Inside The
Summit League
Now in its second season, “Inside The Summit League”
is hosted by Tom Nieman. Visit thesummitleague.org/itsl
to view the list of channels and times or to watch online.
This week’s show includes highlights of men’s and
women’s basketball action, an interview with IUPUI’s
head women’s basketball coach Austin Parkinson and the campus
spotlight on IUPUI.
Baseball
The 2014 baseball season begins this weekend with three teams in
action … Fort Wayne starts a four-game set at Alabama
A&M Friday, while South Dakota State faces Jackson State and
Texas Southern in the JSU Tournament this weekend … Omaha
travels to Knoxville, Tenn., to face Purdue and Tennessee in four
games which now begins on Saturday due to weather issues.
Men’s
Basketball / Women’s
Basketball
The Summit League men’s and women’s basketball
continues this weekend … The men’s
and women’s
weekly notebooks and the men’s
and women’s
resource pages supply all the necessary league info to follow the
season … George Hill (IUPUI ’09) scored a career-high
38 points, including sinking the game-tying three-pointer at the
end of regulation, to lead the Indiana Pacers past Portland in
overtime last Friday (Feb. 7). Hill and the Pacers sit atop the
Eastern Conference standings at the NBA All-Star break …
Nate Wolters (South Dakota State ’13) made his seventh
consecutive start for the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday (Feb. 12) and
has 14 starts as a rookie.
Softball
All seven league teams are competing with six teams in
non-league tournaments … Highlighting this weekend’s
schedule are games against four teams ranked in the USA Today/NFCA
and ESPN.com/USA Softball top-25 polls and three games vs.
opponents receiving votes in one or both polls ... North Dakota
State will face No. 13/12 Florida State three times at the Florida
State Renegade Classic this weekend … At the Texas Classic,
Fort Wayne takes on No. 15/16 Texas on Friday and No. 7/9 Kentucky
on Saturday … South Dakota is set to play San Diego State
and Cal State Fullerton who are receiving votes, while Omaha and
Western play Auburn, also receiving votes.
Swimming
& Diving
All seven league teams are idle this weekend as they
prepare for the 2014 Summit League Swimming & Diving
Championships, which begin on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the IU
Natatorium in Indianapolis … Summit Leaguers still have a
combined nine NCAA top-30 individual and relay times, including
three in the top-10 … Denver’s Dylan Bunch ranks fifth
in the nation in the men’s 1,650 free (14:54.60) and
ninth in the 1,000 free (9:06.26), while Sam Corea is
10th in the women’s 200 back (1:53.78).
Men’s
Tennis / Women’s
Tennis
Denver ascended in the latest ITA rankings released Tuesday (Feb.
11), with the Pioneer women up four spots to No. 50 ....
Individually, the men’s team received singles and doubles
recognition with Henry Craig moving up three spots to No. 83 and
the doubles teams of Craig and Diogo Rocha entering the rankings at
No. 32 and the tandem of Rocha and Aidan Talcott at No. 52.
Indoor
Track & Field
Two Summit League women’s teams are ranked
in the USTFCCCA Top-15 Regional rankings, North Dakota State is
ranked seventh and South Dakota is 11th in the Midwest
Region … As a league, the women are ranked 13th
in the USTFCCCA Conference Index rankings … All seven teams
are in action this weekend … Five teams, North Dakota State,
Omaha , South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois will
be competing at the Iowa State Classic … On Saturday, North
Dakota State hosts the Bison Open where South Dakota State will
also be competing ... Summit Leaguers have combined for eight NCAA
top-30 times/marks, including four top-10 performances …
South Dakota’s Megan Glisar is tied for third in the high
jump (6’0.5”/1.84m) … Also for the Coyotes Emily
Grove is tied for fourth in the pole vault
(14’3.25”/4.35m), while teammate Bethany (Buell)
Firsick is tied for seventh (14’17.5”/4.31m) …
On the men’s side, North Dakota State’s Andy Lillejord
is sixth in the nation in the heptathlon (5,628 points).
RESOURCES
thesummitleague.org
“Inside The
Summit League”
Viewbook
Summit League Championships
Twitter: @thesummitleague // @summithoops // @summitchamps
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