College update – February 24

<p><strong>S</strong>enior pitcher <strong>Brittany Gray</strong> led 17th-ranked Georgia to a shutout in softball against Evansville.</p>
<p>The former Greenwood Community High School ace worked all six innings, allowing only one hit while striking out 12 batters to improve her record to 4-0 on the season.</p>
<p>GREENWOOD</p>
<p><strong>Krista Jones,</strong> a sophomore for Pittsburgh’s women’s swimming and diving program, finished 18th in platform diving at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship at Greensboro, N.C.</p>
<p>University of Indianapolis pitcher <strong>Reid Werner</strong> made the start in a 4-3 victory at Kentucky Wesleyan, lasting three innings, allowing four hits and striking out one.</p>
<p>Reserve sophomore guard <strong>Holly Hoopingarner</strong> had 13 points, five assists and two rebounds in IUPUI’s 91-59 victory at Detroit Mercy. She scored eight points in a 67-60 home loss to Milwaukee.</p>
<p>WHITELAND</p>
<p>Iowa Central Community College freshman <strong>Ryder Emberton</strong> placed first in the shot put at the Region XI indoor track and field championships and third in the weight throw.</p>
<p>FRANKLIN</p>
<p>Road wins at Wright State-Lake Campus and Spalding resulted in a total of 20 points, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals for St. Mary-of-the-Woods senior point guard <strong>Tara Parmer.</strong> She has 1,168 career points heading into today’s senior day contest against Robert Morris-Springfield.</p>
<p>Manchester’s <strong>Travis Murr</strong> placed second in the 60-meter dash in 7.07 seconds at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference indoor track meet at Anderson. He also was runner-up in the 200 in 22.67, breaking his own school indoor standard.</p>
<p>Franklin College junior <strong>J.T. Sargent</strong> took part in the distance medley relay in the HCAC indoor meet, helping the Grizzlies finish seventh.</p>
<p>CENTER GROVE</p>
<p>Freshman outfielder <strong>Hannah Burris</strong> is making an immediate impact for University of Indianapolis softball, batting .360 to go along with two steals. A starter in seven of the Greyhounds’ first eight games, Burris has three multi-hit performances.</p>
<p>Sophomore catcher <strong>Maddie London</strong> picked up a hit for Black Hills State College (South Dakota) in its 19-5 loss to Trevecca Nazarene.</p>
<p>Purdue junior softball player <strong>Mallory Baker</strong> leads the Boilermakers in RBIs with six after Big Ten/ACC Challenge losses to Virginia Tech and Duke.</p>
<p>University of Indianapolis outfielder <strong>Devon Hensley</strong> went 1 for 6 at the plate as the Greyhounds’ baseball team opened the season by winning two of three games at Kentucky Wesleyan. Teammate <strong>Will Smithey,</strong> UIndy’s catcher, had a hit and scored a run in one of the wins.</p>
<p>Franklin College sophomore <strong>Reed Sauter</strong> ran a time of 1:59.72 to finish third in the 800-meter run at the HCAC track and field meet at Anderson. Sauter earned honorable mention all-conference distinction.</p>
<p>Davidson junior <strong>Tori Long</strong> placed seventh in the finals of the 400-meter dash at the Atlantic 10 championship at the University of Rhode Island. Long’s time was 1:16.52.</p>
<p><strong>Grant Mason,</strong> a freshman at Lips-comb, helped the men’s track fortunes at the Atlantic Sun meet with a fourth-place effort in the 200-meter dash. Mason had a time of 21.91 seconds, and lowered his own personal record in the 60-meter dash in 6.90.</p>
<p>Lipscomb point guard <strong>Lauren Rau</strong> had seven points and three assists in an 88-52 loss at Florida Gulf Coast. She tallied three points to go along with six assists and four steals in a 20-point setback to Stetson.</p>
<p>Guard <strong>Emma LeMasters</strong> came off the bench to add six points, four assists and three rebounds to DePauw’s 90-48 romp against Allegheny in the NCAC tournament quarterfinal.</p>
<p>Indiana State junior <strong>Regan Wentland</strong> chipped in five points and four boards to the Sycamores’ 54-50 defeat of Bradley.</p>
<p>INDIAN CREEK</p>
<p>Indiana Tech guard <strong>Dylan Phair</strong> finished with 20 points and five rebounds in the team’s 89-69 victory against Siena Heights in the first round of the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference Tournament.</p>
<p>Freshman <strong>Tim Abel</strong> contributed seven points for Cincinnati Christian in its 94-87 men’s basketball loss at Asbury (Kentucky).</p>