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Northwest soccer gets blanked by Nebraska-Kearney

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The University of Nebraska-Kearney Lopers beat the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats 1-0 at Foster Field in Kearney.

The Lopers scored their lone goal on an unassisted goal by Maddie Love in the 59th minute. Northwest goalkeeper Alexis Serna-Castillo had 5 saves on the night and UNK goalkeeper Allie Prososki had 4.

The Lopers are now 5-6 overall and 3-1 in the MIAA. Northwest falls to 1-9 and 0-4 in the MIAA.

The Bearcats will head to Hays, Kan. to play Fort Hays State Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

MIAA announces Lindenwood leaving the league

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA has been informed by Lindenwood University it has accepted an invitation to join the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) effective July 1, 2019. Lindenwood became an MIAA member in 2012 when the association expanded.

“We wish Lindenwood great success in the GLVC. While the timing of their departure is not ideal, we have committees and task forces looking at options for our 2019 sport schedules. Those issues will be resolved quickly and we will continue to build on our reputation as one of the most successful conferences in NCAA Division II.” stated MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy.

Since being founded in 1912, the MIAA has a rich tradition of success with 42 team National Championships, over 300 individual NCAA National Championships and hundreds of student-athletes recognized as Academic All-Americans in their respective sports. The MIAA competes in NCAA Division II and has member institutions based throughout Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. For the MIAA’s official press release, please click here.

— MIAA Press Release —

MWSU men finish ninth at Western New Mexico Fall Intercollegiate

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The Missouri Western men’s golf team officially passed the midway point of the fall season after wrapping up at the Western New Mexico Fall Intercollegiate in Albuquerque on Tuesday. Missouri Western finished the event in the middle of the pack, placing ninth out of the eighteen teams.

The Griffons jumped two spots up from the eleventh spot on Tuesday. The Griffons had the best single round team score out of all of the competing teams as they when they posted a 292 in the second round.

As for jumping up the leaderboards, Patrick McCarthy did just that on Tuesday. McCarthy advanced 38 spots up to tie for 19th place with 70 in the third round. His third round score was the team’s best individual score at the tournament. McCarthy finished with a plus-10 over the three rounds.

Axel Johansson ended just one stroke back of McCarthy at 11-over par. He was also just one of only 12 players to get an eagle at the tournament.

Lucas Horseman and Tom Buffington each tied for 43rd at 15-over. Buffington had nine birdies at the event which was the most on the team. It was also tied for the fifth-most out of the entire field.

Missouri Western Men’s Golf will have the chance to play on their home course in their next competition. They will compete in the Holiday Inn Express Classic at the St. Joseph Country Club on October 8 and October 9.

— MWSU Athletics —

Missouri’s Devin West honored as part of 2018 SEC Legends Class

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Former Mizzou standout RB Devin West, a Mid-Missouri native from Moberly and former All-American, is Mizzou’s honoree in this year’s 2018 SEC Legends Class, announced Tuesday by the league office. West, along with the legends from the other 13 SEC schools, will be honored at this year’s SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on Dec. 1.

Devin West was a first-team All-American as a senior in 1998 and a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award, given to the top running back in college football. He rushed for an MU-record 1,578 yards (ranking fifth natioanlly), and 17 touchdowns his senior season.

West was a lightly-known recruit from small-town Moberly, Mo., who developed into a key leader and contributor in Mizzou’s turnaround that saw the Tigers reach consecutive bowl games in 1997 and 1998, after going without a bowl appearance from 1984-96.
The 1998 team defeated West Virginia in the Insight.com Bowl, marking MU’s first bowl victory since 1981. West was only the second Mizzou running back to earn All-America honors and was the first since Bob Steuber in 1942. For his career, he rushed for 2,954 yards and 28 touchdowns, including a Mizzou single-game record of 319 yards against rival Kansas in 1998.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Griffons’ Cummings, Marino earn weekly MIAA football honors

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Missouri Western football student-athletes were awarded for the contributions to the team’s 38-7 win over Washburn this past Saturday. Kobe Cummings was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week and Dom Marino was named MIAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

Cummings, a freshman safety from Platte County High School, led the team with 14 total tackles, eight of them solo. The first interception of his young Griffon career came in the first quarter and helped preserve a 7-0 lead for Missouri Western. After the Griffons jumped on top, Washburn answered with a nine-play, 58-yard drive to the Missouri Western 18-yard line. On 3rd and 14 from the MWSU-18, Cummings jumped in front of a Mitch Schurig pass to the end zone, likely saving a touchdown. Marino then led the Griffons on a 10-play 80-yard drive that ended with one of his five touchdowns, a 12-yard rush, to give the Griffons a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. Cummings’ interception was the first of four by the Griffon defense against Washburn. Brandin Dandridge had two and now leads the MIAA in that category with four on the season.

Marino totaled 314 yards of total offense, passing for 249 and rushing for 65. The senior from Osprey, Florida was 17-for-23 passing with four touchdowns and no interceptions. On the ground, Marino averaged 5.9 yards on 11 carries. The four passing touchdowns and 249 yards were both career highs for Marino. The senior now ranks second among MIAA quarterbacks with 249 rushing yards and eighth overall. Marino’s seven passing touchdowns are tied for fifth most in the MIAA and his one interception is tied for the fewest among qualifying quarterbacks in the MIAA.

— MWSU Athletics —

Missouri ranked 12th in Lindy’s Preseason Women’s Basketball Top 25

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball earned its first preseason top-25 ranking of the 2018-19 season as Lindy’s Sports ranked Mizzou No. 12 in its Preseason Women’s Basketball Top-25 poll. In addition to the top-15 team ranking, senior Sophie Cunningham (Columbia, Mo.) was selected to the Preseason Second-Team All-America list.

In 2017-18, Mizzou earned a third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth for the first time since 1984-86. Head Coach Robin Pingeton’s squad won 24 games for the first time since 1983-84 and earned a No. 5 seed in the Big Dance, its highest seed in program history since the tournament moved to 64 teams.

Mizzou returns three of its five starters from last year’s team, including Cunningham, who has earned an All-SEC First-Team selection each of the past two seasons. Cunningham averaged 18.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in her junior campaign, and was the only player in the nation to shoot better than 54 percent from the field (54.2 percent, 186-for-343), 45 percent from three (45.7 percent, 69-for-151) and 83 percent from the free throw line (83.6 percent, 133-for-159).

Also returning for Mizzou is redshirt senior Lauren Aldridge (Marshfield, Mo.) and junior Amber Smith (Shreveport, La.), who each started all 32 games for the Tigers last season. In her first season with the Black & Gold, Aldridge set a new single-season program record in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.2 while leading the team in assists with 113 and scoring 6.7 points per game. Smith, the 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year, made a significant jump in production from her freshman to sophomore campaign, improving from 5.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 2016-17 to 9.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in 2017-18.

— Mizzou Athletics —

KU’s Williams Jr., named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week

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IRVING, Texas – Kansas freshman running back Pooka Williams Jr., earned Big 12 Conference Co-Newcomer of the Week honors, announced by the league offices on Monday.

Williams, had a strong all-around performance against Oklahoma State, where he totaled 189 all-purpose yards, including a 60-yard rushing touchdown. Williams turned in 97 rushing yards one score on 13 carries. His 60-yard scoring run marked his longest scoring TD of the season. Williams added a season-high 60 receiving yards on a season’s-best six catches against the Cowboys. Additionally, Williams had a season-long 32-yard kickoff return to his credit.

The award marks the second conference weekly honors for the Jayhawks this season as Williams and senior linebacker Joe Dineen Jr., were each honored following KU’s win over Central Michigan. Williams’ Newcomer of the Week is the second for KU since the award’s inception in 2016.

The Jayhawks travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, for a game at WVU on Saturday, October 6. Kick off is slated for 11 a.m. (CT), at Milan Puskar Stadium.

— KU Athletics —

Missouri Western scores three second half goals to rally past Washburn

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ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western Soccer (7-3) ended the weekend the same way as it started with another come-from-behind victory at Spratt Stadium. On Sunday, the Griffons erased a two goal deficit against Washburn (5-5) to complete the 2-0 weekend. The Griffons scored three straight goals in the second half after falling down 2-0 in the first. Sunday’s win gives the Griffons their second MIAA conference win of the season.

NOTABLES

  • It did not take long for momentum to shift in the Griffons’ direction in the second half. Schwartzkopf put the Griffons on the board with her first goal of the season just four minutes into the second half.
  • Missouri Western tied up the game at 2-2 three minutes after the Schwartzkopf goal. MaKenzie Billings scored her first career goal as a Griffon off of a Sara Collins assist in the 51st minute.
  • Much like Friday night, Cassidy Menke scored the game-winner on a penalty kick. Taylor Schwartzkopf drew the foul in the box after an aggressive drive from the left corner.
  • After Sunday’s win, Missouri Western has now won six of its last seven games.
  • The Griffons have scored three goals in a half three different times this season. They scored three goals in the second half against both Lindenwood and Northwest Missouri.
  • Missouri Western has now won its last four games against Washburn.

STATS AND LEADERS

  • The Griffons were much more aggressive offensively in the second half. After having just six shots in the first half, the Griffons outshot the Ichabods with nine shots after halftime with four shots on goal.
  • After her three goal weekend, Menke is tied for third in the MIAA in goals made (6).
  • Ten different players have now scored a goal for the Griffons this season after Billings’ and Schwartzkopf’s first goals of the season.

UP NEXT

  • Missouri Western will hit the road for their next game against Fort Hays (2-5-2) on Friday, October 6.
  • Fort Hays has lost three straight after falling to No. 20 Central Oklahoma on Sunday.
  • The Tigers beat the Griffons 1-0 in double-overtime in their only matchup last season.

    — MWSU Athletics —

MWSU women’s golf finishes sixth at Augustana Fall Invite

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SIOUX FALLS, SD – The Missouri Western women’s golf team passed the midway point of the fall season after competing in the second and final round of the Augustana Fall Invitational in Sioux Falls on Sunday. The Griffons finished sixth in the tournament with an overall score of 650.

For the first time this season, the Griffons had a new face at the top of their leaderboards. Freshman Anna Bech entered Sunday tied for tenth. Bech jumped three spots and finished the event tied for seventh. She shot a 77 in both rounds to finish ten over par. The Elmwood Golf Course had a difficult par, as only the tournament winner managed to finish the event at par. The Augustana Fall Invitational gives Bech her best finish of the season.

Shi Qing Ong had the second-best performance on the team by tying for 19th place. She shot a 160 over the two rounds and finished the weekend plus-16.

Rounding out the top-three for Missouri Western was Sabrina Galfano. Galfano ended the invitational with a score of 168.

Missouri Western Women’s Golf will not travel far for their next tournament. They will compete at the Midwest Classic in Maryville, Missouri on October 7.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest soccer gets shutout by Emporia State

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The Northwest Missouri State soccer team lost to the Emporia State Hornets 3-0 at Bearcat Pitch Sunday. The score was tied 0-0 going into the 76th minute but a flurry of late goals allowed the Hornets to pull off the victory.

The first goal was scored at 76:20 on a penalty kick by Tanna Benefiel. The second goal was an own goal put in by the Bearcats. The final goal was scored by Jacki Martinek and was assisted by Kennedy Hoffman.

The Bearcats are back in action Friday Oct. 5 at University of Nebraska-Kearney.

— Northwest Athletics —

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