The Heartland Conference

Good things happen for the Incarnate Word women’s golf team whenever they head to east Texas for a tournament hosted by Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Earlier this week, the Cardinals finished 2^nd in a 16-team field at the Lion Invitational, led by freshman Joanna De Sa Pereira, who took first overall as an individual.

The Newman baseball team pushed its winning streak to four, and moved to within one game of fourth place in the Heartland Conference standings with a sweep of Lincoln Tuesday afternoon at McCarthy Field. The Jets won the opener, 6-3, and concluded the twinbill with a 5-3 win.

Game 1: Newman 6, Lincoln 3
Lincoln opened the game with a two-run first inning to take the early momentum, but the Jets narrowed the gap with a run in its half of the frame. After walking to open the first inning, Kori Melo stole second, then scored on an RBI single to first base by Picos Soto. After one inning, Newman trailed, 2-1.

The Newman women's golf team dropped three spots, but still posted a top-five finish at the Lion Invitational, which concluded Tuesday in Pottsboro , Texas . Alyssa Balding's back-to-back rounds of 79 (+7) led her to a sixth-place finish.

Balding's 36-hole score of 158 (+14) was the low score for Newman. Megan Birdsey was 10 strokes behind Balding after carding back-to-back rounds of 84 (+12) to finish with a tourney score of 168 (+24). Linzi Allan and Andrea Martires each finished the tournament in 171 strokes. Allan followed a first round of 82 (+10) with an 89 (+17) in the final round, while Martires carded rounds of 85 (+13) and 86 (+14), respectively. Rachel Stanley rounded out the Newman scorecard with a two-round score of 191 (+53).

Texas A&M International University defeated Newman 7-2 in Heartland Conference action on Saturday afternoon at Dustdevil Field.  The result wraps up a three-game sweep of the Jets while improving TAMIU’s record to 6-0 in conference play.

Three Newman errors led to an unearned TAMIU (10-15 overall) run in the second inning.  Janelle Ruiz then scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning to push the Dustdevils to a 2-1 lead.