Des Moines — Indiana State’s women’s soccer team saw its season come to end Sunday afternoon when the Sycamores lost 3-1 to host Drake in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Elizabeth Woerle scored her eighth goal of the season on a shot from the top of the penalty box.
In a span of just under five minutes, Indiana State was narrowly denied a pair of goals, both shots by freshman Casey Allbright. In the 27th minute Allbright received a pass on the run from senior Katlin Owens and knocked the ball past the Drake goalkeeper at the top of the penalty box, but a Bulldog defender was able to get to the ball just before it crossed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Owens once again found Allbright open on the left wing, but Allbright was deemed offsides by the side official before her shot reached the back of the net.
Over the first 45 minutes of the game, Indiana State and Drake both took four shots each, with the Sycamores holding a 2-1 shot on goal advantage.
The third time was the charm for Allbright and the Sycamores, who tied the game just minutes into the second half. Sophomore Morgan Wendlandt sent a free kick into the Drake penalty box and, after a short period of both teams attempting to control the ball, the ball fell at Allbright’s foot. Allbright cracked a shot that the Drake goalkeeper saved, but the rebound came out again to Allbright, who beat the Bulldog goalie to the right post for her third goal this season.
Just under two minutes later, Indiana State was whistled for a foul in the penalty box, setting up a penalty kick for the Bulldogs. Woerle stepped up to take the shot, but was denied at the lower left post by Sycamore goalkeeper Taylor Nelson.
Drake scored the game winner with 2:12 remaining in the game off the head of Bailey Dorrington. As Indiana State pushed forward looking for a tying goal, Laura Moklestad broke away for Drake’s final goal 75 seconds later.
For the game, Indiana State took 10 shots with five on goal. Nelson played all 90 minutes in goal for the Sycamores, making four saves.
With the loss, Indiana State ended its season at 5-10-3. Drake advanced to the MVC semifinals to face top-seeded Illinois State. Third-seeded Creighton beat sixth-seeded Evansville, and will face second-seeded Missouri State
on Friday.
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In other ISU soccer news:
• Bianchi honored — In a vote conducted by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, Indiana State senior midfielder Erin Bianchi has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Five first team.
Bianchi currently holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in nursing while totaling four goals and one assist during the 2009 season. She now is eligible for ESPN The Magazine’s All-America selections. Bianchi is a two-time Academic all-conference selection, earning an honorable mention selection after her sophomore season and first-team honors last year.
Volleyball
• Rockville stats — Two Rockville High School players earned career milestones on Saturday as the Rox’ season ended in the championship match of the Class A Wes-Del Regional.
Beth Mahurin currently has a school-record 1,079 kills, and setter Courtney Eldridge finished with a school-record 1,539 assists.
Rockville 25 25 25
Randolph Southern 13 22 17
Highlights — For Rockville, Beth Mahurin had 25 kills, 6 blocks, 4 digs and 2 aces; Courtney Eldridge had 31 assists, 3 digs, 2 kills, 13 points and 2 aces; Lindsey Greene had 20 digs, an assist, 6 points and 3 aces; Emily Hardman had 6 digs, 2 kills, 13 points and an ace; Ashley Stevens had 2 digs, a kill, 7 points and an ace; Raeann Sutherlin had 6 kills, a block and an assist; Scooter Christman had 6 digs; and Hillary Woodard had 3 digs, a kill and a block.
Rockville 21 14 l8
Wes-Del 25 25 25
Highlights — For Rockville, Beth Mahurin had 8 kills, 5 digs, 4 blocks, 2 assists and an ace; Courtney Eldridge had 14 assists and 2 kills; Lindsey Greene had 11 digs, an assist and an ace; Emily Hardman had 3 kills, 2 digs and an ace; Hillary Woodard had 3 kills; Raeann Sutherlin had 2 kills and an assist; Scooter Christman had 2 digs; and Ashley Stevens had an ace.
Next — Wes-Del moved on to Saturday’s Clas A state championship semifinals. Rockville finished 27-5, including its first-ever regional victory.
Racing
• Championship decided — The final races of the season were run Saturday at Crossroads Dragway, with one 2009 championship decided on the last day.
Terry Tapscott bested Bob Paul to take super pro honors and claimed the championship at the same time by a narrow margin over Jeremy Lawson.
Other winners were Kenny James in pro class and Zach Gosnell in sportsman class. Thad Mann took the pro title and Jeff Lathrop took sportsmanship honors.
A picnic for racers and their families followed the racing with food provided by the Pound family.
Information concerning the postseason banquet and the 2010 season may be found at www.crossroadsdragway.com.
2009 class champions
Super pro — Terry Tapscott.
Pro — Thad Mann.
Sportsman — Jeff Lathrop.
Saturday’s results
Super pro — Terry Tapscott of Paris, Ill., 1972 Chevelle, def. Bob Paul of Westfield, Ill., 1982 S-10; semis: Ron Hayman.
Pro — Kenny James of Terre Haute, 1967 Camaro, def. Jeff Smith of Seelyville, 1977 Aspen; semis: Gary Hoggatt.
Sportsman — Zach Gosnell of Terre Haute, 1980 Camaro, def. Jeff Lathrop of Terre Haute, 1970 Nova; semis: Chad Eaton, Holden English.
Soccer
• Flyers finish with 2-1 weekend — The Terre Haute Flyers U14AA girls completed their fall season by winning two and losing one at the Fusion Fall Festival.
The loss came first, 1-0 to the Elkhart Flames on Saturday morning, followed by a 2-1 win over the Fusion and a 3-1 decision Sunday against the Indy Force.
Kathryn Ruark scored both Saturday goals, one on an assist from Kaleigh Sutliff and the other off Katherine Senseman’s corner kick. She also scored twice Sunday, once unassisted and once from Abby Pigg’s indirect kick.
Senseman had the other goal on Sunday, assisted by Kelsey Thomas. Ruark, Thomas and Sutliff shared time in goal for the team, which finished 8-3.
Other team members are Merit Bell, Mary Blemker, Madeline Kerr, Miranda Lucas, Mallory Sanders, Katie Schmidt, Emily Stephanian, Morgan Strahm and Bailee Williams. Greg Ruark and Scott Thomas were the coaches.
College
Metro Roundup: Drake ends ISU women’s soccer season with 3-1 win
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Indiana State connects on all 12 of its 3-point shots vs. SIU and sets three NCAA records in process
When you’re a shooter and you’re in a slump, the boilerplate cure is to summon amnesia, forget about your struggles and keep on shooting.
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ISU's Webb wins heptathlon
Indiana State’s Robert Webb captured the heptathlon Saturday at the Grand Valley State Big Meet as he totaled the second most points in ISU history while dominating the event. Webb scored 5,140 points, which is second only to former Sycamore Anthony Bertoli’s 5,189 points in 2008.
Webb, a senior, established three more personal best efforts enroute to the overall victory as he ran 8.45 in the 60 meter hurdles and 2 minutes, 50.73 seconds in the 1,000 meters while also clearing 13-1 1/2 in the pole vault. Webb entered the second day of the event in the lead with 2,893 points after winning three of the four Friday events and setting personal bests in the long jump and shot put. -
Perfect game: ISU shoots NCAA record 12-for-12 from 3-point range in win over SIU
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‘Frustrated’ Sycamores regroup to face Southern Illinois
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Thomas nets double-double as ISU women end losing streak
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Sycamore women looking to snap six-game losing streak
The Indiana State women’s basketball team is in dire need of a victory in Hulman Center this weekend.
Bradley visits Terre Haute tonight looking to sweep the season series from the Sycamores, who are in jeopardy of the program’s first seven-game losing streak since the 1995-96 season.
“I think it should [add to motivation]. There’s no doubt that group in the locker room in there is very disappointed,” Coach Teri Moren said. “As I keep saying, we’re in a rough patch right now, and there’s no group of kids that wants to get right back on track more than they do.” -
Leonard dominates in first half, but IU, Zeller earn the victory
The first half belonged to Illinois’ Meyers Leonard.
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Rose women roll; Dickerson becomes all-time assists leader
Rose-Hulman senior Alisa Dickerson became the college’s career leader in assists as the Engineers cruised past Defiance 60-33 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball Saturday afternoon in Hulbert Arena.
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MVC’s worst a tantalizing option for ISU
Even though the Indiana State men’s basketball team has played better of late, having won three of its last four games, there’s only one team with a worse record in the Missouri Valley Conference standings than the Sycamores.
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Sycamores can’t stop Stutz, Shockers
All or nothing. It was that kind of game for Wichita State center Garrett Stutz. Unfortunately for Indiana State’s men’s basketball team, the “all” came in the second half.
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McWhorter’s fortunes rise with ISU’s
More so than any other Sycamore, Steve McWhorter might embody the decline and the recent rise of the Indiana State men’s basketball team.
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Johnson dominates again for ISU track
Felisha Johnson continued to dominate women’s weight throw while two Indiana State hurdlers moved into today’s finals after solid performances in the preliminaries Friday at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame.
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Indiana State women lose at Illinois State
Playing short-handed again, Indiana State’s women suffered their sixth straight Missouri Valley Conference basketball loss Friday night, falling 78-67 to host Illinois State.
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Indiana, Purdue meet with both looking to regain momentum
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ISU women looking to end five-game losing streak at Illinois State
Within a few points in the final minutes, Indiana State had chances to win women’s basketball games at Missouri State and Wichita State last weekend.
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ISU Senior Day game to be televised on ESPN
The Missouri Valley Conference announced Thursday that Indiana State’s regular season finale against No. 12-ranked Creighton on Feb. 25 in Hulman Center has been chosen as the MVC’s “wild card” game that will be telecast on either ESPN or ESPN2.
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Hoosiers load up on in-state players
With a 1-11 record in his first season as IU football coach, Kevin Wilson knew there were a lot of holes to fill in terms of personnel.
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It’s on: Sycamores, Bulldogs to play at Hinkle on Feb. 18
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METRO ROUNDUP: Four from Rose receive weekly honors
Four Rose-Hulman athletes earned Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference weekly honors, the HCAC announced Monday.
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Hoosiers reclaim needed offensive momentum
Indiana hadn’t allowed an opponent to shoot better than 40 percent in three straight games heading into Sunday’s home game against Iowa.
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Sycamores will have to match Aces’ toughness
Indiana State men’s basketball coach Greg Lansing has an enduring respect for the toughness Evansville coach Marty Simmons coaxes out of his Purple Aces.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Rose, The Woods post weekend victories
Rose-Hulman relied on a balanced scoring attack and a strong defensive effort to earn a 55-44 women’s basketball victory Saturday over Mount St. Joseph.
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ISU's Stacia Weatherford sets school record in 60-meter hurdles
Indiana State junior Stacia Weatherford set the school record in the women’s 60-meter hurdles, while sophomore Greggmar Swift dominated the action in the men’s 60 hurdles during competition Saturday at the Indiana Relays.
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Rose takes first in Engineer Track and Field Invitational
Rose-Hulman relied on nine event victories, 13 top-two finishes and three school records for a strong performance at the ninth annual Engineer Track and Field Invitational on Saturday.
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Mattox’s 31 not enough for ISU women
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Mattox, Sycamores staying positive on road trip to Missouri State, Wichita State
Indiana State seniors Brittany Schoen and Deja Mattox are within striking distance of passing 1,000 points in their women’s basketball careers, and they would join classmate Shannon Thomas in that club. Schoen needs just 16 points, while Mattox is 89 points away.
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IU triumphs
When Indiana’s Will Sheehey left the floor after receiving his second technical foul, the Hoosier fans cheered.
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ISU women nipped at buzzer
Creighton sophomore Carli Tritz — blanketed by Indiana State senior Brittany Schoen — had just two points at halftime Friday in Hulman Center.
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ISU needs to find chip on its shoulder
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