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Anderson achieves
1,000-point milestone
By Tony Lain
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Despite senior forward Nicole An-
dersons career high of 1,000 points,
the University of Indianapolis womens
basketball team fell short to the Quincy
University Hawks on Feb. 4. Anderson is
the 23rd woman in UIndy history to hit
this milestone.
Anderson scored on the first pos-
session of the game, hitting her 1,000
point. Quincy and UIndy battled during
the first half, with multiple lead changes,
sending the Hounds into halftime with
a 37-32 lead.
After the break, UIndy maintained
their lead until the final minutes when
Quincy shot a 3-pointer buzzer beater
to send the game into overtime.
Both teams exchanged the lead in the
overtime session, but the Hawks secured
a 8-0 run in the final seconds, and despite
the Hounds attempts, Quincy took home
the 84-80 win.
Earlier in the week, junior guard Mar-
tha Burses career high of 31 points, was
not enough to pull out a victory for the
Hounds against Truman State on Feb. 2.
Despite the Hounds scoring on the first
possession of the game, the Bulldogs
jumped ahead to take the early lead with
eight straight points.
The score was tied at 20 at the end
of the first quarter. The Hounds reacted,
scoring back to back at the beginning of
the second. Unwilling to give up the lead,
the Bulldogs took the lead again, which
they would maintain for the remainder
of the game.
Alongside Burses achievement, An-
Redshirt sophomore Brendon Kelley works to maneuver Maryvilles Travis Lang onto his back. Kelley went on to win the match 9-4 at 174, but the Hounds fell 23-15.
Wrestling team works towards
Super Region Two Tournament
By Kylee Crane
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan
prepared the wrestlers for their meet
against the No. 4 Maryville University
Saints and No. 6 McKendree University
Bearcats, but the University of India-
napolis wrestling team fell short to both
opponents on Feb. 4.
Despite wins from redshirt junior Nick
Crume, redshirt sophomore D.J. Smith
and redshirt sophomore Brendon Kelley,
the team was unable to secure a win over
either of the top ranked teams.
Prior to the meet, Warthan said that
this meet was one the team had been
looking toward since earlier in the season.
Weve been preparing for this match
up for awhile now. Part of the deal with
sitting guys last week was to be gearing
up for this weekend, so the plan is to have
our best lineup out there for Saturday.
Prior to the weekend matchups at
home, the Greyhounds traveled to Louis-
ville to take on Bellarmine University and
No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Parkside,
splitting the day 1-1.
UIndy fell to the Rangers 31-7. Crume
grabbed the first win at 141 with an
18-5 major decision, and redshirt junior
Neal Molloy claimed a 6-3 decision at
149. Those were the only two wins in
UIndys favor.
The team went on to defeat Bellarmine
37-12. Crume and Molloy pinned their
opponents in the opening minutes of
their matches. Senior Barry McGinley
claimed a 10-2 major decision at 165, and
redshirt junior Luke Kriech followed in
his footsteps with a 13-6 decision at 174.
Redshirt sophomore Dylan Faulkenberg
wrapped up the day with another pin for
the Greyhounds, winning at 285 in 1:48.
Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan
said the team was a little banged upgoing
into the duals but said the team has been
fortunate enough to make adjustments
derson achieved her sixth double-double
of the year, and was the only other Grey-
hound to hit double digit points.
The women split two games at home
the previous week with a win against the
No. 11 Bellarmine University Knights
on Jan. 26, and a loss to the University
of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
on Jan. 28.
The Greyhounds fell to the Scream-
ing Eagles 58-47, showing low shooting
numbers from both teams The Screaming
Eagles, who have the top offense in the
Great Lakes Valley Conference, were held
to just two points in the opening quarter
but rallied to win the game.
The Screaming Eagles outscored
the Greyhounds 23-12 in the second
quarter and led 25-20 at the half. The
Greyhounds were held to 37.3 percent
shooting on the day.
We did not shoot the ball well, said
Head Womens Basketball Coach Kristin
Drabyn.We defended well and held their
leading scorer to four points and made
them take tough shots, but we just didnt
execute as well on offense as we have been
doing essentially since Christmas.
Burse scored 21 points and went 9-for-
15 shooting, her second consecutive and
fifth overall 20-point game since transfer-
ring from neighboring Indiana University
Purdue University of Indianapolis to
become a Greyhound this season.
As with anything, its a learning
process [joining a new team] ... but it
has been very enjoyable, Burse said. Im
the type of person who would prefer to
win and have five points over having 20
points and losing.
The 80-65 win against Bellarmine was
the first win against a ranked opponent
in the lineups. The Greyhounds have
competed with a different lineup in each
of their GLVC duals.
We had to bump up [senior] Andrew
Frey two weight classes. We forfeited two
weight classes against Parkside, and it is
very difficult to win a dual when you forfeit
two matches, Warthan said. Youve got
to make sure youre preparing for the end
of season, so were sitting guys and resting
them who might be a little banged up.
The silver lining is that we have so much
depth that weve been able to throw out
those different lineups and have been able
to compete with these guys.
Before traveling to Louisville, Faulken-
berg received his first GLVC Wrestler of
the Week honor, with redshirt sophomore
Heath Lange attaining the honor the week
before. Currently ranked No. 11 with a
record of 23-7, Faulkenberg did not want
to focus too much on the title.
It just feels good to put in the work
and see results come out from it, he said.
With two more weeks left before the
NCAA Super Region Two Tournament,
Warthan said its kind of a formulawhen
it comes to preparation. The team needs
some rest, but several men must cut weight.
You want to peak at this time, so you
start cutting practices down a bit, making
them a little more intense and focused.The
guys do more little things on their own,
like biking and other cardio at the gym
to burn those calories that way, he said.
Faulkenberg said he and the rest of
his teammates are continuing to build
the momentum in the last few weeks
of the regular season to head into the
tournament.
We just keep working harder and
harder in practice and working on the
small things. Its always the small things
that make you better, he said. My big-
gest challenge is learning how to not just
go through the motions, learning to go
practice by practice and not look too far
in front of me.
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in three years and extended the teams
longest winning streak of the season to
four games.
I thought we pressured them really
well. We took away what they wanted
to do. We were good in our gaps and we
rebounded well,Drabyn said. When we
can do that, we limit their possessions and
maximize our own.
The Hounds held the lead the entire
game, getting 25 points from Anderson,
25 points from Burse and 19 from junior
guard Sarah Costello.
We just stuck to what we learned
in practice: box out, rebound, run in
transition, trust the process and trust the
system, Burse said.
The Greyhounds were statistically
the more physical team in the game,
out-rebounding the Knights 36-28 and
outscoring them in the paint 48-34.
Every game we want to out-rebound
the other team.We especially want to limit
their offensive rebounds, because we dont
want to give them second chance points,
Drabyn said. For us, we want to value
the basketball as much as we can, and
rebounding is one of our top priorities
when it comes to that.
Anderson set a UIndy single-game
record for the program, with the most
field goals made in a game without a miss,
going 11-for-11.
When you get a kid that just buys in
and works really hard each possession, and
who is really coachable, it is important for
the other players to be able to look up to
her and see that, Drabyn said.
UIndy has five games left in the regular
season. Next, they will host the William
Jewell College Cardinals on Feb. 9 in
Nicoson Hall. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
Photo contributed by Laken Detweiler
Division II Coaches Association Poll, the
Greyhounds have high expectations for
their postseason appearances, stemming
from dominant regular season results.
The biggest of these happened on Jan. 14
when the team beat not only Cloud State
University, but also Parkside.
That was a huge win for the program,
and huge for families, alumni, recruits,
Warthan said. To us, it wasnt such a
surprise. I think weve been competitive
in every dual weve had.
Statistically, the Greyhounds have also
been constant in every dual. In their St.
Cloud and Parkside victories, the team
won five of the 10 match-ups in both.
In their dual against then No. 2 Notre
Dame College (OH), the Hounds won
four of the 10 matches and claimed five of
the 10 matches against No. 6 Mercyhurst
University. Those two duals resulted in
losses for the program.
We are literally right there compet-
ing and being consistent in every dual
we have had. Some have gone our way,
and some weve lost, Warthan said. Its
been somewhat of a special season...We
all kind of look towards the end so its
hard for us to hang our hats on those wins.
Weve certainly grown more confident
within those wins, but were just trying
to keep things in perspective and keep
getting better.
With two more seasons ahead of him,
Faulkenberg said he is proud of what the
team has accomplished so far and believes
it will continue to develop.
I see all of this season as a success, he
said.Weve all put in the work, starting in
the off-season. Everyone is dedicated to
doing everything the right way, and I think
we deserve the recognition we receive.
Everythings all coming together, and I
believe it will be even better next year.
The Greyhounds will travel to St. Louis
on Feb. 12 for their last regular season
duals against Ouachita Baptist University
and Notre Dame. The first match is set
to begin at 1 p.m.
Junior guard Sarah Costello scored 19 points to add to the win over the Bellarmine University Knights on
Jan. 26. in Nicoson Hall. The win stretched the womens longest winning streak of the season to four games.
Mens soccer adds
new reserve squad
By Melvin Mendez
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The University of Indianapolis mens
soccer team will add a reserve squad that
will include 30 new student athletes, and
an addition to the coaching staff, Associate
Head Coach Shaun Mahoney.
The new reserve squad will begin its
first season this coming fall. As currently
planned, the season will include 13 games
that will take place every Monday dur-
ing the first teams season and on some
Saturdays.The reserve squads season will
include games against other Division II
schools with reserve programs, Junior
colleges and National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics schools.
The new reserve squad will allow
the Hounds to add more players to the
roster and help players gain experience,
according to Mens Soccer Head Coach
John Higgins.
For me, this is a big thing. We can
now bring on players that we can see
playing for us in a couple of years. With
our recruiting model up to this point, its
been that we need to see them contribute
right away as freshmen, because we have
such a small first team squad, Higgins
said. We have 300 kids through UIndy
a year in camps.This year based on camps,
we would have turned away 299 players
and with the addition of the reserve team,
we can now bring on 30 more players that
have the potential at some point to make
it into our first team. It allows us to cast
our net a little, just a little bit wider than
we have in the past.
According to Vice President for In-
tercollegiate Athletics Sue Willey, new
criteria were added for the Associate
Head Coach position that were not usu-
ally included.
At the time, when we were doing
the announcement of the position and
advertising it, I believe that we put on
there that they needed to have Division
III recruitment experience, Willey said.
The reason why is because that is the key
to whether or not this works. Normally
when we are advertising for positions we
are looking for someone with Division I
or Division II experience. This is a unique
setup where we knew that somebody
needed to have these special qualities,
and that would be someone that recruits
without athletic scholarships, which
would include Division 3. So we were
looking for a Division III coach who in
their mind wanted a different challenge
and a different environment.
As for the recruiting process Higgins
said the recruiting process would not be
different for the reserve squad recruits ex-
cept that the recruits for the reserve squad
would not be offered athletic scholarships.
Mahoney said that recruiting would be
similar to the way he has recruited in
previous years.
Photo by Cassie Reverman
Ive been recruiting without athletic
scholarships for a long time, and it re-
ally comes down to the collegiate soccer
experience that this school has to offer,
and UIndy can offer a really good one,
Mahoney said. Recruiting for it is very
similar to what Ive done in the past. You
still want top talent and the best players
that you can find that are willing to come
in and fill those roles.
Mahoney also mentioned what he
thought the new program would add to
the Greyhounds soccer program.
I think the reserve squad is provid-
ing a great place for players that have
the ability to play collegiate soccer at
other schools, maybe its DIII schools or
whatever it might be. But because of the
Division II model theyre going to have
a better experience, because theyre going
to be able to train more throughout the
year, have the opportunity to work with
the coaching staff. And then ultimately,
that reserve squad will produce top role
players for us in future years, so that we
have some of those guys help win games
with the first team and to hopefully take
the program from being a top 25 program
to being a top 5 program.
The new program will open new win-
dows for the universitys athletic program
in its own unique way, according to Willey.
Even though the program will be different,
it will still stick to the ways of the other
UIndy athletic teams.
All players will be given the same
chance during practices for everyone so
that instead of being two separate teams
both teams will play as one, allowing
players from the reserve squad to get a
chance to play for the first team accord-
ing Higgins.
One of the big keystone parts of our
united as one is servant leadership, and
that involves Coach Mahoney and I work-
ing harder than everyone else and setting
that example, Higgins said. Its going to
be the reserve guys getting the exact same
experience that the first team squad gets
on and off the field. When theyre ready
to make that jump, they can slot right
into the first team and nothing changes.
Currently, recruits have already decided
to join the new UIndy program and are
already on the way to improving the
program, according to Higgins.
Its played out so far how we expected
it to play out,Higgins said. The response
has been pretty good, the quality of the
players that weve brought in is really
good and there are certainly two ways of
going at this: One way is to make it a pure
numbers decision, and you can just bring
in 30 more players, and you can improve
your budget. But weve made it a develop-
ment decision, a soccer decision, to bring
in really high-quality players that can
make that jump to the first team. Its guys
that are serious about the game and guys
that want to fulfill all their potential and
end up playing in a Division II program.