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MWSU’s Bishop named MIAA Pitcher of the Week for third time

Posted on March 25, 2014

Missouri Western senior pitcher Jackie Bishop has been named the MIAA/AstroTurf Pitcher of the Week going 3-2 last weekend which included her third no hitter of the season and fourth of her career. It was also her first perfect game of her career defeating St. Cloud State 10-0. This marks the 10th time in her career that she has earned this honor. Three times as a freshman, four times as a sophomore and third time this season.

Bishop had another solid week going 3-2 with a 0.19 ERA with three shutouts and 45 strikeouts in 36.1 innings of work. Bishop picked up victories over #20 Winona State and #5 Augustana. She shut both teams out winning 4-0 and 6-0.

In a double header against Winona she had 18 strikeouts in 14 innings of work. Against Augustana she gave up five hits with five strikeouts. She pitched her third no hitter of the season on Friday in a 10-0 victory over St. Cloud State. She struck out 11 in the contest. The 5-8 senior pitcher is a native of Kirksville, Mo. where she competed at Kirksville High School.

Griffons return to action on Saturday, March 29 when they take on the Pittsburg State Gorillas in an MIAA double header starting at 12 pm at the Griffons Softball Field. The Griffons are 19-13 on the season and are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Gordon has big night in KC’s spring training loss to Mariners

Posted on March 25, 2014March 26, 2014

Felix Hernandez pitched five innings and rookie Stefen Romero homered, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 9-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Hernandez allowed three runs and five hits in his final spring outing before he pitches on opening day on March 31 against the Angels. He struck out six and walked none.

Romero hit a two-run homer in the Mariners’ six-run third, and singled home another run in the fourth. Brad Miller collected three more hits, including two doubles, to raise his average to .436. Mike Zunino also homered for the Mariners.

Royals left-hander Bruce Chen surrendered nine runs and 11 hits in four innings, throwing 92 pitches.

Alex Gordon homered, doubled and drove in three Royals runs.

— Associated Press —

Chiefs sign free agent DT Cory Grissom

Posted on March 25, 2014March 25, 2014

The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the club has signed free agent defensive tackle Cory Grissom.

Grissom (6-2, 316) originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots on May 3, 2013. He was released by the Patriots on March 10, 2014 after spending the 2013 season on the club’s injured reserve list.

Grissom appeared in 46 games (40 starts) as a member of the University of South Florida football team. His collegiate career numbers include 105 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, three passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
The LaGrange, Ga., native prepped at Troup County High School.

— MWSU Sports Information —

St. Louis drops fifth straight game to Miami this spring

Posted on March 25, 2014March 25, 2014

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Jose Fernandez struggled in his last tuneup for opening day as the Miami Marlins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Tuesday.

The reigning NL Rookie of the Year gave up five runs in nine hits in 4 2/3 innings, struck out three and walked two. His next outing will be in Monday’s opener at home against Colorado.

“It’s not like I can put the ball where I want to every time,” Fernandez said. “We’ll see what happens in six days and go from there.”

Marlins manager Mike Redmond wasn’t overly concerned.

“You can tell he was having to really grind it out out there and wasn’t quite as sharp with his pitches,” Redmond said. “He tried to limit the damage. Overall, he got his pitches in and can move on.”

Cardinals starter Lance Lynn struck out eight and walked one in five innings, giving up three runs and five hits.

Juan Diaz hit his first spring-training homer and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who rallied from a 5-3, seventh-inning deficit. Casey McGehee hit his second exhibition homer for Miami, which is 5-0 against the Cardinals this spring training.

There was a 46-minute rain delay after the top of the sixth.

— Associated Press —

Northwest’s Cooper selected to NABC All-Star Game

Posted on March 24, 2014

Northwest Missouri State senior guard DeShaun Cooper has been selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to participate in the 2014 Reese’s® Division II College All-Star game. The game will be played as part of the 2014 NCAA® Division II Men’s Basketball Championship. Reese’s is the official candy partner of the NCAA.

The Reese’s Division III College All-Star game will be played on Friday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. (EDT), at The Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. The teams are composed of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight regions in Division II and four at-large selections. The Reese’s All-Star game is being played during the 2014 NCAA Men’s Division II Elite Eight.

Cooper was the MIAA Player of the Year for the Bearcats. He was also a first team All-Central Region selection from CoSIDA/Daktronics and was a first team All-Central District honoree from the NABC. He earned All-Central Region tournament honors as Northwest finished the year at 24-9 after reaching the Sweet 16.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Kansas City’s pitchers struggle in 8-2 loss to Rockies

Posted on March 24, 2014

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Troy Tulowitzki homered, Franklin Morales struck out seven over five innings in a strong audition for a spot in the Colorado rotation, and the Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 Monday.

Tulowitzki wrapped his third homer of spring training around the left field foul pole off former Rockies teammate Jeremy Guthrie in the second. The three-time All-Star finished 1 for 3 with a sacrifice fly and is hitting .160.

Charlie Culberson added a two-run double in the third. Guthrie allowed four runs and six hits in five innings.

Morales gave up an unearned run, thanks to his own error, and three hits. The left-hander made a wild pickoff throw to first base that hit the umpire. But he threw 73 pitches as he tries to beat out Jordan Lyles for the No. 5 spot in the rotation.

“In some of these decisions, it’s not just player-to-player and who won,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. “You’ve got to take into consideration the design of the club and how the pieces fit. But he’s made a case for himself.”

Colorado’s Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer off Spencer Patton in the sixth, two days after getting hit on the left hand by a pitch.

— Associated Press —

Western women’s golf team finished 8th at MWSU Invite

Posted on March 24, 2014March 24, 2014

The Missouri Western women’s golf team finished in 8th place firing a 359 at the weather shortened Holiday Inn MWSU Invitational which was played at the St. Joseph Country Club.

The winner of the 16 team event was Arkansas Tech firing a 311 which was 11 strokes better than Central Oklahoma who fired a 322.

The Griffons were led by Callie Wilson who finished in a tied for 9th firing an 81 while freshman Madison Romjue finished in a tie for 31st with an 87. Anna Kloeppel and Shelby Stone fired 89 and 95 while Amber Chivington fired a 97.

Megan Jeffery and Rebecka Surtevall of Arkansas Tech tied for first firing a 75. Kelly Welker of Central Missouri finished in 3rd firing a 77.

Missouri Western 352 +64 8th

Wilson,Callie 81 +9 t-9th
Romjue,Madison 87 +15 t-31st
Kloeppel,Anna 89 +17 t-40th
Stone,Shelby 95 +23 t-60th
Chivington,Amber 97 +25 t-71st

The Griffons return to action on March 30-31 playing in the Omaha Invite which is being hosted by Concordia-St. Paul. The event will be played at Tiburon Golf Course.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Cardinals drop spring training game to Mets, 5-3

Posted on March 24, 2014

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) – Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one run over six innings in his bid to become the Mets’ fifth starter, helping New York beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 Monday.

Competing with Jenrry Mejia, Dice-K allowed three runs and three walks, striking out five. Matsuzaka hit Stephen Piscotty on the back of the helmet with a changeup opening the seventh and was replaced by Vic Black.

Daniel Murphy went 2 for 3, including a two-run double in the third off Shelby Miller.

Miller gave up three runs and three hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked three.

— Associated Press —

Griffons take three-of-four from No. 22 UCO with 6-1 win Sunday

Posted on March 23, 2014

The Missouri Western baseball team picked up a 6-1 victory against No. 22-ranked Central Oklahoma Sunday afternoon at the Spring Sports Complex.

The win gave the Griffons a 3-1 series victory over the Bronchos. But unlike the past two wins, Missouri Western jumped on the scoreboard first.

Dylon Koch singled to left field and then stole second before Ryan Degner’s double put the Griffons up 1-0. Afterward, David Chew doubled to center field which scored Degner before Jake Scharder’s sac fly put Missouri Western up 3-0 after one.

The Bronchos added a run in the second inning after Dylan Tinkler doubled to center field and scored on Dilon Argo’s single up the middle. The 3-1 ball game stayed until the bottom of the fourth when Missouri Western added three more runs.

Jeremy Monty had a double to start the inning but was out at third base two batters later. The runner was the first out of the inning, but Missouri Western put together two hits after a wild pitch was thrown by Central Oklahoma. The sequence put the Griffons ahead 6-1 after four innings.
Neither team scored after that, giving the Griffons their second straight victory.

The Griffons had nine hits and one error while the Bronchos had six hits. Koch was 2 of 4 with an RBI while Chew was 3 of 4 with 2 RBI. Degner finished the game 2 of 3 with an RBI.

Jake Jones picked up the win and improved to 3-1 on the year. The Bronchos used five pitchers and pitcher Landon Hallam had his first loss of the year and fell to 2-1 on the season.

Missouri Western continues play on Wednesday at William Jewell for one scheduled nine-inning game at 2 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri’s season ends with NIT loss to Southern Miss

Posted on March 23, 2014

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Winning in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament means a lot to Southern Mississippi guard Neil Watson.

Winning in front of family made it much more memorable.

“Being so far away from Kansas down in Mississippi, my family doesn’t get to see me play a lot,” said Watson, a native Kansas City, Kan. “So them being here, being able to share in the win with my second family as far as my teammates, is very motivational for the rest of the NIT.”

Watson scored 18 points to lead Southern Mississippi past Missouri 71-63 on Sunday and said there were 14 family members at Mizzou Arena to support him.

“Sounded like a 114,” coach Donnie Tyndall said.

“My mom (Crystal), she’s a 100 people by herself,” Watson responded.

Aaron Brown added 16 points for the third-seeded Golden Eagles (29-6), who have won eight of their past nine games and advance to play at No. 1 seed Minnesota for the right to go to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Jeremiah Eason’s layup broke a 14-14 tie with 9:34 remaining in the first half and the Golden Eagles led the rest of the way. Missouri cut its deficit to three points on a 3-pointer by Earnest Ross with 14:41 left, but the Tigers could get no closer.

Ross scored 22 points while Jabari Brown and Jordan Clarkson both added 13 for second-seeded Missouri (23-12), which fell to 2-8 all-time in NIT games.

The Tigers head into the offseason wondering whether their top two scorers — juniors Brown and Clarkson — will return or turn professional. Ross, a senior, exhausted his eligibility. The trio combined for 70 percent of the team’s scoring this season.

“I had a great time here,” Ross said about playing two years at Missouri after two seasons at Auburn. “The fans did a great job of bringing me in. Coach (Frank) Haith and the rest of the coaching staff did a great job of coaching me. I had a great time here and wouldn’t want to have spent it anywhere else.”

Missouri scored the first five points of the game before the Golden Eagles answered with a 10-0 run. They used an 8-2 run to start the second half to build a 42-31 lead with 17:44 remaining before Missouri scored 10 of the next 12 points.

But Southern Mississippi rallied for the next six points for a 50-41 lead, and Missouri could never narrow its deficit to one possession.

Southern Mississippi finished in a four-way tie atop the regular-season standings in Conference USA with a 13-3 league record, and its RPI of 33 was the highest of any team not to make the NCAA tournament.

The Golden Eagles aren’t thinking about what they’ve missed out on, though, but rather where they have a chance to go — New York City, a metropolitan area where four players grew up.

“Anytime we can get a win and get to a place where our teammates can see their family, then that makes us fight that much harder in games and at practice,” Watson said.

— Associated Press —