and lose to Central Missouri

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The Central Missouri men got hot late, took its first lead of the game with under four minutes to play and erased an otherwise great performance by the Griffon men in a 74-68 victory at the MWSU Fieldhouse.

The loss dashed any hopes the Griffons (8-17, 3-16) had of making the MIAA Tournament and moved the Mules (18-7, 14-5) into a three-way tie atop the MIAA standings with Missouri Southern and Northwest Missouri. It was the 11th time this season the Griffons have ended a game within two posessions, and the seventh loss of six points or less.

Dominique Long put the Mules ahead 61-60 with his second free throw with 3:46 remaining. Boo Hunter scored seven points in the final two and a half minutes, including a three that put Central up by four, and a layup that extended the lead to five.

The Griffons shot just under 45 percent from the field on the night, and narrowly outrebounded the Mules, 31-27. Central shot 65 percent from the field in the second half, to average 53 percent for the game.

Lavonte Douglas recorded his sixth double-double of the season with a 21-point, 11-rebound performance. TJ Johnson chipped in with 13 points and seven rebounds and Justin Reid added 11 points.

Western opened with stingy defense and hot shooting from Douglas. The Griffons forced eight Mule turnovers in the first frame, scoring eight points off the UCM giveaways. Douglas led all scorers at the break with 14 points on 7-9 shooting from the field and pulled down six first half rebounds.

Western shot 45 percent from the field in the first half, holding the Mules to 35 percent from the field. The Griffons were also effective on the offensive glass, pulling down eight rebounds and scoring 12 second chance points. UCM benefited from 11-14 shooting from the free throw lines to go into the locker room down 32-23. The nine point halftime lead was the Griffons largest since Jan. 30, when they led Fort Hays by 10 at the break. The Tigers outscored Western by 14 and went on to win 62-58.

Southwest Baptist comes to the fieldhouse for Senior night Saturday at 7:30. Western will honor seniors TJ Johnson, Lavonte Douglas and Deionta Mitchell.

— MWSU Sports Information —

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