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No. 25 Missouri baseball rolls past Arkansas State 11-1

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 25 Mizzou Baseball won the first of two games vs. Arkansas State, 11-1, Tuesday evening at Taylor Stadium, improving the Tigers to 16-5. Mizzou has now won 10 consecutive home games to open the 2018 campaign and has won 13 straight at home dating back to last season.

LHP Junior Tyler LaPlante (Blue Springs, Mo.) earned the win, improving to 3-0 on the year. In his third start of the season, LaPlante went 5.0 shutout innings, and surrendered just three hits in the outing. He struck out four and walked just one in another stellar midweek start.

Mizzou pitchers had an impressive game, striking out 10 batters while keeping Arkansas State off the scoreboard until the seventh inning. Mizzou pitching threw just 111 pitches in 9.0 innings of work Tuesday.

Arkansas State drops to 8-9 for the season. The two teams will play the second and final game of the midweek series Wednesday at 4 p.m.

TURNING POINT
Mizzou scored a run on an RBI single in the first inning as Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) ripped a fastball past down the right field line to put Mizzou on the board before an out was recorded in the frame. Senior OF Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) opened the inning by reaching on a hit-by-pitch before stealing second base. It was the 10th time in Mizzou’s last 12 games that it has scored in the first inning.

Junior LHP Tyler LaPlante (Blue Springs, Mo.) took over from there, tossing 5.0 shutout innings, allowing just three hits in his third win of the season. Mizzou scored three more runs in the second, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the sixth to back another great outing from LaPlante. Mizzou’s bullpen allowed just one run over the final four innings on an RBI groundout while the staff threw just 111 pitches in the outing.

TOP TIGERS
– Junior LHP Tyler LaPlante was again outstanding in his third start of the season, going 5.0 innings while scattering only three hits with four strikeouts against one walk. On the year, he is 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA in 20.0 innings, striking out 14.

– Senior 3B Alex Samples tallied his first career three-hit game and drove in a career-high five runs Tuesday.

– Junior OF Connor Brumfield tallied his third game with three or more hits this season Tuesday, going 3-for-3. He scored three runs in the game.

– Mizzou senior OF Trey Harris stole his team-leading eight base in the first inning. He now has 33 career steals, which is tied for eighth in school history with Dick Dickinson.

– Sophomore CF Kameron Misner reached base in four of four plate appearances, notching his team-leading 10th multi-hit game of the season. He had an RBI single in the first and an RBI double in the fifth.

NOTES
– Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Arkansas State, 19-8.

– Mizzou is now 3-0 on Tuesdays this season.

– Mizzou moves to a perfect 10-0 on the year at home and has won 13 consecutive home games dating back to last season.

– Mizzou improves to 5-0 this season in midweek games and 12-4 in midweek games under second-year head coach Steve Bieser.

– Mizzou scored in the first inning for the 10th time in the last 12 games. Mizzou is outscoring opponents 27-8 this season and has 86 runs in the first inning under head coach Steve Bieser (80 games, 1.08 per game).

– Mizzou scored 10+ runs for the fifth time this season and is 5-0 in such games.

– Mizzou did not commit an error for the third consecutive game and has just one error in its last eight contests. Mizzou’s fielding percentage is up to .983 on the year.

UP NEXT
Mizzou and Arkansas State will close the two-game midweek series Wednesday at 4 p.m.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Western women’s golf team finishes fifth at MWSU Holiday Inn Express Invite

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ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western women’s golf team shot a two-round total of 661 and finished tied for fifth place at the MWSU Holiday Inn Express Invitational at the St. Joseph Country Club. It is Missouri Western’s third top-five finish of the season.

The Griffons were led by Shi Qing Ong and Chong Yong. Ong and Yong both shot a 161 over the two days and tied for seventh place. Tiffanie Yabut dropped six strokes off her first day score to card a total of 168. Katie Irvin finished the tournament inside the top 30 with a 171. Jenna Kosmatka trimmed off 12 strokes from her opening round total to record a 184.

William Woods won the team title with a 633 and WWU’s Katie Warren claimed the individual championship with a three-over-par 147. Missouri Western travels next to the Pack Springs Invitational in Pueblo, Colorado on Monday, March 26 and Tuesday, March 27.

— MWSU Athletics —

MWSU’s Shelby Uhl named MIAA Hitter of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the second time this season Missouri Western centerfielder Shelby Uhl has been named the MIAA Softball Hitter of the Week.

Uhl’s historical accomplishment on March 17 against Wayne State helped push her to the honor. She hit for the cycle with a single, double, triple and home run in an 18-2 win over Wayne State College. The junior from Pleasant Hill, Iowa added a walk, three runs and six RBIs on the remarkable day. She did it all in five innings. It is believed to be the first time a Griffon has ever hit for the cycle.

On the weekend, Uhl helped her team to a 3-1 record with .533 batting average; .933 slugging percentage and .588 on base percentage. She scored nine runs, drove in nine runs and was 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts.

While the rare achievement pushed Uhl into the limelight, she actually ranked third on the team in batting average over the weekend. Morgan Frost and Shelbie Atwell each batted .583 for the Griffons who hit .352 as a team during the Hy-Vee Classic. Frost drove in eight runs while Atwell pushed seven across. Atwell also added four doubles and seven runs scored over the four games this past weekend.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest’s Rachel Smith earns weekly MIAA softball honor

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University sophomore pitcher Rachel Smith has been named the MIAA co-Pitcher of the Week in a release by the conference office on Tuesday. Smith threw 12.0 scoreless innings for the Bearcats this weekend, going 2-0.

On Saturday, Smith threw a complete game five-inning shutout against Upper Iowa, allowing two hits. She did not issue a walk and struck out six. She followed it up with a seven-inning complete game shutout against Northern State, allowing four hits. She did not allowed a walk and struck out eight batters.

Northwest hosts Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State this week. The Bronchos will play at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday while the RiverHawks visit for a noon and 2 p.m. double header on Friday.

— Northwest Athletics —

Northwest hires Austin Meyer as new women’s basketball coach

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University has announced the hiring of Austin Meyer as its next head women’s basketball coach. Meyer has served the past 10 seasons on Northwest’s men’s basketball staff, including the last three seasons as its associate head coach.

“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to lead our women’s basketball program,” said Meyer. “Northwest is a special place with so many great people. Our program will have very high standards in everything we do. We will be very active in the community and will deliver a great college experience for our young women. I look forward to the challenge of building a winning culture, graduating our kids and preparing them for life after college.”

With Meyer on the bench as a full-time coach with the men’s basketball program, Northwest has won 215 games (21.5 wins per season average), captured six MIAA regular season titles, four MIAA Tournament titles and one NCAA Division II National Championship. Thirty-three Bearcats earned MIAA honors in the past decade and three were named the conference’s Player of the Year. In addition, seven student-athletes were named to the All-Defensive Team, three earned MIAA Freshman of the Year accolades and two Bearcats earned NABC All-America honors.

Meyer served as the men’s program’s lead recruiter. His other duties included organizing and running the Center Court Cat Club, organizing and presenting opponent scouting reports, coordinating official visits, coordinating team travel, community engagements, summer camps, social media, skill development and more.

Meyer was a four-year letter winner for the Bearcat men’s basketball team from 2002-06. He scored 1,294 career points and held the then-Northwest career record with 215 made three-pointers. He graduated from Northwest with his bachelor’s degree in corporate recreation in 2006 and earned his master’s in physical education in 2008. He served as a graduate assistant on Steve Tappmeyer’s staff for two seasons before being promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2008-09 season.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffons complete sweep at Southwest Baptist; win streak now at eight

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – There was no comeback needed for the Missouri Western baseball team on Sunday as they stretched their win streak to eight with a second consecutive MIAA sweep.

Missouri Western (13-9, 6-3) took a 4-0 lead after the fourth and never looked back in a 6-1 win at Southwest Baptist (8-16, 2-10).

Six Griffon pitchers combined to hold Southwest Baptist to one unearned run on six hits. They struck out five and walked three. Preston Bailey (1-1) picked up the win in relief and Kellan Richards earned his second-straight save, pitching two innings of two-hit baseball.

NOTABLES
– Dusty Stroup went 3-for-5 on the day with two runs scored and a double

– Maurice Bruce went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored

– Casey Danley was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored

– Will Jibas drove in two and walked three times

– Bruce went 9-for-14 (.643) in the series with seven runs scored and six RBIs

– Danley hit .467 in the series with four RBIs

– Brooks Day hit .400 in the series and walked five times

– Jibas walked six times in the series

– Richards appeared in all three games of the series, giving up two hits and no runs in 3 1/3 innings

UP NEXT
Missouri Western returns home for its next four games, beginning with a mid-week game against Emporia State on Tuesday.

— MWSU Athletics —

K-State knocks off No. 16 seed UMBC 50-43 to advance to Sweet 16

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Barry Brown scored 18 points, and Kansas State ended UMBC’s brief, but historic run in the NCAA Tournament with a 50-43 victory on Sunday night.

UMBC became the first 16 seed to beat a No. 1, destroying top-ranked Virginia 74-54 on Friday night. After pulling off the biggest upset in college basketball history, the Retrievers ran out of magic against the Wildcats.

As UMBC coach Ryan Odom emptied his bench with 9.4 seconds left, the crowd gave the Retrievers a standing ovation. The players hugged at midcourt. After the game ended, players walked over to the side of the court and gave their fans an appreciative wave.

The dream had ended.

The Wildcats (24-11) move on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2010 when they lost in the Elite Eight to Butler. They will face Kentucky on Thursday night.

UMBC had only had two field goals in the final six minutes and shot just 29.8 percent for the game.

UMBC’s scrappy defense forced 18 turnovers, but managed just three points off those. They finished 6 of 22 from 3-point range two nights after lighting up Virginia. And 9 of 18 from the free throw line.

UMBC (25-11) had a chance to take the lead with 5 minutes remaining, but Arkel Lamar was stripped of the ball on a drive to the lane and Xavier Sneed took the ball the length of the floor for a two-handed dunk.

Brown then hit a fall-away jumper.

Sneed, who had eight points, had a monster dunk off an offensive rebound and later knocked down a baseline jumper with a minute left to push the lead to five. Makol Mawien added a dunk on a fastbreak to seal the victory with 45 seconds left.

The Retrievers showed no sign of a letdown early on, jumping out to a 7-0 lead after Kansas State missed its first eight shots — five of those from beyond the arc.

Kansas State didn’t score until the 13:40 mark of the first half, but the Wildcats closed the half on a 17-8 run and led 25-20 at the break despite going 0 for 8 from 3-point range.

BIG PICTURE

UMBC: Chances are people will one day have to Google who won the 2018 NCAA Tournament, but they’ll never forget what Jairus Lyles and the Retrievers pulled off in Charlotte.

Kansas State: Brown defended Lyles extremely well, holding him to 12 points on 4-of-15 shooting. The Wildcats held a 35-28 edge on the boards.

UP NEXT

Kansas State: Will face fourth-seeded Kentucky on Thursday in Atlanta.

— Associated Press —

Bearcats get swept at Lindenwood

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The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team lost both games of their double header against Lindenwood in St. Charles, Mo.

The Bearcats fall to 12-11 overall, 8-4 in conference, while the Lions improve to 12-11 overall and 5-7 in conference play.
Game One Key Statistics (Northwest 7, Lindenwood 9)
– Northwest scored one in the first, one in the third, two in the fifth, one in the seventh and two in the eighth inning. The Lions scored one in the first, five in the second and three in the fifth inning.
– The Bearcats had seven runs on 11 hits with two errors. Lindenwood had nine runs on 14 hits with no errors.
– Landon Figg went a perfect 3-for-3 in the first game with two walks, two runs scored, two doubles and two RBIs.
– Hudson Bilodeau finished 2-for-3 he drew two walks, scored three runs and had a double.
– Kevin Handzlik was 2-for-5 with one RBI and a double.
– Aaron Barratt went 2-for-4 with one run scored, one RBI, a double, one stolen base and a homerun.
– Luke Wilkinson was 1-for-2.
– Mondesi Gutierrez went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and a double.

Game One Key Innings
– Bilodeua started the scoring for the Bearcats when he drew a one out walk and quickly advanced to second on a wild pitch. Figg would then hit a double to left center to score Bilodeua and give the Bearcats the first run on the board.

– After two outs, Bilodeua hit a double to right field and came around to score when Figg hit a double to right center to conclude the scoring for the Bearcats.

– Bilodeua, Figg, and Luke Hassman started the top of the fifth inning when the reached base on a single and two walks. Gutierrez would hit a one out double down the right field line to score Bilodeua and Figg.

– With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Barratt sent a solo homerun over the left center fence.

– Wilkinson got the eighth inning going when he hit a single to left field and Tim Olson came in to run for him. Figg and Hassman both drew walks to load the bases and advanced on a wild pitch while Olson scored on the play. Handzlik then hit a single to the shortstop to score Figg and to conclude the scoring for the Bearcats.
Game Two Key Statistics (Northwest 2, Lindenwood 7)
– The Bearcats scored scored two runs in the sixth inning. Lindenwood scored three runs in the first, two in the second and two in the fourth.
– Northwest had two runs on six hits with one error. The Lions scored seven runs on 15 hits with one error.
– Barratt finished the day going 2-for-4 with one run scored, a double and a stolen base.
– Logan Rycraft went 1-for-3 with one RBI and drew two walks.
– Figg was 1-for-4 with a walk and one stolen base.
– Handzlik finished 1-for-4.
– Derek Hussey went 1-for-3 with one RBI and a sacrifice fly.
– Gutierrez was hit by a pitch and scored one run.

Game Two Key Innings
– Gutierrez was hit by a pitch and Barratt reached safely on an error to start the sixth inning. The runners advanced on a fly out and Hussey hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Gutierrez. Rycraft singled through the right side of the field to score Barratt and concluded the scoring for the Bearcats.
Up Next
– Northwest will take on Nebraska-Kearney on Tuesday, March 20, at 2 p.m. in Kearney, Nebraska.

— Northwest Athletics —

MWSU softball wins final two games of Hy-Vee Classic

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Griffon Softball (10-17) got its first home sweep of the season, defeating Upper Iowa (13-6) and Concordia, St. Paul (14-7) on the final day of the 2018 Hy-Vee Classic.

Missouri Western got two solid pitching performances from Kenzie Hilzer and Kaili Hinds to get double-digit wins. Both pitchers registered complete game wins with four strikeouts each. Upper Iowa struck first in game one, scoring two in the third, but MWSU answered with four runs in the bottom half of the third and never trailed again. The Griffons jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on Concordia, St. Paul, but fell behind 3-2 after a two-run top of the fifth by the Golden Bears. Missouri Western answered again, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth and hanging on for the 5-3 win.

NOTABLES
– Shelbie Atwell went 4-for-7 with four RBIs and two runs scored

– Morgan Frost also went 4-for-7, scoring one run and driving in three

– The Griffons out-hit their opponents 16-12 and had five doubles to three for their opponents

– Hilzer and Hinds combined to allow 12 hits over 14 innings

– The two pitchers combined for five walks while the Griffons walked five times themselves

– Shelby Uhl had two more hits, Sunday, with her season average now up to .418

UP NEXT
The Griffons stay out of conference play, hosting Rockhurst in a doubleheader on March 21 at 4 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

No. 24 Missouri baseball loses finale at No. 16 LSU 7-5

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BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 24 Mizzou Baseball dropped the rubber game of a three-game series, 7-5, vs. No. 16 LSU Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium. Mizzou scored two runs in the first inning, but LSU scored single runs in each of the first three innings before putting the game away with a three-run sixth inning. Mizzou falls to 15-5 (1-2 SEC) on the year while LSU improves to 14-7 (2-1 SEC).

Mizzou senior RHP Andy Toelken (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on six hits over the first 3.0 innings. LSU starter Ma’Khail Hillard earned the win after striking out a career-high six Mizzou batters over 6.0 innings, scattering six hits with a walk.

Mizzou threatened in the ninth inning, getting three runs on Kameron Misner’s (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) fourth homer of the season, cutting the lead to 7-5. But LSU’s Austin Bain got the final two outs of the frame to seal the win.

TURNING POINT
Freshman RHP Konnor Ash (Plainfield, Ill.) came in and settled things down nicely after LSU scored a run in each of the first three innings. He kept Mizzou within striking distance at 3-2 until a leadoff walk in the sixth inning. LSU then got a walk and three straight singles off reliever LHP T.J. Sikkema (DeWitt, Iowa) to extend the lead to 6-2, putting the game out of reach for Mizzou.

TOP TIGERS
– Senior OF Trey Harris tallied three hits from the leadoff spot, also walking and scoring run. He now leads the team with four three-hit games this season.

– Freshman DH Chad McDaniel had two hits with an RBI in the first inning.

– Sophomore CF Kameron Misner hit a three-run, ninth inning homer to cut the lead to 7-5. It was his team-leading fourth.

NOTES
– Mizzou now trails the all-time series with LSU, 14-1.

– Mizzou is now 24-15 away from home under second-year head coach Steve Bieser.

– Mizzou is now 9-3 in three-game series this season.

– Mizzou falls to 2-2 on Sundays this season.

– Mizzou falls to 3-2 this season vs. ranked opponents.

– Mizzou is now 9-9 during the opening weekend of SEC play since joining the league in 2013.

– Mizzou had its first rain delay since April 30, 2017, vs. Texas A&M. Sunday’s game was delayed by 62 minutes following a rain shower minutes before first pitch.

– Senior OF Trey Harris singled in the first inning and tallied a first-inning hit in every game of the three-game set vs. LSU. He posted his eighth multi-hit game of the year Sunday.

– Mizzou snapped a 17.2 shutout inning streak by LSU starter Ma’Khail Hilliard with two runs in the top of the first inning. Mizzou has scored in the first inning in nine of the last 11 games.

– Freshman DH Chad McDaniel tallied his second career multi-hit game Sunday, posting a pair of singles in his first two at-bats.

UP NEXT
Mizzou will return home for a five-game homestand, beginning Tuesday with a 6:30 p.m. game vs. Arkansas State

— Mizzou Athletics —

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