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Sports Update For March 25
STEWART WINS 100 METERS AT BAYLOR
On a cold, wet day in Waco four Sam Houston State Bearkats put on outstanding performances in the Baylor Invitational Track and Field Meet Saturday.Chris Stewart won the 100 meters with a time of 10.76. Stewart also was sixth in the long jump with a mark of 23 feet 3 inches.
Three Bearkats finished as runners-up in their specialities. Courtney Boston was the runner-up to Stewart in the 100 meters with a time of 10.89. Roderick Allen placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 48 feet. Chris Sitka was the runner-up in the javelin with a mark of 202 feet, five inches.
T. J. Creators placed third in the javelin with a throw of 201 feet. Sam Houston State's men's 4x100 relay place third with a time of 42.05 seconds.
Susie Jones and Holly Pitzenberger led the Bearkat women with a pair of fourth place finishes. Jones jumped 18 feet 5 inchesin the long jump. Pitzenberger posted a time of 18 minutes, 28.59 seconds in the 5,000 meters.
Christy Hester was fifth in high jump with a mark of five feet, two inches. Lisa Helm was fifth in the 400 meters hurdles with a time of one minute, 7.08 seconds.
TENNIS KNOCKS OFF SOUTHWEST TEXAS
Led by Ivette Andrade and Kim Gardiner, who won at number one and two singles and teamed to win the number one doubles match in a tie-breaker, Sam Houston State's women's tennis team racked up a 6-1 Southland Conference dual match victory over Southwest Texas State Sunday at the McAdams Tennis Center.Other singles winners for the Bearkats were Stephanie Sutton at number three, Diala Ammar at number four, and Jayme Holmstrom at number five. Holmstrom and Kim Jordan teamed to win the number three doubles match as well.
The tennis team travels to Louisiana to play Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday and Northwestern State on Sunday.
BASEBALL GOES 1-2 AT MCNEESE
Chris Howay hurled a no-hitter as McNeese State posted a 20-0 victory over Sam Houston State in the opener of a Southland Conference twinbill in Lake Charles March 24. The Bearkats came back to take the second game 11-0. McNeese State's Bob Gothreaux spread out 10 hits in nine innings as the Cowboys took the third game of the series 5-2 on Sunday.Saturday's first game was the fourth no-hitter in McNeese history. Howay faced 21 batters. Only Phillip Weaver with a walk in the third inning reached first base. SHSU captured the second game in seven innings on the 10-run run. The Bearkats had 12 hits in the game, two of them home runs by C. J. Wright and Phillip Weaver.
Sam Houston's Carroll Kelly and Dominick Garcia accounted for the runs for the Bearkats. Kelly brought in Phillip Weaver with a ground out to shortstop after Weaver had reached second on an error and been balked to third. Garcia hit an RBI double in the seventh inning.
The baseball team plays host to Texas A&M-Kingsville and Texas Wesleyan on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Both games start at 2 p.m. at Holleman Field. The Bearkats host Texas-San Antonio in a Southland Conference three game series Saturday and Sunday.
SOFTBALL DROPS THREE IN LOUISIANA
Sam Houston State's softball team dropped all three games in a tripleheader at Monroe, LA, Sunday. The Bearkats fell 9-0 in the first game, 6-5 in the second, and 5-0 in the third game.The victories marked the Indians' second consecutive Southland Conference series sweep and upped their season record to 22-12. Sam Houston State dropped to 12-17 for the season and 1-11 in Southland action.
The Bearkats travel to Shreveport, La, to play a doubleheader with Centenary on Wednesday, March 28. Sam Houston State plays host to Southwest Texas State in a Southland Conference series in Huntsville on Saturday and Sunday. Both days the action begins at 1 p.m. at the Bearkat Softball Complex.
MEN'S GOLF HOSTS BEARKAT CLASSIC
The Sam Houston State men's golf team hosts its lone home tournament of the spring semester Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, at Bentwater Country Club in Montgomery, TX. Top teams from all over the Southwest will compete in the Bearkat Classic.Ryan Polzin leads the Bearkats this season with a 72.7 stroke average. Polzin was the individual medalist champion for SHSU at the Southern Mississippi Invitational in February.
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March 25, 2001
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