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Softball finishes season with tournament championship split
The ‘Roos women’s softball team clinched their third straight Summit League tournament berth by splitting a Sunday doubleheader at home against league rival South Dakota State. UMKC lost the opener 11-7 but took the second game 5-4. The split leaves the ‘Roos with a league record of 6-7, good enough for the fourth seed in the tournament Thursday through Saturday at Fargo, N.D. They will open up against North Dakota State, the host and top seed. info@unews.com … Read entire article »
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Player Profile: Deanna Friese wins eighth ‘Pitcher of the Week’
Senior softball pitcher Deanna Friese on April 8 was named the Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the eighth time in her career. On the previous weekend, Friese went 1-1 against the Omaha Mavericks, accumulating19 strikeouts while yielding nine walks, six hits and two earned runs in 17 innings. She finished the weekend with a 0.82 earned run average. Friese has also accumulated the best strikeout ratop in UMKC history, with 9.93 strikeouts per seven innings in 2010. She won the Summit League Pitcher of the Year in 2011. She improved her 2013 record to 11-9 by going the last three innings of the second game of a 5-4, 4-3 doubleheader sweep of IUPUI on Sunday at Franklin, Ind. In the first game, Friese pitched seven innings and struck out 14, one … Read entire article »
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Women’s Basketball: ‘Roos one and done in Summit league tornament with loss to Indianapolis
The women’s basketball team, which last season reached the championship game of the Summit League Championship, this time was knocked out in the first round with a 59-47 loss Saturday to second-seeded IUPUI at Sioux Falls, S.D. This marked the Roos’ third loss this season to the Jaguars and their farewell appearance in the Summit League before starting play in the Western Athletic Conference next season. Kansas City, the tournament’s seventh seed, also lost this season to IUPUI 47-46 at Indianapolis and 47-33 at home. “It was a hard game, this is a team whose style is dramatically different from us, which made it harder for us” said Coach Marsha Frese. “They are a great team, they like to get to the basket and run as much as they can.” Before the tournament … Read entire article »
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Men’s Tennis: Team Toughened up for conference play
UMKC’s men’s tennis team defeated Oral Roberts 4-0 last Sunday at the Carriage Club in a match that was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The Roos have started slowly with a 2-7 non-conference record. “It is all my fault,” Coach Kendell Hale acknowledged. “I scheduled very tough non-conference games.” Hale claimed there is no reason to panic, though. “We are known for our slow starts” he said. “I am pretty sure we will do great in the conference.” In 2012, the squad overcame numerous injuries early in the season and captured a share of a third consecutive regular-season Summit League title. Hale seems confident his team will succeed again. “The big thing is unity, coming together as a team,” he said. “This is an individual sport played in a team format.” Despite the team’s record, some players have … Read entire article »
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A ‘new era’ for UMKC: UMKC to join the Western Athletic Conference
UMKC announced last week that it will join the Western Athletic Conference next fall. After 19 years in the Summit League, UMKC will face a new slate of NCAA Division I teams: Cal State- Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Idaho, New Mexico State, Seattle, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley. “We are excited about this new era in UMKC Athletics,” Director of Athletics Tim Hall said in a statement. A press conference with UMKC and WAC officials will be held Thursday, Feb. 14. WAC Interim Commissioner Jeff Hurd said he was “extremely pleased with the addition of UMKC to the WAC family.” “It not only solidifies our membership for the 2013-’14 season, but also gives us a strong core of institutions that will help the WAC reestablish itself as a top Division I conference,” Hurd … Read entire article »
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‘A season of ups and downs’: Eilise O’Connor leads the Roos’ recovery
The Roos’ 62-61 home loss to South Dakota State on Saturday came as a disappointment after Thursday’s 62-60 win against North Dakota State. The good news is that the team’s scoring and defense have improved since the Roos’ 82-47 and 59-48 away losses to those two teams, respectively, on Jan. 3 and 5. A “season of ups and downs” is how Head Coach Marsha Frese described her team’s play during her first season with UMKC. Last year, the Roos were the No. 3 seed in the Summit League and made it all the way to the conference final. This has been a new era for the team after several seniors graduated and Frese took charge. “The ups and downs have contributed to our team’s youth and inexperience,” Frese said. Another factor is Kim Nezianya’s injury, which … Read entire article »
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Teams get back on the right track
The men’s and women’s basketball teams both showed signs of breaking out of prolonged dry spells with victories over Summit League rival Fort Wayne. The men concluded a successful three-game road swing with a 63-59 victory at Fort Wayne, Ind., on Saturday. In his second game back from injury, Trinity Hall hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to put the Roos ahead by four points and assure the win. Two victories on their trip boosted the Roos’ record to 6-14, including 3-5 in the Summit League. The Roos decisively turned up their defensive pressure by holding the Mastodons without a field goal for the final 5:15. With the score tied at 59, but Fred Chatmon hit a layup with 3:25 left to give Kansas City the lead for good. Sophomore point … Read entire article »
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Women’s Basketball: 4-5 team falters in scoring,defense
Marsha Frese, the new women’s basketball coach, took over a program with lofty expectations despite an almost entirely new squad. The team currently sits 4-5 and the roster of 12 includes eight players who, prior to this season, had one Division I start between them. Along with those newcomers are three returning starters, Ashli Hill and captains Eilise O’Connor and Kim Nezianya. “It’s great,” said Frese, a long-time assistant. “It’s everything I expected, and then some. It’s just nice after many years of what I thought was paying my dues, just to have this opportunity to implement a lot of my own philosophy and things I have been working on over the years.” Last year’s team went 22-12 and averaged 72 points a game while holding opponents to 66 points a game. That is part … Read entire article »
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Player Profile: Kim Nezianya-Social butterfly is a beast on the court
Senior Kim Nezianya is 6 feet tall, but has very small feet. She is a starting forward and captain for the women’s basketball team and is also the leading scorer. She is heavily involved on campus as a member of the African-American Student Union, The African Student Cultural Organization, the Pre- Pharmacy Society and a member of the Krimson Kourt, an affiliate of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. “I’m kind of all over the place,” Nezianya said. “I’m a little social butterfly.” While she may be a butterfly off the court, Nezianya is a beast on the court. Her 15.1 points a game are four points higher than her season average last year and rank second in the Summit League. Her 6.7 rebounds a game rank 5th in the league and her 47 percent … Read entire article »
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Player Profile: Michael Oakley-Soccer player proves his success with two Summit League honors
Sophomore defender Michael Oakley has been recognized for his skills on the field and in the classroom. Along with sophomore defender Jordan Rideout and senior midfielder David Sarabia, Oakley was named first-team All-Summit League earlier this month. In addition, Oakley was the only Roo to receive the Summit League’s Academic All-League honors. “It is a real honor for me,” Oakley said. “It is nice to see that other coaches in the Summit League appreciate my hard work and I’m very thankful to be highly recognized in the conference.” With one game-winning goal, two assists and four points, Oakley has been an important player in Coach Rick Benben’s lineup. Oakley is accustomed to earning awards. As a four-year starter at Lee’s Summit North High School, he earned Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-State awards. He … Read entire article »
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