FLYING SAUCERS AND SCOTS

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s Tanesha Hughes’ discus and Tyler Hannam.

The pair of Fighting Scots had memorable performances at last weekend’s Augustana Meet of Champions where the women were second and the men fourth. Hughes automatically qualified for next month’s NCAA Outdoor Championships in the discus and Hannam cleared his first provisional height in the high jump.

“We had some people make some pretty solid progress last weekend,” reported Roger Haynes. “That’s what we had been looking for at this time of year.”

Fans had to look a long way down range for Hughes’ discus throw. The senior won the event with a school-record and automatic-qualifying mark of 164’6”. All five of her throws bettered the automatic mark and her winning throw leads the nation by more than 10’. Gloria Lehr threw a provisional 143’2” to take second. Hughes and Lehr were 3-4 in the shot put. Lehr gained the edge on Hughes in the hammer throw, unleashing a personal-best 146’4” to place third, just in front of Hughes in fourth.

“The discus mark was pretty remarkable,” praised Haynes. “They moved them through pretty quickly, so there wasn’t a lot of time to recuperate. Her shot and hammer are coming along and she’ll get some consistency and come through in those events by conference time.”

Hannam, a sophomore jumper from nearby Woodhull, took second in the high jump with a provisional height of 6’8”. His season-best mark leads the Midwest Conference and ranks him twelfth nationally. Sean Wells was fourth in the high jump and he triple jumped 43’7” for seventh.

“Tyler moved to the top of the conference ranks,” said Haynes. “He had some good attempts at 6-9. He’s making some good progress and we expect that to continue. He’s jumping with consistency. It takes the same kind of jump to clear the higher jumps as it does the lower jumps and he’s doing a good job with that. Sean showed a big improvement for us in the triple jump.”

Logan Hohl clocked his first provisional time of the season in the 400-meter hurdles and improved his 100- hurdles mark. The sophomore won the 400- hurdles with a time of 53.58 and moved into the top 10 in the nation in the event. He also ran a provisional and personal-best time in the prelims of the 110- hurdles with a 14.80. He went on to win the finals by .01 in 15.15.

“Logan had a good day in the hurdles and the 4x4 relay,” said Haynes.

In the relays, Shane Reschke, Aaron Daverin, Kyle Prout and Saidu Sesay joined forced to finish second in the 4x100 relay. Hohl and Reschke teamed with Patrick Mundschenk and Ryan Hardman on the 4x400 relay. The foursome placed fourth, just two seconds off the pace at 3:19.31. Reschke placed fifth in the 400 and Hardman was seventh.

“Their time was very good for that group,” said Haynes of the 4x4 team. “Patrick ran a 52-flat in the race a week ago. Saturday he lowered his time to 50.4. That was a huge improvement. That’s the real story for that race.”

The Scots took the top four spots in the men’s 100- dash. Sesay broke the tape in 11.03, Prout was second, Michael Blodgett finished third and Daverin was fourth. Sesay was also third in the 200-meters and Blodgett was fourth in the javelin, improving his conference mark with a throw of 168’2”.

“All four of those guys had quality performances,” said Haynes of his team’s sweep of the 100- dash. “Sesay, Kyle and Michael all ran season-bests.”

Other standout performances on the men’s side included Jon Welty’s first try at the steeplechase where he placed 12^th in 10:31.0; Tim Bentz, a 1:58.70 in the 800 and Geoff Bird who finished 15^th in the 10K with a personal-best 32:39.05.

Senior women’s hurdler Shannon Turczyn improved her provisional standing in the 100-meter hurdles. Her time of 14.49 in the prelims moves her to sixth in the nation. She went on to win the finals by nearly a half-second. She also ran a leg on the third-place 4x100 relay, teaming with Megan McKenna, Brittany Lowdermilk and Jae Moore.

McKenna and Moore also shined in individual events. McKenna took first in the triple jump with a conference-best mark of 36’4-3/4”. Moore placed third in the triple jump and was second in the 100- dash and third in the 200-.

“Shannon was very good in the highs (hurdles),” praised Haynes. “She’s moved up the national rankings and that’s where she should be this time of year, and she’s a little ahead of her usual pace.”

Also getting praise in the hurdles was Katey Vaccarello who placed sixth in the 100- and 400- hurdles.

“Katey had another good weekend,” said Haynes of Vaccarello who teamed with Turczyn, Moore and Lindsie Pettie on the fifth-place 4x4 relay. “She also ran a good leadoff leg on the 4x4. She’s helping us on a number of fronts.”

Mary Kate Beyer had a record day in the steeplechase. Running the event for the first time this season, the sophomore distance specialist won the race in a school-record time of 11:18.8. She has the conference’s top time in the event by more than 30 seconds.

“Mary Kate had herself prepared and ran very well,” said Haynes. “She ran by herself for pretty much the entire race. She hurdles the barriers much better than she did a year ago. That extra year of experience really helps. Running in wet shoes from the water jump and landing after the barrier jumps is more fatiguing than many people realize. I’m confident she can run faster by the conference meet.”

Personal-bests seemed to be the order of the day for the women’s distance runners. Katie Staab clocked a personal-best 19:07.31 in the 5K to place 12^th and Taryn Tang was seventh in her first 10K with a time of 42:22.08. Staab also placed eighth in the 1500, two places ahead of Amy Aghababian who ran a lifetime best 5:10.07.

“Katie and Amy were very good in the 1500,” praised Haynes. “Amy moved herself up the conference ranks with her performance. Taryn’s time in her first 10K was a very good effort and puts her among the conference leaders.”

Heather Hull and Sarah Stinson took the top two spots in the high jump. Each cleared 4’11-3/4” with Hull taking first on attempts.

Brittany McCline set a personal-best mark to place second in the javelin. Her mark of 120’8” was her first throw this season over the 120’ mark. Fellow freshman Amanda Streeter turned in a consistent performance, placing fifth in both the hammer throw and shot put. Her 40’10-1/4” in the shot was a personal-best.

The Scots competed on a rare weekday meet Tuesday at the non-scored Illinois College Open where several performers turned in top times. Scots Scoop provides some highlights.

The women’s javelin was all Monmouth, taking the top five spots led by McCline (120’5”). Lehr was second, Hull third, Streeter fourth and Pettie fifth.

Monmouth took the top four slots in the women’s 400-meter dash. Turczyn (1:02.58) won the event a second in front of Pettie. Kaci Lierman and Vaccarello placed third and fourth.

Hughes led a 1-2-3 finish in the shot put. Her winning throw (40’9-3/4”) was an inch-and-a-half ahead of Lehr. Streeter was two feet back in third. Hughes also won the discus (148’9”) and Lehr was second. Streeter also threw a season-best in the hammer throw (143’3”) where she was fourth.

In case you hadn’t noticed, Lehr has the distinction of finishing second in all three of her events – javelin, shot put and discus.

On the men’s side, Jacob Stott broke the tape in the 400- dash (49.72) and Hannam took first in the high jump (6’6”).

Peyton Lumzy took a pair of firsts. The sophomore equaled his personal-best with a winning throw in the shot put (49’11”) and he took first in the discus by nearly five feet (136’5”). Lumzy also threw a career-high to place second in the hammer throw (149’8”).

Dan Higgins won the javelin (159’5”) and Wells set a personal-best in the triple jump (45’11.75”) where he was second.

The Scots have just two meets remaining before the MWC Championships May 8-9. This weekend Haynes will take his team to the Loras Invitational. Next weekend they’ll travel to a meet in Indiana.

LIVING A DREAM

With the Fighting Scots’ 12-1, 7-0 sweep of arch rival Knox last weekend, coach Roger Sander must feel like he’s in dreamland, and not just because his team downed the Prairie Fire.

“You always dream of a start like this,” said Sander of Monmouth’s 6-0 start in conference play. “The reality is, it has happened before.”

What may be especially pleasing to Sander and Scots fans is that the Scots at 6-0 are in first place by two games on the loss side. That’s a relief considering one year ago a four-way tie for the divisional crown forced a single-elimination tournament to determine the conference tournament berths. So, what’s up?

“We’ve been getting good pitching, but we got some clutch hits Saturday,” reported Sander. “Our first four runs in the first game were scored with two outs.”

Kevin Sashko had the distinction of driving in the first and last runs of Game 1. His first inning single brought home Chad Kamm – who was on base five times – and Terry Davis. Sashko ended the game via the mercy rule with a three run homer – his third, fourth and fifth RBIs of the game – in the bottom of the eighth to give the Scots a 12-1 win. You could say Kevin Sash-KOed it.

“His mindset is to go up there and hit it hard,” said Sander. “We preach to them – ‘Just hit the ball hard, home runs will come naturally by hitting the ball hard.’”

That philosophy seems to agree with Sashko. The senior shortstop is hitting a robust .375 in league games, but he’s not the Scots’ top hitter. Kamm leads the pack in conference contests at a Ted Williams-like .450 clip, Caleb Ruyle isn’t far behind at .407 and Chaz Baggio comes in at an even .400.

The pitching hasn’t been too shabby, either. Consider this – in the six conference games thus far, Sander’s pitching staff’s ERA of 1.02 is lower than Bob Gibson’s 1.12 ERA set in 1968 with the St. Louis Cardinals. That mark is widely regarded as the deciding factor in lowering the height of the Major League pitching mound.

Could the college ranks follow suit? Probably not.

Matt Bourne, Robbie Hinkle and Brian Chandler have combined to hold opponents to just a .188 batting average. Hinkle has three consecutive complete game shutouts to his credit and his 27 scoreless innings is second only to Dan Dunn who threw 29 innings without giving up a run in 2005.

Bourne had perhaps the best game of his career last weekend. The senior lefty didn’t allow a runner past second until the seventh inning – well after the outcome had been determined. He struck out six – and the first five went down looking. Hinkle, while not as sharp as the week before, still managed to fan eight Fire batters and only once allowed two batters to reach base in the same inning.

The Scots wasted little time putting up runs in Game 2. Mitch Johnson’s second inning single scored Davis and Sashko for all the support Hinkle would need for his fourth win.

“Baseball is really a simple game,” claimed Sander. “It comes down to good pitching, good fielding and getting the timely hit. We did exactly that. We didn’t make any flashy defensive plays, but we made the routine plays. It doesn’t do any good to make a flashy play and then boot a routine play. We played nearly flawless baseball last weekend. The guys were all business Saturday.”

The Scots have more business to attend to this weekend – and a lot of it. Typical spring weather has forced Sander’s troops to play back-to-back conference double-headers. Saturday, it’s a rematch at Knox. Sunday, the Scots travel to Grinnell to meet the Pioneers for the first time this season. That’s after a single game at Millikin tonight.

“I expect my kids to be ready,” reported Sander of the pending four conference games in two days scenario. “Illinois College and Grinnell are scheduled to play a double-header Saturday, so a lot of things could be decided this weekend.”

In a normal year, seven league wins would put a team in the MWC Tournament. Last year, all four South teams finished with six wins – the Scots’ current total through six games.

“The way I figure it, if we win just one of the four games this weekend, we’re in,” predicted Sander. “Don’t’ get me wrong, our goal isn’t to win just one game, we’d like to win them all, but we’ve got to get to 7-0 before we get to 8-0 and so on.”

Could an unbeaten conference season be in the cards? If it happened, Scots’ fans could thank Sander for making a dream come true, but then again, they don’t call him the “Sandman” for nothing.

RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT TO BE

Fighting Scots men’s golf coach Dave Ragone set an average score of 310 as the mark to win the Midwest Conference championship.

Judging by Monmouth’s last six rounds, they’re in pretty good shape. Their average over those six rounds? A cool 310.1, thank you very much.

What’s even more impressive is their last round – a 315 – came in adverse weather at the always tough Harry Mussatto Golf Course at Western Illinois University.

The event was scheduled for a two-day, 72-hole tournament with 36 holes to be played in one day. Thanks to a frontal system that brought rain and high winds, the tournament’s final round was cancelled after 14 holes had been completed when the greens were determined to be unplayable.

Monmouth’s 312-315-627 total placed them tied for eighth in a field of 16 teams that included Division I and other scholarship schools.

“I was very pleased with our play,” said Ragone whose team was just three strokes out of fifth place. “We looked at it as a warmup for the conference meet. The weather was horrendous, but the guys did a great job with their mental game and stayed focused. It’s too bad the final round was cancelled, we were playing well and thought we might come in around 305 or 310 in that final round.”

After a good showing last week, Ted Starkey came in with a team-leading 75-78-153 to tie for eighth, but Ryan Harvey has been the picture of consistency. Harvey has carded 77s in his last four rounds.

“Ted had a really good tournament,” said Ragone. “He played a couple of solid rounds. Ryan has played exceptionally well – and consistent.”

Also consistent this week was Rodney Clayton with a pair of 78s. Consistent – but not flashy – has been Jake Kilberg who carded an 84-82-166.

“Jake played much better in his last round,” said Ragone. “We projected him to come in around 77, until we got cancelled.”

Ryan Tapscott rounded out the Scots’ team scoring with an 82-88-170. Playing as an individual, Greg Jones tied for 36^th with an 80-79-159.

Ragone’s group will have one meet remaining before the league championships next weekend. The annual Scot-Fire Invitational tees off Friday at Soangetaha Country Club and concludes Saturday at Gibson Woods Golf Course and Ragone has issued a challenge to his team.

“We expect to win this tournament,” said Ragone. “Our goal for the last couple of meets has been to finish in the top half of the WIU Tournament (they did) and to win the Scot-Fire. We’re playing pretty well right now and we’re looking forward to the weekend.”

Based on the Scots’ success at the Mussatto course, they are probably looking forward to the MWC Championships held at Aldeen Golf Course near Rockford, Ill.

“The WIU course is very similar to Aldeen,” reported Ragone.

Here’s hoping the course and the scores, but not the weather, is similar to what the Scots experienced at WIU. 

BEN THERE, DONE THAT

Before any of you proofreaders circle “Ben” in the headline, take note – the Scoop is referring to men’s tennis player Ben Morrow.

While it may be hard to find an upside in an 8-1 loss, the Scots players were quick to note Morrow’s 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over the Pioneers to avoid the shutout.

“Any time you can avoid a shutout against Grinnell, that’s good,” said Chad Braun of the five-time defending league champions. “Ben was very solid for us at No. 6. It was good to see him play well last weekend. He had been struggling, but last weekend he kept the ball in play, played smart and served really well. All the guys were pretty excited for him.”

Morrow almost had company in keeping the Scots from being shutout. Eric Brandhorst nearly forced a third set at No. 3 singles, before falling 6-2, 7-5. The Pioneers made quick work of the rest of the Scots, dropping Monmouth’s singles in straight sets.

“Eric played Grinnell very tough at No. 3,” said Braun. “Eric had beaten the Grinnell kid in straight sets a year ago. It was a close match and he played very well.”

Morrow and Brandhorst showed quite a bit of mental toughness when their matches had to be moved inside. Late afternoon rain made the outdoor courts unplayable, meaning the last matches of the day – No. 3 and 6 singles – began play on one surface and finished on another.

“Eric may have had a different outcome if we could have stayed outside,” reported Braun of the move to the faster indoor court. “If we could have kept that match outside, I think Eric would have had a great chance to win it.”

Earlier in the day, the Scots hammered a short-handed Illinois College team 9-0. IC’s numbers only allowed them to field No. 1 and 2 doubles and Nos. 1-4 singles.

Sam Graf, Brandhorst and Chris Utterback cruised to straight set wins at Nos. 2-4. Graf didn’t lose a game while Brandhorst and Utterback lost just one each.

Kyle Korb battled his way to a three set win at No. 1. The senior dropped his first set 6-1, but came back to win 6-1 and 10-6, giving the Scots a sweep of the Blueboys.

“Kyle had a huge win for us at No. 1,” praised Braun. “He really came back after a slow start against the IC kid.”

The Scots wrap up their conference divisional play this weekend, hosting Lake Forest and Knox. This has traditionally been the weekend the qualifiers are determined for the team portion of the Midwest Conference Tournament.

This year is no different.

Grinnell has punched their ticket with a 4-0 record. Monmouth, Lake Forest and Knox are tied for second at 1-1. All three second place teams meet Saturday in what could be called a tournament setting, meaning the Scots want to get out of the gate quickly. Winning two out of three of the doubles matches to start would give one team an early advantage. Of course, a doubles sweep would be even better.”

“I like how our doubles are playing right now,” said Braun. “We have everybody back and healthy. We should be very comparable in all six singles, but we’re going to have to be on the top of our game this weekend. The last four years or so, it’s come down to us and Lake Forest. We’ve gotten the better of them two of the last three years. It’ll be nice to have them on our home courts, but we’re still going to have to be at our best to beat them.”

If the Scots can pull off the sweep this weekend, they can look to Morrow for inspiration in beating the odds, after all, he’s already been there and done that.

IS THIS THE SAME TEAM?

The Scoop had to do a double-take when checking out the women’s golf team’s scores from last weekend’s Millikin Spring Classic.

The Scots dropped over 50 strokes from an opening round 424.

“We dropped 53 strokes in less than 24 hours,” gushed Molly McNamara. “We finished late Friday and came back as one of the first groups out on Saturday morning.”

The Scots fired rounds of 424-371-795 to place 15^th. Their 371 was the team’s best score since they fired a 370 – ironically – at Millikin last fall. Kristin Humphrey carded a final round 90 – her lowest score of the spring or fall season.

So, what made for such a dramatic one-day improvement? Did the team stay up all night practicing putting in their hotel room? Maybe they worked on chipping in the lobby?

“They were much more confident on Saturday,” said McNamara. “The weather was great Friday, sunny and warm. That may have caused us to be a little fatigued late in Friday’s round because we haven’t been used to warm weather all spring.”

The Scots shouldn’t have needed much warmup time if the weather was good – even if it was too good.

“We’ve been hitting the ball pretty well lately,” said McNamara. “Lynsey (Barnard) is beginning to find her swing and she’s playing better. Kristin played much better on Saturday and really had her game clicking. She could have been even lower, but had a couple of bad shots.”

Senior Jessica Sackville also had her game clicking Saturday, dropping nine strokes from Round 1 to card a 93 on Day 2.

Sackville and Heidi Hartshorn – the team’s only seniors – have just one collegiate match left in their careers. Monmouth travels to the Quad Cities this weekend for their season-ending tournament.

“The team is excited to play at Emeis Golf Course,” reported McNamara. “They like playing that course and they want to send Jessica and Heidi out on a good note. We’d like to shoot a good team score for them.”

That might be a problem, the forecast is calling for sunny and warm conditions. Come to think of it, maybe last weekend was simply a warmup for this weekend.

BEHIND EACH CLOUD…

Softball coach John Goddard may want to trade in his sunglasses for some rose colored spectacles.

The Fighting Scots got off to a good start at last weekend’s Midwest Conference Classic where the teams from the North and South divisions get together for five games in two days.

Monmouth opened the Classic on Saturday with a 14-5 blasting of Lawrence – Amanda Snyder pounded out four hits – and followed that with an 8-0 shutout of Carroll – Amanda Murdock got the complete-game win.

“We played quite well the first day,” said Goddard. “We eight-runned our first two opponents, but really didn’t get off to a great start in either game, We were behind against Lawrence and trailed 5-1 until we caught fire and scored 13 runs in the third and fourth innings.”

The Scots trailed Ripon Saturday in their final game of the day 3-0 going into the top of the sixth. Monmouth managed four of their six hits in the inning to put three runs on the board and tie the game. In the seventh, Val Stier led off with a walk and pinch runner Britta Dixon promptly swiped second. A foul out and two strikeouts later, the Red Hawks escaped unscathed.

That’s about the time the dark cloud rolled in – figuratively and literally.

An error in the bottom of the inning allowed Ripon to put their leadoff batter on and two batters later come home with the winning run.

“The Ripon game was a classic pitchers’ duel,” reported Goddard. “Our freshman (Ellissa Sexton) going against their senior ace (last year’s North Division Pitcher of the Year Andrea Knorr). Ellissa did a great job of keeping her composure in a tough game. She kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win. After that game, I felt like we had matured as a team and could play with anybody.”

That feeling lasted for the first six innings of Sunday’s opening game with St. Norbert, but he dark clouds stuck around as the rains came and the Scots fell to St. Norbert 17-5 and to Beloit 13-3.

Trailing St. Norbert 1-0 in the fourth, the Scots posted four runs in the inning and got two runs off Haley Lyons’ single, marking the fifth straight batter to reach in the inning. The Green Knights picked up two runs in the fifth, but Monmouth answered when Brittany Forney jacked a solo homer in the bottom of the inning. That gave Monmouth a 5-3 lead which they held – until the seventh.

St. Norbert pounded out 12 hits in the seventh – three for extra bases. Four Monmouth pitchers (only Murdock and Forney did not toe the rubber) and 14 St. Norbert runs later, the Scots were on the verge of a two-game losing streak – their longest of the season to that point.

“Up until the seventh, we played very well against St. Norbert,” said Goddard. It was another classic pitchers’ duel. Sarah (Christensen) was throwing well. I thought we had a win, but the wheels fell off.”

The wheels weren’t the only things to fall in the game. A light rain that began during the St. Norbert game continued throughout most of the afternoon, creating sloppy fields at the Janesville, Wis., complex. Classic officials put the games in a rain delay, forcing all 10 teams to wait it out. Grounds crews concentrated their efforts on the two fields in the best condition, pushing the Monmouth-Beloit game back to a 6 o’clock resumption.

The Scots’ losing streak reached three after the rain-delayed final game of the Classic – a 13-3 loss to the Buccaneers. Beloit jumped on the Scots early, taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never let up. An eight-run fourth sealed Monmouth’s fate.

Weather again affected the Scots in their scheduled double-header with Augustana. Originally scheduled for yesterday, the Vikings had a conference makeup game instead, so the teams decided to meet Tuesday.

The Scots’ woes continued as they were swept by Augie 8-0, 10-2.

Monmouth travels to Cornell this afternoon in an effort to right their ship prior to Sunday’s crucial twinbill at Grinnell. The Pioneers and Scots are tied for the top spot in the South Division with 10 points each, Lake Forest is third with eight and with two twinbills remaining, could pick up an additional 16 points, the same as Grinnell’s maximum total and two more than Monmouth’s.

Grinnell hosts Lake Forest Saturday in a double-header that has major playoff implications. After Grinnell, the Foresters have a twinbill with Knox remaining.

On the surface, the possible points don’t look good for the Scots, “But wait,” – as the pitchman says – “There’s more!”

Obviously Grinnell and Lake Forest CAN’T end with 16 points each since they face each other. Figuring a split, they could wind up with 14, the same as the Scots’ maximum possibility. It’s unlikely for a three-way tie, but…Monmouth has the tie-breaker over Lake Forest, so if both teams tie on points, Monmouth is in. The Scots and Pioneers COULD also tie on points, making the tie-breaking first game Sunday crucial, or as Goddard figures with simple math – “If we sweep Grinnell, we’re in.”

Now, would someone explain to the Scoop exactly WHY we tried to figure all the points scenarios?

CONFERENCE HONORS DÉJÀ VU

A fast start to the conference season has earned Robbie Hinkle (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) his second Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week award in as many weeks.

Hinkle threw his third consecutive conference complete-game shutout in a 7-0 blanking of Knox College Saturday to keep Fighting Scots atop the South Division with a 6-0 record. The right-hander struck out eight and scattered just three hits with two walks to improve to 4-0 on the season. Opposing batters hit just .103 against him as he didn’t allow a runner past second.

Hinkle has lowered his ERA to a team-best 2.47. He has held opponents to a minuscule .187 batting average through six appearances.

MORE CONFERENCE HONORS FOR TRACK & FIELD

One automatic qualifying mark and two provisional times earned Tanesha Hughes (Peoria, Ill./Woodruff) and Logan Hohl (Orion, Ill./Orion) the latest Midwest Conference Performer of the Week award in women’s field and men’s track, respectively.

Hughes threw an automatic-qualifying distance with all five of her discus throws at last weekend’s Augustana Meet of Champions. The senior’s winning throw of 164’6” leads the nation by more than 10’. She also made the provisional mark in the shot put where she finished third at 42’5-1/2”. She placed fourth in the hammer throw at 144’0”.

Hohl improved his provisional 110-meter hurdles time and ran a top 10 provisional time in the 400- hurdles while picking up two firsts at last weekend’s Augustana Meet of Champions. The sophomore ran his season’s first provisional time in the 400- hurdles and immediately moved into the top 10 in the nation. His winning time of 53.58 won the event by nearly one-and-a-half seconds and leads the Midwest Conference by more than five seconds. He improved his 110- hurdle time with a conference-best 14.80 in the prelims before winning the finals by .01. Hohl also ran a leg on the fourth-place 4x400 relay team.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Thurs., Apr. 23
Softball – at Cornell (2), 4:00 pm
Baseball – at Millikin (1), 5:00 pm 

Fri., Apr. 24
Men’s Golf – at Rd. 1 of Scot-Fire Invitational (Galesburg), Noon

Sat., Apr. 25
Men’s Golf – hosts Rd. 2 of Scot-Fire Invitational, 9:00 am
Track – at Loras Open, TBA
Women’s Golf – at St. Ambrose Invitational, TBA
Men’s Tennis – hosts Lake Forest & Knox, 9:00 am, 3:00 pm
Baseball – at Knox (2), Noon 

Sun., Apr. 26
Softball – at Grinnell (2), 1:00 pm
Baseball – at Grinnell (2), 1:00 pm 

Tues., Apr. 28
Baseball – at Augustana (1), 7:00 pm 

SCOTSIVATIONAL

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” - Dale Carnegie