Missouri observe and area closed the second day of the Crimson Tide Invitational on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with two medals within the excessive bounce. Freshman Claudina Diaz received the ladies’s occasion at 5 ft, 9¼ inches. On the boys’s aspect, junior Roberto Vilches secured second with a mark of 7-½.
Senior Jason Edwards positioned third within the males’s javelin, hurling for a private finest mark of 215-5. Edwards now holds the eighth-best mark at school historical past.
Within the ladies’s 100-meter sprint, junior Arianna Fisher and senior Savannah Nevels entered this system’s top-10 file e-book with occasions of 11.76 and 11.94 seconds, respectively.
Nevels additionally moved to fourth in program historical past for the 200, ending in 23.80. Sophomore Rondajai Washington joined the top-10, too, transferring to sixth with a time of 23.91.
Missouri returns to competitors for its remaining weekend of the out of doors season Friday on the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. The Tigers compete Saturday within the Drake Relays and the Rock Chalk Traditional in Lawrence, Kansas.
CC softball finishes AMC common season unbeaten
Columbia Faculty softball completed the American Midwest Convention common season undefeated in convention play, sweeping Hannibal-LaGrange in a doubleheader in Hannibal. The Cougars took the primary sport 9-0 and the second sport 6-0.
Within the opener, Columbia (28-10, 18-0) mercy-ruled the Trojans (15-22, 11-7) in six innings after scoring six runs within the sixth.
Mackenzie Kasarda continued the place she left off Friday, going 3 for 4 with two doubles and a single. She registered two RBI and scored as soon as.
One other Cougar with a giant sport offensively was Athena Wheeler, who scored Columbia’s first run on a homer within the fourth. It was her twelfth dwelling run this season, edging her over teammate Karolina Arbova for the convention lead.
Columbia’s starter Lexi Dickerson allowed just one hit and was credited together with her eighth win this season. The senior pitched 5 innings and recorded six strikeouts.
Following Dickerson’s distinctive outing, the Cougars’ Ella Schouten pitched one other for Columbia within the second sport.
Schouten tossed a seven-inning complete-game shutout victory, giving up simply two hits whereas notching eight strikeouts. The freshman’s file moved to 14-3.
Capping off her great weekend on the plate, Kasarda hit a two-run dwelling run within the fifth. She went 9 for 13 on the weekend with seven RBI and 5 extra-base hits.
Between the 2 video games, the Cougars outhit Hannibal LaGrange 26 to three.
Columbia can be again in motion within the AMC Event on Might 3. The Cougars’ opponent is to be introduced.
CC baseball drops collection in opposition to Missouri Baptist
After successful the collection opener Friday, Columbia Faculty baseball misplaced the ultimate two video games of its three-game set in opposition to Missouri Baptist in St. Louis. The Spartans received the primary sport 10-2 in seven innings and the second sport 10-2 in 9 innings.
In Sport 1, Missouri Baptist (19-20, 12-6) scored 5 runs within the sixth inning, giving it an eight-run lead that was an excessive amount of for the Cougars (33-9, 13-5) to return again from.
The Spartans had been led offensively by Blane Besse and Jordan Brandenburg, who drove in three runs apiece.
Brandenburg opened the scoring and hit Missouri Baptist’s solely dwelling run on his solo shot to left area.
Columbia’s solely runs got here on Kellen Williamson’s two-run homer to proper within the sixth.
Dan Fick was credited with the loss for the Cougars, transferring him to 5-2. Fick pitched 4⅔ innings, permitting 5 runs on six hits and one stroll whereas placing out 4 batters.
Sport 2 was extra of the identical, the Spartans registered at the very least one run in each inning besides the sixth and eighth.
Kole Ficken drove in Columbia’s solely two runs, reaching first on an error made by Missouri Baptist centerfielder Ashanti Ross.
5 Spartan hitters recorded at the very least one RBI.
Tommy Patrick Jr. notched a team-high three RBI, driving in three runs on his double down the left-field line within the third.
Cougars starter Andrew Paten (1-1) picked up the loss. The senior pitched two innings, permitting 5 runs on six hits and two walks whereas placing out 5.
Columbia will play Central Baptist in its remaining regular-season collection, with first pitch for the opener at 6 p.m. Thursday in Columbia.