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12-05-2025
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'My teammates are amazing.' IWU senior thanks friends after breaking HR record
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (WMBD) – Illinois Wesleyan softball clinched yet another conference title on Saturday, and one senior made school history in the process. IWU softball sets program record set in 2nd straight CCIW title win, Titan baseball falls in championship game Ava Khoury hit her 34th career home run in the second inning, breaking the all-time record for the Titans. It was made even more sweet celebrating with Normal U-High graduate Jen Kuhn, the team's best hitter. The two have been inseparable since they met as freshmen. It felt good. It was really exciting. I like I said, my teammates are amazing. It was so fun to run home to them. So it was it was the best feeling. I love Jen so much. She's going to be a forever friend. She's the best. Ava Khoury It was absolutely amazing. I love her. She's been my best friend all four years here. And I'm not surprised at all. She's more than deserving of that and she's just going to keep hitting them I know it. So she's just so awesome. I love her.> Jen Kuhn Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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11-05-2025
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IWU softball sets program record set in 2nd straight CCIW title win, Titan baseball falls in championship game
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (WMBD) – Illinois Wesleyan softball senior Ava Khoury set a Titans program record Saturday morning as the team won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tournament title 4-2 over Augustana. In the bottom of the 2nd, Khoury broke a scoreless tie with a homer to left field. It was the 34th long ball of her career and broke the all-time record for the Titans. Her day wasn't finished either. Khoury broke a 1-1 tie in the 3rd with a base hit which scored Normal U-High grad Jen Kuhn along with Ella Hermes. The win punches the Titans ticket to the DIII national softball tournament for the second straight year. As if they needed extra motivation to advance, IWU will host the DIII World Series later in May. The Titans CCIW tournament title is their second straight, third in the last four years, and 17th overall. Amazing. I knew this team was more than capable of it all season long. So just being able to produce and be there for each other and execute when it matters is just amazing. I'm so excited to see what we do the rest of the season. Jen Kuhn So good. I'm so proud of this team and everything we've accomplished. More to come, but feels very good, especially as a senior. It just feels so good to be here again and having a successful season. My senior year has been really exciting. Ava Khoury It's super special and, you know, I think the experience kind of showed through there and I just thought they did a great job of competing each pitch, staying focused, just continuing to stay in the moment and be with our feeder and just enjoy the ride. Tiffany Prager, Titans head coach IWU will await the selection show Monday to see if they will host a regional. With the campus already hosting the national championship, it is likely the NCAA will award the Titans with a regional. Meanwhile, across the street, Illinois Wesleyan baseball was going for their first CCIW tournament title in 11 years. They came into Saturday needing to win twice against North Central after losing earlier in the week. On the second at-bat of the game for the Titans, Justin Gadomski set a two-run homer to dead center to them up 2-0 early. However, the Cardinals rattled over seven straight runs and held IWU to just one hit over the next several innings. In the 6th, the Titans put together a rally. They pushed across five runs on seven hits to tie the game 7-7, including a two-run single by Jimmy Gurgone. But, North Central answered immediately with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning and the Titans could not recover. They would go on to lose 11-7 with North Central winning the CCIW championship. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
