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Spring football practice is underway for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcat football team. Bearcat head coach Mel Tjeerdsma says the spring drills are important for his younger players to move from the scout team to learning the Bearcat system. The Bearcats will defend their National Championship beginning September 2nd when they host Texas A&M-Kingsville in a 6 o'clock kick-off at Bearcat Stadium.

The Northwest Missouri State Bearcat women's basketball team's season came to a close Saturday afternoon in the seminfinals of the MIAA postseason tournament in Kansas City. The Bearcats lost to eventual champion Washburn 80-66. The Bearcats were paced by Abby Henry with 25 points and Gabby Curtis with 11 points and eight rebounds. Northwest ends their season with a record of 14-15. The Lady Blues defeated Central Missouri 68-56 to take the conference tournament title on Sunday. The Nebraska-Omaha men held off number eight-seed Washburn to take the men's title 69-67.

Three MIAA women's teams have advanced to the NCAA Division II National tournament. MIAA regular season and tournament champion Washburn along with Central Missouri and Emporia State were named to the field of 64 announced by the NCAA Division II Women's basketball committee on Sunday night. The women's South-Central regional tournament will be hosted by West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas. The Bearcat women were able to post wins against Central Missouri and Emporia State this past year. This year's Elite Eight will be held in St. Joseph, Missouri at Civic Arena.

The MIAA will have four representatives in the men's draw of the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Regular season champion Central Missouri, conference tournament winner Nebraska-Omaha, Fort Hays State and Missouri Western were named by NCAA Division II men's committee. Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas will host the men's South-Central Tournament. The Bearcat men had wins over three of the four conference teams in this year's national field, defeating Nebraska-Omaha, Fort Hays State and Missouri Western.

The Bearcat baseball team lost all four games to Central Missouri this past weekend in Warrensburg to open up the MIAA season. Northwest's record falls to 2-13 overall and 0-4 in the conference. The Bearcats were to open the home portion of their schedule with a four-game MIAA series with Fort Hays State. Due to the weekend forcast of rain...the games have been moved to Hays, KS. The Bearcats home game on Tuesday, March 16 with Nebraska-Kearney has also been moved to Kearney, NE due to the threat of continued rain. The Bearcats hope to open the home portion of their schedule on Friday, March 19 against Missouri Southern.

The Bearcat softball team was two and three this weekend competing in the Missouri Southern Invitational in Joplin. The Bearcats lost to Midwestern State, Pittsburg State and Northeastern State of Oklahoma but had victories over Oklahoma City and Missouri Southern. The Bearcats are 8-9 overall and will compete in the Missouri Western Invitational this weekend in St. Joseph.

The Northwest men's and women's tennis teams posted wins this past weekend. The men had victories over Nebraska-Kearney and Newman to go to 2-0 while the women had a victory over Newman and stands at 1-1. The men's team is set to play Missouri Valley in Marshall, Missouri on Tuesday host Ferris State of Michigan on Wednesday. The women will also face Ferris State on Wednesday in Maryville.