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 an interview with North
Dakota State’s new head men’s basketball coach David
Richman, highlights of baseball and softball action, a feature on
the Denver women’s golf program and the campus spotlight on
South Dakota.
Baseball
Summit League play continues this weekend with four-game
series’ … North Dakota State hosts Western Illinois
while Fort Wayne hosts South Dakota State … Omaha has a bye
from league competition this weekend and will travel to Peoria,
Ill., to face Bradley in a three-game set.
Golf
The Summit League Championships begin Monday and run through
Wednesday … All eight men’s and women’s teams
will be competing at the Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club in Keller, Texas
… The Denver women’s team is currently ranked No. 41
in the Golfstat rankings while senior Tonje Daffinrud is No. 15
… Go to the championship website by clicking here
to get all the information … Fans can also follow along with
live stats on Golfstat.
Softball
With only three weekends of league play remaining before
the league championship, six teams are in action in league play
this weekend … League-leading North Dakota State hosts
second place Fort Wayne, while third place South Dakota welcomes
fourth place IUPUI and South Dakota State hosts Omaha … Five
teams and eight players are ranked in the NCAA top-30, including in
the top-10 in seven categories and one NCAA leader … A pair
of Summit League players are ranked in multiple categories …
Fort Wayne’s Miranda Kramer is ranked in the top-two in three
categories, first in the nation in shutouts (10) and second in
strikeouts (232) and strikeouts per seven innings (11.5) …
Western Illinois’ Sammy Marshall is ranked in the top-10 in
three categories, fifth in batting average (.477), seventh in runs
per game (1.21) and ninth in stolen bases (0.76).
Men’s
Tennis / Women’s
Tennis
The men’s regular season title and tournament top seed will
be decided Friday when Denver (4-0 Summit) hosts Fort Wayne (4-0)
… Women’s regular season ends this weekend with Denver
(3-0) hosting cluster action that also involves Fort Wayne (2-1),
IUPUI (1-2), Omaha (2-1), South Dakota (0-3), South Dakota State
(3-1) and Western Illinois (0-3) … The 2014 Men’s and
Women’s Tennis Championships are April 25-27 at
Denver.
Outdoor
Track & Field
All seven league teams are in action this weekend
… IUPUI, North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota
State are at the Mt. SAC Relays … North Dakota State, South
Dakota and South Dakota State will also be competing at the Bryan
Clay Invitational and Long Beach Invitational while on the West
coast … Summit Leaguers have combined for six times/marks in
the NCAA top-30, including two in the NCAA top-15 …
NDSU’s Paige Stratioti is seventh in the nation in the 800
meters with a time of 2:05.94 and SDSU’s Mary Wirth is tied
for 15th in the high jump with a height of 5'10.75" (1.80m).
RESOURCES
thesummitleague.org
“Inside The
Summit League”
Viewbook
Summit League Championships
Twitter: @thesummitleague // @summithoops // @summitchamps
THE WEEK IN
TWEETS
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League’s “Week in Tweets”
