Bluejays open KCAC with 4-0 sweep of Mac

Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 19 March 2013 13:41

Jake Landers slides into third base in Tabor’s first KCAC game against McPherson. The Bluejays went on to sweep the home doubleheader Friday and followed that with two victories at McPherson Saturday to boast a 4-0 KCAC record. The Tabor baseball team picked up its first conference wins of the season with four victories against McPherson College Friday and Saturday to improve to 4-0 in the KCAC, 13-5 overall.

On Friday, Tabor won 11-1 and 10-4.

“We played really well the first two games of the series,” coach Mark Standiford said. “We had good at-bats and our pitching was outstanding.”

In Game 1, the Bluejays claimed a 3-1 lead at the end of three innings, then added eight unanswered runs over the next two innings.

Kirk Rocha—KCAC Player of the Week—knocked two home runs for the Bluejays. The junior outfielder had three hits, scored three runs and drove in four in three at-bats.

Josh Stone (3-1)?was Tabor’s winning pitcher. In six innings...

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Bluejay softball team goes 1-4 for week

Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:01

The Tabor College softball team recorded one win and four losses last week to hold a 2-9 record for the season.

Saint Gregory’s—After dropping a 12-4 loss to the 16th-ranked Cavaliers the previous weekend, the Bluejays faced Saint Gregory’s in a doubleheader Wednesday, dropping both games 5-0, 8-2.

Neither team scored the first four innings of Game 1, but a late burst by the Cavaliers resulted in three runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth for the 5-0 victory.

Tabor recorded four hits in the game, one each from Sarah Massey, Cortnie Killen, Lauren Brown and Brooke Tomten.

Karen Harris pitched six innings for Tabor and allowed nine hits and five runs with no strikeouts.

Game 2 began with Tabor locked in a 1-1 tie...

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TC tennis sweeps Central Christian

Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:00

Both Tabor tennis teams earned their first victories of the season with a sweep of Cen­tral Christian College Wednes­day. The women defeated the Tigers 9-0, while the men won 6-3.

“The teams got off to a great start by sweeping the doubles matches,” coach John Ruder said.

Women—The Bluejays won in convincing fashion, beginning with three victories in doubles.

In No. 1 doubles, Becky Faber and Anna Friesen defeated Kristen Reith and Tori McCord, 8-2.

Katie Becker and Meredith Voran edged Taylor Arnold and Megan Carter, 8-6, while Karly Lindroth-Yates and Krista Schmidt earned an 8-4 victory over Ellis and McGarity.

Key to the sweep was a 7-5, 3-6 (10-8) victory by Faber over Reith in No. 1 singles.

“Becky Faber overcame a...

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Bluejay baseball drops 5-4 game

Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 12 March 2013 14:00

Out of four scheduled games last week, the Tabor baseball team played only one.

That 10-inning nail-biter at Oklahoma Christian University saw the Bluejays on the short end of 5-4 score Monday.

Tabor led 4-1 after the first inning, but it proved to be the Bluejays’ only points of the night.

The Eagles, meanwhile, tied the game at 4 at the end of nine innings, forcing the extra inning and scoring the winning run in the 10th.

Scoring for Tabor were Wes Moody and Alex Hill—each with one run and one RBI, and Art Corona and Keenan Chanin with one run apiece.

On the mound, Anthony Mendoza pitched three innings for Tabor, allowing five hits and two runs with four strikeouts.

Brian Kowal also pitched three innings, allowing two hits...

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