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Upper Iowa Baseball: Building the Future
14th Annual Peacock Golf Classic - June 5, 2009 The activities on the 5th will begin at 9 a.m. with registration. Teams will be on the course at 10:30 a.m. with a shotgun start followed by dinner, prizes and awards at the conclusion of play. Participants in the four-person scramble will enjoy free range balls, raffle prizes, flight trophies, a lunch, and beverages on the course, as well as hole contests including closest to the pin, men's and women's long drive, and longest putt. A hole-in-one on hole #9 will also earn that lucky participant $10,000. Many more games and challenges are also planned for many of the holes on the course. (MORE)
Twenty-Five Peacocks Earn Northern Sun All-Academic Team Honors 
Albright and Sorensen Named to NSIC All-Tournament Team Senior center fielder Kreston Albright and redshirt junior shortstop Erik Sorensen earned their way onto the 2009 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference All-Tournament baseball team Sunday as the four-day tournament concluded in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Albright finished the tournament with the fourth-best batting average as he hit .474 over the four tournament games. He recorded 9 hits in 19 plate appearances which included a pair of doubles. Albright also scored 6 runs while driving in a run and stealing three bases. Sorensen was named to the team after hitting .467 (6th) and slugging .800 (4th) for the tournament. He hit safely 7 times in 15 appearances at the plate including a pair of doubles and a home run. Sorensen drove in 6 Peacock base runners while scoring 4 runs of his own. (MORE) Upper Iowa Drops Games to #18 Wayne State and #27 Minnesota State at NSIC Tourney The Peacock baseball team closed their 2009 campaign today with two losses in the third round of the Northern Sun Conference Tournament in St. Cloud, Minn. Upper Iowa, the #5 seed, entered the first game of the day with #1 seed Wayne State for a spot in tomorrow's championship game. The Peacocks got a solid start from Lucas Wilsing on the mound and held a 4-2 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning, but the UIU defense and bullpen couldn't hold the Wildcats down. WSC scored two runs in the seventh to tie the game and then six runs in the eighth to blow the game open. Wayne State took the game 10-4. With only one loss, Upper Iowa still would have one shot to reach the title game tomorrow and face Wayne State again in a rematch. The Peacocks matched up with the Mavericks of Minnesota State, the #2 seed whom UIU upset in the first game of the tournament. The Peacocks had an opportunity in the fourth with the bases loaded and just one out, but were unable to break the scoreless tie. The Mavericks did not miss on their opportunity as they hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth and then exploded for eight runs in the fifth to take a commanding 11-0 lead. UIU pushed a run across the board in the seventh and two more in the ninth, but it was not enough as Minnesota State pulled away to take the 12-3 victory. (MORE) Peacock Run in the NSIC Tournament Continues The Peacocks picked up another win in the Northern Sun Conference Baseball Tournament tonight in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Upper Iowa, the #5 seed, defeated Southwest Minnesota State, the #4 seed, in the final game of the second round, 8-5. Upper Iowa was able to answer every Southwest Minnesota State run through the middle innings until the Peacocks began to pull ahead. The Peacocks got a fantastic outing from starter Brian Solemsaas, a senior for UIU. With the win, UIU improved to 26-24 overall and will now face the #1 seeded-Wildcats of Wayne State College tomorrow night for a spot in the title game on Sunday. (MORE) Three Peacocks Named to NSIC All-Conference Teams The Northern Sun Conference has named their 2009 Baseball All-Conference Teams and three Peacocks have earned the honor. Seth Fox of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Tom Longoni of Tucson, Arizona, and Brock Spangenberg, of Red Oak, Iowa, each were named to the All-NSIC Second Team. (MORE) Upper Iowa to face Southwest Minnesota State in Second Round of NSIC Tournament After the UIU baseball team dominated #27 Minnesota State, 16-6, in the opening round game of the Northern Sun Conference Tournament, the Peacocks will now face the Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State. The Peacocks and Mustangs split a four-game series on April 18 and 19. Upper Iowa is the #5 seed in the tournament, while Southwest Minnesota State earned the #4 seed; both teams defeated a higher seed to advance to the second round. (MORE) Upper Iowa Dominates Minnesota State in NSIC Tournament Opener The Peacock baseball team dominated the NSIC Tournament's opening game over the #27-ranked Mavericks of Minnesota State, the #2 seed in the tournament. The NSIC Tournament is a double elimination tournament between the top six teams in the conference with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Region. Upper Iowa, the #5 seed, broke a scoreless tie in the middle innings with five runs in the fourth and six in the fifth to take the game, 16-6. Upper Iowa tallied 17 hits in support of their starter, Greg Sieck, who improved to 4-4 on the season. With the win, the Peacocks are now 25-24 overall. (MORE) Peacock Baseball to open NSIC Championship versus Minnesota State The Peacock baseball team has claimed the #5 seed in the upcoming NSIC Baseball Championships in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Upper Iowa will face the #2 seeded-Mavericks of Minnesota State in a nine-inning match up at noon tomorrow from Faber Field in St. Cloud. (MORE) |
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