Alumni - Frederick D. Hill Archives - University of Indianapolis
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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