Men's Basketball: Keith Radcliff scored career-highs on back-to-back nights as the Greyhounds split a pair of games at the Alderson-Broaddus Classic Saturday and Sunday. The senior etched new career-bests with 23 points and five steals in Saturday's 84-57 win over Salem International. One night later, Radcliff poured-in 32 in a 104-88 loss to the host Battlers. For the tourney, Radcliff tallied 55 points and eight steals, including nine three-pointers and a 16-for-17 clip from the free throw line. UIndy plays host to Brescia (Ky.) Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Nicoson Hall.
Women's Basketball: Sophomore Sarah Fenneman recorded her first career double-double with a 20-point, 10-rebound performance Saturday to help the women's basketball team to a 79-66 road win versus Central State. Fenneman led five Greyhounds in double-digit scoring to snap CSU's five-game winning streak. Fenneman finished 6-for-9 from the floor and notched personal bests in points (20), rebounds (10), free throws made (8) and minutes played (35). Jessica Canary contributed 14 points and five assists, Caroline Schutzman added 14 points and five rebounds, while Katie Dewey totaled 12 points, seven boards, five assists and two steals. UIndy returns home next weekend for a meeting with Lincoln Memorial Saturday. Tip time from Nicoson Hall is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Indoor Track and Field: A select group of UIndy track and field athletes traveled to Grand Valley State University Thursday and Friday for the GVSU Holiday Open. Kevin Keene's efforts in the pentathlon was a new school record (4,286 points), helping him finish second in the event. That point total is just over 200 points from the NCAA-provisionally qualifying mark of 4500 points. Chelsey Chang won the long jump with a leap of 5.66 meters. Krista Leffers won her finals heat of the 60-meter hurdles to take tenth in the event (9.54). She was also ninth in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.52 meters. Amy Schmitz was ninth in the shot put with a 11.91-meter heave. Next up on the schedule for UIndy is the Purdue Invitational on Jan. 10.
Wrestling: Senior Jimmy Nichols led the UIndy wrestling team at the 28th annual Ohio Northern Invitational Saturday. Nichols took the championship of the 125 weight class, while freshmen Jacob Blackwell and Bryce Givens also placed on the day for the Greyhounds. As a team, the UIndy No.1 squad finished 13th in the 18-team field. The participating teams came from NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as the NAIA. The Greyhound grapplers will return to the mat Wednesday, heading to South Carolina to participate in the Newberry Duals.
Swimming and Diving: The swimmers were idle this week and will break from competition until the UIndy Invitational Jan. 9-10 at Ruth Lilly Center Pool. In their last outing, the Hounds embarked on the two-day House of Champions Invite, contested at the IU Natatorium downtown Dec. 5-6. The meet featured predominantly NCAA Division I teams including Ball State, Butler, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Wisconsin-Green Bay, and host IUPUI. 15 of the 40 events were won by UIndy athletes. Manuel Stiem (100 butterfly) and Alican Alacli (1,650 freestyle) each grabbed NCAA A-cut time standards during the meet and three men's relays punched their ticket to nationals with qualifying times in impressive wins. The men finished in second place while the women took fourth at the event.
THE WEEK AHEAD
Wed, Dec. 17, 2008
Wrestling- at Newberry Duals- 9:00 am
Men's Basketball- BRESCIA- 7:00 pm
Sat, Dec. 20, 2008
Women's Basketball- LINCOLN MEMORIAL- 1:00 pm
