TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team claimed sixth place at the Washburn Invitational Tuesday. The Griffons finished with a score of 904 after three rounds of golf in the twelve team fiel.
Two Missouri Western golfers finished the tournament in the top-25 individually. Scott Sheldon set the pace with a 225 in three rounds of golf scoring a one over 72 in his final round and placed tied for 19th. Ryan Hand was the other Griffon in the top-25, finishing tied for 21st with a score of 226.
Corey Knight and Jacob Rudosky finished the tournament with a 229 and 230, respectively.
Central Missouri won the team title with a score of 850 and Northeastern St. finished second, tallying a score of 889.
Zach Tucker of Northeastern St. won the individual title with a score of 209.
The Griffons will tee-off at the MIAA championships on Monday, April 20 in Lawrence, Kansas at the Alvamar Golf Course.
The Northwest Missouri State softball team split Tuesday’s doubleheader with Truman State in Maryville.
The Bearcats won a back-and-forth affair in game one, coming out on top 11-9 in nine innings.
Northwest rallied from an early 5-0 deficit to take momentary lead, but eventually fell short in the nightcap, 9-8.
The Bearcats are now 20-20 on the year, while the Bulldogs move to 27-9 this season.
In game one, Abigail Gilson crushed a pair of home runs, including a walk-off two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth. Gilson finished with four RBI.
Jessica Rawie finished 2-for-3 with a home run, Rebecca Maher reached base three times and scored three runs, Baylee Scarbrough finished 3-for-5 with a pair of runs and one RBI, and Stephanie Mark hit her 11th home run of the season and finished with two RBI.
Abbie Vitosh earned the win after giving up one earned run over two innings pitched.
In game two, Kendle Schieber started for the Bearcats, recording seven strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched. The junior added two RBI at the dish.
Mark was 4-for-4 with two runs in the contest, Maher finished 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBI, and Chantel Adams added a home run and drove in two runs.
Northwest will return to the diamond on Friday when they host Central Missouri in a crucial MIAA doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Western junior Weston Caindec has been named the MIAA/AstroTurf Pitcher of the Week.
Caindec went 2-0 in two starts last week, pitching 10 innings and allowing just two runs on 11 hits. The junior struck out four and walked just one. On Sunday, Caindec helped MWSU clinch a four-game series win over second-place Nebraska-Kearney.
On the season, the Las Vegas native is 3-0 with a 4.26 ERA. He’s appeared in 12 games with two starts. In 31.2 innings, Caindec has struck out 21 batters and walked 11. He’s the second MWSU pitcher to win the award this season. Richard Peoples took home the honor earlier in the year.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s golf team finished 12th at the Central Region Spring Preview in Springfield, Missouri Tuesday as they accumulated a team score of 663 in their two rounds of golf.
Celine Lim recorded a team-low 154 over the two days and managed to finish ninth individually. Tiffanie Yabut and Callie Wilson finished the tournament with a 168 and 169, respectively. Junior Amber Chivington finished with a 177 for the tournament.
Central Oklahoma won the team title tallying a 622 team score and Augustana (SD) was second with a 629 score.
Concordia-St. Paul’s Kari Opatz won the individual title with a 78 in round one and 72 in round two.
The Griffons will tee-off at the MIAA championships on Monday, April 20 in Lawrence, Kansas at the Alvamar Golf Course.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State softball junior Kendle Schieber was named the MIAA/AstroTurf Pitcher of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday. This is the second time Schieber has been given this honor.
The junior threw a pair of gems over the weekend to help the Bearcats to a 3-1 road trip. Schieber surrendered just one unearned run on five hits over 13 innings while striking out 14 batters and walking only one. The Conception Junction, Mo. native held opponents to a .125 batting average and allowed just three runners to reach scoring position.
Schieber opened the weekend with a sparkling one-hit outing against Pittsburg State in which she retired 11 straight batters to seal the victory. She followed that performance with a four-hit shutout on Saturday against Missouri Southern. Schieber recorded seven strikeouts in each contest.
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – The Missouri Western tennis team reached the 10 win plateau with their 9-0 win against Baker University on Tuesday afternoon.
The Griffons dominated in all three doubles matches, winning 8-0 in the No. 1 position and earned an 8-2 win in the No. 2 spot. The final doubles match featured Ceara Boldridge and Lindsay Beger defeating their opponents 8-6.
In singles matches, Yasmine El Ghazi and Ceara Boldridge both claimed 6-0, 6-0 victories in the No. 4 and No. 5 spots, respectively. Meara Smith earned a 6-3, 6-2 win in the No. 6 singles match.
The Northwest Missouri State men will return the court on Wednesday, April 15th for a 3 p.m. home dual with UMKC. Both sides return to conference action on Friday, April 17th when Nebraska Kearney makes the trip to Maryville. First serve in both matches is scheduled for 2 p.m.
TOPEKA, Kan. – After one round of play at the Washburn Invitational, the Missouri Western men’s golf team sit in sixth place after recording a 303 at the Topeka Country Club.
Central Missouri leads the tournament with a 279 team score followed by Central Oklahoma firing a 295 on day one. Currently the Griffons are one stroke behind Northeastern St. and four strokes behind Washburn in fourth place.
Scott Sheldon scored a 3-over-par 74 to finish tied for 15th in the tournament. The Griffons Corey Knight and James O’Brien each tallied a 76 in their first round of golf. Ryan Hand and Jakob Rudosky finished the day with a 77 and 78 respectively.
The individual leader is Alex Springer of Central Missouri scoring a 68 in his round of golf.
The tournament will finish up Tuesday morning with a shot gun start at 9 am.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Dinner had wrapped up, head coach Bill Self was nearly done addressing the packed crowd and the team’s lone senior already said his thank yous – but one announcement still remained. When taking the stage to accept his Danny Manning “Mr. Jayhawk” award, junior forward Perry Ellis had something to say.
“I’ve been talking to my family and to Coach Self about the future. Looking back on this season, there is still a lot on the table,” Ellis said after his standing ovation had retaken their seats. “I feel that it would be best for me to come back.”
Another standing ovation, this time with even bigger smiles on the faces of Ellis, Self, his teammates and everyone in attendance at the 2015 Kansas men’s basketball banquet Monday night. Ellis’ announcement concluded what was a wonderful night of relieving memories from a year that included the Jayhawks’ 11th-consecutive Big 12 Conference regular-season championship. Self took time to reflect on the incredible streak, but wasn’t shy about admitting that the year didn’t end as his team wanted it to.
“When you expect excellence all the time, there’s going to be moments where you’re shot down and things don’t end the way you want,” Self said. “But don’t you want to be at a place where excellence like that is expected all the time?”
Though the night was emceed by longtime radio voice of the Jayhawks Bob Davis and included cameos by KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and team chaplain – and former Kansas All-American – Wayne Simien, Self did the talking. After dinner, the crowd shifted its focus to an in-depth highlight video produced by Rock Chalk Video before Self took to the podium.
Full of jokes, Self poked fun at each of his players one-by-one, but also handed out sincere compliments to the guys that kept the streak going. Frank Mason III was a stud, while Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is younger than half of his current recruits and Brannen Greene’s patented temple tap after three-pointers gave him a slight concussion that disrupted his shooting for the rest of the year. All in jest, Self also made it clear that he was proud of his 2014-15 Jayhawks.
“The league was a monster this year,” Self said. “It had never been better and we beat each other up. That this team, with all the stuff that we dealt with, went and won it outright – not their 11th in a row, we shouldn’t say that. This team won its first in a row. It was prideful and it meant something to them. It was a fun year.”
Self also explained the difficulties behind deciding the future and reminded the crowd that although the fans and the coaching staff selfishly wish each player would stay all four years, that part of his goals revolve around making his players’ lives better. That if a recruit chooses Kansas, that his life will be better for it. Because of that, many of them choose to continue their game at the professional level.
“How selfish of them that they should leave us?” Self joked. “The reality of it is, we want every kid to be in the position to make that decision. We have two stud freshmen that have each made the decision (to go to the NBA) and should be 100 percent happy for them. All of us wish you two nothing but the very, very best.”
Earlier this month, Kelly Oubre, Jr., and Cliff Alexander both announced their intention to declare for the 2015 NBA Draft. Self spoke kindly of how Alexander handled his NCAA issues like a man and never stopped supporting his teammates. He also talked about how when Oubre’s light switched on, it never switched off.
Among the night’s laughs, memories and thank you’s, everyone involved with the program felt as if their contributions were appreciated. Before everyone rose for one final round of applause, Self thanked each of his coaching staff members, his “boss” Cindy Self and delivered one last message to the crowd.
“We’re going to get better,” Self smiled as he reeled off KU’s summer plans at the World University Games and the progress on the new McCarthy Hall. “No matter what happened this year and how it ended… think big picture. Because as much fun as you’ve had – we’re getting ready to have more.”
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Freshman Celine Lim led the Missouri Western women’s golf team through the first round of the Central Region Spring Preview with a score of 75 and the Griffons currently sit in third place after finishing with a team score of 319.
Central Oklahoma leads the pack after scoring a 313 in their first round and Southwest Oklahoma State recorded a 315 in their round one.
Missouri Western also had solid rounds out of Tiffanie Yabut and Callie Wilson, scoring an 80 and 81 respectively. St. Joseph native, Amber Chivington fired an 83 in round one.
Marla Souvannasing of Central Oklahoma and Margaret Musser of Southwest Oklahoma State are tied with a score of 74 in the individual standings.
Missouri Western will finish out the Central Region Spring Preview on Tuesday morning.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team claimed sixth place at the Washburn Invitational Tuesday. The Griffons finished with a score of 904 after three rounds of golf in the twelve team fiel.
