College Roundup

UPLAND -ÊThe Grace College women's basketball team saw its season come to an end on Tuesday with a 69-43 loss to NAIA Division II No. 13 Taylor University in the first round of the Mid-Central Conference Tournament.

Grace, seeded No. 7, struggled offensively against the No. 2 seed. The Lancers shot just 27 percent in the first half and trailed 34-14 at the break. Grace played stronger in the second half, but was outscored 38-29 over the final 20 minutes.

The Lancers shot 38 percent for the game and had 28 turnovers.

Tracie Mezera led Grace with nine points. Danielle Mowery added a game-high nine rebounds in just over 14 minutes of action due to foul trouble. Sid Bollier ended with seven points and seven rebounds.

Grace ends its season with a record of 9-21 overall and 3-11 in the MCC. Those marks show a four-game improvement over the 1999-2000 season overall and a one-game improvement in the MCC. The Lancers also improved from eighth in the regular season to a tie for sixth this year.

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY 69, GRACE COLLEGE 43

Grace 14 29 - 43

Taylor 31 38 - 69

Grace -ÊHeidi Ziegler 0-0 0-0 0, Tracie Mezera 4-10 0-0 9, Danielle Mowery 1-4 2-2 4, Sidney Bollier 3-6 0-0 7, Kari Helmuth 2-7 0-0 6, Eleanor Marquis 3-4 1-1 7, Laurie McClure 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan Rees 0-0 0-0 0, Nikki Heaphy 2-9 0-0 4, Arica Edwards 3-7 0-1 6. Totals -Ê18-47 3-4 43.

Taylor -ÊChristin Easterhaus 0-1 0-0 0, Amy Edmonds 0-1 0-0 0, Carrie Chivington 2-6 0-0 4, Lori Klotz 2-4 0-0 4, Megan Lightfoot 1-2 0-0 2, Julie Rubel 8-12 1-1 17, Erin Hutton 2-6 1-2 5, Sarah Shedd 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Shedd 1-1 0-0 2, Bridget Carlson 5-11 0-0 13, Sara Cummings 0-1 0-0 0, Krista Denison 4-9 0-0 10, Jesse Turner 2-5 2-2 6, Jen Peak 2-6 2-3 6. Totals -Ê29-65 6-8 69.

Three-point goals -ÊGrace 4-10 (Mezera 1-2, Bollier 1-2, Helmuth 2-6), Taylor 5-10 (Edmonds 0-1, Rubel 0-1, Carlson 3-6, Denison 2-2). Rebounds -ÊGrace 35 (Mowery 9), Taylor 33. Assists -ÊGrace 8, Taylor 18. Steals - Grace 4, Taylor 17. Fouls -ÊGrace 13, Taylor 13. Fouled out -ÊMowery. Turnovers - Grace 28, Taylor 10.

HANOVER COLLEGE 76

MANCHESTER COLLEGE 71

Tuesday in Hanover

The Manchester College women's basketball team dropped a 76-71 contest to Hanover College Tuesday night in the opening round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. Manchester was up by as many as nine early in the first half before Hanover ended the first half with a 36-32 lead.

Manchester and Hanover battled back and forth in the second half when the Spartans found themselves down by two at the 4:49 mark. Hanover went on a 12-5 run to close the game, going up as many as 11 with just under two minutes to play.

Manchester's Sam Wideman, a Warsaw graduate, led the team with 19 points and nine rebounds. Freshman Julie Heckaman scored 16 points for the Spartans while dishing out three assists and grabbing five steals. Angie Andrew had 10 points for Manchester, while Missy Hoppe scored four points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Hanover was led by Jennifer Skaggs' 19 points and eight rebounds.

Hanover moves on to play Franklin in the HCAC semifinals Friday at Defiance College. Manchester finishes the 2000-2001 season with an overall record of 4-21. Two seniors, Linda Cash and Andria Peters, graduate from this year's team.

*No box score was available

TRACK AND FIELD

DePauw Invitational

Saturday in Greencastle

Four school records, two fieldhouse records and an automatic qualifying berth to the NAIA National Championships were the highlights of the Lancers track competition this weekend.

The men's distance relay ran away from the competition, establishing a new school record of 10:23.66. Their time eclipses a record set in 1999 by Sy Belohlarek, Eric Frenchak, Brett Gerhart and James Kennedy by more than eight seconds. Their time was also a fieldhouse record and gives theman automatic invitation to the NAIA national championships. The team is currently ranked No. 5 in the nation. Freshman Jerid Stoffel, a Wawasee graduate, led off the relay with a time of 3:13.80 in the 1200. Junior Michael Schaadt followed with a 52.80 in the 400. He handed off to sophomore Paul Paschal, who toured the 800 in 1:57.5. Freshman Daniel Njenga anchored the 1600 with a time of 4:20.00.

Dennis SImmons also set a fieldhouse record in the men's 400. His time of 52.73 seconds earned him first place. Simmons also placed sixth in the 200 with a time of 23.91.

The Lancer women were busy setting school records of their own. Sophomore Chrissy Moyer broke two school records Saturday. In the women's 1500, she broke Debbie Downing's record set in 1999 by nearly nine seconds. The new mark is 5:15.73. Moyer also bettered her own mark in the 3000 with a time of 11:36.80.

Also setting a new school mark was Christy Groff in the 600. Her time of 1:57.33 breaks a mark set in 1999 by Melissa Martin.

The Lancers will be in action next at the National Christian College Athletic Association National Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday. The meet begins at 10 a.m. at Sienna Heights University in Adrian, Mich.