College Sports

Katie White and Blair Hall combined for nine runs batted in, while Hall and Hannah Gore pitched six innings of five hit ball, as the No. 10 ranked Berry Vikings defeated the DePauw Tigers in the opening round of the division three NCAA regional. Three top-15 teams were placed in the DePauw regional, two of those were squaring off in the nightcap Friday evening. ...

Sixth-ranked DePauw was two outs away from being just the second team in North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament history to win four games in the loser’s bracket, but Hiram rallied for five runs in the seventh of game seven and claimed the tourney title with a 5-2 win over DePauw. Top-seeded DePauw dropped to 34-9, while the Terriers improved to 24-14...

The schedule for the 2022 NCAC Softball Tournament has been adjusted to account for incleement weather. The Tournament, hosted by top seed DePauw University, will now be played on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8. As the top seed, DePauw (15-1) meets fourth-seeded Wooster (8-8) in the opening round of the double elimination tournament on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. ...

HIRAM, OH — Sixth-ranked DePauw University secured the outright North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title Monday after a split at Hiram. The Tigers defeated the Terriers 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader, clinching the conference title in the process thanks to Paige Price’s fifth inning triple and a sac fly from Jade Mejia Wick and Kelsey Bernhard single in the sixth inning to account for all three runs...

DePauw extended its win streak to seven following a doubleheader sweep of visiting Ohio Wesleyan by scores of 3-1 and 12-10. The Tigers improved to 17-15 overall and 8-6 in the NCAC, while the Battling Bishops dropped to 9-25 overall and 2-12 in conference play...

MANSFIELD, OH — DePauw shot a 1,057 (353-356-348) and finished second to Denison at the North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championships at Westbrook C.C. The Big Red won with a 978 (318-325-335). Paige Sanfelippo earned first team all-NCAC honors by finishing fifth with a 254 (88-83-83). Earning second team all-conference accolades were Ashley Long who finished in a tie for eighth with a 266 (88-92-86) and Sydney Weiner in 10th at 267 (87-89-91)...

Rusty Loyd, head men's basketball coach at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 2014, is DePauw's selection as head men's basketball coach. He replaces Bill Fenlon who is retiring after 30 years at the helm. Loyd becomes just the sixth DePauw head coach in the last 64 years...

WINSTON-SALEM N.C.- DePauw’s Erin Pasch finished third in the pentathlon topping her previous best and school record with 3,640 points at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships to earn all-America honors. Pasch started the day with 885 points after finishing the 60-meter hurdles in 9.12 seconds and then added 736 points when she matched her college best with a high jump of 1.60 (5-3). ...

The DePauw men’s tennis team beat the Wittenberg University Tigers 8-1 at home, improving to 5-5 overall, while Wittenberg moves to 4-5. DePauw got on the board first with Hudson Mosher and Chase Hutchinson defeating Joe Patton and Roy Jensen 8-1 at number three, followed by Cole Metzger and Ryan McCook beating Jake Stockhausen and Kyle Fout 8-2 at number two. Wyatt Metzger and Thomas Partridge defeated Brayden Kopp and John DeVito 8-5 at number one, completing the doubles sweep...

Freshman Vinny Buccilla hit a three-point basket with 40 seconds left to put Wabash up by nine points and sealed Saturday’s NCAA Division III Men’s Tournament Sectional Championship with a final layup for the Little Giants’ 81-75 win over Illinois Wesleyan. The victory sends Wabash to the tournament semifinals for the first time since the Little Giants won the national title in 1982...

WHITEWATER, Wis. - Kate Palmer’s 3-pointer from the left wing with 2.3 seconds left lifted Illinois Wesleyan to a 56-55 win over DePauw in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Basketball Championship. The Tigers’ season came to a close with a 23-4 record, while the 20-8 Titans advanced to the second round Saturday where they fell to hosts Wisconsin-Whitewater 72-54. The Warhawks defeated Ripon 58-34 in the opening round Friday...

The Wittenberg Tigers came into the NCAC tournament as the No. 4 seed but they didn’t play like it, handing the No. 10-ranked DePauw women’s basketball team a 55-52 loss in Neal Fieldhouse Friday evening. From the tip you could tell Wittenberg was going to be ready to play. ...