KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Patrick McCarthy of Griffon men’s golf has been named MIAA Golfer of the Week.

McCarthy won the Broncho Stampede in Edmond, Oklahoma with a three-under-par 213. The sophomore had rounds of 72, 70 and 71 and led Missouri Western to the team title as well. The individual championship was McCarthy’s second of the season. He was also named MIAA Golfer of the Week on March 21 and September 27.

Missouri Western is in action next at the MIAA Championships on Monday, April 23-Wednesday, April 25 at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri.

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ST. JOSEPH – A big seventh inning turned a back-and-forth game into a runaway win Tuesday night for Griffon Baseball (22-17) over Emporia State (21-18). Missouri Western torched the Hornets for six runs in the seventh to take the season series from ESU with an 11-3 game three win.

The series win was big for the Griffons as the two teams entered the night tied in the MIAA standings. Missouri Western (14-12) exited with a one-game lead over Emporia State (13-13) for seventh place in the conference.

A Brooks Day leadoff triple got the seventh inning onslaught going. Levi Schreiner recorded his third RBI of the game with a sac fly to center three batters later. Fahd Shakeel made it an 8-3 game with a two-out, two-run single and Nolan Meyer capped the inning with a two-RBI triple.

NOTABLES

• Missouri Western trailed 3-2 after Emporia State scored two in the top of the third. The Griffs tied the game in the bottom half; added one in both the fifth and the sixth before the big seventh inning.
• Preston Bailey (3-3) got the win in relief of Levi Abrahamson. Bailey allowed just two hits through 5 1/3, striking out two in the process.
• Schreiner was one of five Griffs with two hits on the night. He led the team with his three RBIs
• Casey Danley went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI and extended his hitting streak to 14 games
• Day was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a pair of RBIs
• Dusty Stroup went 2-for-4 with a run scored
• Maurice Bruce also went 2-for-4 with two runs scored

UP NEXT
The Griffons begin eight-straight games on the road with a non-conference tilt at William Jewell on Wednesday. Then it’s on to Central Oklahoma for a three-game series over the weekend. It was announced, Tuesday, that the team’s non-conference game at Rockhurst on April 24 was cancelled.

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EDMOND, Okla. – Griffon men’s golf won the Broncho Stampede with an 865 over three rounds at the Rose Creek Golf Course. Patrick McCarthy claimed the individual championship with a 3-under-par 213. It is the second championship of the season for both Missouri Western and McCarthy.

Tom Buffington trailed McCarthy by just three strokes with an even-par 216 and tied for third place. Kevin Kim finished tied for 12th place with a 4-over-par 220. Cole Roberts shot a 68 in the final round and ended the tournament tied for 18th with a 223. Lucas Horseman tied for 27th and carded a 227 to round out the MWSU scorecard.

Missouri Western beat Central Missouri by 14 strokes for the tournament title. McCarthy edged out UCM’s John Bonaobra by a stroke for the individual honor. MWSU is in action next at the MIAA Championships on April 23-25 at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri.

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ST. JOSEPH – It was a tale of two games, once again on Tuesday for Griffon Softball (23-24, 14-8) as the team ran away with game one of a doubleheader before falling in game two to Pittsburg State (19-30, 9-11).

The Griffons used seven-run sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie and run away with game one, 11-4. Shelby Uhl lit the sixth inning fire with her eighth home run of the season, a three-run blast to center. In game two, the offense was held off the board in a 5-0 loss that ended the home portion of the 2018 season.

NOTABLES

• Missouri Western went 15-9 at home overall, going 9-3 in MIAA games played at the Spring Sports Complex
• Kaili Hinds had her scoreless innings streak stopped at 29 in game two. After holding the Gorillas off the board for the first three innings, a solo home run to right in the fourth was the first run scored off the freshman since the fifth inning at Central Missouri on March 30
• Morgan Frost and Rebekah Mueller each had three hits in game one. Both were 3-for-4. Mueller scored two and drove in two. Frost also had a hit in game two.
• Uhl and Lonnie Groves each drove in three runs in game one
• The Griffons had five hits in game two and left eight runners on base
• Missouri Western ended the night tied for fourth in the MIAA with Central Oklahoma. The Griffs were two games back of Northwest Missouri and Central Missouri, which were tied for second.

UP NEXT
The final regular season series come later this week. As most of the season has went, those final four games will not be played as regularly scheduled. The doubleheader at Washburn was moved up to Thursday, April 19 and the Griffs will close the regular season Friday at Emporia State.

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EDMOND, Okla. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team leads the Central Oklahoma Broncho Stampede after shooting a 573 in the first two rounds Monday at the Rose Creek Golf Course. Tom Buffington is tied for the lead at 6-under-par 138.

Patrick McCarthy is tied for fourth after the first day and trails Buffington by four strokes at 2-under-par 142. Tied for 10th place is Kevin Kim with a 1-over-par 145. Lucas Horseman was 4-over-par 148 and ended the day tied for 18th. Cole Roberts rounded out the MWSU scorecard with a 155.

Missouri Western leads second-place Lindenwood by seven strokes. Buffington shares the lead with LWU’s Yente Van Doren. MWSU tees off in the final round Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

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LINCOLN, Neb. – Griffon tennis (10-12) fell to No. 6 Northeastern State (16-4) 5-0 in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Championships.

The Griffons opened the match with losses at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Karolina Strom and Joanna Abreu Roman battled back and forth early in their match at No. 1 doubles but NSU pulled away late.

After falling 6-0 in the first set, Strom won two matches but fell 6-2 in the second set. Abreu Roman won a match in the first set before falling in the set. She won two more matches in the second set but couldn’t rally back to win the match.

Missouri Western qualified for the MIAA Championships for the second in three years. MWSU finished the season with 10 wins, five more than the previous season. It is also the third time in the past four seasons the Griffons have at least 10 wins in a season.

RESULTS
Singles
1. Tatjana Stoll (NSU) def. Strom,Karolina (MWSU) 6-0, 6-2
2. Mayra Jovic (NSU) def. Roman, Abreu Joanna (MWSU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Molly Worden (NSU) vs. Salmaso,Federica (MWSU) 6-0, unfinished
4. Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) vs. Chantal Nosievici (NSU) no result
5. Yeacker,Kataerine (MWSU) vs. Betka Gombarova (NSU) no result
6. Dent,Emilee (MWSU) vs. Karla Tomaic (NSU) no result

Doubles
1. Mayra Jovic/Karla Tomaic (NSU) def. Strom,Karolina/Roman, Abreu Joanna (MWSU) 8-5
2. Molly Worden/Chantal Nosievici (NSU) def. Aguilera,Sofia/Keim,Aundrey (MWSU) 8-2
3. Tatjana Stoll/Easton Parker (NSU) def. Dent,Emilee/Salmaso,Federica (MWSU) 8-0

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ST. JOSEPH – Griffon baseball (20-18) shutout Lindenwood (18-20) 8-0 to win the series. Missouri Western pitchers Jacob Miller and Preston Bailey combined to strikeout seven batters and held the Lions to just three hits in the game.

Jacob Miller shut down the LWU offense as he tossed 6 2/3 innings, allowed three hits and struck out six batters. He gave up just one extra base hit in his sixth win of the season. Preston Bailey relieved Miller in the top of seventh inning and continued the momentum. Bailey retired seven straight Lions in his 2 1/3 innings of work.

Missouri Western broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a Brooks Day single that scored Casey Danley. Levi Schreiner’s sacrifice fly two batters later drove in Nolan Meyer for the second run of the inning. Casey Danley slammed his sixth home run in the last nine games to provide the Griffons a five run lead in the seventh inning. MWSU added three more insurance runs in the bottom of eighth with a Will Jibas RBI double followed by a two run RBI single from Michael Miller.

NOTABLES

• Missouri Western outhit Lindenwood 11-3
• Levi Schreiner was 2-for-3 on the afternoon with a run scored and a RBI
• Will Jibas went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and scored a run
• Dusty Stroup finished 2-4 on the day
• Casey Danley recorded three RBIs and scored two runs for MWSU

UP NEXT
Missouri Western plays the final game of its five-game homestand on Tuesday, April 17 against Emporia State. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Spring Sports Complex.

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ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Softball (22-23, 13-7) took a shutout win and a shutout loss on Senior Day, defeating Nebraska Kearney (14-27, 10-14) 3-0 in game two and losing 4-0 in game one of a doubleheader.

Kaili Hinds picked up her fourth-straight shutout and extended her scoreless innings streak to 26 with the game two victory. She struck out four and didn’t walk a batter. The doubleheader was scheduled to be the Griffons’ final home game, so the team’s four seniors were recognized after game two. The senior class of Riley Wilson, Barbara Billingsley, Shelbie Atwell and Rebekah Mueller has combined for 141 wins. The class was part of the 2016 MIAA regular season and postseason championship teams and advanced to the NCAA Central Region Championships each of the last three seasons.

NOTABLES

• The game one loss was just the second home MIAA loss for the Griffons this season
• Missouri Western is now 14-8 at home and 8-2 in conference home games
• After three hits for MWSU in game one, the Griffs totaled eight in game two
• Morgan Frost went 3-for-3 in game two with a walk, two RBIs and a run scored
• Shelby Uhl went 3-for-4 in game two with a run scored
• Riley Wilson went 3-for-5 on the day with two walks and a run scored

UP NEXT
Missouri Western’s final two home games were re-scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 against Pittsburg State. The final home doubleheader of 2018 will begin at 4 p.m.

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