Moline, Ill. —
Rose-Hulman jumped out to an early 5-2 lead Saturday over Buena Vista, but the top-seeded Beavers scored six runs in the fifth inning on their way to an 11-6 win in the NCAA Division III Central Regional baseball tournament.
The loss ended Rose-Hulman’s third consecutive regional appearance and the careers of 12 senior members of the squad.
Rose-Hulman jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on a single by Chandler Kent, a double by Chris Stemple, a double by Tim Tepe and a single by Donald Stopka.
Buena Vista got within 3-2, but consecutive hits by Derek Dauenbaugh, Kent and Stemple pushed Rose-Hulman’s lead to 4-2.
After Buena Vista’s rally gave the Beavers an 8-5 lead, Rose-Hulman scored one run in the fifth and placed two runners aboard in the eighth and ninth, but could not overcome the deficit.
Stemple, Kent and B.J. Zobrist paced Rose-Hulman’s 16-hit offensive attack with three hits each. Stopka and Tepe each added two.
Brandon Pietrzyk led the Buena Vista attack with two hits, including a home run, three runs scored and 12⁄3 scoreless innings in relief to earn the save. Kyle Dupic pitched 32⁄3 innings and allowed just one run to earn the win.
Seniors for Rose, which completed its third straight NCAA tournament season and won its second straight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship, are Andrew Bilse, Derek Eitel, Troy Eveslage, Kent, Jared Kronable, Keenan Long, Nick Maloney, Daniel Prochno, David Silwanowicz, Ben Stenger, Tepe and Kirk Thompson. They completed their career with a total record of 115-61.
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Buena Vista scores six in fifth to end Rose baseball’s season
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Bluffton nips Rose-Hulman men
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HCAC title still a possibility for Rose
A 60-46 loss at Transylvania on Saturday did not help Rose-Hulman’s chances, but coach Jim Shaw’s Engineers are still in their best position to capture a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball championship and earn an NCAA Division III tournament bid in several years.
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Rose drops pair to Transylvania
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Rose’s win streak snapped
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Rose men edge Anderson
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Rose wins twinbill
Playing an afternoon doubleheader inside Hulbert Arena, the Rose women routed Mount St. Joseph 71-40 to post their largest margin of victory since the 2006-07 season when the female Engineers defeated St. Mary-of-the-Woods by 41.
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Ploof has big 2nd half for Rose women
Rose-Hulman sophomore Kelsey Ploof scored 16 second half points, including the last three points of the game, to help the Engineers top Earlham 49-47 in women’s basketball Wednesday in Hulbert Arena.
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Rose-Hulman dominates Earlham in conference
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Rose men, women manage sweep
Rose-Hulman’s men’s basketball team improved to 9-2 as it defeated nearby rival DePauw 67-59 on Monday at DePauw.
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Rose-Hulman teams swept at Hanover
Rose-Hulman rallied from a 28-point first-half deficit to close within single digits in the second half, but Hanover College held off the charge to earn a 60-54 men’s basketball victory on Saturday.
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Rose-Hulman sweeps conference doubleheader from Bluffton
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Rose-Hulman men overpower Manchester; women lose close game
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Beating the odds: Now cancer free, Prevo avoids surgery
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Wabash takes down Rose-Hulman
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SMWC topples Rose-Hulman
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Two for the price of one: Rose-Hulman perfect academic, athletic option for Dickerson
Alisa Dickerson had two distinct goals in mind when she was deciding where to play women’s college basketball.
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Rose-Hulman drops Earlham
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Rose, Kovach have record day in 53-50 victory
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman earns share of HCAC volleyball title
Rose-Hulman earned a share of the first regular-season volleyball conference championship in school history with a three-set win over Defiance College on Saturday.
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Defiance stops Rose-Hulman
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Rose-Hulman receives $27.8M in-kind software grant from Siemens
An international company has given Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology a $27.8 million in-kind software grant, the largest in-kind corporate donation in college history.
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Engineers rich in good experience
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Rose second-half rally not enough vs. Bluffton
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There’s little Kovach can’t do on gridiron
Rose-Hulman junior Kyle Kovach didn’t top 100 yards rushing Saturday like he usually does.
This time, the talented running back from Munster had to “settle” for 85 yards against Mount St. Joseph at Cook Stadium.
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Mount St. Joseph at Rose-Hulman
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Rose inductees learned sacrifice
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Franklin speeds away from Rose-Hulman 55-24
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