College Roundup

WINONA LAKE -ÊThe Grace College volleyball team's season came to an end Saturday in a five-game loss to Cornerstone in the NAIA Regional VIII Semifinals. Cornerstone defeated the Lancers 15-12, 7-15, 3-15, 16-14, 15-6.

After dropping the opening game, the Lancers bounced back and won two consecutive games in fairly easy fashion. Grace led for much of the fourth game, but Cornerstone pulled out the victory in the end.

Grace senior Kate Millen had 26 kills and seven blocks. Millen ends as the all-time kills and blocks leader at Grace and finishes her career with the second-best blocks total in NAIA history.

Grace's Jessica Zaugg had 61 assists and ended with the highest single-season assists total in school history. Kelli Irish ended her career with six aces to break the career ace record at Grace.

The Lancers ended the season 28-18 after beginning 4-10. Grace was ranked No. 25 in the last NAIA poll. Cornerstone improved to 35-6 on the year.

CORNERSTONE def. GRACE

15-12, 7-15, 3-15, 16-14, 15-6

Grace leaders

Kills -ÊKate Millen 26, Mandy Ringhand 12, Tricia Doyle 10

Assists -ÊJessica Zaugg 61

Blocks -ÊKate Millen 7, Jamie Gill 5, Dawn Haroer 3

Digs -ÊTricia Doyle 27, Mandy Ringhand 22, Andria Parker 12

Aces -ÊKelli Irish 6, Mandy RInghand 3

• CROSS COUNTRY

NAIA Championship Tourney

Grace places 14th

The Grace College men's cross country team competed in the national championships for the first time in school history.

Coming into the championships, the team was ranked 18th in the nation. At the championships the team placed 14th, knocking off four teams ranked ahead of them, including No. 8 California State San Marcos, No. 10 Sienna Heights of

Michigan, No. 11 Cumberland (Kentucky) and No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan. More than 231 teams competed in the NAIA cross country this season.

The NAIA Championships were held at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. On a day that saw temperatures at 27 degrees and 15-20 mph, the Lancers were led by freshman Daniel Njenga. Njenga finished in sixth place to earn All-American honrs. He finished 37 seconds behind the winner, Alexiz Sharangabo of Brevard College.

Njenga was followed by junior Tim Sprankle, who finished 63rd with a time of 26:39. Sprankle was named to the academic All-American team for the second year.

Rounding out the top five for the Lancers were freshman Jerid Stoffel (95th), sophomore Art Woodruff (140th) and sophomore Paul Paschal (174th).

"This team of young men continued to overachieve all season," said Grace coach Kirk Heng. "At the beginning of the season, they set what I believed to be some lofty goals; however, by season's end, they had achieved all these goals and more. These young men worked very hard all summer and continued that hard work into the fall. While training twice a day, these men continued to excel in the classroom and lead on our campus. It has been a true honor to be associated with the fine Christ-centered men of this team."

MEN'S BASKETBALL

GRACE 111, TRINITY INTERNATIONAL 107, 2 OT

Saturday in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Grace College men's basketball team continued to get a boost from freshman transfer Matt Abernethy. Abernethy had 39 points and 17 rebounds as the Lancers defeated Trinity International 111-107 in double overtime in the consolation game of Saturday's Cornerstone Invitational Tournament.

Abernethy made 14 of 18 field goals and 11 of 13 free throws as the Lancers improved to 3-3 on the season. He is averaging 23.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game through the first six games. Freshman Chris Irwin added 22 points, and senior Dan Scharlach tossed in 20 to go with 14 rebounds.

The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Lancers. The spin began when starting point guard Matt Moore and starting small forward Ben Tonagel both left a game against Kendall College with injuries. Moore is expected to return to action Tuesday, while Tonagel will be out for 3-5 weeks.

Grace (3-3) will host Purdue-Calumet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Grace 40 44 10 17 - 117

Trinity 35 49 10 13 - 107

Grace -ÊChris Irwin 8-20 2-2 22, Brian O;Dell 4-8 1-3 11, Matt Abernethy 14-18 11-13 39, Jeremy Wike 1-3 1-1 3, Dan Scharlach 5-11 8-12 20, Corey Smith 3-6 1-2 8, Derrie Isensee 2-4 0-1 4, Joe Saunders 2-3 0-0 4. Totals -Ê40-73 24-34 111.

Trinity -ÊBarry Bradford 7-16 6-8 21, Adam Vietmier 2-4 0-1 4, Matt Shimkus 8-14 0-2 16, Isaac Holloway 10-21 4-6 30, Ernst Hughes 5-11 4-6 14, Jamal Emmanuel 2-6 0-0 4, Dan McKendrick 0-1 1-2 1, Jeremy Dreier 5-10 4-4 15, Scott Luetschwager 1-1 0-0 2. Totals -Ê40-84 19-29 107.

Three-point goals -ÊGrace 7-19 (Irwin 4-10, O'Dell 2-5, Smith 1-2, Wike 0-2), Trinity 8-23 (Holloway 6-10, Dreier 1-3), Bradford 1-5, Vietmeier 0-1, McKendrick 0-1, Shimkus 0-1, Emmanuel 0-2). Rebounds -ÊGrace 48 (Abernethy 17), Trinity 40 (Shimkus 10). Fouls -ÊGrace 24, Trinity 28. Fouled out -ÊShimkus. Turnovers 22, Trinity 17.

Women's Basketball

OLIVET 59, GRACE 53

Saturday in Anderson

After defeating host Anderson 56-45 in the opener of the Anderson Tip-Off Tournament Friday, the Grace College women's basketball team lost to Olivet College 59-53 Saturday. Grace shot just 31 percent for the game and made just 14 of 29 free throws. Olivet College had just 15 turnovers compared to 17 for the Lancers.

Danielle Mowery had 11 points and seven rebounds. She was named to the all-tournament team after posting 12 points and 11 boards in the opener. Nikki Hephy added nine points and nine rebounds, and Arica Edwards had 10 points and six boards.

Grace (2-5) will play at Purdue Calumet Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Grace scoring -ÊTracie Mezera 0-11 2-6 2, Danielle Mowery 4-10 3-7 11, Sidney Bollier 3-7 2-3 10, Nikki Heaphy 3-12 3-5 9, Arica Edwards 4-8 2-4 10, Kari Helmuth 2-6 1-2 6, Eleanor Marquis 1-2 1-2 3, Angie Krach 1-2 0-0 2. Total 18-58 14-29 53.

Olivet scoring -ÊChirstine May 3-8 5-7 11, Louisa Grill 8-14 4-8 20, Liindsey Brunworth 5-15 0-0 14, Amy Stouse 1-7 3-5 5, Melissa Young 1-4 0-0 2, Stephanie Elsia 1-2 0-1 2, Ahsley Blackmer 2-2 1-2 5, Andrea Cory 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-58 14-29 53.

Three-point goals -ÊGrace 3-18 (Bollier 2-5, Helmuth 1-4, Heaphy 0-3, Mezera 0-6), Olivet 4-14 (Brunworth 4-12, Young 0-2). Rebounds -ÊGrace 42, (Heaphy 9), Olivet 42 (Grill 14). Fouls -ÊGrace 19, Olivet 24. Fouled out -ÊGrill. Turnovers - Grace 17, Olivet 15.