Cedars, April 27, 2006

Thursday, April 27, 2006 SPORTS C EDARS | 15 SPORTS SCHEDULE Golf 3rd at CU Invite The Cedarville golf team has put togeth- er an impressive spring season, which has nicely complemented their outstanding fall season. As a team, they started off the spring by winning the Urbana Invitational, where Adam Schlappi shot a 77 and Scott Aker a 78. Next, they beat Central State in a head- to-head match-up where Adam Schlappi once again earned the lowest score of the day for CU with a 71. The team traveled to Marion, Indiana just a few days later to play in the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational, where they tied for 5th out of eight teams. Though the team might have been discouraged with their play at IWU, they made up for it in the Mount Vernon Invitational the following weekend. The Yellow Jackets set a 36-hole school re- cord by shooting a 598 as a team; Scott Aker was the tournament runner-up with a two- under par score of 142. The men learned from these performanc- es and geared up for the CU Invitational held in Beavercreek, Ohio. This invitational was a real test for the men as they were playing some of the best teams in their conference. Speaking on the first day of the tournament, Brett Bigler said, “We got off to a great start by playing pretty well at Beavercreek. The scores were high, but we managed to play okay and get out to a ten shot lead.” Going into the last day ahead, the Yellow Jack- ets seemed relatively safe; however, Walsh and Ohio Dominican both put together low rounds, allowing them to pull ahead of Ce- darville by the end. Walsh won the tournament by making up 21 strokes from the previous day to finish with a 36-hole total of 617, and Ohio Domin- ican made up 26 strokes from the day before to finish with a 624. The Yellow Jackets, on the other hand, shot seven strokes worse, which slid them into 3rd place. Adam Schlappi commented, “We learned that just because you are up ten strokes after the first day, it doesn’t mean that you are going to win the whole thing easily.” Scott Aker tied for first individually with scores of 76 and 77 but lost medal hon- ors in a playoff. While this meltdown was tough for the CU team to swallow, they are not going to let it discourage them. Brett Big- ler noted that the CU Invitational taught the men that they “[…] can hang with some of the top teams in our conference and actu- ally compete, which is something the CU golf teams in years past haven’t been able to do.” With this confidence they will head into the AMC Conference/NAIA Regional this week which, if they win, will crown them champions of their conference and will send them off to compete in the NAIA National Tournament. · Andrew Sweigard · Contributing Writer Softball Advances to NCCAA Nationals The Yellow Jacket softball team is head- ed to NCCAA Nationals after placing sec- ond by going 2-2 in the regional tournament held at Indiana Wesleyan April 21-22. Cedarville scored early in the first tour- nament game against Spring Arbor as lead off batter Erica Schroeder touched home on a wild pitch after reaching first on a bunt, stealing second, and gaining third on Jackie Greetham’s bunt single. The Cougars gave the Lady Jackets a run for their money, ty- ing it up in the fourth inning and striking out nine, but Cedarville showed their skill at the plate, producing runs in the sixth and sev- enth to win it, 3-1. Schroeder, Greetham, and Erin Dimeolo added two hits apiece to lead the Yellow Jackets. Indiana Wesleyan proved the better team in the second game Friday night, roping in three runs in the first inning, then solidify- ing the win with two homers that scored a combined four runs in the sixth. The Lady Jackets were not able to compare offensive- ly, manufacturing only two runs for a final score of 2-8. Andrea Walker singled two of Cedarville’s five hits. The Jackets faced Spring Arbor for the second time Saturday morning. Aubree Munson set the pace by scoring Schroeder on a first inning triple. Schroeder also tri- pled and was one of four Lady Jackets to contribute two hits each. Although trailing Cedarville the entire game, Spring Arbor showed their determination by rallying to score five of their six runs in the last two in- nings before falling just shy of the Jackets’ eight. Cedarville then moved into the cham- pionship match; a second showing versus Indiana Wesleyan. The Jackets stepped on the field with confidence and resolve, but the Wildcats’ bats were hot again as they pounded 12 hits, including three doubles and a homerun. The Lady Jackets pushed for a rally af- ter being held scoreless throughout the first five innings, but were only able to squeeze in two runs before Indiana Wesleyan set them down to win the regional championship, 6-2. Sarah Hoffman doubled to drive in the Jack- ets’ first run; she totaled two hits, as did Kim Bowman and Emily Millay. Erin Dimeolo, Aubree Munson, and Al- lie Smith were selected to the All Regional Team. Dimeolo was also chosen for the All Regional Tournament Team, along with Jackie Greetham, Erica Schroeder and An- drea Walker. · Andrea Walker · Contributing Writer MEN’S & WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD 4-May NCCAA Outdoor Championships Upland, IN TBA 5-May NCCAA Outdoor Championships Upland, IN TBA 6-May NCCAA Outdoor Championships Upland, IN TBA 25-May NAIA Outdoor Championships Fresno, CA TBA 26-May NAIA Outdoor Championships Fresno, CA TBA 27-May NAIA Outdoor Championships Fresno, CA TBA MEN’S & WOMEN’S TENNIS 29-Apr HUNTINGTON Cedarville 10:00 AM 3-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Canton, OH TBA 4-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Canton, OH TBA 5-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Canton, OH TBA 8-May NCCAA National Tournament Greer, SC TBA 9-May NCCAA National Tournament Greer, SC TBA 10-May NCCAA National Tournament Greer, SC TBA 11-May NCCAA National Tournament Greer, SC TBA BASEBALL 29-Apr SHAWNEE STATE Cedarville 1:00 PM 8-May NCCAA Midwest Regional Site TBA TBA 9-May NCCAA Midwest Regional Site TBA TBA SOFTBALL 27-Apr NCCAA National Tournament Marion, IN TBA 28-Apr NCCAA National Tournament Marion, IN TBA 29-Apr NCCAA National Tournament Marion, IN TBA 4-May AMC Qualifying Tournament at higher seed TBA 5-May AMC Qualifying Tournament at higher seed TBA 10-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Site TBA TBA 11-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Site TBA TBA 12-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Site TBA TBA 13-May NAIA Region IX Tournament Site TBA TBA GOLF JOHN HUDSON | CEDARS Carla Brenneman: Anna Strayhorn, I haven’t seen those grapes in a while. 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