Owls Swoop Two From Pioneers

Owls Swoop Two From Pioneers-Wil Teague, Sports Information Director, 4/11/25

Photo by Paige Glenn (CRC Marketing Major '25)

Pioneer Baseball (7-31 & 6-18 AMC) dropped both contests today against the Owls of William Woods University (23-16 & 18-12 AMC). The Pioneers look to bounce back tomorrow in the series' final doubleheader. 

Game 1 

Crowley's Ridge-5

William Woods- 10

Paragould, Ark.- The visiting Owls of William Woods University ran away with the series opener, breaking away from a 4-4 tie with CRC, scoring back-to-back 3-run frames in the 6th and 7th innings to take the contest with a 5-run gap. JackHenry Glasgow toed the rubber for the Pioneers with the RHP proving dominant, holding the Owls scoreless through three frames before WWU broke through and opened the scoring with a 3-run fourth inning. The Pioneers rallied back, even tying the contest as Trey Drake scored off Adonis Thomas' sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the fifth, but agonizingly, the Pioneers would never take the lead from WWU. In the top of the sixth, WWU pulled away from the Pioneers, strongly credited to a critical two-out three-run homer by the Owls. CRC amassed 5 hits in the game, sophomore duo Rilyn Coleman and Brylan Honeycutt were a force together in the contest, each collecting two hits while hitting back-to-back in the lineup. Glasgow took the loss, throwing 5.2 innings, allowing 7 runs (4 earned) off 8 hits while walking 4 and striking out 5. 

Game 2

Crowley's Ridge- 2

William Woods- 8

Paragould, Ark.- In the series' second contest, a pivotal 6-run fourth frame from the Owls decided the outcome of the game with WWU taking the win, 8-2 over the Pioneers. Sophomore Brylan Honeycutt stayed hot as the Harrisburg High School alum raked in one of the Pioneers' two runs, scoring junior Kade Lindgren with an RBI single to right field in the second. Senior Matthew Parker claimed the second run with the veteran Pioneer doubling down the leftfield line, scoring freshman courtesy runner, Trent Siemens, in the fourth. Senior Adonis Thomas took the loss, allowing 8 runs (7 earned) off 10 hits while walking 2 and striking out 1 in 6.0 innings. Senior Cannon Baker relieved Thomas, throwing the final frame, allowing no runs and 1 hit in his outing. The Pioneer offense rallied 6 hits, freshman Alex Gamez and senior Matthew Parker led the team with two hits each. 

Up Next: Pioneer Baseball will wrap up their conference series with WWU tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 12:00 PM. The team's 7 seniors will be honored at 11:00 AM with a senior day ceremony. #GOPIONEERS