College Sports

DePauw will host Wabash on Wednesday night as the two North Coast Athletic Conference schools renew their bitter rivalry on the hardwood. Game time is 7 p.m., and admission is free. The Tigers enter the game 7-8 overall and 4-4 in the NCAC after Saturday’s 77-55 loss at Ohio Wesleyan...

DELAWARE, Ohio - DePauw senior Sydney Kopp scored 15 straight points for the Tigers in a 3:06 stretch of the third period and finished with a school-record 42 as DePauw won its 12th straight with a 73-53 North Coast Athletic Conference victory at Ohio Wesleyan...

The DePauw University men’s basketball team earned its first conference game win at home in an 89-79 victory over Denison University on Wednesday night. The Tigers got on the board first with an early steal by Nolan Ginther, who passed it out to Elijah Hales for a three, taking a lead DePauw would keep for the rest of the game...

Seventh-ranked DePauw University’s women’s basketball extended its win streak to 10 and improved to 14-1 overall and 6-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play with an 82-44 win over visiting Wooster on Saturday. The Fighting Scots dropped to 4-10 overall and 0-5 in conference play...

There are two national championship banners hanging over the Neal Fieldhouse court that the DePauw University women have to look at every day. That is the ever-present goal. And Saturday, as the Tigers entered the fieldhouse they were confronted with the name and legacy of Amy Hasbrook, one of DePauw’s all-time great players and role models. The game was played in her honor. The goal was set. Hiram just happened to be the opponent...

Defense and rebounding don’t take the night off on good basketball teams. And that’s a good thing for the No. 6-ranked DePauw Tigers women, or they would have been in trouble Friday night. Playing at Neal Fieldhouse for just the second time this season, DePauw rolled over Allegheny 69-50 for its eighth straight win of the season...

DePauw closed the second quarter on a 24-4 run and pulled away from visiting Kenyon for a 56-42 North Coast Athletic Conference win in the team’s home opener at Neal Fieldhouse on Tuesday. The Tigers, ranked sixth in the latest coaches’ poll and eighth by D3hoops.com, improved to 11-1 with their seventh straight win, while the Ladies dropped to 4-8 overall and 1-3 in conference play...

Brett Dietz, DePauw’s offensive coordinator the last six seasons and an assistant coach since 2010, has been selected as the Tigers’ head football coach. Dietz replaces Bill Lynch who announced his retirement in November. “I want to thank Stevie Baker-Watson, Alan Hill and everyone involved with the search process,” Dietz said. ...

DePauw University’s No. 8-ranked women’s basketball team has compiled an 8-1 record so far this season. The Tigers have done so by playing two weekends in Wisconsin, one each in Missouri and California and with a single game in their home state at Earlham...

EVANSVILLE (AP) — Evansville has placed men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty on administrative leave and is conducting an internal investigation into alleged violations of the school’s Title IX policy. The university released a statement Friday saying it has received reports about McCarty’s off-court behavior, including a recent incident that appeared to be a Title IX violation. ...

RICHMOND — The DePauw University men’s basketball team clawed its way back from a nine-point deficit late in the second half to beat Earlham College 75-70. Determined to close out 2019 on a high note, the Tigers played with grit and persistence throughout the entirety of the game...

Marian University’s football team will look to pick up its first national title since 2015 tonight when the No. 2-ranked Knights play No. 1-ranked Morningside in the NAIA football championship game. The game will begin at 7 p.m. in Ruston, La., and can be seen live on ESPN3...

LEXINGTON, Ky.- The DePauw University men’s basketball team lost 75-74 to the Don Lane Classic host Transylvania University in a physically-taxing matchup in the third-place game on Wednesday. From tip-off, Transylvania quickly applied pressure to the Tigers, taking a two-point lead just 30 seconds into the game, showcasing its desire to control the pace of the matchup right away...

WHITTIER, Calif. - Eighth-ranked DePauw held host Whittier to a combined 15 points in the first and fourth quarters and ran its win streak to six with a 59-46 win at the Purple and Gold Poet Classic late Monday night. The Tigers moved to 10-1, while Whittier dropped to 5-5...

WHITTIER, Calif. – The eighth-ranked DePauw women’s basketball team trailed by six points late in the third, but the Tigers closed the quarter on a 5-0 run and opened the fourth with six straight to take the lead for good in a 72-62 win over Chapman in a game played at Whittier College on Sunday...

INDIANAPOLIS — Marian University’s national champion volleyball team has players from three different states and many in Indiana from its largest schools — such as Fishers and Lawrence Central and perennial volleyball powers such as Roncalli, Fort Wayne Dwenger and Wapahani...

INDIANAPOLIS - It was a battle for 60 minutes, but the Marian football team prevailed, and ultimately punched its ticket to the 2019 NAIA National Championship with a 34-24 win over No. 6 Lindsey Wilson Saturday afternoon at St. Vincent Field in Indianapolis...

OBERLIN, Ohio — The DePauw University men’s basketball team defeat the Yeomen of Oberlin College 80-67 to earn its first conference win of the season. In the first six minutes of play, the Tigers shot a cool 4-4 behind the arc and completed a three-point play to take a commanding 15-7 lead...

KANSAS CITY — With an 11-0 record, MSFA Mideast League title and a pair of playoff wins under their belt, Charles Salary, Mac Dutra and Tyler Lotz of the Marian football team added to their special season by earning NAIA-AFCA All-America honors. Salary was named to the first team, while Dutra was named to the second team and Lotz was given honorable mention...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tenth-ranked DePauw used a 13-0 run over a four-minute stretch of the fourth period to pull away from Wittenberg and gain a 70-55 North Coast Athletic Conference victory. DePauw moved to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC, while the host Tigers dropped to 3-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play...

DePauw University’s men’s basketball team will look to even its North Coast Athletic Conference record at 1-1 tonight when the Tigers host No. 4-ranked Wittenberg. Tipoff is 7 p.m., and admission is free. The Tigers hosted Kenyon on Sunday and lost 69-65 to fall to 2-3 on the season...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- DePauw University earned two outright league titles during the fall season to take the early lead in the race for the 2019-20 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship. The Tigers posted top-five finishes in all seven of the fall championship sports, as they finished on top of the league in both men’s cross country and women’s soccer...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sydney Kopp’s layup with three seconds left propelled 11th-ranked DePauw to a 69-67 win over Illinois Wesleyan in the Midwest Challenge championship game at WashU. The Tigers improved to 6-1 with the win, while the Titans, ranked 21st by D3hoops.com and 24th in the latest coaches’ poll, dropped to 5-2...

TERRE HAUTE -- Indiana State used a late run and hot shooting from Cloverdale sophomore Cooper Neese as well as the steady hand of junior Tyreke Key to down visiting Missouri-St. Louis by the score of 62-55 in the Sycamores 2019 debut inside Hulman Center. Indiana State has now won three straight to improve to 3-4 while the Tritons are 6-1. Neese led the way for the Sycamores with 19 points on the strength of a 6-of-9 shooting performance, including a mark of 4-of-6 from 3-point range.

BIMINI, Bahamas – Indiana State took its best defensive effort of the season and added to it the best shooting performance of the year en route to a 72-60 victory over Loyola Marymount on the second day of the 2019 Junkanoo Jam at Resorts World Bimini...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Ninth-ranked DePauw moved to 4-0 on the season following a 60-55 victory over #12 Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Wisconsin Lutheran’s Paul Knueppel Classic. The Titans dropped to 2-2. The Tigers scored the game’s first seven points on the way to an 11-6 lead at the quarter break. ...

Four Tigers have been selected all-North Coast Athletic Conference Football second team in voting by the league’s coaches. Right tackle Nick LaChapelle (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller) was DePauw’s lone selection on the offensive team after anchoring a line that ranked fourth in the conference by allowing 2.1 sacks per contest...

Bill Lynch, DePauw’s head football coach for eight seasons overall including the last seven, has announced his retirement effective Jan. 2, 2020. A search for his replacement is underway. “The time is right for my family and me,” Lynch said. “I’ve been fortunate to have a great run in this profession, but with grandchild number 17 on the way there are many reasons for me to move on to the next stage with my family. ...

The Monon Bell Classic is always special. Sure, there are much better known college football rivalries around the country and even in this state, but there is just something about these two small schools in Western Indiana that evokes something other rivalries lack...

DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp of Hinsdale South High School in Burr Ridge, Ill., has been chosen North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for her performances in DePauw’s three wins last week. Kopp averaged 26.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists as the Tigers, ranked 10th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll and 12th in the coaches’ rankings, topped Earlham (69-43), Wisconsin-Stevens Point (66-61) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (70-69, OT)...

A 62-yard touchdown with 38 seconds to play gave DePauw University its first lead of the game Saturday in the 126th Monon Bell Classic. It was all the Tigers needed, as the defense did what it had done all day, holding Wabash College in check. The Tigers walked away with a 17-13 victory over the Little Giants, their first victory over the arch rival school in three years...

DePauw and Wabash will renew their bitter rivalry on Saturday for the 126th time as the Little Giants come to Greencastle to take on the Tigers. Wabash has won the last two meetings and leads the all-time series 62-54-9. Since the Monon Bell was introduced in 1932, Wabash leads the series 43-38-6...

DePauw senior right-side hitter Morgan Stearley (Center Point, Ind./ Northview) has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year in voting by the conference’s coaches. This marks the second consecutive season a DePauw player has earned the distinction after Suzanne Peters garnered the award last year...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The resilient, fourth-seeded Tigers wrapped up an incredible weekend with their first North Coast Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament title following a 3-1 (25-19, 25-16, 18-25, 25-21) win over second-seed Denison in the championship match. The championship ended Wittenberg’s run of 12 straight tourney titles dating back to 2007. DePauw improved to 18-12, while the Big Red dropped to 18-8...

DePauw will open its men’s basketball season tonight at home against the Franklin Grizzlies. Tipoff is 7 p.m., and admission is free. Colin York of Greencastle is a sophomore guard for the Grizzlies. He did not play in Franklin’s season-opening 86-84 loss to Otterbein on Saturday...

DePauw moved to 5-4 overall and 5-3 in the North Coast Athletic Conference after posting a 34-0 shutout win over Oberlin on Senior Day on Nick Mourouzis Field at Blackstock Stadium. The Yeomen dropped to 1-8 overall and 1-7 in NCAC play. The opening six minutes of the game included lost fumbles on three consecutive offensive plays before DePauw took over on the Oberlin 46. ...

Several Putnam County graduates are competing in college sports this fall and many are having successful seasons. Eight cross country runners and one coach are competing, along with 13 football players, two golfers, five soccer players along with two coaches, five tennis players and five volleyball players...