Published: September 18, 2006 11:37 pm         

Metro Roundup: HCAC honors Rose-Hulman athletes

Rose-Hulman freshman tennis player Sam Danesis and defensive lineman Adam Helmerich have been named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Players of the Week in their respective sports, according to results released Monday by the conference office.

Danesis was named the Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the first time this season after her third consecutive perfect weekend of play. She swept Julie Gehring of Mount St. Joseph 6-0, 6-0 and topped Jessica Hanson of Transylvania 6-1, 6-2 in singles play, while teaming up with Katy Zawadski for 8-1 and 8-2 doubles wins.

With the victories, Danesis improved to 7-0 in singles play and 7-0 in doubles play, with perfect 6-0 marks against HCAC competition. The Engineers, who return home for a 5:30 p.m. match Wednesday against Marian, stand 6-1 overall and 5-1 in league play after finishing 1-8 last spring.

Helmerich was named Defensive Football Player of the Week after spearheading an effort that helped result in Rose-Hulman’s first shutout since the 2002 season.

Helmerich returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown to give Rose-Hulman a 35-0 lead as part of a 56-0 win over Concordia Chicago on Saturday. The effort marked one of two touchdowns scored by the Engineer defense.

He added three tackles and one tackle for loss from the right defensive tackle position in the victory.

The football team improved to 2-1 on the season and returns to action on Saturday at North Park.



In another Rose-Hulman football honor:

-- Receiver gets Exchange Club award — Becoming the first Rose-Hulman receiver to gain 100 or more yards in a game in nearly four years, senior Ryan Robinson has earned the Exchange Club of Terre Haute’s Football Player of the Week for the Engineers’ 56-0 victory over Concordia last Saturday on Phil Brown Field.

Robinson will be recognized at the Exchange Club’s weekly luncheon meeting today at the Holiday Inn.

Robinson, a two-year letterman, had a career-high five receptions for 100 yards. His 18-yard touchdown pass from Cameron Hummel opened the scoring for the Engineers in the non-conference game.

The last 100-yard game by a Rose-Hulman receiver came on Nov. 13, 2002, when Rob Kief had 16 catches for 135 yards against Centre.



Tennis

-- Tsymbalov wins flight — At Muncie, Indiana State’s Anton Tsymbalov won flight A of the Ball State Invitational over Wichita State’s Tiago Espirito Santo.

ISU newcomers Mpilo Migogo and Bruno Echer picked up their first collegiate experience, falling in the first round in flight B. Echer did capture his first collegiate win over Bradley’s Alex Roby 7-5, 6-4 in the consolation bracket.

Michael Wenham was the final competitor for the Sycamores. Despite an early exit in his first match in flight C, the sophomore advanced to the finals of the consolation bracket and beat Valparaiso’s Tom Litscher 7-6, 3-6, 10-7.

“It was good to have some matches and nice to have a win in the strongest flight in the tournament,” coach Jonas Piibor said. “We have a lot of work to do, especially with the new guys, as we learn to control the things that we can control. We hope to become stronger and mentally tougher on the courts and that is something that we intend to work on.”

In doubles, Migogo and Tsymbalov came up short in their first round match and consolation match after being paired for the first time in competition. Echer and Wenham advanced to the semi-finals of flight B doubles but fell to Bradley’s team of Matt Metully and Evgeng Samoylov.

The men’s team will be back in action this weekend at the Middle Tennessee State Invitational. The team will be without Tsymbalov, who returns home to Kazakhstan to compete in a Davis Cup match against Indonesia.

-- Migan goes 6-0 — At East Lansing, Mich., Indiana State’s Jennifer Migan won all three of her singles and doubles matches with teammate Joanne Schickerling as the team participated in the Spartan Invitational.

Migan defeated Christine Bader of Michigan State University 6-4, 7-5 to conclude the event with a perfect 6-0 record.

Schickerling was victorious in the two singles matches she faced on Saturday. In her lone single match on Sunday, Schickerling lost in straight sets to Stephanie Kebler of Michigan State.

In doubles play, the duo easily defeated Katrina Lozanova and Tara Grant from St. Louis University 8-1 in their lone double match during the first day of competition, then defeated Morehead State 8-3 and shut out Illinois State 8-0.

Also competing for the Sycamores in singles and doubles play were Marie Caujolle, Kelly Hamm and Fadzai Masiyazi. Hamm and Masiyazi were teammates in doubles and finished the weekend with a 2-1 with their lone loss coming in the third round against conference foe Illinois State University.



Soccer

-- Flyer U13 girls win — At the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds, the Terre Haute Flyers U13A girls team beat New Palestine 3-1 on Sunday.

Molly McKee had all three goals, the first off a corner kick by Sarah Senseman. McKee’s third goal was a solo run from the sweeper position. Asleigh Deakins and Halee Strahla shared time in goal.

The team plays at 3 p.m. this coming Sunday at the fairgrounds against St. Francis.

-- U14 boys split — At Indianapolis, the Terre Haute Flyers U14 boys beat the Franklin Strikers 7-0 on Sunday to gain a split for the weekend.

On Saturday, the Flyers took an early lead on an Andrew Kump goal with an assist from Lexi Penwell but lost 3-1 to the Putnamville Panthers.

In Sunday’s win, Spencer Ooley-Viray and Adam Shamsae split time in goal during the shutout; Ooley-Viray has not allowed a goal in his last seven matches. Andrew Kump had two goals and an assist, Milton Brinza three goals, Josh Pigg and John Welch one goal each and Nathan Kump two assists.

The Flyers are idle this weekend and play next at Seymour.



Volleyball

-- Middle school results — Results of middle school matches reported Monday are as follows:



Honey Creek 21 21

St. Patrick’s 5 18

Highlights — For Honey Creek, Taylor Lock had six points and five aces, Ashley Bazier had five assists and Madison Steward had two kills. Katie Graham had six points for St. Patrick’s.

JV — Honey Creek won 22-20, 8-21, 21-17.

Next match — Honey Creek (4-0) plays today at Chauncey Rose.



Woodrow Wilson 21 21

Otter Creek 15 17

Highlights — For Woodrow Wilson, Sarah Potter had seven assists, six digs and four aces; Jessica LaTourette had three kills and an assist; and Madeline Nelson, Ana Migliora and Mallory Reed led in digs.

JV — Woodrow Wilson won 21-16, 8-21, 21-14.

Next match — Woodrow Wilson (4-1) plays today at South Vermillion.



-- Trailblazers second — At Muskegon, Mich., Corrianne Warrick of Linton had 140 assists in five matches but fourth-ranked Vincennes University lost the championship match of the Muskegon Tournament on Saturday.

Baseball

-- Seniors compete — The following results were reported from Terre Haute Men’s Senior Baseball League games.



Diamondbacks 122 038 9 — 25 18 4

White Sox 000 121 3 — 7 9 6

Baldwin and Myles; Jones, Chesshir (4), Strohm (6) and Humphrey.

Highlights — For the Garmong Diamondbacks (8-5), Sam Shahadey had a triple, two singles and four RBI; Bryan Myles had a double, two singles and four RBI; Bill Hoopingarner had three hits; Scott Maxwell had a triple and single; and John Pell had two hits. Jim Freeman had two hits for the White Sox.



Cross country

-- Grounds competes — At the LaVern Gibson Championship Course, freshman James Grounds of Northview was third among his Vincennes University team and 132nd overall in 29 minutes and 25 seconds at Friday’s Indiana Intercollegiates.