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Griffon volleyball drops home opener to Truman State in four sets

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ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western volleyball team (6-7) fell to Truman State (4-6) 3-1 (25-19, 10-25, 25-22, 26-24) in the first home match of the season Tuesday.

TRUMAN RALLIES
Facing match point in the fourth set, the Bulldogs needed a match saving rally to survive the set. TSU rallied off four straight points to not only fight off match point but to win the set and match.

OUTHITTING THE OPPOSITION
Despite being on the wrong of the score, Missouri Western outhit Truman State in both kills and hitting percentage. The Griffons ended with 51 kills, eight more than the Bulldogs. MWSU hit .66 better than TSU in the match.

BLOCK PARTY
Missouri Western finished with 13 blocks (12 assists and one solo) in the match. Ali Tauchen led the way with four solo blocks. Four other Griffons finished with two block assists apiece. Rachel Losch provided the only MWSU solo block on the night.

UP NEXT
Missouri Western travels to Lindenwood on Friday, Sept. 22 in St. Charles, Missouri for the first conference match of the season. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Kansas City drops series opener at Toronto 5-2

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TORONTO (AP) — Marcus Stroman pitched seven innings to win for the first time in six starts, Darwin Barney hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Kansas City outfielder Alex Gordon’s solo home run off Ryan Tepera in the eighth was the 5,694th of this major league season, breaking the record set in 2000 at the height of the Steroids Era. The record was broken with just less than two weeks remaining in the regular season.

There were 5,610 homers last year, an average of 2.31 per game, and this year’s average of 2.53 entering Tuesday projects to 6,139. That would be up 47 percent from 4,186 in 2014.

Barney went 2 for 3 with three RBI as the Blue Jays opened their final homestand on a winning note.

Stroman (12-8) allowed one run and four hits for his first victory since Aug. 16 against Tampa Bay.

Tepera pitched the eighth and Roberto Osuna finished for his 37th save in 47 chances.

Barney reached second base on a one-out throwing error by third baseman Mike Moustakas in the third but appeared to forget how many outs there were and was doubled off on Teoscar Hernadez’s liner to center.

That was the first of seven consecutive batters retired by Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy, a streak that ended when Ryan Goins singled to begin the sixth. Barney fell behind 2-0 against Kennedy, then fouled off three straight pitches before homering into the left field bullpen.

Making his first start since Sept. 8 after missing a turn because of a sore shoulder, Kennedy (4-12) allowed two runs and three hits in five-plus innings. He walked none and struck out two.

Winless in nine starts, Kennedy is 0-6 with an 8.29 ERA since his last victory, July 26 at Detroit.

Toronto pulled away with a three-run seventh. Russell Martin hit a two-run double off Scott Alexander and Barney greeted Brandon Maurer with an RBI single.

Jose Bautista struck out twice, giving him 159 for the year and matching Jose Canseco (1998) and Kelly Johnson (2012) for the highest season total in Blue Jays history.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: C Salvador Perez (pulled side muscle) and OF Lorenzo Cain (rest) returned to the lineup after sitting out Sunday’s loss at Cleveland. Moustakas (right knee), who was limited to pinch-hitting duties Sunday, also started for Kansas City.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis (7-2, 4.15) is 4-0 with a 2.35 ERA over his past seven starts. Junis has won five straight decisions and is unbeaten since June 29 at Detroit.

Blue Jays: LHP Brett Anderson (3-3, 5.73) was bothered by a blister during his previous outing, Sept. 14 at Minnesota, but was able to throw a bullpen session Sunday.

— Associated Press —

MWSU’s Blakley named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third week in a row, Missouri Western was represented in the MIAA Women’s Soccer Athletes of the Week.

Sarah Blakley was named MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week after Cassidy Menke earned offensive honors each of the last two weeks.

Blakley continued her stellar defensive play and added a goal this past weekend as the Griffons outscored opponents 9-0. She scored the first of Missouri Western’s five goals against Lindenwood on Sunday. Blakley headed in a corner kick from Madeline Cowell just a little more than two minutes into Sunday’s game. The senior from Enid, Oklahoma also led a back line that kept Northwest Missouri and Lindenwood off the scoreboard over the weekend, allowing just 21 combined shots.

The Griffon soccer team is off to a program-best, 6-0 start and was ranked No. 23 in this week’s United Soccer Coaches poll. The Griffons travel to Warrensburg, Missouri this Friday to battle No. 4 Central Missouri.

— MWSU Athletics —

Fowler comes up big as Cardinals top Reds 8-7 in 10 innings

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Dexter Fowler hit a tying homer in the eighth inning and a go-ahead double in the 10th, helping the St. Louis Cardinals knock off the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 on Tuesday night.

Yadier Molina and Paul DeJong also connected for St. Louis, which was swept by NL Central-leading Chicago over the weekend and had dropped four of five overall. Juan Nicasio (4-5) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Tyler Lyons got two outs for his third save.

The third-place Cardinals (78-72) remained six games back of the Cubs in the division. St. Louis also is in the mix for a wild card after missing the playoffs last season.

— Associated Press —

Missouri football schedule set for 2018

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Southeastern Conference has finalized the 2018 football schedules for all 14 league members, as announced Tuesday by the league office. Mizzou will play seven games at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium next season, including the annual Battle Line Rivalry game Presented by Shelter Insurance against Arkansas (Nov. 24).

The 2018 season will begin with a pair of home non-conference games against UT-Martin on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8 against Wyoming. The Labor Day weekend matchup with UT-Martin will mark the first-ever gridiron meeting between the schools, as will the next week against Wyoming.

Week three will see the Tigers take to the road to face Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sept. 15. Mizzou will be making its fourth appearance there, but first since 1954. The September portion of the 2018 schedule will close out with the SEC opener on Sept. 22 in Columbia against Georgia. It marks the third time since joining the SEC that Mizzou has started conference play against UGA (2012, 2016).

After an open date on Sept. 29, the Tigers will take to the road for consecutive away contests at South Carolina (Oct. 6) and at Alabama (Oct. 13), the latter of which will be Mizzou’s first-ever game in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers played Alabama in Birmingham in 1975, and claimed a 20-7 upset win over the second-ranked Tide.

 

The Tigers will return home for two weeks, beginning with an Oct. 20 game against Memphis, followed by Kentucky on Oct. 27. The Memphis game will mark Homecoming for Mizzou, continuing the proud tradition made famous on the MU campus beginning in 1911.

When the calendar turns to November, Mizzou will alternate away home games each week, beginning with a Nov. 3 game in The Swamp at Florida, followed by a Nov. 10 home game with Vanderbilt. The regular-season schedule closes with a Nov. 17 game at Tennessee, and wraps up with the budding Thanksgiving Week rivalry game with Arkansas.

2018 MIZZOU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 1 vs. Tennessee-Martin
Sept. 8 vs. Wyoming
Sept. 15 at Purdue
Sept. 22 vs. Georgia
Oct. 6 at South Carolina
Oct. 13 at Alabama
Oct. 20 vs. Memphis
Oct. 27 vs. Kentucky
Nov. 3 at Florida
Nov. 10 vs. Vanderbilt
Nov. 17 at Tennessee
Nov. 24 vs. Arkansas

— Mizzou Athletics —

Western men finish 10th at NSU Golf Classic

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team finished tenth at the 19th Annual NSU Golf Classic at the Muskogee Country Club on Tuesday.

The Griffons shot a 300 in round three. Patrick McCarthy finished tied for 14th with a 2-over 215. Jacob Majeske shot his best round of the tournament on Tuesday with an even-par 71 to finish in a tie for 37th. Lucas Horseman finished tied for 55th with a 225 as did Tom Buffington.

Missouri Western finished ahead of conference foes Northeastern State, Missouri Southern and Southwest Baptist.

The Griffons travel to Lake City, Minnesota and the Jewell Golf Club for an event hosted by Winona State University Sept. 25 through the 26th.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest soccer wins at William Jewell in OT

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The Northwest Missouri State University soccer team picked up a 1-0 overtime victory over William Jewell on Tuesday evening at Greene Stadium in Liberty, Mo.

– The Bearcats improve to 2-3 on the year with the win while the Cardinals fall to 4-2.

– Maddie Kreuger sent a cross in to Danielle Wolfe who headed in the game winner in the 96th minute to break the 0-0 tie.

– Ashley Malloy made five saves to pick up her first shutout of the season.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest outshot William Jewell, 15-10.

– The Bearcats had six corner kicks to the Cardinals’ four.

– William Jewell was whistled for eight fouls while Northwest was called for four.

– Danielle Wolfe had two shots, both on goal. Her overtime strike was her second goal of the year.

– Emily Madden had three shots, two coming on goal.

– Izzy Romano had four shots on goal.

– Bri Wawiorka had two shots, both on goal.

Up Next
– The Bearcats head to Lindenwood for a 7:30 p.m. non-MIAA matchup in St. Charles, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffon men’s golf tied for 10th after day one at Northeastern State

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The Missouri Western men’s golf team shot a 585 in the first two rounds of the Northeastern State Men’s Golf Classic at Muskogee Country Club Monday. MWSU is tied for 10th but they’re just 11 strokes out of third place heading into the final round.

Patrick McCarthy is tied for eighth place with a 1-under par 141 to lead Missouri Western on the opening day. Tom Buffington shot a 147 and Lucas Horseman carded a 148. Jacob Majeske finished the first day with a 150 as Kevin Kim scored a 151 to round out the MWSU scorecard.

Central Oklahoma leads the team standings with a 563. UCO’s Alexander Hughes is atop of the individual leaderboard with an 8-under 134. Final round of play for Missouri Western starts Tuesday at 9:28 a.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

MIAA hands out weekly football awards

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Kansas City, Mo. (September 18, 2017) – Fort Hays State’s Monterio Burchfield has been named the MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week. Emporia State’s Logan Thompson earned the honor on defense with Pittsburg State’s Juanté Baldwin earning it on special teams.

MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week
Monterio Burchfield, WR, Fort Hays State

Burchfield had 217 receiving yards on eight catches and the game-winning touchdown with 42 seconds remaining to lift Fort Hays State to a 31-24 win at Central Oklahoma. The game-winner was a 64-yard score as he stiff-armed his defender to the ground, then scampered from midfield to the end zone outrunning the rest of the defense. He also had the key reception on Fort Hays States game-tying drive moments earlier, rising over his defender for a 40-yard reception on 3rd-and-12 to put FHSU in field goal range. FHSU converted a 24-yard field goal to tie the game with 3:44 remaining. Burchfield averaged 27.1 yards per catch and helped push quarterback Jacob Mezera past the 400-yard passing mark for the game. The 6-2 wide receiver is a native of Huntsville, Ala. where he competed at Madison County High School before playing at Garden City Community College.

 

MIAA Football Defensive Athlete of the Week
Logan Thompson, LB, Emporia State

Thompson had a pick-six of 25 yards that proved to be the difference in #14 Emporia State’s 36-29 victory at Missouri Southern. With the nations third-leading tackler Gabe Cleveland missing the game with a hand injury, Thompson led the Hornets with a career-high nine tackles. It was the first interception of the year for the Hornets, and the first INT returned for a touchdown since Kole Schankie returned one 65 yards against Northeastern State last season. The 6-3 sophomore linebacker is a native of Sedgwick, Kan. where he competed at Sedgewick High School and transferred to ESU from Kansas State.

 

MIAA Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Juanté Baldwin, CB, Pittsburg State

Juanté Baldwin blocked a pair of first-half punts that led to a pair of touchdowns for Pittsburg State as the Gorillas rolled to a 68-21 road win over Northeastern State Saturday (Sept. 16). Baldwin’s first block came on the RiverHawk’s opening possession of the game, and it gave the Pitt State offense the ball at the NSU 22. The Gorillas scored five plays later to take a 7-0 lead. Baldwin’s second block in the second quarter was scooped up by teammate Paul Davis and returned for a Pitt State touchdown, staking the Gorillas to 31-0 cushion with 6:36 left before the half. Baldwin transferred to Pitt State from Friends University and prepped at North Kansas City High School.

No. 24 MWSU improves to 6-0 with shutout of Lindenwood

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ST. JOSEPH – The 2017 Missouri Western soccer team has scored more goals than any team in program history after a 5-0 win over Lindenwood (3-3) Sunday at Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium.

With the win, No. 24 Missouri Western improved to 6-0, the longest win streak in program history and bettering the program’s best-ever start.

MORE RECORDS FALL, TIED
Through six games in the 2017 season, the 24th-ranked Griffons have scored more goals (27) than any team in program history. The record breaking goal came in the 84th minute by Sydney Cluck. Cassidy Menke’s goal in the 58th minute tied her MWSU single season goals record (9) set in 2016. Madeline Cowell became MWSU’s career assists leader in the second minute when Sarah Blakley put the Griffs up 1-0 on a header off Cowell’s corner kick. She didn’t hold the record long before Cluck tied it in the 81st minute on Taylor Schwartzkopf’s seventh goal of the season.

DOMINANT WEEKEND
The Griffons scored nine combined goals this weekend and didn’t allow a single goal. On the season, Missouri Western has outscored its opponents 27-3.

HUGE GAME COMING
It’s a non-conference tilt, but next Friday may be the biggest game in program history. Missouri Western takes its undefeated record on the road to No. 4-ranked Central Missouri (6-0). UCM is coming off the same two opponents as the Griffons. The Mules defeated Lindenwood 7-0 on Friday and Northwest Missouri 4-0 on Sunday.

— MWSU Athletics —

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