College Roundup

WINONA LAKE - Just three days after being swept in three games by Indiana Wesleyan in the NCCAA Regional Championship, Grace College's volleyball team hosted and defeated the Wildcats 15-12, 5-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-9 Tuesday.

Indiana Wesleyan, now 26-2 overall and 4-2 in the MCC, entered last night's contest ranked No. 1 in NCCAA and No. 16 in the NAIA.

Grace fell behind 11-6 in the first game but scored nine of the final 10 points for the 15-12 win.

After Indiana Wesleyan dominated the second game, Grace won a see-saw third game. Grace trailed much of the fourth game and fell 9-15.

In the fifth and deciding game, the Lancers trailed 6-5 but rallied for nine straight points and a 14-6 lead. Indiana Wesleyan added three points, but after a side-out, the Lancers finished off the game and the Wildcats.

Kate Millen led Grace with 22 kills, while Jessica Zaugg, a Warsaw Community High School graduate, added 65 assists.

Grace is 20-13 overall and 5-1 in the Mid-Central Conference and finds itself in a first-place tie with Taylor for the conference lead.

If the two teams end the season with identical conference records, Taylor holds the advantage over Grace, having beaten the Lancers earlier in the season.

Grace will be in action Friday and Saturday in the Indiana Wesleyan Tournament.

GRACE DEF. INDIANA WESLEYAN

15-12, 5-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-9

Grace leaders

Kills - Kate Millen 22, Tricia Doyle 15, Jamie Gill 12, Kelli Irish 11

Assists - Jessica Zaugg 65

Blocks - Millen 6, Gill 5, Dawn Harper 4

Digs - Tricia Doyle 27, Irish 22, Mandy Ringhand 19, Andria Parker 15

Aces - Ringhand 4, Irish 2

WOMEN'S SOCCER

OLIVET NAZARENE 1, GRACE 0 2OT

Tuesday in Winona Lake

In a Tuesday double-overtime game, Grace College's women's soccer team outshot Olivet Nazarene 45-9, only to lose 1-0.

The Lancers had a penalty kick three minutes into the game, but the shot hit the post. Five other times Lancer shots hit the post.

Visiting Olivet Nazarene scored on a corner kick that bounced around the mouth of the goal before Haley Nichting put it in the back of the net.

Grace is 8-9-1 and will play in the Mid-Central Conference Tournament Saturday.

Scoring - Olivet Nazarene, Haley Nichting (Ruth Wehrman assist) 108:00

Shots on goal - Grace 35, Olivet Nazarene 9.

Saves - Hannah Loss (Grace) 8, Nikki Triezenberg (Olivet Nazarene) 25, Lisa Boyce (Olivet Nazarene) 5

DEFIANCE 3, MANCHESTER 0

Tuesday in Defiance, Ohio

Manchester College's women's soccer team outshot fourth-seeded Defiance 16-8 Tuesday in the first round of the HCAC Tournament but fell 3-0.

Defiance goalie Erica Bishop made 14 saves on the evening. Defiance will play Mount St. Joseph Friday. Mount St. Joseph had a bye in the first round.

Defiance goals - Kendra Fraaza 1, Cheri Shields 1, Tiffany Caudill 1