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Baseball drops decision to Bethany in first round of KCAC Tournament
By KCAC Sports Information Directors
Bethany 5, Sterling 4
Bethany won the opening game of the 2008 KCAC conference tournament 5-4 over Sterling . Bethany took an early 4-1 lead but allowed Sterling to score three in the 8th inning to tie it up. Justin Long then came up huge by singling in Hop Sullivan in the bottom of ninth to win the game.
Both teams hit the ball well all day, with Bethany getting fourteen hits while Sterling pounded out ten, but the pitchers didn't allow many runners to score and a lot of players were left stranded on the bases.
Justin Long pitched 7.1 innings for Bethany , giving up four runs on nine hits while striking out eight and walking four. Dustin Vaughn then came in and pitched the remaining 1.2 innings and gave up no runs on one hit to pick up the win for the Swedes.
Brett Ormiston went the distance for Sterling , pitching 8.2 innings and giving up five runs on fourteen hits while striking out one and walking one.
Hop Sullivan and Joel Sundquist led the way for Bethany with three hits, while Holbert Harold and Justin Long each added two.
Matt Elliot and Murri Lazaroff-Babin each had two hits apiece for Sterling .
Sterling will face Ottawa University on Friday in the elimination game at 11:00 am at Dean Evans Stadium. Ottawa lost to Saint Mary 4-5 in 10 innings in the other game yesterday. The winner will play again at 7:00 PM against the loser of Saint Mary/Bethany.
Baseball faces Bethany in first round of the KCAC Tournament Thursday
The Sterling College Baseball team will be the # 3 seed in this
weekend’s KCAC Baseball tournament hosted by
#3 Sterling will face the #2 seed Bethany College at 1:00
p.m. on Thursday while #1 Saint Mary will face the #4 seed Ottawa University at
4:00 p.m.. Kansas Wesleyan and
The winner of the KCAC Baseball Tournament will earn the
last automatic bid to the region tournament.
Brett Ormiston named KCAC Baseball “Pitcher of the Week”
Ormiston, 5’10, senior from
Ormiston is majoring in Exercise Science at
The Warriors will be on the road this Saturday at the
Devin McGurk named KCAC "Pitcher of the Week"
McGurk named KCAC Baseball “Pitcher of the Week”
Carroll named KCAC Baseball "Player of the Week"
Sterling College baseball player Rob Carroll earned weekly KCAC “Player of the Week” honors this past week after helping the Warriors go 3-3 overall and 2-0 in KCAC play.
Carroll, 6’0, senior from Webster, Texas, garnered KCAC “Player of the Week” honors after getting 8 hits in 20 at-bats (.400), one double, one triple and posting 6 RBI’s.
Carroll hit a grand slam home-run against Trinity University (TX), one home-run against Tabor College and was seven for seven on stolen bases for the week.
Sterling is currently 6-18 overall and 2-2 in KCAC play.
Carroll is majoring in art at Sterling College.
(Photo Courtesy of Grayson Graves)
Warriors Drop Series to Morningside
"We just have not been able to get a hit in crucial situations. We hit .270 as a team for the series; and that's just putting too much on the shoulders of a young pitching staff," exclaimed Coach Hamilton. "I believe in the guys we have in the lineup, they just haven't zoned in yet... I would be shocked if our .267 team batting average doesn't climb as the season goes, otherwise, it will be rough year... but the law of averages says a career .350-.375 hitter won't hit .250 for long."
The Warriors left 34 men on base in the series and left the bases loaded in game 1 in the bottom of the 7th to win it, and 3 runners on base in the last two innings of Game 4 down 1 run. "You have to bring runners in, 9 runners a game left on is just way too much," added Hamilton.
"I think we could very well be have an incredible trick up our sleeve. A 4-10 record will start to make people look past us, and that's fine, they should right now; but if we can start putting complete games together with this new crew as well as hit as were capable, there's no telling. We just need to keep getting out there and keep swinging."
The Warriors play host to York College from the extremely tough MCAC conference on Tuesday at 1pm for a doubleheader.
Warriors Sweep Home Opener
The opener had plenty of long ball action as three Warrior went deep for SC. Senior OF Matt Elliott (pictured), Junior IF Joel Orr, and Senior DH Ryan Staten in a pinch hit performance.
Adam Niedens picked up the win pitching for the Warriors going 4 innings, giving up only 2 unearned runs.
The second game didn't come quite as easy as the Warriors called on some late game heroics from the heart of the lineup. The Manhattan pitching threw strikes and kept the ball down limiting opportunities, and with the Warriors leaving runners stranded in scoring position in every inning but one, the seventh came with SC down 2. A lead-off single by senior IF/C Murri Lazaroff-Babin. After FR Rashard Colquitt pinch ran for a stolen base; an infield single by Senior OF Rob Carroll scored him, followed by a couple stolen bases from Carroll, then a walk to Sophomore Tyler Henoch pinch hitting, the stage was set as Sophomore Callen Kincaide drove a 1-0 pitch to the center field wall driving in Carroll and Henoch to win the game.
"We just have to do alot better taking advantage of scoring opportunities," remarked Hamilton. "It's unbelievable the feeling knowing the last time I won a game in a Warrior uniform was as a player; I'm am just overjoyed to be here and be with this hreat group of guys."
The Warriors next host the Perennial Powerhouse Bellevue University Friday and Saturday for a 3 game series.
Baseball picked to finish sixth in KCAC Pre-Season Poll
The KCAC Baseball pre-season poll has been released. The Sterling College Baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the conference this season.
Sterling finished last season 8-33 overall and 2-20 in the KCAC good enough for sixth place finish in 2007.
Bethany led the poll with 48 points and six first place votes, Friends was second with 41 points and one first place vote while Saint Mary was picked to finish third with 36 points.
Seven of the ten Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference schools field baseball teams. They include: Bethany, Friends, Kansas Wesleyan, Ottawa, Saint Mary, Sterling and Tabor.
Sterling will open their season with a six game home stand on February 12th against Manhattan Christian under first year head coach Jared Hamilton. For more information about the Sterling College baseball team go to http://sterling.goalquest.net/athletics/teams/baseball