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Jacobs, Dufelmeier named All-Americans

Kianna Jacobs and Bianca Dufelmeier from the Kirkwood women's basketball team have been named NJCAA Division II All-Americans.

Jacobs, a 6-foot forward from Milwaukee, averaged 15.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

Dufelmeier, a 5-7 guard from Canberra, Australia, averaged 9.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists.

Kirkwood finished 28-5 this season and climbed as high as No.2 in the national rankings.

Tatge breaks KCC record for homers

Kayla Tatge broke the Kirkwood record for most home runs in a career Monday when she slugged her 37th roundtripper against the Mount Mercy junior varsity.

The seventh-ranked Eagles (28-3) swept the doubleheader, 8-0 and 18-0, at Kirkwood.

Tatge, a sophomore from Milan, Ill., hit 20 home runs last season and has 17 this season. She broke the old record of 36 career homers set last year by Nicole Fisher, who is currently a junior at the University of Northern Iowa.

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NIACC sweeps Kirkwood in baseball

MASON CITY - Todd Rima built a solid baseball program at NIACC before moving to Kirkwood as the head coach this season.

Too good, perhaps.

NIACC swept a conference doubleheader from the Eagles, 1-0 and 6-1, in Mason City Sunday.

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Belz, Saladino help Kirkwood roll along

Kirkwood freshmen Samantha Belz and Shyanne Saladino, commonly known around the ballpark as Sam and Shy, could be the No.1 pitcher for lots of junior college softball teams in Iowa and grab their share of the headlines.

The star pitcher at Kirkwood, however, is freshman Amber Logemann, a strikeout whiz who is being wooed by NCAA Division I teams who are aware of her string of no-hitters, one-hitters and double-digit strikeout performances.

If Logemann is 1A, then Belz is 1B and Saladino is 1C.

"We've got a pretty good staff," Coach Joe Yegge acknowledged Sunday after the seventh-ranked Eagles swept Iowa Lakes in an ICCAC doubleheader. "We're pretty fortunate to have them."

Logemann (10-3) tossed a two-hitter and fanned 13 batters as Kirkwood won the opener, 10-0, in five innings.

Belz and Saladino shared the pitching in the nightcap, just like they did at Davenport West, as the Eagles rolled 15-1 in five innings in the nightcap.

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