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Sports March 25-April 8, 2015 Page 8 Entering the weekend of March 21, the Webster University baseball team had not lost a regu- lar season St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) game since 2013. But that streak would not last to the end of Sat- urday. Webster won their first game on Saturday against conference foe Iowa Wesleyan, 4-1 in seven innings. e NCAA allows the first game of a doubleheader to be ended aſter seven innings. e Gorlok offense was powered by first baseman Kyle Uhrich, who picked up two home runs and four RBIs. On the mound, pitching ace C. J. Lee started the game and led the team by allowing just one run over 5 2/3 innings. He also picked up his second win of the season. e Gorloks took to the field in the second game with fresh- man Josh Fleming on the mound. Webster lost the game and wasted a solid pitching perfor- mance, something Head Coach Bill Kurich said has been the main problem this season. “With the team earned run average that we’ve got right now, it’s almost sickening that we’re only 10-5,” Kurich said. “You let good pitching like that go to waste five times,—that’s tough to swal- low.” e Gorloks fell behind in the third aſter two errors allowed the first run of the game to score. Chayancze Stirbis of Iowa Wes- leyan reached second base on a e Webster University women’s tennis team improved to 7-4 on the season, with a 6-3 vic- tory over University of St. Fran- cis. It was the third straight win for the Gorloks since their loss to Dickinson College on March 10. Webster continues a bounce- back season following a disap- pointing 5-11 record in 2014. e Gorloks set a school record in 2013 with 13 straight wins to go 14-2 on the season. Head coach Martha Davis-Goldstein said she is “very happy with our record.” Freshman Monica Behrle added to her impressive rookie campaign with an 8-4 win in dou- bles (one set match) and 6-3, 6-1 (two set match) win in singles. Behrle is now 13-1 on the sea- son in singles. Her only loss was to Andrea Fandino of Division- II Maryville University. She said there is still room for improve- ment, though. She especially wants to improve her communi- cation in doubles matches. “I’m not a big talker so I have to learn to communicate more, say ‘get it’ or ‘got it,’”Behrle said. Behrle has played with four different teammates for doubles and has posted an 8-5 doubles record. Davis-Goldstein said Behrle helps her teammates on the court. “Not only does Monica ex- cel on the court personally, she is very supportive of her teammates and continually pushes them to improve.” Davis-Goldstein said she hopes the team becomes more consistent in singles and more ac- tive in doubles. Originally from Atlanta, Beh- rle came to Webster thanks to family connections. Her mother used to live in St. Louis, and Beh- rle loved the area once she looked into attending Webster. Behrle has won seven straight matches playing at the number two spot for the Gorloks. With 13 wins so far this season, she is just five wins away from tying the Webster single-season win record held by current senior Marissa Lewis. Lewis went 18-3 in 2012. Webster is the only team in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Ath- letic Conference (SLIAC) with a winning record and is tied with Fontbonne University atop the standings with a 1-0 conference record. e women’s tennis team is next in action March 25 at the Webster Groves Tennis Center. Men’s Tennis e Webster University men’s tennis team briefly had a winning record this weekend, but fell back to 3-3 aſter the second match of the day on March 21. e Gorloks blanked Illinois College 9-0 Satur- day morning, but Judson College returned the favor that aſternoon, winning 9-0. e Judson College Eagles have won their last three match- es by a score of 27-0. Two of the three Webster defeats this year have been by the score of 0-9. e Gorloks were shut out in half of their eight losses in 2014. Webster has had three meets cancelled and twice has been shut out, but lone senior team mem- ber Carlton Poindexter still likes the improvement his team has shown. “I think our doubles play is a work in progress, but each match is getting better and better,” Poin- dexter said. “ere is always room for improvement, but overall it’s a good start.” Poindexter has had three doubles partners this season, compiling a 3-3 record. He is 2-0 when paired with junior Alex Magrath. In singles, Poindexter and junior Travis Blair lead the team with records of 4-2. “An obvious goal for the team is to win conference,” Poindexter said. Despite the 3-3 record, Web- ster is in first place in the SLIAC standings with a 1-0 conference record. Greenville, Principia and Westminster have yet to play a conference match. Webster beat Fontbonne 7-2 on March 19. “In order to reach that goal, our short term goals are to com- pete and play hard every match,” Poindexter said. e men’s team will play next on March 24 at Principia College. JORDAN PALMER/ e Journal Freshman Monica Behrle has won seven matches in a row in the second spot. By Kevin Smith Contributing Writer When freshman track run- ner Haile Wilson crossed the finish line in the 60-meter(60m) dash during his first collegiate meet, he didn’t know what time to expect. He soon came to re- alize that not only did he place first out of 48 runners in the event at the Snow Bird Open in Jacksonville, Illinois, but his time of 6.99 seconds was the 14th-best time in the NCAA Division III so far in the 2014- 15 indoor season. “I never ran the 60m before, so I didn’t know what to expect or what was even a good time,” Wilson said. “I saw the time aſter I finished, and I was kind of surprised, but at the same time it made me want to work harder to see if I could improve the time.” Improve his time he did two weeks later at the DePauw Invitational. Wilson broke his own record in the 60m dash that he set in the first meet of the season, set a new DePauw Invitational record with a time of 6.96 seconds and finished first in a field of 51 runners. Webster University’s Head Track and Field Coach Dan Graber said he loved what he has seen so far in his young sprinter Wilson. “Haile is a fierce competi- tor, and you can see that when he races, but what is big about him is that he won’t hang his head over a bad race,” Graber said. “He just wants to get bet- ter.” Like father, like son For Wilson, improving his 60m dash time is not the only thing he has on his mind. Wil- son is a first-year graphic de- sign major at Webster Universi- ty. He aspires to create graphics for clothing design. Wilson became interested in graphic design by watch- ing his dad, Leo Wilson, make a profession as a graphic de- signer. Leo Wilson currently lives in San Francisco, where he has continued his work. Haile took a strong interest in it and had dreams of following in his father’s career path to become a clothing graphic designer, as well. “Haile is a very creative person. He’s just scratching the surface of his graphic design skills,” Leo Wilson said. However, Haile is blazing his own path, and he is influ- enced by his own environment. Wilson has a particular interest in skateboarding apparel. Haile has already started two of his own clothing brands: “Origin Apparel” and “Cloud Apparel.” “My dad taught me the ba- sics, and I just kind of ran with it and tried to find my own style,” Haile Wilson said. “I chose to focus on skateboard- ing apparel because in my life skateboarding changed me for the better.” For Haile, skateboarding is not only a hobby, but a lifestyle. He oſten skateboards around Webster’s campus, flying down Edgar Road. “Before skateboarding, I wasn’t athletic at all. Skate- boarding changes you more than you think,” Haile said. “It changed the way I dressed, and it’s been for the better.” Leo Wilson never ran track but had a deep passion for the sport and instilled that in his son. “We spent a lot of time dis- cussing the proper techniques and training that would help his development as a track athlete,” Leo Wilson said. “Haile has the natural ability to run fast.” Haile said his dad had him train wearing a backpack full of weights. He said the workout would make him feel lighter and faster when he took the backpack off. “Anything my dad tells me, I’m going to do it. I’m fortunate to have that man in my life,” Haile said. A new track Webster Track and Field Team has nearly doubled to 46 members aſter having only 24 in 2014. Graber believes the larger roster is only going to help the team. ere are 30 freshmen on the roster this season, but the surprise for Graber is that like Wilson, the freshman have been performing at high levels. One of the freshmen is sprinter Damon Fowler. Just like Wilson, Fowler runs the 60m, 100m and 200m. Fowler says practicing with Wilson is good for motivation; they both try to push each other. “Haile is definitely a top- tier sprinter,” Fowler said. “He pushes me to work harder, and I always try to give him compe- tition as well.” Haile Wilson finished first in two of his first four college track meets. On March 7, Graber, Wil- son and junior runner David Lambus traveled to Stevens Point, Wisconsin for qualify- ing. Wilson finished 11th out of 33 of the best runners in the Midwest in the 60m dash, with a time of 7.08 seconds. e outdoor track season is next. Wilson thinks now they will start seeing even better times. By Taylor Overstreet Contributing Writer DERRICK VARNER / e Journal Designated-hitter Blake Thomas hits a pop-up against Iowa Wesleyan on Saturday March 21 at GCS Ballpark. Thomas knocked in seven RBIs in Webster’s double-header on Sunday. By Sam Clancy Managing Editor Baseball loses, enacts vengeance Freshman track runner makes national impact Tennis teams take early conference leads Up-and-down Gorloks go 3-1 in weekend double-headers Page 7 Baseball Contact the writer: [email protected] Contact the writer: [email protected] Dan Graber Head Track and Field Coach Haile is a fierce competitor and you can see that when he races, but what is big about him is that he won’t hang his head over a bad race. “ ” Carlton Poindexter Webster Tennis Player . . . each match is getting better and better. There is always room for improvement, but overall it’s a good start. “ ”
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Entering the weekend of March 21, the Webster University baseball team had not lost a regu-lar season St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) game since 2013. But that streak would not last to the end of Sat-urday.
Webster won their first game on Saturday against conference foe Iowa Wesleyan, 4-1 in seven innings. The NCAA allows the first game of a doubleheader to be ended after seven innings.
The Gorlok offense was powered by first baseman Kyle Uhrich, who picked up two home runs and four RBIs. On the mound, pitching ace C. J. Lee started the game and led the team by allowing just one run over 5 2/3 innings. He also picked up his second win of the season.
The Gorloks took to the field in the second game with fresh-man Josh Fleming on the mound.
Webster lost the game and wasted a solid pitching perfor-mance, something Head Coach Bill Kurich said has been the main problem this season.
With the team earned run average that weve got right now, its almost sickening that were only 10-5, Kurich said. You let good pitching like that go to waste five times,thats tough to swal-low.
The Gorloks fell behind in the third after two errors allowed the first run of the game to score. Chayancze Stirbis of Iowa Wes-leyan reached second base on a
The Webster University womens tennis team improved to 7-4 on the season, with a 6-3 vic-tory over University of St. Fran-cis. It was the third straight win for the Gorloks since their loss to Dickinson College on March 10.
Webster continues a bounce-back season following a disap-pointing 5-11 record in 2014. The Gorloks set a school record in 2013 with 13 straight wins to go 14-2 on the season. Head coach Martha Davis-Goldstein said she is very happy with our record.
Freshman Monica Behrle added to her impressive rookie campaign with an 8-4 win in dou-bles (one set match) and 6-3, 6-1 (two set match) win in singles. Behrle is now 13-1 on the sea-son in singles. Her only loss was to Andrea Fandino of Division-II Maryville University. She said there is still room for improve-ment, though. She especially wants to improve her communi-cation in doubles matches.
Im not a big talker so I have to learn to communicate more, say get it or got it,Behrle said.
Behrle has played with four different teammates for doubles and has posted an 8-5 doubles
record. Davis-Goldstein said Behrle
helps her teammates on the court.Not only does Monica ex-
cel on the court personally, she is very supportive of her teammates and continually pushes them to improve.
Davis-Goldstein said she hopes the team becomes more consistent in singles and more ac-tive in doubles.
Originally from Atlanta, Beh-rle came to Webster thanks to family connections. Her mother used to live in St. Louis, and Beh-rle loved the area once she looked into attending Webster.
Behrle has won seven straight matches playing at the number two spot for the Gorloks. With 13 wins so far this season, she is just five wins away from tying the Webster single-season win record held by current senior Marissa Lewis. Lewis went 18-3 in 2012.
Webster is the only team in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Conference (SLIAC) with a winning record and is tied with Fontbonne University atop the standings with a 1-0 conference record.
The womens tennis team is next in action March 25 at the Webster Groves Tennis Center.
Mens Tennis
The Webster University mens tennis team briefly had a winning record this weekend, but fell back to 3-3 after the second match of the day on March 21. The Gorloks blanked Illinois College 9-0 Satur-day morning, but Judson College returned the favor that afternoon, winning 9-0.
The Judson College Eagles have won their last three match-es by a score of 27-0. Two of the three Webster defeats this year have been by the score of 0-9. The Gorloks were shut out in half of their eight losses in 2014.
Webster has had three meets cancelled and twice has been shut
out, but lone senior team mem-ber Carlton Poindexter still likes the improvement his team has shown.
I think our doubles play is a work in progress, but each match is getting better and better, Poin-dexter said. There is always room for improvement, but overall its a good start.
Poindexter has had three doubles partners this season, compiling a 3-3 record. He is 2-0 when paired with junior Alex Magrath. In singles, Poindexter and junior Travis Blair lead the team with records of 4-2.
An obvious goal for the team is to win conference, Poindexter said.
Despite the 3-3 record, Web-ster is in first place in the SLIAC standings with a 1-0 conference record. Greenville, Principia and Westminster have yet to play a conference match. Webster beat Fontbonne 7-2 on March 19.
In order to reach that goal, our short term goals are to com-pete and play hard every match, Poindexter said.
The mens team will play next on March 24 at Principia College.
JORDAN PALMER/ The JournalFreshman Monica Behrle has won seven matches in a row in the second spot.
By Kevin SmithContributing Writer
When freshman track run-ner Haile Wilson crossed the finish line in the 60-meter(60m) dash during his first collegiate meet, he didnt know what time to expect. He soon came to re-alize that not only did he place first out of 48 runners in the event at the Snow Bird Open in Jacksonville, Illinois, but his time of 6.99 seconds was the 14th-best time in the NCAA Division III so far in the 2014-15 indoor season.
I never ran the 60m before, so I didnt know what to expect or what was even a good time, Wilson said. I saw the time after I finished, and I was kind of surprised, but at the same time it made me want to work harder to see if I could improve the time.
Improve his time he did two weeks later at the DePauw Invitational. Wilson broke his own record in the 60m dash
that he set in the first meet of the season, set a new DePauw Invitational record with a time of 6.96 seconds and finished first in a field of 51 runners.
Webster Universitys Head Track and Field Coach Dan Graber said he loved what he has seen so far in his young sprinter Wilson.
Haile is a fierce competi-tor, and you can see that when he races, but what is big about him is that he wont hang his head over a bad race, Graber said. He just wants to get bet-ter.
Like father, like sonFor Wilson, improving his
60m dash time is not the only thing he has on his mind. Wil-son is a first-year graphic de-sign major at Webster Universi-ty. He aspires to create graphics for clothing design.
Wilson became interested in graphic design by watch-ing his dad, Leo Wilson, make a profession as a graphic de-
signer. Leo Wilson currently lives in San Francisco, where he has continued his work. Haile took a strong interest in it and had dreams of following in his fathers career path to become a clothing graphic designer, as well.
Haile is a very creative person. Hes just scratching the surface of his graphic design skills, Leo Wilson said.
However, Haile is blazing his own path, and he is influ-enced by his own environment. Wilson has a particular interest in skateboarding apparel. Haile has already started two of his own clothing brands: Origin Apparel and Cloud Apparel.
My dad taught me the ba-sics, and I just kind of ran with it and tried to find my own style, Haile Wilson said. I chose to focus on skateboard-ing apparel because in my life skateboarding changed me for the better.
For Haile, skateboarding is not only a hobby, but a lifestyle.
He often skateboards around Websters campus, flying down Edgar Road.
Before skateboarding, I wasnt athletic at all. Skate-boarding changes you more than you think, Haile said. It changed the way I dressed, and its been for the better.
Leo Wilson never ran track but had a deep passion for the sport and instilled that in his son.
We spent a lot of time dis-
cussing the proper techniques and training that would help his development as a track athlete, Leo Wilson said. Haile has the natural ability to run fast.
Haile said his dad had him train wearing a backpack full of weights. He said the workout would make him feel lighter and faster when he took the backpack off.
Anything my dad tells me, Im going to do it. Im fortunate to have that man in my life, Haile said.
A new track Webster Track and Field
Team has nearly doubled to 46 members after having only 24 in 2014. Graber believes the larger roster is only going to help the team.
There are 30 freshmen on the roster this season, but the surprise for Graber is that like Wilson, the freshman have been performing at high levels.
One of the freshmen is sprinter Damon Fowler. Just
like Wilson, Fowler runs the 60m, 100m and 200m. Fowler says practicing with Wilson is good for motivation; they both try to push each other.
Haile is definitely a top- tier sprinter, Fowler said. He pushes me to work harder, and I always try to give him compe-tition as well.
Haile Wilson finished first in two of his first four college track meets.
On March 7, Graber, Wil-son and junior runner David Lambus traveled to Stevens Point, Wisconsin for qualify-ing. Wilson finished 11th out of 33 of the best runners in the Midwest in the 60m dash, with a time of 7.08 seconds.
The outdoor track season is next. Wilson thinks now they will start seeing even better times.
By Taylor OverstreetContributing Writer
DERRICK VARNER / The JournalDesignated-hitter Blake Thomas hits a pop-up against Iowa Wesleyan on Saturday March 21 at GCS Ballpark. Thomas knocked in seven RBIs in Websters double-header on Sunday.
By Sam ClancyManaging Editor
Baseball loses, enacts vengeance
Freshman track runner makes national impact
Tennis teams take early conference leads
Up-and-down Gorloks go 3-1 in weekend double-headers
Page 7Baseball
Contact the writer: [email protected]
Contact the writer: [email protected]
Dan GraberHead Track and Field Coach
Haile is a fierce competitor and you
can see that when he races, but what is big about him is that he wont hang his head
over a bad race.
Carlton PoindexterWebster Tennis Player
. . . each match is getting better and better. There is always room for improvement, but
overall its a good start.
