College Roundup

NORTH MANCHESTER - Scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter Saturday, Defiance College spoiled Manchester College's homecoming, topping the Spartans 21-12.

Manchester scored its first touchdown with 6:56 remaining in the third quarter when quarterback Jason Dillon found the end zone from two yards out. It was 14-6 after the extra-point kick failed.

The Spartans scored again in the fourth quarter with 10:17 remaining on a 63-yard pass from Jared Kurtz to NorthWood graduate Amos Frye. Manchester's conversion attempt failed.

In total yards Manchester outgained Defiance 325-302, and had 15 first downs compared to Defiance's 12.

Schmid Etienne led Manchester's ground game with 83 yards on 22 attempts. Casey Opper led the Spartan receivers with 71 yards on five catches. Frye led the defense with 11 tackles and an interception.

Manchester will travel to Bluffton Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. game.

DEFIANCE 21, MANCHESTER 12

Defiance 14 0 0 7 - 21

Manchester 0 0 6 6 - 12

Manchester rushing leaders - Schmid Etienne 22-87, Darren Reed 7-29, Jason Dillon 12-25

Manchester receiving leaders - Casey Opper 5-71, Amos Frye 1-63, Darin Holsopple 3-37

Manchester passing leader - Dillon 10-27-142, 3 interceptions

MEN'S SOCCER

MANCHESTER 4, DEFIANCE 0

Saturday in North Manchester

Led by Mark Overly, Manchester College's men's soccer team hosted and defeated Defiance College 4-0 Saturday. Overly scored three goals for the Spartans, while Levi Miller added the other. Manchester is now 4-9-1 overall and will be in action again Wednesday at home against Anderson.

Manchester goals - Mark Overly 3, Levi Miller 1

Manchester assists - Ahmed Zughayer 2, Chris Good 1

WOMEN'S SOCCER

GRACE 1, TRINITY CHRISTIAN 0

Saturday in Winona Lake

Grace College's women's soccer team extended its shutout streak to 269 minutes with a 1-0 homecoming win over Trinity Christian Saturday. Grace's Ellen Kegarise scored the game's lone goal 29 minutes into the action off an assist from Laurie McClure. Kegarise has now scored in three consecutive goals for the Lancers, who are now 7-7-1 overall. Grace will be in action again Tuesday at Indiana Wesleyan.

Grace goal - Ellen Kegarise 1

Grace assists - Laurie McClure 1

Shots on goal - Grace 26, Trinity Christian 13

Saves - Hannah Loss (Grace) 11, Alexandra Prevette (Trinity Christian) 16

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Manchester PLACES FOURTH

Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio

Manchester College's women's tennis team finished fourth Saturday at the HCAC championships at Mount St. Joseph. The Spartans took second-place finishes at No. 2 doubles with Kari Awald and Erin Weissert, at No. 3 doubles with Tippecanoe Valley graduate Wendy Tilden and Erin Marburger, and at No. 3 singles with Chelle Blackburn. Blackburn was named to the all-conference team. Franklin won the event with a score of 59, taking six of the nine first-place spots. Hanover was second with 53, followed by Anderson with 42 and Manchester with 41. Mount St. Joseph (26), Bluffton (16) and Defiance rounded out the field of seven.

CROSS COUNTRY

GRACE MEN PLACE SIXTH

Saturday in Kenosha, Wis.

Grace College's men's cross country team, ranked No. 10 in the NAIA poll, survived its worst outing of the season to finish sixth among 28 schools Saturday at the Wisconsin-Parkside Inviational. The Lancers ended the day with a team score of 200, losing to four NCAA Division I-A schools and Aquinas, the NAIA No. 8 team. Indiana State won the meet with a score of 46. Daniel Njenga led the Lancers with his 15th-place time of 26:27. Wawasee graduate Jerid Stoffel was 35th with a time of 27:04. In the women's race, the Lancers scored in a meet for the first time this season, finishing 22nd among the 26 teams with 589 points. Wisconsin-Oshkosh won the women's event with 61 points. Grace will be in action again Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Tri-State Invitational.

Men's team scores - 1. Indiana State 46, 2. Aquinas 115, 3. Emory 116, 4. Depaul 126, 5. Valparaiso 163, 6. Grace 200, 7. Illinois-Chicago 214, 8. Indiana Wesleyan 219, 9. Wisconsin-Parkside 279, 10. Taylor 286, 11. Cloud County 335, 12. Cornerstone 383, 13. Danville CC 398, 14. St. Louis 403, 15. St. Ambrose 407, 16. Knox 419, 17. Wayne State 420, 18. Bethel 452, 19. Wisconsin -Green Bay 458, 20. Johnson County 518, 21. Concordia 523, 22. Chicago State 571, 23. Robert Morris 576, 24. Waubonsee CC 690, DuPage DNS, Evanston DNS, Olivet Nazarene DNS, Kendal DNS

Grace finishers - 15. Daniel Njenga 26:27, 35. Jerid Stoffel 27:04, 44. Tim Sprankle 27:23, 56. Paul Paschal 27:53, 82. Michael Kamami 28:13, 134. Art Woodruff 29;14, 159. David Robertson 29:44, 165. Tyler Watkins 29:52, 225. Tim Robertson 31:42, 235. Michael Reeves 32:17

Women's team scores - 1. Wisconsin-Parkside 61, 2. Indiana State 114, 3. Indiana Wesleyan 119, 22. Grace 589

Grace finishers - 90. Chrissy Moyer 20:41, 149. Kristen Haines 21:50, 183. Cassandra Hudyk 22:35, 196. Jessica Houston 23:09, 199. Erin Russell 23:13

MANCHESTER MEN PLACE SECOND

Saturday in North Manchester

Manchester College hosted the men's and women's Manchester Invitational Saturday. Manchester's men's team finished second of the five teams with a score of 45. Josh Combs led the Spartans with his fifth-place time of 27:16. Huntington won the men's event with a score of 34. Manchester's women's team finished fourth in the six-team field with a score of 95. Huntington won the meet with a score of 23, taking six of the top 10 spots. Libby Borror led the Manchester women with her 11th-place time of 20:58.

Men's team scores - 1. Huntington 34, 2. Manchester 45, 3. Goshen 53, 4. Franklin 80, 5. Goshen no score

Manchester finishers - 5. Josh Combs 27:16, 8. Marshall Magaro 27:58, 9. Mike Derryberry 28:21, 11. Jason Reinoehl 28:31, 12. Doug Lambert 28:39, 20. Justin Englert 29:03, 21. Jack Sorensen 29:09, 27. Kyle Helfrich 29:50, 33. Adam Conley 30:17, 43. Andy Helfrich 31:41, 44. Mark Kerkhoff 31:58, 47. Andrew Hodges 33:00, 48. Nick Miller 34:39

Women's team scores - 1. Huntington 23, 2. Franklin 57, 3. Goshen 80, 4. Manchester 95, 5. St. Mary's 120, 6. Goshen no score

Manchester finishers - 11. Libby Borror 20:58, 13. Erin Reep 21:12, 19. Anna Packham 21:49, 31. Rachel Bennett 22:45, 33. Katie Seward 22:57, 36. Laura O'Donnell 23:49, 39. Rebekah Yoder 24:07, 41. Leslie Holtzclaw 24:46, 43. Jessamine Cutshall 25:16, 46. Candy Seaman 30:49