Melanie Koto

What started off as a slow baseball game turned into a huge win for the Scarlet Hawks in their game against Calumet College of St. Joseph. The Hawks traveled to Whiting, IN last week for a double header, winning both games against Calumet (12-2 and 5-4). The game started off well defensively for the Hawks with senior Luis Montoya giving up only 2 pitches the entire game, with no hits in the first two innings. The Hawks advanced the action in the third when senior Nick Wise walked and advanced to second on a passed ball.

While the rest of us crammed for midterms and patiently awaited the start of spring break, the Scarlet Hawks Baseball team was traveling around Arizona playing seven games in five days to start off their spring season (and also getting a tan). The trip didn’t fare well for the Hawks on multiple accounts, who returned home with a 1-8 overall record. Once everyone else left for their vacations, the team stuck around to play Judson College, Holy Cross College and Olivet Nazarene University over the break.

It is the final countdown for the Swimming and Diving team, which left today (in fact they are probably on a plane as you read this!) for Oklahoma City to compete in the NAIA National Swimming and Diving Championship meet. The meet, which will span Wednesday through Saturday March 3 will be a prelim-final meet in which competitors will swim or dive in a preliminary morning session in an attempt to qualify (place top 16 in their event) for the final session. Those who qualify return in the evening session for a chance at glory and fame, along with team points and national records.

The Scarlet Hawks baseball team opened their 2012 season Friday against the Cougars of Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Kentucky. The original four game series was shortened to two games due to the cold weather conditions. In the first game of Friday's double header, the Hawks lost by a narrow one run margin (13-14), while the second game didn't fare quite as well (1-8). The Hawks started the first game off strong, leading through the first four innings 13-9. The Cougars rallied up in the fifth to score three runs, bringing the score to 13-12.

With just two weeks left in their regular season, the Scarlet Hawks swimming and diving team headed to Lake Forest, IL to compete against the Foresters of Lake Forest College. Per tradition, the seniors generated the meet lineup, making for some interesting races. Despite the wackiness, both teams still had some awesome performances. Starting off the meet on the right foot the men’s 200 meter medley relay (senior Carlos Tejero, junior Eric Grunden, sophomore Michael Bodzay and senior Max Ramminger) won the event with a time of 1:49.24, resetting the pool record.

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This weekend, the Scarlet Hawks Swimming and Diving teams competed in their last two regular season meets before Conference and Nationals, both at home. Friday night, the team competed against Lincoln College. In the Women’s 200 yard freestyle, freshman Abby Maze took first place with a 2:08.29, and in the men’s sophomore Eric Grunden took third with a 1:51.41. In the 50 yard freestyle, junior Melanie Koto took second with a 26.35 for the women’s team, and freshman Yoni Pruzansky took second for the Men’s team with a 23.04.

This past weekend the Scarlet Hawks Swimming and Diving team participated in the three day Phoenix Invite. The structure of the meet consisted of five sessions, one Friday evening, and two each on Saturday and Sunday, in which all swimmers swam in the morning but had to qualify for a final swim in the evening to score points. Overall, the Hawks finished with impressive swims all around.