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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jackrabbits' season ends in walk-off loss
OMAHA, Neb. (SDSU) — Omaha's Drew Borner hit a two-run single in the bottom of the 10th inning to finish off a 7-6, Maverick comeback victory against South Dakota State in an elimination game Thursday afternoon at the Summit League Baseball Championship at Tal Anderson Field. The Mavericks, who trailed 5-0 entering the sixth inning, improved to 20-29 overall and will face the loser of Thursday night's winners-bracket game between North Dakota State and Oral Roberts. SDSU had its season come to an end with a 16-36 overall record. SDSU had taken a 6-5 lead in the top of the 10th inning when Dagen Schramm drew a leadoff walk. Pinch runner Davis Carr advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nicholas Werk and took third on a wild pitch. After Carter Sintek walked, Nolan Grawe lofted a fly ball to deep right-center for his fourth run batted in of the game with a sacrifice fly that scored Carr. Omaha's final rally of the game all came with two outs. After Jackrabbit closer Dylan Driessen retired the first two batters of the 10th inning, Paul Schuyler worked a walk and Cardel Dick followed with a single. A walk to Tyler Palmer loaded the bases, setting the stage for Borner, who lined a Driessen offering just inside the right-field line to bring home both Schuyler and Dick for the walk-off victory. Jackrabbit starter Caleb Duerr held Omaha without a hit through the first five innings, but ran into trouble in the home half of the sixth. Duerr opened the frame by hitting Sam Beck and Jackson Trout in consecutive at-bats and Henry Zipay delivered the first Maverick hit with a single to left field to play Beck. Tyler Bishop then stepped to the plate and clubbed a three-run opposite-field home run to right field to pull Omaha to within 5-4 and bring an end to Duerr's afternoon. Jake Goble came on in relief and worked perfectly through the Omaha lineup his first time through the order, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the ninth. Schuyler opened the inning with a single up the middle on an 0-2 pitch and pinch hitter Blake Stenger followed with a bunt single. Driessen then entered in relief and allowed another bunt single by Palmer to load the bases with nobody out. A sacrifice fly by Borner brought home the tying run and the Mavericks then re-loaded the bases on a walk to Sam Beck. Driessen then induced back-to-back groundouts to the left side of the infield with shortstop Carter Sintek throwing home for a force out for the second out of the inning and Grawe corralling a ball hit his way at third base for an unassisted putout third to get out of the jam. SDSU built a 5-0 lead with two runs in the third inning and by adding three more runs an inning later. Grawe delivered run-scoring hits in both frames, plating the first run of the game with his third-inning single and adding a two-run single in the fourth. Bryce Ronken added a run-scoring single in the third inning, while Sintek closed out the fourth-inning scoring by scampering home on a wild pitch. Both Sintek and Grawe tallied three of the Jackrabbits' 10 hits. Omaha's seven hits were spread among seven players. Duerr struck out two, walked one and hit the two batters over his five-plus innings of work. Goble added two strikeouts in his three-plus innings. Cameron Teinert pitched three scoreless innings of relief while Beck picked up the win after beginning the game at second base. NOTES SDSU claimed the season series against Omaha, 4-3 The Jackrabbits moved to 2-1 in Summit League tournament games against Omaha SDSU went 0-2 at the Summit League Baseball Championship for only the second time in 14 appearances, falling to 20-27 overall in tournament games The Jackrabbits dropped to 1-1 in extra-inning games in 2025 Ronken reached base safely for the 31st consecutive game Sintek finished the season with 78 hits, ranking him ninth on the SDSU single-season charts Sintek posted his 23rd multi-hit game of the season and ended the year with 102 total bases Grawe extended his hitting streak to 12 games and upped his SDSU freshman-record hit total to 69 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
ABC News
03-05-2025
- Science
- ABC News
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's how to catch it from Australia
Early risers are in for a treat, with one of the best meteor showers of the Southern Hemisphere about to peak later in the week. The shower is visible from anywhere in Australia and, if you know where to look, you might catch up to 22 meteors an hour. This year will be particularly good because the Moon won't be visible when the meteors — called the Eta Aquariids — start streaking across the night sky. Laura Driessen, an astronomer at the University of Sydney, says it will be worth getting out of bed to watch the meteor shower if you have clear skies. " It is beautiful. Every time I get the chance to see [the Eta Aquariids], it's fantastic. " When can I see the Eta Aquariids? Weather permitting, Australians can expect to see the most meteors before dawn on Thursday, May 8. That's because the shower peaks during the day on Wednesday, May 7. However, the Eta Aquariids slowly ramp up over a few weeks from late April, then taper off until it's all over in late May. So a few days either side of the peak could still be impressive, with up to a dozen visible meteors per hour early in the week, depending on your location. Here is an estimate of how many meteors you might see from different parts of Australia — the further north you are, the better. The best time to see the meteors is in the early morning before sunrise, when Aquarius, the constellation the meteors appear to come from, will be highest in the north-east sky. Dr Driessen recommends heading out between 3:00 and 5:00am local time to see the most meteors. "The couple of hours before dawn … will be the best time," she says. That's because by 3:00am, the Moon will have set. Without the bright Moon, the sky will be particularly dark, and you'll be able to better spot meteors. How best to see the meteor shower To get the best view of any meteor shower, the most important thing is to head to a dark location . While those in the city might see an Eta Aquariid meteor or two this week, skywatchers in areas with little or no light pollution might be able to see dozens every hour. Meteors seem to come from a "radiant point". ( Hao Yin/Wikimedia/CC BY 4.0 ) But according to University of Southern Queensland astronomer Rebecca McElroy, don't expect to see them immediately. "Go and get a picnic blanket, lie down, look at the sky and you've got to wait at least 15 minutes for your eyes to adjust," she says. "If you've been inside, or looking at your phone, you need to wait for your eyes to adjust to the much smaller amount of light [produced by a meteor]." Then, when you're settled, look to the north-east, near the horizon . The part of the sky where the meteors will seem to "shoot" from — called the "radiant point" — is a star in the Aquarius constellation called Eta Aquarii. Mercury will be lowest in the sky, with much brighter Venus above it and Saturn above that. Venus will be visible below the Eta Aquariids shower on the morning of May 7. ( ABC Science: Jacinta Bowler/Stellarium ) Stargazing apps or software will be able to help you find the star. Because the Eta Aquariids only come from that location in the sky, other "shooting stars" you might see While you might not see meteors straight away, Dr McElroy says staying out in the dark for about an hour or so will give you the best chance of catching some. Meteors don't uniformly arrive. Sometimes there will be no visible meteors for a few minutes, and then a few will arrive in quick succession. What causes the Eta Aquariids? While staring at sky searching for meteors, it might seem like the light show is coming from the Eta Aquarii star itself. But that's an optical illusion. Dr McElroy notes that the constellation is a bit like a background painting, with the meteors in the foreground. This is the case with all meteor showers. "It just so happens that at this time of year, the constellation … in that direction is the constellation of Aquarius," she says. What causes the Eta Aquariids is actually Halley's Comet — or, rather, the debris it leaves behind. Halley's Comet intersects with Earth twice in a year to cause two different meteor showers. ( Supplied: NASA/SSD/Jacinta Bowler ) As Halley's Comet makes its way through the Solar System, it lays down a trail of dust, gas and other scraps which intersects with Earth's orbit twice a year, Dr Driessen says. " Most meteors are usually rice-grain size, and Earth just ploughs through this little cloud of small particles. " At this time of year, Halley's Comet debris trail causes the Eta Aquariids, and later in the year it causes the Orionids meteor shower. Science in your inbox Get all the latest science stories from across the ABC. Your information is being handled in accordance with the Email address Subscribe
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jackrabbits take series opener from Omaha
BROOKINGS, S.D. (SDSU) — South Dakota State scored five times in the bottom of the third inning and Dylan Driessen pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief as the Jackrabbit baseball team opened a three-game Summit League series with a 7-5 victory over Omaha Friday afternoon at Erv Huether Field. In winning their second game in a row, the Jackrabbits improved to 6-22 overall and 3-8 in league play. Omaha dropped to 11-19 overall and 5-8 in The Summit League. SDSU sent 10 men to the plate in the third inning, which started with a bang as Jess Bellows connected on his first home run of the season, a solo shot to left field. After Dagen Schramm walked and Bryce Ronken was hit by a pitch, Nolan Grawe drove in the second run of the inning with a double to center. That would be the first of four consecutive hits by the Jackrabbits as Carter Sintek, Luke Luskey and Owen Siegert followed with successive run-scoring singles to knock out Maverick starter Oliver Mabee. The Jackrabbits increased their lead to 6-0 in the fourth inning when Davis Carr scored on a wild pitch. Freshman right-hander Caleb Duerr held Omaha scoreless through the first four innings, but ran into trouble in the fifth. The Mavericks loaded the bases as the first three hitters in the frame notched base hits, two of which were infield singles. Henry Zipay walked to force in the first Maverick run and a second run scored on a groundout before Mason Gaines hit a two-run double to center field to pull Omaha to within 6-4. The Mavericks cut the deficit to a single run the next inning as Blake Stenger was hit by a pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly after stealing his third base of the afternoon. Ty Madison came on in relief of Duerr to record the first two outs of the inning before giving way to Driessen. A right-hander from Omaha, Driessen did not allow a hit in posting his second save of the season. He struck out six, walked two and hit one batter. Duerr, meanwhile, scattered eight hits over five-plus innings, striking out three and walking one. Luskey swung the momentum back in the Jackrabbits' favor at the plate by hitting his league-leading ninth home run of the season with two outs in the home half of the seventh. His solo blast to left field was his second hit of the game and helped pace SDSU's 10-8 advantage in hits. Schramm also tallied two hits for the Jackrabbits, while Jackson Trout notched a pair of hits for Omaha. UP NEXTThe second game of the series is slated for 1 p.m. Saturday. NOTES Omaha leads the all-time series, 96-92-1 Ceremonies were held prior to the game to dedicate the new artificial turf playing surface at Erv Huether Field The Jackrabbits improved to 4-2 on their home field this season SDSU hit multiple home runs in a game for the third time this season Luskey upped his career home run total to 17, surpassing his season total from his freshman campaign Keagen Jirschele extended his hitting streak to seven games with a fifth-inning double Ronken extended his streak of reaching base safely to 14 games, while Siegert has now reached base in 13 consecutive games Driessen took over the team lead in strikeouts with 31 in 22 2/3 innings Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
