> SOUTHERN INDIANA — (Weekly stats are from last Friday to Thursday.)



ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

• Ben Engle (IUPUI men’s golf, Floyd Central graduate, Sr.) — top performance: second in the Summit League Men’s Golf Championship on Monday and Tuesday in Primm, Nev., with a three-round score of 207, 6-under-par (62 in the first round, 70 in the second, 75 in the final); notes: Engle made the Summit League Championship all-tournament team; Engle’s 62 in the first round set both a school and Summit League Championship record, helping him lead the tournament after the first and second rounds; the Jaguars won the Summit League championship for the first time since 2006; Engle made the all-Summit League second team last Sunday.



BORDEN

• Dylan Martin (Ancilla baseball, Fr.) — notes: 0-for-4 in the Chargers’ 6-4 home loss to Mott Community College last Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 9-26 overall, 4-16 Michigan Community College Athletic Association.



CHARLESTOWN

• Justin Baxtron (Indiana State men’s track, Jr.) — top performance: second in the 200-meter run in the Polytan Invitational last weekend in Bloomington, 21.45, personal record; notes: fourth in the 100, 10.9.



CLARKSVILLE

• Kelsey Becker (Wilmington softball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 1-for-15, one run scored, one RBI; notes: 1-for-1 with a run scored and an RBI in the Quakers’ 16-5 victory in five innings on Monday at Mt. St. Joseph’s in the second game of a doubleheader; team records: 16-22 overall, 5-11 Ohio Athletic Conference.



FLOYD CENTRAL

• Jordan Batliner (IU Southeast softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 2-for-7, one run scored, one RBI; 0-0 record, 1 2/3 innings pitched, no runs allowed, one hit, one strikeout, no walks; notes: 1-for-1 with a run scored in the Grenadiers’ 5-4 home win over Berea last Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader; team records: 25-17 overall, 14-2 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Batliner’s record: 0-0.

• Ben Boesing (Southern Indiana men’s tennis, Jr.) — weekly stats: 2-1 singles record, 3-0 doubles record; top performance: No. 3 singles win (6-2, 6-0) and No. 3 doubles victory (8-3) in the Screaming Eagles’ 5-2 triumph over Northern Kentucky in the third-place match of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament last Saturday in Springfield, Mo.; notes: USI has received an at-large berth in the NCAA Division II tournament for the third consecutive season; the Screaming Eagles will face Northern Kentucky in the Midwest Preliminary Round today in Midland, Mich.; team records: 21-3 overall, 5-0 GLVC.

• Bethany Huber (Southern Indiana women’s golf, Fr.) — notes: 55th at the University of Illinois-Springfield Shootout last weekend with a two-round score of 197, 53-over-par (97 in the first round, 100 in the final).

• Meghan Jones (Bellarmine women’s track, So.) — top performance: first in the 1,600 relay in the Eastern Kentucky Open last Friday, 3:53.45; notes: Jones ran the anchor leg in the 1,600 relay in a time of 54.2 seconds, making up a 30-plus-meter deficit to Marshall, which was leading at the time, to win the race; third in high jump, 1.55 meters.

• Emma LaDuke (IU Southeast women’s tennis, Sr.) — notes: No. 4 singles loss (8-2) and No. 1 doubles setback (8-0) in the Grenadiers’ 9-0 loss to host Indiana Wesleyan in the Mark Richards Classic last Saturday; team records: 18-5 overall, 16-0 KIAC.

• Samantha McClure (Tennessee-Martin softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 3-for-8, two doubles, one run scored; top performance: 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored in the Skyhawks’ 5-1 victory last Sunday at Morehead State in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 33-16 overall, 20-3 Ohio Valley Conference.

• Meghan McRae (IU Southeast softball, So.) — notes: a run scored in IU Southeast’s 5-4 home win over Berea in Game 2 of a doubleheader last Saturday; team records: 25-17 overall, 14-2 KIAC.

• Brittany Mills (Ohio State softball, Jr.) — notes: Mills came in as a pinch runner in the Buckeyes’ 11-2 home loss last Saturday to Nebraska in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 27-18 overall, 6-8 Big Ten.

• Nick Peters (U.S. Coast Guard Academy baseball, Sr.) — top performance: winning pitcher in a starting role in the Bears’ 17-5 victory over Mitchell on Wednesday, three innings pitched, one run allowed (earned), two hits, five walks, one strikeout; notes: Peters made his first career start against Mitchell and got his first career victory in the game; 1-for-4 with an RBI in the Bears’ 13-10 home win over Framingham State last Friday; season-ending stats: 1-0 record, 3.54 ERA; team records: 14-21 overall, 6-12 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference.

• Katie Phillips (Spalding softball, Sr.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a triple, four RBIs and one run scored in the Golden Eagles’ 9-0 home victory over Eureka in five innings last Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 25-10 overall, 10-3 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

• Rena Philpot (Spalding softball, Sr.) — top performance: winning pitcher in a starting role in the Golden Eagles’ 9-0 home win over Eureka in five innings last Saturday in Game 1 of a doubleheader, no-hitter, eight strikeouts, no walks; also, 2-for-3 with an RBI; team records: 25-10 overall, 10-3 SLIAC; Philpot’s record: 13-4.

• Jeffrey Thompson (Louisville baseball, So.) — top performance: winning pitcher in the Cardinals’ 12-1 win last Sunday at South Florida in the completion of a suspended game, six innings pitched, one run allowed (unearned), two hits, six strikeouts, five walks; team records: 29-12 overall, 10-5 Big East; Thompson’s record: 8-1.

• Kelsey Wisman (IU Southeast women’s tennis, Sr.) — notes: No. 1 singles loss (6-1, 6-0) and No. 2 doubles loss (8-0) in the Grenadiers’ 9-0 loss to host Indiana Wesleyan in the Mark Richards Classic last Saturday; team records: 18-5 overall, 16-0 KIAC.

• Libby Wright (St. Mary-of-the-Woods softball, Sr.) — weekly stats: 9-for-25, 15 RBIs, seven runs scored, three doubles, one triple, one home run; top performance: 3-for-3 with two doubles, four RBIs and three runs scored in the Pomeroys’ 13-2 victory in five innings on Thursday at Principia in Game 1 of a doubleheader; notes: a homer in St. Mary’s 11-3 home win over Oakland City on Monday in the nightcap of a twinbill; team record: 26-20 overall.



HENRYVILLE

• Ashley Dickerson (Indiana State softball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 1-for-12, two runs scored, one RBI; notes: 1-for-3 with two runs scored in the Sycamores’ 8-2 home win over Wichita State last Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader; team records: 18-29 overall, 5-15 Missouri Valley Conference.

• Amanda Embry (Wabash Valley softball, So.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a double in the Warriors’ 8-1 victory over Kankakee Community College last Saturday in the National Junior College Athletic Association Tune-up in Collinsville, Ill.; team records: 36-6 overall, 22-6 Great Rivers Athletic Conference.

• Carissa Embry (Oakland City softball, Fr.) — notes: one run scored in the Oaks’ 5-4 loss on Monday at St. Mary-of-the-Woods in the first game of a doubleheader; team record: 10-26 overall.

• Katie Guernsey (St. Joseph’s women’s tennis, So.) — top performance: No. 4 singles win (6-0, 6-0) and No. 2 doubles victory (8-1) in the Pumas’ 8-1 home victory over IU East last Saturday; season-ending stats: 15-10 singles record, 14-10 doubles record; team records: 14-13 overall, 0-6 GLVC.



JEFFERSONVILLE

• Sam Burke (Bellarmine baseball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 4-for-13, two RBIs, one run scored, one stolen base, one home run; top performance: 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs and a run scored in the Knights’ 14-6 victory on Wednesday at Kentucky Wesleyan in Game 2 of a doubleheader; notes: Burke’s homer against the Panthers — a two-run shot — was his first of the season; team records: 21-21 overall, 13-13 GLVC.

• Katherine Clark (IU Southeast women’s tennis, Fr.) — notes: No. 3 singles loss (8-1) and No. 2 doubles loss (8-0) in the Grenadiers’ 9-0 loss to host Indiana Wesleyan in the Mark Richards Classic last Saturday; team records: 18-5 overall, 16-0 KIAC.

• Dan Coats (Bellarmine men’s track, Sr.) — notes: 23rd in the 800 in the Eastern Kentucky Open last Friday, 2:03.24.

• Patrick Elliott (Ball State men’s tennis, Fr.) — weekly stats: 2-0 singles record, 2-0 doubles record; top performance: No. 5 singles win (7-5, 6-4) and No. 3 doubles victory (8-2) in the Cardinals’ 4-0 win over host Toledo in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Thursday; team records: 18-9 overall, 2-2 MAC.

• Mitchell Mattingly (IU Southeast baseball, Jr.) — weekly stats: 3-for-13, three RBIs, two runs scored, one stolen base; notes: 1-for-3 with an RBI in the Grenadiers’ 6-5 loss to Berea in the first round of the KIAC Tournament on Thursday in Kingsport, Tenn.; team records: 23-26 overall, 13-5 KIAC.

• Natalie Nikitas (Bluffton softball, So.) — notes: 0-for-1 in the Beavers’ 8-1 victory last Sunday at Franklin in Game 1 of a doubleheader; team records: 24-14 overall, 10-4 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

• Ryan Pierce (Bellarmine baseball, Jr.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a run scored in the Knights’ 14-6 win on Wednesday at Kentucky Wesleyan in the second game of a doubleheader; team records: 21-21 overall, 13-13 GLVC.



NEW ALBANY

• Ashley Cochran (Hanover softball, So.) — weekly stats: 0-2 record, 11 1/3 innings pitched, 14 runs allowed (all earned), 21 hits, five strikeouts, one walk; notes: losing pitcher in a starting role in the Panthers’ 7-5 loss last Sunday in Game 1 of a doubleheader, 5 2-3 innings pitched, seven runs allowed (all earned), seven hits, five strikeouts, one walk; team records: 10-26 overall, 3-11 HCAC; Cochran’s record: 4-11.

• Phil Forbis (Bellarmine baseball, Jr.) — notes: losing pitcher in a starting role in the Knights’ 4-0 loss last Saturday at Indianapolis in Game 1 of a doubleheader, 5 2-3 innings pitched, four runs allowed (three earned), four strikeouts, one walk; team records: 21-21 overall, 13-13 GLVC; Forbis’ record: 3-3.

• Sean Godfrey (Ball State baseball, So.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the Cardinals’ 8-4 home win over Eastern Michigan last Friday; team records: 11-26 overall, 6-9 MAC.

• Jeremy Juliot (Vincennes baseball, So.) — top performance: winning pitcher in a starting role in the Trailblazers’ 6-1 victory last Sunday at South Suburban, six innings pitched, one run allowed (unearned), four hits, seven strikeouts, five walks; team record: 32-17 overall; Juliot’s record: 4-2.

• Meissan McDaniel (Western Kentucky men’s track, Sr.) — notes: 13th in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational last Friday in Louisville, 49-9 3/4.

• Pryce Ragains (IUPUI men’s golf, So.) — top performance: first in the 5,000 at the Dave Rankin Invitational last Saturday in West Lafayette, 15:17.01, personal record.



PROVIDENCE

• Ryan Dixon (Bellarmine baseball, Fr.) — notes: no-decision relief outing in Bellarmine’s 14-6 win on Wednesday at Kentucky Wesleyan, one run allowed (earned), three hits, one strikeout, no walks; team records: 21-21 overall, 13-13 GLVC; Dixon’s record: 0-1.

• Katy Flanagan (Spalding softball, So.) — notes: 1-for-3 with a run scored in the Golden Eagles’ 9-0 home win in five innings against Eureka last Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader; team records: 25-10 overall, 10-3 SLIAC.

• Stephanie Smith (Southern Indiana women’s tennis, So.) — notes: No. 2 doubles loss (8-1) in the Screaming Eagles’ 5-0 setback to Drury in the first round of the GLVC Tournament last Friday in Springfield, Mo.; season-ending stats: 5-14 singles record, 9-15 doubles record; team records: 8-11 overall, 3-3 GLVC.

• Whitney Thomas (Northern Kentucky women’s tennis, Sr.) — weekly stats: 0-1 singles record, 1-2 doubles record; top performance: No. 2 doubles win (8-5) in the Norse’s 5-2 victory over Missouri-St. Louis in the GLVC Tournament quarterfinals last Friday in Springfield, Mo.; season-ending stats: 11-4 singles record, 9-11 doubles record; team records: 10-10 overall, 4-2 GLVC.



SILVER CREEK

• Michael Bradley (Indianapolis men’s tennis, So.) — season-ending stats: 6-2 singles record, 6-4 doubles record; team records; 11-9 overall, 2-3 GLVC.

• Kyle Briner (Lee baseball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 1-0 record, 3 2/3 innings pitched, three runs allowed (none earned), four hits, two strikeouts, one walk; top performance: winning pitcher in a relief role in the Flames’ 4-2 win last Friday at Belhaven in Game 2 of a doubleheader, no runs allowed, two hits, two strikeouts, no walks; notes: Briner to the Southern States Athletic Conference all-freshman team; team records: 47-8-1 overall, 26-4 SSAC; Briner’s record: 2-0.

• Morgan Coquerille (Southern Indiana women’s tennis, So.) — notes: No. 2 singles loss (6-3, 6-2) and No. 2 doubles setback (8-1) in the Screaming Eagles’ 5-0 loss to Drury in the first round of the GLVC Tournament last Friday in Springfield, Mo.; season-ending stats: 9-14 singles record, 10-14 doubles record; team records: 8-11 overall, 3-3 GLVC.

• Jack Eckert (Iowa men’s track, Fr.) — top performance: third in the javelin at Musco Twilight XIII last Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa, 183-10; notes: fourth in the pole vault, 15-1; eighth in the 110 hurdles, 15.98; eighth in the 1,600 relay, 3:18.44.

• Sarah Hebble (Ball State women’s tennis, Sr.) — weekly stats: 1-1 singles record, 1-1 doubles record; top performance: No. 4 singles win (4-6, 6-1, 7-6(2)) and No. 2 doubles victory (9-7) in the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Toledo in the first round of the MAC Women’s Tennis Championship on Thursday in DeKalb, Ill.; team records: 7-15 overall, 0-8 MAC.

• Nicole Hess (Bellarmine women’s track, Sr.) — top performance: second in the pole vault in the Eastern Kentucky Open last Friday, 10-0.

• Megan Pennington (Oakland City softball, Fr.) — notes: 1-for-3 in each game of a doubleheader at St. Mary-of-the-Woods on Monday, as the Oaks lost both contests, 5-4 and 11-3; team record: 10-26 overall.

• Justin Sturgeon (Cleveland State CC baseball, Fr.) — notes: no-decision relief outing in the Cougars’ 19-8 loss last Friday at Jackson State Community College in the second game of a doubleheader, one-third of an inning pitched, three runs allowed (all earned), three hits, one walk, no strikeouts; team records: 18-29 overall, 3-21 Tennessee Community College Athletic Association; Sturgeon’s record: 1-0.

• Bailey Wilson (Kentucky Wesleyan women’s golf, So.) — notes: 46th in the University of Indianapolis Spring Invitational last Sunday and Monday with a two-round score of 213, 69-over-par (97 in the first round, 116 in the final).



SOUTH CENTRAL

• Chris O’Connor (Marian men’s track, So.) — notes: fifth in the 1,600 relay in the Rose-Hulman Twilight Invitational last Friday, 3:28.97.

If you have any information on an area college athlete, contact Kevin Harris at 812-206-2117 or kevin.harris@newsandtribune.com.