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Show TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2000 suu teams battle for Mid-Con titles over the summer While many SUU students went home for the summer, members of the baseball, softball and track teams competed for championships. the second when Erin O'Donnell doubled to drive in Sarah Poloni and Kolbi Clothier. The 'Birds added another run when Wendy Haramoto scored on a Kelly Grundy double, giving SUU a 3BASEBALL: Oral Roberts 1 advantage. WIU came from University took home the Midbehind with two in the sixth to Continent Conference baseball send the game into extra title for the third straight year innings, however, then claimed after defeating SUU 8-4. the championship on Hoffman's The two high-powered RBI single in the 11~h. offensive teams were held Western Illinois had to win scoreless for the first two innings three games in one day to claim as starting pitchers Trevor Leu the title after SUU upset the and James Anderson battled it Westerwinds, 6-2, in the second out. SUU's Anderson tallied five round of the tournament the day strikeouts in the first two innings before the championship game. to keep ORU off the board. An WIU was up to the challenge as error by ORU shortstop Steve it beat UMKC 7-1 , then came •Racquetball & Walleyball Holm put Shane Heughly on first back and took a 5-3 win over and pitcher Anderson helped •Exciting Aerobics Classes Southern Utah to force a himself out with an RBI double to seventh and deciding game in •Circuit Weight Training for Curves in the Right Places left center. Third baseman Curtis the tournament. Killion was also Jacobsen brought Anderson the story in the 5-3 win, as she •Heavy Metal for the Big Boys and Wannabes home with a single to right field. threw seven innings of six-hit Holm led off the Golden ball to claim the win. SUU starter •Rooms Full of Exercise Equipment Eagles' fourth with a double. Lori Shephard struggled with her •Tanning Only $300 Last year's tournament most control, giving up four runs on valuable player, Ryan Neill, hit a one hit, three walks and an error. two-run bomb to center, his 15th SU mounted a rally in the fifth, of the season, to even the game putting up three runs on a twoat two. RBI double by Joni Bardsley and In the fourth, shortstop an RBI single by Poloni. Brandon Boyle got to third with SUU Head Coach Laurel 246 E. Fiddler's Canyon Road no outs after walking, stealing Simmons was also named Midsecond and advancing to third Con Softball Coach of the Year. •20% (behind Fiddler's Cinema) on an error. With one out, Chad SUU was picked to finish fourth Grundy hit a short fly ball to by Mid-Con coaches before the centerfield, but Boyle was able ·season started. to tag up and score after a mean collision with ORU catcher Brian TRACK: SUU's men's and Hickman. women's track teams both ORU continued to build the finished second to UMKC in the lead in the sixth as center fielder Mid-Con track and field Jeff Stallings singled home Neill, championships. UMKC's women who reached on an error. The easily out-distanced the field, Golden Eagles tacked on two winning the championship by a insurance runs in the top of the 268-153.5 margin over the eighth which would prove to be Thunderbirds. UMCK men needed as Southern Utah edged the 'Birds 251 .5-247.0, loaded the bases in the bottom with the championship coming of the ninth with no outs. ORU down the the final race. brought in Jordan Gerl< in the Gofng onto the 4x400 relay crucial situation and the junior UMKC held a 2.5 point edge did his job, striking out three of over the 'Birds and finished the the four batters he faced. race in 3:12:59 with SUU coming in second at 3:14:00. SOFTBALL: SUU's softball Highlights for SUU included team also made it to the MidJodi Benson winning both the Con finals, but fell short when 5,000- and 10,000~meter races. Western Illinois scored the Curtis Moore was second in both winning run in the bottom of the races, and near1y beat Benson in 11th inning to earn a 4-3 victory the 5,000-m as Benson finished over the 'Birds. 14:39:45 and Moore finished at SUU's Renee Heitbrink and 14:40:25. Kyle Rowley and Brad VVyatt finished 1-2 in the javeline WIU's Holly Killion staged a pitcher's battle, but Killion came throw while James Finks won out on top. Killion allowed nine the 400-m and finished second hits and struck out nine in in the 200-m. 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