University of St. Thomas Athletics
16-3, 2-7
Macalester
10-9, 9-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| St. Thomas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | X | 11 | 14 | 0 |
Sat. Wrap: Baseball, SB, M. Tennis go 5-0 on day
4/16/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Saturday was another successful day on the diamonds for St. Thomas Baseball and Softball, with each taking two home wins over conference opponents to stay atop the MIAC standings.
Men's Tennis pulled out a close victory at Bethel to run its win streak to nine.
St. Thomas Track and Field also had some strong performances at the Holst Invitational at Concordia-St. Paul.
Baseball
No. 15-ranked Tommie Baseball (17-3 overall, 10-0 MIAC) slapped 31 hits, including seven home runs, in Saturday's 11-1 and 21-3 home sweep of Macalester. A rare southeast wind was blowing out at Koch Diamond and the UST hitters more than doubled the season HR total as they started the day with five and now reached 12.
Eric Veglahn threw a four hitter with four strikeouts and no walks to get a complete-game win in the opener. He is 4-0 on the season and 22-1 on his career. Veglahn continues to lead all NCAA pitchers at all three levels in K-to-walk ratio with 48 strikeouts and just one walk in 41 innings this season.
In game two, Dominic Reed pitched into the sixth inning and won his second start in seven days.
Waylon Bemboom ran his hitting streak to 14 games and Jake Smith made it 17 games in a row with a hit or walk. Smith made a run at a cycle in game two as he went 3-for-3 with two walks and four RBI with a two-run homer, a triple and a single. Bemboom also went 3-for-3 with four RBI in the nightcap.
In game one, Brady Johnson (3-for-3, three RBI), Zach Gottfredsen (3-for-4) and Chad Clute (HR, 2B) each had round trippers. In game two, Bemboom and Jake Steinbach each hit grand slams and Smith and Johnson also homered.
The Tommies have two mid-week doubleheaders: Tuesday at UW-Stout, and Wednesday at home against No. 12-ranked UW-LaCrosse.
Softball
No. 15-ranked Tommie Softball (24-4, 11-1) got just 10 hits on the day from nine different players but it rode strong pitching to a 8-0, 3-2 home sweep of Concordia-Moorhead at South Field.
Freshman Kierstin Anderson-Glass took both pitching wins as she retired 27 of the 29 Cobbers she faced on the day over nine scoreless innings. She allowed one single and a batter who reached on a dropped third strike.
Anderson-Glass struck out 18 and walked none while allowing just the one hit. She started and threw five shutout innings in game one, and later took the win in relief in game two with four scoreless innings.
UST broke a 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth in game two as Micaela Trainor was hit by pitch, took third on a throwing error, and scored on Rachel Suter's sac fly.
The Tommies, who maintained two-game lead over Gustavus and St. Catherine, play two Sunday at Carleton (1 p.m.).
Men's Tennis
Tommie Men's Tennis (9-2) made it nine wins in a row with Saturday's hard-fought 6-3 victory at Bethel.
Luke Elifson and Allen-Michael Muench each went 2-0 on the day, including third-set tiebreaker wins in their singles contests at Nos. 1-5, respectively. Burke Anderson and Ben Wait responded with straight-set singles victories after dropping their doubles match.
UST Men def. Bethel 6-3
Doubles:
#1) Luke Elifson & Scott Wall (UST) def. Matt Schull & Luke Palmquist (BU) 9-7
#2) Allen-Michael Muench & Brady Radermacher (UST) def. Brett Lizotte & Kolin Kiekhoefer (BU) 8-3
#3) Jakob Bartels & Hunter Fernelius (BU) def. Burke Anderson & Ben Wait (UST) 8-5
Singles:
#1) Luke Elifson (UST) def. Matt Schull (BU) 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
#2) Kolin Kiekhoefer (BU) def. Brady Radermacher (UST) 6-1, 6-1
#3) Burke Anderson (UST) def. Jakob Bartels (BU) 6-2, 6-2
#4) Hunter Fernelius (BU) def. Scott Wall (UST) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
#5) Allen-Michael Muench (UST) def. Luke Palmquist (BU) 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
#6) Ben Wait (UST) def. Henry Morris (BU) 7-5, 6-1
Track and Field
Nearly three dozen teams and 1,000 athletes competed at Saturday's Holst Invitational at Concordia University on St. Paul.
On the men's side, Evan Cross won the long jump in a career-best 23-5 1-2, a mark that ranks No. 7 in Division III this season and tops the MIAC. Cross also had a 6-5 high jump two days earlier at the Tomcat Twilight that ranks third best in the MIAC.
Connor O'Neill took fifth in the pole vault with a season-best 15-7, a mark that ties for 13th nationally in D-III.
UST's 4x100 relay was first in 42.74 with Joe Reed, Cole Boughner, Sean Murphy and Anthony Ekholm. That time ranks second in the MIAC.
Micah Hausman threw a season-best 146-5 in the discus, which is just 16 inches out of the lead on the MIAC season list and ranks 55th nationally.
Matt Schauer took fifth in the shot put at 52-0, one foot off his season-best 53-0 tossed two days earlier at the Tomcat Twilight that ranks 13th in Division III.
Boughner took third in the javelin at 160-3. Jordan O'Reilly placed sixth in the 400 hurdles in 57.45, a time that's fourth best in the conference.
On the women's side Brielle Bierman took fifth in the 100 hurdles in 15.05 and sixth in the 400 hurdles in 67.76. Her 100 hurdles time ranks 32nd best in Division III and third best in the MIAC.
Libby Lange placed fifth in the shot put in a season-best 41-4 1-2, a mark that ranks second in the MIAC and 30th in Division III.
Katie Murray placed fifth in the 100 meters in 12.46, a time that ranks 45th in Division III and is tied for second in the conference.
Genevieve Gates threw 125-6 for sixth in the discus, the third-best mark in the conference this season.
Laura Eischens took sixth in the 100 hurdles (15.34) and sixth in the long jump (17-4 1-2). The latter mark is fourth best in the conference so far.
Ali Glassbrenner placed sixth in the 800 in 2:19.01.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Veglahn, Eric (4-0)
L: Thomas (1-4)
Batting:
3B: McMullen 1 ; Sia 1
RBI: McMullen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brantner 1
Batting:
2B: Bemboom, Waylon 1 ; Waltz, Ben 1 ; Clute, Chad 1 ; Johnson, Brady 1
3B: Smith, Jake 1
HR: Clute, Chad 1 ; Johnson, Brady 1 ; Gottfredsen, Zach 1
RBI: Bemboom, Waylon 1 ; Smith, Jake 1 ; Waltz, Ben 3 ; Clute, Chad 2 ; Johnson, Brady 3 ; Gottfredsen, Zach 1
SH: Winters, Anthony 1
SF: Bemboom, Waylon 1 ; Johnson, Brady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dolan, Jimmy 1 ; Quinlan, Cory 2 ; Waltz, Ben 1 ; Sayer, A.J. 1 ; Clute, Chad 1 ; Johnson, Brady 2 ; Gottfredsen, Zach 3
