College Sports

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Northwest Missouri State University head men’s basketball coach Ben McCollum has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2016-17 Division II Coach of the Year, in a release from the organization on Friday. The eighth year head coach has led Northwest to the last four MIAA regular season titles and lead the team to a national championship on Saturday for the first time in school history...

TUCSON, AZ - Jake Hadaway pitched seven innings, allowing just two unearned runs, and the Buena Vista baseball team scored three runs in the seventh inning tin a thrilling 4-2 victory against Luther College in the Iowa Conference opener for both teams played in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday afternoon...

The journey to becoming a college basketball coach on the Division I level can be a long and tiring journey. For Buena Vista alum, Randy Rahe, he waited in the wings for 16 years before becoming the head man at a mid-major college program. Rahe, a native of Bancroft, Iowa, went to Buena Vista for baseball, but also walked onto the basketball program. ...

Some timely hitting and dominant pitching helped the Buena Vista softball team begin its 2017 season on Friday afternoon with a doubleheader road sweep at Westminster College (Mo.). The Beavers picked up 3-2 and 4-1 victories, respectively. Kennedy Colvert drove home BVU’s first run of the year in the fouth inning of the opener, plating Keely Bycroft. The Beavers added a pair of key insurance runs in the fifth on an error by the Blue Jays followed by a Marissa Schmidt single up the middle...

Buena Vista baseball head coach Steve Eddie had a long road before becoming head coach of the Beavers back in July 2000. Eddie ventured through college and professional baseball on his way to earning 374 wins, as of March 11th, as the Beaver coach. Eddie played baseball for Albert City-Truesdale and remembers seeing his older brothers play as a kid. ...

The Buena Vista team was looking to bounce back on Monday following its first two losses of the season, but the Beavers struggled to get much going offensively during 8-3 and 14-0 setbacks to Hamline University inside of U.S. Bank Stadium. The Beavers scored twice in the second inning to take a 2-1 lead. Freshman Parker Truesdell drove in the first with an RBI groundout before Peyton Renning scored on a wild pitch...

The Buena Vista baseball team got to experience first-hand the newly constructed U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday night with a doubleheader against Bethel University, but the Beavers came on the short-end of the scoring in both games, falling 6-3 in the opener and 9-4 in the nightcap...

DUBUQUE - Senior Ernesto Garcia and sophomore Brad Kerkhoff capped off the NCAA Central Regional Tournament on Saturday with sixth place finishes to help lead the Buena Vista wrestling team. Garcia advanced into the semifinal round of the 125-pound bracket before suffering his first loss of the day, an 8-1 setback to eventual champion, CJ Pestano of Central College. ...

The bats appeared to be in mid-season form on Friday as the Buena Vista baseball team began its 2017 campaign with a pair of lopsided victories down in St. Louis over both Fontbonne and UW-Platteville, respectively. Senior Kendall Candor drilled a two-run home run in the third inning of the opener against Fontbonne to cap a three-run inning and then drove in two more with a single in the fourth to make it a 7-0 contest. ...

DECORAH - It was a defensive struggle for both teams on Saturday afternoon, but in the end it was the Beavers scoring the games final four points and hang on for a hard fought 50-47 road victory at Luther College (2-11, 0-6 IIAC). The Beavers were held to a season-low 36 percent shooting from the field and finished with as many made field goals as free-throws (16). Those 16 made free-throws were ultimately the difference in the contest...

DECORAH - It was a defensive struggle for both teams on Saturday afternoon, but in the end it was the Beavers scoring the games final four points and hang on for a hard fought 50-47 road victory at Luther College (2-11, 0-6 IIAC). The Beavers were held to a season-low 36 percent shooting from the field and finished with as many made field goals as free-throws (16). Those 16 made free-throws were ultimately the difference in the contest...

DECORAH - The Buena Vista women’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a rough first half shooting performance on Saturday afternoon as it had its comeback bid fall just short in a 71-63, loss at Luther College. The Beavers, despite making just three field goals in the first half, only trailed 30-18 at the half. They were able to stay in the game by sinking 11-of-16 at the free-throw line...

MOUNT VERNON - It’s been nearly a month since the Buena Vista wrestling team was in action, but the Beavers returned to the mat on Saturday when they took part in the Matmen Invite hosted by Cornell College. Senior Ernesto Garcia (125lbs) was the lone individual to place as he finished in sixth after medical forfeits in his last two bouts. ...

SIOUX CENTER - Competing in their first meet of the 2017 indoor season, the Buena Vista University track & field teams put together strong performances at the Dordt College Indoor Open on Saturday. The Beavers competed against a solid field full of NAIA and NCAA Division II programs...

SIOUX CENTER - Competing in their first meet of the 2017 indoor season, the Buena Vista University men’s track & field team put together strong performances at the Dordt College Indoor Open on Saturday. The Beavers competed against a solid field full of NAIA and NCAA Division II programs...

Through the first 12 games of the season, the Buena Vista women’s basketball team is sitting at a 7-5, 3-0 in the conference, record averaging 71 points and 44 rebounds a night. According to head coach Janet Berry they are in good position at this point in this season...

Twelve games have passed in coach Brian Van Haaften’s 25th season on the sideline for the Buena Vista Beavers and his team stands at six wins and six losses. Three of the 12 foes for the Beavers are currently ranked in the D3 top seven as of January 3rd. All three of those came up as close contests for Van Haaften and his players...