May 13, 2005

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No. 4 Loyola advanced into the second round of the loser's bracket with a 5-2 triumph over No. 8 Youngstown State on Friday at a wet Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis. The contest was halted twice due to poor playing conditions.

The Penguins took an early 1-0 lead in the second on a Becky Hibner RBI-single, but the Ramblers knotted the game at 1-1 in the fourth on a Raven Gengler RBI-single down the left-field line. After YSU added a run in the fifth, Loyola scored four runs in the bottom half, including a Lindsay O'Gean two-RBU double to left field to push the Rambler lead to 5-2.

May 14, 2005

Butler dropped a 4-0 decision to 12th-seeded Kentucky Saturday afternoon in Lexington, Ky., in the first round of the NCAA Championships, ending the Bulldogs' season at 15-13. Kentucky (21-9), which hosted the NCAA regional and faced Butler in the opening round for the second straight season, advances to Sunday's Round of 32 match against No. 18 Florida State.

Kentucky secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 3 spots. The Wildcats used an explosive return game to put pressure on the Bulldogs' serves. Kentucky's Jesse Witten and Tigran Martirosyan, the sixth-ranked duo in the country, topped Butler's No. 1 team of Andy Bartish and James Low, 8-2. The Wildcats' Nate Emge and Alex Hume topped Butler's senior squad of Mike Weaver and Adam Bordow, 8-1, at the No. 3 spot.

Butler put up a fight at the top three singles spots. Low fought back from a break down in the first set against the third-ranked Witten to tie the match at 4-4 before Witten broke back and then served out the first set. He went on to take the second set and the match, 6-0.

On the second court, Bartish used an early break to jump out to a 3-0 lead against UK's Hume. Hume broke back and was able to fend off a set point from Bartish when the Butler junior held a 5-4 lead in the opening set. The duo held serve to set up a tiebreaker, which Hume captured, 7-0. He went on to take the clinching match with a 6-1 decision in the second set.

May 14, 2005

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Indianapolis, Ind. - After two days of competition and rain delays, the 2005 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded as the UW-Milwaukee men and the Youngstown State women were crowned the 2005 champions. UWM wrapped up the competition with 231 points and won three of the four individual awards, while YSU finished the meet with 180 points.

May 14, 2005

No. 2 UW-Green Bay kept its hopes alive in the 2005 Horizon League Softball Championship by defeating No. 3 Cleveland State, 3-1, in Game 14 on Saturday at a windy Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis.

Since the tournament is double-elimination and the loss was Cleveland State's first in three days, the Championship Game will be Game 15 between the Phoenix and Vikings which is set to begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. CDT.

A pitching battled highlighted the first half of the contest as both teams remained scoreless until UWGB's Ali Rostkowski broke the tie with a solo home run to center field in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Phoenix held the lead until top of the seventh when CSU's Grace Luginbuhl tied the game at 1-1 with a solo shot to deep center.

May 14, 2005

No. 2 UW-Green Bay stormed into the Horizon League Championship Game by blowing past No. 5 Detroit, 10-1, in five innings on Saturday morning at a cold and windy Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis.

As they did in their victory over top-seed UIC Friday night, the Phoenix came out swinging as they scored four runs in the first three innings, including a two-run home run by Michelle Kaminski in the bottom of the third.

Detroit would close the gap to 4-1 on a Kristin Martin solo shot to left field in the top of the fourth, but in the bottom half, UWGB tallied four runs on a pair of RBI singles from Rebekah Oestreich and Stephanie Hansen and a two-RBI single from Kate Sullivan to push the Phoenix lead to 8-1.

May 13, 2005

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No. 7 Wright State advanced into the second round of the loser's bracket with a 7-5 victory over No. 5 Butler on Friday at a wet Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis. The contest was halted twice due to poor playing conditions.

After the Bulldogs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first, the Raiders took a 4-2 lead in the third inning on a unearned run by Mary Jane D'Arcy and a Kristen Farley two-RBI ground-rule double.

Wright State tacked on two more runs in the fourth, but Butler fired back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to close the Raider lead to 6-5. The score would remain the same until WSU added an insurance run in the top of the seventh on a Stephanie Salas solo shot to left center. Jessica Lander closed out the Bulldogs in the bottom half to pick up the save, while Amanda Cody (6-13) earned the win after striking out seven and scattering only two hits.

May 13, 2005

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No. 2 UW-Green Bay advanced into the semifinals of the loser's bracket with a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Loyola on Friday at the Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis.

Loyola took an 1-0 lead in the second inning on a Raven Gengler solo shot to center field, but the Phoenix retaliated with two-runs in the bottom of third when Dana Brockman scored on a wild pitch and Stephanie Hansen singled to left field to knock in Rebekah Oestreich to push the score to 2-1.

May 13, 2005

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Top-seed UIC advanced into the semifinals of the loser's bracket with a 7-1 win over No. 7 Wright State on Friday at the Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis.

The Flames pushed their lead to 4-0 by the beginning of the fifth inning, when the Raiders finally scored to make the score 4-1. With the score sitting at 5-1, UIC tacked on two runs in the bottom of the sixth on a Cameron Astiazaran two-run home run to extend its lead to 7-1.

May 13, 2005

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Green Bay, Wis. - Day two of the 2005 Horizon League Softball Championships ended in dramatic fashion after several rain delays halted play for most of the day on Friday at the Ashwaubenon Sports Complex in Green Bay, Wis.

May 13, 2005



Chicago, Ill. - The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday morning, that University of Illinois at Chicago infielder Mike Bruszer (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield) has been named to the 2005 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Baseball Team.

Bruszer, a senior second baseman, carries a 3.56 grade point average on a 4.00 scale as a Psychology major. He was also recently honored as the baseball program's student-athlete of the year at UIC's Academic Awards Banquet.

This season, Bruszer is currently batting .297 with a home run and 27 RBI, while leading the squad in both walks (27) and stolen bases (15). Bruszer was the 2001 MCC Newcomer of the Year and claimed All-Horizon League First Team honors in 2002.