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sports Thursday, 4 April 2013 // The Collegian4
Eagles hoist the championship trophy this year
CHRIS BILS @ChrisBils
SAN ANTONIO, Texas –
“AU Eagle Basketball” cannot be
explained in a sentence.
It cannot be accomplished
with just one person. It is not just
whole team.
result was a 71-56 win in the na-
Dowling College.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled
worked hard to make this season
with 26 points, 12 rebounds and
shots down the stretch that killed
ons were starting to gain.
came into the game, we knew
what we needed to do to be able
to win and people stepped up and
hit big shots.”
The Eagles executed their
in the nation coming in.
lead.
and six rebounds, but was kept
Connie Simmons.
the Elite Eight all-tournament
team with a 3-pointer that was
Joining her on the all-tournament
clock.
“… I just took it and as the ball
went through the hoop I saw the
was good timing I guess.’”
the moment.
humbling.”
OPINION
Out of the ordinary
pected. I mean, nothing interest-
teams to stare each other down
usual questions.
onship?”
… On and on and on with no
end in sight.
stick to the script.
into it, which made me think that
are as a team and it is a big rea-
I wondered: does Dowling
asked about it.
response.
Ashland because she wanted to be
somewhere where she could grow
“For me, I got hurt this season
back and experience this and to be
ible.”
At that moment, it was hard to
with Ashland women’s basketball
or cliché, but to me it could not
ball talents.
Nothing was guaranteed to her
when she made the decision to
something that most women who
about.
No one wants to win more than
blood, and it is what makes her
who watched the national champi-
onship.
the one to express the sentiment
game.
Amen.
CHRIS BILS @ChrisBils @ChrisBils
ELIZABETH BUCHEIT
(Left to right) Alyssa Miller, Daiva Gerbec, Kari Daugherty and Sue Ramsey respond to questions in a press conference before the national champion-ship game in San Antonio.
Ashland University, 71 vs Dowling College (NY), 56NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship — San Antonio, Texas (St. Mary’s University)
Making it look easy
ELIZABETH BUCHEIT
The Eagles pose with their new national championship trophy. They won in the Division II title game over Dowling College, 71-56.
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Sizes 2X and 3X are $25.
top left// Kari Daugherty and Alyssa Miller share
tears and a hug after exiting in the ! nal few minutes of the
championship game.
top right// Daugherty dribbles past Dowling
College’s Danielle Wilson under the hoop.
bottom left// (from left) Chelsea Laporte, Alyssa Miller, McKenzie Miller, Delanie Wolf, Melanie Poorman and Lindsay
Tenyak cheer in the ! nal seconds of the game.
bottom right// Ramsey holds the net above her
head after the game.
right// Coach Sue Ramsey points to the sky after her Eagles secured a
national championship.
ashlandcollegian.com // Thursday, 4 April 2013 sports 5
KATE LENTZ @katemay_lentz
The Ashland University softball team went 0-2 against Grand Valley State, then bounced right back and swept Lake Superior State 2-0 and split, 1-1, against Northwood to
Grand Valley State
24 was looking promising for
Grand Valley State put on the
second inning and three in the
Galloway received the loss after
wasn’t enough to save the team
but the bats weren’t quiet for
her contribution going 2-for-4
The second game on Sun-day started the opposite from
momentum in the top of the seventh and scored three runs
Sophomore pitcher Sarah
Lake Superior StateAshland did a complete
180-degree turnaround and swept Lake Superior State 5-4
went 3-for-5 and drove in two
Senior Frankie Gironda was
Alley received the win dur-
nings, allowed three hits,
ers took the Eagles to a 5-3 win
At NorthwoodSaturday, Ashland Univer-
sity was faced with a bit of a
for the Eagles in game one and pitched all seven innings, but
Alley attacked the challenge and pitched the whole second game, only allowing six hits and
ters and struck out six with only
Alley is coming back this year after missing all of last
an ace for Ashland as a sopho-
again with a home run and two
The Eagles are now 11-12 overall, 5-3 in the Great Lakes
KEVIN STOICOVY @KevinStoicovy
At Wayne StateThe Eagles travelled to
Wayne State to start an eight game stretch away from home with a double-header against the
Eagles relied heavily upon the
The senior threw a complete game, going seven innings and
runs, and led the Eagles to a 5-2
Thomas also struck out two and did not walk a batter while
Wayne State got off to a quick
next batter — Brad Guenther — then hit a two-run home run to give the Warriors an early 2-0
That was the last offense Wayne State would produce though, as Thomas dominated the Warriors lineup afterwards, only allowing three hits for the
Thomas was also able to shrug off three errors commit-ted by AU’s defense en route to
The Eagles’ offense was lead
also had two hits and added an
gles’ bats did the work, recording
Every batter in Ashland’s
Senior catcher John Broll led the way with three hits in four at-bats — including two doubles — and
Ashland scored two runs in the second, three in the third and
That was enough for sopho-more starting pitcher Vince
gave up nine hits and four runs,
also had four strikeouts and four
closed the game in the seventh inning, earning his third save of
Both wins marked the seventh and eighth wins of a season-long eight-game winning streak for
State dropped to 11-9, 2-3 in
At WalshThe Eagles traveled to North
that began with a nine-inning
The game came down to the
5-4, on a game-winning hit in
Ashland’s downfall in the game was four crucial errors committed by its defense, none of which came more costly than two
enough base runners for Walsh
Sortwell continued his hot streak at the plate for the Eagles with two more hits and three
Sophomore shortstop Austin Walts and Broll also added two
Sophomore Jake Baldwin started the game on the mound
and allowing 11 hits and four
for the Eagles in relief, working
ing up the unearned game-win-
ended their eight-game winning
Ashland got back on the win-
doubleheader Saturday against Walsh behind another great per-formance from an Eagles’ start-
Senior Eric Vaughan earned the victory for AU, pitching a complete seven innings while
Vaughan struck out four and
Ashland led off the scoring in
That was more than enough
for Vaughan, who cruised to his fourth win of the season and is
The second game of the doubleheader went back into the
Ashland started the game strong, scoring three runs in the top of the second inning thanks
Walsh then responded with
The Eagles were able to chase
cho from the game in the fourth
shut Ashland down for the rest of
Ashland’s record stands at
Player of the Week for his efforts in the Eagles’ games this past
runs scored, one home run and
Ashland played a three-game
have a three-game series at home
AU SPORTS INFORMATION @goashlandeagles
Weems Baskin InvitationalThe Ashland University
throwers got the outdoor track
AU strength and conditioning
Wooster InvitationalThe Ashland University
men’s and women’s track and
Both teams competed at the
The Ashland women won
The AU men did a re-write of
2000 by Reggie Ray of Wooster
Scott led the pack and set a stadium record with a time
Baum also eclipsed the facility re-
The men’s 4X100 relay estab-
That bettered the previous record
The men’s 4X4 relay erased
Freshman Abby Strock was on both relays and was second in the
Two AU women had impres-sive performances on Saturday at
more Shaunisha Winter was sec-
Menhart’s bat leads softball to 3-3 week
Baseball continues scorching start to season
Sweet spring airTrack and field moves outside
KAREN WINDLE
Above Right // Sophomore Elijha Owens races in the 110-meter hurdles, which he won in 14.57 seconds. He also won the 400 hurdles in 53.57 seconds.
Right // Freshman Emma Daugherty runs ahead of fellow freshman Jillian Bajaksouzian in the women’s 800-meter run. Daugherty was second in 2:22.37 and Bajaksouzian took third with a time of 2:26.73.
Above // Senior Nate Cooper leaps into the pit at the Wooster Invitational. Cooper won the triple jump and was third in the long jump.