YSU roundup

TRACK

Morales breaks school record in high jump

AKRON

Arnaldo Morales broke the school record in the high jump at the Northeast Ohio Quad meet. His jump of 2.15 meters was first at the meet and broke the old record of 2.13 meters, a record Dave Ritter set in 1989.

Conner Neu took first in the hammer throw with a toss of 67.79 meters and Chad Zallow placed first in the 110-meter dash with a time of 14.02 seconds.

The Penguins also came in first in the women’s 100-meter hurdles when Amber Eles ran a time of 13.87 seconds.

Other scores include Leighton Antonio coming in third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.47 seconds and Carl Zallow was fourth in the same race with a time of 10.51 seconds.

Antonio came in second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.15 seconds. Zallow came in third with a time of 21.43 seconds.

In the distance events, Ryan Sullivan finished third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:58.44. Jun Hutnyan was fourth finishing at the 4:01.74 mark and James Nedrich was fifth with a time of 4:02.20.

In field events, Berry Montravius came in fourth with a leap of 7.16 meters in the long jump. Ryan Booth placed second in the shot put with a toss of 17.43 meters. Robert Dixon took second in the javelin throw with a heave of 57.39 meters.

For the women, Taylor Thompkins placed second with a time of 11.91 seconds in the 100-meter dash and Nina Grambling was right behind her to take third to clock a time of 11.97 seconds.

For the 200-meter dash, Keishawnna Burts took second with a time of 24.68 seconds, as Thompkins placed third with a time of 25.12 seconds. Burts placed fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.44 seconds and Jayme Ritchie came in sixth to clock a time of 59.01 seconds.

In the 400-meter hurdles, Jen Shiley came in fourth to clock a time of 1:01.90 and Taylor McDonald was right behind her to take fifth with a time of 1:02.49.

In distance events, Libby Rogenski came in third in the steeplechase with a time of 12:01.70.

The women took first in the 4x100 relay with a time of 46.42 seconds as the relay consisted of Thompkins, Burts, Lavonte Powell and Grambling.

In field events, Chontel Fils had a personal-best jump in the long jump with a leap of 5.88 meters to take second. Fils also placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 11.87 meters while Savannah Osborne came in third in the triple jump with a leap of 11.48 meters. In the shot put, Jayne Corbett came in second with a toss of 15.60 meters.

BASEBALL

Walks, errors prove costly against Northern Kentucky

NILES

Northern Kentucky scored the first five runs and added cushion with a five-run eighth to beat the Youngstown State baseball team 11-5 on Saturday at Eastwood Field.

Alex Larivee had three of Youngstown State’s 13 hits, which is four more than Northern Kentucky’s total.

YSU pitchers issued nine walks, and the Penguins committed three errors.

Tito Montgomery and Will Haueter had a pair of hits to lead Northern Kentucky.

Trey Ganns doubled and scored on Dominic Mercurio’s single to put the Norse up 1-0 in the second, and Northern Kentucky scored three of its four runs in the top of the fourth to go up 5-0.

YSU scored two runs on a wild pitch and an error in the bottom of the fourth to get back within three, and the lead shrank to 5-3 after a Penguins run in the sixth.

YSU loaded the bases with nobody out as Andrew Kendrick walked, and Ryan Cordova followed with a single to remove NKU starter Tyler Miller.

Pierce Knisley walked Web Charles to load the bases, but the reliever got Shane Willoughby to bounce into a 6-4-3 double play and struck out Jonny Miller to escape with minimal damage.

Northern Kentucky upped the lead to 6-3 with a two-out run in the seventh, and the Norse scored five runs on just one hit in the eighth to go up 11-3.

YSU’s Trey Bridis doubled in Willoughby in the eighth, and Gerrad Rohan singled home Larivee in the ninth for the final score.

YSU starter Jeremy Quinlan allowed five runs on five hits in three and two-thirds innings.

SOFTBALL

YSU swept by WSU in doubleheader

YOUNGSTOWN

After a 9-2 win on Friday, the YSU softball team dropped a pair of one-run decisions to Wright State, 3-2 and 2-1.

The Penguins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in game one after four innings, but the Raiders came right back in the fifth with three runs of their own. YSU’s Paige Geanangel retired the first two batters of the inning, but a walk, two doubles and a single put the Raiders up for good.

Game two went to extra frames and in the top of the ninth WSU had runners on second and third with two outs. A passed ball on a strikeout that would’ve gotten YSU out of the inning allowed Becka Peterson to score the winning run from third.

YSU falls to 21-16 overall and 8-5 in Horizon League play. The Penguins will next play at Green Bay for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday.

Tennis

Phoenix top YSU men while women cruise

YOUNGSTOWN

The YSU men dropped a close 4-3 decision to Wisconsin-Green Bay while the women comfortably swept the Phoenix 7-0.

Luke Purser, Yossi Dahan and Bassem El Mekawi each won singles matches for the Penguin men, but losses in the other singles matches and 6-3 and 6-4 losses in the doubles matches sealed the fate for YSU (6-12, 2-2 Horizon League).

The women improved to 7-11 overall and 5-1 in league play and won all six singles matches in straight sets. No. 1 Annina Brendel won 6-1, 6-2 and No. 2 Noelly Nsimba won 6-3, 6-2. In doubles, Nehel Sahni and Nsimba won 6-3 while Dominika Lackova and Sofia Macias won 6-3.

Staff report