Posts Tagged ‘Quincy University baseball’
QU’s Walker named to ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division II Gold Glove team
QUINCY — Quincy University pitcher Spencer Walker was named a member of the NCAA Division II Gold Glove team by the American Baseball Coaches Association on Wednesday, June 22. Walker started in 15 games, compiling a 10-1 record with a 3.32 ERA. He struck out 85 hitters in 100 1/3 innings pitched. While fielding his…
Read More‘It’s his show now’: Rabe stays out of way as Schissel continues success with QU baseball program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Josh Rabe wasn’t about to miss this. His baseball team usually is still playing in late May. This year’s squad had an important doubleheader to play on Saturday morning … in an under-8 tournament. Rabe now coaches his oldest son’s team, the Mayhem. Oh, that Quincy University baseball team, which Rabe guided…
Read More‘It’s like a punch in the face’: Hawks miss opportunities in eighth and ninth, come up short in Super Regional
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Missed it by THAT much. The Quincy University baseball team had the tying and go-ahead runs on base in the eighth inning of the deciding game, and it had the tying runs on base in the ninth inning. In each instance, the Hawks couldn’t come up with the biggest hit of the…
Read More20/20 Vision: Hawks score early, often and plenty to get within one victory of NCAA Division II World Series
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It would appear the Quincy University baseball team tore the cover off the ball when taking a first glance at the boxscore from Friday afternoon’s 20-6 victory over Illinois-Springfield in the NCAA Division II Super Regional. Sixteen runs in the first four innings. Twenty hits, six of them for extra bases. It…
Read MoreLogsdon becomes QU’s all-time leader in homers, RBIs during best game of college career
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Baseball, Lance Logsdon says, can be a humbling game. The first baseman on Quincy University’s baseball team suffered through a three-week stretch earlier this month during which he hit no home runs and drove in just four runs in 11 games. “(Baseball) can come back and bite you in the ass,” Logsdon…
Read MoreWalker bounces back from disaster in regional to quiet powerful Illinois-Springfield lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Spencer Walker and Matt Schissel learned the best way to deal with last week’s disastrous ninth inning was to ignore it. Walker, a senior right-handed pitcher from Mapleton, kept one of NCAA Division II’s most prolific offenses in check for seven innings on Friday during the Quincy University baseball team’s 20-6 victory…
Read MoreNapleton clubs 13th home run, but Hawks strand 16 in loss to Indianapolis
QUINCY — The Quincy University baseball team had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Lance Logsdon struck out to end the game in a 5-3 loss on Saturday afternoon to the University of Indianapolis in a Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball game. The Hawks (18-16), who also left the bases…
Read MoreAlumni game, golf outing and social gathering all part of QU baseball alumni weekend
QUINCY — The Quincy University baseball program will host its annual golf outing at Spring Lake Country Club on Oct. 23, and this year it will be coupled with a full weekend of events. The weekend kicks off with the alumni game on Oct. 22 at QU Stadium, with the first pitch scheduled for 6…
Read MoreThree Quincy Gems infielders receive Prospect League postseason honors
QUINCY — The Quincy Gems infield proved to be as good as any in the Prospect League. Three of the four infield positions on the league’s West Conference all-star team were Gems as first baseman Jake Skrine, shortstop Gino D’Alessio and third baseman Matt Schark earned postseason accolades. Skrine, a junior from Indiana University, finished…
Read MoreAll-star appearance in Kauffman Stadium highlights return to field for Hawks’ Voth
QUINCY — Near the midpoint of this summer’s Ban Johnson League collegiate wood-bat schedule, the coach of the Kansas City Knights revealed to his players the details for an end-of-the-year all-star game. The top 36 hitters in the final league statistics would be invited to play in the showcase game at Kauffman Stadium, home of…
Read MoreConerly’s summer in Cape Cod League is next step in broadcasting career
SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. — The moment required subtlety and restraint. Will Conerly understood that. As Harwich Mariners second baseman Hal Hughes rounded the bases after hitting a solo home run, Conerly allowed his play-by-play voice to fade and the television audience to soak in the picture. Mickey Tettleton, the former major league catcher and analyst…
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