Rose-Hulman's men's soccer team dominated visiting dominated Earlham on Wednesday night in a 5-0 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory highlighted by a Ryan Shapiro three-goal hat trick on the RHIT turf.
Benjamin Murphy and Eli Miller picked up the other two goals with Miller's coming on a penalty kick. Assists on Wednesday night went to Nick Phillips, Cameron Hannah and Pace Morel. Phillips and Morel both had two assists each.
Justin Burns made one save in goal.
Rose-Hulman (7-6-3, 5-2 HCAC) is back in action at Bluffton on Saturday.
Women's soccer
• Rose-Hulman 1, Earlham 0 — At Richmond, Ind., the Engineers came away with a shutout victory over Earlham on Wednesday afternoon in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
Elizabeth Becklund recorded the lone goal for the Engineers with Meagan Hall picking up the assist. Alicia Gonzalez made three saves in goal.
The Engineers (9-2-2, 4-2-2 HCAC) are back in action at Bluffton on Saturday.
Volleyball
• Anderson 3, Rose-Hulman 2 — At Anderson, the Engineers fell in a tight HCAC match Wednesday.
Greta Carlson led the Engineers with 25 kills while Emma Blanton was also in double digits with 15. Julia Irman had a team-leading 27 assists with Shea Clements tallying a team-high 26 digs. Blanton and Kennedy Ortwell were also in double digits with 16 and 12 digs respectively.
The Engineers (5-15, 1-3 HCAC) are back in action at Bluffton on Saturday.
College basketball
• Gregory, Cooper cited by MVC — Indiana State men's basketball's Karmani Gregory and Jackson Cooper were named to the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Watch List released Wednesday.
Both players transferred to ISU prior to this season, Gregory from South Carolina Upstate and Cooper from Oregon Tech. In the Sycamores' 81-74 exhibition loss Sunday at Butler, Gregory scored a team-high 22 points, while Cooper scored 12.
Gregory was an All-Big South Conference honorable mention selection at Upstate. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged a team-high 15.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, while adding 91 assists and 33 steals last season. Cooper earned NAIA Second Team All-American honors following his third season at Oregon Tech. The 6-7 forward averaged a team-high 17.7 points per game and was seventh in NAIA with 174 total assists, while also averaging 7.7 rebounds per game.
The Sycamores finish their preseason schedule with a 6 p.m. matchup against Rose-Hulman in Hulman Center.
Women's golf
• Standtke receives honor — Indiana State women’s golfer’s Louise Standtke was recognized by the Missouri Valley Conference as one of the MVC’s Golfer of the Week honorees on Wednesday afternoon.
This is the first time Standtke has received the honor in her Sycamore career following a standout performance that resulted in her tying for third place overall at the Braun Intercollegiate.
The Lejre, Denmark native was integral in ISU's late run up the leaderboard over the final day of the Braun Intercollegiate held at the Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville, Ind. The Sycamores’ top four scorers in the lineup combined to shoot five-under par from holes 15-18 as Indiana State closed out the Braun Intercollegiate placing second overall in the team standings.
Prep boys soccer
• Salem 1, Robinson 0 — At Richland County, Ill., the only dent in the Robinson defense came on a goal by Salem two minutes before halftime, but that proved enough to end the Maroons' season on Wednesday in the IHSA Olney Regional.
Felix Reynolds had 35 saves in goal for Robinson, while Joel York and Isabella Sostenes had two steals apiece, and Hayden Bonnell had three shots.
The Maroons finished 11-6-1 for the season. "The Maroons had a great season," coach Hillary Maxwell said. "Our seniors finally got the season they deserved. I'm proud of each one of them."