Greencastle — Rose-Hulman combined for two school records, three event victories and 17 top-five finishes in a strong performance at DePauw University on Saturday.
The men’s 1,600-meter relay team of freshman Brent Austgen, junior Paul Bouagnon, senior Travis Vanderberg and sophomore Sutton Coleman highlighted the first-place efforts with a victory in a time of 3:24.94.
Other winners included freshman Liz Evans with a women’s high jump leap of 5-feet 7 1/4 at the facility that she will compete during the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, and sophomore P.J. Schulthies in the men’s high jump (6-4 3/4).
Schulthies led a one-two-three sweep in the men’s high jump for Rose-Hulman. Sophomore Jaret May of Shakamak leaped 6-2 3/4 for runner-up honors, with freshman Chris Good coming home third at 5-10 3/4.
School record performances on the afternoon included a women’s 55-meter high hurdles mark of 9.24 seconds for freshman Gloria Boxell and a women’s pole vault leap of 10-0 for freshman Tanya Colonna.
Tennis
• Men win opener — Rose-Hulman opened the men’s tennis season with a 9-0 victory over Calumet St. Joseph at the Wabash Valley Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Ben Paras, senior Scott Grubbs, senior Michael Schoumacher and junior David Becerra earned singles and doubles wins to lead the Engineer effort.
Other singles winners included junior Alex Gumz and junior Seth Hendrickson. The third doubles team of junior Dallas Burtonand junior Brent Frizzell rounded out the victors for the Engineers.
Rose-Hulman stands 1-0 on the season and hosts NCAA Division II Southern Indiana next Saturday at the Wabash Valley Tennis Center.
Swimming
• Engineers take five firsts — At Greencastle, Rose-Hulman combined for five first-place finishes to highlight a dual men’s and women’s swimming and diving meet with nationally ranked DePauw University on Saturday.
Newcomers John Huster, Matt Ross and Michael Yuhas joined sophomore Ben Sollman as a swimming event winner to lead the effort.
Huster claimed the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 53.60 seconds. Ross won the 200-butterfly in 2:01.59, while Yuhas swam a time of 18:33.44 in the 1,650-freestyle. Sollman won the 200-individual medley in 2:09.02.
Junior diver Michael Gerdov recorded the fifth event victory with a three-meter diving score of 260.40 points.
On the women’s side, freshman diver Nicole Richardson led the performance with two second-place finishes. Richardson scored 173.80 points in the one-meter event before recording 172.95 in three-meter.
Other top performances for the women included freshman Carley Shumate with a time of 2:26.22 in the 200-backstroke for second place; senior Deb Aleksa with a third in the 1,000-freestyle (11:43.21); and freshman Shannon Cunnien with a third in the 400-individual medley (5:04.93).
The men’s squad combined for four runner-up performances, including three individual efforts. Senior diver Mark Parzych scored 249.25 points in one-meter diving, freshman Max Foltz recorded a time of 19:28.63 in the 1,650-freestyle; and freshman Alex Krull completed the 200-backstroke in 2:08.92.
The 200-medley relay team of Krull, Huster, freshman Patrick DeJarnatt and senior Brian Yount also came home second in 1:40.61.
The diving portion of the squad will compete in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Diving Championships at Illinois Wesleyan next weekend. The swimming portion of the championships takes place from Feb. 18-20.
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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
Indiana State set an NCAA record for 3-point percentage and consecutive 3-pointers made Saturday afternoon in Hulman Center, connecting on all 12 attempts during a 78-68 win over Southern Illinois.
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‘Frustrated’ Sycamores regroup to face Southern Illinois
Indiana State’s men’s basketball struggles have hit one Sycamore senior hard.
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Thomas nets double-double as ISU women end losing streak
The halftime speech is one of the most time-worn clichés in sports, but once in a while, it’s meaningful. It certainly was for the Indiana State women’s basketball team on Friday against Bradley.
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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.
The win belonged to Indiana and Cody Zeller.
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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
Indiana University’s stint in the Top 25 may be coming to an end. Purdue is just looking for a winning streak.
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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
Indiana State pulled within 63-57 with a 6-0 run with 8 minutes, 50 seconds remaining Friday night at JQH Arena, but the Sycamores lost 84-70 to host Missouri State in a Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball game.
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Mattox, Sycamores staying positive on road trip to Missouri State, Wichita State
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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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