‘It’s his show now’: Rabe stays out of way as Schissel continues success with QU baseball program

Quincy University Matt Schissel looks into the dugout during Saturday's doubleheader against Illinois-Springfield. | Photo courtesy of Max Bennett

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…

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‘It’s like a punch in the face’: Hawks miss opportunities in eighth and ninth, come up short in Super Regional

Quincy University catcher Luke Napleton shows the ball to home plate umpire Scott Wyckoff after tagging Nick Meyerhofer at home plate in the fourth inning of Saturday's game. | Photo courtesy of Clay Stalter, University of Illinois-Springfield

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…

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20/20 Vision: Hawks score early, often and plenty to get within one victory of NCAA Division II World Series

Quincy University's Gino D'Alessio, left, and Dayson Croes celebrate after scoring on Lance Logsdon's double in the fourth inning of Friday's NCAA Division II Super Regional game at the University of Illinois-Springfield. | Photo courtesy of Max Bennett

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…

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Logsdon becomes QU’s all-time leader in homers, RBIs during best game of college career

Quincy University's Lance Logsdon hits a two-run single in the first inning of Friday''s game against Illinois-Springfield. | Photo courtesy of Max Bennett

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…

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Walker bounces back from disaster in regional to quiet powerful Illinois-Springfield lineup

Quincy University's Spencer Walker throws a pitch during Friday's game against Illinois-Springfield. | Photo courtesy of Max Bennett

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…

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Alumni game, golf outing and social gathering all part of QU baseball alumni weekend

Former Quincy University baseball players gather for a picture with former baseball coach (and now athletic director) Josh Rabe during a game. Photo courtesy of Quincy University

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…

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Three Quincy Gems infielders receive Prospect League postseason honors

Three Quincy Gems infielders — from left to right, first baseman Jake Skrine, shortstop Gino D'Alessio and third baseman Matt Schark — received 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…

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All-star appearance in Kauffman Stadium highlights return to field for Hawks’ Voth

Logan Voth, a Mendon native and redshirt sophomore on the Quincy University baseball team, played in the Ban Johnson League all-star game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., representing the Kansas City Knights. Photo courtesy Cody Thorn

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…

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