Baseball | 4/18/2017 1:28:00 PM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, April 17-23, 2017 — Featuring golf, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
Golf
River States Conference Championships
Monday-Tuesday
Live Results
Lassing Pointe Golf Club | Union, Kentucky |
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RSC FALL PREVIEW
- Point Park University rallied from 10 shots back and then won in a playoff over WVU Tech to claim the team title at the RSC Fall Preview Tournament held at Lassing Pointe Golf Course
- The Pioneers shot 291 in the final round to comeback over the final 18 holes.
- Point Park and WVU Tech were tied after the completion of the 54 holes of regulation.
- A playoff was needed to decide things, and the Pioneers came out on top.
- Point Park's Max Kaminsky (74-73-71) won the individual medalist title by five shots over Taylor Suggs (77-73-73) of Cincinnati Christian and Braden Keown (81-70-72) of WVU Tech.
- WVU Tech built a four-shot lead over Brescia after Monday's 36 holes were completed.
- Brescia ended up in third place, and Asbury and first-round leader Ohio Christian tied for fourth.
- WVU Tech shot another solid team score of 301 in the final round led by Keown's 72 and Jayden Dignan's 73.
- But it came down to the Pioneers and Golden Bears being in a dead heat after 54 holes.
Baseball
Live Coverage
Tuesday, 5 p.m., at Morehead State University
Morehead, Kentucky
Friday, 5 p.m. (DH), at Asbury University
Saturday, 1 p.m. (DH), at Asbury University
Wilmore, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 21-24, 13-11 (RSC) |
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| Morehead State Eagles | 25-11 |
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| Asbury Eagles | 15-27, 7-17 (RSC) |
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LAST GAME
- WVU Tech baseball was on top until the sixth inning when Campbellsville picked up two runs and the lead towards an eventual 9-4 win.
- The team finished with eight hits including two from Prather who finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a double, two runs scored and two stolen bases.
- Alex Kotheimer, Tanner Levine, Jacob Reimold, Chris Davidson, Trevor Lam and Marcus Rodriguez had one hit each.
- Lam and Kotheimer knocked a two-bag ball a piece while Levine grabbed a steal.
- Of the runs driven in for Tech, Davidson led the team with two off a single to left field that plated Doug Prather and Kotheimer.
- The Gold and Blue's first score came off a single from Reimold that brought in Levine in the first inning while the final run was in the bottom of the ninth when Prather scored off a passed ball.
- Jayson Sykora put in 5.0 innings of work on the bump to start the Golden Bears off.
- The Spencer, Ohio native struck out three Tigers while giving up three hits and two earned runs.
- Jarron Monroe (3-3) threw 2.0 innings for the loss, scattering three earned runs and two hits while striking out two batters.
- Junior Dalton Grisell struck out one while giving up two hits and two runs.
- Redshirt-junior Garrison Vandeventer finished out the game, giving up two hits and two runs.
Softball
Live Coverage
Wednesday, 3 p.m. (DH) at Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, WV
Friday, 3 p.m. (DH) at Carlow University
Saturday, 1 p.m. (DH) at Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 11-28, 7-6 (RSC) |
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| Davis & Elkins Senators | 16-16 |
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| Carlow Celtics | 12-10-1, 3-7 (RSC) |
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| Point Park Pioneers | 17-12, 8-2 (RSC) |
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LAST SERIES
- WVU Tech softball dropped two non-conference games to Bluefield College.
- The Golden Bears (11-27) fell in the opener 8-4 before dropping the final game 3-1.
- Senior Genna Trippett's 32nd career home run highlighted the doubleheader for Tech.
- The Parkersburg, West Virginia native is currently tied for 36th in the nation (NAIA DI) for her eight total long balls this season.
Men's and Women's Track and Field
Live Coverage
Saturday, at Don Frail Invitational
Hosted by Marietta College
Marietta, Ohio |
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LAST MEET
- The Golden Bear track and field program participated in the Jasmine Claggett Memorial, hosted by West Virginia Wesleyan College, April 14.
- The top highlight of the day occurred during the last track event when the men's 4 x 400 meter relay squad took home first with a season-best time of 3:26.62.
- Sophomore Daniel Lynch continued his winning ways in the shot put, with a toss of 15.17 meters (49'9.25") while also garnering a fourth place in the discus.
- Tech's top individual running performance goes to sophomore Jesse Griesheimer, racing to fourth place in the 5,000 meter run with a huge 40+ second personal-best of 15:59.25.
- Also placing for the men, were freshman Dameion Russ (6th | 200 meters), Sasha Fleurinor (8th | 400 meters), Raquez Lockhart (8th | 800 meters), sophomore Seth Greensage (5th | hammer and 7th | discus) and freshman Luke Jobson (6th | javelin).
- The women were led by the third place finish of senior Brooke Gee in the shot put who had a massive personal-best throw of 12.95 meters (42'6").
- Gee went on to place fifth in the javelin while also securing 8th place in both the hammer and discus.
- Also placing for the women's squad was freshman Katie Ervin, running to the seventh spot in the 800 meter run.
