ROUNDUP: Woods softball drops pair to IU-SE; Honey Creek, WV share title
Mar. 11—Twelve games in seven days. That's a lot of softball.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods' packed schedule continued Monday when the Pomeroys dropped a college doubleheader to host Indiana-Southeast in River States Conference action.
The Woods (now 4-8 overall, 1-3 in the RSC) lost the opener 5-1 and then the nightcap 9-8 in 10 innings.
IU-Southeast improved to 10-9.
Jasmine Kinzer and Navaeh Pender each recorded two RBI in the second game, while Marin Jacobs pitched three innings of three-hit relief and allowed just one run. Still, Jacobs took the loss and now has a 1-3 record. IU-Southeast won on an RBI double in the bottom of the 10th.
In the opener, Pender stole third and scored on an error for the Pomeroys' only run of the contest. Lyric Krause and Jasmine Kinzer each recorded hits for SMWC.
Lanna Martinez took the loss for the Pomeroys to fall to 0-3 on the season with four earned runs allowed on just three hits. Jacobs tossed five innings in relief by giving up three hits and striking out one.
College basketball
—Bess, Sawyer honored for academics — Indiana State guards Kiley Bess and Ella Sawyer were named to the 2024 MVC Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete Teams, as announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference office.
Bess was one of six athletes in the conference named First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete, while Sawyer was a Second Team MVC Scholar-Athlete selection.
Bess, a senior guard from Poplar Bluff, Mo., carries a 4.0 GPA as a pre-physical therapy major. She led the Sycamores with 11.1 points and 32.5 minutes per game this season and was also among the top five on the team in rebounds (4.2), assists (1.9) and steals (1.6). Sawyer, a fifth-year guard from Adelaide, Australia, carries a 3.982 GPA as an education major with a concentration in middle school math teaching. She led Indiana State with 3.3 assists per game and also was third on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game.
Bess is Indiana State's first First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete selection since the 2013-14 season, while Sawyer is the first Sycamore to be named Second Team MVC Scholar-Athlete since the 2016-17 season. Including Bess and Sawyer, Indiana State has had 19 First Team MVC Scholar-Athlete selections, 11 Second Team MVC Scholar-Athlete selections and eight Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete selections in program history.
The MVC Scholar-Athlete teams consisted of 22 student-athletes and were selected by the 12 conference women's basketball contacts. The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America nominations. Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. The 12-month residency requirement for undergraduate transfers is no longer required. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale), and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don't have an established graduate GPA.
College golf
—Woods wins invitational — The Saint Mary-of-The-Woods women's team won the Spalding Invitational last weekend in Union Grove, Ala.
It was SMWC's third tournament victory of the 2023-24 season. The Pomeroys edged host Spalding University by 19 shots, with scores of 346 and 348 to win the team title. Sophie Boyll, Macie Shirk, Brooklee Bussing, Claire Thompson, and Renae Jaeger all finished in the top ten individually, with Shirk and Boyll collecting top five finishes.
The Pomeroys will play March 23-24 in the Alice Lloyd Invite in Richmond, Ky.
Individual SMWC scores — T-second Sophie Boyll 85-87; fourth Macie Shirk 85-88; T-fifth Brooklee Bussing 88-86; seventh Claire Thompson 88-87; T-ninth Renae Jaeger 89-89; 17th Bailey Barker 91-94; T-26th Ashtyn Witte 99-95; T-28th Bri Andres 107-90.
Middle school wrestling
—Honey Creek, West Vigo share county title — The first-ever Vigo County Middle School Wrestling Championship finished as close as possible.
Honey Creek and West Vigo tied for the team title in Saturday's competition in Terre Haute South High School's gym. Both finished with 291 points.
Woodrow Wilson placed third with 186 points, followed by Otter Creek's 128 and Sarah Scott's 74.
The Vigo County School Corp. launched middle school wrestling during the current 2023-24 school year.
Vigo County championships
Team scores — Honey Creek 291, West Vigo 291, Woodrow Wilson 186, Otter Creek 128, Sarah Scott 74.
Individual finals
70 — Reed Clutter (WV) won bye.
75 — Gunner Baker (WV) won bye.
80 — Noah Hudson (OC) def. Peyton Keller (WV).
85 — Max Higginbotham (HC) def. Logan Wilson (WW).
90 — Liam Shaw (HC) def. Max Marrs (WV).
95 — Lucas Overton (HC) def. Tyler Shield (WW).
100 — Alec Sauer (WW) def. Adrian Solomon (WV).
106 — Kerin Singh (HC) def. Max Godfrey (WV).
113 — Bradley McCue (HC) def. Brock Thralls (WV).
120 — Colton Piper (WV) def. Jackson Verst (HC).
126 — Logan Santagata (WV) def. Brevin Nees (OC).
132 — Michael Allen (HC) def. Cayson Meith (WW).
138 — Kainen Jewett (WV) def. Hunter Zinkovich (HC).
145 — Elijah Akons (OC) def. Gavin Fragiacomo (WV).
152 — Trey Couch (WV) def. James Ribolla (HC).
160 — Fatih Akgul (HC) def. Michael Kempf (OC).
170 — Alex Wilson (SS) def. Conner Secrest (HC).
182 — Daniel Hurst (WV) def. Andrew Gilliland (HC).
195 — Brody Handlin (WV) def. Jacob Carter (HC).
220 — Michael Goldner (HC) def. Logun Chambers (WV).
245 — Bentlee Young (HC) won bye.
285 — Tony Porter Jr. (SS) def. Marino Franco (WV).
