COLLEGE REPORT: Asher on all-tourney team; NCAC honors Monnett

Mason Asher looks to sink a putt last weekend in the Wabash College Fall Golf Classic. He was named to the all-tournament team for placing fifth.

Photo courtesy of Wabash College

Mason Asher of North Putnam carded a 72 in the final round of the Wabash College Fall Golf Classic to earn a spot on the all-tournament team with a two-round total of 150 for a fifth-place finish.

Asher scored a 78 in the first round Saturday before dropping seven strokes Sunday. His effort helped Wabash finish third out of the four competing teams.

Wabash finished with a team score of 644 (321-323). Franklin College won the tournament with a score of 593 (294-299). Defiance finished second with a team score of 613 (301-312), while Berea turned in a score of 648 (330-318) to place fourth.

The tournament was the final event of the fall season for the Little Giants.

• New Mexico near top again — Coached by Greencastle native Joe Franklin, the New Mexico Lobos women’s cross country team is again among the nation’s best.

The Lobo women, ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll for the 10th-straight poll, return many tremendous runners and have again reloaded, while the youthful UNM men are primed to regain their place among the nation’s best.

New Mexico had its first shot on the road toward the NCAAs last weekend at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.

“The goals have never changed: To be top 10,” Franklin said before the season. “That was the expectation in 2007 when I was hired and that’s never changed.”

Last year was the culmination of those goals, as the New Mexico women stormed to one of the most dominant performances ever witnessed in NCAA history.

The Lobos recorded the lowest team score at the NCAA Championships since 1982 behind five All-Americans — the most by one team at a single championship since 2009.

It was New Mexico’s sixth-straight top-five finish at the NCAAs, showing how much the Lobo women have bought into Franklin’s goals.

• Monnett honored again by NCAC – Senior Claudia Monnett of Cloverdale was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Runners of the Week following her performances last month in a dual meet at Rose-Hulman.

Claudia Monnett was honored two weeks in a row by the North Coast Athletic Conference as its runner of the week.

Photo courtesy of DePauw

Monnett, who earned the runner of the week nod for the second consecutive week, was the top overall women’s runner in DePauw’s 18-45 win over Rose-Hulman. Monnett covered the 6,000-meter course in 24:20.

Last weekend, Monnett again led the Tigers by placing seventh in the Greater Louisville Classic.

DePauw finished with 256 points and in eighth at the Greater Louisville Classic. Hope won with 103 points.

Monnett paced the Tigers in 21:42.83 on the 6,000-meter course, followed by Lois Miller in 40th in 23:04.14 and Emma MacAnally in 67th in 23:31.84.

Becca Conley completed the course in 23:36.80 followed by Gabby Coffing in 23:58.04, Kendall Weinert in 23:58.48 and Sarah Selzer in 24:02.05.

Rounding out the Tigers’ runners were Haley Thompson (24:09.77), Grace Cook (24:24.86) and Megan Davis (24:27.95).

DePauw returns to action on Oct. 15, when it competes in the Inter-Region Rumble at Oberlin.

• DePauw’s Hunt honored again — For the second week in a row, Matt Hunt was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

Hunt (a graduate of Heritage Christian) totaled 396 yards of total offense and accounted for all six of the Tigers’ touchdowns leading to a 48-35 victory over Kenyon. Hunt completed 18-of-30 pass attempts for 237 yards and four touchdowns. He also carried the ball 16 times for 159 rushing yards and two more touchdowns.

For the season, Hunt has completed 66.7 percent of his passes (112-of-168) for 1,168 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also has 60 carries for 433 yards and five rushing touchdowns.

DePauw is 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the NCAC. They travel to co-leader Wittenberg on Saturday.

• Moore also honored — E.J. Moore lifted the Tigers to two thrilling wins last week, earning him North Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week honors.

Moore, of Indianapolis Cathedral, made two starts and scored two goals, including the game-winner against Thomas More with :00.8 left.

on the clock to give DePauw a 1-0 victory.

On Saturday, the Tigers knocked off No. 2 Kenyon 2-1 as Moore opened up the scoring with his third goal of the season in the 34th minute.

The senior is now third on the team in points with three goals and three assists.

DePauw improved to 6-2-2 with the wins and 1-1 in the NCAC. The Tigers head to Hiram next Saturday for another NCAC showdown.

Putnam County fall sports college updates

NOTE: The athletes listed are those for whom measurable statistics or information could be found. Athletes on collegiate rosters who have not yet competed were included in an earlier list, but are not in this summary.

CROSS COUNTRY

Greencastle

Joe Franklin, head coach, New Mexico – Women’s team finished fourth last weekend at the Notre Dame Invitational.

Colleen Weatherford, Sr., Butler – Placed 85th overall in 18:04 as the Bulldogs placed third in the Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday.

South Putnam

Julianna Delano, Fr., Hanover – Placed 106th in the Indiana Intercollegiates meet at Bloomington last month with a time of 22:33.22.

FOOTBALL

Cloverdale

Mark Osmialowski III, Jr., Manchester – Saw action in the team’s opener against Trine.

Tyler Lotz, So., Marian – Has played in four games as a backup offensive lineman.

Greencastle

Hunter Smith, Sr., Franklin – Has played in four games for the Grizzlies with five tackles (four unassisted).

Nick Gilliam, R-Jr., Siena Heights (Mich.) – Has played in all four games at quarterback with 27 completions in 47 attempts.

Nate Tesmer, So., Manchester – Has played in all four games, starting two, and has caught four passes for 72 yards with a long of 39.

Zach Secrest, So., Wabash – Played in Saturday’s win over Hiram, did not record any tackles.

Carter Lewis, R-So., Siena Heights (Mich.) – Has played in all four games.

North Putnam

Grant Bryan, Jr., Franklin – Has played in four games for the Grizzlies with 14 tackles (nine unassisted)

South Putnam

Robert Gibson, Sr., Marian – Has carried 37 times for 139 yards and one touchdown.

Lane Hacker, Jr., Wilmington (Ohio) – Is the team’s starting center.

Lucas Lorian, So., Manchester – Has played in two games, carrying the ball three times for 13 yards.

Zane Yon, So., Manchester – Has played in one game.

GOLF

Cloverdale

Sydney Shrum, Sr., Valparaiso – Has played four rounds with a low round of 82. Is averaging 83.25 shots per 18-hole round. Shot an 82 to finish in a tie for ninth place in the Chi-Town Classic in August.

Greencastle

Alec Davis, Jr., Rhodes (Tenn.) – Shot second on the team with a 217 for 54 holes in the Gordin Collegiate Classic at Delaware, Ohio, last month. He finished 10th overall.

Lauren Bridgewater, So., Hanover – Tied for 28th with a 187 over 36 holes in the Transylvania Intercollegiate meet last month.

Jake Buis, Fr., Aurora (Ill.) – Has played in five tournaments this fall, averaging 80.1 shots per 18-hole round. Best finish was in the Naperville Collegiate Invitational, where he finished tied for 18th with an 86,

North Putnam

Mason Asher, Jr., Wabash – Played in all four fall events, averaging 80 shots per round. Best finish was second place among 21 golfers in Giant-Engineer Match Play Classic.

SOCCER

Greencastle

Rhonda Gottschalk, women’s head coach, Bluffton – Is in her second year as head coach at Bluffton.

Evan Smith, Sr., Indianapolis – Has played 657 minutes this year with eight shots, two on goal.

Sydney Secrest, So., Franklin – Has played in seven matches, starting four.

SOFTBALL

South Putnam

Katie Hewitt, Fr., Marian — Started both games of a recent fall doubleheader sweep over Grand Park University. Batted fourth in the first game as the DP and hit fifth in the second game as the third baseman. Had a double and two singles plus a suicide squeeze bunt.

TENNIS

Greencastle

Adam Gerard, So., Houghton (N.Y.) – Lost 8-2 at No. 3 singles to Tyler Richmond of Pitt-Bradford in team’s only fall match so far.

South Putnam

Josh Stewart, Fr., Franklin – Has gone 1-1 in two singles matches this fall, defeating his Oakland City opponent and losing to IU-East.

VOLLEYBALL

North Putnam

Kaitlin Mindiola, So. Manchester — Has played in four sets with nine kills, four service aces and seven digs.

Taylor Nauert, Fr., Marian — Has played in 30 sets with 28 kills, two assists, six digs and 14 blocks.