Men's and Women's Track & Field - Malone competed at the Tiffin University Invitational last Friday and Saturday and also sent athletes to the Wake Forest (NC) University Invitational (numerous NAIA national qualifiers)
In its first competition since spring break, the Malone College baseball team claimed a pair of American Mideast Conference North Division victories over Notre Dame College at home on Saturday afternoon by the final scores of 13-11 and 6-5. The squad was originally slated to play the Falcons in a home doubleheader on Friday and then travel to Notre Dame for another pair of games on Saturday, but the wet weather played havoc with the schedule, forcing Friday’s doubleheader to be played on Saturday (the Pioneers will now play two games at Notre Dame on Monday afternoon). With the 2-0 week, Malone now holds a 7-10 overall record with a 2-0 mark in the AMC North.
In Saturday’s home opener, the Pioneers scored nine runs in the first three innings to take a commanding 9-3 lead before holding off a late Notre Dame surge for the 13-11 victory. Sophomore Adam Boudler (Louisville H.S.) started on the mound and claimed his first victory of the season after giving up six runs over four innings pitched. Malone smacked 15 hits in the contest as senior Josh Spencer (Canton Central Catholic H.S.) went 3-4 with three RBI and junior Troy Richeson (Minerva H.S.) went 2-4 with a three-run homerun. Senior Bob Dubovec (Kenston H.S.) was 2-4 at the plate with a solo homerun while sophomore Jon Lutton (Louisville H.S.) clubbed a three-run homer.
In Saturday’s second contest, the Pioneers tallied three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 6-3 lead. Notre Dame answered with two runs in the top of the sixth to cut the deficit to one but could not completely close the gap, falling by the 6-5 final (the game was shortened to six innings due to darkness). Junior Jimmy Dowling (Tuslaw H.S.) started on the mound and posted his first victory of the season after surrendering five runs over five and one-third innings pitched. Sophomores Zac Barson (Canton South H.S.) and Ryan Hartong (Dalton H.S.) each smacked home runs for Malone while Spencer went 2-2 at the plate with one run scored.
This week, Malone (7-10, 2-0 AMC N) will travel to Notre Dame College (7-9, 0-2 AMC N) on Monday afternoon for a make-up doubleheader with the Falcons at 1:00 p.m. The Pioneers will then host a single nine-inning game against Baldwin-Wallace College (6-6, 0-0 OAC) on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. before traveling to Youngstown State University (7-11, 3-0 Horizon League) on Wednesday for a single nine-inning contest with the NCAA Division I Penguins at 3:00 p.m.. On Friday, the squad will host a 12:00 p.m. doubleheader against Seton Hill (PA) University (15-6) and will then wrap up the week on Saturday by traveling to Seton Hill for two more contests, also starting at noon.
Men's, Women's Track & Field Teams Compete At Wake Forest, Tiffin Meets
The Malone College men's and women's track & field teams competed at the Tiffin University Invitational last Friday and Saturday and also sent athletes to the Wake Forest (NC) University Invitational as well. In addition, five athletes posted NAIA provisional qualifying marks at the Wake Forest meet while one other individual earned an automatic qualifying time.
At Wake Forest, Ryan Kienzle (Jr., GlenOak H.S.) posted the automatic qualifying time with a 17th-place time of 31:30.58 in the 10,000 meters. Those who qualified provisionally for the men were Mike Coates (Jr., Sandy Valley H.S.) in the 1500 meters (14th; 3:56.93), Nik Schweikert (So., Beavercreek H.S.) in the 5000 meters (14th; 15:08.01) and Chris Sinick (Fr., Field H.S.) in the 800 meters (17th; 1:53.95).
For the Pioneer women at the Wake Forest meet, Katie Bagley (So., Van Wert H.S.) qualified provisionally in the 10,000 meters (7th; 39:08.10) as did Kalie Hauenstein (Fr., Ashland H.S.) in the same race (8th; 39:11.21).
At the Tiffin meet for the men, Brady West (Sr., West Muskingum H.S.) won the javelin (48.10 meters) while the men's 4x400-meter relay team of Jay Brueckner (Jr., Crestview H.S.), Jon Easterling (So., Ashtabula H.S.), Garrett Oliver (Fr., Benjamin Logan H.S.) and Bryan Krieger (Fr., Cuyahoga Falls H.S.) also finished first in 3:28.18.
Second-place finishes went to Chad Armstrong (Sr., Ashtabula H.S.) in the hammer throw (153' 0"), Shane McLaughlin (Fr., Caldwell H.S.) in the high jump (6' 4") and Easterling in the 400-meter hurdles (56.64).
Krieger took fourth in the 100 meters (11.64) while Andy Preston (Fr., Bradford, PA) also placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (58.01).
Krieger grabbed a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters (23.33) while Caleb Marburger (Fr., Tusky Valley H.S.) was fifth in the shot put (12.95 meters).
In addition, Chris Hare (Sr., Coopersville, MI) placed sixth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.51), Brueckner took sixth in the 400-meter hurdles (59.31) and Oliver was eighth in the 400-meter hurdles (60.84).
For the Malone women, Holly Motter (So., Mt. Union, PA), Laura McElrath (Jr., Tallmadge H.S.) and Faith Nicholson (McMurray, PA) tied for first place in the high jump at 5' 2" while Ashley Currence (Sr., East Canton H.S.) also took first in the triple jump at 11.36 meters. In addition, the women's 4x400-meter relay team of Vallie Scott (So., West Branch H.S.), Kim Winton (So., Medina H.S.), McElrath and Megan Patton (So., Perry H.S.) finished first in a time of 4:08.16.
Motter post a pair of second-place finishes in the long jump (5.16 meters) and triple jump (10.68 meters) while Emily Alderfer (Fr., Urbana H.S.) also grabbed a second-place finish in the shot put (11.98 meters).
Third-place finishes went to Scott in the 400 meters (1:00.23), McElrath in the 100-meter hurdles (15.89), Patton in the 400-meter hurdles (1:10.37) and Currence in the long jump (5.11 meters).
In addition, McElrath took fourth in the long jump (5.07 meters), Nicholson placed fourth in the triple jump (9.91 meters) and Patton finished sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.58).
This week, the teams will compete at the Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
The Malone College men's tennis team emerged victorious in its first two American Mideast Conference matches last week as the team defeated Notre Dame (OH) College 8-1 at home on Friday and then Roberts Wesleyan (NY) College 7-2 at home on Saturday. With the 2-0 week, Malone now stands at 8-4 overall on the season and 2-0 in the AMC.
Scores for the matches (in order - Notre Dame, RWC) were as follows:
#1 Jason Christman (Sr., McKinley H.S.) W 6-2, 6-2 W 6-2, 6-2
#2 Kyle Bowers (So., Norwalk H.S.) W 6-0, 6-2 W 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
#3 Tim Springirth (So., Erie, PA) W 6-0, 6-1 W 7-5, 6-2
#4 Nathaniel Rodd (Fr., Canton, OH) W 6-0, 6-1 W 6-1, 6-3
#5 Dan Yard (Jr., Louisville H.S.) L 6-3, 6-3 W 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
#6 Tim Frazier (Fr., Beaver Falls, PA) W 6-1, 6-2 L 6-2, 6-1
#1 Bowers/Springirth W 8-2 W 8-3
#2 Yard/Frazier W 8-1 --------
#2 Christman/Rodd -------- W 8-2
#3 Yard/Frazier -------- L 9-7
#3 Josh Fisher (Fr., Louisville H.S.)/ W 8-4 --------
Dan Fahl (Fr., Ravenna H.S.)
This week, the team is idle and will next compete in a home match against Tiffin University on Tuesday, April 3rd at 12:00 p.m.
