2006-07 No. 38 - May 30, 2007

SPRING SPORTS

Baseball (49-7, 19-1 PSAC East)

Last Week’s Action 

         FRI 5/25-SUN 5/27 — NCAA Championships (at Montgomery, AL)

         FRI  5/25 — Nebraska-Omaha 5, Kutztown 4 (10 innings) — Nebraska-Omaha hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat Kutztown in game one of the NCAA Division II World Series at Riverwalk Stadium.  The home run capped a see-saw battle that featured five lead changes.  Both teams twice battled from behind, with the Mavericks getting the final punch in the 10th.  Kutztown trailed 4-3 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. With runners at first and third and two outs, Nate Kranz (so. Silver Spring/Cumberland Valley) laced a line drive into right field to tie the score.  Matt Keller (sr. Fleetwood/Fleetwood) took the loss (6-2), throwing three innings of relief.  Jason Mills (sr. Hatfield/North Penn) started, striking out three over the first six innings.  Ryan Loper (sr. Boiling Springs/Cumberland Valley) was 3-for-5.  Kranz and Mike McCardell (sr. West Chester/Henderson) had two hits apiece.

SUN 5/27 — Cal State-Los Angeles 4, Kutztown 1 — Kutztown was eliminated from the Division II College World Series with a  4-1 loss to California State-Los Angeles Sunday afternoon.  The loss brings an end to Kutztown’s record-breaking season, in which KU set school and conference records for wins (49).  KU ends the year with a 49-7 record.  The game was a pitchers’ duel for the first six innings, as KU hurler McCardell and CSULA’s pitcher blanked the opposing batters.  In the top of the seventh, the Golden Eagles’ scored two runs on a home run.  The Eagles added two insurance runs in the ninth inning.  Kutztown scored its lone run in the bottom of the ninth.  Garrison Rausch (jr. Allentown/Parkland), who was 3-for-4, tripled and scored on Mike Kacelowicz’s (fr. Orwigsburg/Blue Mountain) groundout.  McCardell (7-3) took the loss, going eight innings, allowing six hits and four runs.  He struck out seven.  Philip Rummel (jr. Exeter/West-Mont Christian) relieved him in the ninth, allowing one hit.  Craig was 3-for-4 and Bond added a pair of hits

Upcoming Action

Season Complete 

Outdoor Track and Field

Last Week’s Action

THU 5/24-SAT 5/26  — at NCAA Championships  (at Charlotte, NC)

Women: t-58th/62 — Kutztown University sent three athletes to the NCAA Division II Championships, hosted by Johnson C. Smith University.  Desiree Bower (sr. Bethel/Tulpehocken) completed her collegiate career in style, earning All-America honors.  She placed eighth in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, with a time of 10:56.19.   It is Bower's first career All-America honor, earned in the senior's final collegiate race.  Bower set KU's school record in the event in the preliminaries on Thursday, with a time of 10:55.36.  Bower's eight-place finish earns Kutztown one point in the team standings.  KU finished tied for 58th out of 62 teams who scored team points.  Renee Marchand (sr. Hawley/Wallenpaupack) finished with 4,669 points in the heptathlon for 11th place.  She was less than 100 points from eighth placeStephanie Williams (jr. Harrisburg/Riverside) placed seventh in her heat of the women's 5,000-meter run. her time of 17:50.42 was less that three seconds behind the last qualifier for Saturday's finals (17:48.07). 

Men: no team score — Steve Tyson (jr. Bridgeport/Upper Merion) placed 11th in the men’s shot put at the NCAA Championships.  Tyson recorded a shot put of 53-1 3/4.

Upcoming Action

Season Complete

this is the final Golden Bear Roundup for the 2006-07 School Year.