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Sports<br />

Update<br />

30<br />

PORTiCO WinTeR 2007 2007<br />

Greyhound Highlights<br />

Junior Lindsey Fischer highlighted the UIndy<br />

women’s tennis showing at the Wilson/ITA<br />

Great Lakes Regional tournament, reaching<br />

the semifinals <strong>of</strong> a 63-player field in September.<br />

Fischer won her first four matches before dropping<br />

a decision to a #2 seed from Drury <strong>University</strong>.<br />

Every UIndy women’s tennis player who took<br />

the court returned home with either a 1st- or<br />

2nd-place trophy at a stellar Eastern Illinois<br />

Invitational Oct 1. The doubles pair <strong>of</strong> Laura<br />

Phillipp and Kristen Volz won the double Bdraw<br />

while Lindsey L<strong>of</strong>fer and Aly Neidlinger<br />

(B-draw), along with Lindsey Fischer and<br />

Ashley Liles (A-draw), finished in second in<br />

doubles action.<br />

Senior captain Lynne Ross went over 500 blocks<br />

for her career to become the only Greyhound<br />

volleyballer to amass 500 blocks and 1,000 kills<br />

in a career. On Oct. 17, Ross became the all-time<br />

leader for total blocks at the school, surpassing the<br />

previous mark held by Jennifer Suba (531).<br />

Head men’s soccer coach John Griffin led the<br />

Greyhounds to a 13-7-0 season, breaking the<br />

school record for wins in the program’s history.<br />

The Hounds achieved the mark with five matches<br />

remaining on the regular season docket.<br />

Greyhound quarterback Casey Gillin is among<br />

the top signal-callers in the nation, ranking<br />

in the top five in passing efficiency rating for<br />

successive weeks. He had a string <strong>of</strong> 85 straight<br />

attempts without an interception, throwing seven<br />

touchdowns in that span.<br />

The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Indianapolis</strong> was the proud host<br />

the 2006 NCAA II Wilson/ITA Men’s Tennis<br />

Great Lakes Regional, played at North Central<br />

High School in September. The Hounds’ highlight<br />

came from the doubles bracket, with junior Jan<br />

Stastny and sophomore J. D. Greenlee each<br />

advancing to the semifinals <strong>of</strong> the 32-team draw.<br />

The women’s soccer team notched several big<br />

wins, beating Northern Kentucky 2-1 on Sep.<br />

1. The win was the first by a visiting GLVC<br />

opponent at NKU since 1998. On Oct. 8, the<br />

Hounds defeated then-#6 Quincy, 1-0. Head<br />

Coach Drew R<strong>of</strong>f’s team etched a new mark<br />

for wins in a season and advanced to the GLVC<br />

tournament semifinals by virtue <strong>of</strong> an exciting<br />

penalty kick shootout over NKU on Oct. 22.<br />

Senior Miranda Loney was named the Great<br />

Lakes Valley Conference Female Runner <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Week after her performance at the Sean Earl<br />

Lakefront Invitational. Loney finished 10th out<br />

<strong>of</strong> 360 runners at the event, traversing the 5K<br />

course in 18:51, just one second behind teammate<br />

LeAnn Sarka. The Greyhounds finished fourth<br />

as a team, ahead <strong>of</strong> several strong regional teams.<br />

Five men’s golfers had scoring averages in the top<br />

15 among league participants for the fall. Chris<br />

Clemens, Seth Fair, Justin Hueber, Kyle<br />

Pearson, and Jon Schultz all appeared in the<br />

top 15 <strong>of</strong> the league rankings. Clemens claimed a<br />

pair <strong>of</strong> top medalist awards in the fall season.<br />

Three women’s golfers appeared in the GLVC’s<br />

top scoring averages list. Kristi Piepenbrink,<br />

Sarah Prascsak, and Jenna Brown all were<br />

within the top 15 <strong>of</strong> scoring average leaders.<br />

Junior running back Craig Jenkins used runs<br />

<strong>of</strong> 71 and 72 yards to rack up a career-high 232<br />

yards rushing in a dominating 39-14 win over<br />

Wayne State on Oct. 21. Jenkins was ranked<br />

18th in all <strong>of</strong> NCAA Division II in rushing yards<br />

through seven weeks.<br />

Junior wideout Justin Russell (pictured)<br />

tied a 54-year-old record by catching four<br />

touchdown passes in a 34-31 win over Michigan<br />

Tech on Sept. 9. He was named Great Lakes<br />

Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)<br />

Offensive Player <strong>of</strong> the Week for his performance.<br />

—Mitch Wigness, Sports Information Director

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