College update – April 7

<p><strong>Drew Naumovich</strong> had a big day at the plate March 31 for the Franklin College baseball team in a doubleheader sweep of Transylvania, going 5 for 10 with two home runs and a double. Naumovich, a Roncalli High School graduate, earned HCAC Player of the Week honors for his efforts. He scored four runs and drove in six as the Grizzlies posted 11-3 and 7-5 wins.</p>
<p>CENTER GROVE</p>
<p>Maddie London had a banner day at the plate for the Black Hills State softball team March 31, hitting three home runs in a 15-5 victory at New Mexico Highlands. London had a three-run blast in the first inning and added solo shots in the sixth and seventh. She was 7 for 14 overall during the Yellow Jackets’ four-game weekend series.</p>
<p><strong>Conner Cantrell</strong> was the winning pitcher for Indiana Wesleyan in a win against St. Francis last Saturday, striking out seven over 52/3 innings of work.</p>[sc:text-divider text-divider-title="Story continues below gallery" ]
<p><strong>Devon Hensley</strong> had two hits, walked twice and scored a pair of runs for the University of Indianapolis baseball team in its four-game weekend series against Bellarmine.</p>
<p><strong>Ethan Brooks</strong> reached base five times for Grace College in a doubleheader against Goshen College, getting a base hit, drawing three walks and getting hit by a pitch. He scored one run.</p>
<p><strong>Jade Doyle</strong> pitched 31/3 innings of scoreless relief for Purdue Northwest baseball in a loss at Northwood. He allowed just two hits and struck out three.</p>
<p><strong>Mandy Dallas</strong> was 2 for 3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs to lead IUPUI to a 6-5 win over Wright State. Teammate <strong>Maddie Keeley</strong> tripled and scored the winning run in the victory, while <strong>De</strong><strong>lainey Turner</strong> added a double during the weekend series.</p>
<p><strong>Courtney Moriarty</strong> went 4 for 7 with two doubles, three runs scored and a pair of RBIs as Taylor softball rolled to a doubleheader sweep at Bethel College. Moriarty also pitched two innings of perfect relief, striking out five.</p>
<p><strong>Abbey Pratt</strong> pitched five innings of relief for Montevallo (Alabama) in its three-game series against Auburn-Montgomery, earning a win and a save.</p>
<p>Xavier’s <strong>Grant Stapleton</strong> placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.31 at the Oliver Nikoloff Open in Cincinnati.</p>
<p><strong>Austin Crowder</strong> carded a final-round 78 for IUPUI at the Manor Intercollegiate in Farmville, Virginia, helping the Jaguars to a fourth-place team finish. Crowder tied for 27th individually with a total of 233.</p>
<p>GREENWOOD</p>
<p>Georgia senior <strong>Brittany Gray</strong> bounced back from her first loss of the season, a 1-0 defeat at then-No. 7 Tennessee, by tossing a three-hit shutout against Georgia Tech on Wednesday. Gray (16-1) entered this weekend ranked second in the nation in earned-run average (0.48) for the sixth-ranked Bulldogs.</p>
<p><strong>Megan Overton</strong> picked up a pitching victory and contributed two hits offensively during IUPUI’s weekend softball series against Wright State.</p>
<p><strong>Davis Carter</strong> was 4 for 7 with two runs scored and one batted in during Taylor’s softball doubleheader sweep at Bethel College. <strong>Paige Wilson</strong> added a hit in her lone at-bat as the Trojans rolled to 18-0 and 7-1 wins.</p>
<p>Outfielder <strong>Sam Orem</strong> helped Hanover to a doubleheader split against visiting Manchester, driving in three runs with a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly.</p>
<p><strong>Kaitlyn Heffner</strong> picked up her first career hit for Grace College during a doubleheader against Huntington.</p>
<p>GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN</p>
<p><strong>Krae Sparks</strong> contributed two innings of scoreless relief for the Indiana Wesleyan baseball team against St. Francis last weekend. Sparks struck out three while yielding just two hits.</p>
<p>INDIAN CREEK</p>
<p><strong>Sydney Williams</strong> was a perfect 3 for 3 with a double during Indiana Wesleyan’s softball sweep of Bethel last Saturday, scoring two runs and driving in three.</p>
<p>Freshman <strong>Dori Knight</strong> earned her first collegiate pitching win, going the distance in Grace College’s 5-4 victory against Huntington. Knight also had a base hit at the plate.</p>
<p>WHITELAND</p>
<p>Indiana Wesleyan hurler <strong>Danielle Munn</strong> tossed three innings of relief in a doubleheader sweep of Bethel, striking out six batters. She fanned six more in five innings while earning a relief win against Spring Arbor on Monday.</p>
<p><strong>Branton Sanders</strong> went 2 for 4 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI in an Anderson victory over Defiance.</p>
<p><strong>Caleb Deiter</strong> picked up a save with a perfect relief inning to help Trine baseball avoid a four-game series sweep against Calvin.</p>