College notebook: Rudd a driving force for Wildcats

Northwestern softball remained atop of the Big Ten standings by sweeping a four-game series with visiting Wisconsin. Junior catcher Jordyn Rudd, a former Center Grove player, went 4 for 12 at the plate against the Badgers as her team improved to 15-1.

Center Grove

Freshman first baseman Lexi Fair helped Southern Indiana softball defeat Quincy, 9-1, in five innings by scoring two of her team’s runs. Fair had three hits, including a double, in a 10-7 loss to Truman State; she singled and drove in a run in a 10-1 win.

Wittenberg’s Clara Andersen had an RBI single in a 3-1 softball loss at Mount St. Joseph. The Tigers won the second game, 9-4, as Andersen singled, scored a run and had a sacrifice fly.

Senior outfielder Hanna Burris had a double and scored a run as UIndy softball blanked Illinois-Springfield, 10-0. Burris singled in a 7-0 win in the second game of the doubleheader and singled in the second game of a two-game sweep of Quincy.

Sophomore Jackson Young pitched five innings of relief, allowing four hits for Franklin College baseball in a 12-9 win over Earlham. He had a sacrifice fly in a 15-5 loss at Bluffton, while pitcher Chris Foote struck out eight batters and walked three in four innings of relief.

Alabama freshman Bryce Eblin pitched the final inning in an 11-6 baseball loss to Mississippi.

Indiana Wesleyan baseball took three of four games against Bethel with senior Tye Thixton totaling six hits and scoring six runs. Teammate Nick Coy shined in the opener with a hit, two RBI and three runs scored.

Freshman Ashley Eck had 23 digs and three service aces for Indiana State volleyball in a loss to Missouri State. ISU lost the second match to Missouri State as Eck had 10 digs and three assists and teammate Jamie Brown three kills.

The Rose-Hulman football team lost at Hanover, 27-24. Junior defensive back Riley Roberts had six tackles for the Fightin’ Engineers.

Taylor linebacker Sam Bolin finished with six tackles and carried the ball once for a four-yard gain in a 23-0 loss to Indiana Wesleyan.

Cincinnati golfer Sam Jean carded a three-round total of 219 (+3) as the Bearcats won the 13-team Craft Farms Intercollegiate in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Whiteland

Anderson baseball player Branton Sanders homered and scored two runs as the Ravens won at Defiance, 6-5. Anderson split a doubleheader with Manchester, with Sanders singling and scoring a run in the opener, a 10-6 loss.

Franklin College senior Tyler Robinson picked up the win in the baseball team’s 9-1 win at Bluffton in the second game of a doubleheader, pitching the first six frames, allowing five hits and striking out seven. Trevor Spilker worked the final 1 1/3 innings of a 15-5 loss to Bluffton in the first game.

Indiana Wesleyan senior Danielle Munn pitched the final 1 2/3 innings in a 6-2 win over Spring Arbor and threw a no-hitter in an 8-0 victory over Huntington, permitting a walk and striking out five.

Freshman Zach Ricketts played for the Franklin College men’s golf ‘B’ team at the Great Lakes Invitational in Lebanon, shooting an 84-88—172 to tie for 59th individually.

Franklin

Taylor sophomore golfer Javan Johnson secured medalist honors at the Garn Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, with a score of 69-76—145. Former Grizzly Cubs teammate Matt Jordan, now playing for Vincennes, tied for fifth with a 77-80—157.

Franklin College outfielder Jacob Heuchan singled twice in a 12-9 victory over Earlham, and produced a total of two RBI as the Grizzlies split a doubleheader at Bluffton.

Rose-Hulman defensive back Tyce Miller had six tackles and broke up two passes as the football team lost, 27-24, at Hanover.

Greenwood

UIndy softball player Lexi Rees homered and singled in a 10-0 rout of Illinois-Springfield. Rees singled in the second game of the doubleheader, a 7-0 triumph, and contributed three hits in a two-game sweep of Quincy.

Wabash College won the DePauw track and field invitational as junior Ethan Pine took fourth in the 800-meter run in 2:04.77.

Reid Werner pitched six-hit baseball in seven innings to pick up the win for UIndy in an 8-4 victory at Wayne State. The senior struck out four and didn’t issue any walks.

Taylor baseball player T.J. Bass had three hits in a 7-6 win at Huntington in 11 innings.

Freshman Maecee Terhune won her match at No. 2 doubles and lost at the top singles spot as Franklin College women’s tennis downed Principia, 5-4.

Alyssa Stilley finished with seven kills for the Roosevelt volleyball team in a loss to Trinity International and four kills in a loss to IU South Bend.

Indian Creek

UIndy pitcher Wyatt Phillips took the loss in the baseball team’s 8-7 10-inning loss at Wayne State. The redshirt freshman worked two-thirds of an inning in relief.

Roncalli

Indiana freshman softball pitcher Amber Linton pitched two-thirds of an inning in relief in a 7-1 loss to Michigan. The Franklin resident gave up six hits in 5 2/3 innings of relief in an 8-1 loss to the Wolverines and four innings of four-hit ball in a 4-0 setback.

DePauw golfer and Greenwood resident Kathleen Ameis shot 86-89—175 as the Tigers finished second in the 12-team Miami Whitewater Classic in Harrison, Ohio.