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Published Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Weather alters Tigers’ schedule

The Missouri baseball team’s schedule has changed because of inclement weather forecast in Manhattan, Kan.

Kansas State was scheduled to host the Tigers for a three-game series starting tomorrow. The series is now set to open at 3 p.m. Friday with games at 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Also, last night’s game against Southern Illinois was canceled because of rain. The game will not be made up.

Columbia College signs two athletes

Columbia College announced the signings of women’s basketball player Tammy Thomas and softball player Valerie Teter yesterday.

Thomas is a 6-foot forward from Hancock High School in St. Louis. As a senior, she averaged 18.5 points and 11.2 rebounds and earned second-team all-state honors.

"She has been a force in the St. Louis area over the past four years," Columbia Coach Mike Davis said. "Her scoring speaks for itself, but her rebounding may be her best attribute."

Teter is a utility player from Bevier. She had a career batting average of .492 with 26 home runs. As a pitcher she went 82-13 with 1,083 strikeouts in four years.

"She is intelligent, well-rounded and can play many positions on the field," Cougars softball Coach Wendy Spratt said.

Jefferson City soccer slips past Moberly

The Jefferson City girls soccer team defeated Moberly 2-0 last night in Moberly.

The Jays scored a pair of late goals to even their record. Kelly Strope’s goal came in the 78th minute and Katie Denning scored two minutes later.

Jessie Sanderson got the shutout for Jefferson City (3-3). Moberly fell to 3-5-1.

Lincoln baseball defeats CMU

The Central Methodist baseball team’s late rally attempts fell short in a 7-4 loss to Lincoln in a nine-inning game yesterday in Fayette.

Trailing 7-2 in the seventh, the Eagles scored twice to get within three, but the Blue Tigers held over the final two innings.

Starting pitcher Kyle Shuster took the loss, giving up five runs on six hits in 42/3 innings.

Aaron Vinson had two hits and drove in three, Tim Vinson collected two hits and one RBI, and Jay Paxton had a pair of hits.

Central left 13 players stranded and committed five errors in the loss.

Owls players receive honors

William Woods’ Christa Hummer was named the American Midwest Conference and Region V softball pitcher of the week, and Kyle Christiansen was the AMC and Region V baseball player of the week.

In three appearances last week, Hummer allowed no earned runs and notched wins over Westminster and Benedictine. Hummer allowed just five hits while striking out 14.

Christiansen was 4 for 5 with two home runs and three RBI and three runs in a 14-10 victory over Missouri Valley.