Stories from Monday, October 20, 2008

Colorado Springs, Colo. -- DePauw battled its way to its seventh overtime game of the season which resulted in its fourth tie in a 1-1 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest at Colorado College. DePauw is 8-1-4 overall and 4-0-2 in the SCAC, while Colorado College is 9-3-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the conference...

DePauw improved to 8-2 on the season and picked up its second straight shutout as it blanked Saint Vincent (Pa.), 3-0. The Bearcats dropped to 4-8 with the loss. Meredith Ellis scored on a Kimberly Trainor assist at 13:25 before Carolyn Mueller made it 2-0 with just 8:30 remaining in the contest on Sarah Riffle's assist. Katie Sowar scored, unassisted, at 84:13 to round out the scoring...

Georgetown, Texas -- DePauw volleyball is 19-10 overall and 8-4 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference following a split of its Saturday matches. Austin defeated the Tigers 3-1 (25-17, 25-22, 26-28, 25-20) before DePauw came back to blank Centre 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 27-25)...

Oberlin, Ohio -- DePauw totaled 239 points and finished eighth at the Oberlin Inter-Regional meet. New York University won with 47 points, while Dickinson was second with 104. Zack Weinberg paced DePauw and finished in 24th place by covering the 8K course in 25:30. Nathan Ellis was 35th in 25:41, while Nick Pucillo was 44th in 25:47 and Steve Clark in 67th in 26:07...

Oberlin, Ohio -- The 16th-ranked Tigers totaled 124 points and finished second at the Oberlin Inter-Regional. Eighth-ranked Case Western Reserve won with 60 points, while DePauw finished ahead of 15th-ranked St. Lawrence. Lauren Reich led the Tigers with a ninth place finish and covered the 6K course in 21:51, while Alison Case was 16th in 22:22 and Ellen Mail was 25th in 22:44...

DePauw scored three second-half goals and extended its win streak to four with its third straight shutout, a 3-0 win over visiting Wooster. The Tigers improved to 9-2, while the Fighting Scots dropped to 10-5. Sarah Riffle got the scoring started just 3:45 into the second half before adding a second score at 57:12. Katie Sowar rounded out the scoring at 62:53...

Sherman, Texas -- Austin scored an early second-half goal and held on for a 1-0 SCAC win over DePauw in women's soccer. The Tigers are 5-7-2 overall and 3-3 in SCAC play, while Austin improved to 8-6 overall and 2-3 in the conference. Austin's Shelley Casey scored the game's lone goal at 50:11 on an assist from Helen Heres...

Sherman, Texas -- DePauw men's soccer trailed 3-0 early in the second half and closed the gap with a pair of goals in the final six minutes, but host Austin claimed a 3-2 SCAC win over the Tigers. Garrett Evans gave the Kangaroos a 1-0 lead at 23:09 with an assist from Luis Castillo before Castillo scored, unassisted, at 43:36...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- DePauw closed to within 31-26 early in the fourth quarter, but host and 11th-ranked Trinity scored 14 unanswered to take a 45-32 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference win. The Tigers dropped to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the SCAC, while Trinity (ranked 11th in the latest coaches' poll and 18th by d3football.com) remained unbeaten at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The temps were not the only things falling over the weekend. Greencastle's girls' cross country team marched into regional and placed eighth and junior runner Sara Culler set a new school mark. Culler led the GHS runners with her record-breaking time of 20:58, eclipsing the mark set by Hannah Serlin last season. Culler set a quick pace early and maintained it to post her time. She placed 27th on the day...

INDIANAPOLIS -- As GHS senior Ben Wilson crossed the finish line, it was apparent that he had nothing left. He was helped down the chute bent over and had to eventually lie on the ground to collect himself. Wilson shattered his PR time by 18 seconds and punched his ticket to the semi-state competition next weekend...

TERRE HAUTE -- Behind gutsy performances from a pair of seniors, the Greencastle girls' soccer team defeated Terre Haute South on its home field Saturday, giving GHS its second straight Sectional 24 championship. The Tiger Cubs defeated the Braves 2-0 on goals from seniors Hannah Spencer and Becky Grivas.