CBC SPORTS UPDATE: April 13, 2022

Baseball

• Searcy, April 5 — Stepping out of American Midwest Conference (AMC) play for a midweek contest, CBC was at Jerry Moore Field to take on the Bisons of Harding University. CBC (17-16) outhit Harding (21-12) 11-10 but only scored four times, falling 12-4 in a contest that was closer than the final score. Jay French inched closer to a milestone, earning one hit on the night and moving his batting average to .455 for the season while he rides a six-game hitting streak and has now reached base safely in 23 straight contests.

• Fulton, Mo., April 8 — Looking to snap a five-game losing streak, CBC started the final series of their current eight-game road trip with an AMC doubleheader against the Owls of William Woods (WWU). CBC (17-18, 4-7 AMC) dropped both games, losing game one 6-3 and controversially losing game two 6-5 to WWU (20-14, 8-3 AMC).

• Fulton, Mo., April 9 — Looking to salvage a game in their AMC series, CBC was at Owl Field for the series finale against William Woods (WWU). CBC (17-19, 4-8 AMC) fell behind early and couldn’t recover, falling 13-5 to WWU (22-11, 9-3 AMC). Jay French made history again, after becoming just the third player in program history to record 200 hits for his career. He set a new single-game stolen base record, stealing six of CBC’s eight bases in the game. He now has extended his single-season stolen base record to 39 on the year.

Softball

• St. Louis, Mo., April 5 — The AMC has named the Athletes of the Week for this past week and a CBC player was among the selections. Averie Ayers was named AMC Pitcher of the Week, the first Mustang to earn that recognition this year.

• Batesville, April 5 — Playing another AMC series on the road, CBC was at House Field to take on the Scots of Lyon College (LC). CBC (13-13, 3-1 AMC) would split the doubleheader with LC (5-17, 5-4 AMC), dropping game one 6-3 before winning game two 10-1 in six innings.

• Conway, April 8 — Returning home for the first time in a month, CBC hosted an AMC doubleheader at City of Colleges Park against the Stars of Stephens College (SC). CBC (15-13, 5-1 AMC) unleashed an offensive onslaught, scoring 23 runs on 24 hits to win 10-2 and 12-3 over SC (7-15, 2-6 AMC).

• Conway, April 9 — Hosting their most important series of the year to this point, CBC took on the AMC leading #21 Cougars of Columbia College (CC) at City of Colleges Park. CBC (15-15, 5-3 AMC) nearly came back in the first game, losing 6-4 before getting run-ruled 16-1 in game two by CC (20-10, 10-0 AMC).

Track & Field

• Searcy, April 9 — Competing in-state for the first time in a month, CBC was at the Bison Open, hosted by Harding University. Ally Swaim posted another win, running a 15.05 in the 100-meter hurdles. Josh Brown ran the men’s 110-meter hurdles and posted a personal record time of 16.97, which was good for sixth place overall. Isaiah Patterson jumped 5.66 meters in the long jump and finished in 16^th place.

Women’s Golf

• Cherokee Village, April 11 — Playing their final tune up before the AMC championship next month, CBC was back on the course at Cherokee Village South for the Williams Baptist Spring Classic. CBC opened with a 354 to place third in the first round, 54 shots behind the leaders, Blue Mountain. Individually, Keeley Bulza led the way, firing an opening-round 86 to sit in 12^th place. Abby Kirby followed with an 88 to sit in 15^th while Brooklyn Adcock was 16^th after an 89 and Alyssa Hagewood is in 19^th after shooting a 91.

Men’s Golf

• Cherokee Village, April 11 — Opening their final regular-season tournament of the season, CBC teed off at the Williams Baptist University Spring Classic at the South Course of the Cherokee Village golf club. CBC shot an opening-round 316 to put themselves in eighth place, 20 shots behind AMC rival Columbia. Individually, Jakub Slapal had the best day as he opened with a four-over-par 76 to sit in a tie for 18^th. Suraprat Pareepart was next, carding an opening-round 78, followed by Travis Toebben and Anupon Wandee (who competed as an individual), with 79s, Ethan Williamson shot an 83 and Emmanuel LaBeur shot an 85.