Thursday, March 26, 2009

Ewing helps Auburn to 6th-place in NCAAs

By Nick Brockman, Messenger Sports Reporter nbrockman@the-messenger.com
Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:03 AM CDT
Former Madisonville-North Hopkins standout swimmer Emile Ewing wrapped up her collegiate career in impressive style with Auburn University (Ala.) during the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships, which ended Saturday.

Ewing, a senior, swam the second leg of Auburn's 200-yard freestyle relay as the team established a school-record time of 1:27.15 on March 19. The time broke the group's previous record by more than a second set during last month's Southeastern Conference Championships.

For the team's effort, the four swimmers earned All-American status.

Individually, Ewing finished the 50 free in a career-best :22.44, taking 22nd in the preliminaries.

The one-time Lady Maroon also claimed 23rd in the 200 backstroke and 32nd in the 200 free.

As a team, Auburn finished the meet in sixth place.

Women's basketball 

Murray State University senior Angela Mullins' career also came to a close during the weekend as the Racers fell in the second round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament.

Mullins, a Hopkins County Central graduate, collected three rebounds, two points and a steal in Murray's 87-49 loss to the University of Mississippi on Sunday.

The Racers advanced to play Ole Miss after beating the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 67-65 on Friday. During the contest, Mullins recorded four points and two rebounds. The win marked Murray's second victory in school history in the WNIT.

Murray (23-9) lost in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship to Austin Peay State University, but earned a berth in the WNIT for winning the OVC regular-season title

Mullins started each of the team's 32 contests. The former Lady Storm player averaged 5.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while racking up a team-best 27 blocks on the season. She also made 51 percent of her shots from the field, a team-high.

Baseball

Jorge Tauil, who graduated from Central, collected two hits during Oakland City University's three-game series with Lincoln Memorial University (Tenn.) during the weekend.

Unfortunately for Tauil and the Oaks, the competition proved much stronger and swept Oakland City (Ind.). Lincoln Memorial won a doubleheader 14-1 and 8-0 on Saturday and then finished the weekend with a 15-3 victory on Sunday.


Softball

Dawson Springs graduate Katrina Carter continued to improve her statistics last week for Wabash Valley College (Ill.).

Carter, a pitcher, lowered her ERA from 2.00 to 1.37 and moved her record to 2-0 after allowing just one earned run.

During the week, Carter tossed eight and 1/3 innings and struck out four batters while allowing just two hits.

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