Published: October 24, 2009 12:21 am         

METRO ROUNDUP: ISU soccer earns 1-1 draw on Senior Night

Seniors Noelle Carusillo, Whitney McInnis, Erin Bianchi and Katlin Owens played their final regular season women’s college soccer game at home on Friday, as Indiana State battled visiting Missouri State to a 1-1 draw in front of 187 fans at Memorial Stadium.

“Our senior class has been the backbone this entire season,” said ISU coach Erika True. “We’ve been able to lean on them and they have taken the roles we’ve given them as challenges to push the team in the right direction. Hopefully they can continue to put their names in lights this season.”

Freshman Casey Allbright scored the lone Sycamore goal. Indiana State moves to 5-8-3, 2-2-1 in MVC play.

Volleyball

• ISU falls 3-1 at Drake — At Des Moines, Iowa, Indiana State team got off to a very slow start but rallied to make a battle of it before losing to Drake 1-3 (16-25, 15-25, 25-23, 21-25) in a Missouri Valley Conference game Friday.

The loss drops the Sycamores to 6-17 overall and 2-8 in the MVC. Indiana State will play again tonight at Creighton. Drake improved to 17-7, 6-4 in avenging a 3-0 loss to the Sycamores in the ISU arena on Sept. 26.

Senior Whitney Fromm had a double-double for Indiana State with 37 assists and 12 digs. She now has 2,705 assists for her career, moving into fifth on the all-time assist list.

The loss was the 17th straight on the road for the Sycamores.

Auto racing

• LP racing slated — At Putnamville, Racin’ Fest is scheduled tonight at Lincoln Park Speedway.

Sprint cars, modifieds, super stocks and bomber cars will vie in a special racing format. General admission is $15.