LCSC Sports

LCSC`s Glad and Marks finish 10th and 11th at nationals

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:52:15 PDT

MARION, Ind. - Lewis-Clark State College distance runners Cody Glad and Dave Marks both finished in the top 11 in the finals of the 5,000-meter run at the NAIA Track and Field National Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday.

Glad, a freshman from Kearns, Utah, finished 10th in the race in 15 minutes 20.44 seconds, while Marks, a junior from Lake Oswego, Ore., was 11th in 15:29.13.

They were the only two Warriors competing on Saturday.

Early blast helps Warriors knock off Coyotes in elimination game

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:27:39 PDT

LEWISTON, Idaho – A three-run bomb by Braxton Miller and a complete-game effort by Anthony Armanino lifted the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team past the College of Idaho in a loser-out game at the Avista NAIA World Series on Saturday. The Warriors topped the Coyotes by a final score of 5-1.

“I thought Armanino dominated the game,” said LCSC head coach Gary Picone. “Obviously we got off to a pretty good start, and this game him room to breathe just to know that the game wouldn’t be over with just one pitch.”

Miller’s long ball came with two outs and on a 1-2 split-finger fastball. He drove it on a line well over the left-field fence and into the general admission section of Harris Field. It was the senior’s 10th home run of the season. To watch it click here.

“Braxton’s homer gave us a positive lift—a positive lift coming off of last night.”

The three-run shot was all Armanino needed as he turned in a gutsy 133-pitch performance. The right-handed junior struck out eight while surrendering just one earned run, eight hits, and two walks. He improves to 10-1 with the win.

“I thought he was real good for nine innings. It was a pretty special performance,” said Picone. “He mixed his three pitches well and threw them all for strikes, and when he does that he’s difficult to deal with.”

With eight hits in the game, College of Idaho had opportunities to score but was unable to cash in. The Coyotes left 10 men on base including three in the ninth. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with one out in the final frame, and this brought Picone out to the mound for a visit with his starter.

“When I went to the mound, I had doubt,” said Picone. “He (Armanino) said, ‘I’m gonna finish the game’ and I turned around and went back to the dugout.”

Armanino then induced former Warrior Zachary Fabricius to pop up to the shortstop and the following batter, Coyotes’ top hitter Izaac Garsez, flew out to left to end the game.

The win lifts the Warriors to 42-13 overall, while the Coyotes’ season comes to an end with a record of 41-21. LCSC, the No. 6 seed in the tournament, will play next on Monday at noon against the loser of Saturday’s contest between No. 1 seed LSU Shreveport and No. 9 seed Rogers State University.

The Warriors had 11 hits in the game including three in the first inning to set the table for Miller and two in the third when they pushed the score to 5-0. Alfonso Casillas hit an RBI single to left to plate the run in the third. LCSC left only three runners stranded on base against the Coyotes after leaving nine men on base in its loss to Oklahoma City on Friday.

LCSC’s 1-2-3 batters; Jordan Payne, Kyle Knigge, and Trent Bridges; had two hits apiece. Jarel Lewis and pitcher Todd Griffiths had two hits each for C of I.

Griffiths threw all nine innings for the Coyotes. He struck out five, and gave up 11 hits, five runs (one earned), and no walks.

LCSC`s Marks and Glad qualify for 5,000 finals

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:23:42 PDT

MARION, Ind. - Lewis-Clark State College junior Dave Marks and freshman Cody Glad both qualified for the finals of the 5,000 meters while freshman Kale Schmidt placed 11th overall in the decathlon at the NAIA Track and Field Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University on Friday.

Marks and Glad both competed in the same semifinal heat of the 5,000. Marks finished third in the heat and was timed in 15 minutes 24.25 seconds, while Glad was close behind in fifth at 15:24.56.

The 5,000-meter final, which will involve 16 runners. will be held on Saturday.

Also on Friday, Schmidt wrapped up the decathlon and managed to do well despite nursing a sore hamstring, which definitely hurt him. Schmidt entered the second day in sixth place and still managed to finish every event despite not being at 100 percent.

Schmidt was eighth in the javelin at 49.73 meters, ninth in the 1,500 run in 5:02.76, and 12th in both the pole vault (3.65m) and dsicuss (31.08m). He managed to run the 110 hurdles in 17.7.

Overall, Schmidt finished with 6,112 points. Eastern Oregon`s Robbie Hayne won the event with 7,596 points.

Also on Friday, three LCSC male and one female track athletes were honored as 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. In order to be nominated by an institution`s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor.

Receiving honors for LCSC were Marks, a junior from Lake Oswego, Ore., Justin Keller, a junior from Lapwai, and Jake Meyer, a junior from Grangeville. Senior Kelsey Klettke from Vancouver, Wash., also was honored for the Warriors.

OCU goes long to defeat LCSC 7-2 at Series

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:21:06 PDT

LEWISTON, Idaho - Miguel Beltran, Chad Carmen, and Jonathan Sigado made sure on Friday night people don`t forget that Oklahoma City has the bats to go with its strong pitching staff .

All three hit home runs to back the pitching of Rich Hawkins and Ryan Gibson and help third-seed Oklahoma City University defeat No. 6 seed Lewis-Clark State 7-2 in the final game of the opening round of the Avista NAIA World Series at LCSC`s Harris Field.

OCU entered the series with the focus on its pitching staff, which threw three straight shutouts and allowed only two runs over the last 36 innings at its NAIA Opening Round tournament. And while Hawkins and Gibson didn`t disappoint, it was the power surge OCU put on that stole Friday`s show.

Beltran hit his team-leading 26th home run on the season, a three-run shot in the third inning, to give OCU the lead for good. Carmen hit a two-run blast in the top of the ninth inning for insurance, while Sigado put the Stars on the board in the second inning with a solo home run. In all, six of OCU`s seven runs came via the long ball.

Hawkins, a senior left-hander, struggled early in the game, but then allowed only two hits after the third inning to improve to 12-2 on the season. Trailing 5-2, LCSC put runners on the corners with one out in the bottom of the eighth, but Gibson came on to strikeout the next two batters. He then retired the side in order in the ninth.

The win gives the Stars (48-10) a pair of days off. OCU receives a bye on Saturday and will play Monday at 6:30 p.m. against the winner of Saturday`s Lee-Point Park contest.

LCSC, which was playing its first game in 19 days, fell to 42-12 on the season and now faces the tough task of having to win six straight games to claim its 17th national title. LCSC faces fellow NAIA West member College of Idaho in loser-out play at noon on Saturday.

Despite the layoff, it was the Warriors who struck first in the contest with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Connor Moore started the rally with a one out walk and moved to second when a grounder to third hit by Trent Bridges was thrown away by Oklahoma City third baseman Jonathan Sigado. A single by Alfonso Casillas scored Moore and the Warriors loaded the bases on a single by Braxton Miller. Hawkins got out of the jam with a fly out to short center and a strikeout.

Sigado made up for his throwing error in the top of the second when he smacked a two-out solo home run, his fourth of the season.

OCU then took the lead for good in the top of the third with help from a couple of LCSC errors. Brian Fisher reached first on a wild throw by LCSC third baseman Billy Silvestri on a grounder, but he was forced out at second on a ground ball by Cody Ferrell. Chris Munoz then singled, but Carman lined out for the second out. Fisher moved up to third on another Warrior error, but it was Beltran`s three-run home run that cleared the bases and put the Stars ahead 4-1.

The Warriors cut the lead to 4-2 in the third when Kyle Knigge, who struck out with the bases loaded in the first, came through with the bases loaded and one out in the third. But bad baserunning cost the Warriors` from scoring more. Knigge hit a shot over Ferrell`s head in center field, but Miller, who was on second, didn`t get a good jump on the ball because he thought it would be caught. OCU took advantage of his hesitation and was able to throw him out at the plate.

Pitching dominated the next four innings as the two teams combined for only three hits. Each team had only one baserunner reached as far as second.

OCU made it 5-2 in the top of the eight. Beltran started the rally with a two-out double and was replaced by a pinch-runner. A walk and a hit batter loaded the bases and an infield single by Sigado drove in the run.

After Ferrell was hit by a pitch in the top of the ninth, Carman smacked his 11th home run of the season and 91st of the season for the Stars.

Sigado finished 3-for-4 with two RBI for the Stars, while Beltran was 2-for-5 with three RBI. Carmen went 2-for-5 with two RBI. In all, the three had seven of the team`s nine hits and all seven RBI.

LCSC, which left six of its nine base runners stranded in the first three innings, had two hits apiece from Miller and Silvestri. Starting pitcher Michael Noteware pitched a complete game, allowing nine hits and four earned runs. He struck out nine and walked one.

Schmidt stands 7th after first day of NAIA decathlon

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:18 PDT

MARION, Ind. - Despite tweaking a hamstring, Lewis-Clark State College freshman Kale Schmidt stands seventh overall in the decathlon after the first day of the NAIA Track and Field Championships at Indiana Wesleyan University.

Schmidt, who also is on the LCSC basketball team, scored 3,422 points in Thursday`s first five events and will need a quick recovery for Friday`s final five events.

Also on Thursday, LCSC`s John Murray, the only freshman to qualify in the men`s hammer throw, finished 19th overall, while Pauric McLaughlin was 21st in the 800 meters qualifying heats. All three LCSC male competitors on Thursday are freshmen.

The only Warrior women competing on Thursday was Kayla Stewart in the javelin. she finished 21st overall.

Despite the start of the decathlon being delayed by more than 30 minutes because of an electronic timing issue, Schmidt finished eighth in the 100 meters in 11.91 seconds to begin the decathlon, which features 10 running, throwing and jumping events. He then shined in the long jump with a school-record leap of 23-feet, 1.75-inches, but he also tweaked his hamstring during one of the jumps.

He then finished 13th in the shot put at 36-0.25 and with his hamstring clearly bothering him, he cleared his only attempt in the high jump at 5-10 to finish 10th.

Schmidt then saved the best for last. He elected not to use a starting block in the 400 meters in order not to put a lot of stress on the hamstring and yet still won his heat in 50.93 seconds. That placed him fourth overall in the 400.

Schmidt, who is from Stanwood, Wash., is just one point out of sixth place. Eastern Oregon`s Robbie Haynie leads the competition with 3,924 points.

Murray, who is from Athol, Idaho and attended Coeur d`Alene High, had a solid day with a school-record toss of 168-07 (51.39m). That topped the previous record set by Murray earlier this season. Murray hit the mark on his first throw but was unable to top it.

McLaughlin wound up 21st overall among the four heats in the 800 and missed by 3 spots of advancing to the semifinals. Only the top 18 went on to Friday`s semis. McLaughlin, who is from Letterkenny, Ireland, was timed in 1:55.80, nearly two seconds off his season best and school-record mark.

Stewart, a sophomore from Pendleton, Ore., had a throw of 117-04 (35.76m). She was seeded 17th heading into nationals.

Along with the Schmidt competing in the second day of the decathlon, LCSC will have both Dave Marks and Cody Glad competing in the 5,000 on Friday.

Warrior tennis teams stay put in postseason polls

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:09:43 PDT

The Lewis-Clark State College women’s tennis team remained at No. 14 and the men’s team stayed at No. 19 in the postseason NAIA Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 polls, released by the national office on Tuesday.

The Warrior women garnered 196 points in the poll after advancing to the second round of the national tournament in Mobile, Ala. The program, which has now made 18 appearances at nationals, finished the season at 8-15 overall.

LCSC’s men’s squad received 131 points. The Warriors, who have made 21 appearances at nationals, went 11-9 on the season and narrowly missed receiving an at-large bid to the national tournament.

The polls were voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/independents/unaffiliated groupings.

WOMEN’S POLL

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (13)	26-2	343
2	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	23-4	332
3	2	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	22-4	321
4	4	Oklahoma Christian	18-4	310
5	5	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	18-4	299
6	7	Brenau (Ga.)	14-6	285
7	8	Concordia (Calif.)	15-8	274
8	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	17-4	269
9	9	William Carey (Miss.)	15-10	251
9	6	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	16-6	251
11	12	Shorter (Ga.)	21-9	227
12	10	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	13-6	226
13	13	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	9-4	209
14	14	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	8-15	196
15	15	Vanguard (Calif.)	10-15	193
16	16	Indiana Wesleyan	25-5	179
17	17	Campbellsville (Ky.)	14-8	155
18	19	Westmont (Calif.)	7-11	148
19	20	Xavier (La.)	7-22	142
20	18	Lee (Tenn.)	9-7	141
21	22	Robert Morris (Ill.)	17-3	128
22	21	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	11-4	125
23	23	St. Thomas (Fla.)	5-4	93
24	24	Oklahoma Baptist	10-8	79
25	25	Marian (Ind.)	21-6	74

Others receiving votes: Northwestern Ohio 65; Davenport (Mich.) 42; Bethel (Kan.) 36; Nebraska Wesleyan 33; Webber International (Fla.) 26; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 20; Belhaven (Miss.) 14; Missouri Valley 12; Georgetown (Ky.) 10; Indiana Southeast 3; Milligan (Tenn.) 1.

MEN’S POLL

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	3	Oklahoma Christian (12)	20-3	312
2	1	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	25-2	302
3	2	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	20-4	292
4	4	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	21-3	282
5	5	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	17-8	272
6	6	Vanguard (Calif.)	15-10	262
7	7	Xavier (La.)	18-8	251
8	8	Westmont (Calif.)	12-10	242
9	10	William Carey (Miss.)	17-5	228
10	12	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	19-6	219
11	9	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	13-11	217
12	11	Concordia (Calif.)	9-13	205
13	13	Aquinas (Mich.)	26-3	187
14	14	Bethany (Kan.)	22-4	183
15	15	Belhaven (Miss.)	16-4	174
16	16	Cumberland (Tenn.)	18-3	164
17	18	Campbellsville (Ky.)	19-7	148
18	17	Warner (Fla.)	13-6	137
19	19	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	11-9	131
20	21	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	15-5	126
21	20	Northwestern Ohio	19-7	114
22	22	Shorter (Ga.)	12-15	101
23	23	Webber International (Fla.)	15-7	88
24	RV	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	24-3	73
25	24	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	7-9	69

Others receiving votes: Lee (Tenn.) 66; Pikeville (Ky.) 48; Biola (Calif.) 27; Hastings (Neb.) 16; McPherson (Kan.) 14; Bethel (Tenn.) 11; Asbury (Ky.) 11; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 8; Northwood (Fla.) 5; Graceland (Iowa) 3; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 3; Davenport (Mich.) 1; Georgetown (Ky.) 1; Oklahoma Baptist 1.

LCSC`s Jasova and Chong garner NAIA All-American honors

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:40:15 PDT

Lewis-Clark State College women’s tennis players Dominika Jasova and Dorothy Chong were named NAIA All-Americans, the national office has announced. Jasova was named to the First Team, while Chong was listed on the Second Team.

Jasova (pictured left), a sophomore from Kosice, Slovakia, played as the Warriors’ No. 1 for the second straight season and was ranked as the No. 10 singles player in the NAIA according to the ITA rankings. Last year she earned second-team honors. Chong, a junior from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, held down the No. 2 singles spot most of the year for LCSC.

Jasova and Chong (pictured right) also played doubles together and were ranked as the No. 11 doubles team in the ITA’s NAIA rankings. Their efforts helped the Warriors advance to the second round at the national tournament.

National champion Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) and semifinalist Fresno Pacific (Calif.) tied for the most All-Americans with four apiece.

The 2012 All-America list is composed of 15 seniors, five juniors, eight sophomores and four freshmen.

First Team
Name	School	Class	Hometown
Ana Veselinovic	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	Sr.	Herceg-Novi, Montenegro
Jade Curtis	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	So.	Saltash, England
Tiffany William	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	Fr.	London, England
Natalie McNall	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Sr.	Pasadena, Calif.
Bettina Radke	Concordia (Calif.)	Sr.	Herzberg am Harz, Germany
Jordan Kimura	Concordia (Calif.)	Sr.	Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Yi Ching Chen	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	Sr.	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Rocio Frej Vitalle	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	Sr.	Zaragoza, Spain
Marie Boura	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	Jr.	Vendome, France
Katarena Paliivets	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	Fr.	Miami, Fla.
Dominika Jasova	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	So.	Kosice, Slovakia
Trina Slapeka	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Sr.	Jurmala, Latvia
Hermon Brhane	Oklahoma Christian	So.	Dreieich, Germany
Lucie Sipkova	Oklahoma Christian	So.	Pardubice, Czech Republic
Candice Laurent	Shorter (Ga.)	Sr.	Villeneuve Loubet, France
Gabriella Bergmanova	Vanguard (Calif.)	Sr.	Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Second Team
Name	School	Class	Hometown
Morgane Zowczak	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	Jr.	Yutz, France
Leah Hoffee	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Sr.	Tualatin, Ore.
Emily Harris	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	So.	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Lyn See Choo	Brenau (Ga.)	Sr.	Malaysia
Ekaterina Kamendova	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	Sr.	Moscow, Russia
Yumiko Justin	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	Sr.	Noumea, New Caledonia
Erika Januskova	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	Jr.	Ottawa, Canada
Rachael Heiniger	Indiana Wesleyan	So.	Munster, Ind.
Dorothy Chong	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Jr.	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Paola Costa	Oklahoma Baptist	Sr.	Brasilia, Brazil
Theresa Schmaus	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	So.	Morbach, Germany
Masha Andrianova	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Fr.	Yarolsavl, Russia
Germania Bedon	Taylor (Ind.)	Sr.	Ibarra, Ecuador
Maja Vuzem	William Carey (Miss.)	Jr.	Kornwestheim, Germany
Carola Orna	William Carey (Miss.)	Fr.	Verona, Italy
Kourtney Howell	Xavier (La.)	So.	Cypress, Texas

Honorable Mention
Name	School
Kveta Hajkova	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)
Katie Malotte	Bethel (Kan.)
Megan Charity	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Neesha Thirumalaichelvam	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Denisse Favela	Davenport (Mich.)
Diana Favela	Davenport (Mich.)
Kristina Marova	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Josefine Strom	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Amy Grossklag	Evangel (Mo.)
Anna Mikhaylova	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Andrea Meyering	Indiana Wesleyan
Diana Gerlakh	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Slavica Milanovic	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Laura Vergara	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Paloma Cortina	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
Frankie Eszes	Northwestern (Iowa)
Marta Contel Miranzo	Oklahoma Christian
Andreea Constantinescu	Oklahoma Christian
Maryfer Abreu Roman	Oklahoma Christian
Gabriela Carrilo	Oklahoma Christian
Magdalena Bresson	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)

Six Warriors earn Scholar-Athlete tennis honors

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:23:33 PDT

Six Lewis-Clark State College tennis players earned 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors, the NAIA announced on Friday.

In order to qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, have achieved a junior academic status, and have attended the nominating institution for two full semesters.

Earning the honors for the Warrior women were seniors Marina Wold of Lewiston and Barb Sneckner of Bend, Ore., and juniors Samantha Teigen of University Place, Wash., and Dorothy Chong of Kuching, Malaysia. Wold and Sneckner, who both received Scholar-Athlete honors last year as well, have majors of English and Kinesiology, respectively. Teigen is majoring in Business Administration, and Chong in Biology.

Honored from the men’s team was senior Cesar Uauy of Santiago, Chile, and junior Jeff Lowndes of Vancouver, Wash. Uauy, who was honored last year as well, has a major in Business Economics, while Lowndes is majoring in Sports Administration.

In all, 121 women and 86 men were honored. For a complete list of Scholar-Athletes click here: Women, Men

LCSC`s Herman earns NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:19:44 PDT

Lewis-Clark State College junior Shanna Herman has been named a 2012 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete for women’s golf, the NAIA announced on Thursday.

Herman, who is from Orofino, Idaho, was one of 105 women’s golfers to receive the honor. She is majoring in Kinesiology.

In order to be nominated by an institution`s head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, have achieved a junior academic status, and have attended the nominating institution for two full semesters.

To view the complete list click here.

Carr joins Warrior women`s basketball program

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:47:49 PDT

Caitlin Carr, a 6-foot forward/post from Mountainview High School in Auburn, Wash., has signed a letter of intent to play women’s basketball at Lewis-Clark State College next season, Warrior coach Brian Orr has announced.

Carr averaged 17.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a senior last season. She became the program’s all-time leading scorer during the season and finished her career with 1,297 points.

“One quality we want all of our players to strive for is consistency of excellence, and that is a perfect description of Caitlin,” Orr said. “For the last three seasons her coach could expect 17 (points) and 8 (rebounds) every night.”

Carr was named MVP of the South Puget Sound League’s 3A both as a senior and a junior. She also earned All-State honors as well last season.

Her team placed sixth at the Washington 3A Tournament as a junior and fell one win short of qualifying for state her senior season when the team lost by two points at regionals.

“She can score with her back to the basket and do it with either hand,” said Orr. “She has a beautiful shot from behind the 3-point line and fits the perfect profile of stretch-4. And Caitlin is a ‘coach’s kid’ who understands the game and is committed to doing what it takes to win.”

Caitlin’s father Chris has been the head girl’s coach at AMHS for 20 years and her younger sister, Ali, was a junior on this year’s squad.

“Coach Carr’s teams run a lot of the same things we do which is another reason why Caitlin is such a good fit,” Orr said.

The Warriors are returning seven players off a team that finished 29-5 with a Sweet 16 finish at the National Tournament.