Harper baseball team bows out in regional final

Posted May 18, 2010 11:00 pm

Harper College's baseball team bowed out of the regional tournament with an 5-4 loss to Waubonsee Community College on Monday.

The Chiefs scored the winning run on a single in the ninth inning, capping a tournament in which the Hawks didn't go quietly.

Their effort began Friday, with a 15-6 loss to top-seeded Joliet Junior College, which made every subsequent game in which the Hawks appeared a do-or-die proposition in the double-elimination affair.

The Hawks first defeated College of DuPage to stay alive.

On Sunday, Harper beat Rock Valley. The same day, the Hawks went on to beat Joliet 8-7 in 10 innings; in that game, Fremd product Chris Holke took a no-hitter into the eighth inning.

That put Harper into Monday's game against Waubonsee.

"The guys finished with a flurry," said Harper coach Cliff Brown, who's optimistic about year No. 2 after completing his first season as the Hawks' coach with a 12-28 record. "We've got a pretty good core coming back."

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