Baseball
On March 1-2, the Baseball team took on Clarke University for their first home game of the season.
Starting with their first game, in the second inning, junior Johnny Vulcano scored the first run of the game, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the third inning, sophomore Carson Baker scored, bringing the score to 2-0.
However, in the top of the fifth inning the Crusaders scored their first run of the game, which made the score 2-1. Fast forward to the top of the seventh inning, the Crusaders earned two more runs, bringing the final score to 2-3.
Going into the second game, in the top of the first the Crusaders scored their first run bringing the score to 0-1. However, in the second inning senior Justin Nevells and junior Max Harris earned two runs, bringing the score to 2-1. Finishing up their second game in the bottom of the sixth inning was Vulcano who scored, which brought the final score to 3-1.
In their third game, both teams had a scoreless first and second inning, however, in the top of the third, the Crusaders scored their first run of the game, making the score 0-1. In the bottom of the fourth, junior Carter Roth scored, tying the score 1-1.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Crusaders added four more runs to their score, which resulted in senior Logan Amick, Baker, Nevells, Harris, and sophomore Taiyo Takahashi adding one run each to the score, bringing it to 7-4. In the top of the sixth, the Crusaders gained one run, which brought the final score to 7-5.
Walking into their last game against the Crusaders, Amick scored the first run with Nevells scoring after, starting the score of 2-0 at the bottom of the first. Going into the bottom of the second inning, junior Dane Kelsey scored, bringing the score up 3-0.
After a scoreless third, fourth, and fifth inning, the Crusaders earned their first run of the game in the top of the sixth, which brought the final score to 3-1.
Next up, the Tigers will be traveling to Joliet, Illinois, to take on the University of Saint Francis on March 8-9.
–Eliyah Lara-Johnson
eSports
With their season halfway over, the eSports teams just finished their week four schedule and are onto their week five competitions.
Starting on Feb. 25 was the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team taking on Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Blue team where they walked away with a loss of 0-2. On the same day, the Rocket League Orange team took on Missouri State University’s White team where they also walked away with a loss with a score of 0-3.
On Feb. 27, the Rocket League Orange took on the Arkansas State Black team, the Rocket League Black team took on the Pennsylvania Western Fighting Scots, along with the Overwatch Northwestern College JV, all competed on the same day.
Competing first was the Overwatch team, who walked away with a loss with a score of 0-3, with Rocket League Black to follow, where they also lost with a score of 2-3. Finishing up was the Rocket League Orange team, where they also lost with a score of 1-3.
On March 2, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team took on Hastings College where they walked away with a win 2-0.
On March 4, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team is set to take on the University of Health Science & Pharmacy Eutectics team. On March 6, the Rocket League Orange team is set to take on the University of North Alabama and the Rocket League Black will take on the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Finishing up their week five is the Overwatch team on March 7 to take on Saginaw Valley State University’s Red team, if you or someone you know would like to support the eSports team, you can watch their streams on the Doane eSports YouTube.
–Eliyah Lara-Johnson
Women’s Basketball
On Feb. 26, the Women’s Basketball team played the quarterfinal game of the GPAC tournament against Dakota Wesleyan University. The Tigers couldn’t achieve a victory and lost 71-79. The team’s overall record for this 24-25 season is 15-14, and its overall record for the conference is 10-12. It was a tough game in which the team faced off against the No.13 team in the country and put on a great performance that ended unsuccessfully.
Despite the defeat, two players stood out with impressive performances. The leading scorer, senior Macy Holtz, had 20 points in the game. At the same time, senior Mak Hatcliff got six rebounds and five assists, filling up the stat sheet.
Though their season ended with a tough loss, the team finished with an overall record above .500. From now on, both the team and the coach will start thinking about and preparing for the next season.
–Luis Rejano Candau
