Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kirkwood games postponed to Wednesday

Kirkwood Community College will host opening-round games in the 2013 Region XI Division II basketball tournaments on Wednesday night instead of Tuesday.

The games were postponed one day due to a winter storm warning.

The Kirkwood women's basketball team (26-4) will host Ellsworth (11-19) in the opening round at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Hall.

The Kirkwood men's basketball team (18-12) will face NIACC (19-11) in the second game of the doubleheader Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

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Kirkwood hosts regional hoops Tuesday

Kirkwood Community College will host opening-round games in the 2013 Region XI Division II basketball tournaments Tuesday night.

The Kirkwood women's basketball team (26-4) will host Ellsworth (11-19) in the opening round at 5:30 p.m. at Johnson Hall.

The Kirkwood men's basketball team (18-12) will face NIACC (19-11) in the second game of the doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.

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Kirkwood men clinch 2nd in win over DMACC

BOONE - Kasey Semler scored 27 points and Kirkwood raced past DMACC, 96-86, Saturday afternoon in Iowa Community College Athletic Conference men's basketball.

The win clinched second place for Kirkwood (18-12, 9-5). The Eagles will host NIACC in a first-round regional tournament game Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson Hall.

Semler led six Eagles in double figures Saturday. J.C. Fuller added 17, Taylor Olson 14 and Gage Heffernan had 11. Kevin Hunter and Shaun Manego had 10 apiece.

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DMACC snaps Eagles' streak at 18

BOONE - DMACC built an 11-point halftime lead and went on to hand No.2 Kirkwood its first conference loss of the season Saturday in an Iowa Community College Athletic Conference women's basketball game.

The loss snapped Kirkwood's winning streak at 18 games in its regular-season finale.

Kirkwood (26-4, 15-1) was led by Kianna Jacobs' 14 points. Alexis Fitzpatrick scored 11. Jacobs also grabbed eight rebounds and had four assists.

The Eagles played without starter Bianca Dufelmeier, who was injured in practice on Thursday.

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Kirkwood softball team opens with split

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Krysta Tutsch hit a three-run homer Friday night as the Kirkwood softball team blanked Grand View, 7-0, in the second game of a doubleheader at the Rochester Dome in Minnesota.

Grand View won the opener, 3-1.

Shyanne Saladino and Sam Belz combined on a five-hit shutout in the nightcap as the sixth-ranked Eagles split their first two games of the year. Saladino pitched five innings and struck out five batters. Belz fanned two batters in two innings.

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No.6 Kirkwood softball team expects big things

Kirkwood softball coach Joe Yegge needed to replenish his roster this season, so he went out and signed seven players who were all-state in high school last year.

They are part of a talented freshman class that includes 14 players who were either all-state, all-conference or all-region in 2012.

They'll join five sophomores who helped the Eagles compile a 42-13 record last year and finish seventh at the national tournament.

Kirkwood was ranked No.6 in the preseason poll this season and will open the campaign with a doubleheader against Grand View Friday night in the Rochester Dome in Rochester, Minn.

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Snow in South, softballers head North

The Kirkwood softball team had its upcoming weekend tournament in Springfield, Mo., postponed by snow.

So the Eagles are heading north to play a pair of games.

Kirkwood will open its season Friday with a doubleheader against Grand View at the RCTC Dome in Rochester, Minn.

Game times are 6 and 8 p.m.

Kirkwood baseball trip snowed out

The Kirkwood basebal team's four-game series in St. Louis scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled.

The Eagles (2-0) were scheduled to play Milwaukee Tech, Joliet twice and McHenry.

The games were cancelled because of excessive snow in the St. Louis area.agles

The Eagles' next games are March 15-19 on their spring trip to Vero Beach, Fla. Their home opener is scheduled for March 23 against Southeastern.

No.2 Kirkwood drubs Southwestern, 85-20

Southwestern was no match for the No.2 ranked Kirkwood Eagles on Wednesday night at Johnson Hall. Kirkwood (26-3, 15-0) pummeled the Spartans, 85-20.

An aggressive full-court pressure defense forced 14 turnovers and only allowed one field goal in 19 attempts in the entire first half as the Eagles built a 42-7 halftime lead.

Substituting generously in each half, the Eagles held Southwestern (0-29, 0-15) to just 5 of 39 shooting for the game while forcing 23 turnovers.

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