New softball coach ready to embrace energy building throughout QU athletic department

Cathy Monroe, who spent the previous seven seasons coaching at Missouri S&T, has been named the next Quincy University softball coach. | Photo courtesy Missouri S&T athletics

QUINCY — The shift that has taken place within the Quincy University athletic department in the past year so noticeable to those on the inside is becoming more and more noticeable to those on the outside. Cathy Monroe sensed it during the interview process. “I liked the energy I was feeling from the athletic department,”…

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Passini making transition from softball coach to administrative role with Quincy University

Carla Passini

QUINCY — Carla Passini’s passion to see Quincy University succeed academically and athletically is nearly unrivaled. QU athletic director Josh Rabe is one whose heart and soul for his alma mater runs just as deep. So it makes sense they will work hand-in-hand to push the QU athletic department forward. Passini resigned in May as…

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Hawks’ Jennings picks up GLVC Pitcher of the Week accolades

Quincy University pitcher Jayle Jennings threw her first career no-hitter last weekend against Rockhurst. Photo courtesy Max Bennett, QU Athletics

QUINCY — Jayle Jennings helped the Quincy University softball team turn its final homestand in a victory lap. The Hawks won three of four games last weekend, splitting Friday’s doubleheader with Rockhurst and sweeping Sunday’s Great Lakes Valley Conference twinbill with William Jewell, Jennings earned the victory in two of the three games and earned…

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College scoreboard for Tuesday, April 19

College baseball At Griffon Park, St. Joseph, Mo. Quincy University 7, Missouri Western 4: Trailing by a run going to the top of the seventh, the Hawks rallied to snare the first game of a non-conference doubleheader. With one out, Gino D’Alessio singled, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Lance Logsdon’s single…

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College scoreboard for Saturday, April 9

College baseball At Brennan Field, Romeoville, Ill. Quincy University 13, Lewis 0: The Hawks wasted no time rebounding from Friday’s series-opening loss by shellacking the Flyers from the start. Lance Logsdon led off the game with a home run and added a two-run single later in the inning as the Hawks staked right-handed starter Jay…

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Scoreboard for Thursday, April 7

Prep baseball At Winchester, Ill. Brown County 20, Winchester West Central 0: Twice the Hornets hit back-to-back home runs as they steamrolled the Cougars in Western Illinois Valley Conference action. Brown County scored 16 runs in the first inning as the first eight batters reached safely. Gabe Blakeley hit a two-run home run and Mason…

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Scoreboard for Sunday, April 3

College baseball At USI Baseball Field, Evansville, ind. Southern Indiana 6, Quincy University 4: The Screaming Eagles capitalized on a walk, an error and a hit batter to open the eighth inning by scoring three times and then squashing the Hawks’ ninth inning rally to earn a split in the Great Lakes Valley Conference series.…

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Scoreboard for Saturday, April 2

Prep baseball At Pittsfield, Ill. Pittsfield 10, Calhoun 1: The Saukees scored seven runs in the third inning and had no trouble finishing off the victory in the first game of the doubleheader. The Saukees had four RBI singles and a run-scoring double in the inning. Nate Scranton went 3 for 3 with two RBIs,…

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Scoreboard for Monday, March 28

Prep baseball At Payson, Ill. Brown County 7, Payson Seymour 1: With two outs in the fifth inning, the Hornets had seven consecutive runners reach base and scored four runs to gain the upper hand. The Hornets’ Gabe Blakeley allowed four hits and one earned run over seven innings with seven strikeouts and one walk.…

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Scoreboard for Sunday, March 27

College baseball At QU Stadium, Quincy Quincy University 7, Illinois-Springfield 6. Click here for the story and photos. At Danville, Ill. Danville 9, John Wood Community College 3: Trailing 4-0 through three innings, the Trail Blazers clawed within 4-3 heading to the bottom of the sixth, only to see the Jaguars score four times and…

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Scoreboard for Saturday, March 26

Prep baseball At Ferd Niemann Jr. Memorial Ballfield, Quincy QHS, Springfield split doubleheader. Click here for the story and photos. At Darrell Davis Field, Fulton, Mo. QND takes two at Fulton Slam. Click here for the story. At Pittsfield, Ill. Pittsfield 15, Southeastern 4: The Saukees scored in each of the first four innings and…

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Scoreboard for Thursday, March 17

Girls soccer At Advance Physical Therapy Field, Quincy Quincy Notre Dame 8, Williamsville 0: The Raiders scored six goals in the first half and invoked the mercy rule in the second half. Freshman forward Annie Eaton recorded her first career hat trick, scoring the first three QND goals. Junior forward Lia Quintero scored the next…

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Scoreboard for Monday, March 14

College baseball At Weber Field, St. Louis Quincy University 9, Maryville 1: The Hawks ended a season-opening 14-game road trip with one of the best performances to date and won their first series of the season in the process. Senior right-hander Jay Hammel allowed one run and struck out nine over six innings and turned…

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Scoreboard for Sunday, March 13

College baseball At Weber Field, St. Louis Quincy University 8, Maryville 7: Joe Roscetti’s two-out, two-run triple in the top of the eighth inning gave the Hawks the lead, and left-hander Sam Stephens closed the door on the non-conference victory in the first game of a doubleheader. The Hawks built a 6-1 lead on the…

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Scoreboard for Sunday, February 20

College baseball At Warren Turner Field, Joplin, Mo. Quincy University 6, Missouri Western 5: Trailing 4-2 entering the ninth inning, the Hawks engineered a two-run rally to force extra innings, then scored twice in the top of the 10th to give Matt Schissel his first victory as QU’s coach. A pair of walks and a…

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