Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

KCC splits with Southeastern again

The Kirkwood baseball team split a doubleheader with Southeastern Community College Saturday for the second straight day.

The Eagles walloped SCC, 11-2, in the first game. Southeastern returned the favor in the nightcap, 12-1.

Jamison Steege pitched a complete game for Kirkwood in the opener. He allowed only four hits and one earned run with five strikeouts.

Sulliam Rios Reyes went 4-for-4 for the Eagles in the first game. Matt Paciello went 3-for-4. Eric Schenck-Joblinske and Angel Merced were 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Milton Croes drove in two runs.

Kirkwood collected only three hits in the second game.

The split left the Eagles at 29-16 overall and 13-11 in the conference. Southeastern is 36-18 overall and 19-7 in the league.

KCC baseball splits with Southeastern

WEST BURLINGTON - Will Ross pitched a strong game Friday as Kirkwood defeated Southeastern Community College, 4-2, in the second game of an ICCAC conference doubleheader in West Burlington.

Southeastern won the first game, 5-4.

Ross allowed two earned runs in six innings. Randy Perez pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the save. Perez and Sulliam Rios Reyes went 2-for-3 for the Eagles in the second game.

Cale Henke allowed only three earned runs in eight innings in the first game for Kirkwood. Eric Schenck-Joblinske went 2-for-4 with a double and triple. Matt Paciello and Shawn Hagarty had two hits and Angel Merced drove in two runs.

Kirkwood raised its records to 28-15 overall and 12-10 in the league. Southeastern raised its marks to 35-17 overall and 18-6. Southeastern is in first place in the conference.

Eagles split with No. 7 Heartland

NORMAL, Ill. - The Kirkwood Eagles split a non-conference doubleheader with seventh-ranked Heartland Monday in Normal, Ill.

Keaton Blackford pitched a strong game as Kirkwood won the opener, 6-2.

Heartland took the nightcap, 6-5.

Blackford tossed six innings in the first game. He allowed only four hits and one run, with four strikeouts and four walks.

Angel Merced drove in two runs, Sulliam Rios Reyes went 2-for-4 and Eric Schenck-Joblinske scored two runs.

Tyler Butz, Zach Patterson and Merced had two hits in the second game. Butz hit a home run for Kirkwood (27-14)

Xavier graduate Corbin Woods went 2-for-5 in the twinbill for Heartland (32-10) with a double and two RBIs.

No.4 Eagles clinch softball title

The fourth-ranked Kirkwood softball team split a doubleheader with Iowa Central Saturday and clinched the ICCAC conference title.

Iowa Central won the first game, 6-3, and the Eagles rolled in the nightcap, 18-0.

The split left Kirkwood with a 22-2 record in the conference and made it impossible for DMACC (22-6) to catch the Eagles in the standings. Kirkwood was supposed to play a doubleheader against Ellsworth Sunday, but those games were rained out.

Even if the twinbill against Ellsworth is made up this week, the worst Kirkwood could finish in the league is 22-4 because a previously postponed doubleheader against NIACC will not be played this season.

Jenna Schulte went 3-for-4 with a home run, drove in four runs and scored three times for Kirkwood in the second game against Iowa Central. Chasney Jenkins went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and four runs. Brianna Farley was 3-for-4 and scored three times.

Natalie Clark went 3-for-3 with a home and two RBIs. Brooke Prior drove in two runs. Sam Belz (22-4, 1.36 ERA) pitched a five-hit shutout with seven strikeouts.

Alicia Crivaro hit a home run and drove in two runs for Kirkwood in the first game. Shy Saladino (22-1, 1.26 ERA) suffered her first loss of the season.

Kirkwood is 49-6 overall. The loss in the first game Saturday snapped a 25-game winning streak.

Eagles top NIACC in 14 innings

Angel Merced drove in Zach Patterson with the winning run in the bottom of the 14th inning Saturday as Kirkwood outlasted NIACC, 3-2, in the first game of a conference doubleheader at Kirkwood.

NIACC claimed the second game, 7-3.

Merced hit a shot over the left-fielder's head to win the opener for Kirkwood. Will Ross pitched the first eight innings for the Eagles and allowed two runs. Randy Perez tossed the final six innings and sparkled in relief, allowing only one hit with 10 strikeouts.

Perez and Sulliam Rios Reyes went 3-for-6 in the first game. Patterson and Merced had two hits.

Matt Paciello collected two hits for Kirkwood in the second game.

The split left Kirkwood at 26-13 overall and 11-9 in the league. NIACC stands at 20-27 and 8-16. Kirkwood won the weekend series, 3-1.

KCC golfers win Scot-Fire title

GALESBURG, Ill. - The Kirkwood golf team won the Scot-Fire Invitational Saturday at the Soangetaha Country Club.

The Eagles finished with a 36-hole score of 589, five strokes better than Monmouth College in the 14-team field.

Ryan Palser of Kirkwood placed second at 1-over-par 143 with rounds of 71 and 72. Nathan Chilcott of Kirkwood tied for fourth at 3-over 145.

KIRKWOOD: Ryan Palser 71-72=143, Nathan Chilcott 71-74=145, Blaine Buhr 75-77=152, Sheldon Gryp 79-76=155, Ben Jones 73-83=156.

KCC softball streak reaches 25

MARSHALLTOWN - The Kirkwood Eagles ran their winning streak to 25 games Friday by sweeping an ICCAC softball doubleheader at Marshalltown, 2-1 and 9-1.

The fourth-ranked Eagles raised their records to 48-5 overall and 21-1 in the league.

Shy Saladino tossed a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts in the first game for Kirkwood. Tara Walls and Jenna Schulte collected RBIs. Walls and Natalie Clark scored runs.

Saladino pitched all five innings in the second game for another victory in the circle. Walls went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Erin Weno was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Alicia Crivaro hit a home run and drove in two runs.

Marshalltown fell to 28-16 overall and 14-10 in the league.

KCC golfers lead Scot-Fire Classic

MONMOUTH, Ill. - Nathan Chilcott and Ryan Palser fired even-par 71's Friday as the Kirkwood Eagles grabbed the opening-day lead at the Scot-Fire Classic at Gibson Woods Golf Course.

Kirkwood leads the tournament with a four-man score of 290 after 18 holes.

Alec Meyer of the College of DuPage set the pace with a 2-under 69.

Team Standings

1. Kirkwood 290, 2. Black Hawk College 295, 3. Monmouth 299, 4. Parkland 301, 5. College of DuPage 303, 6. Augustana (Ill.) 305, 7. Illinois Central 308.

KIRKWOOD: Nathan Chilcott 71, Ryan Palser 71, Ben Jones 73, Blaine Buhr 75, Sheldon Gryp 79.

Kirkwood baseball team sweeps NIACC

The surging Kirkwood Eagles swept a doubleheader from NIACC Friday at the Kirkwood diamond, 7-5 and 12-1.

The Eagles began the ICCAC campaign with four straight losses, but they have rallied and are now 10-8 in the conference and 25-12 overall.

Zach Patterson and Nick Jones had two hits for Kirkwood in the opener. Sulliam Rios Reyes drove in two runs and Milton Croes slugged a home run. Cale Henke pitched seven innings for the victory.

The Eagles unleashed an 18-hit attack in the second game despite batting only four times in the five-inning game. The Eagles scored five runs in the third inning and five more runs in the fourth and won the game by the mercy rule.

Patterson went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the second game. Rios Reyes was 2-for-4. Eric Schenck-Joblinske went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Matt Paciello was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and Randy Perez was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Jones had two more hits. Jamison Steege pitched a complete, allowing three hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

NIACC fell to 19-26 overall and 7-15 in the league.