Published: July 21, 2008 11:48 pm            

Metro roundup: First-year ISU volleyball coach announces schedule

TERRE HAUTE — Two big early season tournaments and matches against several NCAA qualifiers from a year ago highlight the early portion of the 2008 Indiana State University volleyball schedule.

“We are going to get a good idea of where we are and where we need to be very early on,” first-year ISU volleyball coach Traci Dahl. “We had a very successful spring season and we are looking forward to the challenges that await us this fall.”

Sycamore fans will be able to meet the team when ISU hosts their annual Alumni Match at 2 p.m. on Aug. 23. The brief match will be followed by a reception in Dede III of the Student Union.

Indiana State is coming off a 2007 season where they finished 3-23 overall and 0-18 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores have won just one MVC match and eight matches overall in the past three seasons.

“We are already a more competitive team,” Dahl said. “We have some very good athletes who are ready to take this program to the next level. This season will be challenging but I believe that the girls have bought into the new system and are working hard to become a championship caliber team.”



2008 Indiana State volleyball schedule

Aug. 23 — Alumni Match, 2 p.m.

Aug. 29-30 — Morehead State Tournament, vs. Morehead State (11 a.m. Aug. 29), vs. Lipscomb (4:30 p.m. Aug. 29), vs. Western Illinois (11:30 a.m. Aug. 30)

Aug. 30 — at Louisville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 2 — Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m.

Sept. 5-6 — University of Memphis Tournament, vs. Troy (9 a.m. Sept. 5), vs. Iona College (4:30 p.m. Sept. 5), vs. Memphis (11:30 a.m. Sept. 6), vs. IUPUI (4:30 p.m. Sept. 6)

Sept. 9 — at Butler, 6 p.m.

Sept. 19 — at Southern Illinois*, 8 p.m.

Sept. 20 — at Evansville*, 8 p.m.

Sept. 23 — at Chicago State, 8 p.m.

Sept. 26 — Bradley*, 7 p.m.

Sept. 27 — Northern Iowa*, 7 p.m.

Oct. 4 — at Wichita State*, 8 p.m.

Oct. 7 — SIU-Edwardsville, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 — Drake*, 7 p.m.

Oct. 11 — Creighton*, 7 p.m.

Oct. 14 — at Wright State, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17— Illinois State*, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 — at Northern Iowa*, 8 p.m.

Oct. 25 — at Bradley*, 8 p.m.

Oct. 31 — Wichita State*, 7 p.m.

Nov. 1 — Missouri State*,

Nov. 7 — at Creighton*, 8 p.m.

Nov. 8 — at Drake*, 8 p.m.

Nov. 13 — at Illinois State*, 8 p.m.

Nov. 21 — Evansville*, 7 p.m.

Nov. 22 — Southern Illinois*, 7 p.m.

* — Missouri valley Conference match

Baseball

• Little League state tournaments — At Highland, the North Terre Haute 11-12 year-old All-Star team began pool play in the Indiana Little League State Tournament on Monday.

NTH’s opening round pool play game vs. Munster didn’t begin until 8:45 p.m. EST, so results were not available by the Tribue-Star’s press time.

Also, the NTH 9-10s will be in South Bend beginning Thursday to begin state tournament play as well.

The following are NTH 11-12s and 9-10s state tournament schedules:



Indiana State Little League Tournament

North Terre Haute 11-12s

At Highland

Monday — NTH vs. Munster, 8:45 p.m. (n)

Today — NTH vs. Brownsburg, 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday — NTH vs. State Park, 6:45 p.m.

Thursday — If NTH finishes in top 2 during pool play, would play in semifinals at 7 or 7:30 p.m.

Friday — Championship game, 8 p.m.

North Terre Haute 9-10s

At South Bend

Thursday — NTH vs. District 9 winner, 4 p.m.

Friday — NTH vs. District 14 winner, 9 a.m.

Saturday — NTH vs. District 6 winner, 11 a.m.

Sunday — NTH vs. District 10 winner, 2 p.m.

Monday — If NTH finishes in the top four in pool play, would play in quarterfinals at 10 a.m. or noon.

Tuesday — Semifinals and championship game, TBA



• Storm raging — The Terre Haute Storm 15U travel team completed it’s summer season by sweeping through the competition at the BPA Midsummer Classic at Ball State University last weekend.

The Storm went undefeated in the rain-shortened tournament with a wins over the Indiana Cardinals, Central Indiana Kings (twice) and theU.S. Athletic Gold team in the championship game.

Terre Haute Storm (19-7) also qualified for the upcoming BPA World Series.

• Senior League — The A’s defeated the Yankees 13-3 in eight innings in Terre Haute Men’s Senior League action on Sunday.



Yankees 100 000 20 — 3 7 4

A’s 031 420 03 — 13 14 2

Yeryar (L) and Nielson, Stevens (4); Acton (W)) and Bloodworth, Slaty (7).

Highlights — For Yankees, Gary Yeryar and Kyle Volkers had a single and double. For the A’s, George Frazier had 2 doubles and a single; Clark Haase and Tim Bloodworth had a single and double.

Golf

• ISU women ranked 14th — The Indiana State women’s team ranked 14th nationally in team grade-point average this season among all NCAA Division I programs with a mark of 3.537.

Coach Mike Whitson’s Sycamores were the only team from the Missouri Valley Conference to appear in this season’s Top 25 rankings as released by the National Golf Coaches Association on Monday.

Last week, a national-best five Sycamore golfers were named to the NGCA All-American Scholar Team. Those honored were Kelsea Ice, Breanne Smith, Kayley Bodine and Mackenzie Mack as repeat selections while freshman Diana Price was named to the prestigious list for the first time.

n Parent-Child Tournament — At Country Club of Terre Haute, the following are results of the Parent-Child Tournament on Sunday:



Gross

34 — Jeff and Cameron Lewellyn

Net

30 — Steve and Ali Danielson

32 — Lori and Spencer Danielson, Dave and Grace Williams

Skill awards

Closest to pin — Cam Lewellyn (child) (3), Mid Rusk (parent) (7)

Longest putt — Kash Ahmadi (5)

Straightest drive — Ahmadi (8)



• Myers 15th — At Columbus, Phillip Myers of Terre Haute fired a round of 80 to finish tied for 15th in the boys division of a Masters Tournament at Harrison Lake Country Club on Monday.

• Ace for Brown — At Fore Seasons Golf Complex, Jim Brown shot a hole-in-one on the 133-yard No. 6 hole using a 9-wood on Monday. Witnessing the ace was Jim Shannon.

Softball

• Diamond Edge tuning up — At Columbus, 14U Diamond Edge Team went undefeated (4-0) defeating the Stone City Rockers of Bedford 8-2 in the championship game of the USSSA World Series Tune Up this weekend.

The Edge scored 38 runs, batted .500, with two of the top hitters being Alysia Bennett and Ciara McClain hitting .750 and .625 respectively. Pitchers Natalie Draper, Daphne Dunegan and Marissa Stout combined for 21 strikeouts and an earned run average of 1.54.

This tournament victory qualifies the Diamond Edge for the USSSA World Series.



Team members — Alysia Bennett, Brenly Bratcher, Kaley Buza, Kaylee Criss, Natalie Draper, Daphne Dunegan, Allexis Mahurin, Ciara McClain, Jacy McClain, Marissa Stout, Ashley Watkins and Marlee Yeager. Coaches: Steve Buza, Toby Hart and Dwayne Stout

        

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