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Category: College
Missouri Western wraps up their first appearance at MIAA Track & Field Championships
 KEARNEY, Neb. – Missouri Western track and field student-athletes completed their first-ever MIAA Outdoor Championships with 14 school records, the first-ever podium finisher and three provisional marks.
DAY THREE NOTES
DAY TWO NOTES
DAY ONE NOTES
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Griffons run-rule Nebraska-Kearney 16-6 to even series
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Northwest defeats UCO to clinch share of MIAA baseball title
The Northwest Missouri State baseball team clinched a share of the MIAA regular season title with a 9-8 win at Central Oklahoma on Saturday.
The Bearcats improve to 30-19 overall and 25-10 in MIAA play. The Bronchos fall to 32-17 and 24-11 in conference action.
Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest scored once in the second, six runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the eighth inning. The Bronchos scored six in the first, one in the second and one in the ninth inning.
– The Bearcats had nine runs on ten hits with one error. Central Oklahoma had eight runs on 16 hits with no errors.
– Kevin Handzlik finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored, one RBI and a homerun.
– Derek Hussey also went 2-for-3 he scored three runs and had one RBI.
– Logan Rycraft was 2-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI and a double.
– Hudson Bilodeau finished 1-for-2 with two RBIs, a double, a triple and a run scored.
– Mondesi Gutierrez was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a double.
– Luke Hassman went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
– Aaron Barratt finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs, a double and a run scored.
– Brad Roberts picked up his seventh winning after throwing 6.1 innings and striking out seven batters.
– Trevor Dudar picked up his 14th save of the year after throwing one inning and allowed one hit.
Key Northwest Innings
– To lead off the top of the second inning Handzlik hit a solo homerun over the left field fence to put the Bearcats on the board.
– After an out, Hassman walked and Handzlik singled up the middle, they both would then come around to score on a double by Barratt to left center. With two outs, Hussey singled through the left side to score Barratt and Hussey quickly stole second. Rycraft walked and stole second and both runners would come in to score on a triple to center field by Bilodeau. Gutierrez kept the inning going with a double down the right field line to score Bilodeau and give the Cats the lead.
– In the top of the sixth inning, Hussey singled to first base and advanced to single on a balk. Hussey would then come around to score on a double to right center by Rycraft to increase the lead.
– After an out, Hussey walked and promptly stole second. Rycraft reached base on a single and advanced to second on a throwing error. Gutierrez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Hussey and put the Bearcats up 9-7.
Up Next
– Northwest will conclude the series with Central Oklahoma, Friday May 6, at 1 p.m. in Edmond, Ok.
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Tigers get swept by No. 20 Georgia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball lost its series finale to No. 20 Georgia, 7-1, Saturday afternoon (May 5) at Taylor Stadium. The Tigers fall to 30-18 with the loss and 9-15 in SEC play. Senior utility man Matt Berler had a hit and an RBI Saturday and junior lefty Tyler LaPlante allowed just one earned run over 6.0 relief innings, setting a Division I career-high with eight strikeouts.
Mizzou RS junior RHP Bryce Montes De Oca took the loss, allowing five runs over 2.0+ innings, walking four and scattering four hits. He struck out one and fell to 6-4 with the loss.
TURNING POINT
Georgia manufactured single runs in both the first and second innings, taking advantage of walks in each frame to plate runs. However, the game was put out of reach in the top of the third inning as UGA 1B Adam Sasser hit his fourth homer of the series, a three-run shot to right field, extending Georgia’s lead to 5-0. Mizzou did not tally its first hit until an Alex Samples single in the fourth as the offense struggled to get anything going.
QUOTING MIZZOU
Head Coach Steve Bieser
On Georgia getting to Mizzou starter Bryce Montes De Oca early…
“The biggest thing I saw was that he just didn’t have a put-away pitch. When guys got to two strikes, he couldn’t put them away. He could jump ahead and just couldn’t finish the guys. There just wasn’t much there for him to work with. We were hoping he could go 3.0 innings for us and then go to the bullpen from there and divide the game up that way. You expect after he works out of the first couple innings, which weren’t very good, I was hoping for a better fate in the third inning, and we just got caught too long with him. Big blow there and that took the wind out of our sails.”
TOP TIGERS
- Junior lefty Tyler LaPlante struck out a career-high eight, allowing just one earned run on six hits without a walk over 6.0 relief innings.
- Senior Matt Berler had an RBI single in the sixth inning.
- Senior RHP Andy Toelken pitched a shutout ninth inning.
UP NEXT
Mizzou will be off during the midweek before heading back on the road for the final SEC away series of the season at red-hot South Carolina next weekend.
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Griffons drop series opener to Nebraska-Kearney 12-3
ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Baseball (26-22, 18-16) dropped the first game of a three-game series against Nebraska Kearney (28-20, 21-13), but clinched its spot in the MIAA Championships with Lindenwood’s loss to Emporia State.
Nebraska Kearney touched the Griffons for 12 runs while Missouri Western scratched three across. The Griffons led 2-1 after one inning on a Casey Danley solo home run and a two-out RBI double by Dusty Stroup in the first. UNK answered with two runs each in the second, third and fourth before a four-run fifth really opened the game up.
Despite the loss, Lindenwood’s 7-2 loss in the first game of a three-game series with Emporia State clinched the Griffons’ spot in the MIAA’s postseason tournament.
Michael Miller went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Danley also went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a runs scored. Nate Hunter (8-3) took the loss.
UP NEXT
Game two of the Griffons’ final series of the regular season will begin at 7 p.m., Saturday. It will be senior day with 10 Griffon seniors recognized prior to Saturday’s game.
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Northwest Missouri State gets blown out at Central Oklahoma 17-0
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The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team fell to Central Oklahoma 17-0 in game one of their series on Friday in Edmond, Oklahoma.
The Bearcats fall to 29-19 overall and 24-10 in conference while the Bronchos improve to 32-16 overall and 24-10 in conference play. Key Northwest Statistics Up Next — Northwest Athletics —
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Missouri loses second straight to No. 20 Georgia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball dropped game two of its weekend series with No. 20 Georgia, 5-3, Friday night (May 4) at Taylor Stadium. Mizzou battled back from down 3-0 to tie the game at 3-3 but missed a chance to take the lead in the sixth inning, failing to score after putting runners on the corners with no outs. That proved costly as Georgia DH Michael Curry hit a go-ahead, two-out solo homer in the top of the eighth inning to seal the win for Georgia.
Mizzou junior RHP Nile Ball took the loss, surrendering the two-out blast to Curry on the first pitch of the at-bat. He falls to 1-1 on the season. Georgia’s Emerson Hancock earned the win after going 7.0 innings and allowing just three runs (two earned) on three hits with seven strikeouts.
Mizzou falls to 30-17 and 9-14 in SEC play while Georgia improves to 33-14 and 15-9 in league play.
TURNING POINT
Mizzou had a chance to break the tie in a 3-3 game during the top of the sixth inning, putting runners on the corners with no one out. After a sacrifice bunt, senior C Brett Bond struck out looking and RF Tony Ortiz flew out to center to strand a pair. That proved huge as Georgia took the lead in the top of the eighth inning, getting a two-out solo homer from Michael Curry off Mizzou reliever Nile Ball.
After Mizzou had a chance to tie the game in the eighth, stranding a pair, Georgia added an unearned run for some insurance in the top of the ninth inning. That put the game away as Georgia added an insurance run in the ninth.
QUOTING MIZZOU
Head Coach Steve Bieser
Opening Statement…
“I think a lot of people feel the pressure of where we’re at right now. There’s a lot riding on this series, there’s a lot in front of us and there is still a lot in front of us. What we can’t do is panic at this time. We understand that we’re playing with a short deck right now. There’s very little moves with the guys that are injured right now. Cade going down, we basically only have two outfielders on our roster right now. We’ve got to find a way to put a lineup out there and the good thing is we have some versatile guys, but we don’t have a lot of guys who are experienced playing in the outfield or hitting in the middle of the lineup. When you hit in the middle of the lineup, it’s a tough go. You’re going to get pitched different by hitting in the middle of the lineup and we’ve got guys who are just being thrown into the fire right now at a crucial time of the year.”
TOP TIGERS
- Sophomore SS Chris Cornelius hit his first homer of the year in the third inning, a two-run shot to center field that cut the lead to 3-2. It was his first since May 23, 2017, against Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament.
- Junior LHP Michael Plassmeyer was good in a no-decision, going 6.0 innings and allowing just three runs (two earned) on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
- Junior 1B Brian Sharp extended his hitting streak to eight games, matching his longest this season. He added a double in the eighth inning, giving him 14 multi-hit games this season, tied for the second-most on the team this season. Over his last seven games, Sharp is hitting 17-for-31 with 13 runs, nine RBI and three homers.
UP NEXT
Mizzou and Georgia will play the series finale Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Mizzou drops series opener against No. 20 Georgia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Despite jumping out to a 4-3 lead after three innings, Mizzou Baseball dropped its series opener against No. 20 Georgia, 10-6, Thursday night at Taylor Stadium. Junior Brian Sharphomered to lead off the game, his sixth of the season and third in the last six games, as he continued his hot play as of late, but it wasn’t enough as Georgia got its bats going from the fifth inning on, outscoring Mizzou 7-2 in that span.
UGA 1B Adam Sasser hit three homers, including a go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning off Mizzou starter T.J. Sikkema, who took the loss, falling to 3-5 on the year. He surrendered eight runs on 11 hits over 4.0+ innings of work.
Georgia starter Chase Adkins earned the win, his fifth of the year. He went 6.0 innings and allowed four runs on nine hits.
The night featured a scary moment as Mizzou freshman RF Cade Bormet slid head first into the wall in right field while chasing a foul ball. He was carted off the field by the medial staff and taken to University Hospital where he is in stable condition. Bormet will be kept overnight for more tests and evaluation and has some bumps and bruises, but he is going to be okay.
TURNING POINT
Mizzou grabbed a 4-3 lead with a three-run third inning, thanks to RBI singles from Brian Sharp, Trey Harris and Tony Ortiz. Sikkema pitched out of a runners-on-the-corners, no-out spot in the fourth inning, but after he put himself in the same situation in the fifth, Georgia made him pay. After an RBI single by Michael Curry, 1B Adam Sasser hit a go-ahead grand slam, putting the Dawgs on top, 8-4.
QUOTING MIZZOU
Head Coach Steve Bieser
On regrouping the team after Bormet’s injury in right field…
“I think it really is tough get back focused after something like that. I don’t want to make any excuses for our team, but I know that some guys were shaken based on the fact that it was a serious incident. Some guys took it pretty tough – T.J. was probably one of those guys.”
TOP TIGERS
- Junior 2B Brian Sharp continued his hot play, going 2-for-5 with two runs, two RBI and his sixth homer of the year. Over his last six games, Sharp is hitting 15-for-27 with 13 runs, nine RBI and three homers.
- Junior 1B Tony Ortiz tallied his second multi-hit game of the season and tallied a go-ahead RBI. He has RBIs in three straight games.
- Junior LF Zach Hanna hit his sixth homer of the year and has homered in back-to-back games.
- Freshman RHP Cameron Pferrer was good over 1.1 shutout innings, allowing just one hit while striking out two. He inherited a bases-loaded jam and pitched out of it as well.
- RHP Cameron Dulle tossed a shutout eighth inning, his second consecutive shutout inning after doing the same at Iowa.
- Senior Trey Harris had an RBI single in the third inning and not has 12 RBI in his career against Georgia.
NOTES
- Despite the loss, Mizzou still leads the all-time series with Georgia, 9-7.
- Mizzou falls to 1-1 on Thursdays.
- Mizzou falls to 17-15 in three-game series this season.
- Mizzou falls to 19-5 at home this season.
- With Brian Sharp’s homer to open the game, Mizzou got its first leadoff homer since Trey Harris on March 30, 2018, at Auburn off Casey Mize.
UP NEXT
Mizzou and Georgia will play game two of the series Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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Mizzou women sign Tennessee prep guard Akira Levy
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball has signed Akira Levy to its 2018 recruiting class, head coach Robin Pingeton announced Wednesday. Levy is a 5-foot-8 guard from Baxter, Tennessee, who captured a pair of state championships at Upperman High School.
Levy racked up 2,761 points, 921 assists, 591 rebounds and 504 steals during her illustrious high school career. She was twice named Tennessee Class AA Miss Basketball and earned 2018 All-USA Tennessee First Team honors after a stellar senior campaign. In her final season at Upperman, Levy averaged 25.3 points, 9.4 assists and 4.8 steals per game.
Levy is a proven winner, leading her high school to 45 consecutive wins, including a spotless 37-0 record in 2017-18. She poured in a game-high 31 points in the state title game and tossed in the game winner in the final seconds to seal her second consecutive state championship. Levy was named the 2018 Class AA state tournament MVP after her clutch performance.
“I chose Mizzou because the team is wonderful, I really clicked with the girls,” Levy said. “The coaching staff is awesome. When I stepped on campus, it felt like home.”
Levy is the No. 66 recruit in the nation in ESPN’s class of 2018 rankings. She is a dynamic scorer and elite passer. She shot 58.9 percent from the field and 73.5 percent from the free throw line while boasting a 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio during her career.
Levy is a two-time Tennessee Sports Writers Association honoree, two-time Class AA District 8 MVP and two-time Class AA Region 4 MVP. She chose Mizzou over Ohio State and Vanderbilt, among others.
Levy plans to major in education at Mizzou. She joins fellow Top-70 recruit Grace Berg in the Tigers’ class of 2018.
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