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Northwest Missouri State tennis teams defeat Cameron

Posted on March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s and women’s tennis teams picked up wins over Cameron University on Tuesday afternoon in Lawton, Okla.

The No. 16 ranked men’s team beat No. 19 Cameron, 6-3, to move to 8-4 on the season. Cameron drops to 7-6 with the loss.

The Northwest women beat the No. 31 ranked Cameron team, 5-4, to move to 7-3 on the year. The Aggies drop to 6-4.

Men’s Match Results
Singles competition
1. Boissinot,Romain (NW) def. Dennis Merdan (CU) 6-3, 6-0
2. Tete,Mauro (NW) def. Joao Fazendeiro (CU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) def. Angelo Lencioni (CU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Felipe Oyarzun (CU) def. Altmann,Josef (NW) 6-4, 6-3
5. Azzaoui,Hicham (NW) def. Mateo Velaso (CU) 7-6, 7-5
6. Autones,Aymeric (NW) def. Dean Weigelt (CU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Dennis Merdan/Joao Fazendeiro (CU) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Autones,Aymeric (NW) 8-4
2. Mateo Velaso/Felipe Oyarzun (CU) def. Tete,Mauro/Boissinot,Romain (NW) 9-8 (6-0)
3. Altmann,Josef/Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Florian Kartner/Andres Velasco (CU) 9-7

Women’s Match Results
Singles competition
1. Paula Gutierrez (CU) def. Quesada,Camila (NW) 6-3, 6-4
2. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) def. Angie Torres (CU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Samantha Wood (CU) def. Jaquet,Margaux (NW) 6-2, 6-2
4. Magdalena Kovinic (CU) def. Kolen,Aniek (NW) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Mannix,Stephanie (NW) def. Eugenia Sanchez (CU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Hull,Marianne (NW) def. Dejana Veljic (CU) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Quesada,Camila/Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) def. Paula Gutierrez/Eugenia Sanchez (CU) 8-2
2. Jaquet,Margaux/Sestokaite,Vilune (NW) def. Angie Torres/Magdalena Kovinic (CU) 8-3
3. Samantha Wood/Dejana Veljic (CU) def. Kolen,Aniek/Mannix,Stephanie (NW) 9-8 (4-0)

The spring break road trip for the Bearcats continues tomorrow as the men’s and women’s teams take on Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, at 1 p.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Western men’s golf team finishes 10th at Broncho Invitational

Posted on March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team finished the Central Oklahoma Broncho Invitational in 10th place, scoring a 618 in the two rounds of golf at the Gaillardia Country Club.

First Round

The Griffons finished in 13th place after day one of the Broncho Invitational at the Gaillardia Country Club. Missouri Western fired a team score of 312 in their first round.

The Griffons were led by Jakob Rudosky, shooting a 75 in his first round, tying him for 28th place in the tournament. Ryan Hand was second on the team with a score of 77 in round one.

Central Oklahoma sits on top with a team score of 286 with Central Missouri sitting second at 291. Stefan Idstam of Southwestern Oklahoma State is the individual leader after day one with a score of 66.

Second Round

In the final round of the Broncho Invitational the Griffons finished with a 306 in their second round. MWSU tied for the second best score on the day as a team to help move up their spots after the first day of competition.

Jakob Rudosky finished with a team-low 151 in his two rounds of golf, tying him for 23rd in the competition. The Griffons’ Corey Knight scored a 155 in his two days of competition.

Central Oklahoma finished the tournament as the team champion, firing a 596 team score for the two rounds. Stefan Idstam held the lead throughout the tournament finishing with a score of 143 to take home the individual award.

The Griffons return to action on Monday, April 6 in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the Big Creek Golf Club. Henderson State will be hosting the three-day event.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Emporia State women advance to NCAA DII Final Four

Posted on March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

Kansas City, Mo. – Emporia State lead wire-to-wire and defeated West Texas A&M 62-50 in the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight at Sioux Falls, SD.

Emporia State scored the games first 11 points and strong defense to hold WTAMU to just .310 shooting from the field. The closest the game would get was at the 13:08 mark in the second half when ESU led just 38-34 before using an 11-2 run to make it 49-35 with under eight minutes to play. ESU overcame 25 turnovers in the game as they shot .440 from the field and outrebounded their opponent 46-28 including 32 boards on defense.

For the Lady Hornets Merissa Quick led the way scoring 17 points while Kelly Moten added 16 points in the effort. Kathryn Flott finished with a double-double scoring 12 points and pulling down a game high 12 rebounds. Of the ten players who say time in the game for ESU all recorded either a point or a rebound.

The Lady Hornets will now face California of Pennsylvania in the first of two National Semifinals on March 25 at 6 p.m. from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

— MIAA Press Release —

MWSU’s Board of Governors accepts bid for work on fields for Chiefs Training Camp

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

St. Joseph, Mo. — In a telephone poll, the Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University have as accepted a bid of $527,685 from MDH Turf of Shawnee, Kansas to renovate football practice fields used during training camp of the Kansas City Chiefs. The board also approved a contingency budget of $52,768 to cover any unforeseen costs.

The project includes the replacement of the existing sod, regrading and expanding the fields, irrigation system improvements, a new sidewalk in front of the fan bleachers on the east side of the fields, additional electrical power to the fields and the addition of kicking nets behind the goalposts.

A total of four bids were received for the base project and three alternates, ranging from MDH Turf’s low bid to a high of $820,883.

— MWSU Press Release —

Northwest’s Pitts named to NABC All-Central district First Team

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University freshman point guard Justin Pitts has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-Central District team. The All-District team is selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division II.

Pitts was named a first team All-MIAA performer, earning conference Freshman of the Year honors after averaging at team-best 17.2 points in 28 games this season. He made 27 starts, was 87-for-102 (85.3 percent) from the charity stripe, shot 55.3 percent from the field (172-for-311), hit 49.5 percent from beyond the arc (51-for-103), had 92 assists, 79 rebounds, 45 steals and four blocked shots. He was named to the All-Central Region Tournament team, scoring 65 points in three games in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Bearcats finished the year 25-7 overall and won the outright MIAA regular season championship with a 15-4 record. Northwest advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen for the second straight year. The 25 wins was the most in head coach Ben McCollum’s six years with the Bearcats.

Central First Team
Connor Beranek, Nebraska-Kearney
Tirrell Brown, Ouachita Baptist
Dan Jansen, Augustana
Assem Marei, Minnesota State, Mankato
Jordan Riewer, Minnesota State, Moorhead
Casey Schilling,Augustana

Second Team
Brett Ervin, Minnesota Duluth
Brennen Hughes, Central Missouri
Andraz Kavas, Harding
Zach Monaghan, Minnesota State, Mankato
Justin Pitts, Northwest Missouri

Coach of the Year: Chad Walthall, Minnesota State, Moorhead

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffon golfers finished 7th at first spring meet of the season

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s golf team finished out their first spring tournament with a seventh place finish, shooting a team score of 663 over the two days. Missouri Western fired a 327 on day one and 335 in their final round.

Missouri Western had three players finish within the top-35 in the two day invitational. Celine Lim was the Griffons top golfer, finishing tied for fifth place with a score of 155 in her two rounds. She shot a 75 and 80 in her two rounds, respectively. Callie Wilson and Madison Romjue each finished with a score of 168 to place them tied for 34th in the tournament.

Arkansas Tech took both the individual and team titles at the Holiday Inn Express Classic, scoring a 619 as a team. Rebecka Surtevall and Taylor Kline finished in solo possession of first and second places. Surtevall scored a 151 while Kline recorded a 152.

The Griffons will travel to Kearney, Nebraska starting on Monday, March 30 to take part in the UNK Invitational. The invitational will be held at the Awarii Dunes Country Club.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Northwest tennis gets two wins at Southeastern Oklahoma State

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s and women’s tennis teams each picked up wins over Southeastern Oklahoma State on Monday afternoon in Durant, Okla.

Both teams won by scores of 5-4 on the day.

The Northwest men, who are ranked No. 16 in the nation, defeated Southeastern Oklahoma (10-2) who was ranked No. 41 nationally to move to 7-4 on the year, while the women imprvove to 6-3 overall.

Men’s Results
Singles competition
1. Boissinot,Romain (NW) def. Maxim Fil (SEOKLA) 6-4, 6-3
2. Alberto Blesa (SEOKLA) def. Tete,Mauro (NW) 6-3, 6-4
3. Riveros,Alvaro (NW) def. Tiago Ferreira (SEOKLA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Jack Gibbens (SEOKLA) def. Altmann,Josef (NW) 6-0, 6-4
5. Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Peter Popovic (SEOKLA) 6-4, 6-4
6. Azzaoui,Hicham (NW) def. Joaguin Aguilera (SEOKLA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Alberto Blesa/Tiago Ferreira (SEOKLA) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Autones,Aymeric (NW) 8-3
2. Maxim Fil/Jack Gibbens (SEOKLA) def. Boissinot,Romain/Tete,Mauro (NW) 8-6
3. Altmann,Josef/Glowick,Fin (NW) def. Billy Haugen/Paul Nguyen (SEOKLA) 8-6

Women’s Results
Singles competition
1. Quesada,Camila (NW) def. Alexsandra Reljic (SOSU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-0
2. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) def. Ilga Racika-Racko (SOSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
3. Darija Catipovic (SOSU) def. Jaquet,Margaux (NW) 6-3, 6-3
4. Maria Martinez (SOSU) def. Kolen,Aniek (NW) 6-4, 6-2
5. Mannix,Stephanie (NW) def. Milena Vitez (SOSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Conchi Assiego (SOSU) def. Hull,Marianne (NW) 6-1, 7-6

Doubles competition
1. Quesada,Camila/Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NW) def. Alexsandra Reljic/Maria Martinez (SOSU) 8-0
2. Sara Alvarez/Darija Catipovic (SOSU) def. Jaquet,Margaux/Sestokaite,Vilune (NW) 8-3
3. Mannix,Stephanie/Kolen,Aniek (NW) def. Milena Vitez/Ilga Racika-Racko (SOSU) 8-3

The spring break road trip continues as both men’s and women’s teams head to Lawton, Okla., to take on Cameron University starting at 1 p.m. The Cameron men’s team is currently ranked No. 19 in the nation and the women are ranked No. 31.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Griffons fall at No. 21 Washburn in finale; split 4-game series

Posted on March 22, 2015

Topeka, Kan. – The Missouri Western baseball team earned a split of their four-game series at No. 21 Washburn Sunday, dropping the final game of the series, 12-5.

The loss leaves Missouri Western with a 16-9 overall record and an 11-5 mark in the MIAA.

Washburn jumped out to a 5-0 lead, getting two home runs in the third, one a three-run shot and the other a two-run homer. Those five runs chased starter Matt Russell from the game. He went three innings and gave up five runs on five hits. Kyle Kelly entered in relief, going two innings and allowing three earned runs on four hits. A.J. Martinez allowed four earned runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning.

Down 5-0 going into the fourth, MWSU got one on an RBI single from Andrew Ramirez and Dylon Koch pushed one in when he grounded into a double play. In the fifth, MWSU got within two when David Glaude grounded into a double play that allowed Trevor LaHonta to score. Washburn went up 12-4 in the seventh on a two-RBI single and a two-RBI triple before the Griffons scored their final run in the ninth on an error that allowed LaHonta to score.

Mitch Thorman went 3-4 in the game with two runs scored and Cody Childs went 3-5. The loss evened Russell’s record to 2-2. The Griffons will travel to Kansas City to play Rockhurst on Tuesday before hosting Missouri Southern next weekend.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcats win series against Fort Hays State with victory on Sunday

Posted on March 22, 2015March 22, 2015

The Northwest Missouri State University baseball beat Fort Hays State on Sunday afternoon at Bearcat Field in Maryville, Mo., 4-3.

Northwest moves to 12-12 on the year and 9-7 in MIAA play. The Tigers drop to 4-17 overall and 4-12 in conference action.

The Bearcats gave up two runs in the top of the ninth but rebounded by scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a bases loaded walk by freshman Nick Howard.

The win gives Northwest its first MIAA series win, beating the Tigers 3-1 over the weekend.

Nikko Pablo got the start and went 6.2 innings, allowing six hits with eight strikeouts. He walked one batter and allowed just one unearned run.

Carson Smith got the win, going 2.1 innings, allowing three hits and two runs. He struck out three batters.

Nick Gotta was 2-for-5 on the day with a run scored, while Austin Wulff was 1-for-1 with a run scored. He was walked once and scored the winning run after getting hit by a pitch to start the ninth.

Luke Wilkinson hit his second double of the season, going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk, while Derek Meyer was 1-for-3.

Northwest Missouri State will play a pair of midweek non-conference games beginning on Tuesday at Quincy, followed by a Wednesday game at Culver-Stockton.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Western softball continues dominance as win streak reaches 12

Posted on March 22, 2015March 22, 2015

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western softball team wrapped up the Apple Market Classic Sunday going 6-0 and running its winning streak to 12 games.

Missouri Western ends the weekend 21-9 and was the only team in the 15-team field to win all of its games, outscoring their six opponents 36-5, including two shutouts.

GAME 1: MWSU 7, Wayne State 1

Griffon Softball stretched its win streak to 11 games and improved to 5-0 in the Apple Market Classic with a 7-1 revenge win against Wayne State.

MWSU jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings. Kailey Green put MWSU up 2-0 in the first with a double. Tiffany Gillaspy and Sydney Washington each hit RBI singles in the second to put the Griffons up 4-0. Shyanne Saladino gave up her one run in the game in the third on an RBI single. Saladino allowed just one unearned run on three hits and struck out seven, improving to 11-4 on the year.

Katie Klosterman made it 5-1 in the fifth with a solo home run to center and Gillaspy drove in two more in the fifth with a double to left. Gillaspy finished game one 3-4 with three driven in and two RBIs. Morgan Rathmann was 2-4 with one run scored. Wayne State defeated the Griffons, 3-2 on Feb. 21 at the Kelly Laas Memorial Invite in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

GAME 2: MWSU 8, #14 Winona State 0 (6 innings)

For the second day in a row, the Griffons showed little difficulty in dispatching a ranked opponent.

Missouri Western broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third when Paige Shifflett drove Rathmann home with an RBI single. Shifflett drove in the first run of a four-run fifth with another RBI single and the freshman put MWSU up 6-0 in the sixth with her third RBI single of the game. Katie Klosterman pushed in the team’s seventh run with an RBI double in the sixth and Shelbie Atwell’ss sac fly in the sixth ended the game with the Griffons leading by eight.

MWSU got another standout pitching performance in the game. Janie Smith moved to 10-5 on the year, going all six innings and allowing just three hits, while striking out four.

— MWSU Sports Information —