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Junior right fielder Joe Kelly played the hero in Game 2 against Case Western Reserve University April 28. He hit a game-tying single in the bottom of the seventh, then hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th to give the Bears a doubleheader sweep. |
The
Bears broke a five-game losing skid and moved
within one victory of tying the single-season
record for wins with a doubleheader sweep of Case
Western Reserve University on April 28. The Bears,
now 26-9 overall, need just one win to match the
record of 27 wins set in both 1999 and 2000. WU
took Game 1, 8-1, and rallied for an 8-7, 10-inning
win in Game 2. In the opener, junior lefthander
Adam Cowley threw 5 2/3 innings and struck out
five to improve to 7-2 and lower his ERA to 2.82.
Nate Hadsell got the final out of the sixth with
the bases loaded and struck out the side in the
ninth to pick up his first career save. Kirk Heischmidt
was 3-for-3 with two runs scored to pace the offense.
In Game 2, the Bears took a 6-3 lead into the
top of the seventh, but the Spartans scored four
runs, three of them unearned, to take a 7-6 lead.
WU was down to its last out in the bottom of the
inning, but Mark Glover singled, moved to third
on a pair of wild pitches and scored on Joe Kelly's
single. Kelly then lined another single in the
bottom of the 10th to give the Bears the win.
Nate Liberman got the win with an inning of hitless
relief.
Other updates
The
softball team improved to 23-15 after a
doubleheader sweep of Greenville College moved
its winning streak to four. With the sweep, the
Bears have won nine of their past 10 games and
have kept their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. In
Game 1, freshman Victoria Ramsey pitched her sixth
shutout of the season in the 8-0 victory. Sophomore
Lorri Fehlker evened her record at 6-6 on the
season as she earned the 4-1 Game 2 win.
Freshman
Lance Moen captured first place honors for the
outdoor track and field team in the 400
meters with a personal-best and NCAA-qualifying
time of 48.47 seconds at the Twilight Open, hosted
by Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
April 27. Moen, the UAA indoor and outdoor champion
in the 400 meters, won the event by more than
1.5 seconds. Sophomore Lindsey Clark-Ryan also
took top honors in the women's triple jump with
a personal record and NCAA-qualifying 11.27 meters.
The Bears managed a women's horizontal-jump sweep
as Kammie Holt won the long jump with a school-record
5.51 meters. Sophomore Mindy Kuhl ran her outdoor
unbeaten streak to six as she clocked 4:43.70
for first place in the women's 1,500 meters. Freshman
Hallie Hutchens also notched a victory in the
100-meter hurdles as she cleared the barriers
in 15.02.
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