This week in the SLIAC is a weekly review of the St. Louis
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It recaps the prior weeks
results and highlights upcoming events. You can also find the
latest standings, statistics, schedules and awards.
HEADLINES
A Day in the
Life...With Deanna Scheck (November 28, 2014)
This week we talked with Principia College's Deanna Scheck.
Scheck, a volleyball player, is planning on going into criminal
justice. See what a typical day is for Deanna .....MORE
Principia's Richards
Competes At Nationals (December 1, 2014)
It was at the King's Island Golf Course on a cold morning
at 11:00am. Principia sophomore Nate Richards was among the 280
competitors at the NCAA D3 National Cross Country Championsips.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: Fontbonne vs. Principia- Women's Basketball (December 2,
2014)
SLIAC play has started for the 2014-15 basketball season
and this week's SLIAC Game of the Week features two teams looking
to continue a strong start to the season; Fontbonne University and
Principia College.....MORE
SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances
during the week. Click on the sport link below to see the full list
of 2014-15 Players of the Week. For this week's Player of the Week
release - HERE
Men's Basketball- Hunter Ward, Webster University
Women's Basketball- Emmie Haring, Fontbonne University
Men's Basketball l Women's
Basketball
SLIAC WINTER STANDINGS
Men's
Basketball
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Women's
Basketball
|
School |
SLIAC |
Overall |
|
School |
SLIAC |
Overall |
Webster
|
1-0 |
4-2 |
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Fontbonne |
1-0 |
3-1 |
Fontbonne
|
1-0 |
1-4 |
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Webster |
1-0 |
4-2 |
Iowa Wesleyan
|
--- |
3-1 |
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Eureka |
--- |
2-2 |
Spalding |
--- |
2-2 |
|
Spalding |
--- |
2-2 |
Greenville |
--- |
2-3 |
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Greenville |
--- |
1-2 |
Eureka |
--- |
1-2 |
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Westminster |
--- |
1-2 |
Westminster |
--- |
1-3 |
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Iowa Wesleyan
|
--- |
1-3 |
Blackburn |
--- |
1-4 |
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Blackburn
|
--- |
0-3 |
Principia |
0-1 |
1-4 |
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Principia |
0-1 |
3-2 |
MacMurray |
0-1 |
0-4 |
|
MacMurray |
0-1 |
0-4 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
The Blackburn men's basketball team notched their first win of the
season on Saturday with an 81-68 win over Illinois Tech. The
Beavers shot just 38-percent in the game but forced 29 turnovers
and got to the free-throw line 37 times. Four players scored in
double figures with Chris Davis leading the way with 16 points.
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The Eureka College baseball program will hold a Winter Hitting
Camp December 27th through December 29th and be split up into a
morning and an afternoon session. Hitting sessions will focus on
grip, stance, proper load, balance and weight transfer throughout
the swing, as well as approach and the mental side of hitting. Cost
is $75.00 per camper and will include a camp t-shirt.
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Emmie Haring, a sophomore guard from Ballwin, Mo., was named SLIAC
Women's Basketball Player of the Week this week after helping the
Griffins to a 93-88 win over Knox. Haring was in the giving mood,
finishing the game with 12 assists; tying the program record for
assists in a game. Haring accounted for 34 of the Griffins points
as she added 10 points herself on 4-of-7 shooting while also
grabbing six rebounds and adding three steals.
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The Greenville women's basketball team picked up their first win
of the year in their last outing and will look to continue that
streak when they host Spalding and Westminster this week. In fact
the Panthers have a six game stretch at home and are not on the
road again until the New Year. Greenville is currently 1-2 on the
season.
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Iowa Wesleyan College has launched a new athletic website. The new
site features an updated design with user friendly features
including a Tiger athletic apparel store and Hall of Fame section.
Check out the new Tigers website at
http://www.iwctigers.com/index.php
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The MacMurray College basketball teams are partnering with the
West Central Illinois Leathernecks Marine Corps League #1177
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 6, for a Toys for Tots donation drive in
Bill Wall Gymnasium. Fans are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped
toy to Saturday’s MacMurray College women’s and
men’s conference basketball games against Spalding
University. The women’s game tips off at 1 p.m. and the
men’s game follows at 3 p.m.
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Principia College's Nate Richards recently competed at the NCAA
Division III Cross Country National Championship. Richards was one
of 280 competitors and pushed near the top mid-way through the
race, in 18th place. However Richards fell back and finished 39th
overall.
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Brandon Gabriel and Brandon Goeing combined for 34 points to lead
the Spalding men's basketball team to an 80-63 win over
Transylvania last Saturday. Gabriel and Goeing each scored 17
points while Renaldo Moore added 15 points and a game high seven
rebounds.
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Hunter Ward, a sophomore guard from St. Louis, Mo., was named
SLIAC Men's Basketball Player the Week this week after helping the
Gorloks to a pair of wins on the week including keying a come from
behind victory over Loras. Trailing 72-56 with just over
three-minutes left in the game Ward knocked down three consecutive
three-pointers in a 31-second span to spark the Gorloks. Ward
knocked down a fourth three-pointer with 17-seconds left to tie the
game, with Webster eventually winning in overtime. On the week Ward
averaged 16.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game while
shooting 47.8-percent from the field with nine total
three-pointers. |
The Westminster women's basketball team will look to start SLIAC
play the right way when they host Webster on Wednesday night. The
Blue Jays have dropped two consecutive games and are 1-2 on the
season. Andrea Zalis is leading the team at 17.3 points per
game.
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THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
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tools. You can follow us on Twitter (@sliac) HERE or Facebook
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Be sure to check out the SLIAC You Tube Channel. There you will
find our weekly Feature Friday series where we talk with
student-athletes from around the conference and help you get to
know them outside of athletics and give you an idea of what it is
like to be a NCAA Division III student-athlete. This week we talked
with Deanna Scheck, a volleyball player from Principia College. See
what a typical day includes for Deanna HERE