Kirkwood Community College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No. 19 Eagles drubbed by DMACC

BOONE - The 19th-ranked Kirkwood Eagles collected only five hits Saturday and were trounced by DMACC in a conference doubleheader in Boone, 9-2 and 12-1.

Kirkwood went 5-for-50 in the twinbill for a futile batting average of .100. The Eagles (10-4, 0-2) got only three hits in the first game and two hits in the nightcap.

DMACC batters went 26-for-68 in the doubleheader for a lusty batting average of .382 in the two games.

Cale Henke and Brian Daphney were the starting pitchers for Kirkwood. Henke was touched for seven runs (three earned) in five innings in the opener. Daphney allowed seven runs (five earned) in just 1 2/3 innings in the second game.

Matt Paciello went 2-for-3 and Milton Croes had two RBIs for Kirkwood in the first game.

Kirkwood and DMACC are scheduled for another doubleheader in Boone Sunday afternoon.

Sweeting left Bahamas to help Eagles

Kirkwood pitcher David Sweeting could have been back home in the Bahamas on Friday afternoon, enjoying another warm day and the beautiful blue-green waters.

"Mid-80s," he mused about the temperature where he lives in Nassau. "Clear skies, clear water. You can go out a couple of hundred feet of water and still see the bottom."

Instead, Sweeting was toiling on the mound for the Eagles on Friday with the temperature straining to reach 40 under gray skies.

He didn't seem to mind a bit.

Sweeting tossed six shutout innings as No.19 Kirkwood defeated Rochester Tech, 5-3, in the first game of a doubleheader at the Kirkwood Community College diamond in Cedar Rapids.

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No.7 Eagles pound Iowa Lakes twice

SIOUX CITY — The seventh-ranked Kirkwood Community College softball team drubbed Iowa Lakes, 13-2 and 16-2, in an ICCAC conference doubleheader Friday on the road.

Both games lasted only five innings.

The Eagles are riding an 11-game winning streak, raising their records to 23-4 overall and 6-0 in the league.

Tara Walls went 4-for-5 with four RBIs in the first game and Brittney Lash had a double and three RBIs. Sam Belz pitched a complete game for the victory.

Lexi Quandt went 3-for-3 with five RBIs in the second game. Chasney Jenkins was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Jenna Schulte was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Shy Saladino tossed four innings for the victory.

Petersen sheds 'interim' tag at Kirkwood

Bryan Petersen can cut the "interim" tag off his warmup suit at Kirkwood Community College now.

The job is all his.

Kirkwood has named Petersen, 26, the official men's basketball coach after he served as the interim coach this past season.

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No.7 KCC softball team sweeps DMACC

BOONE - The seventh-ranked Kirkwood Eagles swept a conference doubleheaderfrom DMACC Wednesday, 4-3 and 4-0, in Boone.

Kirkwood has won nine straight games, raising its records to 21-4 overall and 4-0 in the ICCAC conference.

The Eagles trailed, 2-1, entering the sixth inning of the first game, but two runs scored on an error by DMACC and Tara Walls followed with an RBI.

Sam Belz pitched a complete game for Kirkwood.

Walls went 3-for-4 and scored two runs in the second game. Lexi Quandt had two hits and two RBIs. Alicia Crivaro also had two RBIs. Shy Saladino pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for 6 2/3 innings and Belz got the final out.

Oberman, Miles joining Kirkwood women

The Kirkwood women's basketball team has received commitments from two high-scoring guards from Iowa.

Addie Oberman, a 5-foot-10 guard from Northeast Goose Lake, and Casey Miles, a 5-8 guard from Hudson, plan to join the Eagles next season.

Oberman averaged 17.9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals this past season. Miles averaged 16.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals and made 41 3-pointers.

Oberman and Miles played in the Eastern Iowa All-Star Game at Kirkwood Wednesday night.

Kirkwood baseball team ranked 19th

The Kirkwood Community College baseball team was ranked 19th in the nation Tuesday in the latest NJCAA Division II poll.

The Eagles have gotten off to an 8-2 start this season.

Jones County Junior College is ranked No.1. Iowa Central is ranked 17thand NIACC is tied for 20th. DMACC received votes for the top 20.

Jans named coach at Bowling Green

Chris Jans is living proof that the Kirkwood slogan of "Start Here, Go Anywhere" applies to its former coaches as well.

Jans led the Kirkwood Community College men's basketball team to a national title in 1999, just three years after inheriting a club that went 11-20. Most recently, he helped Wichita State reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and win 35 straight games this year before losing to Kentucky in the NCAA tournament this past weekend.

Now Jans is leaving his post as the associate head coach at Wichita State to become the head coach at Bowling Green, his 10th stop on a successful career, but his first job as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level.

"That is a pretty neat deal," Kirkwood athletic director Doug Wagemester said Monday night. "A well-deserved deal, if I may add."

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No. 5 Eagles roll past Iowa Lakes

ESTHERVILLE - The fifth-ranked Kirkwood softball team swept Iowa Lakes, 13-0 and 10-0, in the ICCAC conference opener in Estherville Sunday.

Sam Belz (9-3, 0.74 ERA) pitched a two-hit shutout in the opener with nine strikeouts. Shy Saladino (8-0, 0.67 ERA) tossed a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in the second game. Both contests lasted only five innings.

Krysta Tutsch hit a home run in each game for Kirkwood (19-4, 2-0) and drove in seven runs in the doubleheader. She also had a triple in the opener.

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