SLIAC Weekly - Feb. 13
HEADLINES
MacMurray Celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Feb. 6, 2019)
On Wednesday, February 6, MacMurray Athletics participated in a nationwide celebration of the 33rd annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day. MacMurray Athletics boasts over 80 female student-athletes across seven varsity sports, with a few multi-sport athletes.....MORE
SLIAC Feature Friday with Jack De Burgh (Feb. 8, 2019)
This week's SLIAC Feature Friday is with Jack De Burgh, a baseball player from Iowa Wesleyan University. Jack, who grew up in Australia, talks with us about his drive through the states over winter break.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the Week: Spalding at Blackburn (Feb. 12, 2019)
Our final SLIAC Game of the Week for the 2018-19 men's basketball season is a meeting between Blackburn College and Spalding University. Despite 10 conference wins, Spalding is still looking to secure a spot in this year's conference tournament while Blackburn is 8-8 and is trying to make a late run for the playoffs.....MORE
AROUND THE SLIAC
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Blackburn College Blackburn has named Morgan Hauser their new volleyball head coach. Hauser is a familiar face in the SLIAC, having played at MacMurray College and serving on the coaching staff last season. For more information on the hiring click HERE |
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Eureka College The Red Devils men's basketball team notched their first back-to-back wins in nearly a month when they defeated Fontbonne and Greenville last week. Eureka knocked off Greenville 161-153 behind 51 points from Dakota Bennington. |
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Fontbonne University The Fontbonne men's basketball team will be looking to close out their regular season on a high. The Griffins have two games remaining and need two wins to finish the season with a .500 record in conference play. Fontbonne is on the road at Iowa Wesleyan on Wednesday and home against Spalding on Saturday. |
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Greenville University Greenville is still in a battle for the hosting rights for the SLIAC Men's Basketball Tournament. The Panthers are tied for first in the standings with a 13-3 record and will face Westminster and Webster in their final two regular season games this week. |
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Iowa Wesleyan University Jarryd Fernandes tied a school record with 51 points in his team's 128-125 loss to Greenville last weekend. Fernandes scored his 51 points while making 21 field goals, setting a new single-game mark for the Tigers, and added 13 rebounds and six assists. |
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MacMurray College MacMurray freshman Chassidy Hays will cap off her impressive freshman season this week with games against Eureka and Westminster. Hays is coming off a 22 point, 14 rebound game and is currently averaging 16.4 points per game while leading the league in rebounds (13.2 per game) and field goal percentage (.597). |
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Principia College The Panthers men's basketball team celebrated senior day with an 88-83 win over Webster on Tuesday night. The Panthers rallied from a 52-36 halftime deficit to defeat the Gorloks for the first time in 15 seasons. Senior Micah Paulson led the way with 28 points while fellow senior Evan Eisenhauer finished with two points, two rebounds, and a blocked shot. |
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Spalding University Spalding needs just one win in their final two games of the regular season to secure a spot in the SLIAC Men's Basketball Tournament. The Golden Eagles are currently 10-6 in the SLIAC and have road games against Blackburn and Fontbonne to close out the regular season. |
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Webster University Webster clinched a spot in the 2019 SLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament last weekend and are currently fourth in the standings. The Gorloks are the defending SLIAC Tournament champions. |
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Westminster College Earlier this week Blue Jay senior guard Kendahl Adams picked up her second SLIAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week award this season. Adams averaged 23.5 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists in two wins for Westminster. |