Baseball Gets off Scneid, Beats Hilo

Quick Hits

• The Knights used a 6 run second to take control and win, 9-6, over Hilo on March 31st at Laney College Field
• Quinney Darnell started the game and pitched 5.2 innings, giving up 4 hits, 4 walks, 3 earned runs while striking out 7
• Offensively, five Knights had at least 1 RBI. C James Singzon led the attack going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and a run scored
• 2B Zach Babbit went 2 for 4 with a run scored and stole 2 bases
• The Knights improve to 4-26, 4-14 in conference
• The Vulcans fall to 8-15, 5-10 in the PacWest

Box Score

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Despite Strong Starts, Knights Lose Two to Hilo

Quick Hits

• The Knights lost both games of a double header, 2-1, 8-4, to University of Hawaii at Hilo at Laney Field
• Game 1: Wade Broadstreet started the game and pitched 8 innings, giving up 6 hits, 1 earned run, and 4 walks
• Broadstreet pitched 7 scoreless innings before giving up the game tying run in the 8th
• Offensively, C James Singzon scored the only run in the first inning on a throwing error
• Brandon Kistler gave up 3 hits and a run in the 11th and took the loss
• Game 2: Zach Mexicano started and pitched 5.2 innings, giving up 7 hits, 2 walks, 5 runs (2 earned), and struck out 2
• Offensively, 3B Kenny Rollins went 3 for 3 with 1 runs scored and a stolen baseand Niko Leite went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored and a stolen base
• The Knights drop to 3-26 on the season, 3-15 in conference and are now on an 8 game losing streak
• The Vulcans improve to 8-14, 5-9 in conference

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

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Men’s Golf Competes in Grand Canyon Invitational

Quick Hits

• The Men’s Golf team finished 17th in the 18 team field of the Grand Canyon Thunderbird Invitational in Litchfield Park, Arizona
• The Knight’s team score of 943 was 72 strokes behind the first place team, Host, Grand Canyon University’s 871
• Matthew Garcia had the best individual finish for the Knights with a three round score of 228, good for 38th place
• Stuart Favretto was next with a 235 at tied for 57th place. Favretto out shot Garcia by a stroke in the final two days, but his first round 84 put him in a hole

Final Results

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Women’s Golf Takes 15th in Lady Otter Invitational

Quick Hits

• The Knights placed 15 in the 22 team field of the Lady Otter Spring Invitational in Seaside, California
• The team shot a combined 654, 58 strokes behind first place Nova Southeastern
• Sophomore Laura Huertas had the top finish for the Knights at tied for 37th. She carded 160 over the two rounds of golf
• Sophomore Lyra Yoe finished just one stroke behind with a 161 after a second day 78, to finish tied for 39th
• Nova Southeastern had the top 2 individual finishers, Abbey Gittings who shot back to back 73s for a tournament score of 146, and Sandra Changkija, whose 74 on the second day put her 1 stroke behind her teammate with a tournament score of 147

Final Results

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Softball Wraps Up Homestand with Sweep of Chaminade

Quick Hits

• Knights win Game 1, 6-1 and Game 2, 11-0 (5in) over Chaminade University at Mission Blue Field
• Game 1: Sierrah Garcia started and pitched 7 innings, giving up 1 earned run on 7 hits and 3 walks while striking out 7
• Garcia currently leads the PacWest with 93 strike outs
• Offensively, 2B Lauren Stover and SS Genna Allen each went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 RBIs
• CF Elyse Cordova went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI
• Game 2: Kimberly Dauer pitched all five innings, giving up no runs on 3 hits with 3 strikeouts
• Offensively, Cordova went 3 for 4 with 1 run scored and 3 RBIs, Garcia went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 3 RBIs, and Stover went 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored and 1 RBI
• The Knights improve to 17-9 and are 3rd in conference at 9-3
• The Silverswords fall to 7-19, 3-9 in the PacWest

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

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Softball Earns Another Split On Homestand with HPU

Quick Hit

• The Knights lost game one, 0-8 and won the second, 8-0 against HPU at Mission Blue Field
• Game 1: Sierrah Garcia started and pitched 2.1 innings giving up 8 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits and 2 walks
• The Knights only recorded on hit against HPU’s Breanne Patton who improved to 12-0 on the season
• Game 2: Garcia was back on the mound and pitched 7 shut out innings, giving up only 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 11
• Offensively, C Jayme Stewart led the way with 2 RBIs on 2 hits with a run scored
• CF Elyse Cordova went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI
• The Knights are now 15-9 and 7-3 in conference
• HPU is now 18-6 and 8-4 in the PacWest

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

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Track and Field Shows Well in Chabot Open

Quick Hits

• The Academy of Art University’s Track and Field team competed in the Chabot Open in Hayward, CA
• For the women, Chantel King placed 1st in the 200m dash
• Kylie Long too 1st in the 800m run
• Cassandra Schumacher and Stacey Toth finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the 1500m run
• Hannah Otey placed 1st in discus, she had a throw of 31.78m
• Heather Castro placed 3rd in the 400m dash
• For the men, Amos Maru, Hamza Bouchafra, Geoffrey Cheruiyot, Shawn Daut and Simon Mutai finished 1st through 5th respectively in the 800m run
• Kennedy Kurgat and Alexander Craig placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the 400 m dash
• Daveson Marindich and Geoffrey Cheruiyot took 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 1,500m run

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Tennis Still Streaking with Win over Dixie State

Quick Hits

• ART U won their 7th straight match with an 8-1 win over Dixie State College at San Francisco Tennis Club
• The Knights won all six singles matches
• The only loss was the doubles team of Paola Correa Fe and Cecilia Hedin falling to Lauren Tarver and Adrienne Davis
• The Knights improve to 9-2
• Dixie State drops to 3-10 on the season

Final Results

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Women’s Tennis Sweeps Notre Dame de Namur for the Second Time

Quick Hits

• Knights win all 9 matches against Notre Dame de Namur at the San Francisco Tennis Club
• The Knights swept the Argos just 5 days ago and in each match ART U only lost 12 games
• ART U’s No. 1 Laone Botshoma, No. 3 Paola Correa Fe, and No. 4 Amal Ben El Hadj each won their matches 6-0, 6-0
• The doubles team of Laone Botshoma and Amal Ben El Hadj also won their doubles match 8-0
• The Knights improve to 8-2 and are on a 6 match win streak
• Notre Dame de Namur falls to 0-6

Final Results

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Despite Strong Final Round, Men’s Golf finishes Last at the Notre Dame de Namur Invitational

Quick Hits

• The Knights shot 981 for the tournament, putting them last in the 10 team field after three rounds
• The Knights final round of 308 was good for 8th place, but their first two rounds of 346 and 327 put them too far behind
• Matthew Garcia had the best individual finish with a 223 to tie for 16th
• CSU-Monterey Bay won the event with a 861 and had the top individual golfer, Dylan Jackson who shot a 209 for the tournament

Final Results

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