Opening Round Success

The Doane Tigers kicked off Thursday morning with a victory over Briar Cliff University at Haymarket Park in Lincoln.

The teams mindset going into the game was showing the conference that they really were the best team, and deserved the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship.

"Alot of teams don't think we are the best team in the GPAC," Junior AJ Spanel said. "We want to prove that we are, in fact, the best."

Senior Chance Brull threw a complete game, striking out five Charger hitters.

"I knew the offense was going to get the job done," Brull said. "I tried staying aggressive and making them earn their hits."

The Tigers will play at 6 pm tonight at Sherman Field in Lincoln against the winner of Northwestern vs Dakota Wesleyan.

Check the doaneline.com and doane.edu for score and story updates.

Doane Softall Splits with Midland University

The Doane College softball team had its four game winning streak snapped as they split a double header with Midland University yesterday at the Ledon Baseball and Softball Complex.

The lady tigers were held to only three hits in the first game as the lady Warriors claimed a 3-0 victory.

Sophomore Kylie Garrett was dominant in the second game for the lady tigers. She only allowed a threat by the Warriors in the fifth inning. The tigers won that game 1-0

The lady tigers play again in GPAC action of saturday vs Dordt College

Full story on the doaneline.com and doane.edu

Dominating the GPAC

Yesterday, The Doane Tigers as a school dominated the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

The Doane baseball team went on the road monday to Yankton, SD and swept the lancers and then played Bellevue University in non-conference play and beat them 14-12.

The Tiger softball team swept Briar Cliff University in GPAC play to improve to 2-2 in conference and continue a 4-game win streak.

The Doane men's and women's tennis team went to Fremont and beat the Midland University Warriors. Both teams dominated the Warriors 9-0. The men have won four matches in a row, while the women end a losing streak. The men will take on Hastings tomorrow

Overall, it was a great day to be a Doane Tiger!

Golf Wins the Blue River Classic

The Doane mens golf team hosted 18 of the 27 holes making up the Blue River Classic this weekend. College Heights CC played favor to Doane as they won the tournament by 32 strokes.

Leading the way for the Tigers was Freshman Tyler Vacek, who posted an even round through the 27 holes. Freshman Ryan Harris and Sophomore Colby Blackman tied for second with Senior Bo Cribelli finishing in fourth.

The tigers will head to Fremont in the Third Round of the Great Plains Athletic Conference golf tournament on April 23. The tigers are currently sitting in second in conference behind Nebraska-Wesleyan.

Check out doane.edu for the full story, and the doanline.com full story to come

Doane baseball sweeps Morningside

The Doane baseball team swept the Morningside College Mustangs yesterday to move back atop the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings

Senior Chance Brull got the ball in game 1 and struck out eight batters on his way to his sixth victory of the season. While outhitting the mustangs 8-3, the score remained close to the end with the Tigers winning 3-2

Sophomore Elliot Engle was on the bump for the second game, and was strong threw six. With Doane leading 4-2, Morningsides Aj Staiert hit a two run triple to tie up the ball game.. Sophomore Nathan Roth came in to relieve and closed down the inning.

With the game going into extra innings, Ethan Schroeder started the eighth inning with a single up the middle. Chris Manning sacrificed an out to move Schroeder into scoring position with one out and Albert coming up. Sophomore Thomas Albert gave himself up to move Schroeder over to third.

Morningside's starting catcher was ejected earlier in the game, leaving their backup to come in. He was unable to glove a wild pitch, which led to Schroeder sliding in head first to win the game 5-4.

The Tigers improved to (23-15, 8-2 GPAC)

Tennis out-rally's Morningside

The Doane mens tennis team outdid Morningside Saturday to improve to 2-0 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. The Tigers have won 3-straight matches to boost their record to 6-3 on the season.

Senior Ross Schulenberg led the Tigers with a super tie break win over Morningside's Austin Grundy. Tyler Johnson, Dylan Ramey and Joe Carey all won their matches for the Tigers.

Doane Heads to Fremont tomorrow to take on the Midland University Warriors in GPAC action.

Check out doane.edu for full story and doaneline.com for follow up.

Track team Returns home after Nationals

The Doane Track team returned home after competing at the National meet in Geneva, OH.

Congratulation to Bj Lawrence for winning the 60m and 200m races.

The Men finished 6th overall and the women's finished in the top 15. The Tigers had twelve individuals receive All-American awards along with two relays claiming All-American

Full stories to be on the doaneline.com and doane.edu soon.

Doane Community:
In the last week and a half, the Tiger Track and Field teams have had some great success:
   * men's and women's indoor GPAC crowns. http://www.doane.edu/news/GPAC-2012/
   * Coach Ed Fye earned his second GPAC Men's Co-Coach-of-the-Year.   http://www.doane.edu/news/Fye-GPAC-Coach-of-Year/
   * men's track and field earned the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Champions of Character Team Award.http://www.doane.edu/news/champions-of-character/

"Join me in congratulating our coaches and student-athletes for representing Doane College with character and excellence! It's amazing stories like these -- and many more that occur on our campus every day -- that our new partnership with the offices of Admission and Marketing can capitalize on more fully to achieve our strategic goals" -Doane Athletic Director Greg Heier 

Go Tigers!