Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

KCC softball team wins 30th game

The Kirkwood Community College softball team raised its record to 30-5 on Saturday with a pair of victories at the Kirkwood field iin Cedar Rapids.

The 11th-ranked Eagles blanked Mount Mercy, 10-0, and trimmed Indian Hills, 3-1.

Sam Belz (14-4, 1.11 ERA) tossed a one-hitter with nine strikeouts in the victory over Mount Mercy. Shy Saladino (14-0, 0.85 ERA) pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts in the triumph over Indian Hills.

The Kirkwood pitchers did not walk a batter in either game.

Krysta Tutsch hit a home run and drove in three runs for the Eagles in the first game. Natalie Clark went 2-for-2 with a homer. Chasney Jenkins and Tara Walls were 2-for-3. Brittney Lash drove in two runs.

Walls, Lash and Erin Weno collected RBIs for Kirkwood in the 3-1 victory over Indian Hills.

Rima wins 400th game as Eagles split

Cale Henke pounded the strike zone Saturday and helped the Kirkwood Eagles split an ICCAC doubleheader with Ellsworth at the Kirkwood field in Cedar Rapids.

Henke struck out eight batters and allowed only one earned run as the Eagles topped Ellsworth, 8-2, in the first game of the twinbill.

Ellsworth (11-16, 5-3) took the second game, 6-2.

Kirkwood Coach Todd Rima won the 400th game of his career Saturday. He spent 11 years at NIACC and has been Kirkwood's head coach the past two seasons.

Henke threw 107 pitches in the seven-inning contest and 80 of them were strikes for a strike-to-ball ratio of 74.8 percent.

Angel Merced hit a home run and went 2-for-4 for Kirkwood (12-8, 1-5) in the first game. Sulliam Rios Reyes went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Zach Patterson was 2-for-3 and scored three runs. Nick Jones collected two RBIs.

Eric Schenck-Joblinske was 2-for-4 in both games for Kirkwood.

Kirkwood and Ellsworth will play another doubleheader Sunday at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids at 1 p.m.

KCC's Chilcott shares lead at Blue Top

RIVERSIDE —  Nathan Chilcott of Kirkwood Community College fired a 2-under-par 70 Saturday and shares the lead after the first round of the Blue Top Invitational at the Blue Top Ridge Golf and Resort in Riverside.

Chilcott, who is from Wales, is tied with Blake Mitchell of Iowa Wesleyan.

Ashford and Mount Mercy are tied for first place in the team standings at 293. Kirkwood is tied with AIB for third place at 296.

The final round is scheduled for Sunday.

Team Standings

1. (tie) Ashford 293, Mount Mercy Blue 293, 3. (tie) Kirkwood 296, AIB 296, 5. St. Xavier 302, 6. Purdue Calumet 316, 7. Iowa Wesleyan 317, 8. Mount Mercy Gold 322, 9. Clarke 324, 10. Roosevelt 331, 11. Benedict Springfield 334.

Kirkwood —  Nathan Chilcott 70, Ryan Palser 74, Sheldon Gryp 76, Blaine Buhr 76, Ben Jones 79.

Sweeting tosses 1-hitter for Kirkwood

David Sweeting pitched a one-hit shutout Thursday as the Kirkwood Community College Eagles blanked Marshalltown, 1-0, in the first game of a non-conference doubleheader at Kirkwood's Cedar Rapids campus.

Marshalltown won the second game, 5-0.

Sweeting, a sophomore from the Bahamas, struck out five batters and did not walk anyone in his third straight victory for the Eagles (11-7).

The first game was scoreless heading into the bottom of the seventh and last inning. Shawn Hagarty reached first base on an error, was bunted to second base and scored on an RBI single to right field by Matt Paciello.

Keaton Blackford took the loss in the second game for Kirkwood. He was reached for five runs (three earned) in six innings. The Eagles got only four hits in the game.

Weno shines as No.7 Eagles roll

CRESTON - Erin Weno enjoyed a truly memorable day with the Kirkwood softball team Monday.

Weno went 7-for-7 with two home runs and seven RBIs as the seventh-ranked Eagles swept an ICCAC doubleheader from Southwestern, 15-1 and 13-2, in Creston.

Went was 4-for-4 with two homers and six RBIs in the opener. She went 3-for-3 with another RBI in the second game.

Shy Saladino pitched a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the first game.

Chasney Jenkins went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the second game. Alicia Crivaro was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Sam Belz was the winning pitcher.

Kirkwood raised its records to 28-5 overall and 11-1 in the conference. Southwestern fell to 11-7 overall and 5-6 in the league.

KCC's Chilcott 4th at Eagle Classic

Nathan Chilcott of Kirkwood fired a 1-under-par 71 Monday and tied for fourth place at the Spring Eagle Classic at Hunters Ridge. Josh Bousman of Black Hawk Community College finished with a 36-hole score of 1-under 143 to claim individual honors.

Jacob Selander of Mount Mercy placed second at 148 and Jamie Booth of Mount Mercy was third at 150. Chilcott finished another stroke back at 151 after shooting an 80 on Sunday.

Tyler Gunderson of Coe tied for seventh with a 9-over 153.

Black Hawk won the title by seven shots over William Jewell. Kirkwood finished third. Coe tied the Kirkwood 'B' team for fourth place.

Team Standings

1. Black Hawk 609, 2. William Jewell 616, 3. Kirkwood 626, 4. (tie) Kirkwood 'B' 654; Coe 654, 6. Upper Iowa 681, 7. Coe 'B' 735, 8. Hawkeye 754.

Kirkwood

4. Nathan Chilcott 80-71=151, 13. Ben Jones 77-78=155, 18. Ryan Palser 80-79=159, 22. Sheldon Gryp 79-82=161, 39. Jon Calhoun 86-88=174.

Kirkwood 'B'

9. Blaine Buhr 78-76=154, 30. Brian Schreck 83-82=165, 31. Drew Slings 84-82=166, 32. Drew Digman 85-84=169, 38. Austin Buhrow 87-86=173.

Coe

7. Tyler Gunderson 78-75=153, 27. Kyle Boardman 79-84=163, 32. Mitch Moon 83-86=169, 32. Derek Nicholson 82-87=169, 46. Seth Inman 98-88=186.

Mount Mercy

2. Jacob Selander 72-76=148, 3. Jamie Booth 77-73=150, 7. Ryan Schrimper 77-76=153, 9. Levi Fink 76-78=154, 9. Jack South 74-80=154, 9. Jonny Jones

79-75=154.

Note: Mount Mercy did not compete as a team.

Black Hawk leads KCC golf tourney

Black Hawk Community College took an 11-stroke lead after the opening round of the Spring Eagle Classic at Hunters Ridge Golf Course Sunday.

Black Hawk stands at 299 entering Monday's final round. Williams Jewell is in second place (310), with the host Kirkwood Eagles third (316) and Coe fourth (322).

Josh Bousman of Black Hawk, Derek Peterson of William Jewell and Jacob Selander of Mount Mercy shared the first-round lead with even-par 72's.

Team Standings

1. Black Hawk 299, 2. William Jewell 310, 3. Kirkwood 316, 4. Coe 322, 5.Kirkwood 'B' 330, 6. Upper Iowa 356, 7. Coe 'B' 371, 8. Hawkeye 379.

Kirkwood - Ben Jones 77, Sheldon Gryp 79, Nathan Chilcott 80, Ryan Palser 80, Jon Calhoun 86.

Coe - Tyler Gunderson 78, Kyle Boardman 79, Derek Nicholson 82, Mitch Moon 83, Seth Inman 98.

Kirkwood 'B' - Blaine Buhr 78, Brian Schreck 83, Drew Slings 84, Drew Digman 85, Austin Buhrow 87.

Coe 'B' - Tim Palmer 87, Zach Stafford 93, Alex Higginbotham 94, Anthony Worden 98.

Mount Mercy - Jacob Selander 72, Jack South 74, Lucas Mulholland 77, Ryan Schrimper 77, Jamie Booth 77, Warren Bynee 79, Jonny Jones 79, Ben Franklin 80, Dalton Stevens 81.

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