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Northwest softball gets two walk-off win against William Jewell

Posted on March 8, 2016

The Northwest Missouri State softball team swept William Jewell Tuesday afternoon in Maryville, winning both contests in the final at bat of the game.

It took eight innings for anyone to cross the plate in game one, with Rebecca Maher ending the 1-0 contest with a walk-off single.

Alexis Kelsey drove in two with her walk-off single in game two, propelling the Bearcats to a thrilling 6-5 victory.

Coach Ryan Anderson’s squad improved its record to 15-3 this season, while the Cardinals fall to 6-8 overall.

Maher drove in four runs and scored two more on the day.

The Bearcats will return to conference competition when they head to Bolivar, Mo. for a doubleheader with Southwest Baptist Friday, March 11. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffon men’s golf team finishes 17th in first spring tournament

Posted on March 8, 2016

DANVILLE, Ark. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team finished its first competition of the spring season with a score of 614 and finished tied for 17th place as a unit. The event was held at the Chamberlyne Country Club.

The Griffons were led by Jakob Rudosky through the two rounds of play. He finished with a 146 and placed tied for 19th. Senior Ryan Hand scored a 74 and 77 respectively in his two rounds which landed him tied for 44th.

As a team, the Griffons tied with Southern Arkansas and were two strokes behind Oklahoma Baptist for 16th place. Rockhurst finished with a 606 in 15th place and Harding finished with a 601 in 14th place. Arkansas Tech was the top team in the tournament, scoring a 571. The second place team was SE Oklahoma State with a 579 score.

Missouri Southern State’s Taylor Lansford was the individual winner of the event, firing a 138. Austin Smith from Arkansas Tech finished second with a 140 in the two rounds of play.

The Griffons are back in action on March 20 – March 22 at the Broncho Invitational.

— MWSU Athletics —

Kansas’ Bill Self named national Coach of the Year by USA Today

Posted on March 8, 2016March 8, 2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self garnered his second national accolade of the 2015-16 season when USA Today named him the national coach of the year Tuesday.

On March 6, Bleacher Report also named Self national coach of the year and the following day he was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year for the fifth time by AP in his 13 seasons at Kansas.

This is the fifth season Self has been named national coach of the year by multiple entities. He first earned the accolade in 2000 while at Illinois. Since he has been at Kansas, in 2008 he received the Winged Foot Award for winning the NCAA National Championship. In 2009 he collected the honor by eight different outlets and in 2012 three different organizations named him national coach of the year.

No. 1 Kansas (27-4, 15-3) won its 12th-straight, 16th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 59th overall conference regular-season title in 2015-16. The 12-straight titles rank second all-time in NCAA history. Playing in the toughest conference, Kansas clinched the title with two games in the regular season and won it outright the following contest. KU’s current 11-game winning streak is the third active longest nationally heading into the Big 12 Championship, March 9-12 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

Kansas is No. 1 in both Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls released March 7. Kansas has ranked seventh or higher in every poll this season, including No. 1 for four weeks.

In addition to the Big 12 regular-season title, KU was 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational champions and has posted two winning streaks of 11 games or more in 2015-16. Additionally, Kansas is 9-3 against nationally-ranked teams in 2015-16, including 3-0 versus top-10 teams, and has won six straight versus ranked opponents. According to the NCAA, Kansas holds the No. 1 RPI and the No. 6 toughest schedule while the Big 12 has the No. 1 RPI among all conferences in 2015-16.

This season KU went 16-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season to mark its second straight and 20th undefeated home record, sixth under Bill Self.

In 13 seasons at Kansas, Self is 379-82 (82.2 percent) for an average of 29.2 wins per year. Overall, Self is in his 23rd season with a 586-187 record.

— KU Athletics —

Missouri Western scores 29 runs in doubleheader sweep at Drury

Posted on March 7, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team dominated offensively at Drury University, scoring 29 runs and recording 33 hits in the doubleheader sweep. The Griffons took game one 15-4 and the second game of the evening 14-3.

Game 1

The Griffons controlled the game from the start, scoring the first 14 runs of the game. Missouri Western finished the game with 15 runs and tied a season-high with 17 hits. MWSU managed to score at least one run in six of the seven innings. Drury managed to collect four runs on six hits throughout the game.

Offensively, Missouri Western managed to score two runs in the first inning when Jeremy Alvarado and Kody Matthews each picked up RBIs. The Griffons continued to add to their lead as Cosmino Cannella had a two-run home run to left field in the fourth inning. The Griffons added two more runs in the top of the fourth inning, expanding the Griffon lead to 10-0.

Senior Orencio Fisher tallied his second home run of the season in the fifth inning. Alvardo eventually followed up with a double to left field, bringing home Nick Gawley and David Glaude to make the score 13-0 heading into the sixth inning.

The final run of the game for the Griffons came from Marcus Brown as he blasted a home run to left field.

Missouri Western had four pitchers enter the game. Evan Jones is now 2-0 on the season, allowing just one hit in three innings of work. Weston Caindec and Chris Estrada combined for two innings, allowing one hit and one run and tallying two strikeouts.

Game 2

Missouri Western picked up right where they left off after game one, producing 14 runs on 16 hits in the second game. The Griffons recorded runs in six of seven innings again including three innings scoring at least three runs.

Missouri Western started off scoring on a sac fly by Nick Gawley, scoring David Glaude. Drury responded in the bottom half of the first inning with an RBI single to right field by Conner Wilson. The Griffons added a pair of runs in the second inning and never looked back.

The Griffons tallied four runs in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI single by Alvarado and a single by Andrew Ramirez, bringing home two more runs. In the fifth inning, Cannella and Gawley had back-to-back home runs. MWSU added three more runs in the top of the seventh inning to end the game.

Jared Lloyd recorded his second victory of the season, allowing just two earned runs on four hits. Zach Cross, Mike Calimeno, and Conner Schwienebart combined to allow just one run in four innings of work. They also had six strikeouts combined.

The Griffons will return home this weekend as they take on Pittsburg State starting on Friday at 2 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

MU’s Houck selected to USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team

Posted on March 7, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball RHP Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) has accepted an invitational to play with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team for the second consecutive summer, as announced Monday by Mizzou head coach Tim Jamieson and USA Baseball. Houck, a Preseason All-American and Preseason All-SEC pick, spent last summer with the Collegiate National Team and he is the first Mizzou player to earn a spot on the team twice.

Houck is 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA this season and has struck out 24 batters over 22.0 innings, walking just four batters. He was a consensus Freshman All-American in 2015 after going 8-5 with a 3.49 ERA while pitching more innings than any other freshman in college baseball at the end of the regular season. His eight wins were the most by any Tiger pitcher since 2011 and the most for any a Mizzou freshman since Kyle Gibson in 2008.

He was sensational with Team USA a year ago, earning USA Baseball’s International Performance of the Year for starting and throwing four perfect innings in a combined no-hitter against Cuba. In all, he Houck Team USA starters in ERA (2.16) and led the team in innings pitched (16.2) and strikeouts (14) while limiting batters to just .213 hitting and owning a 14-1 strikeout-walk ratio.

USA Baseball will release the full team throughout the course of the spring and competition will begin this summer.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Jayhawks’ Ellis named 2nd Team All-Ameircan by USA Today

Posted on March 7, 2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. – What a week for Kansas senior forward Perry Ellis, and its only Monday. On Sunday, March 5, the Wichita forward was a unanimous selection All-Big 12 First Team by the league coaches. Earlier that morning before he was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the sixth time in his career. Then on Monday, Ellis was named second-team All-America by USA TODAY.

A Wichita native, Ellis is coming off back-to-back 20-point performances with 20 points at Texas (Feb. 29) and 22 points against Iowa State (March 5) on his senior night. The two efforts garnered Ellis with the final 2015-16 conference player of the week honor as he has 11 20-point efforts this season.

Ellis is 86 points from cracking the top-10 on KU’s career scoring list while leading No. 1 Kansas in scoring (16.5 ppg) and ranking second in rebounding (6.0 rpg) this season. He has nine games of scoring 19 or more points in Big 12 play this season, including seven 20-point efforts and overall ranks third in the league in scoring and ninth in rebounding. Ellis also ranks among the Big 12 leaders in field goal percentage (fifth at 52.1) and free throw percentage (12th at 76.3). Ellis averaged 17.7 points and 5.8 rebounds during Big 12 play in 2015-16.

KU’s senior leader is a finalist for the Wooden Award and the Senior CLASS Award.

USA TODAY All-America Teams

First Team
Buddy Hield, Sr., G, Oklahoma
Brice Johnson, Sr., F, North Carolina
Jakob Poeltl, So., F, Utah
Tyler Ulis, So., G, Kentucky
Denzel Valentine, Sr., G, Michigan State

Second Team
Grayson Allen, So., G, Duke
Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., G, Virginia
PERRY ELLIS, Sr., F, Kansas
Yogi Ferrell, Sr., G, Indiana
Jamal Murray, Fr., G, Kentucky

Third Team
Kris Dunn, Sr., G, Providence
Trevon Bluiett, So., G, Xavier
Georges Niang, Sr., F, Iowa State
Ben Simmons, Fr., F, LSU
Jarrod Uthoff, Sr., F, Iowa

— KU Athletics —

KU’s Self named AP Big 12 Coach of the Year

Posted on March 7, 2016

NEW YORK – For the second straight year and fifth time in his 13 years at Kansas, head coach Bill Self was voted the Associated Press Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, announced by the AP Monday morning.

One day after the All-Big 12 awards were announced by the conference, the AP’s version is chosen by a panel of media representatives who cover the league on a regular basis. The panel also voted KU senior forward Perry Ellis as a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection and junior guard Frank Mason III as a second-team selection. Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield was the AP’s Big 12 Player of the Year.

Self received 12 of 20 votes for top coach after the Jayhawks won their 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title from an AP panel of sports writers and sportscasters who cover the league on a regular basis. In voting by the Big 12 coaches, they tabbed Texas Tech’s Tubby Smith as their coach of the year.

Self also won the AP coaching award in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015. In his latest installment, Self led the Jayhawks to their 12th-straight Big 12 regular-season title and the 59th conference championship in Kansas history – the most all-time in the NCAA. Now in his 13th season at the helm, Self is 379-82 at Kansas, including a 206-9 record inside Allen Fieldhouse where the Jayhawks have won 40 consecutive games.

— KU Athletics —

Northwest sweeps weekly MIAA tennis honors

Posted on March 7, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University tennis players Romain Boissinot and Aniek Kolen were each named MIAA Tennis Athletes of the Week on Monday. Northwest’s men’s team began the season 3-0 and 2-1 on the women’s side last week.

Boissinot started the spring by going 3-0 at No. 1 singles. He also went 3-0 at No. 2 doubles, helping to lead Northwest to victories over William Jewell, Colorado Mesa and St. Cloud State. He did not drop a set the entire week. Kolen went 3-0 at No. 3 singles and 2-1 at No. 2 doubles. She also did not drop a singles set during the week.

The Northwest men’s and women’s teams will head to Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, March 9, to take on Division I member UMKC.

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri baseball’s Brian Sharp named SEC Freshman of the Week

Posted on March 7, 2016March 8, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball freshman UTIL Brian Sharp (Liberty, Mo.) has been named SEC Freshman of the Week, as announced Monday by the league office. This is the second consecutive week that a Mizzou player has earned this distinction after OF Connor Brumfield (Columbia, Mo.) was named SEC Freshman of the Week last Monday.

Sharp was sensational last week, guiding Mizzou to a 4-1 record over five games. He picked up his second career win and second career save on the mound while hitting .333 with three runs and two RBI in the Mizzou lineup last week. Sharp earned the save Tuesday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, helping preserve Mizzou’s third shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory. He then picked up the win on Friday night after pitching the ninth inning before SS Ryan Howard’s (St. Charles, Mo.) walk-off homer lifted Mizzou to the 7-4 win. It is the second consecutive week that Sharp has tallied a win and a save as Mizzou’s closer.

At the plate, Sharp had a pair of multi-hit games on the week, driving in runs in two games, including a big, two-out, RBI single over UAPB to give Mizzou a 2-0 lead.

Sharp and Mizzou host Alabama A&M in a midweek series beginning Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Taylor Stadium.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Griffons earn No. 3 seed in NCAA Tournament Central Region; play Arkansas Tech

Posted on March 6, 2016March 7, 2016

ST. JOSEPH – For the first time since 2007, the Missouri Western women’s basketball team will compete in the NCAA Championships.

The team received the No. 3 seed in the central regional that will be hosted by No. 2 seed Pittsburg State. Missouri Western (27-3) will play Arkansas Tech (26-3) in the first round of the tournament on March 11 at 8:30 p.m.. Emporia State earned the No. 1 seed in the region, but will not host due to scheduling issues. Winona State is the No. 4 seed in the region, Fort Hays State the five, Sioux Falls the seven and Northern State earned the No. 8 seed.

Tickets will go on sale Monday morning at the Pittsburg State Ticket Office or by calling (620) 235-4796. Tickets are $30 for an all-sessions pass, $10 for an adult single-session ticket and $3 for a student single-session ticket.

This is the program’s 12th regional appearance. The Griffons are 7-9 all-time in regional games with two regional championships (1994 and 95). This will be the first time Missouri Western has faced Arkansas Tech in NCAA Championship play. The only central regional participant Missouri Western has ever faced in the NCAA Championships is Emporia State. The Griffons lost both meetings, one in 2000 and the last in 2003.

No. 1 Emporia State vs. No. 8 Northern State
No. 2 Pittsburg State vs. No. 7 Sioux Falls
No. 3 Missouri Western vs. No. 6 Arkansas Tech
No. 4 Winona State vs. No. 5 Fort Hays State

— MWSU Athletics —