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NEW ORLEANS – Set to play in its 16th Final Four, No. 1-seed Kansas (32-6) will meet No. 2-seed Villanova (30-7) on Saturday, April 2, at 5:09 p.m. CST at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The game will air on TBS with Jim Nantz (Play-by-Play), Bill Raftery (Analyst), Grant Hill (Analyst) and Tracy Wolfson (Reporter) ...

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YORK, Neb. – William Dryburgh (SR/St. Joseph, Mo.) scored six times, Haydn Brown (SR/Gardnerville, Nev.) had four hits and nearly hit for the cycle, Kevin Esquilin Cruz (JR/Trujilo Alto, Puerto Rico) drove in five runs and Aaron Gardner (SR/Tucson, Ariz.) drove in four as the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes scored 14 runs in their last two innings to pull away for a 22-8 win ...

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WICHITA – For the third time in as many Kansas Conference matches the Kansas Wesleyan Men's Tennis team has beaten a team 7-0. The Coyotes bested the Falcons to improve to 3-0 in the KCAC on Tuesday at Riverside Tennis Complex.   Doubles play was a clean sweep for the Coyotes to earn the point. Daniel Harkin (FR/Manhattan, Kan.) and Alex ...

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WICHITA – Kansas Wesleyan Women's Tennis got a 5-2 win over the Friends Falcons on Tuesday at Riverside Tennis Center.   The Coyotes would win the doubles point taking two of the three matches. Karley Benson (SR/Salina, Kan.) and Zofia Selwesiuk (SR/Wroclaw, Poland) beat Nikolett Krivek and Ariel Williams 6-3; and Michaela Crowe (SO/Overland Park, Kan.) and Eliza Camp (FR/Winfield, Kan.) beat Sydney McGrown and Jazzmyn ...

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McPHERSON – Kansas Wesleyan Softball battled the McPherson Bulldogs, and Mother Nature for a brief period, as the Coyotes and Bulldogs split Tuesday's doubleheader at Bulldog Park. KWU won the first game 3-2, but dropped the second 11-3.   After McPherson took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first of the opener, the Coyotes tied it ...

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SHAWNEE, Okla. – Kansas Wesleyan Men's Golf got a 10th place finish from the A team and a 12th place finish from the B team at the Shawnee Shootout on Monday and Tuesday at Shawnee Country Club, hosted by Southwestern Christian.   The A team posted a score of 985 for the three round tournament besting Mineral Area ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Kansas Wesleyan Women's Golf played in its first full tournament of the spring season on Monday and Tuesday in the Kyle Blaser Invitational at Gaillardia Country Club. The Coyotes would post a seventh place finish out of the 11 teams at the event.   KWU posted a scored of 1048 for the three round tournament, ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Dick Knostman, the first men’s basketball player to claim All-America honors twice in a career and a member of the 1951 NCAA national runner-up team, recently passed away (March 16) at the age of 90 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Knostman, who was named an All-American following the 1951-52 and 1952-53 seasons, was also a member of ...

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Tabetha Deines (SR/Salina, Kan.) set a new school record in the 1500m and hit two NAIA qualifying marks to lead the way for the Kansas Wesleyan Track and Field teams at the first outdoor meet of the season at the Jinx Invitational on Saturday in Winfield.   Deines won the 1500m in a school record 4:40.37, hitting the ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Director of Athletics Steve Wilson has selected Ryan Cooper to lead the Coyote Softball program.   "From the first discussion with Ryan about this program, and about these student-athletes, it was evident that he is an individual that cares deeply, and has the student-athlete's best interest at the forefront of everything he does," Wilson said. ...

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CHICAGO – The Kansas Jayhawks used a dominant second half Sunday at the United Center to top Miami 76-50 in the Elite 8, advancing to the 16th Final Four in program history. The top-seeded Jayhawks trailed by six at half to the 10th-seeded Hurricanes, but outscored Miami 47-15 in the second half to pull away and secure the ...