Sports Briefs: 04-17-14

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Clippers beat Mud Hens, 3-1
TOLEDO – Columbus beat Toledo, 3-1 in an International League game Wednesday. The Mud Hens are 4-9 in the
IL West.
James McCann had two hits for Toledo and Ben Guez had the Mud Hens’ lone RBI.
The Mud Hens left eight runners on base and were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Falcons add asst. coach
Mark Downey has accepted an assistant men’s basketball coaching position at Bowling Green State
University according to a published report in the Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail.
Downey worked with new BG head coach Chris Jans for one year at Independence College.
“He’s like a mentor to me,” Downey told the newspaper about Jans. “We kept in contact and became really
good friends. It was an honor when he called and offered me the job. He’s seen a lot of places, met a
lot of people and has an extensive Rolodex. I really trust him, he’s a good coach and he’s going to do
really well.”
This will mark Downey’s third time in Division I. He served as an assistant coach at New Orleans for five
seasons and was the director of operations at Marshall for two seasons.
Most recently he was the head coach at West Alabama.
“I always thought that if I’d get the chance I’d go back to the Division I level, and said I would go
back with someone I knew and someone I trusted,” Downey told the newspaper.
BG releases Edwards from letter of intent
Bernard Edwards, Jr. has been released from his national letter of intent to attend Bowling Green State
University, a spokesman in the BGSU athletics communication office said Wednesday.
Currently a senior at Lehigh High School in Lehigh Acres, Fla., Edwards signed his letter of intent last
November with former head coach Louis Orr.
A 6-foot guard, Edwards has reopened his recruiting search.
Edwards averaged 21.9 points and 5.2 assists per game this season and 18.1 points and 4.1 assists per
game for his 103-game high school career. He was a third-team Class 6A selection this season.
Chris Jans, BG’s new head coach, now has three scholarships available for the upcoming season.
Grand slam helps Falcon softball sweep
The Bowling Green State University softball team swept Detroit, 7-4 and 2-0 Wednesday in a nonleague
doubleheader at Meserve Field.
Erika Stratton’s walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning helped BG win the opener. In the
second game, Braiden Dillow, Katie Turski and Jamie Kertes combined on an eight-hit shutout.
Apsen Searle was 3-for-3 for the Falcons in the first game and Amanda Durham was 2-for-3.
In the second game, Stratton and Katie Yoho each drove in a run for the Falcons.
BG is 18-21-1 overall.

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