SLIAC Weekly Release - March 18
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
Danso, Ellis, and Pinkley Represent 2015 SLIAC Hall of Fame Class (March 12, 2015)
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference will induct three members in the 2015 Hall of Fame Class this May at Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri during the annual conference banquet. This year’s SLIAC Hall of Fame class includes from Principia College Yaw Danso and Lee Ellis and from Fontbonne University Diana Pinkley.....MORE
Iowa Wesleyan To Host Southeast Iowa Special Olympics Spring Games (March 13, 2015)
April 11, 2015 will mark the first annual hosting of the Southeast Iowa Special Olympics Spring Games at Iowa Wesleyan in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa......MORE
Styles Named D3hoops.com Central Region Rookie of the Year (March 16, 2015)
D3hoops.com released the 2014-15 All-Region teams, and Spalding University forward Kayla Styles has been named the All-Central Region Rookie of the Year......MORE
SLIAC Game of the Week: Iowa Wesleyan at Webster (March 17, 2015)
The season may have just started but there is little time to waste as conference games are already under way in SLIAC baseball. This week's SLIAC Game of the Week is between Iowa Wesleyan College and Webster University......MORE
Fuhler Named MacMurray Athletic Director (March 18, 2015)
Justin Fuhler, who has been MacMurray’s head baseball coach for the past two years, has been named Athletic Director of the 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
Baseball - Tyler Branneky, Westminster College (Hitter)
Matt Goro, Webster University (Pitcher)
Softball - Natalie Foster, MacMurray College (Hitter)
Kelci Flener, Spalding University (Pitcher)
Men's Tennis - Joey Sander, Principia College
Women's Tennis - Monica Behrle, Webster University
Baseball l Softball l Men's Tennis l Women's Tennis l Men's Track & Field l Women's Track & Field
SLIAC SPRING STANDINGS
| BASEBALL | SOFTBALL | |||||
| School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall | |
| East Division | Westminster | 2-0 | 3-6 | |||
| Principia | 1-1 | 1-4 |
Fontbonne | -- | 5-5 | |
| Blackburn | -- | 4-4 | Iowa Wesleyan |
-- | 4-4 | |
| Spalding | -- | 3-3 | MacMurray | -- | 3-5 | |
| MacMurray | -- | 3-5 | Greenville | -- | 2-4 | |
| Greenville | -- | 1-6 |
Spalding | -- | 1-4 | |
| West Division |
Webster | -- | 2-9 | |||
| Westminster | 3-0 | 5-1 |
Blackburn | -- | 0-2 | |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
1-1 |
5-3 | Eureka | -- | 0-6 | |
| Webster | -- | 6-4 | Principia | 0-2 | 3-8 |
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| Fontbonne | -- | 5-5 | ||||
| Eureka | -- | 0-0 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
The Blackburn baseball team has rebounded after four losses to open the year with four straight wins to improve their record to 4-4 this season. The Beavers took the final game of a three game series against Loyola (La.) and followed with a win over Benedictine-Springfield and a sweep of Lincoln Christian. They put their winning streak on the line against first-place Westminster on Friday. |
Eureka men's basketball player Seth Wickert was named the Bennett Rank D3 Stud of the Year. Wickert received over half of the 3,300 votes in the national contest. Wickert had previously earned Co-Stud for Week 13 after recording 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists against MacMurray. Bennett Rank assists in advancing interest and appreciation for small school athletics and can be found at www.bennettrank.com |
The Fontbonne baseball team is off to a 5-5 start this year, and are most recently coming off an 11-1 win over Illinois College on Tuesday. The Griffins are averaging 6.1 runs per game this season and begin SLIAC play with a three game series against Eureka College this weekend. Fontbonne's pitching staff features two of the early SLIAC strikeout leaders in Tanner Carter and Cale Laughlin. |
For the second consecutive year the Panther baseball team has been slow out of the gates. The Panthers are just 1-6 this season, after advancing to the SLIAC Tournament Championship game last year. Last season the Panthers started the season 2-7 before finding their stride. The Panthers have one non-conference game this week, against Ripon, before jumping into SLIAC play with a double header against Spalding on Saturday. |
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MacMurray men's basketball senior Clayton Whitlock was named to the 2014-15 NABC Second Team All-Central District. Whitlock averaged 17.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this season while leading the conference in scoring and field-goal percentage. He was also named the SLIAC Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference. |
Joey Sander was named the SLIAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week after recording four wins in his return to his home state of California. Sander picked up two singles wins, including a win over regionally ranked Cal Tech, and added two wins in doubles. His only singles loss of the week was a three hour battle against Biola, falling 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6). |
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The Webster baseball team made an emphatic return to the D3baseball.com national poll. After falling out of the rankings last week the Gorloks recorded five wins including four victories over ranked opponents. With their success last week the Gorloks pushed their way back into the poll and are now ranked #22 in Division III. |
The Westminster softball team started conference action with a double header sweep of Principia this week. The Blue Jays won 10-2 and 10-3 as their bats exploded for season highs in runs scored. Westminster is now 3-6 overall and jumps into a four game non-conference stretch where they host Coe College and Illinois College. |
THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
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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.
