Schuckman: Hawks’ Boynton pours heart, soul, tears into chasing baseball dreams

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | May 1, 2024
Quincy University center fielder Brock Boynton, right, celebrates a teammate's home run during a game against Lewis earlier this season at QU Stadium. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The emotion spills out in ways Brock Boynton can’t always contain. Sometimes it’s a bat flip that goes a little too high or a little too far. Other times it’s the barbaric yawp everyone hears as he rounds the bases on a home run trot. And every now and then, it’s the toss…

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QU baseball team wins GLVC-opening series as Boynton sparks offensive surge

By Muddy River Sports | March 11, 2024
Quincy University center fielder Brock Boynton collected five hits with two home runs over the final two games of the Great Lakes Valley Conference series against William Jewell in Liberty, Mo. | Photo courtesy Stephanie Boynton

LIBERTY, Mo. — The Quincy University baseball team is back on track. Sunday’s 16-10 victory over William Jewell at Talley Stadium punctuated a series victory in the first weekend of Great Lakes Valley Conference play, gave the Hawks back-to-back series wins and put the 0-7 start on the season-opening trip to Georgia completely in the…

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‘It’s going to be fun baseball to watch’: Hawks set sights on making another run at trip to Cary

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | February 15, 2024
Quincy University center fielder Brock Boynton will be in the Hawks' starting lineup for the fourth straight season and is expected to be a catalyst for the No. 13 team in the NCBWA Division II top 25. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The Saturday Morning Breakfast Club is ready to trade its name for something more meaningful and permanent. Something like “World Series champion.” That’s why 20 or more Quincy University baseball players gathered around 9 a.m. each Saturday during the offseason at the QU Health and Fitness Center to lift weights, do cardiovascular exercises…

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Dreams of Division II World Series berth dashed as soft-tossing lefties befuddle Hawks in super regional

By David Adam, MRN Editor | May 27, 2023
Quincy University first baseman Lance Logsdon and the Hawks saw their record-breaking season end Saturday with a 5-2 loss to Indianapolis in the NCAA Division II Midwest Super Regional at QU Stadium. | Photo courtesy Olivia Kindt, QU Athletics

QUINCY — That’s just baseball. Those three words were the only way the Quincy University baseball team could make sense of an unlikely finish to an incredible season. The Hawks were ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division II by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and No. 4 by Collegiate Baseball. However, they saw their…

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‘You can’t stop it’: Walk-off grand slam keeps Hawks rolling with twinbill sweep of Panthers

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | April 30, 2023
The Quincy University baseball players celebrate a three-run home run by Gino D'Alessio, center, during the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against Drury at QU Stadium. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — A rally that began with a record-breaking home run, ended with an epic bat flip and featured some of the most selfless, mature at-bats in between left everyone exiting QU Stadium with the same train of thought. This Quincy University baseball squad may truly be a team of destiny. “I told you three…

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Six is a serious number: No. 13 Hawks use six-run rally in seventh inning to upend No. 4 Mules

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | April 26, 2023
Quincy University's Gino D'Alessio watches the flight of his go-ahead, three-run home run to left field in the seventh inning of Tuesday's game against Central Missouri at QU Stadium. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Brock Boynton never felt the ball leave the bat. “That’s when you know it’s going to be a good one,” he said. Gino D’Allesio didn’t feel the ball explode off his bat either. “I’ve been waiting for one of those,” he said. When the Quincy University center fielder and shortstop barreled up pitches…

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