Eureka won their first ever SLIAC game with a shutout win over Fontbonne. Husson is accustom to winning as they claimed their third straight NAC title and NCAA Playoff appearance.
UW-Stevens Point pitchers tossed a pair of on-hit shutouts in taking a WIAC series, four games to none on Monday. Eureka earned their first win against Spalding in eight years with a 2-1 win over the Golden Eagles.
Eureka run ruled Blackburg 11-1 in their SLIAC series. In Altoona, the Lions of Penn State Altoona scored 26 to close a doubleheader with Chatham. In the Top 25, Aurora had 22 in seven innings in a whitewashing of Luther.
Jerry Rashid has been appointed head coach of the Eureka program. An icon throughout the central Illinois baseball community, Rashid has won more than 800 games in 39 seasons at the high school level.
Kim Johnson has been named head coach at Eureka. Johnson owns 26 years of collegiate baseball coaching experience, including 20 seasons and 515 victories as a head coach.
Eureka pitching coach Andrew Werner made his Major League Baseball debut Wednesday night, earning the victory for the San Diego Padres in a 4-2 decision over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Eureka announced the hiring of Isaac Cox as their new head coach. Cox comes to Eureka after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at Lincoln College.
James Clark has been named the new head coach at Eureka. Clark was formerly the baseball head coach at Spoon River College and was a four-year NCAA Division III baseball student-athlete at Knox.
EUREKA, Ill. – James Clark has been named the new baseball head coach at Eureka College, according to an announcement from Director of Athletics Paul Bryant on Tuesday. A native of Victoria, Ill., Clark was formerly the baseball head coach at Spoon River College in Canton, Ill. and was a four-year NCAA Division III baseball student-athlete at Knox College.
HIGHLAND, Ill. – Eureka College senior catcher Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./Illinois Central) and junior third baseman Blake McConkey (Fairview, Ill./Spoon River Valley H.S.) have each been named to the 2011 All-St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Second Team, SLIAC Commissioner Will Wolper announced during the opening day of the SLIAC Tournament in Highland, Ill., Thursday afternoon. Additionally, senior first baseman Tim Cashdollar (Morton, Ill./Morton H.S.) received All-SLIAC Honorable Mention and was Eureka’s representative on the league’s All-Sportsmanship Team.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Eureka College freshman pitcher Bryan Meyer (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap H.S.) has been named the Diamond Sports St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday night. Meyer earned his second career complete-game victory last Tuesday.
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College freshman pitcher Bryan Meyer (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap H.S.) allowed only two earned runs to notch his second career complete-game victory in game one, and senior catcher Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./Illinois Central) smashed two home runs on his way to collecting a career-high seven RBI in the nightcap, leading the Red Devils to a doubleheader sweep of St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference leader Spalding, Tuesday afternoon at Henry Sand Field. Eureka won the opener, 3-2, and also won game two, 9-8.
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College senior catcher Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./Illinois Central) clobbered his eighth home run of the season and the 21st homer of his Eureka career on a solo shot in the third inning on Senior Day, but visiting Westminster scored six runs on six hits in the first inning to take the rubber game of a three-game St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series with a 13-1 win over the Red Devils, Sunday afternoon.
EUREKA, Ill. – The Eureka College baseball team plated five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday afternoon, breaking a 3-3 tie en route to an 8-3 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over MacMurray at Henry Sand Field. Eureka starting pitcher Blake McConkey (Fairview, Ill./Spoon River Valley H.S.) tossed a complete game and earned his team-best fifth victory of the season.
SAUGET, Ill. – Eureka College senior first baseman Tim Cashdollar (Morton, Ill./Morton H.S.) hit his sixth career home run in the second game of the Red Devils’ St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Webster, but the Gorloks broke out for 21 runs over the course of the afternoon to win two contests over Eureka at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill. Webster won game one, 12-0, and also claimed game two, 9-1 to sweep the weekend series from the Red Devils.
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College senior second baseman Aaron Tolson (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Christian H.S.) hit his second career home run and junior third baseman Mike Daxenbichler (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone H.S.) drove home the winning run, helping the Red Devils snap a 12-game losing streak and earn a 5-4 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Fontbonne in the opener of Sunday’s doubleheader at Henry Sand Field. The Griffins recovered for a 14-4 victory in game two to win two out of three contests in the weekend series.
EUREKA, Ill. – Fontbonne took advantage of four Eureka errors to score nine unearned runs in the fourth inning of Saturday’s St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against the Red Devils, coasting to a 10-0 triumph over Eureka in eight innings. The game was played on the campus of Eureka Middle School after the infield surface at Henry Sand Field was ruled unplayable due to inclement weather earlier in the week.
EUREKA, Ill. – Blackburn plated a pair of unearned runs in the top of the eighth inning, breaking a 6-6 tie and eventually holding on for an 8-6 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Eureka College baseball team, Wednesday afternoon at Henry Sand Field.
EUREKA, Ill. – Eureka College senior catcher Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./Illinois Central) extended his career home run total to 19 with a pair of homers in the first game of Tuesday’s St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader versus Greenville, but the visiting Panthers came from behind for an 11-8 victory in the opener before coasting to a 16-3 win in the nightcap at Henry Sand Field.
PEORIA, Ill. – Eureka College junior outfielder Michael Hammerstrand (Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington H.S.) collected his fourth career multi-hit game with a 2-for-3 showing at Bradley Tuesday night, but the Division I Braves pounded out 20 hits and scored multiple runs in all six innings en route to a 21-1 win over the Red Devils at O’Brien Field in Peoria, Ill.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Eureka College senior second baseman Aaron Tolson (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Christian H.S.) went 3-for-7 with a double and three RBI over the course of Sunday’s non-conference doubleheader at Robert Morris-Springfield, but Eureka had its four-game road win streak snapped with a pair of losses to the Eagles at Chamberlain Park in Springfield, Ill. Robert Morris held off a late Eureka rally to win game one, 7-6, before coming from behind for a walk-off 6-5 triumph in the nightcap.
EUREKA, Ill. – Ashford used a big offensive inning in each game of Sunday’s non-conference doubleheader against the Eureka College baseball team, earning a sweep in the Red Devils’ 2011 home opener at Henry Sand Field. The NAIA-affiliated Saints won the opener, 12-5, before claiming the nightcap, 11-7.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – Eureka senior catcher Alex Hess (Washington, Ill./Washington H.S./Illinois Central) went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, but MacMurray starting pitcher David Johnson allowed only one run through 5.0 innings to lift the Highlanders to a 6-2 victory over the Red Devils at Lenz Field in Jacksonville, Ill.
Eureka makes history with SLIAC win
May 09, 2023Eureka won their first ever SLIAC game with a shutout win over Fontbonne. Husson is accustom to winning as they claimed their third straight NAC title and NCAA Playoff appearance.
