Edmond, Okla. – Sterling College’s Alexa Pelton finished tenth at the Women’s Independent Conference Tournament in Edmond, Oklahoma on Monday and Tuesday with a two round total of 177. Also competing in the tournament for the Lady Warriors was Katelynn Cantrell, Cassie Spliess, and Katie McGrath. SC finished seventh in the final team standings.
Wichita, Kan. – Andrew Archbold, a senior centerfielder for the Warriors, has been named the KCAC Baseball Player of the Week for his performance last week. During the week, Archbold went nine for 12 from the plate for a 0.750 batting average with two doubles, a triple, two RBI’s and seven runs scored in three games played. Andrew was also four for four on stolen base attempts.
Wichita, Kan. - After a record breaking weekend at KT Woodman, Jillian Linnebur has been named the KCAC Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this year.
Wichita, Kan. - Not one but two school records were broken and three new personal records set as the Warrior Track & Field Team competed at the KT Woodman Track Invitational hosted by Wichita State on Saturday, April 16. Perfect weather as well as great competition from local NCAA D1 schools help set the standard for the day and put the Warriors in position to compete as well as they did.
Sterling, Kan. – By sweeping the Bethany Swedes in a four game series that ended on Monday, the Sterling College Warrior baseball team has a two game lead on top of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) with eight games remaining in the 2011 regular season. The Warriors won 8-6, 11-7, 3-1, and 3-2 in the four games to improve to a 17-3 KCAC record, 25-17 overall.
The Sterling College Forensics Team capped the season with nine out of ten team members bringing home awards at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament. The tournament was held March 23-26 at Mt. Hood Community College in Portland, Ore. With more than 70 colleges competing and many events having more than 200 competitors, the Sterling College team fared well with Ryan Corwin capturing 7th place overall in After Dinner Speaking. This success comes after the Sterling College Debate team took 9th place in National Parliamentary Debate, of which Corwin was also a part.
Sterling, Kan. – The Sterling College Lady Warrior softball team continued to slide down the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference standing on Saturday, losing two games to the Friends University Falcons. Sterling dropped the first game 13-3 and the second game 6-2.
Winfield, Kan. – Trouble was awaiting the Sterling College Lady Warrior Softball Team in Winfield, Kansas. The Southwestern College Lady Moundbuilders were ready for Sterling and protected their home field in both games of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) series. Southwestern won the first game between the two teams 5-2 then defeated the Lady Warriors in the second game 7-2. Losing both games drops Sterling to 4-4 in the KCAC, good enough for sixth place in the conference.
Hutchinson, Kan. – Beautiful weather accompanied the Sterling College Warrior Golf Team to the Highlands Golf Course in Hutchinson for the Sterling Spring Invitational Golf Tournament. Ben Biederer was the top scorer for the Warrior Men in the tournament, finishing fourth in the tournament with a two round total of 151, three strokes back of the champion. As a team, SC finished in fourth with a team score of 641 behind Southwestern College, Bethel College, and Bethany College. Alexa Pelton and Katelynn Cantrell were the only two Lady Warriors to compete and finished tied with each other for fifth place on the women’s side.
The Sterling College Biology Department was recently represented at the Kansas Academy of Science Annual Meeting held in Baldwin City, Kan., on April 8-9. Two students, Leonore Enfield of Raymond, Kan., and Tyler Wise of Clearwater, Kan., gave a research presentation titled, “Effects of Prairie Restoration on Small Mammals.”