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Never quit Trahin
Jake Trahin launches a 1-0 pitch from Chris Howell for a
3-run first inning
home run that tied the game at five against Taylor in the Mid-Central
Conference Tournament in Marion. The Trojans belted 7 HRs to end the
Cougars' record-setting season 26-10. Below, Trahin is greeted by his
teammates after crossing the plate with his second homer of the season.
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Oh, what a relief
Chase Gaff, left, gives Bart Schnur a hand after Schnur
closed in the
ninth to secure a 9-5 win over ninth-ranked Spring Arbor in the first game
of the Mid-Central Conference Baseball Tournament on Wednesday.
Despite three home runs, USF slipped to 1-1 in the tournament after a
9-8, 10-inning defeat to Bethel in Game 2 late Wednesday afternoon.
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Cougars oust Taylor, but bow out in Game 3 loss
Hit man
Travis Potchka cranked out two more hits helping the
University of
Saint Francis to a 9-8 win over Marian College to advance to the
Mid-Central Conference Tournament. Potchka tied and passed the
USF single-season hit record of 76 set by Cody Scherer in 2000 and
the Cougars won their 26th game, also a record in the 45th season of
the baseball program. Potchka also set a stolen base record with his
14th of the season.
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Stayin' Alive
Centerfielder Travis Potchka bangs out another hit against
Marian on
Saturday in the Cougars' MCC Play-in doubleheader. Marian won the
first game 4-3, but USF kept its season alive with a record-tying 25th
win, 9-6. Marian returns to USF on Monday for a 1 p.m. game to
determine which team moves on to the MCC Tournament.
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'Taylor' made pitch
USF freshman Taylor Futterknecht mashed this pitch in Game
1 for a
school-record tying seventh home run this season, a 2-run blast that
proved to be the winning cushion in the 5-4 win at Taylor University in
Upland on Thursday afternoon. TU won Game 2 12-4. USF will be
playing an MCC Play-in Series doubleheader on Saturday against an
opponent to be determined. More info coming as available.
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Sweep celebration
USF junior Jake Trahin is picked up by Cougar teammates
after
crossing home plate after hitting a 1-out, walk-off home run in the
bottom of the eighth inning of Game 2 at Cougar Field lifting USF over
Purdue-North Central 3-2 on Wednesday. USF won the opener 5-1.
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Hurlin' goose eggs
USF junior Chase Gaff fired a 6-0 shutout in Game 2
against Taylor on
Tuesday at Cougar Field to help the Cougars bounce back from an 11-0
loss in Game 1.
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Dynomite Daniel
USF running back Daniel Carter (20) looks to elude Steve
Vaught (36)
during Sunday's Blue & White Game. Carter dodged and weaved his
way for some long runs, but the White team (celebrating below) pulled
out a 20-17 win scoring on the last play of the game before more than
USF football fans on a cool, dry afternoon.
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Nunez knock
USF third baseman Berto Nunez belted a 2-run double and
scored
what proved to be the winning run in the Cougars' 6-5 comeback win
over cross-town rival Indiana Tech in Game 2 at Warrior Field on
Saturday afternoon. Indiana Tech won Game 1, 5-0.
Power pitcher
USF senior pitcher Cassie Steinbrunner pulverized a pitch
for a solo
home run in the second inning of Game 1 to regain the lead for the Lady
Cougars in their home opener on Senior Day on Thursday afternoon.
USF eventually won 9-2 and Steinbrunner went the distance in the
circle to secure her third win of the season. USF rallied to win Game 2
6-5 over Grace College.
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Homer watch
USF right-fielder Austin Leisure watches his high drive to
left field that
sailed out of in the jet stream for a home run, the Cougars' first run
against NCAA Division I member Valparaiso University on Wednesday
afternoon. The host Crusaders rallied from a 9-7 deficit to edge USF
10-9 in 10 innings. Though the wind was blowing out at 20 mph,
Leisure's blast was the only home run. USF outhit VU 17-12.
Oh, what a relief!
USF relief pitcher Brok Lahrman (left) has a big high 5 for
left-fielder Jake
Trahin after Trahin's game-ending catch in a 3-2, 8-inning nail-biter over
Bethel College in Game 1 on Tuesday. Ben Dunlap's single in the top of
the eighth scored Travis Potchka with what proved to be the
game-winning run. The Cougars finished the road sweep with a decisive 16-4
conquest in Game 2 in Mishawaka, Ind.
Drew denial
USF catcher Drew Linder tags out Bethel base-runner Dustin
Gosztola
in the second inning of Game 1 on Monday in a twin bill that was
postponed on Saturday by the inclement weather. BC won 7-1 and
3-0 snapping the Cougars' 8-game winning streak.
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'Futter' connects for Cougars
USF freshman Taylor Futterknecht sends this pitch over the
left-center-
field fence in Game 2 helping the Cougars to an 8-3 win over Goshen
College on Friday afternoon. It was the Cougars' eighth straight win after
USF won 6-2 in Game 1. This was Futterknecht's fourth HR of the
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5 for Ellisen
USF forward Melissa Ellisen (11) is greeted by teammate
Hilary Powers
after Ellisen scored late in the match in the 3rd Annual Lady Cougars
Women's Spring Fling soccer event on a sunny, warm Saturday at
Bishop D'Arcy Stadium. Wright State University held off USF 3-2 in the
first match of the day.
Linder locks 'em out
USF catcher Drew Linder tags out Grace base-runner Michael
Clark at
home plate to end the fourth inning. Right-fielder Tristen Peffley threw
to
shortstop Ben Dunlap who threw home to deny the Lancers what would
have been their seventh run of the game. Brok Lahrman and Bart Schnur
combined to shut out the Lancers the last three innings and USF rallied
with 5 runs in the sixth for the 7-6 Game 2 win. USF held off GC 8-7
in Game 1. Lahrman got the save in relief in Game 1 and the win in
Game 2 at Cougar Field on Thursday afternoon.
Denial by Degitz
Huntington University came to Cougar Field pursuing its
seventh consec-
utive MCC win Wednesday afternoon, but Matt Degitz (above) held the
Foresters to five hits in six innings and with a seventh inning of runless
relief from Bart Schnur, USF won 3-1. HU edged USF 3-2 in Game 2
despite Jarrod Wehri's third homer of the season.
No-hitter no more
Freshman Whitney Piercefield follows through with her swing
on the only
hit of the game in Game 1 against Huntington University on Saturday.
The MCC doubleheader was played at HU since the USF field was still
too wet to play on. HU won Game 1 8-0 in 6 innings and Game 2 5-4 in
nine innings.
Spring Football is in the air
Football was back in the air and on Kevin Donley Field at
Bishop D'Arcy
Stadium on Friday afternoon, the first of 10 days of spring drills leading
up to the annual Blue & White Game on Sun., April 20, starting at 1 p.m.
Wehri eye on big fly
USF first baseman Jarrod Wehri keeps his eye on what would
be his
second home run of the game in the Cougars' 6-2 Game 1 win over
Marian College on Thursday afternoon in the home opening game.
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Hard-earned high 5
University of Saint Francis junior Matt Degitz (41) pitched
two innings
of scoreless relief to help the Cougars win Game 2 at Marian College
on Tuesday, 10-8 in eight innings.
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