Duhawks picked to finish 3rdLoras looks to its youth after graduating 10 seniors in 2014

by Katie truesdale | sportswriterWith a season-ending loss to the Central Dutch,

the Duhawks ended their 2014 season with a record of 19-23 at fourth in the Iowa Conference.

the Duhawks will return to the diamond for the 2015 season in Auburndale, Florida on March 5 to compete in the RussMatt Central Florida invitation-al. The invitational starts off the Duhawks with a double header against Saint Marys University on opening day, then leads to four games over the next four days against MSOE, Beloit, Waynesburg and Wheaton.

The Iowa Conference preseason ranking have the Duhawks predicted to take 3rd in the conference this season, behind Buena Vista and Wartburg.

Iowa Conference play is scheduled to get under-way on March 20 and 21st with back-to-back double headers against the Simpson Storm. The Duhawks finished 1-3 against the Storm last season.

Despite the loss of ten seniors, the Duhawks have many strong returners to fill their shoes. All eyes are on senior Will Petrosky, who will headline as the Duhawks starting pitcher for the 2015 sea-son. The Duhawks have a total of eight pitchers on the roster including senior Adam Schwoebel and junior Patrick Walsh, who will be included in the rotation.

We lost a lot of great players last year, said head coach Carl Tebon. With that being said were returning both a lot of great position players along

with some great pitching. With every new year, we have to start playing games and see where we stand. Im looking forward to watching this team develop as the year progresses. We started practice Feb. 1 and have been working hard in the Graber facility. We are looking forward to getting outside this week.

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Flock of Duhawks earn All-Conference honorsTrack and field teams finish 4th at Iowa Conference Meet in Waverly

by Matthew Marter | sportswriterDespite fighting injuries in this indoor season, the Du-

hawks competed strongly in the Iowa Conference meet at Wartburg College this weekend. The mens and womens teams finished in fourth place as a whole, earning 91 points and 93 points respectively.

Still, the Duhawks couldnt help but cheer when the final event, the mens 4x400-meter relay was over, and they won the race! Leading off the relay was Junior Stedman Foster. After holding the Duhawks in fourth place during his leg, Foster handed it off to sophomore Brandon Gradoville, who held the team in fourth. Gradoville passed the baton to Se-nior Zac Gassman who proceeded to run the fastest leg of the relay at a 49.466. Gassman launched the Duhawks into second place with his performance and gave the baton to the final leg, Junior Zach Frey. He ended up passing Wartburg Colleges Daniel Bonthius, who suffered an injury in the first 50 meters of his 400. With that, Frey took the lead with Bue-na Vistas Brenna Dostal right on his tail. Frey moved with around 200 meters to go leaving Buena Vista in the dust and bringing the Duhawks in for the win with a time of 3:22.84. He had a few comments on the 4x400-relay.

The 4x4 was an electric race, he said. The Duhawks cheer crew exploded as they saw Frey take the lead. The crowd was phenomenal, and I could really feel the energy and adrenaline course through me as I ran. It was a great feeling to share the relay championship with my team-mates.

Frey also competed in the 800-meter run at Conference. There, he placed second and earned All-Conference honors along with several of his other teammates. He ran another indoor personal record of 1:53.60. With Nationals only two weeks away, Frey understands the importance of every step he makes on the track. Right now, Im right on the bubble of making it to Nationals, so the last chance meet will be criti-cal. [The 800 this weekend] was a great test, but ultimately I came up short of my goal of winning. But hes not giving up yet. I know I still have more in the tank and will go faster this week at the last chance [meet].

There were a number of athletes on the mens track team that earned All-Conference honors for their event. To earn

All-Conference, one must place within the top three of his or her event. Among them, senior Kyle Ward set a lifetime personal record in the 60 meter dash at 7.01 seconds earn-ing a second place finish. The 4x200-meter relay consist-ing of Gassman, Gradoville, Foster and Ward ran a time of 1:31.11, which is the fastest this season, finishing third place. The 4x800-meter relay finished second in the event running a time of 8:03.24. This team was made up of soph-omore OBrien Nugent, sophomore Nathan Kimbrell, soph-omore Tim Wittman, and junior Matthew Marter. In the field events, junior Devan Kennedy earned third place in pole vault with a height of 4.24 meters, and senior Nathan Maiers placed third in the weight throw with a mark of 16.65.

On the womens side, sophomore Elizabeth Brandenburg dominated in her events. She took first place in the pole vault clearing a height of 3.66 meters, a personal record for her. She placed second in the 60-meter hurdles running a time of 8.98 seconds in her preliminary heat, then she dropped to 8.89 seconds in the finals. She also earned All-Conference in the 4x200-meter relay along with Junior Bree Powers, sophomore Alexis Hanson, and first-year Alyssa Simon. Ju-nior Maggie Saenz-Ruiz, running her first race of indoors this year due to an injury that carried over from her cross country season, took third place in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 18:37.53.

On the field, senior Shay Coleman placed second overall in triple jump with a jump of 10.91 meters. Senior Morgan Steere also took second place in the shot put with a throw of 13.00 meters.

A few Duhawks will be competing in last chance meets to qualify for Nationals. These include Zach Frey, Elizabeth Brandenburg, and Morgan Steere.

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baseball

2014 baseball season statisticsBatting

Player ............... G h rbi hr slg% ob% avgPatrick Walsh .........41 53 29 1 .423 .400 .356Spence Bonner ......28 30 6 0 .352 .402 .330Niko Andriotis* ..... 36 30 19 1 .413 .383 .288Eric DeSousa* ....... 39 33 17 3 .385 .348 .282Nick Battalini* ...... 32 28 18 1 .408 .339 .272Mike Pudlo* .......... 42 42 22 1 .381 .352 .271Anthony Flattery ....15 10 2 0 .270 .356 .270Alex Rodriguez* .....41 32 15 1 .361 .311 .269Mark Jablonski* ... 35 30 15 1 .328 .272 .234Tony Heiser........... 23 14 7 0 .300 .303 .233Cole Reeg ...............17 11 5 1 .347 .264 .224Danny Fahlgren .... 39 25 15 1 .281 .316 .219Totals ....................42 351 182 13 .358 .339 .269

PitchingPlayer .......... app-gs ip w-l bb so avg eraJake Norton* ........ 10-8 45.2 2-4 7 31 .325 2.37Patrick Walsh ..........9-8 46.2 4-4 14 34 .297 4.04Jeremy Gerardy .... 16-2 34.1 2-3 20 32 .307 4.98Miles Canady* ........11-2 31.2 2-2 13 16 .302 5.12Matt Kass .............. 10-2 22.2 2-0 7 15 .337 5.16Adam Schwoebel... 13-8 53.1 3-4 17 41 .322 5.23Will Petrosky ........13-10 52.0 3-6 28 55 .262 5.54Kody Massner .........8-2 15.2 1-0 9 8 .392 9.20Totals .................... 42 326.0 19-23 133 241 .312 5.02

(*Player graduated)

n Baseball vs. St. Marys (MN) (DH) in Auburndale, FL, 11:30 a.m.

n Softball vs. St. Catherines (DH) in Minneapolis, 1:30 p.m.

n Baseball vs. MSOE in Auburndale, FL, 1:30 p.m.

n Mens tennis at UW-Eau Claire, 6 p.m.

n Mens volleyball at IPFW, 7 p.m.

n Softball vs. Crown (DH) in Minneapolis, 1:30 p.m.n Baseball vs. Beloit in Auburndale, FL, 3 p.m.

n Baseball vs. Waynesburg in Auburndale, FL, noon.

n Baseball vs. Wheaton in Auburndale, FL, 8:30 a.m.

n No events scheduled.

n Mens volleyball at Benedictine, 7 p.m.

sports calendarthursday, March 5th Friday, March 6th saturday, March 7th sunday, March 8th Monday, March 9th tuesday, March 10th wednesday, March 11th

the 4x4 was an electric race. the crowd was phenomenal, and i could really feel the energy and adrenaline course through me as i ran. it was a great feeling to share the relay championship with my teammates.

Zach Frey,Junior runner,,

iowa Conference indoor ChampionshipMen

Team scores 1. Central 176. 1. Wartburg 176. 3. Dubuque 131. 4. Loras 91. 5. Coe 63. 6. Luther 44.

7. Buena Vista 32. 8. Simpson 27.

Top 5 finishersName ....................................Event Place FinishKyle Ward ............................................ 60 dash 2nd 7.01Zac Gassman ......................................200 dash 5th 22.86Stedman Foster ..................................400 dash 5th 50.80Zach Frey .............................................800 run 2nd 1:53.60Steve Loran ........................................5000 run 5th 15:18.58Gassman, Gradoville, Ward, Foster ..................................4x200 relay 3rd 1:31.11Foster, Gradoville, Gassman, Frey ...............................4x400 relay 1st 3:22.84Nugent, Marter, Kimbrell, Wittman ........................ 4x800 relay 2nd 8:03.24Marter, Lally, Wittman, Sevcik ..................... Distance medley 4th 10:34.52Devan Kennedy .................................Pole vault 3rd 4.24mNathan Maiers ............................Weight throw 3rd 16.65mDevan Kennedy .............................. Heptathlon 5th 4273

WomenTeam scores 1. Wartburg 220. 2. Central College 153. 3.

Dubuque 98. 4. Loras 93. 5. Luther 86.5. 6. Coe 34. 7. Simpson 30.5. 8. Buena Vista 25.

Top 5 finishersName .................................. Event Place FinishMaggie Saenz-Ruiz ..........................5000 run 3rd 18:37.53Elizabeth Brandenburg ..........................60 hurdles 2nd 8.89Powers, Hanson, Brandenburg, Simon............................4x200 relay 3rd 1:45.61Hanson, Ney, Hasson, Powers ....................................4x400 relay 4th 4:08.39Brokaw, Kennedy Sotelo, Hilby ..........................................4x800 relay 5th 10:07.35Hilby, Kennedy, Schoel, Brokaw .............................Distance medley 5th 13:06.04Elizabeth Brandenburg ............................Pole vault 1st 3.66mAmy Gladis ................................................Pole vault 5th 3.11mAmelia Acompanado..............................Long jump 4th 5.15mChalea Coleman .................................... Triple jump 2nd 10.91mMorgan Steere .............................................Shot put 2nd 13.00m Morgan Steere ....................................Weight throw 4th 15.37m