College – Page 405 – St. Joseph Post Archive

No. 14 Missouri loses Saturday at 8th-ranked Vanderbilt 12-2

Posted on April 25, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No. 14 Mizzou baseball dropped game two of its series at No. 8 Vanderbilt, 12-2, on Saturday afternoon (April 25) at Hawkins Field. Vanderbilt’s Philip Pfiefer struck out a career-high 13 Mizzou batters en-route to his third win of the season. Mizzou’s Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) was tagged with the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits, both season-highs for the freshman.

Junior Josh Lester (Columbus, Ga.) and sophomore Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) each finished the game with two hits and senior Jake Ivory (St. Charles, Mo.) tallied his second career homer in the fifth inning. Howard and Ivory had the team’s RBIs on Saturday. The loss is just Mizzou’s third on Saturday this season, dropping the Tigers to 12-3 on Saturdays. Mizzou is now 26-17 and 12-8 in SEC play. Vanderbilt moves to 32-12 and 14-6 in SEC play.

Houck cruised through the first two innings before getting into trouble in the third. He allowed a bunt single to catcher Jason Delay. He was moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt and Ro Coleman then reached on a fielder’s choice to put a pair of men on ahead of a three-run homer by Rhett Wiseman, his second of the weekend. That gave Vanderbilt a 3-0 lead after three innings.

The Tigers looked primed to respond to the three-spot in the third, putting the first two runners on in the fourth. But strikeouts from Zach Lavy (Auxvasse, Mo.) and Trey Harris (Powder Springs, Ga.) and a fielder’s choice by Shane Benes (Town & Country, Mo.) got Vanderbilt out of the jam.

Mizzou got on the board in the fifth inning on Ivory’s second career homer, a shot over the right field wall. But Vanderbilt came right back in the bottom of the frame, scoring on a two-out RBI double by Dansby Swanson to regain a three-run cushion at 4-1.

Vanderbilt then came back and put up a crooked number in the sixth, extending the lead to 7-1 before Houck was lifted in favor of Austin Tribby (Springfield, Mo.). Mizzou added another run in the seventh on an RBI double by Howard and Lester nearly cut into the lead as he drove a pitch to the warning track with runners on second and third, but it was caught for out No. 3 to end the threat. Vandy added a run in the seventh inning and four more in the eighth on a grand slam by Zander Wiel. Mizzou then got nothing in the ninth.

Mizzou and Vanderbilt will play the series finale Sunday at 1 p.m. at Hawkins Field. Peter Fairbanks (4-3, 2.48 ERA) will get the start for the Tigers against Vanderbilt’s Walker Buehler (3-1, 2.68 ERA).

— MU Sports Information —

No. 19 Northwest defeats Lindenwood to advance to MIAA men’s title championship

Posted on April 25, 2015April 25, 2015

The No. 19 ranked Northwest Missouri State men’s tennis team beat Lindenwood University, 5-0, on Saturday in the semifinal round of the MIAA Tournament at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo.

Northwest moves to 17-6 on the year while Lindenwood drops to 6-14.

Singles competition
1. #34 Boissinot,Romain (NW) vs. Bogic,Filip (LWU) unfinished
2. #43 Tete,Mauro (NW) vs. Ysa,Yoshikazu (LWU) unfinished
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) vs. El Idrissi,Naoufal (LWU) unfinished
4. Azzaoui,Hicham (NW) vs. Rabenhorst,Johannes (LWU) unfinished
5. Altmann,Josef (NW) def. Bruenger,Nicholas (LWU) 6-3, 6-0
6. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Bavrlic,Slobodan (LWU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Boissinot,Romain/Riveros,Alvaro (NW) def. Ysa,Yoshikazu/Rabenhorst,Johannes (LWU) 8-1
2. Autones,Aymeric/Tete,Mauro (NW) def. Bogic,Filip/El Idrissi,Naoufal (LWU) 9-8
3. Altmann,Josef/Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Bruenger,Nicholas/Bavrlic,Slobodan (LWU) 8-2

Northwest Missouri State will play for their sixth straight MIAA Tournament title Sunday at noon in Springfield, Mo. The Bearcats will face Nebraska-Kearney, who defeated Southwest Baptist, 5-0, in the other semifinal.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Bearcat women’s tennis falls to SBU in MIAA semifinals

Posted on April 25, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University women’s tennis team fell to Southwest Baptist on Saturday afternoon in the MIAA semifinals, 5-3, at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo.

Northwest is now 17-7 on the year. No. 19 ranked Southwest Baptist improved to 21-2.

Aniek Kolen and Stephanie Mannix combined to score all three of Northwest’s points. Kolen won at No. 4 singles and Mannix won at No. 5. The duo also came up with an 8-0 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Singles competition
1. #20 Varga,Fanni (SBU) def. #50 Quesada,Camila (NW) 6-4, 6-2
2. #22 Zentai,Christina (SBU) def. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) 6-3, 6-2
3. Zehnder,Maria Josie (SBU) def. Jaquet,Margaux (NW) 6-3, 6-3
4. Kolen,Aniek (NW) def. Tuemmers,Lani (SBU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Mannix,Stephanie (NW) def. Federer,Beatrix (SBU) 6-0, 6-4
6. Jovanovic,Zorana (SBU) vs. Hull,Marianne (NW) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. #4 Varga,Fanni/Zentai,Christina (SBU) def. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas/Quesada,Camila (NW) 8-1
2. Zehnder,Maria Josie/Tuemmers,Lani (SBU) def. Hull,Marianne/Jaquet,Margaux (NW) 8-3
3. Mannix,Stephanie/Kolen,Aniek (NW) def. Federer,Beatrix/Jovanovic,Zorana (SBU) 8-0

Northwest Missouri State will face Nebraska-Kearney at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in Springfield, Mo., in the third place match. Southwest Baptist will play Northeastern State for the championship.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffons get two walk-off wins against Northwest Missouri State Friday

Posted on April 25, 2015

ST. JOSEPH – In what could be considered poetic justice, the Missouri Western baseball team finished the regular season with a pair of extra inning, walk-off wins to put an exclamation point on an often heartbreaking season.

Missouri Western has been on the wrong end of nine walk-offs this season but picked up two of its own Friday over Northwest Missouri State to finish the regular season 29-19 and 22-14 in the MIAA.

Friday’s doubleheader ran just into Saturday with a 40 minute delay during game two pushing the winning run across the plate at the stroke of midnight.

GAME 1: MWSU 6, Northwest Missouri State 5 (8 innings)

Fittingly, two seniors combined for a walk-off win in game one for the Griffons.

Cody Childs’ single to left field scored Trevor LaHonta in the bottom of the eighth with two outs. LaHonta led off the inning with a single to right field. Ryan Degner followed with a sacrifice bunt that advanced LaHonta to second. Orencio Fisher made the second out of the inning with a ground out to shortstop before Childs game winner through the left side.

Northwest took an early lead, scoring one in the first. MWSU jumped ahead in the third with three runs. Both teams scored one in the fifth then the Bearcats added three in the seventh to take a 5-4 lead. Cosimo Cannella tied it in the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run to left field.

Matt Russell, another Griffon senior, picked up the win, recording two outs. Weston Caindec lasted the first four innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Richard Peoples gave up three runs on three hits in two and a third innings of work. Fisher, Childs, Cannella and Michael Yeager all had two hits. Childs drove in two.

GAME 2: MWSU 4, Northwest Missouri State 3 (9 innings)

David Glaude roped a line drive down the right field line to drive in Fisher for the winning score in game two. The game was supposed to just go seven innings after the first game went to extra innings but a run by Northwest in the top of the seventh knotted the game up. That run came after a 40 minute rain delay with a runner on first and no outs in the top half of the seventh.

Fisher led off the ninth, beating out a ground ball to the shortstop. Cody Childs followed by reaching on an error then Cosimo Cannella popped up for the first out. Glaude then lined a 1-0 pitch down the right field line that brought Fisher home from second to take the series three games to one.

Josh Lansangan picked up the win in his final regular season game as a Griffon, pitching the final inning and two-thirds. The senior struck out four and allowed two hits. Glaude finished the game 3-5 with three RBIs. Degner, Fisher and Brandon Downs all had two hits in game two.

The Griffons entered the day in fifth place in the MIAA, one game behind Washburn and Nebraska-Kearney, who were tied for fourth. Those two are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday that could allow the Griffons to move into fourth place which would allow them to host a best of three series to open the MIAA Tournament next weekend. Should MWSU remain outside the top-four, the team will travel for the opening weekend of the conference tournament.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri extends Gary Pinkel’s contract through 2021

Posted on April 25, 2015April 25, 2015

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has extended football coach Gary Pinkel’s contract through 2021, according to MUTigers.com and upped his yearly salary to $4.02 million, making him the 10th Southeastern Conference coach to have a yearly salary of at least $4 million.

Pinkel is headed into his 15th season at Missouri and is already the winningest coach in school history with 113 victories. He was making $3.2 million per year.

The 62-year-old Pinkel has led the Tigers to SEC East titles the last two years. Missouri, which joined the SEC in 2012, has won five division titles under Pinkel, including three in the Big 12.

“The success of our football program has helped elevate the university’s national profile and Gary’s teams have provided some incredibly proud moments for all Missourians,” MU Chancellor Dr. R. Bowen Loftin told MUTigers.com. “His commitment to excellence is exemplified not only in his on-field success, but in the academic achievements of his student-athletes and the high character young men who graduate from MU. This commitment to Gary is well-earned.”

Pinkel was coach of the year in the SEC last year, guiding the Tigers to an 11-3 finish and Citrus Bowl win after being picked fourth in the division.

— Associated Press —

MWSU’s Knight selected to play in NCAA golf regional

Posted on April 25, 2015

ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western men’s golfer Corey Knight (Jr., Avondale, Ariz.) was rewarded for his play during his first campaign as a Griffon as he was selected for the 2015 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Central/Midwest Regional as announced by the committee on Friday.

Knight becomes the first Griffon since 2008 to advance to NCAA regional play. This years regional will be held at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club May 4-6 in Lemont, Illinois hosted by Lewis University.

Knight competed in ten events (24 rounds) this season with a scoring average of 75.1 finishing in the top 10 of four events including a second place finish at the Brickyard Invitational in September and a third place finish at the Henderson State Classic earlier this month.

The top five teams and low two individuals not on an advancing team advance to the 2015 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Championship at Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, North Carolina May 18-22.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Western tennis falls to No. 19 Southwest Baptist in MIAA tournament opener

Posted on April 25, 2015

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s tennis team faced off against #19 Southwest Baptist on Friday morning at the MIAA tournament but fell short in a 5-1 loss. The Griffons entered the tournament as the seventh seed and SBU came in as the second seed.

Denise Chiao and Ceara Boldridge pulled out an 8-3 victory in the No. 3 doubles spot over Zorana Jovanovic and Beatrix Federer. The Griffons fell 8-5 in the No. 1 singles match and 8-1 in the No. 2 singles match.

Southwest Baptist finished the Griffons off by claiming the first three singles matches. Sarah Giraldo fell 6-1, 6-1 to Fanni Varga in the No. 1 singles match. Christina Zentai defeated the Griffons Sofia Aguliera in the No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-1. The final singles match featured senior Kayla Dysart and Maria Zehnder, ending 6-1, 6-3 in favor of SBU.

The Bearcats moved into the semifinals and will face the winner of third seed Northwest Missouri and sixth seed Central Oklahoma on Saturday, April 25.

Missouri Western finishes the season with an 11-10 overall record and a 4-6 MIAA record.

Singles competition
1. Varga,Fanni (SBU) def. Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Zentai,Christina (SBU) def. Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Zehnder,Maria Josie (SBU) def. Dysart,Kayla (MWSU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Tuemmers,Lani (SBU) vs. El Ghazi,Yasmine (MWSU) unfinished
5. Federer,Beatrix (SBU) vs. Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) unfinished
6. Jovanovic,Zorana (SBU) vs. Smith,Meara (MWSU) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Zentai,Christina/Varga,Fanni (SBU) def. El Ghazi,Yasmine/Giraldo,Sarah (MWSU) 8-5
2. Zehnder,Maria Josie/Tuemmers,Lani (SBU) def. Dysart,Kayla/Aguilera,Sofia (MWSU) 8-1
3. Chiao,Denise/Boldridge,Ceara (MWSU) def. Federer,Beatrix/Jovanovic,Zorana (SBU) 8-3

— MWSU Sports Information —

Northwest women’s tennis defeat UCO to advance to MIAA semifinals

Posted on April 25, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University women’s tennis team beat Central Oklahoma, 5-1, on Friday in the opening round of the MIAA Tournament in Springfield, Mo.

The match, which was played indoors at the Cooper Tennis Complex, was halted after the Bearcats captured the two singles points to clinch the victory.

Northwest swept the three doubles points to take an early lead. Margaux Jaquet and Stephanie Mannix won at No. 3 and No. 5 singles, respectively.

Singles competition
1. Gorina,Alina (UCO) def. #50 Quesada,Camila (NW) 6-4, 6-3
2. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) vs. Minakova,Anya (UCO) unfinished
3. Jaquet,Margaux (NW) def. Brnovic,Natasa (UCO) 6-0, 6-1
4. Kolen,Aniek (NW) vs. Burak,Olya (UCO) unfinished
5. Mannix,Stephanie (NW) def. Semo,Emilie (UCO) 6-4, 6-0
6. Hull,Marianne (NW) vs. Moyna Lobel,Amelie (UCO) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas/Quesada,Camila (NW) def. Minakova,Anya/Moyna Lobel,Amelie (UCO) 9-8
2. Hull,Marianne/Jaquet,Margaux (NW) def. Gorina,Alina/Semo,Emilie (UCO) 8-6
3. Mannix,Stephanie/Kolen,Aniek (NW) def. Burak,Olya/Brnovic,Natasa (UCO) 8-2

Northwest Missouri State will face No. 2 tournament seed Southwest Baptist at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning in Springfield, Mo., in the semifinal round.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffons and Bearcats split first two games of series

Posted on April 23, 2015

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western baseball team started off their final regular season series with a split against Northwest Missouri State. MWSU took game one with a 3-2 win and dropped the second game 2-1.

Game 1 – MWSU 3, Northwest 2

Missouri Western earned the first win of the series in exciting fashion with a 3-2 victory.

The Griffons were first on the board in the second inning as they managed to get three runs on three hits and two errors.

Cosimo Cannella started off the second inning with a double down the right field line. David Glaude singled to the pitcher and eventually advanced to second and put Cannella on third.

Zach Taylor hit a sac fly to left field to score Cannella from third, scoring the Griffons first run of the ball game. Glaude advanced to third on a pass ball and senior Michael Yeager singled to right field to pick up the RBI. Yeager worked himself around the bases to score on a wild pitch to score the third run.

Northwest Missouri scored one run in the fourth inning and one in the seventh inning.

Banks Born moved his record to 6-1 on the season. He went six innings, allowing eight hits and struck out five batters.

Game 2 – Northwest 2, MWSU 1

The Griffons and Bearcats got into a pitching battle in the second game with A.J. Martinez and Joseph Hietpas on the mound. Both teams were held scoreless until the top of the seventh inning when the Bearcats scored two runs.

Nick Gotta was the Bearcats first runner on base when he was walked by Martinez. Two batters later, Paul Johnson came up with a huge two out single to centerfield. Steven Garber singled to centerfield and eventually advanced to second on an error by centerfielder Ryan Degner. The error allowed two-runs to score.

The Griffons only run came from Cosimo Cannella in the bottom of the seventh inning when he hit his fifth home run of the season.

A.J. Martinez suffered his first loss of the season and now has a record of 4-1 on the season.

Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State will wrap up their four-game series Friday with a doubleheader that begins at 5:00 p.m.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri Western softball splits doubleheader against Washburn

Posted on April 23, 2015

ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western softball team split a doubleheader with Washburn Thursday to move their record to 33-15 on the year and 17-7 in the MIAA.

GAME 1: Washburn 4, MWSU 3 (9 innings)

The Griffons lost an extra inning game, giving up two runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game and then losing on a solo home run in the top of the ninth.

Leading 3-1 in the seventh, Janie Smith gave up a solo home run to lead off the inning. The next batter reached on an error by Katie Klosterman. Smith retired the next batter with a fly out to center then a single from the next batter put two on with one out. A sacrifice fly brought in Washburn’s second run and tied the game at three.

Bekah Mueller led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk but the next three Griffons were retired to force extra innings. Neither team scored in the eighth and Smith retired the first batter of the ninth with a groundout. Then came the dagger, with a solo home run to right center that put Washburn up 4-3. The first two Griffon batters in the bottom of the ninth grounded out before Brooke Schaben reached on an error. Morgan Rathmann ended it with a ground out to the pitcher.

Washburn scored first with a run in the top of the fifth. The Griffons answered and took the lead with three in the bottom half of the inning.

Smith took the loss, going nine innings and giving up four runs – three earned – on nine hits. She struck out six and walked four. Her record dropped to 16-8 on the year. Rathmann went 2-5 at the plate while Kailey Green was 2-4.

GAME 2: MWSU 9, Washburn 4

The Griffon bats woke up in the second game of the day, getting two runs in the second and four in the third to take a 6-2 lead. MWSU tacked on two more in the sixth and survived a little threat in the top of the seventh to win 9-4.

Washburn jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a solo home run off Shyanne Saladino in the second but an RBI single by Mueller and a sac fly from Rathmann gave MWSU a 2-1 lead after two. Washburn tied it up in the top of the third before the Griffons got four in the bottom of the inning to take a 6-2 lead.

Shelbie Atwell got things started in the third with an RBI single. Then Brooke Schaben pushed a run in with a bases loaded walk. Rathmann and Tiffany Gillaspy followed with RBI singles to give the Griffs a more comfortable lead. Atwell would drive in two more in the fourth with an RBI single and an RBI double. She finished the game 3-4 with three RBIs and a run scored. Rathmann, Gillaspy, Paige Shifflett and Sydney Washington all had two-hit games. Saladino was solid, moving to 17-7 on the season. She went the distance allowing four runs, just one earned, on eight hits.

The Griffons are scheduled to host their final two regular season games on Saturday at 1 p.m. with a doubleheader against Emporia State.

— MWSU Sports Information —