Published: April 10, 2006 11:38 pm         

Metro Roundup: MVC honors Sycamores pitcher Darcy Wood

Indiana State sophomore pitcher Darcy Wood has been named this Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week following her performances against Butler and Creighton.

The Sycamores went 4-1 last week against tough competition and their 6-8 MVC record has vaulted them into a tie for fifth place in the league standings. Wood was a perfect 4-0 for the week as she posted a pair of victories against Butler and Creighton. In 27.1 innings of work, Wood allowed only two earned runs for an ERA of 0.51. She appeared in all five contests, starting three, and completed each game in which she was the starter.

Wood was credited with two shutouts and posted 39 strikeouts for the week, giving her 371 for her career, an ISU career record. During Sunday’s 7-1 victory at Creighton, Wood struck out four Bluejays in the bottom of the sixth inning as one of her victims reached base because of a wild pitch.

The Sycamores return to action at 3 p.m. Wednesday when they travel to IUPUI for a non-conference doubleheader.

Baseball

— Patriots maintain lead — Terre Haute North maintained its leadership in the Western Indiana coaches poll, which includes an eight-county area.

1. Terre Haute North (3) 46

2. West Vigo (2) 42

3. Northview 40

4. Terre Haute South 35

5. Riverton Parke 33

6. Sullivan 22

7. Shakamak 21

8. Linton 19

9. South Putnam 7

North Vermillion 7

Tennis

— Another shutout for Sycamore women — At Omaha, Neb., Indiana State’s women only gave up 11 games in a 7-0 blanking of Creighton on Sunday, the team’s second 7-0 win in as many days.



Indiana State 7, Creighton 0

Singles — Jennifer Migan (ISU) def. Katie Chiu 6-1, 6-1; Joanne Schickerling (ISU) def. Nicole Thurston 6-0, 6-1; Sarah Galparoli (ISU) def. Jennifer Burge 6-0, 6-3; Fadzai Masiyazi (ISU) def. Lou Hurley 6-1, 6-2; Marie Caujolle (ISU) def. Lisa Ludwig 6-0, 6-0; Imane Lahlou (ISU) def. Sarah Grawe 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — Migan-Schickerling (ISU) def. Burge-Chiu 8-0; Galparoli-Masiyazi (ISU) def. Hurley-Thurston 8-1; Caujolle-Lahlou (ISU) def. Grawe-Ludwig 8-1.

Next match — Indiana State (14-3, 5-0 in Missouri Valley Conference) has a home match Friday against Wichita State. Creighton is 9-6 and 0-4.

Indiana State 7, Creighton 0

Singles competition:

1. Jennifer Migan (INS) def. Katie Chiu (CU) 6-1, 6-1

2. Joanne Schickerling (INS) def. Nicole Thurston (CU) 6-0, 6-1

3. Sarah Galparoli (INS) def. Jennifer Burge (CU) 6-0, 6-3

4. Fadzai Masiyazi (INS) def. Lou Hurley (CU) 6-1, 6-2

5. Marie Caujolle (INS) def. Lisa Ludwig (CU) 6-0, 6-0

6. Imane Lahlou (INS) def. Sarah Grawe (CU) 6-0, 6-0

Racing

— Hamstra win class — At Charleston, Ill., Bill Hamstra of Greencastle was one winner Sunday in the season-opening competition at Coles County Dragway.

Because of Easter Sunday, day racing is slated this Saturday. Fun Night action is set for Friday. For more information, visit colescountydragwayusa.com.



Sunday’s results

Super pro — Brad Jones of Olney, Ill., Corvette, def. Mikey Robinson of Arcola, Ill., Dragster; semis: Lee Davis.

Pro — Justin Lourash of Crawfordsville, Mustang, def. Josh Chase of Gibson City, Ill., Duster; semis: Nikki Crabtree.

Street — Bill Hamstra of Greencastle, GTO, def. Nick Harlin of Mattoon, Ill., Neon; semis: Levi French, Chris Johnson.

Motorcycle — Brandon Correll of Sigel, Ill., def. Joe Kortte of Sigel., Ill., 1992 Suzuki; semis: Chad Isley, Ryan Beery.

Soccer

— United wins twice — At Maryland Community Church, Wabash Valley United won a pair of matches, shutting out the Tippco Tornadoes 6-0 on Saturday and edging Dynamo ’94 Black 3-1 on Sunday.



Tippco Tornadoes 0 0 — 0

Wabash Valley United 3 3 — 6

WVU — Rory Sommerville (Rush Sommerville)

WVU — Josh Pigg (Ru.Sommerville)

WVU — Josh Pigg

WVU — Pigg (Christina Haag)

WVU — Kai Alsop

WVU — Jake Brown (Ian Cook)



Dynamo ‘94 Black 0 1 — 1

Wabash Valley United 0 3 — 3

WVU — Josh Pigg (Christina Haag)

D — unavailable

WVU — Ian Cook (Pigg)

WVU — Pigg (Gannon Tullock)

Next match — Wabash Valley United (4-0) plays at 3 p.m. this Saturday at Fishers.



— Lady Flyers win — At Seymour, the Under-10 Lady Flyers beat the Seymour Cyclones 3-2 with Abigail Pigg, Rachel Vanlandingham and Elise Welch scoring the goals.

Rachel Senseman had an assist and Ali Davignon and Shannon Welch also were strong on the attack. Marisa Coutinho and Senseman shared time in goal and blanked the home team in the second half.

— Boys post shutout — At Greenfield, the Terre Haute Flyers under-12 boys team beat the Greenfield Strikers 3-0 on Sunday.

Now 2-1, the Flyers have a home match at 2 p.m. Saturday against the Westfield Force.

Basketball

— District I boys nipped — At Paoli, the District 1 boys lost 115-106 to District 2 on Sunday in the Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association’s all-star event.

Jared Rehmel of Shakamak led all scorers with 33 points and Bryce Holtsclaw of Bloomfield added 14 for the District 1 team, which also included Steven Jeffers and Jason Gilmore of Terre Haute North.

— Shockers, Lightning win — At Rose-Hulman, the Terre Haute Shockers and the Terre Haute LIghtning were among the winners Sunday in Indiana Basketball Association regional tournaments.



Terre Haute Shockers (boys fifth grade) — A.J. Buis, Blake Cesinger, Lee Davis, Logan Hambrock, Damon Olds, Tyler Seibert, Logan Steward, Preston Tofaute. They play in the state tournament at Fort Wayne on April 21.

Terre Haute Lightning (boys third grade) — Charlie Aimone, Nathan Bogle, Logan Cesinger, Max Cooper, Spencer Danielson, Andrew Farmer, Cole Madley, Connor Shipley, Hunter Thomas, Spence Tofaute. They also play at Fort Wayne on April 21.



— Hotshots go 3-0 — At Indianapolis, the Wabash Valley Hotshots, an 18-and-under girls AAU team, went 3-0 to win the St. Vincent’s Spring Slam Shootout.



Team members are Brittany Butler, Lynsey Butler, Rachel Daugherty, Laura Finch, Sarah Kennedy, Molly Martin, Samantha Meissel, Stephanie Plummer and Natasha Swain. Coaches are Dan Butler, Bob Swain and Al Finch.