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Tennis: Men’s team wins Summit League Championship
The men’s tennis team last Saturday won the Summit League title for the third year in a row, defeating IUPUI 4-0 at Fort Wayne, Ind. The ’Roos did not lose a match. In singles play, Grant Fleming beat Jake Heddering 6-1, 6-1. Andrey Smirnov beat Deon Shaver 6-3, 6-1, and Conner Edwards beat Armaan Choudhary 6-1, 6-1. The UMKC doubles teams of Fleming and Abdul Alawadhi, and Edwards and David Heckler both gained 8-4 victories to win the doubles point. The championship gives the ’Roos a spot in the NCAA tournament. The team is still waiting to learn where it will begin the national tournament At the pre-championship banquet Thursday night, Alawadhi, Fleming, Nino Hasandedic and Tomas Patino were named to the All-Summit team. The ’Roos finished with a record of 13-10 and entered the … Read entire article »
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New coach, new court, new conference: Team looks to rebound after conference tournament loss
The UMKC basketball season ended last week after a 69-58 conference tournament loss to North Dakota State on March 10. Trinity Hall led the team with 14 points, and Brad Reid led with seven rebounds. The ’Roos also suffered a 71-34 away game loss to North Dakota State on Jan. 31 and a 63-44 home loss on Jan. 5. The Bison lost against conference champion South Dakota State on March 12. For the ’Roos, a new era awaits the men’s basketball team in the 2014 season. The team will play on a new court with a new coach in a new conference. Tim Hall, UMKC Athletics Director, announced last Tuesday that Head Coach Matt Brown, who led the ’Roos for six seasons, was dismissed with a year remaining in his contract. Despite his losing record, Hall … Read entire article »
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Women’s Basketball: ’Roos end regular season with 68-41 loss
The ’Roos fell 68-41 to the Omaha Mavericks in last Saturday’s away game. Head Coach Marsha Frese’s first regular season ended 9-20 overall and 5-11 in the Summit League. Last season, the ’Roos finished 20-10 and 11-7. The ’Roos will now enter the Summit League Tournament as the No. 7 seed, out of eight teams. UMKC will face No. 2-seed Indianapolis at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D. The ’Roos have already lost twice to the Jaguars this season: 47-33 on Feb. 23 at UMKC, and 47-46 on Jan. 24 in Indianapolis. As usual, junior Eilise O’Connor shined on the court, racking up eight points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Lexis Hardiek led the team with 11 points. Emile Blakesley led with eight rebounds and also scored eight points. “There isn’t much to … Read entire article »
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Women’s Basketball: Amid blizzards, an avalanche for the ‘Roos
Saturday’s 47-33 home loss to Indianapolis is another disappointment for a struggling team. The ’Roos now stand 9-19 for the season and 5-10 in the Summit League. Saturday’s loss follows a 63-38 blowout loss to Western Illinois at Swinney Recreation Center on Thursday. Home court advantage has not panned out for the ’Roos. In January away games, the team edged out Western Illinois for a narrow 51-50 victory while losing 47-46 to Indianapolis. Eilise O’Connor led the team on Saturday with 10 points. Hailey Houser led with six rebounds. O’Connor also led Thursday’s game with 17 points. Emile Blakesley led with eight rebounds. The ’Roos will travel to Omaha on March 2, where the team will play its last regular season game. nzoschke@unews.com … Read entire article »
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Men’s Basketball: Roos lose to Fort Wayne, Oakland
The ’Roos suffered an 86-74 home defeat to Oakland last Saturday, giving the powerhouse team its seventh straight victory and 15th overall win. UMKC made 50 percent of its shots from the field, slightly better than the Grizzlies’ possessive 49.1 percent. But a 35-25 rebound lead and 13 more successful free throws delivered the victory to the Grizzlies. Nelson Kirksey and Thomas Staton led the ’Roos in scoring with 18 and 17 points, respectively. But the ’Roos got slammed by Oakland’s Travis Bader, who racked up 29 points and eight rebounds. The Fort Wayne Mastodons scored a 65-60 victory over the ’Roos on Thursday at Swinney Recreation Center. Kansas City only made four of 24 three-point shots and were just eight of 16 from the free-throw line. Trinity Hall and Estan Tyler led in scoring, with … Read entire article »
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KC Chiefs: an unhealthy relationship?
According to Mental Health America, co-dependency is an “emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship.” Symptoms include “chronic anger, an unhealthy dependence on relationships” and “a tendency to confuse love and pity.” This accurately describes my, and I predict many others’, relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs. This feeling is not exclusive to professional sports. UMKC’s men’s basketball team likely has current fans experiencing similar unfortunate feelings. The Roos are in the midst of a losing season, suffering a nine-game losing streak late in 2012 and a poor conference record to top it off. For an unexplained reason, some people still turn out for these games, even with all hope for a chance in the postseason already lost What is it that drives a fan … Read entire article »
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Men’s basketball suffers second defeat to Omaha this season
The men’s basketball team fell 67-59 to the Omaha Mavericks last Saturday at Swinney Recreation Center. Thomas Staton and Brad Reid led the Roos with 12 points each. Reid grabbed a team-high 13 rebounds. Despite a 77-65 loss to Omaha on Dec. 31, Head Coach Matt Brown said he was “looking for a win on Saturday.” In his five years at UMKC, Brown has an overall record of 56-98. The team had a great disadvantage this season with four players injured at one time. Top scorer Trinity Hall was sidelined for three weeks with broken fingers. The 6’7 junior forward said he listened diligently at practice so he would know what Coach Brown was teaching his teammates. “I have been going to physical therapy everyday so I can heal faster and get back on the … 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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Men’s Basketball: Roos crushed by Seton Hall 75-36 in opener
The men’s basketball team started its 2012 season with a blowout loss to the Seton Hall Pirates 75-36 at South Orange, N.J. The Roos shot 15-for-48 from the field and 3-for-15 from the free-throw line. They also committed 20 turnovers, 5 by reserve guard Thomas Staton. The Pirates converted those 20 turnovers into 30 points. The Roos had only 6 assists, 4 of which came from sophomore starting point guard Estan Tyler. Junior Fred Chatmon, healthy again after missing several games last season and the entire 2010 season, led the team with 9 points off the bench. He also led the team with 8 rebounds while playing 18 minutes. The Pirates were led by Fuquan Edwin’s 16 points. The Roos trailed 34-22 at halftime. Junior Kirk Korver and Tyler led the team with 6 … Read entire article »
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