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05.09.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Season Ends In Regional At Huntington
The Madonna baseball team took on the host
Huntington Foresters in an elimination game
Friday night at the 2008 NAIA Region VIII
Championship and fell by a final of 7-1. MU ends
the season at 37-14 after capturing both the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference regular
season and tournament championships and
advancing to the Region VIII playoffs for the
fifth straight season. MU’s 37 wins are the most
since the 2005 squad posted 40 triumphs..
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05.09.2008
| BASEBALL
Bats
Come Out In 9-3 Win Over Tech In Regional
Facing off for the ninth time this season,
Madonna and Indiana Tech squared off in a
win-or-go home game at the NAIA Regional in
Huntington, Ind. MU used home runs from Scott
Boyer (pictured), Pat Kenny and Rikco Rhoades
to down the Warriors 9-3 and stay alive. Madonna
faces the loser of Spring Arbor and Huntington
at 7pm tonight.
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05.08.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Falls In Sloppy Regional Opener, 6-4
Home
runs from Levi Cheshire and Pat Kenny (pictured)
could not propel MU to a win over Spring Arbor
in the opener for both teams at the NAIA Region
VIII tournament. Madonna will face Indiana Tech
at 1pm Friday in a win or go home contest.
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05.02.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Reign in Title Game, 11-10 over Tech
The Madonna
baseball team captured the 2008 WHAC Tournament
Championship after a come from behind 11-10 win
over Indiana Tech in a game that took seven
hours and 17 minutes to complete.
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05.01.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusader Bats Explode, Now One Win Away
The
top-seeded MU baseball team went 2-0 at day one
of the 2008 WHAC Championship Tournament, using
17 hits and a pair of Kevin Zerbo home runs in
the night cap for a 17-1 win over Indiana Tech.
MU leads the best-of-three championship series
heading into play tomorrow.
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04.30.2008
| BASEBALL
Kennedy and Zerbo Highlight All-WHAC Teams
Madonna senior pitcher Will Kennedy (pictured)
was named WHAC Pitcher of the Year and junior 1B
Kevin Zerbo was named Co-Player of the Year as
the 2008 All-Conference selections were released
by the league today. In all, six Crusaders
earned first team honors.
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04.28.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Downs Rochester 5-0 In Finale
Madonna used six different
pitchers to combine for a one-hit shut out of
Rochester College by a final score of 5-0 on
Monday at Ilitch Ballpark. Zach McMillin
(pictured) had a pair of hits and a RBI in the win.
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04.26.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Sweeps Cards On Senior Day
The Madonna baseball team
wrapped up the WHAC season with a sweep of
visiting Concordia on Saturday at Ilitch
Ballpark. MU took game one 11-2 and then took
the night cap 12-1 in five innings. Between
games MU honored its 11 member senior class.
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04.25.2008
| BASEBALL
MU
Clinches Outright Title with Split at Concordia
The MU baseball team clinched the outright WHAC
regular season championship with their 4-1 game
one victory at Concordia Friday afternoon.
John McCracken (pictured) picked up the save,
his ninth of the season to tie the school's
single season record.
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04.23.2008
| BASEBALL
Sonnenberg Tabbed As National Pitcher Of the
Week
Madonna junior Jeff Sonnenberg picked up
his third award of the week on Wednesday as the
NAIA national office announced that he was
selected the National Pitcher of the Week for
the week ending April 20. Sonnenberg had been
named the WHAC and Region VIII Pitcher of the
Week on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
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04.21.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Sweep Weekly WHAC Baseball Awards
The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference office
announced on Monday that Madonna teammates
Jeff Sonnenberg and Kevin Zerbo had
swept the WHAC’s Pitcher and Player of the Week
awards respectively. This is the first selection
for Sonnenberg and the second for Zerbo this
season. Sonnenberg was also named NAIA
Region VIII Pitcher of the Week in a statement
released Tuesday.
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04.20.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Clinches WHAC Title With Sweep Of AQ
With its ninth win in 10 games
this week the Madonna baseball team clinched the
2008 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
championship by downing visiting Aquinas 2-0 and
3-0 at Ilitch Ballpark on Sunday. John
McCracken picked up the save in both games
for MU.
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04.19.2008
| BASEBALL
Sonnenberg Throws No-Hitter In Split At Aquinas
Junior Jeff Sonnenberg
(pictured) threw the first no-hitter of the
season in Madonna's game two 4-0 win at Aquinas
on Saturday. AQ took game one 2-1. The Saints
and Crusaders wrap up the four-game set at
Ilitch Ballpark on Sunday. First pitch is slated
for 1:00pm.
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04.16.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Sweeps Saints In Adrian
Senior shortstop Levi Cheshire
hit two home runs on the day as the
Madonna baseball team swept a double header at
Siena Heights on Wednesday by finals of 5-3 and
8-4. The sweeps extends MU's lead in the WHAC
standings to four games over Indiana Tech.
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04.15.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Complete Sweep Of Tech On Tuesday
A Matt Kondziolka two-run
walk-off home run in game one and a 10-run
attack in game two gave the Madonna baseball
team a sweep of Indiana Tech Tuesday at Ilitch
Ballpark by finals of 6-4 and 10-3. MU wins the
season series from Tech and now has a three game
lead in the WHAC standings.
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04.14.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Sweeps Indiana Tech To Open Series
Will Kennedy (pictured) allowed just four
hits in throwing a complete game shutout in the
opener and Kevin Zerbo went 3-for-3 with
four RBIs in the night cap as MU swept Indiana
Tech on Monday by finals of 2-0 and 9-6 at
Ilitch Ballpark. The two teams close the
four-game series on Tuesday with a double header
starting at 1:30 pm.
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04.09.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Splits WHAC Twin Bill At Concordia
After falling 4-3 in eight innings to open the
day, the Madonna baseball team rallied for an
8-6 win in the nightcap. John McCracken
(pictured) picked up the win in relief.
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04.05.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Split Pair at St. Xavier Saturday
The MU
baseball team split a pair of non-conference
games at St. Xavier University Saturday
afternoon, falling 8-6 in game one and
rebounding for a 11-10 win in the nightcap. GAME
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04.05.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Split Pair at St. Xavier Saturday
The MU
baseball team split a pair of non-conference
games at St. Xavier University Saturday
afternoon, falling 8-6 in game one and
rebounding for a 11-10 win in the nightcap. GAME
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04.03.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Bats Warm Up in 18-0 Win Over Rochester
The Madonna
baseball
bats warmed with the weather Thursday, pounding
out 19 hits and 18 runs in a 18-0 run-rule
shortened win over Rochester College.
Scott Boyer (pictured) went 3-for-4 with four
RBIs including a home run while John McCracken
added a grand slam in the win.
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04.02.2008
| BASEBALL
Kennedy Reaches 200 K's in Split with Aquinas
The Madonna
baseball team
split a pair of key conference games with
visiting Aquinas, winning game one 5-3 and
dropping the nightcap 5-0. Senior Will
Kennedy picked up the win in game one, and in
the process became the first Crusader pitcher
ever to reach 200 career strikeouts.
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04.01.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Ice Away Saints in Sweep, 7-5 and 11-1
The Madonna
baseball team improved to 15-6 overall and 5-1
in WHAC play with a double-header sweep of Siena
Heights at chilly Ilitch Ballpark, 7-5 and 11-1,
Tuesday afternoon. Pat Kenny (pictured)
delivered a home run in game two, part of an
11-run Crusader outburst..
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03.31.2008
| GENERAL RELEASE
Crusaders Take Home Three WHAC Awards
Behind a no-hitter last week Jess Irwin was
named WHAC Softball Pitcher of the Week while
teammate Danielle Richardson took home Player of
the Week honors for the second time this season.
While senior hurler Will Kennedy was tabbed WHAC
Baseball Pitcher of the Week after setting the
MU career strikeout mark in a win over Indiana
Tech. MORE |
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03.30.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Blanks Siena Heights in Pair of Wins
The MU baseball team improved to 3-1 in WHAC
play with a pair of shutout wins over visiting
Siena Heights Sunday afternoon, 3-0 and 5-0.
Freshman Mike Gansser (pictured) capped the
scoring with his first collegiate home run, a
two run shot in game two.
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03.26.2008
| BASEBALL
Kennedy Becomes Strikeout King in WHAC Split
Madonna senior pitcher Will Kennedy became the
new career record holder for strikeouts, fanning
seven Indiana Tech Warriors in MU's 5-1 WHAC
opening, game one victory Wednesday.
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03.10.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Sweep First WHAC Awards of Season
Madonna University teammates
Kevin Zerbo
and Will
Kennedy were named WHAC baseball Player and
Pitcher of the Week respectively in the first
week of honors for the 2008 season.
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03.09.2008
| BASEBALL
Win
Streak Snapped on Final Day in Arizona
The MU baseball team was their seven game win streak come to an end Saturday
with a 6-4 loss to NCAA DII SIU-Edwardsville on
the final day of the spring trip in Arizona. Pat
Kenney went 4-for-5 with a run scored and Dave
Herrick had two RBIs in the loss.
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03.08.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Best Beavers For Seventh Straight Win
The MU baseball team reeled off its seventh win in a row Saturday,
defeating NCAA DII member Bemidji State University, 8-2 in Chandler, Arizona.
Rikco Rhoades (pictured) went 2-4 with a pair of
RBIs and Richard Lindquist earned his first win
as a Crusader with eight strikeouts over seven
innings of work.
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03.07.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Win Streak Hits Six With 7-3 Victory
The Crusader baseball team improved to 9-4 on
the season and ran its winning streak to six
games with a 7-3 win over Mayville State in
Mesa, Arizona, Friday. Dave Herrick and
Ryan Morrow each posted two hits while Jeff Sonnenberg picked up his first win as a Crusader
and John McCracken posted his third save of the
season.
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03.06.2008
| BASEBALL
Kennedy Has Career Day In Double Header Sweep
The Crusader baseball team improved to 8-4, and
ran its winning streak to five games with a
pair of victories over Montana State-Billings in
Chandler, Arizona, on Thursday. Will Kennedy
(pictured) fanned a career high 12 with just two
hits allowed in a complete game 5-0 win.
In the nightcap, Scott Boyer provided a
pinch-hit game winning RBI single for a 4-3
extra inning triumph .
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03.05.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Win Third Straight Game, 3-2
The MU baseball team got a RBI double from
senior Dave Herrick (pictured) in the sixth
inning that proved to be the game winning run in
a 3-2 victory over Mayville State in Chandler,
Arizona Wednesday. Freshman hurler Bret
Spencer picked up his first collegiate win,
fanning five over five innings and John
McCracken earned his second save of the season
with a scoreless ninth inning.
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03.04.2008
| BASEBALL
Bats
Awaken in Baseball Sweep of Mary
The
Crusader
bats broke out of their slump Tuesday with a
pair of wins over the University of Mary, 11-3
and 8-0 in Mesa, Arizona. Ryan Morrow,
Kevin Zerbo and Scott Boyer all posted two RBIs
in game one as Keegan Beaton went the distance,
striking out eight for the win. In the
nightcap, Zerbo, Pat Kenny and Drew Adamiec each
drove in two as Eric Wendling (pictured) fanned
seven in the complete game win.
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03.03.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Drops a Pair as Offense Struggles
The
Crusader
baseball team fell to 3-4 on the season after
dropping a pair of 9-inning games Monday in
Chandler, Arizona. MU lost 1-0 versus
Malone to start the day as Jeff Sonnenberg was
the hard-luck loser on the mound going the
distance. In the nightcap, Ryan Bardoni
(pictured) took the loss allowing just one
earned run in seven innings of a 6-2 loss to
Mayville State.
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03.02.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Stumbles On Day Two In The Desert
The Crusaders baseball club
could not carry the momentum it started on
Saturday, falling 8-5 to Montana State Billings
on Sunday in Chandler, Ariz.. Richard Lindquist
started on the mound, going seven plus innings
while Ryan Morrow (pictured) had three hits and
Kevin Zerbo had a hit and a run batted in.
Madonna swings back into action on Monday with
games against Malone and Mayville State starting
at 1:30pm MT.
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03.01.2008
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Split Day One in Arizona
The MU baseball team moved to 3-1 on the season
after splitting a double-header versus Malone
College in Chandler, Arizona Saturday afternoon.
Sean Maher picked up the mound win in the
nightcap while Rikco Rhoades went two-for-three
with a RBI.
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02.16.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball Opens 2008 With Sweep At Lambuth
A
three-run seventh in the opener and a pair of
Patrick Kenny homers in the night cap gave the
Madonna baseball team a sweep in its season
opener at Lambuth (Tenn.) 4-3 and 5-3. Carl
McDevitt (pictured) picked up the win in game
one while Sean Maher got the game two victory. The Crusaders wrap up
the three game set with a single game on Sunday. Game 1 Box
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01.20.2008
| BASEBALL
Baseball's Herrick Featured In Free Press
Story
Madonna senior baseball
player Dave Herrick (Westland, Mich.)
was profiled in a story in the Sunday Jan. 20th
edition of the Detroit Free Press.
Herrick, who missed all but 12 games last season
due to a torn ACL, was an all-region pick in
2006 as a sophomore.
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11.14.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Receiving Votes in Preseason NAIA Poll
The Madonna baseball team appears in the
preseason NAIA top-25 poll released today (Nov.
14), receiving 22 total votes, finishing just
outside the top-25.
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06.19.2007
| BASEBALL
Baseball
Signs Two Local High School Standouts
Head
baseball coach Greg Haeger has announced the
signings of local prep standouts Dominic
Benavides and Nicholas Plinka for the 2008
season.
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05.30.2007
| BASEBALL
Baseball
Places Five on All-America Scholar Team
Five members of the MU baseball team were
recognized for their work in the classroom today
as Gary VanAllen, Andy Wojcik, Mike Hand, Mike
Cauzillo and John McCracken were all named NAIA
All-America scholar athletes.
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05.11.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Season Ends in Regional Championship
The
Madonna baseball team fell short of their second
straight regional championship after a 6-4 loss
to Spring Arbor Friday night in Battle Creek in
a game that took over five hours and finished on
a different field than where the game started.
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05.10.2007
| BASEBALL
MU Takes Out Tech, Head to
Regional Title Game
The
MU baseball team is in the NAIA Region VIII
championship game for the second straight season
after knocking out Indiana Tech 7-2 Thursday
afternoon. Will Kennedy picked up the win
while Kyle Fedorka, Zach Flavin and Garrett
Ignasiak each drove in two runs.
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05.10.2007
| BASEBALL
Home Runs Lift MU Past Bethel,
8-3
The
Madonna baseball team hit three home runs,
including one by Zach Flavin (top), to eliminate
Bethel from the NAIA Region VIII Tournament
Thursday in Battle Creek.
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05.09.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Dig
Huge Hole, Lose 14-2
The
Madonna baseball team finds themselves one loss
away from the end of their season after losing
14-2 (7 innings) to Indiana Tech in the first
round of regional tournament action in Battle
Creek Wednesday.
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05.04.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Fall to Tech in Title Game, 4-3
The MU baseball team saw a
2-0 lead in the ninth slip away as host Indiana
Tech scored four times courtesy of three
Crusader errors and held on for a 4-3 win in the
WHAC tournament title game Friday.
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05.03.2007
| BASEBALL
Madonna Falls to Indiana Tech 4-1
The
Madonna baseball team fell to top-seeded Indiana
Tech Thursday night in Fort Wayne 4-1. The
Crusaders and Warriors will meet again Friday at
1:00 p.m. in the WHAC championship game.
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05.03.2007
| BASEBALL
MU Busts Out Bats at WHAC
Tournament, 9-3
Tony Luttman launched a two-run homer and Garret
Ignasiak a solo shot in the first as MU jumped
on top of Aquinas and held on for a 9-3 win in
game one of the 2007 WHAC baseball tournament in
Fort Wayne.
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05.03.2007
| BASEBALL
Six Crusaders
Named to All-WHAC First Team
Six Madonna baseball players earned
first-team all-conference honors in a statement
released by the league Thursday. Ryan
Morrow (top), Gary VanAllen, Tony Luttman, Kyle
Fedorka, Mike Orehek and Will Kennedy were all tabbed first-team
selections by league coaches.
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05.01.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders Edge out Western
Michigan, 10-9
In their final regular season game, the MU
baseball team traveled to NCAA D1 Western
Michigan and came away with a 10-9 win Tuesday
afternoon. Tony Luttman and Ryan Morrow each
drove in a pair of runs. MORE |
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04.30.2007
| BASEBALL
VanAllen
Named WHAC Player of the Week
Just one day after playing in his final home
game, Gary Van Allen (top) was named Player of
the Week in a release by the league office
Monday afternoon.
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04.29.2007
| BASEBALL
MU Seniors Leave Ilitch in Grand
Fashion
The
Madonna baseball team sent 10 seniors off in
grand style Sunday with a pair of run-rule
shortened victories over Concordia on senior day
at Ilitch Ballpark, clinching the #2 seed in
next week's WHAC tournament.
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04.28.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Use Comeback Win to Sweep Concordia
Madonna cruised to a 16-3 win
in the opener against Concordia and then put
together a comeback victory to claim the
nightcap 7-6 in game two for the league
doubleheader sweep in Ann Arbor.
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04.24.2007
| BASEBALL
Boyer's Three-Run Homer Lifts MU
Over Northwood
Scott
Boyer (top) blasted a three-run homer to right
field in the eighth inning to propel Madonna to
an 11-10 non-conference win over visiting
Northwood Tuesday afternoon.
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04.22.2007
| BASEBALL
MU Splits at
Aquinas as Offense Explodes
Tony
Luttman (left) was one of four Crusaders to hit
home runs in the nightcap as Madonna split at
Aquinas, falling in game one 9-7 and then
thumping the Saints 19-4 in game two.
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04.21.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Split as Haeger Picks up 300th Win
11th
year head coach Greg Haeger earned the 300th win
of his career Saturday as the Crusaders split a
league doubleheader at Aquinas College.
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04.18.2007
| BASEBALL
Madonna Uses Long Ball to
Sweep Siena Heights
Kyle
Fedorka (left) was one of three Crusaders to hit
a home run in the 6-3 nightcap win over host
Siena Heights as MU swept the league
doubleheader after Madonna won game one, 6-1.
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05.04.2007
| BASEBALL
Crusaders
Fall to Tech in Title Game, 4-3
The MU baseball team saw a
2-0 lead in the ninth slip away as host Indiana
Tech scored four times courtesy of three
Crusader errors and held on for a 4-3 win in the
WHAC tournament title game Friday.
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04.17.2007
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CRUSADERS DEFEAT NORTHWOOD FOR 20TH WIN |
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04.16.2007
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MCCRACKEN EARNS WHAC PITCHING HONORS |
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04.15.2007
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MU
SWEEPS HOST TECH, 6-1 AND 4-3 |
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04.14.2007
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CRUSADERS SPLIT TWO WITH
WHAC FRONTRUNNER TECH |
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04.13.2007
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MCDEVITT PITCHES MU TO SPLIT
WITH CARDS |
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04.10.2007
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CRUSADERS SPLIT PAIR WITH AQUINAS |
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04.09.2007
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MU
PLAYERS SWEEP WEEKLY WHAC AWARDS |
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04.09.2007
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BASEBALL SWITCHES
OPPONENTS TUESDAY |
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04.03.2007
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CRUSADERS OUTLAST INDIANA WESLEYAN IN 12 |
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04.01.2007
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CRUSADERS ESCAPE
SIENA HEIGHTS WITH ONE WIN |
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03.31.2007
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MU BATS AWAKEN IN
GAME TWO TRIUMPH |
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03.28.2007
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INDIANA
TECH SWEEPS MU IN WHAC OPENING TWINBILL |
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03.27.2007
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CRUSADER
BATS EXPLODE IN HOME OPENER WIN |
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03.25.2007
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KENNEDY MASTERFUL IN DEFEAT OF
SPALDING |
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03.24.2007
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CRUSADERS SPLIT AFTER
WENDLING'S SOLID OUTING |
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03.23.2007
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MU DROPS FIRST OF FOUR AT
SPALDING, 6-5 |
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03.12.2007
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OREHEK NAMED WHAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK |
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03.10.2007
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MU CLOSES OUT FLORIDA
TRIP WITH 3-2 WIN |
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03.09.2007
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CRUSADERS SPLIT A PAIR
VERSUS JUDSON |
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03.08.2007
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BASEABLL SWEEPS URBANA,
10-6, 8-3 |
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03.07.2007
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MU LOSES HOME RUN
DERBY & GAME, 13-5 |
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03.06.2007
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CRUSADERS SWEEP AWAY HANNIBAL LAGRANGE
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03.05.2007
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MU
FALLS SHORT IN DOUBLE DIP SWEEP
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03.04.2007
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BASEBALL SPLITS PAIR
WITH PURDUE NORTH CENTRAL |
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03.03.2007
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CRUSADERS START SEASON WITH 8-2 VICTORY |
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01.31.2007
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BASEBALL GAMES TO BE BROADCAST
IN 2007 |
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01.23.2007
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BASEBALL PICKED SECOND,
THREE ON PRESEASON TEAM |
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12.04.2006
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RAMSEY
INKS CONTRACT WITH WASHINGTON WILD THINGS
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11.16.2006
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CRUSADERS
DEBUT AT #25 IN NAIA COACHES POLL |
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