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Berger's bat powers BG (04-05-13) |
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Written by KEVIN GORDON Sentinel Assistant Sports Editor
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Friday, 05 April 2013 09:22 |
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| BGSU’s Paige Berger steps up to bat. (Photo courtesy of BGSU Office of Athletic Communications) |
Paige Berger is best known as Bowling Green's career leader in home runs.
But the senior is far more than a power hitter.
Instead, she hits for average, plays excellent defense and is one of the leaders on and off the field for the Falcons.
She has 34 homers going into this weekend's Mid-American Conference home games against Akron and Ohio University.
So far this season, Berger is hitting .326 in 26 games with four homers and 13 runs batted. She's struck out just once and has made only one error at first base.
"The record is nice, but the team is the most important thing," said Berger, who hit three homers Tuesday in a doubleheader against Detroit to break the record of 32 set by Hayley Weimer (2006-09).
Berger setting the record was no surprise to Falcon coach Shannon Salsburg, who first saw her star play as a 10-year-old in Northeast Ohio.
Berger and Salsburg's youngest sister, who is two years older than Berger, often played in the same youth travel tournaments growing up.
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Pleger's hard work pays off (04-04-13) |
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Written by JACK CARLE Sentinel Sports Editor
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 09:13 |
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BG’s Brooke Pleger in the ring with a hammer. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune)
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Brooke Pleger always seems to have a couple of hammers with her and is constantly working to get better in using them.
However, the redshirt sophomore at Bowling Green State University is not into carpentry at the present time.
Instead Pleger is trying to throw a four-kilogram weight (8.8 pounds) which is attached to a wire and handle that can be up to 120 centimeters long, as far as she can without fouling.
Last Saturday at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State University, it all came together for Pleger in the hammer throw.
After fouling on her first two attempts, she uncorked a 212-6 effort which was a meet and BGSU record. The throw was over 20 feet longer than the previous school record (191-7) set in 2008.
The throw was the second-longest in Mid-American Conference history, behind only the 223-4 effort of Akron's Stevi Large when she won the NCAA title in 2009.
The 212-6 distance is the third longest in the country this season and Pleger's effort has qualified her for the NCAA championships.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:09 |
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Updated 12:10 a.m., BGSU softball swept by Ball State (3-29-13) |
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Written by Kevin Gordon Sentinel Assistant Sports Editor
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Friday, 29 March 2013 18:49 |
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| BG's Erika Stratton (left) steals third near Ball State's Audrey Bickel (right). (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
Bowling Green’s softball team didn’t have enough offense Friday.
The Falcons were limited to two runs and nine hits during a 4-1, 3-1 doubleheader loss to Ball State at Meserve Field. PHOTO GALLERY
Ball State improved to 16-10 overall and 2-0 in the MAC. BG is 12-10, 0-2.
The doubleheader matched the teams picked to win their respective divisions in the MAC. BG is the coaches pick to win the East. Ball State, the MAC’s defending regular-season champion, is favored to win the West and the conference tournament.
Jessica Craft’s two-run pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning snapped a 1-1 tie in Game 2, giving Ball State the sweep.
BG’s Jamie Kertes took a four-hit shutout into the seventh before the Cardinals rallied.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 March 2013 08:08 |
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Shook named interim AD at BGSU (4-3-13) |
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Written by By Sentinel Sports Staff
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Wednesday, 03 April 2013 19:50 |
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| Mark Shook |
Mark Shook has been named the interim director of athletics at Bowling Green State University.
Shook replaces Greg Christopher, who has been named the athletics director at Xavier. Shook is currently the associate athletics director for compliance and student-athlete services at BGSU.
He begins his new role on May 3.
“In Mark’s seven years at Bowling Green, he has exhibited excellence in guiding the academic support services and compliance departments,” said Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, the president of BGSU. “It is evident that his leadership will provide effective direction for the athletics department during this time of transition.”
Shook began at BGSU in 2006 and provides leadership and oversight of the comprehensive NCAA compliance and academic support services program. He also serves as the sport administrator for women’s tennis and is responsible for the supervision, evaluation and overall management of the program.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 April 2013 09:19 |
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Hammond's departure leaves void in goal (03-29-13) |
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Written by KEVIN GORDON Sentinel Assistant Sports Editor
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Friday, 29 March 2013 08:40 |
Andrew Hammond's departure leaves Bowling Green's hockey team with a huge void to fill in goal next season.
The Falcons believe Tommy Burke and Tomas Sholl can provide the team with quality goaltending.
Hammond was a four-year regular, posting a 2.85 goals-against average and a .906 percentage in 119 games. He recently signed with the NHL's Ottawa Senators.
Burke played well overall this season. Even though he had the expected inconsistencies of a freshman, he had a 2.57 goals-against average and an .889 save percentage in 15 games.
Sholl, the heir apparent to Hammond, has a 3.16 goals-against and a .909 save percentage in 30 games for Fresno in the North American (Junior) Hockey League this season.
"We've got some nice options," said BG coach Chris Bergeron, who will be starting his fourth season in the fall. "Our goaltending will be strong. It'll just be the one position where we don't have guys who have proven it over a length of time."
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