Marion County College Report

Centralia's Barrow runs winning
streak to 8 with win over Trine

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Daniel L. Chamness

Considering she haswon eight straight pitching decisions since March 24, it is strange to hear Centralia grad Kristin Barrow talk about her most recent loss at DePauw.

"Even though I lost, it was my most satisfying game.” Barrow said. “They are a top tier program and I felt like I pitched very well against them. This has been a great year for me and for our team."

Barrow allowed Whitewater just two hits in four innings of work that day, and it has been nothing but victories for the former Annies star. DePauw has not exactly been losing either.

With their most recent contest, a 6-0 win over Trine, DePauw improved to 33-5 on the season. Barrow started the game and allowed six hits over her five innings of work to earn her eighth-straight win. She fanned three and walked one to improve to 9-1.

Barrow has worked 54 innings this season, allowing seven earned runs on 35 hits for an earned run average of 0.91. She has fanned 49 hitters and walked 16. While they have four games left to play, DePauw has already competed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, losing to Southwestern University 3-0.

"I am hoping we get a NCAA bid, even though we lost our conference tournament,” Barrow said. “If we can post a winning record over the final six games, I think we will be fine. We have played some tough opposition this year and the other DePauw pitcher (Megan Soultz) is a stud." ...

Amanda Brendel, a Salem grad and Southern Indiana junior, was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk as USI defeated Rockhurst 5-4. Southern Indiana finished the regular season with a 19-24 overall mark and a 15-12 record in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The GLVC Tournament will start this week. ...

Golf

Former Salem golfer Zach Phillips, now a Illinois-Springfield sophomore, had the lowest average per round this year at UIS. Over his 19 rounds Phillips averaged 79.2 strokes. ...

Jeffrey Miller recently finished his freshman year of golf at Southern Illinois-Carbondale. The former Centralia Orphan finished with a stroke count of 1,505 over 19 rounds, which is an average of 79.2 strokes per round with a low round of 72 ...

Maryville golfer and Centralia grad Michael Fowler had the second lowest team average this year. Fowler played 21 rounds and took 1,658 shots for a 79.0 average. His lowest round was a 70, which was the lowest round of any Maryville golfer. ...

There were a total of five athletes that competed in the McKendree Spring Invitational at the Cardinal Creek Golf Course at Scott Air Force Base. Rend Lake , McKendree and Kaskaskia all competed.

Salem grad Taylor Landers, a Rend Lake freshman, finished sixth in the 36-hole outing with a 166. She had a low round of 79 in the second round. Fellow RLC golfer Mallorie Cummings, also a Salem grad, finished 15th with a 178. Rend Lake College finished second with a 677.

For the Kaskaskia Blue Angels, Sandoval grad Kaitlin Young was also 15th with a 175. Fellow KC golfer Nicole Langenfeld, a Centralia grad, shot a 216 and finished 52nd. Kaskaskia finished seventh with an 802. ...

Miranda Gibson, a Salem grad and McKendree senior, finished 35th with a 195. McKendree finished sixth with a 717. William Woods University won the outing with a 666. ...

Baseball

Rochester Red Wings infielder and Centralia graduate Brian Dinkelman opened May with a perfect day at the plate, finishing 3-for-3 with a walk during a 1-0 win over the Durham Bulls. Dinkleman is now hitting .308 through 28 games for the Minnesota Twins AAA affiliate. Rochester is 11-13 overall in the International League-North Division. ...

Cody Stevenson (Centralia) and Brian Deadmond (Odin) had an opportunity to play against each other last week. Stevenson, the leadoff hittter for Webster, was 1-for-2 with a double in Webster's 1-0 win over Greenville. Deadmond was also 1-for-2 with a walk.

Stevenson's two other games against Greenville were better efforts. In Webster's 13-4 win over Greenville, Stevenson was 2-for-4 with a triple. He scored one and drove home one. In the 8-6 Webster win over the GC Panthers, Stevenson was 2-for-4 and scored a pair of runs. Webster is 30-8 overall and 21-2 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. ...

Deadmond drove home a pair of runs in Greenville's 14-0 win over MacMurray College. Greenville is 23-9 overall and 15-3 in the SLIAC. ...

Basketball

Matt Shaw, a player for Illiabum Clube in Portugal, scored 12 points in the final regular season game of the year, a 77-70 win over VSC Guimar. Shaw drained 5-of-10 from the field and both of his free throw attempts in the win. Illiabum Clube is 10-12. ...

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