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Bearcats’ Caenepeel named to NCBWA All-Central Regional second team

Posted on May 18, 2017

MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University senior pitcher Anthony Caenepeel has been named to the 2017 National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA) All-Central Region second team. Caenepeel was the 2017 MIAA Pitcher of the Year.

Caenepeel went 8-5 this season, setting Northwest single-season records with 114 strikeouts and 106.2 innings pitched. He allowed just 25 walks and held opponents to a .226 batting average. He was twice named the MIAA Pitcher of the Week and earned All-MIAA First Team honors. He set the Northwest career record with 267 strikeouts and 278 innings pitched.

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MWSU’s Yong shoots 84 in opening round of NCAA National Championship

Posted on May 17, 2017

FINDLAY, Ohio – Missouri Western freshman Chong Yong shot an 84 in the opening round of the NCAA National Championship Golf Tournament at Findlay Country Club in Findlay, Ohio.

Yong started her day off by paring the first three holes. She would go onto par eight of her eighteen holes battling extremely windy conditions throughout the round.

Four players share the first day lead with a 1-over-par 73. Yong tees off her second round Thursday at 9:25 a.m.

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Misner’s career day leads Missouri past Eastern Kentucky in home finale

Posted on May 17, 2017

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball raced past Eastern Kentucky, 13-4, Tuesday afternoon at Taylor Stadium in its 2017 home finale. The Tiger offense exploded for 11 runs over the first three innings and freshman Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) hit his sixth homer of the year and matched a career-high with four RBI in the win. Mizzou moves to 32-21 on the year with the win. Sophomore LHP Michael Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) earned the win to go to 5-1 on the year.

Eastern Kentucky got hits from the first three batters in the order with just one leaving the infield and that led to a 1-0 lead for the Colonels in the first. Mizzou turned a big 6-4-3 double play behind Plassmeyer in the inning to escape with just the one run.

That lead was short-lived as Mizzou exploded for six runs in the bottom of the first, getting three hits, three walks and a hit batter. Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) had two RBI, Misner added another and Alex Samples (Bridgeport, Texas) had three RBIs on a two-out double to stretch the lead to 6-1.

Despite the wind and the wild first inning, Plassmeyer pitched around a win-aided leadoff double in the second inning. Misner then hit a three-run homer, his sixth of the year, to extend the lead 10-1 after a sacrifice fly by Nelson Mompierre (Miami, Fla.). Misner had four RBI through two innings.

Mizzou added one more run in the third and two more in the fourth before EKU scored two more in the fifth. Junior RHP Nolan Gromacki (Smithville, Mo.) inherited a bases-loaded jam with one out, but got a 6-4-3 double play to escape the jam in the fifth inning.

EKU got a solo homer in the sixth inning by Brenden Overton to cut the lead to 13-4. Reliever Cameron Dulle (St. Louis, Mo.) came in and did a nice a job, tossing 2.2 shutout innings without a hit. He allowed just one walk and struck out three in a solid outing.

Mizzou closes the regular season this Thursday-Saturday at Tennessee in a three-game series.

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Five Bearcats qualify for NCAA Track & Field National Championships

Posted on May 17, 2017

INDANAPOLIS, Ind. – Five members of the Northwest Missouri State University track and field teams have qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championships. The championship meet will begin on Thursday, May 25, at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. The Bearcats will be represented by Jordan Hammond in the 400 hurdles, Ryan Cox in the 1,500 and Audrey Wichmann in the high jump. Shelley Laures and Nicole Hopkins will each compete in the women’s javelin competition.

Hammond finished the season with a time of 59.76, ranking 10th nationally in the hurdles. Hopkins’s throw of 148-9 was the 10th best throw in the nation this year while Laures’ mark of 145-1 ranked 18th. In the men’s 1,500, Cox ran 3:46.51 last week in Illinois to rank 14th. His MIAA-winning time of 3:44.94 would have been the fourth-fastest time in the nation but was not eligible due to the race being hand timed. Wichmann was tied for the 19th best mark in the high jump at 5-7.75.

Live statistics as well as a live video stream for portions of the meet will be made available on NCAA.com.

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East St. Louis standout Jeremiah Tilmon commits to Missouri

Posted on May 16, 2017

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball has signed one of the Missouri area’s top talents in forward Jeremiah Tilmon (East St. Louis, Ill.), head coach Cuonzo Martin announced Monday. The 6-10, 235-pound big man was dominant for the Flyers as a senior in 2016-17, averaging 15.3 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game.

“It’s truly exciting to keep a young man like Jeremiah at home with Mizzou Basketball,” Martin said. “Jeremiah, as a player and person, possesses the type of skill and presence we’d like to become a staple of this program. We feel that he has the ability to become a game-changing presence on both ends of the floor. His parents, April and Jeremiah, Sr., raised a son who we feel can really flourish at the University of Missouri.”

Considered a Top 50 recruit nationally by ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247 Sports, Tilmon calls East St. Louis home, much like Mizzou’s head coach. Tilmon earned First Team All-State recognition from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and Associated Press following his final high school campaign. He also received an all-state nod from the Chicago Tribune.

Tilmon played one season at The La Lumiere School, a preparatory academy in La Porte, Indiana, before returning home to play for the Flyers during his senior season. As a junior in 2015-16, he averaged 13.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game during the regular season before leading the Lakers to the championship game of the Dick’s Sports Goods High School Nationals.

As a sophomore in 2014-15, Tilmon earned Illinois Class 4A All-State Honorable Mention from the Associated Press. Tilmon averaged 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game. For his career at East St. Louis High School, Tilmon averaged an outstanding 3.5 blocks per game.

On the Nike EYBL circuit, Tilmon played for the highly regarded St. Louis Eagles program during the summer months.

Tilmon’s signing of a financial aid agreement with the University of Missouri includes him in a developing recruiting class with current signees Blake Harris (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Michael Porter, Jr. (Columbia, Mo.), C.J. Roberts (North Richland Hills, Texas) and Kassius Robertson (Toronto, Ontario).

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Missouri Western’s Katie Klosterman earns All-Region honor

Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western softball senior Katie Klosterman picked up her third postseason honor of the 2017 season by being named second team Division Two Conference Commissioner’s Association All-Central Region.

It was Klosterman’s second time on the D2CCA All-Region team after being named to the first team as a junior. The Omaha native was named first team All-MIAA and first team NFCA All-Region in addition to being the MIAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. She finished her final season as a Griffon batting .294 with seven doubles and 10 home runs. She had 87 RBIs and committed just seven errors, starting all 58 games for Missouri Western.

Klosterman, who played third base for the Griffons, was named first team D2CCA All-Central Region in 2016. The D2CCA All-Region and All-American teams are nominated and voted on by sports information personnel at each member institution.

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Dwight Coleby to transfer from Kansas

Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Upon graduating from the University of Kansas on Sunday with a communications degree, forward Dwight Coleby has announced he will transfer from the Kansas men’s basketball team, KU head coach Bill Self and Coleby announced on Monday. Having earned his degree, Coleby will be a graduate transfer and eligible to compete during the 2017-18 season.

“Dwight and I have visited about this multiple times since the end of our season and he has worked so hard academically to put himself in a position to make this decision,” Self said. “We wish Dwight nothing but the very best moving forward. He felt the opportunity to go to a place and have the option to play quite a bit more and have more of a significant role would enhance his chances to play professionally in the future.”

Coleby (6-foot-9, 240 pounds) joined the Kansas team in 2015-16 after playing two seasons at Ole Miss. Due to transfer rules, the Nassau, Bahamas, native sat out the 2015-16 season. As a redshirt junior Coleby played in 24 games for KU averaging 5.6 minutes, 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds. He tied his career high with 12 points at Texas on Feb. 25 and pulled down a season-high six rebounds against Baylor on Feb. 1.

“In talking with Coach (Self) about my future, I feel that this is what is best for my potential opportunities,” Coleby said. “I would like to thank the coaching staff for allowing me to come here. I’d like to thank my teammates for their support the past two years. I’d like to thank the fans for cheering me on and believing in me. KU is a part of my heart. It’s my alma mater and I am proud to have earned my degree from KU. I will always be a Jayhawk.”

This past season, Coleby had five games in which he played 10-plus minutes, including a season-high 20 against Georgia (Nov. 22) in the title game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic where he tied a career high with four blocked shots. Coleby also played key minutes in two of Kansas’ NCAA Tournament victories against Michigan State (March 19) and Purdue (March 23).

“We have truly enjoyed Dwight the past two years,” Self said. “He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. It was unfortunate he tore his ACL his first year but he played a key role, especially late in the season, to the success we had this year. We not only support him but also agree that this could potentially help his post-college professional options. Dwight will always be looked upon by our program as a Jayhawk. We respect everything that he’s done in the time he has been here.”

For his career, Coleby has played in 86 games with seven starts averaging 11.5 minutes, 3.5 points and 3.1 rebounds. In his final season at Ole Miss, he averaged 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in 2014-15.

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Griffons earn second consecutive NCAA baseball tournament bid

Posted on May 14, 2017May 14, 2017

ST. JOSEPH – For the first time in program history, the Missouri Western baseball team will make back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

The Griffons will be the No. 6 seed in the Division II Central Regional and will face No. 3 seed St. Cloud State Thursday in Emporia, Kansas.

Emporia State was awarded the No. 1 seed. Missouri Western and Emporia State were two of four MIAA teams to make the regional, joining No. 4 seed Lindenwood and No. 7 seed Central Oklahoma.

Missouri Western advanced to the semifinals of the MIAA Baseball Championships after finishing second in the league standings by winning 13 of its final 14 regular season games. The Griffons went 3-2 at the MIAA tournament and will enter the regional tournament with a 32-20 record.

St. Cloud State (39-16) finished third in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season and finished as runner-up to No. 2-seeded Minnesota State in the NSIC Baseball Championships.

Times for the double elimination tournament will be announced later.

No. 1 Emporia State vs. No. 8 Arkansas-Monticello
No. 2 Minnesota State vs. No. 7 Central Oklahoma
No. 3 St. Cloud State vs. No. 6 Missouri Western
No. 4 Lindenwood vs. No. 5 Southern Arkansas

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Western falls to Central Oklahoma in MIAA Tournament semifinals

Posted on May 14, 2017

JOPLIN, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team lost to Central Oklahoma Sunday 8-2 in the MIAA Tournament semifinals.

The Griffons fall to 32-20, while the Bronchos improve to 33-18-1.

NOTABLES
– Dusty Stroup scored the first Missouri Western run in the fourth inning to cut into the Central Oklahoma lead

– Andrew Curry led off the ninth inning with a double and scored on an fielding error but MWSU could not rally anymore runs in the inning

– Two through five in the Griffon lineup provided eight of its nine hits and two runs scored

– Dusty Stroup reached base for the 20th consecutive game this season

TOP PERFORMERS
– Stroup was 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored

– Andrew Curry was 2-for-4 on the day with a run scored for MWSU

– Central Oklahoma’s Korey Floyd was 3-for-3 and scored two runs

Tigers win series against South Carolina with victory on Sunday

Posted on May 14, 2017May 14, 2017

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning as it rallied past South Carolina to claim the rubber game of a three-game series, 5-3, Sunday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. The win was Mizzou’s third when trailing after seven innings this season and moves Mizzou to 31-21 and 11-16 in SEC play. The series win for Mizzou was its first since April 6-8 at Georgia.

Mizzou trailed, 3-2, entering the bottom of the eighth inning but rallied for three in the frame, sparked by a leadoff double from Chris Cornelius (St. Louis, Mo.). DH Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) singled to score Cornelius and tie the game. The go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch following a walk and a balk as freshman A.J. Lewis scored after pinch running for Harris. Kameron Misner (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) then added insurance with an RBI single to end the scoring.

Junior RHP Andy Toelken (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) earned the win, his fourth of the season and first in SEC play. Sophomore LHP Michael Plassmeyer (St. Louis, Mo.) earned his first career save, getting the final two outs of the game after South Carolina got two men on.

After Mizzou starter Bryce Montes De Oca (Lawrence, Kan.) got South Carolina to go 1-2-3 in the first, Brett Bond (St. Louis, Mo.) got Mizzou on the board with his 10th homer of the year, a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the first.

Montes De Oca walked three batters and allowed two hits in the top of the third inning as the Gamecocks scratched across a pair of runs to tie the game at 2-2. The first came on an RBI groundout with the bases loaded and the second on an infield hit. South Carolina also lost a runner at the plate as 1B Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) fired home on a fielder’s choice and Bond made a great tag to prevent the run from scoring.

South Carolina went ahead in the fifth inning, getting a two-out RBI double off Montes De Oca from RF Jacob Olson, putting the Gamecocks on top, 3-2. Toelken came in for the sixth inning and kept Mizzou within striking distance, tossing zeroes on the board in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings with just two hits allowed in that span.

Mizzou’s offense stayed quiet until threatening off SC reliever Josh Reagan in the seventh inning. Mizzou walked three times in the inning, but Bond was picked off first base and Mizzou couldn’t get the big hit to knock in the tying run.

Making his first start since injuring his shoulder in the Friday game at Vanderbilt, Harris tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, dropping a bloop hit into right field to score Cornelius who doubled to lead off the inning.

South Carolina then brought in closer Tyler Johnson who snagged out number two but followed up with a walk and a balk to put runners on second and third. The wild pitch to score Lewis and the RBI single by Misner put the nail in the coffin for the Gamecocks as Plassmeyer got the final two outs for his first save of the year.

Mizzou will play its final home game of 2017 on Tuesday against Eastern Kentucky at 4 p.m.

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