Wilmington College, one of the top teams in the Midwest Region, relied on a balanced scoring attack to top the Rose-Hulman women’s basketball team 61-37 in the season opener for both colleges on Friday night.
Allie Meranda led the Quakers with 12 points and preseason All-American Kortney Kin added 11 points.
Sophomore Alisa Dickerson joined junior Nicole Klass with nine points each to lead the Engineer effort. Dickerson contributed 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Junior Eli Baca pitched in with 10 rebounds, and junior Donna Marsh added four points, five rebounds and four blocked shots.
Wilmington, which returns all five starters from a team that finished 19-8 last season, held the Engineers to 30 percent shooting to build a 33-13 halftime lead. The Engineer offense showed a spark in the second half, improving to 39 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range.
Rose-Hulman returns to action against the loser of tonight’s matchup between Calvin College and Marian College at 1 p.m. today in the third-place game of the Wilmington Invitational.
ROSE-HULMAN (37) — Klass 4-9 0-0 9, Dickerson, Alisa 4-10 0-0 9, Davey 2-6 1-2 6, Bowermaster 2-5 1-3 5, Marsh 2-4 0-2 4, Klemme 1-8 0-0 2, Baca 1-4 0-0 2, Handoko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-46 2-7 37.
WILMINGTON (61) — Meranda 4-8 0-0 12, Kin 4-13 2-2 11, Waters 2-8 2-2 6, Bingley 2-3 0-0 6, Kies 2-6 0-0 5, Prechtel 2-4 0-0 5, Bricker 2-4 0-0 5, Topp 1-3 0-0 3, Anderson 1-1 0-0 3, Jeffers 1-4 0-0 2, Godfrey 1-5 0-0 2, Brown 0-5 1-2 1, Zimmerman 0-0 0-0 0, King 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 5-6 61.
Halftime — Wilmington 33, Rose-Hulman 13. 3-point goals — Rose-Hulman 3-11 (Dickerson 1-2, Davey 1-2, Klass 1-4, Klemme 0-3), Wilmington 12-27 (Meranda 4-7, Bingley 2-3, Kies 1-2, Kin 1-2, Anderson 1-1, Topp 1-2, Prechtel 1-2, Bricker 1-3, Brown 0-5). Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Rose-Hulman 36 (Baca 10, Dickerson 10), Wilmington 40 (Waters 9). Assists — Rose-Hulman 6 (Baca 2), Wilmington 19 (Bricker 6). Total fouls — Rose-Hulman 13, Wilmington 13. A — 308.
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In other women’s basketball:
n Grace College 101, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 81 — At Winona Lake, Ind., Brittaney Shaner scored 27 and Chelsey Barron 23 to pace St. Mary-of-the-Woods in a loss on the road.
SMWC (81) — Miller 0-1 2-3 2, Tracy 2-7 0-0 6, Shaner 10-14 4-4 27, Axtell 2-2 0-0 4, Blickenstaff 2-4 5-6 9, Barron 7-16 6-8 23, Brown 4-5 2-3 10. Totals 27-49 FG, 19-25 FT, 81 TP.
GRACE COLLEGE (101) — Lengel 3-7 3-4 11, Heflin 4-6 0-0 10, DiAntonio 0-0 2-2 2, Aguilar 4-12 4-4 12, Fields 0-0 0-0 0, Skaggs 4-10 0-0 9, Starks 1-4 0-1 2, Ball 1-4 0-0 3, Cashier 3-7 2-2 8, Bidwell 2-4 8-10 13, Boykin 7-12 2-2 16, Eley 7-11 1-2 15. Totals 36-77 FG, 22-27 FT, 101 TP.
Halftime score — Grace 53, SMWC 42. 3-point goals — SMWC 8-18 (Shaner 3-4, Tracy 2-5, Barron 3-7, Brown 0-1, Miller 0-1), Grace 7-15 (Lengel 2-4, Heflin 2-3, Skaggs 1-1, Ball 1-3, Bidwell 1-1, Cashier 2-2). Rebounds — SMWC 24 (Brown 7), Grace 39 (Eley 8). Steals — SMWC 4 (Brown 2), Grace 14 (Eley 5, Lengel 4).
Volleyball
n ISU falls to MSU — Indiana State went toe-to-toe with the Missouri State Bears on Friday in the ISU Arena but could not come up with a victory, falling to the Bears 3-0 (20-25, 20-25, 21-25) in a Missouri Valley Conference match.
Indiana State will conclude the 2009 season tonight against the Wichita State Shockers at 7 p.m. It will be “Senior Night” for the Sycamores with Whitney Fromm, Kristen Kerscher, Jodilynne Stoker, Stephanie Volden, and Kelli Whitaker playing their final game in an Indiana State uniform. Each will be honored in pre-game ceremonies.
Stoker inched closer to the magic 1,000-kill mark Friday night, leading Indiana State with nine kills to give her 993 kills for her career. Freshman Morgan Dall contributed eight kills with sophomore Stacy Qualizza knocking down seven.
Fromm recorded her 15th double-double of the season and her fifth straight with 28 assists and 13 digs. She now has 31 double-double games in her career. Sophomore Kiya James went over 500 digs for the season, recording a team high 15 Friday to give her 511 for the season.
Indiana State (7-24, 3-14 MVC) plays Wichita State (22-5, 13-5) tonight.
Awards
n All-MIC selections — The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference named its Fall Sports All-Conference teams on Friday:
VOLLEYBALL
Ben Davis — Elizabeth Whitis.
Carmel — Maggie Harbison, Emily Reber, Audrey Moore.
Center Grove — Chelsea Kirkpatrick, Sarah Dooms.
Lawrence North — Jaymee Reynolds.
North Central — Megan Williamson.
Terre Haute North — Laura Mauer.
Terre Haute South — Shelby Crncic, Taylor Hayne.
Warren Central — Rachel Wilkinson, Sarah Johnson.
BOYS TENNIS
Carmel — Elliott Yee, Mihir Kumar, Tyler Witsken, Pat O’Neill, Conor Cunningham.
Center Grove — Caleb Fellers, Justin Spicer, Cam Hardin, Luke Andersen.
North Central — Jamie Clark, Dan Delgad.
GIRLS GOLF
Carmel — Briana Midkiff, Ariana Savich, Diana Poulin, Kate McDougal.
Center Grove — Sydney Clute, Karlyn Franklin.
Ben Davis — Chelsea Mattingly, Katie Kirschner.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Carmel — Sarah Bennett, Renee Wellman.
Center Grove — Tori Schoettmer, Sammie Bolen, Delainey Burnett, Morgan Lee.
Lawrence North — McKenzie Carney.
North Central — Brenna Poulsen.
Terre Haute North — Chanli Mundy, Tapring Goatee.
Warren Central — Rebekah Jones.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Ben Davis — Traishaun Johnson.
Carmel — Chris Walden, Tom Ohlman, Dan Porter.
Lawrence North — Josh Roche.
North Central — Julian Toumey, Futsum Zeinasellassie, Connor Geshay, Filimon Adhanom.
Terre Haute North — John Mascari.
Terre Haute South — Taylor Head.
BOYS SOCCER
Ben Davis — Jordan Kemple.
Carmel — Mitch Weaver, Andrew Moor, Nate Snyder, Charlie Dankert, Brad Christie.
Center Grove — Mike Martin, Dominic Troiani, Scott Woessner.
Lawrence North — Kevin Warren.
North Central — Nikita Kotlov, Matt Ingram, Jesse Miser.
Terre Haute North — Julian Shamsaie.
Terre Haute South — Josh Sullivan, Nic Henderson.
Warren Central — Christian Wilson.
GIRLS SOCCER
Ben Davis — Cahlin Epley, Sarah Young.
Carmel — Allie Auscherman, Shae Desmond, Kelsie Strout, Sam Tiongson, Brooke Backes.
Center Grove — Sarah Patterson, Elena Cristofoli.
Lawrence North — Robyn Miley.
North Central — Julie Burton, Jasmine Moses, Amber Pennybaker, Dani Goecke.
Terre Haute North — Molly McKee.
Terre Haute South — Kayla Liffick.
Warren Central — Emily Abrams.
FOOTBALL
Ben Davis — Detrarance Harvey, Phillip Dudley, David Craig, Isaiah Lewis, Jeffrey Garrett.
Carmel — Michael DelBusto, Eric Courter, Adam Shaffer, Devin Brinson, Nick Logan, John Wood, Brian East, Matt Seward, Jordan Babcock, Blair Trapkus.
Center Grove — Sean Egenolf, Joel Cox, Bryce Krebs, Garrett Mack, Scott O’Brien, Joel Hale.
Lawrence North — Trae Heeter, Tyler Bibbs, Vince Coach, Phil Schwenk, Kory Stamps.
North Central — Andrew East.
Terre Haute North — David Knight, Chris O’Leary.
Terre Haute South — Nathan Schuster, Bryn Schwartz.
Warren Central — Shakir Bell, Mike Gegner, Brandon Blackburn, Kris Harley, Derek Hart.
Local Interest
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Coaches with credentials: As a unit, Terre Haute North’s staff 2nd to none
Surrounding yourself with excellence.
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Evansville will test ISU’s toughness
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