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Griffons move up to No. 15 in latest NFCA Division II softball top 25 poll

Posted on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – Win eight games in a row, take a two-game lead atop the conference standings, move up three spots in the national poll. That’s been the chain of events for the Missouri Western softball team over the last week.

The Griffons (34-10, 19-3) moved up to No. 15 in the latest NFCA Division II Coaches poll after extending their winning streak to eight games over the weekend. The eighth win in that streak completed a doubleheader sweep of Pittsburg State and gave Missouri Western a two-game lead over the Gorillas and Northwest Missouri State for first place in the MIAA. It was the fourth straight MIAA doubleheader sweep for the team that has won 12 of its last 14 games, and is 24-4 since Mar. 4.

Missouri Western will take a break from MIAA play this week, even with a doubleheader against conference rival, and current second place, Northwest Missouri State. Thursday’s home doubleheader with the Bearcats will not count as conference games. It’s also the Griffons’ final home regular season games this year. Jen Trotter’s team wraps up the regular season with games at Washburn (April 22) and Emporia State (April 23).

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Tigers get blown out at No. 16 Missouri State 16-1

Posted on April 12, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball dropped the first of its annual two-game, midweek series at No.16 Missouri State, 16-1, on Tuesday night (April 12) at Hammons Field. MSU tallied two runs in the second inning off of Mizzou starter Ryan Lee (Grandview, Mo.) and three more in the fourth without a hit to open a 5-0 lead and never looked back. The two teams will meet again at Taylor Stadium in Columbia on April 26 at 6 p.m.

Mizzou falls to 20-15 on the year while MSU improves to 26-6. Lee was charged with the loss, dropping him to 2-2 on the season while MSU’s Austin Knight earned the win, improving to 3-0 on the year. Mizzou was led at the plate by senior 1B Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) who tallied his SEC-leading 21st extra-base hit with his team-leading 12th double of the season. He had a pair of hits as did junior SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.).

After a solid first inning, Lee ran into trouble in the second. He issued a leadoff walk followed by a double and single as MSU jumped on top, 2-0, without Mizzou recording an out. MSU could have added more runs, but Mizzou played tremendous defense, including a nice play at first by Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) and a diving catch in left from Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.). Those two plays likely saved three runs.

MSU struck again in the fourth as Mizzou reliever Ty Shoaff (Akron, Ohio) loaded the bases on a hit batter, a walk and an error as he tried to field a sacrifice bunt. He then hit a batter to drive in MSU’s third run. The Bears tacked on two more runs on a sacrifice fly and a throwing error by Shane Benes (Town & Country, Mo.).

Mizzou got a hit to lead off the fifth inning from freshman OF Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) but he was caught stealing and Mizzou went quietly again. The Bears then tacked on three more runs in the bottom part of the fifth and eight more in the eighth inning. Mizzou’s lone run was driven in by Jack Klages (St. Louis, Mo.) on an RBI single in the top of the ninth inning.

Mizzou will be back in action this weekend, hosting No. 9 LSU in a three-game series at Taylor Stadium beginning Friday at 6 p.m.

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Griffons’ Glaude earns weekly MIAA baseball honor

Posted on April 12, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – An unbelievable offensive weekend by the Missouri Western baseball team has garnered individual honors for one Griffon.

David Glaude became the first Griffon to be named MIAA Hitter of the Week. Glaude batted .571, slugged 1.500 and reached base at a .714 clip. The senior infielder was 8-14 at the plate with a team-high nine runs scored and 10 RBIs. He hit three of the team’s 14 home runs on the weekend and added two doubles and a triple. In the field, Glaude committed just one error in four starts while recording seven putouts and 13 assists.

The Griffons went 3-1, sweeping a three-game series at Central Oklahoma that saw the team score 54 runs and hit 13 home runs. Glaude was one of three Griffons to bat over .500 last week (Kody Matthews-.533; Brandon Donws-.500). Two others were under .500, but over .430 (Landon Mason-.467; Jeremy Alvarado-.438).

It’s the second week in a row a Griffon has taken an MIAA weekly honor. Richard Peoples was named MIAA Co-Pitcher of the week last week. Missouri Western travels to Northwest Missouri State for a single game, Wednesday at 2 p.m.

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Northwest’s Baldwin named MIAA Pitcher of the Week

Posted on April 12, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State softball pitcher Sarah Baldwin has been named MIAA/AstroTurf Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season, as announced by the league office Tuesday. Baldwin previously earned the recognition on March 1. This is the fourth time a Bearcat pitcher has been given the honor, tied with Pittsburg State for the most this season. Fellow senior Kendle Schieber has also garnered two weekly awards.

Baldwin tossed a pair of complete game shutouts over the weekend, extending her current scoreless innings streak to 22. The senior struck out 13 batters across 12 innings of work, surrendering just nine hits. The Chillicothe, Mo. native held then league-leading Pittsburg State scoreless in a 3-0 victory Friday before limiting Missouri Southern to two hits in Saturday’s 8-0 triumph on Senior Day. For the season, Baldwin ranks in the top five in the MIAA in ERA, opponent’s batting average, hits allowed and walks.

The Bearcats will return to the diamond Thursday, April 14 when they travel to St. Joseph, Mo. for a non-conference doubleheader with Missouri Western. First pitch from the Spring Sports Complex is set for 4 p.m.

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Western women’s golf team finishes 8th at Central Region Spring Preview

Posted on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri Western Women’s Golf claimed eighth place at the Central Region Spring Preview, scoring a 656 over the two day event. The event was played at Rivercut Golf Course which plays a par 72 – 6167 yard course.

All five Griffons improved their scores by at least three strokes from the first round of the tournament. Freshman Shi Qing Ong now has six top-10 finishes this year, finishing in seventh place individually at the Central Region Preview. She finished with a 154 in the tournament. Celine Lim scored a 165, placing her tied for 38th in the standings. Callie Wilson finished the tournament with a 167 in the two rounds of golf, sitting tied for 46th.

The Griffons made the biggest jump, improving three spots in the standings after day two. MWSU finished two strokes behind Concordia St. Paul for seventh place.

Augustana University held the top spot, tallying a team score of 618. They finished one stroke ahead of Northeastern State for the first place in the tournament.

The MIAA championships will be played next weekend in Lawrence, Kansas at the Alvamar Golf Course.

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Mizzou’s Houck named SEC Pitcher of the Week

Posted on April 11, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball sophomore RHP Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday (April 11). This is the second SEC Pitcher of the Week honor for Houck this season and the third of his career. The honor comes on the heels of a dominating performance against the SEC’s top offense Auburn. Houck tossed a complete game shutout, allowing just four hits in a 2-0 Mizzou win on Friday night. It was his second complete game shutout this season.

Houck was absolutely dominant on one day short rest as two of the four hits he allowed were infield hits and only one runner advanced into scoring position through the 9.0 shutout innings as Houck needed just 105 pitches to get the complete game shutout. His 10 strikeouts were the second-most of his career and he also induced 14 ground balls to go along with his 10 strikeouts and just four balls all day were hit out of the infield against Houck. Four of the groundouts were 1-3 putouts on slow dribblers hit back to him as Auburn struggled to square up Houck all day. In the ninth inning, Houck retired the side on just five pitches, displaying his dominance throughout the game.

Houck faced just four batters over the minimum in his start and earned an 88 game score, his second-best of the season. As of Sunday, only four pitchers in the nation had posted a better game score than Houck and only one of those games came against a team from a power conference while Houck’s came against the SEC’s top offense. The next-best game score by an SEC pitcher through Saturday was Mississippi’s Brady Bramlett, who tallied an 82 against Arkansas.

Batters are now hitting just .176 against Houck in SEC play and he has 30 Ks in 30.0 IP with just eight walks while pitching against elite offenses like Florida, Vanderbilt, Auburn and Arkansas. It was the first time Auburn has been shutout in SEC play since May of 2014.

Houck and the Tigers head to Missouri State on Tuesday (April 12) for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch at Hammons Field.

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Northwest’s Boissinot earns weekly MIAA tennis honor

Posted on April 11, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University junior Romain Boissinot was named the MIAA’s Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Monday in a release from the conference office. This is the second time this year that Boissinot has collected the conference’s weekly honor, winning back on March 7.

For the week, Boissinot went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles in team victories over No. 26 Ouachita Baptist and No. 11 Midwestern State. Against Ouachita Baptist, he knocked off the nation’s No. 47 ranked player and on Saturday, he beat the nation’s No. 44 ranked player from Midwestern State. Both of those matches were won in three sets. He teamed with Aymeric Autones to pick up doubles wins at the No. 2 position.

The Northwest men are 15-2 on the year and are 3-0 in MIAA play. The Bearcats will head to Bolivar, Mo., on Saturday, April 16, to face Southwest Baptist at 10 a.m. SBU is currently 9-5 overall and 2-0 in MIAA action.

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Griffons score 22 runs again to complete sweep at Central Oklahoma

Posted on April 10, 2016

EDMOND, Okla. – After the Missouri Western baseball team scored 22 runs at Central Oklahoma on Saturday, they were due for a calm, low-scoring effort on Sunday. Instead, the team matched its 22 runs and, again, tied the school record for home runs in a game with six.

The difference, Sunday, was Richard Peoples. The reigning MIAA Pitcher of the Week limited the Bronchos to two runs on nine hits. Offensively, it was much of the same, including another two-home run day for Brandon Downs, his second in as many days. Also homering for the Griffons on Sunday were Orencio Fisher, David Glaude, Nick Gawley and Cosimo Cannella.

Down 1-0 after the first, Missouri Western took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second, but UCO tied the game in the bottom half of the inning. It was all Griffons from there. Gawley and Fisher homered in a seven-run third inning for Missouri Western. Both home runs were two-run shots. Andrew Ramirez cleared the bases with a double in the inning. After adding two more runs in the fifth, the Griffons scored six in the sixth and five in the seventh.

Glaude and Gawley each had three hits and five RBIs. Glaude was 3-3 with three runs scored and three walks, reaching in all six plate appearances. Fisher also had a three-hit day, going 3-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Downs had three RBIs and three runs scored while going 2-3 at the plate.

On the weekend, Missouri Western scored 54 runs on 48 hits; hit 13 home runs and 11 doubles. Most importantly, the team moved back into a third place tie with Washburn in the MIAA standings. The Griffons moved to 24-11 overall, 16-8 in conference play and are now 17-4 on the road. A conference road swing continues next week with a single game at Northwest Missouri on Apr. 13 before a three-game series at Fort Hays State beginning Apr. 15.

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Bearcats defeat Missouri Southern to salvage final game of series

Posted on April 10, 2016

The Northwest Missouri State University baseball team beat No. 19 Missouri Southern on Sunday, 19-15, at Warren Turner Field in Joplin, Mo.

It was the most Bearcat runs scored since a 20-10 victory over Nebraska-Kearney back on March 13, 2015.

The 17 hits tied the season-high set back on April 1, a 12-6 win over Pittsburg State.

Northwest improved to 18-16 overall and 13-11 in MIAA play with the win. The Lions fall to 24-11 and 14-10 in conference action.

Centerfielder Garrett Fort had a career-day, going 5-of-6 at the plate wiht six RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base. Ozzie Adams drove in four runs, going 2-for-7 with a run scored.

Eight different Bearcat players recorded a hit and 10 players scored a run.

Northwest also tied a season high with 12 walks, marching the mark set in a 12-10 win at Washburn on March 10.

The three Bearcat home runs tied the mark set earlier in the week against Nebraska-Kearney on April 5.

Northwest will begin a three-game mid-week series with Missouri Western starting on Wednesday, April 13 at 3 p.m. at Bearcat Field.

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MWSU tennis falls to No. 16 Northeastern State

Posted on April 10, 2016April 10, 2016

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Missouri Western Women’s Tennis dropped its second straight match in as many days, falling to #16 Northeastern State 7-2 on Sunday afternoon. It’s the Griffons first time losing two straight matches all season long.

The Griffons started the day with two points after NSU defaulted at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches. Northeastern State managed to take all seven contests in convincing fashion, taking the singles matches in straight sets.

In doubles competition, Sofia Aguilera and Yasmine El Ghazi lost 8-3 in the No. 1 spot and in the No. 2 spot Joanna Abreu Roman and Sarah Giraldo suffered defeat 8-2.

Singles competition
1. #32 Husakova,Patricia (NSU) def. El Ghazi,Yasmine (MWSU) 6-0, 4-3, retired
2. Panferova,Daria (NSU) def. Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Efimenko,Valeriia (NSU) def. Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Worden,Molly (NSU) def. Abreu Roman,Joanna (MWSU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Tomaic,Karla (NSU) def. Chiao,Denise (MWSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. No player (MWSU) def. No player (NSU), by default

Doubles competition
1. Husakova,Patricia/Worden,Molly (NSU) def. Aguilera,Sofia/El Ghazi,Yasmine (MWSU) 8-3
2. Efimenko,Valeriia/Tomaic,Karla (NSU) def. Abreu Roman,Joanna/Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 8-2
3. No player/No player (MWSU) def. No player/No player (NSU), by default

The Griffons will be on the road April 15th against Southwest Baptist, starting at 3 p.m.

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