By Vantage Staff
It’s mid-April, which means that the semester is coming to a close and so are the seasons for Newman’s several spring sports.
Here’s where Newman’s teams stand as the school year winds down.
Baseball: The Jets have struggled this year and as of Wednesday have a 9-28 overall record, 5-22 in conference play. Last week, the team traveled to Maryville, Missouri, where it faced the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats in a three-game series. Though the Bearcats took game one in extra innings, the Jets lost 10-6. It also lost game two. But the team made a comeback during the series finale on Sunday and won 12-11.
During the game, graduate student Blake Mitchell hit a grand slam for four RBIs, and junior Nicolas Ely and senior Hunter Brown both went 3-5 from the plate. Next up: the Jets host the Fort Hays State Tigers at home for a three game series that runs today through Sunday. The Tigers have an overall record of 27-10, 21-5 in conference play. They are ranked No. 23 in this week’s American Baseball Coaches Association coaches poll.
Softball: The 2025 season also has been tough on the Jets softball team, which has a 7-37 overall record, 2-16 in conference play. The team most recently traveled to Northwestern Oklahoma State in Alva, Oklahoma, for its last non-conference doubleheader of the season. But the team lost both of its games against the Rangers, the first one 9-14 and the second 7-8. Redshirt junior AJ Borja had a good performance in both games, though, and went 2-3 with a triple and scores for two runs in the first game and going 2-4 from the plate with a run and an RBI in the second. The Jets will play again on Friday when they travel to Warrensburg, Missouri, for 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. games against the University of Central Missouri Mules.
Tennis: The men’s tennis team is sitting at a 6-8 overall record, 1-3 in conference play. The women are at 5-12 overall, 1-3 in conference play. The teams most recently played at home against Northwest Missouri State for a conference matchup. The women won their Friday match 5-2 then lost 4-3 on Saturday. The men lost 4-3 on Saturday. Both teams also played Weatherford College in exhibition play on Sunday. Up next: The men and women travel to face the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith today. Then, the men head to Searcy, Arkansas, to face Harding University on Friday. That same day, the women will be in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, playing Northeastern State University.
Golf: The women’s team traveled to Karney, Nebraska, on Tuesday for the MIAA Championship but finished in 11th place. Sophomore Isabella Callaba finished the tournament in 52nd place with a score of 254. Senior Bethany Griffiths was right behind her in 53rd place, with a score of 256. The men’s team will play in its MIAA Championship Monday through Wednesday in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Bowling: Both the men’s and women’s bowling teams will be in Las Vegas today through Sunday for the National Intercollegiate Team Championships.The teams earned their places at sectionals in Dallas in March, when the women’s team placed second and the men’s team placed fourth.
PHOTO, Courtesy Newman Athletics
