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BGSU eliminated from MAC baseball tournament with loss to Ball State
AVON, Ohio — A season full of records, wins, and excitement within the Bowling Green State University baseball community came to a tough end on Saturday. Top-seeded BGSU couldn’t maintain its strong start, and No. 3 Ball State did all of its damage offensively in the final six innings as the Cardinals doubled up the Falcons 10-5 in an elimination game in the Mid-American Conference tournament at Crushers Stadium in Avon. (Video credit: Mid-American Conference) BGSU, which won the MAC regular-season title with a program-record 24 wins that included a league-record 17-0 start, finished the season 33-20 after reaching its first MAC tournament since 2015 and first semifinal since 2013.
Bowling Green baseball advances to MAC semifinal for first time since 2013
AVON, Ohio — Bowling Green picked up its first Mid-American Conference baseball tournament win since 2015 thanks to a six-run sixth inning, which propelled the Falcons to an eight-run, 12-4 win over Miami at Crushers Stadium on Thursday. It was also the first time the Falcons have made the MAC semifinal since 2013. With the win, the No.1-seeded Falcons (33-18) advance and will face No. 2 Western Michigan, who blanked No. 3 Ball State 8-0 in the nightcap. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start on Friday with the winner advancing to the MAC Championship on Saturday. In the regular season, the Falcons were 1-2 against the Broncos.
Loss to Western Michigan sends Bowling Green to MAC baseball elimination bracket
AVON, Ohio — A three-run first inning set the tone for second-seeded Western Michigan’s 11-0 victory over No. 1 seed Bowling Green State University in the final winners’ bracket game Friday at the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament. With the loss, Bowling Green (33-19) is sent to Saturday’s 12:30 pm. elimination game against third-seeded Ball State. That winner will face Western Michigan at 6 p.m. Saturday in the first of a potential two championship games. A second championship game, should the Bowling Green-Ball State winner defeat Western Michigan, is scheduled for noon Sunday. Western Michigan (31-21) hammered Bowling Green starting pitcher Landon Willeman. He yielded four straight singles, a walk, and a run-producing wild pitch before retiring his first batter, allowing the Broncos to take a 3-0 lead.
Playoff Roundup: Waynedale wins third straight district, Norwayne loses in regional semi
Nothing was going to stop Waynedale from winning its third straight district championship. The Golden Bears put together perhaps their most dominant performance during their three-year run of undefeated postseason play, dominating Columbia in a 17-1 Div. III district championship title game at Medina High School. Waynedale has now won 17 straight...
Perrysburg pitches way to Division I district title win over Southview
BOWLING GREEN — Perrysburg starting pitcher Parker Faris allowed just two hits in 6⅓ innings to lead Perrysburg to a 5-1 Division I district title victory over Southview on Friday night at Carter Park. Faris allowed just one earned run with five walks and seven strikeouts, before giving way to reliever Tyler Palmer for the final two outs of the game. The Yellow Jackets did their scoring early with two runs in the first inning and three runs in the second inning. Matt Hubbard reached on an error in the first, scoring Connor Kessinger, and Braxton Mefferd followed with an RBI double to score Hubbard.
Regional Track Preview: Waynedale's Reber fights through injury to the cusp of state
Simply put, it's been a tough two weeks for Waynedale's Jeremy Reber. After battling an early season hamstring injury, the senior All-Ohio hurdler came into the month nearing 100 percent and poised for a return trip to state in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. However, Reber reaggravated the injury...
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