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KU’s Pardula named a nominee for Ray Guy Award

Posted on October 25, 2013October 25, 2013

Kansas punter and kickoff specialist Trevor Pardula was named a nominee for the 2013 Ray Guy Award, which recognizes the nation’s top punter. Pardula, a junior from San Jose, Calif., is one of 85 candidates for the award, which is presented by the Augusta (Ga.) Sports Council.

Through six games, Pardula ranks second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally in punting with an average of 44.8 yards per punt. Pardula has placed nine punts inside the 20 and recorded 14 punts of 50 yards or more, including a career-best 78-yard punt against Louisiana Tech. That punt tied for eighth-longest in school history and helped catapult Pardula to a KU single game record 57.6 yards on five punts in the win.

A 6-foot-5, junior college transfer from De Anza College, Pardula has consistently helped Kansas in the field position battle and punted 10 times in the Jayhawks’ game against TCU. Against the Horned Frogs Pardula averaged 46.2 yards per punt, including five punts of 50 yards or longer.

Pardula also serves as the Jayhawks’ kickoff specialist and has 16 touchbacks, more than the entire total from last season, in 25 attempts.

The Ray Guy Award list will be narrowed to ten semi-finalists to be announced on November 8. Following the semi-finalists announcement, a national body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, coaches, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists, who will be identified on November 25. The voting body will then cast ballots to select the winner.

The presentation of the Ray Guy Award will be featured on The Home Depot College Football Awards live on Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN. The show, hosted by ESPN’s Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard will feature live presentation of nine player awards, along with the recipients of Disney’s Spirit Award, The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award, the NCFAA (National College Football Awards Association) Contributions to College Football Award, and student-athletes selected to the Walter Camp All-America Team.

Kansas returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 26, when it plays host to No. 5/6 Baylor. Game time is scheduled for 6 p.m., at Memorial Stadium, with a live broadcast on ESPNU.

— KU Sports Information —

Griffon volleyball rallies to beat Pitt State in four sets

Posted on October 24, 2013

The Missouri Western volleyball team rallied after losing the first set to defeat the Pittsburg State Gorillas 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-23). The Griffons were led by Erica Rottinghaus with 21 kills while Kelsey Olion had 19 while hitting .429 in the match. The Griffons improve to 12-12 overall and 5-5 in MIAA play.

The Griffons and the Gorillas played the first two sets to a 1-1 tie with both teams winning sets by scores of 25-22. The Gorillas won set one hitting .216 with 13 kills and 16 digs.

In set two the Griffons came back scoring 13 of the final 19 points takeing the set 25-22. They got the last point off a block from Erin Backhuus and Amanda Boender. The Griffons hit .234 in the set with Rottinghaus and Olion both getting seven kills in the set. Jordan Chohon had 14 set assists.

After two sets the Griffons had 30 kills to the Gorillas 29 but had 13 errors to just nine for PSU. Both teams had 28 set assists while the Gorillas had 36 digs to the Griffons 35. Olion had 10 kills while Chohon had 22 set assists and 11 digs. The Gorillas were led by Crystal Whitten with 10 kills.

The Griffons came out of the break and dominated the third set taking the victory 25-17. Rottinghaus had six kills while Chohon has 12 assists. As a team the Griffons had 14 kills in the set and nine digs.

Missouri Western kept competing in set four scoring five of the last eight points getting the 25-23 victory. Missouri Western hit .356 in the set with Olion and Rottinghaus combining for 15 kills.

Missouri Western hit .296 as a team while Backhuus getting nine and Boender getting seven. Chohon finished with 46 set assists and 16 digs while Sarah Faubel had 14 digs.

The Gorillas fall to 12-11 overall and 3-6 in MIAA play. Madison Mosier finished with 15 kills while Hayley Hansford had 42 set assists.

The Griffons return to action on Saturday, October 26 with an MIAA contest against #11 Washburn. First serve is set for 7:00 pm in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcat women’s soccer gets blanked by Southwest Baptist

Posted on October 24, 2013

The Northwest Missouri State women’s soccer team was shutout by Southwest Baptist Thursday as they fell 2-0.

Northwest could not get any offense going against SBU as the team posted six shots in the game including two shots on goal.

SBU was able to get one goal in the first half in the 26th minute and added a second goal during the 69th minute of the second half.

Northwest moves their season record to 4-9-2, 2-6-1 and will remain on the road as they take on Central Missouri Saturday with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. The Bearcats will be back home Nov. 1 for their final home game of the season as they host UCM on Bearcat Pitch with the start time set for 3 p.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —

MWSU soccer gets shutout at No. 14 Central Missouri

Posted on October 24, 2013

The Missouri Western soccer team battled the 14th ranked Jennies of Central Missouri for almost 57 minutes before they got on the board. The Jennies scored three goals in the final 30 minutes taking a 3-0 victory. The Griffons had eight shots with four on goal as they fall to 2-12-2 overall and 0-8-1 in MIAA play.

Despite getting outshot 17-3 in the first frame the Griffons were able to keep the high powered Jennies out of the net going into the half tied at zero.

In the second half UCM took nine more shots with three of them going into the net. Kayla Hamner, Nicole Pond and Julie Ireland all scored goals in the half. For Hamner and Pond it was their third goals of the season while it was the 7th for Ireland. The Jennies improve to 11-2-2 overall and 7-1-1 in MIAA play.

K.C. Ramsell led the way offensively for the Griffons with two shots and both being on goal. Sarah Lyle made 11 saves for the Griffons.

MWSU return to action on Saturday, October 26 with a contest in Bolivar, Mo. against the Southwest Baptist Bearcats. First touch is set for 12:00 pm.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Griffon women picked to finished 8th in preseason MIAA polls

Posted on October 24, 2013

The Missouri Western women’s basketball team was tabbed 8th in both the MIAA preseason coaches and media polls which were announced on Thursday, October 24, 2013 by the league office.

The Griffons received 90 points in the coach’s poll four behind Northwest Missouri State who was in 7th with 94 points and 18 ahead of Missouri Southern who sits in 9th with 72 points.

The Emporia State Hornets led the way in the coach’s poll with 164 points and eight first place votes while Central Missouri was close behind in second with 158 points and five first place votes. The Washburn Ichabods came in third with 143 points and one first place vote while Fort Hays State (130 pts.), Pittsburg State (124 pts.) and Northeastern State (101 pts.) came in 4th-6th respectively. Southwest Baptist came in 10th with 72 points, Central Oklahoma was 11th with 49 points while Lincoln, Lindenwood and Nebraska-Kearney rounded out the poll in 12th, 13th and 14th with 36, 28 and 19 points respectively.

In the media poll, the Griffons were also 8th receiving 187 points. First and second was switched in the media poll with UCM coming in 1st with 359 points and 13 first place votes while Emporia State came in second with 338 points and seven first place votes. Third thru 12th place is the same as the coaches poll with Washburn receiving 312 points and six first place votes, Fort Hays State had 293 points and one first place vote, Pittsburg state received 269 points which was two more than Northeastern State’s 267. Northwest Missouri State, Missouri Western, Missouri Southern, Southwest Baptist, Central Oklahoma and Lincoln received 201, 187, 171, 128, 101 and 85 points respectively. UNK and Lindenwood fliped in the poll with Nebraska-Kearney coming in 13th with 75 points and Lindenwood coming in 14th with 49 points.

The Griffons are coming off a 16-12 season and 8-10 in MIAA play. They made their third consecutive trip to the MIAA Tournament and first under second year coach Rob Edmisson. MWSU returns a eight players from a year ago but also bring in six junior college transfers and three freshman.

Missouri Western will take on the Livin the Dream in an exhibition game on Tuesday, November 5 in St. Joseph, Mo. Tip time is set for 5:30 pm from the MWSU Fieldhouse. The Griffons will open the 2013-14 regular season on Saturday, November 9 hosting Chadron State University at 1:00 pm in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Emporia State (8)      164
2. Central Missouri (5) 158
3. Washburn (1)             143
4. Fort Hays State          130
5. Pittsburg State           124
6. Northeastern State   101
7. Northwest Missouri    94
8. Missouri Western      90
9. Missouri Southern      72
10. Southwest Baptist    66
11. Central Oklahoma    49
12. Lincoln                        36
13. Lindenwood               28
14. Nebraska-Kearney   19

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Media Poll
1. Central Missouri (13) 359
2. Emporia State (7)        338
3. Washburn (6)               312
4. Fort Hays State (1)       293
5. Pittsburg State              269
6. Northeastern State      267
7. Northwest Missouri     201
8. Missouri Western      187
9. Missouri Southern      171
10. Southwest Baptist    128
11. Central Oklahoma   101
12. Lincoln                          85
13. Nebraska-Kearney     75
14. Lindenwood                 49

— MWSU Sports Information —

Western men picked 11th, 12th in preseason MIAA basketball polls

Posted on October 23, 2013October 24, 2013

The Missouri Western men’s basketball team was tabbed 11th in the MIAA preseason coaches poll and 12th in the media poll which was announced today, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 by the league office.

Missouri Western received 54 points in the coaches poll trailing Fort Hays State with 153, Northwest Missouri with 149, Central Missouri with 129, Northeastern State 127, Central Oklahoma 113, Missouri Southern 104, Washburn 101, Pittsburg State 93, Emporia State 83 and Lindenwood with 81. The Bearcats of Northwest Missouri State received six first place votes while Fort Hays State had five. Northeastern State, Central Oklahoma and Missouri Southern all collected one. Southwest Baptist, Nebraska-Kearney and Lincoln rounded out the poll with 46, 26 and 15 points respectively.

In the media poll, the Griffons were picked 12th with 102 points. Fort Hays State came in first with 353 points and 13 first place votes while Northwest Missouri State was second with 330 points and nine first place votes. Central Missouri came in third with 301 points and two first place votes while Northeastern State had 296 points and one first place vote in fourth. Washburn was fifth with 265 points and one first place vote, Central Oklahoma was sixth with 234 points, Pittsburg State had 204 points coming in 7th, Lindenwood came in 8th with 195 points, Missouri Southern received one first place vote with 194 points coming in 9th while Emporia State and Southwest Baptist came in 10th and 11th with 164 and 103 points respectively. Nebraska-Kearney and Lincoln rounded out the poll with 64 and 30 points respectively.

Missouri Western is coming off a 10-17 season and went 6-12 in MIAA play making it into the MIAA Tournament. The Griffons will be under first year head coach Brett Weiberg as he replaces long time Griffon coach Tom Smith. The Griffons return four letterman and three starters from a season ago who include Adarius Fulton, Cedric Clinkscales, Kalvin Balque and Dzenan Mrkaljevic. Weiberg and his staff also brought in a hand full of freshman and transfer student-athletes to round out the squad.

The Griffons open up their season with an exhibition contest against Livin the Dream on Tuesday, November 5 in St. Joseph, Mo. Game time is set for 7:30 pm. The Griffons will open up regular season play on Saturday, November 9 when they travel to Sioux Falls, SD to take part in the Sanford Pentagon Basketball Showcase. Missouri Western will take on host school Augustana at 6:00 pm.

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Fort Hays State (5)          153
2. Northwest Missouri (6) 149
3. Central Missouri              129
4. Northeastern State (1)    127
5. Central Oklahoma (1)     113
6. Missouri Southern (1)     104
7. Washburn                          101
8. Pittsburg State                   93
9. Emporia State                   83
10. Lindenwood                    81
11. Missouri Western          54
12. Southwest Baptist          46
13. Nebraska-Kearney         26
14. Lincoln                              15

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Media Poll
1. Fort Hays State (13)           353
2. Northwest Missouri (9)      330
3. Central Missouri (2)           301
4. Northeastern State (1)       296
5. Washburn (1)                      265
6. Central Oklahoma              234
7. Pittsburg State                     204
8. Lindenwood                        195
9. Missouri Southern (1)       194
10. Emporia State                   164
11. Southwest Baptist           103
12. Missouri Western           102
13. Nebraska-Kearney          64
14. Lincoln                               30

— MWSU Sports Information —

Mizzou basketball non-conference single-game tickets on sale

Posted on October 23, 2013

Mizzou Athletics announced that single-game tickets for non-conference home dates, excluding the Dec. 7 meeting vs. UCLA, go on sale Thursday night at 6 p.m.

Exhibition tickets start at just $5 and non-conference seats start at just $10. Tickets go on sale Thursday night online at mutigers.com/buytickets and then are available Friday morning by calling 1-800-CAT-PAWS (884-PAWS in Mid-Missouri) or at the Mizzou Arena ticket window.

Missouri Basketball has an outstanding slate of home games, including contests against Southern Illinois (Nov. 12), West Virginia (Dec. 5), Western Michigan (Dec. 15) and Long Beach State (Jan. 4).

Information on single-game seats for the Dec. 7 contest against UCLA and single-game opportunities for the Southeastern Conference schedule featuring games against Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt will be announced at a later date.

Season tickets for the entire men’s basketball season also remain available via the request list and are the only way to guarantee seats to highly anticipated games against UCLA (Dec. 7), Kentucky (Feb. 1), Arkansas (Feb. 13) and Tennessee (Feb. 15). Fans can sign up for the request list at mutigers.com/buytickets.

The 2013-14 Tigers will be led by a strong nucleus on the perimeter highlighted by preseason All-SEC pick Jabari Brown (13.7 ppg) and the SEC’s top bench scorer from a year ago, Earnest Ross (10.3 ppg). Head Coach Frank Haith’s club also welcomes in a nationally-ranked recruiting class and adds the services of transfer, Jordan Clarkson, who was recently named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List for college basketball’s top point guard.

The 2013-14 season gets underway Friday (Oct. 25) with the exhibition opener at Hearnes Center vs. Oklahoma City University. The game begins at 7 p.m. and Mizzou Athletics will honor the 1994 Big Eight Championship squad (14-0) led by Hall of Famer Norm Stewart and All-American Melvin Booker. Doors to Hearnes Center open at 5:30 p.m. and tickets and parking are free. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 6:30 p.m. as the festivities begin.

— MU Sports Information —

Griffon volleyball gets swept by No. 9 Nebraska-Kearney

Posted on October 22, 2013October 22, 2013

The Missouri Western volleyball team was overpowered on Tuesday evening falling 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-15) against the 9th ranked Nebraska-Kearney Lopers. The Griffons hit just .027 in the match falling to 11-12 overall and 4-5 in MIAA play.

The Griffons got down early in set one 10-3 but kept calm outscoring the Lopers 18-15 the rest of the way falling 25-21 in set one. In the next two set it was all UNK as the defeated the Griffons 25-10 and 25-15.

Freshman Kelsey Olion led the way with 10 kills while Kelly Scannell had 22 set assists and Sarah Faubel finished with 11 digs.

The Lopers improved to 19-3 overall and 5-2 in MIAA play. MJ Massanet led the way with 15 kills while Erin Seele had 34 set assists. The Lopers also had seven blocks to the Griffons four.

The Griffons return to action on Thursday, October 24 with an MIAA home match against the Pittsburg State Gorillas. Match time is set for 7:00 pm.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Mizzou’s Clarkson named to Cousy Award watch list

Posted on October 22, 2013October 22, 2013

Missouri junior guard Jordan Clarkson was named to the Bob Cousy Award National Watch List on Tuesday. A transfer from the University of Tulsa, Clarkson will play his first season with Mizzou after being named a first team All-Conference USA selection in 2011-12.

Clarkson was one of 46 players selected to the watch list, which honors the nation’s top point guard annually. Missouri has enjoyed a consistent presence on the Cousy Award ballot over the years, including 2012 when Phil Pressey was a finalist for the award.

Prior to his transfer, Clarkson spent two seasons at Tulsa and averaged 14.2 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-5 guard played primarily off the basketball during his two years with the Golden Hurricane, but moves into his more accustomed role as a point guard for Head Coach Frank Haith.

Clarkson and the Missouri Basketball program open exhibition action on Friday night (Oct. 25) at 7 p.m. at Hearnes Center vs. Oklahoma City University. Mizzou Athletics will honor the undefeated (14-0) 1993-94 Big Eight Championship team during the event. Admission and parking is free. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

— MU Sports Information —

Northwest Missouri State volleyball falls at Rockhurst

Posted on October 22, 2013October 22, 2013

The Northwest Missouri State volleyball team fell to Rockhurst in a non-MIAA contest at Mason-Halpin Field House on Tuesday evening. The loss moves the Bearcats to 9-12 on the season.

After dropping the first set, 25-13, the Bearcats battled back in the second set. The teams would trade the lead several times down the stretch as the set extended into extra points. Despite having some opportunities, the Bearcats would drop the set, 33-31, and headed into the break down, 2-0. In the third, Northwest again had some strong stretches but fell, 25-20.

Shelby Duren led Northwest with 12 kills on the evening. Bridget Hanafin had 37 assists and Bailey Vance had 13 digs defensively. Jackie Becker had five block assists on the evening.

Northwest will host a pair of conference games this weekend beginning with Washburn on Friday evening at 7 p.m. inside Bearcat Arena. Saturday’s contest will be against Emporia State and will be the Bearcats’ annual Dig for a Cure game. That game time has been moved up from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —