TERRE HAUTE —
The bracket for the 2012 Diamond Head Classic, scheduled from Dec. 22-25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been set for the eight competing teams: host Hawaii, plus Arizona, East Tennessee State, Indiana State, Miami (Fla.), Ole Miss, San Diego State and San Francisco.
The Sycamores will open up play in the tournament against Ole Miss, of the Southeastern Conference. On the same side of the bracket as Indiana State will be San Diego State and San Francisco. San Diego State is ranked No. 16 nationally in ESPN.com’s early men’s preseason Top 25 poll.
The other first-round matchups include Arizona vs. East Tennessee State and Miami at Hawaii.
First-round game times will be announced at a later date. ESPNU will carry eight of the tournament games, including all four first-round games. ESPN2 will air the third place game as well as the championship game on Christmas Day, along with one of the semifinals on Dec. 23.
ESPN3 will have one game, and the entire tournament will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com and through smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
The 2012 Diamond Head Classic, an eight-team men’s college basketball tournament, will feature 12 games over the three days. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through a bracket-tournament format. The two teams that remain undefeated throughout will face off in a championship match.
The family-friendly tournament and resort destination of Honolulu will host the teams to three days of play, practices and the unique spirit of Aloha from the Hawaiian Islands. Teams will also have the opportunity to attend the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl played during the same week. Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on the Diamond Head Classic website at www.diamondheadclassic.com.
The Diamond Head Classic is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN.
Golf
• Juniors compete — At Idle Creek, golfers ages 8-17 participated in a clinic and competed Thursday.
The Idle Creek Junior Tournament is today at 8:30 a.m.
Competition winners
Putting — First place: Dominic Desantis; Second place: Levi Melchert; Third place: Mandy Woolery, Kolby Fie.
Chipping — First place: Donovan Refugio; Second place: Hayden Hughes.
Track
n Sycamores honored — Four members of the Indiana State women’s team have been named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I All-Academic team while the Sycamores earned the team award for the 12th straight year.
Named to the squad were Nicole Hope, Richelle Kimble, Leeann Michl, and Kelly Steffen. They join Dustin Betz, Albaro Escalera, Ernest Rollins, Max Tuttle, and Jeremiah Vaughan who were named to the All-Academic men’s team earlier this week.
The Missouri Valley Conference had 22 athletes named to the women’s team including six from Illinois State and Wichita State, four each from Indiana State and Southern Illinois, and two from Drake.
Hope, a senior on the 2012 team, has a 3.65 grade-point average while majoring in exercise science at Indiana State to earn her second USTFCCCA recognition. Hope was named a second team All-American with a 13th place finish at the 2012 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. She was named All-Missouri Conference for the second straight year after winning the MVC Indoor title. Hope was also a second team selection to the Capital One District V All-Academic Team and was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete track and field team for the second straight year. She did not compete in the outdoor season due to an injury.
Kimble, a junior on the 2012 team, has a 3.79 GPA while majoring in communications at Indiana State to earn her third USTFCCCA honor. She competed in the pole vault at the NCAA East Preliminary during the outdoor season and just missed a trip to the NCAA Finals with a 14th place finish. She ranked 33rd nationally in the indoor pole vault, earning her second straight All-MVC honors with a second place finish at the MVC Indoors. Kimble also earned All-Conference recognition during the outdoor season by tying for second in the pole vault at the MVC Outdoors. She was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete track & field team for the second straight year.
Michl, a junior on the 2012 team, has a 3.46 GPA while majoring in Exercise Science at Indiana State to earn her second USTFCCCA honor. She finished the indoor season ranked 44th nationally in the 800 meters, earning her second straight All-MVC honor with a second place finish at the MVC indoors. She also earned her third straight All-MVC recognition as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished second at the MVC indoors. Michl also competed in the 800 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary during the outdoor season, just missing a trip to the NCAA Finals with a 15th place finish. She was also All-Conference in the 800 meters after a second place finish at the MVC Outdoors and earned her second All-Conference recognition as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team that won the MVC Outdoor title for the second straight year. Michl was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete track & field team for the second straight year.
Steffen, a sophomore on the 2012 team, has a 4.00 GPA while majoring in Math Education at Indiana State to earn her first USTFCCCA honor. She finished the indoor season ranked 96th nationally in the indoor pentathlon. She placed eighth in the pentathlon at the MVC Indoor Championship and was fifth in the heptathlon at the MVC outdoor championship. She also finished fourth in the long jump at the MVC Outdoors. Steffen was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete track & field team.
The Sycamore women’s track & field team was named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the 12th straight year. Indiana State had a 3.37 GPA for the past season while ties them for 32nd nationally. Indiana State has finished in the top 20 among Division I schools in five of the seasons.
Four Missouri Valley Conference schools received the recognition, including Bradley (3.49 GPA), Drake (3.50 GPA), Indiana State (3.37 GPA), and Wichita State (3.35 GPA). There were 171 schools in Division I that received the recognition.
Only three MVC schools were among the 85 teams recognized as an All-Academic Men’s Track & Field team including Bradley (3.37 GPA), Drake (3.28 GP), and Wichita State (3.14 GPA).
To qualify for the USTFCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met either of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, a student-athlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFFRS.org; for the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds).
A team must have a GPA of 3.00 or better to qualify as an All-Academic Track & Field Team.
College
METRO ROUNDUP: ISU to play Ole Miss in opener of Hawaii tournament
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Sycamores bow out of MVC Tournament
Indiana State’s baseball was out of pitching, and after a loss to Wichita State on Thursday, the Sycamores were out of second-chances too at the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament. What the Sycamores weren’t out of was heart, guts and clutch performances from some unlikely sources. But in the end, Friday’s elimination game rematch against the Shockers was a sampling of ISU’s season overall — the Sycamores were out of luck.
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Metro Sports: Chalk up No. 5 for Liz Evans
Senior Liz Evans capped the top career in Rose-Hulman athletics history with her fifth national championship and eighth All-American award at Wisconsin-La Crosse on Friday.
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Four Indiana State athletes advance to NCAA outdoor track and field championships
Three Indiana State seniors and a freshman have punched their tickets to the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in two weeks at Eugene, Ore., with their Friday efforts in the 2013 NCAA East Preliminary at Aggie Stadium on the campus of North Carolina A&T.
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Wichita State shuts out ISU to force elimination-game rematch
Indiana State starting pitcher Greg Kuhlman did his best.
Actually, he did far better than he ever has previously in an ISU uniform, but while Kuhlman’s gutty pitching effort spoke volumes, ISU’s bats remained ominously silent. -
Indiana State baseball now one win from MVC Championship
Indiana State’s Wednesday morning wish list probably read something like this: a dominant complete game effort from starting pitcher Devin Moore, near-immaculate defense to support him, and a steady diet of clutch situational hitting from lineup spots one to nine.
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Terre Haute's Mascari running 10,000 meters for chance to get to Hayward Field
Indiana State freshman and Terre Haute North graduate John Mascari is among the enormous group of Sycamores competing this weekend at the NCAA East Preliminary. The top 48 NCAA track and field competitors in each event on this half of the United States are narrowed down to 12 who will compete at the NCAA meet at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
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Manaea's shoulder causing him latest pain
Indiana State pitcher Sean Manaea has battled through so many aches and pains during the 2013 season that it can be hard to discern the serious pain from the pain he pitches through.
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ISU's Negele answers call in big way in wake of Manaea injury
When Indiana State starting pitcher Sean Manaea slumped on the mound in obvious pain after he took his warm-up pitches, red flags raised for ISU’s Missouri Valley Conference tournament hopes.
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ISU baseball hoping Manaea can get its MVC Tournament moving in right direction
Indiana State’s baseball team has been waiting all season for its stars to align.
But this is the 2013 Sycamores, after all, and after a season in which seemingly little has gone right, it appears its stars will remain crossed at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. -
ISU track sending record 22 to postseason
On the heels of their thrilling double victory at the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships both the Indiana State men and women moved up in the national rankings which were released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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ISU's athletic treasure trove
Think of every championship that Indiana State has won in each of its sports, past and present. Think of every tournament — postseason or regular season — which the Sycamores have claimed as their own.
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Ort sets ISU RBI record in 16-7 win
Robby Ort celebrated his Indiana State baseball Senior Day on Saturday by becoming the Sycamores’ all-time leader in RBIs as ISU ended its regular season with a 16-7 win over Bradley at Bob Warn Field.
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Bradley ends 16-game MVC losing streak against ISU
Momentum was the only thing riding on Indiana State’s baseball game against Bradley on Friday. With a five-game winning streak going, ISU wanted to keep the good vibes going into next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
ISU couldn’t do it. -
Behind 16 hits and Manaea's pitching, ISU beats Bradley
Indiana State’s baseball team rode a wild ride of emotion on Thursday.
First came the public announcement that Bob Warn Field would host the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Later, Sean Manaea’s availability to pitch ISU’s series opener against Bradley was in doubt. -
Indiana State women add five transfers, including experienced D-I point guard
Indiana State coach Teri Moren believes the addition of five more newcomers to the program — in addition to the five who had already joined the program earlier this calendar year — will provide her coaching staff the athleticism and depth it needs to play a successful, up-tempo brand of basketball next season.
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Metro roundup: Woods softball takes seventh in national tournament
The St. Mary-of-the-Woods softball team finished seventh in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association softball tournament on Tuesday at Firestone Stadium.
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Metro Roundup: Indiana State’s Shakir Bell on Performance Awards watch list
College Football Performance Awards has announced its watch list for the 2013 CFPA FCS Running Back Award, and Indiana State’s Shakir Bell earned a spot on the list.
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ISU baseball team builds on success with 14-2 rout
Indiana State’s baseball victory over Alcorn State on Friday would take on more meaning Saturday if the Sycamores could build momentum and pick up on the good work they did in Friday’s ninth-inning rally.
Mission accomplished.
The Sycamores were aggressive from the opening inning at the plate and starting pitcher Devin Moore gave them eight valuable and effective innings on the mound as ISU defeated Alcorn State 14-2 at Bob Warn Field.
“It was a really good experience for everybody. It felt great to finally come out here and put some things together. It’s also really nice when your offense puts a lot of runs on the board,” Moore said.
Moore’s eight innings of work were as valuable as gold to an ISU team that is short on quality arms due to injury and ineffectiveness. He didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning and one of the two runs he conceded was unearned. -
Johnson, Lyke win MVC titles for ISU
Indiana State’s Felisha Johnson and Maurice Lyke were both crowned Missouri Valley Conference champions on Saturday during the MVC Track and Field Championships at Drake University.
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ISU earns badly-needed win
Alcorn State’s baseball team might be ranked in the bottom 10 in RPI and Indiana State might have never lost to a Southwestern Athletic Conference team. So it wouldn’t appear that a quality win was in the offing when Alcorn State visited Bob Warn Field on Friday.
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Metro roundup: RHIT’s Evans sets Div. III record in high jump
For the third time this season, Rose-Hulman senior Liz Evans topped the NCAA Division III all-time national record in the outdoor high jump Friday night.
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ISU’s Mascari and Hope win MVC track & field titles
Indiana State produced two champions during the opening day of action in the Missouri Valley Conference track and field championships Friday at Drake. Freshman John Mascari, a Terre Haute native, won the men’s 10,000-meter race and Nicole Hope won the women’s pole vault for the second time in three seasons.
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ISU pole vault tradition continues with help from its author
Pole vault is track and field for the adrenaline junkie, Indiana State senior Nicole Hope proclaimed during a recent practice at Marks Field.
To catapult oneself about 14 feet into the air with a large $500 fiberglass pole on a daily basis is a risky endeavor.
“We have to be fearless. You can’t be afraid at all,” said Hope, who has also catapulted herself into the NCAA’s elite in the event, ranking 15th in the NCAA with her leap of 13-feet, 9 1/4. -
Sycamores searching for answers after seventh loss in eight games
These are the bad times for the Indiana State baseball team.
The will is there for the Sycamores to pull out of their worst slump of the season, but the results are not. The suffering continued on Wednesday at Bob Warn Field as Eastern Illinois defeated ISU 5-3. -
METRO ROUNDUP: ISU men's track picked first in MVC Championships, women second
The Indiana State men’s track team has won the last two Missouri Valley Conference outdoor championships, but the women have not stood on the top podium since 1999.
That may change this year, but the Sycamores will face some stiff competition in their quest for the championships. -
North grad Welker helps Whitson earn first NCAA bid as coach
Eastern Kentucky girls golf coach Mike Whitson, an alumnus of his employer, enjoyed his stay in Terre Haute as coach of Indiana State, where he started the women’s golf program.
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METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman wins HCAC all-sports trophy
Rose-Hulman has won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s all-sports trophy for the fifth time in the past six year, the league announced Monday.
Rose tallied 66.5 points for its finishes in 11 men’s sports, just ahead of Franklin with 66. Hanover was third with 53 points. -
METRO ROUNDUP: Rose-Hulman tennis falls in HCAC semifinal
Rose-Hulman’s hot streak in men’s tennis came to an end Saturday in the semifinal round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament at the West Indy Racquet Club.
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Manaea fights off bad hip, wet weather to toss four innings
Mother Nature has been the bane of the Indiana State baseball team’s existence all season. Eight games wiped due to weather are a testament to that. So it was no surprise, though no less disappointing, when she didn’t deal Indiana State pitcher Sean Manaea the greatest hand on Saturday as he tries to recover from a hip injury.
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ISU track enjoys big night at IU's Billy Hayes Invitational
The Indiana State Sycamores either won or finished as the top collegian in 12 events, led by the record-breaking performance of senior Brandon Pounds at the 2013 Billy Hayes Invitational Friday at Indiana University.
Pounds broke his own school record to win the men’s hammer throw. - More College Headlines
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