College notebook: Werner pitches UIndy to victory

<p>The University of Indianapolis baseball team split a doubleheader against Tusculum in Greeneville, Tennessee, with senior pitcher <strong>Reid Werner</strong> picking up the win in a 9-2 decision. The Greenwood graduate allowed five hits in eight innings of work, striking out nine with only one walk.</p><p><strong>Greenwood</strong></p><p>Franklin College sophomore <strong>Nick Patton</strong> ran a time of 9.19 seconds to finish fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s indoor track and field championships in Terre Haute.</p><p>Indiana wrestler <strong>Nick Willham</strong> lost his match at 197 pounds, 4-2, in the Hoosiers’ 38-3 loss at Purdue.</p><p>UIndy distance runner <strong>Brandon Albin</strong> placed eighth in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 10:08.06 at the Indianapolis Track &amp;amp; Field Classic.</p><p>Anderson men’s basketball lost both ends of a home-and-home against Hanover despite freshman forward <strong>Gavin Dowling</strong> totaling 14 points and 18 rebounds in the two games.</p><p>Forward <strong>Jeffrey Reynolds</strong> had four points, three rebounds and a steal as St. Francis handed Taylor an 83-78 loss. He also had nine points and four boards in the Cougars’ 90-74 win over Grace College in the opening round of the Crossroads League tournament.</p><p><strong>Franklin</strong></p><p>Franklin College runners <strong>Drew Hargis</strong> and <strong>Eli Cochrane</strong> were part of the first-place distance medley relay at the HCAC men’s indoor championships in Terre Haute. Cochrane also ran on the Grizzlies’ 4×400 relay, which finished fourth.</p><p><strong>Bayleigh Torrance</strong> scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds off the bench for the Franklin College women’s basketball team in its 69-57 win against Manchester. The sophomore had six points and three boards a day earlier as the Grizzlies downed the Spartans, 57-32.</p><p>Freshman guard <strong>Kiki Crabtree</strong> had three points and an assist in Hanover’s 80-62 win at Anderson.</p><p>Senior <strong>Abby Sewell</strong> had 13 kills and five digs for Franklin College volleyball in a five-set win at Earlham. The Grizzlies lost the second match, 3-1, with Sewell contributing five kills and a dig.</p><p><strong>Whiteland</strong></p><p><strong>Libby Baker</strong> had five points, three assists and two rebounds for Franklin College women’s hoops in a 57-32 win at Manchester. She followed by tallying three points in a 69-52 defeat of Manchester.</p><p><strong>Center Grove</strong></p><p>The UIndy volleyball team scored 3-0 sweeps against Drury and Maryville with <strong>Emma Jones</strong> recording 11 and 12 kills, respectively.</p><p>The Denver volleyball squad scored a pair of 3-0 decisions over Western Illinois. Senior <strong>Macy Carrabine</strong> totaled 25 digs and nine assists.</p><p><strong>Ashley Eck</strong> had nine digs for Indiana State in a four-set loss to Loyola of Chicago. The Sycamores beat the Ramblers  in three sets a day later, and Eck finished with eight digs and an assist. Teammate <strong>Jamie Brown</strong> was credited with a block in the second match.</p><p>Duke women’s golfer <strong>Erica Shepherd</strong> helped the Blue Devils to a third-place finish at the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Shepherd’s 3-over-par total of 71-75-73—219 placed her third individually.</p><p><strong>Trayce Jackson-Davis</strong> produced a career-best 34 points along with nine rebounds and two blocks for Indiana men’s basketball in its 78-71 loss to Michigan State. The sophomore forward finished with 21 points and 11 boards in IU’s 74-63 loss at Rutgers.</p><p>Sophomore guard <strong>Spencer Piercefield</strong> finished with nine points, seven assists and four steals to help NAIA No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan defeat Mt. Vernon Nazarene, 117-78. He had 15 points and three assists in the Wildcats’ 74-66 victory at Taylor in the first-round of the Crossroads League tournament.</p><p>Junior guard <strong>Cassidy Hardin</strong> had five points and two rebounds for Purdue in a 76-73 women’s basketball loss at Michigan State.</p><p>UIndy catcher <strong>Will Smithey</strong> belted a double and scored a run in the team’s 9-2 victory over Tusculum in the first game of a doubleheader. He also scored a run in the nightcap.</p><p>Freshman <strong>Gabrielle Harrell</strong> took third in the mile run for UIndy at the Indianapolis Track &amp;amp; Field Classic, posting a time of 5:40.91. Senior <strong>Kylie Falcone</strong> was fourth in the women’s pole vault with a best of 3.53 meters.</p><p><strong>Indian Creek</strong></p><p>UIndy sophomore <strong>Shaelyn Biddle</strong> finished fourth in the 800-meter run at the Indianapolis Track &amp;amp; Field Classic. Biddle’s time was 2:26.79.</p><p><strong>Jared DeHart</strong> had 23 points, three assists and two steals in Bethel’s 96-84 men’s basketball win at Goshen College. He had 15 points, four rebounds and six assists in a 117-104 loss to Mt. Vernon Nazarene in the first round of the Crossroads League tournament.</p><p>Franklin College guard <strong>Addie Rund</strong> had two points and two assists in a 57-32 victory over Manchester and four points and three assists in the Grizzlies’ 69-57 win against the same squad a day later.</p><p><strong>Greenwood Christian</strong></p><p><strong>Anna Subris</strong> ran a time of 2:49.11 for the UIndy women’s track squad, good for 11th place in the 800 meters at the Indianapolis Track &amp;amp; Field Classic.</p>