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Northwest softball wraps up weekend with split

Posted on March 22, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State softball team wrapped up play at the MWSU Apple Market Classic with a split on Sunday in St. Joseph, Mo.

The Bearcats jumped out to an early lead and held on to defeat Concordia-St. Paul, 8-7, and then Northern State held the Bearcats to four hits in the second game, defeating Northwest 4-0.

The Bearcats head into spring break with a 9-13 record.

In game one, Rebecca Maher reached base three times and scored two runs from the leadoff spot, while Stephanie Mark finished 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored.

Jessica Rawie clubbed a pair of doubles, driving in two runs, Kendle Schieber drove in two runs on three singles and Torri Blythe scored three runs after finishing 2-for-3 at the plate.

Sarah Baldwin made the start for the Bearcats, surrendering two earned runs on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings pitched. The junior tallied two strikeouts and one walk.

Paige Blythe came in to throw the final 2 2/3 innings, earning the win after scattering three hits and giving up one run.

In game two, Kendle Schieber struck out 10 Wolves batters over 6 1/3 innings while giving up three earned runs on six hits. Schieber’s performance was the first double-digit strikeout effort for the Bearcats in over two years (Jenna Creger, 3/15/13). The junior added a single at the plate.

Torri Blythe singled in the first and stole her 10th base of the season, while Cassidy Lee and Rebecca Maher also added singled for the Bearcats.

Northwest Missouri State will travel to Liberty, Mo. on Wednesday for a mid-week doubleheader against William Jewell. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —

MWSU women’s golf sits in 6th after first day of Holiday Inn Express Invite

Posted on March 22, 2015March 22, 2015

St. Joseph, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s golf team opened its spring season with the Holiday Inn Express Central Region Invitational on their home course Sunday at the St. Joseph Country Club.

Missouri Western is currently placed sixth out of the 15 teams at the tournament.

The Griffons as a team shot a 327 while Arkansas Tech currently leads the field with a team score of 307 in their opening round.

MWSU’s Celine Lim is tied for the tournament low, scoring a 75 in her first round on Sunday. Madison Romjue and Amber Chivington were finished second and third on the team scoring a 82 and 84, respectively.

The 2015 MWSU/Holiday Inn Express Invitational will conclude tomorrow begin at 10 a.m. Monday morning.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Griffons take two from No. 21 Washburn

Posted on March 21, 2015

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western baseball team picked up a pair of wins over No. 21 Washburn with a doubleheader sweep of the Ichabods in Topeka Saturday. The Griffons came back to take game one, 6-4 and lit up the scoreboard late in an 11-1 win in game two.

GAME 1: MWSU 6, #21 Washburn 4

The Griffons rallied, scoring three in the sixth with two outs to take game one of the doubleheader, 6-4.

Trevor LaHonta drove in the first run of the inning with a double to left center that brought Dylon Koch home. The next batter was Ryan Degner, who drove in two with a double of his own to left center. Degner finished the day 3-4 with three RBIs, one run scored, a double and a home run. He put the Griffons up 1-0 in the first on a solo shot to left. David Glaude made it 2-0 in the first with a sacrifice fly that brought Cody Childs home.

Washburn answered with three in the bottom half of the inning and Mitch Thorman tied the game at three in the third with an RBI single. A solo home run in the third put Washburn up 4-3 before the Griffons’ two-out rally in the sixth. David Anderson picked up the win in relief, and Mike Calimeno earned his second save of the year. Childs and Yeager each picked up two hits in the game.

GAME 2: MWSU 11, #21 Wasburn 1

The Griffons used six runs in the fifth and three runs in the sixth to blow open what had been a close game through the first four innings.

Up 2-0 headed in the fifth, MWSU took advantage of Washburn miscues early in the inning. After singling to lead off the inning, Dylon Koch advanced to second, then third on wild pitches with Yeager at the plate. Yeager would walk and the next batter, LaHonta, was hit by a pitch that loaded the bases for Degner. The senior roped a double down the left field line that brought Koch and Yeager home to put the Griffons up 4-0. David Glaude made it 5-0 on an RBI single and Cosimo Cannella brought in the sixth run with a sacrifice fly to right. Koch would bat again in the inning and put the Griffons up 8-0 with a single up the middle.

Missouri Western tacked on three more on a two-RBI single from Childs and an RBI single from Cannella in the sixth to go up 11-0. Missouri Western tallied 14 hits, with only two players not getting one in the game. Banks Born pitched all seven innings, moving to 3-0 on the year after allowing just one run on five hits. Thorman went 3-4 and Koch was 3-4. Cannella, Glaude and Degner each picked up two hits in game two.

The wins moved Missouri Western’s record to 16-8 on the year and 11-4 in the MIAA with a chance to grab another from the Ichabods tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Topeka.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcats split doubleheader with Fort Hays State

Posted on March 21, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team split a Saturday doubleheader with Fort Hays State at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.

Northwest won the first game 8-3 but dropped the nightcap, 10-5.

The Bearcats are now 11-12 overall and 8-7 in MIAA play. Fort Hays State is now 4-16 on the year and 4-11 in conference action.

In game one, Paul Johnson was 3-for-4 on the day, collecting an RBI and three runs scored. He hit his first two triples of the season.

Nick Gotta reached safely three times, drawing a walk while going 2-for-3 from the plate, while Kolby Greenslade scored a pair of runs for Northwest, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Joseph Hietpas got the win, going 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.

In game two, Johnson was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored, while Meyer was 2-for-4 with a run scored and Gotta was 2-for-4 with his seventh double of the season. He had two RBI and scored a run.

Northwest used five pitchers on the day. Brad Roberts picked up the loss, going 2.2 innings, allowing four runs on six hits. Only three of the runs were earned.

The Bearcats and the Tigers conclude the four-game series Sunday afternoon with a nine-inning contest scheduled for noon at Bearcat Field.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Missouri Western softball wins two more to push win streak to 10

Posted on March 21, 2015

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western softball team stretched its win-streak to 10 games, defeating Concordia University-St. Paul and No. 24 Augustana on the second day of the Apple Market Classic Satuday. The wins improved the team to 19-9 on the year.

GAME 1: MWSU 10, Concordia-St. Paul 1 (6 innings)

Missouri Western belted 16 hits, including three home runs to back up a solid performance from Shyanne Saladino to win the team’s ninth straight game.

Tiffany Gillaspy put MWSU up 1-0 in the first with a solo home run to right. Paige Shifflett drove in one more in the first with an RBI single. Already up 4-0 in the fourth, Tiffany Gillaspy hit her second home run of the game, this time a two-run shot that gave MWSU a 6-0 lead. Concordia added one in the sixth but Emilie Laliberte drove in one on a groundout in the sixth and Brooke Schaben ended the game in the sixth with a three-run home run to left.

Gillaspy finished 2-4 with three driven in and two runs scored. Morgan Rathmann and Sydney Washington both when 3-4. Schaben was also 2-4 with three driven in and two runs scored. Saladino moved to 10-4 on the year. She struck out six and walked just one in six innings, while allowing four hits.

GAME 2: MWSU 4, #24 Augustana 1

Kailey Green went 3-3 at the plate, driving in three of the Griffons’ runs as the team took its second game of the year from Augustana and pushed its win streak to 10 games.

Green drove in her first in the second on a solo home run down the left field line. She picked up another RBI in the third on a single to left center that put MWSU up 3-0. In the fifth, she made it 4-0 with another RBI single. Janie Smith allowed just four hits and one run and moved to 9-5 with the win.

Gillaspy added to her impressive day, going 2-3 with two runs scored. Katie Klosterman also went 2-3. After winning the first four of the Apple Market Classic, MWSU will play host to Wayne State College at 11 a.m., Sunday, and No. 14 Winona State at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Mizzou’s Houdashelt win wrestling national championship; Tigers finish 5th

Posted on March 21, 2015March 21, 2015

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt tallied a thrilling 3-1 SV1 decision victory over No. 3 David Habat (Edinboro) Saturday evening at Scottrade Center, becoming the fifth individual and sixth overall National Champion in Mizzou wrestling history.

The O’Fallon, Mo. native outscored his five opponents 30-3 this week at the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Two of those wins came by major decision shutouts, while the other three victories came by decision.

Tonight marked Houdashelt’s first career National Championship. After finishing sixth in 2013 and fifth in 2014, the redshirt senior’s 2014-15 season proved to be his breakthrough campaign.

Houdashelt also becomes just the third grappler in program history to accumulate three or more All-American honors in their careers. He now joins Ben Askren (four-time AA, 2004-07) and Max Askren (three time AA, 2007-10) in the exclusive club.

The final resume for Houdashelt at Mizzou is one for the records books. He leaves a four-time conference champion (2012 Big 12, 2013-2014-2015 Mid-American Conference), making him the only individual in Mizzou wrestling history to accomplish that feat.

Further personal accolades include ending his career with 134 wins, putting him at third place in the Mizzou wrestling all-time wins list. He also leaves Columbia, Mo. with a .854 career winning percentage (fifth place), and 39 career major decisions which is the most in Tiger wrestling history.

As the last competitor for the Tigers this week, Houdashelt’s win locked up a fourth place team finish with 73.5 points. This year’s NCAA Championships team score is the best finish for Mizzou since 2006-07.

The 2006-07 Mizzou squad finished in third at NCAA’s which still stands as the highest final standing in program history. In all, the 2014-15 NCAA Championships finish of fourth place is the sixth all-time top-10 finish in Mizzou wrestling postseason history.

Check-in to MUTigers.com for the latest information on all things Mizzou wrestling. You can also find the Tigers on social media, by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter (@MizzouWrestling).

2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships Final Team Standings

1) Ohio State – 102.0
2) Iowa – 84.0
3) Edinboro – 75.5
4) Missouri – 73.5
5) Cornell – 71.5

— MU Sports Information —

Northwest softball drops two games in St. Joe Saturday

Posted on March 21, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State softball team lost two non-conference games on Saturday at the MWSU Apple Market Classic in St. Joseph, Mo.

The Bearcats lost to No. 14 Winona State 3-2 and dropped their second game of the day against Wayne State by a score of 4-1.

Northwest falls to 8-12 on the season.

In game one, Ashley Wilcoxson finished with her first multi-hit game of the season after slapping a pair of singles, Kendle Schieber crushed her first home run of the year in the fifth inning and Stephanie Mark reached base on two base hits and also stole her first bag as a Bearcat.

Sarah Baldwin started the game for Northwest, giving up two earned runs on five hits over six innings. The junior tallied 15 ground ball outs, compared to just one fly ball.

In game two, Abbie Vitosh started in the circle for the Bearcats, giving up four runs on eight hits across four innings to take the loss.

Ashley Wilcoxson drove in her first run in a Bearcat uniform on a single in the second inning, while Jessica Rawie scored the lone run for Northwest.

The Bearcats will wrap up play in St. Joseph, Mo. when they face off against Concordia-St. Paul and Northern State on Sunday. The doubleheader begins at 11 a.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffons drop series opener at No. 21 Washburn 3-2

Posted on March 20, 2015

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western baseball team rallied on Friday but came up short as they lost their 4-game series opener at No. 21 Washburn 3-2.

The Griffons fell behind 3-0 but added two in the seventh, then left two on base in the eighth to drop their record to 14-8 overall and 9-4 in the MIAA.

The 21st ranked Ichabods got one run home in the first on a wild pitch then added two in the third on an RBI single and an RBI double. Grant Woods exited after the third; giving up three earned runs on four hits and wialking two, while striking out three. Weston Caindec entered in relief and shut the door on the Ichabods for the next five innings. Caindec allowed five hits, while striking out six and walking two.

Cosimo Cannella put the Griffons on the board in the seventh, driving Mitch Thorman home with a single to left. Later in the inning, Andrew Ramirez’s ground out brought Dylon Koch in to bring MWSU within one. Cody Childs led off the eighth with an infield single and advanced to second on a passed ball. After two straight outs, David Glaude drew a walk to put two for Andy Rieth, who was pinch hitting for Thorman, but Rieth flied out to left to end the MWSU threat.

Childs finished 2-4 on the day and was the only Griffon with more than one hit. Cannella and Ramirez picked up the RBIs. The loss dropped Woods to 1-2 on the year. The two teams will do it again in a doubleheader, Saturday, beginning at 2 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Benedictine’s season ends in Sweet 16 to No. 1 Freed-Hardeman

Posted on March 20, 2015

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – The No. 1-ranked Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) Lady Lions continued their pursuit of the programs first national title on Friday. 2014 NAIA All-American Haley Newby led the squad to a 69-62 victory over the No. 4-seed Benedictine (Kan.) Ravens in the 2015 NAIA National Championship, presented by Susan G. Komen Greater Kansas City.

The No. 1-ranked Lady Lions quickly erased any memory of their offensive struggles just 48 hours ago. Freed-Hardeman jumped all-over the Ravens in the first half as Haley Newby led the way. The 2014 NAIA All-American posted 13 points and six boards in the first 20 minutes.

The beginning of the game lived-up to the hype as the Lady Lions struck first. Taleeah Cross grabbed the first bucket of the game to make it 2-0. Shortly thereafter, Brandee Busenlehner drained her first three-pointer of the contest to make it 5-0 Freed-Hardeman.

The Ravens answered with a five-point run of their own to tie the game on the following two possessions. Jordan Kramer answered Busenlehner’s three with one of her own before Chayla Rutledge knocked-down her first two-point field goal to tie the game at five.

The back-and-forth battle continued as Jordan Kramer gave the Ravens the lead with her second three-ball of the game to make it 10-9 Benedictine. Freed-Hardeman, however, returned the favor with its first run major run of the game.

The Lady Lions went on an 18-7 run, which was capped-off with a basket by Freed-Hardeman’s Cross to give her team a 10-point, 27-17 lead.

During the half, Paige Melville collided with Taleeah Cross at the 7:15 mark after both were going after a loose ball, which caused Cross to leave the game with team medical staff. The Lady Lions’ guard did not return.

Benedictine College played a solid final 20 minutes with the Lady Lions, but were unable to erase the first-half deficit. Though the Ravens limited Freed-Hardeman to just 69 points, well below their season average, they were unable to keep-up in the rebounding category.

The Lady Lions had four players reach double-digit point totals in the game. Newby came back from a five-point performance just 48 hours ago and netted 22 points and nine rebounds. Both Grace Alonso de Armino and Brandee Busenlehner recorded double-doubles in the game as well.

Benedictine’s Kramer led the Ravens with 16 points, eight in each half. 1,000 career-point scorer Chayla Rutledge recorded 11 points and rounded-out players in double-digits.

Defense and ball possession were key in the game. Neither squad shot above 40 percent in the contest or had double-digit turnover numbers.

With the win, the Lady Lions will advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday to play the winner of No. 3-seed Montana State-Northern and No. 7-seeded Southern-New Orleans (La.). The Lady Knights picked-up their first win on Wednesday in an 84-56 upset over No. 2-seed Vanguard (Calif.).

Tip-off for the quarterfinal matchup is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Independence Event Center.

GAME NOTES

The game featured a pair of 1,000 point scorers for Benedictine (Chayla Rutledge and Jackie Ziesel) and a pair of 1,000 rebounders for Freed-Hardeman (Haley Newby and Grace Alonso de Armino)… Both Newby and Alonso de Armino have over 1,000 career rebounds and points in their careers… Benedictine is now 0-2 in program history against the Lady Lions. The last time the two met was in 2008 when Freed-Hardeman won 77-58… The Lady Lions have now won their last four times in games in the round of 16. The last time they lost in that round was in 2010 in a 59-53 loss to Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

— NAIA Press Release —

Bearcats defeat Fort Hays State behinds Caenepeel’s 12 K’s

Posted on March 20, 2015March 20, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team picked up a 4-2 win over MIAA member Fort Hays State on Friday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo.

Northwest moves to 10-11 overall and 7-6 in MIAA play with the win. Fort Hays drops to 3-15 overall and 3-10 in MIAA play.

Anthony Caenepeel pitched 8.0 innings, allowing just two runs on three hits with 12 strikeouts. He walked four batters.

Right fielder Austin Wulff was 2-for-3 with four RBI, including a three-run homer in the sixth.

The Bearcats and the Tigers continue the four-game series on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Both games will be seven-inning contests.

— Northwest Sports Information —