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Western men’s golf finishes 7th at Arkansas Tech

riggertMissouriWesternDANVILLE, Ark. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team managed to finish in seventh place in the Dave Falconer Classic hosted by Arkansas Tech. The field included 19 teams and took place at the Chamberlyne Country Club.

Missouri Western managed to maintain their position after day one and finished the final round for an outright seventh place finish. The Griffons shot a total team score of 596 through the two rounds. MWSU scored a 309 on day one and a 287 on day two.

Western’s Corey Knight scored a 145 over the two day tournament recording a 75 and 70 in his two rounds. He finished tied for seventh place while Jakob Rudosky finished with a 150 and tied for 34th in the tournament.

Washburn finished the tournament as the team winner shooting a 584 through the tournament. Mauricio Lira of Henderson State earned the individual title with a score of 141.

Missouri Western will be back in action Monday, March 23in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Broncho Invitational.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri Western tennis falls at home to Rockhurst 6-3

MWSUST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western tennis team fell to the Rockhurst Hawks on Monday afternoon, 6-3. MWSU took two doubles matches but could only claim one victory through singles matches.  The Griffons are now 3-2 on the year with 14 more matches to play.

Missouri Western jumped out to an early, 2-1, lead after the doubles matches concluded. Denise Chiao and Kayla Dysart tallied an 8-6 victory in the No. 1 spot. The other victory came from Lindsay Beger and Sarah Giraldo in the No. 3 spot, winning 8-6.

In singles, Sofia Aguilera was able to record a victory against Fabi Juarez in the No. 2 spot 7-5, 7-5. Aguilera fell behind in the second set and battled back to earn her first singles victory of the year. Meara Smith fell in here match to Maddy Kayser at the No. 6 spot 3-6, 7-5, 10-8.

The Griffons will hit the road for the first time in the 2015 spring season as they take on Lindenwood University on Saturday, March 14 starting at 2 p.m.

Singles competition
1. Schelble, Ema (RU) def. Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) def. Juarez, Fabi (RU) 7-5, 7-5
3. Santos, Tami (RU) def. Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Schelble, Alex (RU) def. Chiao,Denise (MWSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Vrugturn, Kim (RU) def. Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
6. Kayser, Maddy (RU) def. Smith,Meara (MWSU) 3-6, 7-5, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Chiao,Denise/Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) def. Schelble, Ema/Vrugturn, Kim (RU) 8-6
2. Juarez, Fabi/Santos, Tami (RU) def. Boldridge,Ceara/Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 8-3
3. Beger,Lindsay/Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) def. Schelble, Alex/Kayser, Maddy (RU) 8-6

Match Notes
Rockhurst 3-5
Missouri Western 3-2

Griffons complete four-game sweep of Lincoln

MWSUThe Missouri Western baseball team won its seventh straight game and completed the series sweep of Lincoln with a 12-2 victory Sunday.

The Griffons scored in every inning of the game that ended after seven innings due to the run-rule. It was the second run rule victory of the series for MWSU. In the series, Missouri Western outscored Lincoln 56-7 over 28 innings. The win moved Missouri Western to 10-5 on the year and 7-1 in the MIAA.

The Griffons jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, added another in the second and three in the third. They were up 12-0 in the seventh when Lincoln scored their only two runs of the game. Banks Born picked up the win, going all seven innings and allowing five hits and just one earned run. Born struck out five and moved to 2-0 on the year. Ryan Degner had another strong offensive performance, going 4-4 at the plate with three runs scored and two RBIs. David Glaude went 2-3 with one driven in on his fifth home run of the season. Cody Childs went 3-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored and Michael Yeager drove in two with one hit.

Missouri Western will host Quincy in a single game on Wednesday before traveling to Pittsburg, Kansas for a four-game series with Pitt State beginning on Friday.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Western softball gets swept at No. 20 Central Oklahoma

riggertMissouriWesternThe Missouri Western softball team finished a two-day, four-game trip to Oklahoma by dropping a pair at No. 20 Central Oklahoma. Missouri Western returns to St. Joseph with a 9-9 record and a 2-2 mark in MIAA play.

Game 1: #20 UCO 6, MWSU 3

Central Oklahoma jumped out to a 6-1 lead after just two innings and the Griffons scored two in the third to pull within three but pitching took over for the next four innings in Missouri Western’s eighth loss of the season.

UCO scored three in the first but MWSU answered with one in the second. The Bronchos added three more in their half of the second on a two-RBI double and a sacrifice fly. In the third it was the Griffons’ turn to score with Paige Shifflett driving in one on a single and Kailey Green picking up an RBI when she reached on a fielder’s choice to make the score 6-3. Janie Smith slammed the door on the Bronchos the rest of the game but Nicole Brady did the same to the Griffons.

Smith picked up the loss, her fifth of the season, through six innings of work. She allowed six earned runs on six hits, struck out three and walked four. Shifflett went 2-4 and Katie Klosterman was 2-3 in the game.

Game 2: #20 UCO 8, MWSU 4

The Griffons had the tying run at first when the final out was recorded of an 8-4 loss at Central Oklahoma.

Trailing 8-4 in the seventh, Morgan Rathmann grounded out to second to lead off the inning but Tiffany Gillaspy followed with a single to second. Sydney Washington then drew a walk to put two on with one out. Shifflett struck out to record the second out before Green was hit by a pitch to put the tying run on with Klosterman at the plate but a ground out to the pitcher ended the Griffons’ attempt at a rally.

Missouri Western jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Rathmann’s lead-off homer. The Bronchos scored the next eight runs with three in the first and six in the second. Green pulled the Griffons within five in the fourth with a two-run home run and Washington’s RBI single in the fifth made the score 8-4.

Shyanne Saladino was charged with the loss to move her to 5-4 on the season. Saladino allowed 11 hits and eight runs. The Griffon defense recorded four errors behind her. Washington finished 3-4 with one driven in and a run scored. Rathmann and Gillaspy each went 2-4 in game two.

Missouri Western will host Southwest Baptist on March 14 in their home opening series. The Griffons and Bearcats will play a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Western softball wins two at Northeastern State

riggertMissouriWesternTAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Missouri Western softball team opened its 2015 MIAA season with a doubleheader sweep at Northeastern State. Missouri Western jumped out to a 7-0 lead in game one before winning 7-1 and used a 10-run fifth inning to win a shortened game two, 12-3.

Game 1: MWSU 7, Northeastern State 1
The Griffons pounded out 14 hits and didn’t commit an error in the field while holding the RiverHawks scoreless through the first six innings.

MWSU got the scoring going in the third when Tiffany Gillaspy drove in Megan Korgie with a single to the pitcher. The Griffons added three more in the inning on a 2-RBI double by Paige Shifflett and a single from Katie Klostermann. Sydney Washington put MWSU up 6-0 in the fourth with a two-run home run and Morgan Rathmann made it 7-0 in the seventh with an RBI double to right center.

Janie Smith allowed her only run of the game on a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh. Smith moved to 4-4 on the year, holding Northeastern State to five hits, while striking out seven and walking two. Rathmann went 3-5 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI. Green, Shelbie Atwell and Smith all finished with two hits apiece.

Game 2: MWSU 12, Northeastern State 3
The two teams entered the third tied at 0 but the Griffons scored 10 to take control of the game and the series. What turned out to be an offensive explosion started slowly enough when Shifflett was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Kailey Green followed that run with a grand slam to put MWSU up 5-0. Rebekah Mueller drove in two more with a double to center and Megan Korgie made it 8-0 when she scored on a wild pitch. Tiffany Gillaspy drove in the last two runs of the third with two-run home run.

Green added a solo homer in the fourth and finished the game 2-3 with five RBIs and three runs scored. Rathmann had another three hit game, going 3-4 and scoring three runs. Gillaspy finished game two with two hits in four at bats with two RBIs and two runs scored. Mueller was 2-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Shyanne Saladino went all five innings and allowed just one earned run on five hits while striking out four.

With the wins, Missouri Western improved to 9-7 overall and 2-0 in MIAA play. They will play another doubleheader Sunday at Central Oklahoma.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri Western women lose to Emporia State in MIAA Quarterfinals

MWSUKansas City, Mo. – The Missouri Western Women’s Basketball season ended with a 77-60 loss to No. 10 Emporia State in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Championships Friday night.

Emporia State shot better than 56 percent from the field and held Missouri Western to just 31 percent from the field. Missouri Western went to halftime down just three, but the Lady Hornets opened the second half on a 17-2 run to open up an-18 point lead. MWSU pulled within nine with 6:07 left but Emporia State stretched the lead again.

LaQuinta Jefferson led the Griffons with 14 points on five of 21 shooting from the field. Sarafina Handy finished with 12 points on two three-pointers and one field goal.

Missouri Western ends the season 15-12. It was the sixth-straight time the Griffons have lost a game in Kansas City as part of the MIAA Tournament.

— MWSU Sports Information —

MWSU baseball rolls past Lincoln 17-2 in series opener

MWSUST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team scored at least two runs in four straight innings to defeat Lincoln University 17-2 on Friday afternoon. MWSU scored five runs in the third and seven runs in the fourth. The Griffons tallied 16 hits in their victory.

Cosimo Cannella led the Griffons going 3-4 on the day including two runs and hitting four RBIs. Five other players added two hits on the day. D’Andre Heggie blasted a three-run shot in his only hit of the day for a home run in the bottom of the fifth.

Grant Woods was extremely effective in his six innings of pitching. He gave up two hits and allowed one run but also added eight strikeouts.

The Lincoln defense had five errors on the day and MWSU attacked starting pitcher Trevor Schnieder for nine hits including seven runs.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Griffon tennis suffers first loss of the season to Northwest Missouri State

MWSUST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s tennis team suffered their first loss of the season to the hands of rival Northwest Missouri, 8-1. MWSU is now 3-1 on the season, while the Bearcats moved to 3-0 and ranked third in the region.

MWSU couldn’t find a victory in any doubles matches. The Griffons also pushed two matches into extra sets in the No. 2 and No. 6 spot but couldn’t come up with another victory.

The Griffons lone win came in the No. 5 singles spot when Ceara Boldridge came up with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4) victory over Mannix Stephanie.

MWSU will remain at home when they face Rockhurst University on Wednesday, March 4. Check back gogriffons.com for updates involving match start time and location.

Scores
Singles competition
1. Quesada,Camila (NWMSU) def. Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NWMSU) def. Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 4-6, 7-3, 7-6 (10-4)
3. Jaquet,Margaux (NWMSU) def. Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) 7-5, 6-0
4. Kolen,Aniek (NWMSU) def. Chiao,Denise (MWSU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) def. Mannix,Stephanie (NWMSU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4)
6. Hull,Marianne (NWMSU) def. Smith,Meara (MWSU) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (10-4)

Doubles Competition
1. Quesada,Camila/Jaquet,Margaux (NWMSU) def. Chiao,Denise/Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) 8-1
2. Dibbins,Rachel/Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NWMSU) def. Boldridge,Ceara/Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 8-6
3. Kolen,Aniek/Mannix,Stephanie (NWMSU) def. Giraldo,Sarah/Beger,Lindsay (MWSU) 8-5

— MWSU Sports Information —

Griffons advance to MIAA Quarterfinals with 80-56 win over Lincoln

MWSUST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s basketball team kept their season alive with an impressive 80-56 win Tuesday over Lincoln in the first round of the MIAA Tournament at the MWSU Fieldhouse.

With the win, MWSU advances to Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium to take on No. 2 seed Emporia State on Friday at 6 p.m.

The Griffons never trailed in what was a close battle early but the Griffons began to open up late in the first half and blew wide open early in the second half. The Griffons took a 39-28 lead to the break, shooting 48 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range. Missouri Western took their largest lead of the second half with five seconds left in the frame on Sarafina Handy’s second-straight three. Handy scored the Griffons final six points to close the half and give the team an 11-point lead at halftime.

MWSU opened the second half on a tear, expanding their lead to 22 with 14:25 left in the game and never really looked back. Lincoln never got within 15 points in the second half.

For the game, Western shot 53 percent from the field, including 58 percent in the second half. They were 44 percent from three-point range and 80 percent at the free throw line. Ariana Novak led all scorers with 18 points. LaQuinta Jefferson finished with 16 points and Handy finished with 17. Teara Hall and Miliakere Koyamainavure each had nine points and eight rebounds. Koyamainavure added six assists.

The Griffons sit 15-11 on the season after winning their first MIAA tournament game in the fieldhouse since they defeated Washburn 54-51 for the tournament championship in 2002. Rob Edmisson is now 2-1 in MIAA tournament play.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri Western loses heart breaker at UCO in MIAA Tournament 73-72

MWSUEDMOND, Okla.  – The Missouri Western men’s basketball team saw its season end in heartbreaking fashion as Central Oklahoma came back from 17 down in the second half to defeat the Griffons 73-72 in the first round of the MIAA Tournament at Hamilton Fieldhouse in Edmond.

Philip Brown’s put back off a missed three by Galen Wright with 11 seconds left proved to be the dagger for the Bronchos. Missouri Western had another chance but Cortrez Colbert missed a jumper with three seconds to go. Brown’s game winner capped off a second half comeback by the Bronchos that resembled what the Griffons did to three opponents on the road this season. A 22-5 run launched the comeback but in the closing minutes, UCO took advantage of Missouri Western playing without their two bigs, Kevin Thomas and Seth Bonifas. The two forwards fouled out within a minute of one another and forced the Griffons to play with a smaller lineup for the final four and a half minutes.

The Griffons built their 17-point lead after closing the first half on a 20-5 run and opening the second half on an 8-0 run. After MWSU took that lead, the Bronchos outscored Missouri Western, 47-29 over the final 18 minutes. UCO took their first lead of the second half with 3:28 left and never led by more than two in the second half.

Colbert finished his career doing what he did the entire season, leading all scorers with 25 points. It was the 20th time in his last 21 games in double-digits. The senior guard added seven rebounds. Hans Thun scored 13 for the Griffons with four rebounds and Cole Clearman added 12 on four of six shooting from three point range. Missouri Western shot 65 percent from three-point range in the game, 85 percent from the free throw line and 44 percent from the field.

It’s the second year in a row the team’s season has ended in Edmond after UCO knocked them out of the MIAA tournament last year. The Griffons end their season 12-15 overall.

— MWSU Sports Information —

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