KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Shi Qing Ong leads the MIAA Women’s Golf Championship with a two-day total of 154. Ong took the lead after she shot an even-par 72 in the second round. Missouri Western remained in fourth place with a 649 over the two rounds.

Tiffanie Yabut is tied for fifth place with a 160 after she carded a 79 on the second day. Tied for 10th place is Chong Yong with a two-day score of 162. Jenna Kosmatka finished inside the top-30 with a 173. Katie Irvin rounded out the MWSU scorecard with a 176.

Ong leads the individual field by a stroke heading into the last day. Northeastern State leads the team standings with a 636. Missouri Western tees off the final round from Swope Memorial Golf Course at 9:20 a.m.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Griffon men’s golf shot a 291 in the second round of the MIAA Men’s Golf Championships at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course.

Patrick McCarthy led MWSU in the second round with a 3-under-par 69. McCarthy and Kevin Kim are both tied for 15th with a 147. Tom Buffington carded a 151 in the two rounds to rank just inside the top-30. Lucas Horseman finished the day with a 4-over-par 76 and is at 152 for the tournament. Cole Roberts shot a 153 for the Griffons over two days.

Lindenwood leads the team field with a 574. LWU’s Yente Van Doren is the clubhouse header with a 4-under-par 140. Missouri Western is in eighth place heading into Wednesday’s final round and tees off at 8:30 a.m.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Griffon men’s golf shot a 305 in the first round of the MIAA Championships at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course.

Tom Buffington, Kevin Kim and Lucas Horseman each carded a 4-over-par 76 in the round and are tied for 24th. Cole Roberts recorded a 77 and Patrick McCarthy trailed him by a stroke in the round at 78.

Missouri Southern leads the team field after a first day score of 292. The individual lead is shared by three-players, who each finished the day with a 2-under-par 70. Missouri Western tees off the second round, tomorrow, April 24 at 8:30 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Griffon women’s golf is in fourth place with a 331 after the first round of the MIAA Women’s Golf Championships at Swope Memorial Golf Course.

Chong Yong led Missouri Western with an 80 and is tied for sixth place. Tiffanie Yabut trailed Yong by a stroke in the round at 81 and is tied for ninth. Shi Qing Ong recorded an 82 and ended the round in 14th. Jenna Kosmatka shot an 88 and Katie Irvin finished the day with an 89.

Northeastern State sits atop of the team leaderboard with a 319. NSU’s Ebba Moberg leads the individual field with a 78. MWSU tees off the second round Tuesday at 9:20 a.m.

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EDMOND, Okla. – Jacob Miller pitched eight shutout innings to help Griffon Baseball (23-20, 16-14) win the second game of a doubleheader at No. 18 Central Oklahoma (31-15, 23-9) on Sunday.

Miller’s gem led to Missouri Western’s only win in the three-game series. The Griffons won game two 4-1 after the Bronchos rallied for a 5-4 win in game one of the day. Missouri Western jumped out to a 4-0 lead in game two and kept UCO off the board until the ninth. The Griffs also led 4-0 heading to the bottom of the eighth in game one before UCO scored four in the bottom half and sneaked in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a failed pickoff attempt at first base.

NOTABLES

• Miller went eight innings in game two, allowing four hits. He struck out seven and walked four
• Nate Hunter allowed two runs through 7 1/3 in game one on six hits
• Trevor Carroll struck out three in one inning of work in game two, but did allow one run on two hits
• Levi Schreiner collected three hits in the doubleheader including a solo home run. He also walked once and scored a run
• Casey Danley had his hitting streak stopped at 16 games, but did get a hit in game two and drove in two runs on the day
• Brooks Day went 2-for-5 on the day

UP NEXT
The Griffons conclude their rivalry series with Northwest Missouri on Wednesday with a trip to Maryville for a 2 p.m. first pitch. The eight-game road streak concludes this weekend at Fort Hays State.

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ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western softball team will be the No. 5-seed in this week’s MIAA Softball Championships and will open postseason play with its rival Northwest Missouri State.

Missouri Western will open the postseason tournament against No. 4-seed Northwest Missouri State at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. The double-elimination tournament will be played at ASA Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The Griffons ended the regular season in a tie for fifth with Northeastern State, but earned the No. 5 seed by way of their regular season sweep of the RiverHawks on March 22. Missouri Western finished with a record of 24-27 with a 15-11 mark in the MIAA. Northwest Missouri went 25-17 overall and 16-10 in the MIAA. The two teams split their lone regular season doubleheader on March 27 in Maryville. MWSU took game one, 8-0 in five innings before dropping game two, 1-0.

With a win in its first game, Thursday, Missouri Western will face the winner of No. 1 Washburn versus No. 8 Emporia State at 7:30 p.m. A loss against Northwest Missouri and the Griffons will see the loser of the same game at the same time.

Tickets for the MIAA Championships are $10 for adults per day. Student tickets are $5 with children 6 and under admitted free. Gates will open Thursday at 3 p.m. with opening ceremonies at 4:30 p.m.

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EDMOND, Okla. – Three early runs were the difference as No. 18 Central Oklahoma (30-14, 22-8) took game one of a three-game series from Missouri Western (22-19, 14-13) on Friday.

UCO scored two in the first and added another in the second on the way to a 5-2 victory. Both first inning runs were unearned. An error led to the first run and a wild pitch allowed the second. The Griffs scored their first run on a wild pitch in the fourth before Maurice Bruce made it 3-2 with a solo home run in the sixth. UCO added one in the seventh and another in the eight for insurance to stop the Griffs’ win streak at four games.

NOTABLES

• Kellan Richards broke the MWSU single season appearances record with his NCAA-leading 28^th of the season. The junior broke Eric Snider’s record set in 1985. Richards struck out the only batter he faced Friday.
• Bruce’s home run was his second this season and first since March 18 at Southwest Baptist
• Casey Danley extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a 1-for-4 day at the plate
• Brooks Day went 2-for-4 and scored one of the Griffons’ runs. Day has hit safely in nine straight games and 11 of his last 12
• Griffon batters struck out 14 times in the game

UP NEXT
Game two of the series comes Saturday at 3 p.m. in Edmond, Oklahoma.

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EMPORIA, Kan. – Griffon Softball (24-27, 15-11) dropped the final two regular season games of the season at Emporia State (24-28, 14-12) on Friday night.

Missouri Western was held to three hits in a 2-0 game one loss and fell 9-1 in five innings in game two. The losses left Missouri Western in sixth place in the MIAA. Saturday’s results will determine the team’s seed in next week’s MIAA Championships. Northeastern State’s doubleheader against Missouri Southern and Lindenwood’s against Central Missouri will determine where the Griffs land.

Shelbie Atwell’s second inning home run in game two was the Griffons’ lone run of the doubleheader and the only hit for MWSU in game two. Atwell was the only Griff with more than one hit. Rebekah Mueller and Shelby Uhl also had hits in game one. Uhl drew a pair of walks. Riley Wilson walked three times.

UP NEXT
The MIAA Championships begin April 26 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium complex in Oklahoma City. The bracket is expected to be released April 22.

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TOPKEA, Kan. – Griffon Softball (24-25, 15-9) nearly shook up the MIAA standings in its next-to-last doubleheader of the regular season. Missouri Western became just the third MIAA team this season to defeat Washburn, 7-4, in game one before the Ichabods (37-10, 21-3) rallied in game two to clinch the MIAA regular season championship, 5-4.

Morgan Frost hit a grand slam in the fifth inning of game one to put the Griffons on top 6-4. MWSU added another insurance run in the sixth and held on for the 7-4 win in game one. The Griffons took a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth in game two, but two Washburn runs in the bottom half of the inning were enough for Washburn to clinch the regular season conference championship. Missouri Western had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the seventh, but the Griffons weren’t able to get the tying run to the plate.

NOTABLES

• Gabi Carter went 3-for-6 including a two-run home run in the second inning of game one. Carter also doubled and walked once
• Frost was 3-for-8 with a double and a home run, driving in four
• Tamara Hicks went 2-for-4 on the day with two RBI, two walks and two stolen bases
• Riley Wilson scored twice and walked three times in the doubleheader
• The Griffons stole five bases in five attempts on the day and walked 10 times
• Northwest Missouri was swept in its doubleheader at Emporia State, Thursday, leaving the Griffons one game behind the Bearcats for third place in the MIAA standings

UP NEXT
Missouri Western plays its final regular season games, Friday, at Emporia State. The doubleheader is set to begin at 5 p.m.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Griffon Track and Field athletes broke two school records, set four new personal records and had a top-five finish on day one of the Kansas Relays.

Jordan Garr took fifth in the shot put with a 51-6 (15.70m) throw. Garr was the highest finishing freshman and was third among MIAA competitors in the event.

Kelsey Cox’s PR and school reocrd (11:52.86) in the steeplechase was good for 11^th place. Megan Gillen broke the program record in the 1,500m with a 4:57.28 that placed her 10^th. Claire Reedy was 15^th in the event, with a personal-record 5:01.33. Mariah Lynn Smith set a PR with a 2:23.71 in the 800m.

Competition for the Griffons continues Friday at the 91^st Annual Kansas Relays.

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