March 25, 2011 | The Clarion
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Women's golf takes
17th at Pinehurst
Milligan Buffaloes take two
from Tornados on Wednesday
Steele Myers had three RBIs in the first game
of the doubleheader, while Randy O’Dell and
Ron Patterson had two hits apiece in game two,
but Milligan used big innings in both games to
sweep the doubleheader over the host Tornados,
16-4 and 6-4.
Alex Litaker and Michael Bradley suffered the
losses for Brevard (11-17), while Tyler Walker
and Ethan Fleenor recorded the victories for the
Buffaloes (16-13).
The Buffaloes saw their first 13 batters
reach base in the top of the third and 11 came
around to score to blow open the first game of
the doubleheader as Milligan took down the
Tornados, 16-4.
Milligan chased BC starter Litaker in the first
inning as the first five batters all reached base
and scored to take the early 5-0 lead.
The Tornados answered with a pair in the
bottom half of the inning as Kramer Clark
reached on a one-out error by the second
baseman. O’Dell followed with a double to
the left centerfield gap scoring Clark to put
the Tornados on the board. Two batters later,
Myers lifted a pitch from Walker to straightaway
centerfield, scoring O’Dell from third to put the
score at 5-2 after one.
Brevard plated runs in both the third and the
fifth as Myers doubled down the line in the third
to score Clark, and Myers again brought home
the BC left fielder with a base hit through the
left side of the infield in the fifth, but it was not
enough as the Tornados fell in the first game,
16-4.
Bradley (0-1) pitched four effective innings
in his first start of the 2011 season, but the
Buffaloes used a four-run fourth inning to
jump ahead and the Tornados rally fell short
as Brevard was unable to prevent the sweep in
falling 6-4.
Cory Hilton led off the fourth inning with a
double to left centerfield and came around to
score on Tyler Hutson’s one-out double down
the right field line. Bradley retired the next batter
on strikes, but Dustin Clawson followed with
a base hit, scoring Hutson and Wesley Jones
cleared the bases with a home run down the left
field line to give Milligan the 4-0 lead.
The Tornados scored three in the bottom of the
sixth to climb back into the game as Patterson
brought in two with a base hit through the right
side of the infield. The right fielder misplayed
the grounder, allowing it to get past him and
Clark and O’Dell came around to score with
Patterson holding up at third. Merriken’s single
down the left field line scored Patterson and
the relay from the left fielder into the infield
bounced away, allowing Merriken to reach third
base with none out. Sean Robinson was able
to escape the jam as Merriken was thrown out
trying to score on Myers’ infield grounder and
the pitcher retired the next two batters to end
the inning with the lead intact.
Milligan plated a pair of insurance runs in the
seventh as Luke Kirk doubled to lead off the
inning, before coming around to score on Kyle
Kolat’s sacrifice fly. Cody Hyder also brought
in a run, scoring Hilton with a single to give the
Buffaloes the 6-3 lead.
The Tornados scored one run off J. J. Bergamin
in the bottom half of the inning and had the
winning run at the plate, but were unable to tie
it up in falling 6-4.
Brevard takes to the road this weekend as they
travel to Salisbury, N.C. and Newman Park, as
they take on the Catawba Indians. First pitch
of the SAC weekend series will take place on
Friday, March 25th, at 7 p.m.
Tennis wins sixtli straigiit over Lenoir-Rliyne
The BC women’s tennis team continued their
winning ways, winning their sixth consecutive
match on Wednesday afternoon in defeating
visiting Lenoir-Rhyne, 8-1.
The streak, which began on March 11 over
Charleston, improves the Tornados record to
9-5,2-0 SAC on the season, while Lenoir-Rhyne
falls to 1-10, 1-6 in conference play.
Kelsey Love and Emily Mauser took the first
point for the Bears, winning at no. 1 doubles,
8-6, over Brevard’s Lindsay Hostetter and Claire
Dilknan.
The Tornados evened the score as Lindsay
Shaeffer and Jennifer Nyman on court 2, 8-0,
while Elise Labus and Michelle Prata put
Brevard ahead with their 8-4 victory at the no.
3 position.
In singles action, the Tornados took five of
the six matches in straight sets, with Labus
sweeping her opponent in a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
Hostetter’s match on court no. 2 went to three
sets, and the junior won the tiebreaker in
defeating Love, 4-6, 6-0, 10-5 to complete the
afternoon for Brevard.
The Tornados return to the courts on Friday
afternoon in Salisbury, NC as they take on SAC
opponent Catawba College.
First serve at the Johnson Tennis Center is
set for 2 p.m.
Alisiya Klochkova led the Tornados as they
improved on yesterday’s results, moving up
in the tournament to finish 17th overall at
the Pinehurst Challenge hosted by Wingate
University on Monday and Tuesday.
The Tornados recorded a two-round score
of 922, dropping 50 strokes from their first
round total to finish 17th in the tournament.
UNC Pembroke took home the team title in the
tournament.
Klochkova dropped five strokes from her first
round score to finish in a tie for 42nd overall
with a two-round score of 167. Ashley Allen
also dropped 10 strokes from her score to move
up to 85th in the tournament, while Rebecca
Schoonover dropped 16 strokes from her first
round score and Kelsey Wyatt carded a 19 stroke
difference on the second day as the Tornados
completed the tournament.
Brevard returns to the links on April 4th and
5th as they take part in the Agnes McAmis
Memorial Tournament at the Link Hills Country
Club as hosted by Tusculum College.
Stamper leads men's golf at
Montreat spring invitational
Michael Stamper finished tied for ninth overall
at the rain-shortened Montreat College Spring
Invitational on Monday in leading the Tornados
to a fourth place finish at nearby Glen Cannon
Country Club.
The Tornados finished the round with a
combined score of 310, finishing 11 strokes
behind overall champion North Greenville
University as they closed out a tough Spring
Break stretch of two tournaments in five days.
Stamper finished the round carding a 76,
4-over par on the day to six in a five way tie for
ninth place overall to lead the Tornados.
BC continues on the road as they travel to
Charlotte to take part in the Hargett Memorial
Invitational, beginning on March 28.
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