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Seventeen Big Ten student-athletes in five different sports collected awards from the conference office during the week of May 6. Below is the complete list of honorees.
Baseball Player of the the Week - Joel Fisher, MSU Pitcher of the Week - Luke Farrell, NU Freshman of the Week - Travis Maezes, MICH
Rowing
Boat of the Week - Wisconsin First Varsity Four (Marie Hebert, Kaitlin Dunn, Rachel Gendreau, Nicole Hettmann, Steph Malchine)
Softball
Player of the Week - Caitlin Blanchard, MICH Pitcher of the Week - Tatum Edwards, NEB Freshman of the Week - Sierra Romero, MICH
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Co-Track Athletes of the Week - Cornelius Strickland, IND & Mason Ferlic, MICH Field Athlete of the Week - Jon Hendershot, PSU
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Co-Track Athletes of the Week - Jillian Smith, MICH & Deanna Latham, WIS Field Athlete of the Week - Sydney Clute, IND
Louisville 4, INDIANA 3 MICHIGAN 7, Toledo 0 MICHIGAN STATE 6, Eastern Michigan 3 Milwaukee 2, MINNESOTA 1 Chicago 9, NORTHWESTERN 7 OHIO STATE 3, Georgia Tech 2 Ball State 4, PURDUE 3
Four Big Ten women's rowing teams are ranked in the latest CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll, released on Wednesday. Ohio State leads ranked conference squads, coming in at No. 3. Michigan and Wisconsin both stay put at No. 13 and No. 14, respectively, while Minnesota rounds out the poll at No. 20. Michigan State is receiving votes.
For the complete poll, click here.
Tuesday's Results Nebraska-Omaha 6, IOWA 5 Eastern Michigan 13, MICHIGAN 4 MICHIGAN STATE 5, Western Michigan 4 NORTHWESTERN 5, UIC 3 Georgia Tech 9, OHIO STATE 2 Akron 11, PENN STATE 2
Wednesday's Schedule INDIANA at Louisville, 6 p.m. Toledo at MICHIGAN, 6:05 p.m. Eastern Michigan at MICHIGAN STATE, 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee at MINNESOTA, 4:05 p.m. Chicago at NORTHWESTERN, 4 p.m. Georgia Tech at OHIO STATE, 6:35 p.m. PURDUE at Ball State, 3 p.m.
Nebraska-Omaha at IOWA, 7:05 p.m. Eastern Michigan at MICHIGAN, 6:05 p.m. MICHIGAN STATE at Western Michigan, 3 p.m. NORTHWESTERN at UIC, 8:05 p.m. Georgia Tech at OHIO STATE, 7 p.m. PENN STATE at Akron, 3 p.m.
All times ET
Four Big Ten baseball teams are ranked or receiving votes in three out
of four national polls. Click the links below to view each complete set
of rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper21. Indiana Baseball America14. Indiana NCBWA16. Indiana Michigan State (rv) Ohio State (rv) ESPN/USA Today16. Indiana Minnesota (rv)
INDIANA 10, NEBRASKA 2 The Hoosiers took a Monday afternoon rubber
match at Nebraska in a 10-2 winner. Aaron Slegers blanked the Huskers through the first eight innings
and improved to 7-1 on the season with the win. RECAPOHIO STATE 6, NORTHWESTERN 2 Ohio State defeated Northwestern, 6-2, in the rubber
game of its three-game set Monday at Rocky Miller Park. With the win,
the Buckeyes improve to 32-14, 14-7 in the Big Ten, while the Wildcats
fall to 20-20, 8-13 in conference play. RECAP
MICHIGAN 4, IOWA 3 Sophomore Zach Zott belted
a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Michigan a 4-3 win over Iowa Sunday
afternoon (May 5) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. RECAPMICHIGAN STATE 4, ILLINOIS 3 Michigan State beat Illinois on Sunday afternoon at McLane
Stadium, 4-3, thanks to a three-run home run to left field by junior Joel Fisher .
The Spartans (26-14, 9-6 Big Ten) were trailing 3-1 in the eighth
before Fisher sent the seniors home with a win in the final home weekend
at McLane. RECAPPENN STATE 4, MINNESOTA 3 (10) Posting its third walk-off victory of the season on Sunday afternoon, Penn State took down Minnesota 4-3 in the 10th inning
of the conference series finale. The Nittany Lions move to an overall
record of 12-30 on the season with a 3-15 mark in the Big Ten, while the
Gophers now sit at 28-15 and 11-4. RECAPNEBRASKA 3, INDIANA 2 Sophomore Kyle Kubat improved to 4-0 on the mound, while Chad Christensen and Pat Kelly each had a pair of hits and a RBI in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Indiana. RECAPOHIO STATE 5, NORTHWESTERN 3 Aaron Gretz's two-run single in the top of the ninth gave the Ohio State
baseball team a 5-3 win over Northwestern Sunday afternoon at Rocky
Miller Park. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 31-14 on the season,
13-7 in conference play, while the Wildcats fall to 20-19, 8-12 in the
conference. RECAP Angelo Cianfrocco delivered a pair of two-out, two-run hits and Brett Andrzejewski
worked 4 2/3 innings of hitless relief to close out the game, leading
Purdue baseball to a 10-5 victory that completed a series sweep of
Southern Illinois Sunday afternoon at Alexander Field.
RECAP
ILLINOIS 7, MICHIGAN STATE 3 For the second time this week, Illinois broke open a tie game with a
four-run eighth inning, as the Illini evened up the series with Michigan
State following a 7-3 victory on Saturday. The Illini scored three runs
on two hits in the first inning, but didn't get another hit until the
eighth when they strung together five, highlighted by a game-winning RBI
double from senior Davis Hendrickson , a two-out, two-run single from sophomore Michael Hurwitz and an RBI single by senior Justin Parr , who matched the longest hitting streak in the NCAA this year at 30 games. RECAP INDIANA 8, NEBRASKA 6 Indiana grinded out a wild 8-6 road
win at Nebraska in front of a national audience on the Big
Ten Network. Nick Ramos and Kyle Schwarber each connected on a pair of homeruns en route to the Hoosiers extending their current winning streak to nine games.
RECAPIOWA 4, MICHIGAN 3 (12) A 12th-inning sacrifice fly by junior Bryan Niedbalski lifted Iowa to a 4-3 victory over Michigan on Saturday at the Wilpon Complex. The Hawkeyes improved to 4-1 in extra-inning games this season, outscoring opponents 8-1 in extra frames.
RECAPMINNESOTA 7, PENN STATE 3 Minnesota scored runs in the second,
third and fourth innings to win, 7-3, today in University Park, Pa. With
the win today and an 11-2 win Friday, the Golden Gophers (28-14, 11-3
Big Ten) already claim the series win. RECAPNORTHWESTERN 8, OHIO STATE 0 Northwestern tagged Ohio State for six runs in the second inning to
provide more than enough offense as the Wildcats blanked the Buckeyes in
the opener of a three-game set at Rocky Miller Park in Evanston, Ill.,
Saturday, 8-0. RECAP PURDUE 5, Southern Illinois 3 Josh Estill
drove in four runs with a trio of big hits and the three Purdue
pitchers that took the mound teamed up for a season-high 11 strikeouts,
as the Boilermakers clinched a series victory against Southern Illinois
with a 5-3 win Saturday evening at Alexander Field. RECAP
MICHIGAN 5, IOWA 4 Michigan put up three runs in the first
and snuffed out an Iowa ninth-inning rally in a 5-4 win Friday night
(May 3) at the Wilpon Complex, home of Ray Fisher Stadium. Michigan has
now won eight straight games at home. MICHIGAN STATE 12, ILLINOIS 3 Michigan State started fast and never let up against the
Fighting Illini on Friday afternoon at McLane Stadium, earning a 12-3
win in the opening game of the three-game series. MINNESOTA 11, PENN STATE 2 Minnesota's Kurt Schlangen went 2-4 with three RBI, while eight players collected a hit in an 11-2 win over Penn State, tonight in University Park, Pa. PURDUE 6, Southern Illinois 4 Highlighted by a two-run homer from Brandon Krieg ,
Purdue baseball scored four times in the second inning and rode the
extended rally to a 6-4 series-opening win against Southern Illinois
Friday evening at Alexander Field.
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