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Western’s baseball, softball among the best

April 12, 2013 Comments

Christian Mengel

Other than the success we’ve already seen this year, spring may end up being the most successful season of sports for both men and women. Both baseball and softball have shown they have what it takes to win the MIAA, and maybe more. Baseball has been the scariest team in the league pretty much all ...

Griffons heavy hitting Saturday leads to series win

April 8, 2013 Comments

Christian Mengel

Missouri Western took the series 2-1 against the competitive Pittsburg State Gorillas over the weekend; scoring 24 total runs Saturday but just one run Sunday. Western coach, Buzz Verduzco, was happy with the hitting Saturday, but disappointed the Griffons couldn’t get anything going against Pittsburg State’s top guy, Matt Stalcup. “Heading into Sunday we knew ...

Baseball streaking again, still atop the MIAA

April 5, 2013 Comments

Christian Mengel

Missouri Western continues to be the most dominant team in the MIAA as they pick up five more wins this week, sweeping both Lincoln University and Northwest Missouri State. The Griffons hitting has been nothing short of amazing this season, and Lincoln found that out first hand Easter weekend. In three games Western cranked out ...

Bagley reaches milestone as Griffons extend win streak

April 1, 2013 Comments

Kyle Inman

Coach Jen Bagley picked up her 400th career win as the Griffons went 4-0 over the weekend and extended their winning streak to 12 games. “There are milestones you have in your career and it’s pretty neat, but when you look at milestones like that there is a lot that goes into those wins,” Bagley ...

Bishop becomes all-time great, focuses on team sucess

April 1, 2013 Comments

Kyle Inman

Midway through her junior season, Jackie Bishop is already the most dominant pitcher to ever step on the mound for Griffon softball. Within the last week she became the all-time leader in strikeouts and wins at Western. “When I’m playing, I don’t think about records,” Bishop said. “So that’s just the hard work and the ...

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