Tribune-Star staff report
Uniondale, Pa. — St. Mary-of-the-Woods defeated St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn 55-40 to win the ninth place game in the USCAA Women’s Nationals for college basketball on Friday.
For the Pomeroys, Brittney Shaner, Rebecca Tracy, Chelsey Barron and Whitney Allen scored 16, 13, 11 and 10 points, respectively.
SMWC ends the season with a record of 16-13, winning nine out of their last 10 games.
ST. JOSEPH’S BROOKLYN (40) — Doran 2-6 0-3 4, Kavanagh 1-7 0-0 2, Marciniec 0-5 0-0 0, Mangan 6-17 0-0 1, McQuillan 8-19 0-1 18, Kakavas 0-0 0-0 0, Shea 1-1 0-0 2, Gleason 0-0 0-0 0, Crimeni 0-0 0-0 0, Serewko 0-2 0-0 0, Quick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-58 0-4 40.
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS (55) — Tracy 4-10 3-4 13, Shaner 6-11 3-6 16, Blickenstaff 0-9 0-0 0, Baron 4-12 2-2 11, Brown 2-7 1-2 5, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Allen 2-10 6-7 10, Axtell 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-62 15-21 55.
Halftime — SMWC led 34-21. 3-point goals — STJ-B 4-18 (Doran 0-1, Marciniec 0-3, Mangan and McQuillan 2-7), SMWC 4-12 (Tracy 2-4, Shaner 1-2, Barron 1-2, Miller 0-1, Allen 0-3). Rebounds — STJ-B 39 (Kavanagh 13), SMWC 51 (Barron 10). Total fouls — STJ-B 15, SMWC 6. Fouled out — none. Assists — STJ-B 9 (Kavanagh 9), SMWC 14 (Tracy 3, Brown 3, Allen 3). Turnovers — STJ-B 23, SMWC 17. Blocks — STJ-B 7 (Doran 4), SMWC 2 (Shaner, Brown). Steals — STJ-B 10 (MQuillan 3), SMWC 12 (Shaner 4).
• • •
In other basketball:
• Maroons win sectional — At Effingham, Ill., Robinson won a 71-65 come-from-behind thriller over Teutopolis in the IHSA Class 2A Effighan boys basketball sectional championship game on Friday.
Ben Jones paced the Maroons with 20 points. Derek Hannahs scored 19 points while Meyers Leonard added 18 points, 14 rebounds.
T-Town was led by Nick Schumacher with 14 points.
TEUTOPOLIS (65) — Schumacher 6 1-2 14, J.Niebrugge 5 0-2 12, Thompson 4 3-5 11, Michels 4 0-0 9, Sandschafer 2 2-3 7, Bushur 2 0-0 4, M.Niebrugge 1 2-2 5, Blievernicht 1 0-0 2, Braun 0 0-0 0, Thoele 0 0-0 0, Schultz 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 8-14 65.
ROBINSON (71) — Jones 8 2-5 20, Hannahs 6 6-6 19, Leonard 8 2-3 18, Au.Siler 3 2-3 9, Dirks 2 1-2 5, Chamblin 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 13-19 71.
Teutopolis 12 13 20 20 — 65
Robinson 14 15 13 29 — 71
3-point goals — Schumacher, J.Niebrugge 2, Michels, Sandschafer, Bushur, M.Niebrugge, Jones 2, Hannahs, Au.Siler. Total fouls — T 22, R 12. Fouled out — Sandschafer, M.Niebrugge.
Next — Robinson will face Decatur St. Teresa in the Springfield Super-Sectional at 7:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday.
• Johnson leads LTC to nationals —Lincoln Trail College won the District 24 women’s tournament on Friday. Former Terre Haute South player Tessa Johnson had 21 points and made the All-Tournament team.
LTC (28-3) will be playing in the nationals in Salina, Kan. on March 16-20.
Baseball
• Rose goes 5-1 — At Winter Haven, Fla., Rose-Hulman completed its spring trip with a 5-1 record after pounding Johnson & Wales 20-4 on Friday.
Junior Chris Stemple blasted a grand slam with three hits total and five RBIs to lead the 19-hit attack. Senior Tim Tepe added three hits, including a double, with four runs scored.
Other Engineers with multiple hits included senior Andrew Bilse with two singles, three RBIs and two runs scored; junior Michael Kovacs with two singles and three runs scored; senior Kirk Thompson with two singles, three RBIs and two runs scored; senior Troy Eveslage with two doubles and three RBIs; and junior Kreigh Williams with two singles, two runs scored and two RBIs.
Senior Derek Eitel tossed seven innings and allowed five hits with six strikeouts to earn his second win of the Florida trip and lead the pitching effort.
Rose-Hulman broke the game open with a 10-run sixth inning that gave the Engineers a 16-3 advantage.
The No. 19 ranked Engineers outscored the opposition 97-28 in six contests in Florida. Rose reached double figures in runs scored five times in six games, including two contests of 20 or more runs.
Rose stands 5-1 on the season and returns to action on Friday with a 7 p.m. matchup against Calvin College in the home opener at Art Nehf Field.
• Eberle off to hot start — At Vincennes, Terre Haute North graduate, freshman Michael Eberle had a pair of doubles, two runs batted in and two runs scored as Lincoln Trail College nipped Vincennes University 10-9 in their season opener.
Eberle was also 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 4-3 win vs. Georgia Perimeter College in LTC’s second game of the season.
<b>Track</b>
• Rose has final tune-up — At Alliance, Ohio, Rose-Hulman sophomore Sutton Coleman and freshman Liz Evans captured individual titles in their final tune-up for the NCAA Division III National Championships next weekend.
Coleman captured the men’s triple jump with a leap of 45-9 1/4 to capture top honors at the Mount Union Last Chance Meet. Evans claimed the women’s high jump championship with a leap of 5-5 1/4.
Evans has automatically qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Nationals that will take place at DePauw University next weekend. Coleman entered the weekend ranked 11th in the latest NCAA Division III performance list with a triple jump mark of 47-1.
The top 14 competitors were selected to the Nationals last year at Rose-Hulman, and no fewer than 14 will be accepted for next weekend’s meet at DePauw.
Evans will compete in the women’s high jump on Friday at 4 p.m. If Coleman is selected for the men’s triple jump, he will compete at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. The entire field will be released on Monday.
• Mascari, Bell win — At Greencastle, John Mascari of Terre Haute North won the 3,200-meter run (9:34.46) and Ariann Bell of Terre Haute South won the shot put (38-6) in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference indoor meet at DePauw University on Friday.
Boys
Team results — Ben Davis 107, Warren Central 99, Carmel 81.83, Lawrence North 73, North Central 67.50, Center Grove 56.83, Terre Haute North 37.50, Terre Haute South 23.33.
HJ — 1. Shea Rhim (BD) 6-0, 2T. Lemuel Young (THS) 5-10, 8T. Broc Hudson (THN) 5-8, 10. Chris Rose (THS) 5-6.
LJ — 1. Kevin Cole II (LN) 21-3, 2. Evan Meyers (THS) 20-5, 8. John Weakley (THS) 19-4.
PV — 1. Terry Batemon (WC) 13-0, 2T. Jake Van Bever (THN) 13-0, 7. Conner Curley (THN) 12-0.
SP — 1. Kris Harley (WC) 55-5, 8. Aaron Sullivanb (THS) 42-7.75, 10. Shawn Riggs (THN) 41-10, 15. Doyle Bledsoe (THS) 39-3, 16. Trent Walls (THN) 37-10.
3,200 relay — 1. Warren Central “A” 8:18.74, 7. Terre Haute North “A” 8:47.82, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 8:49.77.
55 — 1. Nick Stoner (CG) 6.48.
55H — 1. Robert Rose (BD) 7.76.
Distance Medley — 1. Carmel “A” 10:42.19, 3. Terre Haute North “A” 11:01.27, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 12:05.78.
800 relay — 1. Lawrence North “A” 1:33.84, 6. Terre Haute North “A” 1:39.05, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 1:42.80.
400 — 1. Colin Holston (BD) 52.11, 7. Hudson (THN) 56.32, 11. Tyler Seibert (THS) 56.82, 14. Kevin Bracken (THS) 59.26.
800 — 1. Chris Walden (Car) 1:57.98, 7. Matt Collier (THS) 2:10.97, 10. Dustin Query (THN) 2:15.06, 11. Young (THS) 2:17.00, 13. Tyeson Mundy (THN) 2:17.38.
200 — 1. Khyran Shank (NC) 23.14, 7. Tim Swank (THN) 24.45, 10. Dakota Williams (THS) 24.47, 15. Brother Scank (THN) 25.84, 16. John Story (THS) 26.19.
3,200 — 1. John Mascari (THN) 9:34.46, 10. David Tucker (THN) 10:21.78.
1,600 relay — 1. Ben Davis“A” 3:31.83, 5. Terre Haute North “A” 3:37.80, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 3:52.45.
Girls
Team results — Carmel 115, Warren Central 96, North Central 78, Center Grove 75, Lawrence North 74.50, Terre Haute North 44, Ben Davis 33, Terre Haute South 27.50.
HJ — 1. Mackenzie Kitchel (CG) 5-6, 6T. Jessica Meyers (THS) 4-8, 9. Lindsay Clark (THN) 4-6.
LJ — 1. Jasmine Watts (NC) 17-5, 7. Ally Vaeth (THS) 15-0, 9. Christi Hasbrouck 14-7, 10. Sarah Fears (THN) 13-6.
PV — 1. Kate Carr (Car) 10-0, 3. Hasbrouck (THN) 8-6, 6. Stacy Caldwell (THS) 6-0.
SP — 1. Ariann Bell (THS) 38-6, 7. Alissa Turpin (THN) 32-2, 15. Morgan Dull (THS) 24-8, 16. Hanna Curley (THN) 24-3.
3,200 relay — 1. Carmel “A” 9:41.83, 2. Terre Haute North “A” 10:00.10, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 11:11.81.
55 — 1. Logan Hayes (WC) 7.33, 6. Ashley Burkins (THN) 7.70.
55H — 1. Ashley Spencer (LN) 8.48, 8. Megan Wilkey (THN) 9.79.
Distance Medley — 1. Carmel “A” 12:44.54, 2. Terre Haute North “A” 12:57.50, 8. Terre Haute South “A” 15:58.44.
800 relay — 1. Warren Central “A” 1:46.32, 7. Terre Haute South “A” 1:59.90, 8. Terre Haute North “A” 2:01.27.
400 — 1. LaTisha Martin (WC) 1:00.72, 5. Molly Nasser (THS) 1:05.38, 8. Brooke Humphrey (THN) 1:07.77, 10. Maddy Nelson (THN) 1:10.05, 11. Vaeth (THS) 1:10.35.
800 — 1. Tori Schoettmer (CG) 2:25.14, 8. Emily Cotterman (TNN) 2:38.25, 11. Brandi Roshel (THN) 2:47.14, 12. Caitlin Fears (THS) 2:57.74, 13. Natalie Mitchell (THS) 3:02.52.
200 — 1. Brionna Harrison (WC) 26.91, 9. Vaeth (THS) 29.36, 10. Kaylee Ellis (THS) 29.76, 12. Tajah Dickson (THN) 29.83, 15. Amber Wilcox (THN) 31.70.
3,200 — 1. Renee Wellman (Car) 11:22.09, 3. Chanli Mundy (THN) 11:44.02, 11. Annie Mullican (THN) 12:47.71, 14. Rachel Stephens (THS) 14:32.72.
1,600 relay — 1. Warren Central “A” 4:08.59, 3. Terre Haute North “A” 4:18.49, 7. Terre Haute South “A” 4:33.65.
