Stories from Monday, November 7, 2005

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its All-Conference Field Hockey Team on Sunday, as four DePauw University players earned honors and head coach Carla Lane was named Coach of the Year. Lane, in her sixth season at DPU, led the Tigers to the No. 2 seed in the SCAC Conference Championship...

EVANSVILLE -- On Saturday, the DePauw University men's basketball team officially opened the 2005-06 campaign with a 76-67 exhibition loss to the Evansville Purple Aces at Roberts Stadium. DePauw had a 45-36 lead at halftime, thanks to 17 points from Reid Sakel, before the Purple Aces made the comeback...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- On Saturday, the DePauw men's and women's swimming teams both competed at Wittenberg. The women's team dropped to 4-2 on the season after suffering a 131-100 loss while the men's team knocked off Wittenberg, 131.5-106.5, improving to 4-2...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On Sunday, the DePauw University women's soccer squad knocked off Rhodes College, 3-0, to claim the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title outright and the league's automatic qualification in to the NCAA Division III Championship...

SEWANEE, Tenn. -- The DePauw University volleyball team wrapped up its 2005 season with a 3-0 (20-17, 30-28, 30-19) loss to Trinity on Sunday in its final match at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Cross-Divisional. Ali Pinkston led the Tigers with nine kills and Liz Pollom added six. Sherise Denny also had 13 assists while Jenni Zeser had 17 digs. Megan Weinheimer also had 10 digs while Pollom had four blocks. Kim Hamer and Lizzy Ackermann both had three blocks...

TERRE HAUTE -- It only took the DePauw University football team 18 seconds to set the pace for what would be a record-breaking day. With its, 60-21 win over Rose-Hulman Saturday, DePauw took home a share of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the first time in five years. The Tigers will share the 2005 SCAC title with Trinity, and haven't had a piece of the title since 2000 when they shared it in a three-way tie...

Friday night marked the end of an era at South Putnam High School. After 22 years as head coach of the South Putnam varsity football team, Mark Wildman announced his retirement. "That was it," Wildman said. "I've known for a couple months. What a great, great game to go out on."...