Penn State's Matt Brown has been named an NCAA Elite 89 Award recipient, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships, it was announced on Tuesday. The Elite 89 recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. Additionally, Ohio State's Max Stearns was named an NCAA Elite 89 recipient for fencing. For the complete release, click HERE.
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Illinois 8, Indiana 0
The Fighting Illini were fantastic on offense and defense this afternoon, cruising to an 8-0 rout of the Indiana Hoosiers to complete a sweep of the three-game Big Ten series. Sophomore Shelese Arnold threw her second-straight two-hit shutout, and seven different Illini batters collected hits in front of one of the largest crowds to watch a game at Eichelberger Field this season. RECAP
Michigan 8, Iowa 6 (Game 1); Michigan 8, Iowa 0 (Game 2)
The No. 9-ranked University of Michigan softball team belted two home runs, including a grand slam from freshman Sierra Lawrence, to top Iowa, 8-6, in game one of a doubleheader and then used an 11-hit attack and shutout from sophomore Sara Driesenga to take game two, 8-0, in five innings today at the Wilpon Complex. The pair of victories extends U-M's win streak to 21 games and keeps the squad perfect in the Big Ten with a 16-0 mark. The triumph in game two marked the 15th run-rule win for the Wolverines in 2013. RECAP
Northwestern 2, Penn State 1
One game after both teams combined for 31 runs at Beard Field, Northwestern defeated Penn State, 2-1, Sunday to sweep the series against the Nittany Lions. NU earns its second Big Ten sweep of the year with its win, moving to 25-16 overall on the year and 9-5 in the conference. The game marked the first time in their last 11 contests that the Wildcats failed to score at least seven runs; still, NU earned its fifth-straight victory. RECAP
Purdue 6, Nebraska 5
The Boilermaker softball team held on for a 6-5 win over No. 15 Nebraska on Sunday, marking the team's first win over a ranked opponent in 14 tries in 2013 and first since March 20, 2010. Nebraska scored first, but the Boilermakers put up five runs in the bottom of the first inning and added an insurance run in the second en route to the win. Purdue scored its six runs on 10 hits and an error, while the Huskers managed five runs on seven hits. Sophomore Lexy Moore (9-10) picked up the win, striking out two in four and a third innings, while freshman Lilly Fecho earned the save. RECAP
Wisconsin 4, Ohio State 2
A strong wind off of Lake Mendota didn't stop the Wisconsin softball team's offense Sunday afternoon, as the Badgers used a pair of home runs to power past Ohio State, 4-2, at Goodman Diamond. The victory capped off Wisconsin's weekend Big Ten Conference three-game sweep of the Buckeyes. RECAP
OHIO STATE 7, ILLINOIS 3 Ohio State earned its second-consecutive series win
with a 7-3 Sunday victory over Illinois at Nick Swisher Field at Bill
Davis Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 25-13 on the
season, 9-6 in Big Ten play, while the Illini fall to 24-12, 6-6 in the
conference. RECAP PENN STATE 7, IOWA 4 Winning its first Big Ten series of the season, Penn State posted a 7-4 victory over Iowa on Sunday afternoon, with sophomores J.C. Coban and Taylor Skerpon driving in four runs in the fifth inning for the edge. The
Nittany Lions improve to a 10-25 overall record with a 2-10 mark in
conference play, while the Hawkeyes move to 14-20 and 2-9. RECAP NEBRASKA 12, PURDUE 2 Nebraska defeated Purdue, 12-2, on Sunday afternoon, moving to .500 on the season. RECAP Michigan and Northwestern split a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. For Michigan's recap, click HERE. Northwestern's recap can found HERE. INDIANA 10, Butler 3 No. 19 Indiana swept its three-game series
against Butler with a 10-3 victory at Bulldog Park on Sunday
afternoon. IU took games one (12-2) and two (5-2) at home on Friday and
Saturday. The Hoosiers scored their first eight runs with two outs.
Returning to the lineup for the first time this week, sophomore Kyle
Schwarber served as designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. RECAP
Illinois 5, Indiana 4 (8) (Game 1); Illinois 1, Indiana 0 (Game 2)
The Fighting Illini softball team picked up a pair of one-run victories this afternoon, using prolific offense to defeat Big Ten rival Indiana, 5-4, in extra innings, then capitalized on a two-hit shutout by Shelese Arnold to slide by the Hoosiers, 1-0, in the night cap. With the pair of wins, the Illini move past the Hoosiers in the conference standings, finishing the day at 13-23 (3-11 Big Ten), while Indiana drops to 19-26 (3-12 Big Ten). "Winning the first game in extra innings and the second with a 1-0 shutout was big for our team," said Head Coach Terri Sullivan. RECAP
Northwestern 17, Penn State 14 (8)
Northwestern and Penn State accounted for 31 runs on 28 hits and 18 walks Saturday in an extra-inning slugfest that saw both teams use eight combined pitchers by the fifth inning, but in the end the Wildcats plated three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 17-14 (8) victory and go up 2-0 in the series. NU's 17 runs are the most it has scored in a single game since hanging 17 on Minnesota in a 17-8 (6) run-rule victory on March 30, 2008. NU has scored at least seven runs in each of its last 10 contests this season. RECAP
Nebraska 5, Purdue 2 (9) (Game 1); Nebraska 12, Purdue 2 (Game 2)
Game 1: On a day when timely hits were not falling for the 18th-ranked Nebraska softball team, a seventh-inning home run from Tatum Edwards forced extra innings and a ninth-inning home run from Courtney Breault completed the comeback, as Nebraska won game one of a Saturday doubleheader at Purdue, 5-2. RECAP
Game 2: Behind a solid outing from freshman right-hander Emily Lockman and a 12-run effort out of the Husker offense, the 18th-ranked Nebraska softball team completed a doubleheader sweep of Purdue with a 12-2 victory in game two Saturday afternoon. RECAP
Michigan 5, Iowa 3
A four-run rally in the sixth inning, including a two-run pinch-hit single from freshman Kelsey Susalla (Garden City, Mich./Garden City), turned the game around for the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan softball team today (Saturday, April 20) in a 5-3 comeback win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Wilpon Complex. RECAP
Wisconsin 7, Ohio State 6 (10) (Game 1); Wisconsin 3, Ohio State 1 (Game 2)
With the sun shining, the sky blue and the ice off Lake Mendota, the Wisconsin softball team found a perfect day to win two at Goodman Diamond. The Badgers posted a come-from-behind, 10-inning victory over Ohio State to start the series, before winning, 3-1, in the day's second game to sweep the day. "It was great to be home and get wins," said head coach Yvette Healy. "We haven't been outside that much and it has been cold. When you play team like Ohio State, you know it is always going to be a battle." RECAP
OHIO STATE 7, ILLINOIS 6 Ohio State picked up a 7-6 walk-off win over Illinois
in 10 innings Saturday afternoon at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis
Stadium. Brad Hallberg lined a double into right-center to plate Greg Solomon
with the game-winning run to improve the Buckeyes to 24-13 on the
season, 8-6 in Big Ten play while the Illini fall to 24-11, 6-5 in the
conference. RECAPINDIANA 5, Butler 2 Southpaw Kyle Hart
improved to 6-0 and the Indiana baseball team moved to 28-8 with a 5-2
victory over Butler (17-17) at Bart Kaufman Field on Saturday. The
Hoosiers will look to sweep the three-game series at Bulldog Park in
Indianapolis at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Butler scored both of its runs in the first, but that is all Hart
would allow, as he retired 15 of the final 17 batters he faced. The
sophomore surrendered four hits, struck out six and did not walk a
batter in six innings.
RECAPNEBRASKA 10, PURDUE 2 (Game 1); NEBRASKA 10, PURDUE 4 (Game 2) Nebraska picked up his second doubleheader sweep of the week with a pair of wins over Purdue on Saturday at Alexander Field. After taking game one, 10-2, the Huskers rallied late with nine runs over the final two innings in the night cap to win 10-4. RECAPNORTHWESTERN 6, MICHIGAN 0 Luke Farrell helped Northwestern shutout Michigan, 6-0, on an unforgettable evening at
Wrigley Field.
Farrell matched a career high by going nine innings on the bump.
He retired the first 12 Wolverines he faced before a single to center
field broke up his no-hit bid in the fifth inning. The right-hander
finished with nine strikeouts and allowed just three hits in his second
win of the season. RECAP Iowa and Penn State split a doubleheader of Saturday afternoon. PENN STATE RECAP. IOWA RECAP coming soon.
Three Big Ten football teams wrapped up spring practice on Saturday, including spring games for Michigan State, Penn State and Wisconsin. Recaps for all three schools appear below:
MICHIGAN STATE
The White defeated the Green, 24-17, in the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium on Saturday afternoon. AJ Troup's 46-yard touchdown reception from Andrew Maxwell with 4:32 left in the game proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth game that featured three lead changes. The Green compiled 325 yards of total offense, led by sophomore quarterback Connor Cook, who completed 10-of-26 passes for 217 yards including a 22-yard touchdown pass to DeAnthony Arnett. RECAP
PENN STATE
The Blue-White game scoring system again added an intriguing dimension to the culmination of spring practice, as the Blue (defense) knocked off the White (offense), 67-47, before an estimated 28,000 fans on a Saturday that featured snow, rain, wind and sunshine in Beaver Stadium. Redshirt freshman Akeel Lynch plunged into the south end zone on the White team's opening drive to put the offense on top by a score of 15-4. However, the defense answered with a big finish to the first quarter and a strong second frame en route to a 47-30 lead at halftime. RECAP
WISCONSIN
The offense's successes were easy to see, but it was a series of small victories that made it the defense's day. The Cardinal team, composed of Wisconsin's defensive unit, forced their offensive counterparts on the White squad to go three-and-out on three straight possessions around halftime, a swing that -- given the game's unique scoring system -- proved to be the difference in a 61-47 win in front of 12,050 fans Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. RECAP
ILLINOIS 9, OHIO STATE 2 Senior Kevin Johnson set a school record, and senior Justin Parr's
three-run triple put him closer to UI's hitting streak record in
Illinois' 9-2 win over Ohio State on Friday night. Johnson took a
no-hitter into the sixth inning and grabbed the top spot in school
history with 333 career innings pitched. Senior Justin Parr
extended his hitting streak to 22 games, as the Illini racked up
double-digit hits (14) for their fifth win in a row and allowed their
fewest hits on the year with two. RECAPINDIANA 12, Butler 2 Behind a 12-run, 17-hit attack, the No. 19 Indiana baseball team
(27-8) defeated Butler, 12-2, at Bart Kaufman Field on Friday evening in
the first of a three-game series. Sophomore Scott Donley
went 4-for-4 with two runs batted in, two runs scored and two doubles
hitting in the clean-up spot behind sophomore first baseman Sam Travis .
Travis blasted his sixth home run of the season and also added a pair
of doubles and RBI to go along with three runs in five at-bats.
RECAP
ILLINOIS at Jesse Owens Track Classic - Columbus, Ohio
INDIANA at Polytan Invitational - Bloomington, Ind.
IOWA at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
MICHIGAN at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
MICHIGAN at Drake Relays - Des Moines, Iowa
MICHIGAN STATE at Larry Ellis Invitational - Princeton, N.J.
MICHIGAN STATE at Jesse Owens Track Classic - Columbus, Ohio
MICHIGAN STATE at EMU Invitational - Ypsilanti, Mich.
MINNESOTA at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
NEBRASKA at Kansas Relays - Lawrence, Kan.
NEBRASKA at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
OHIO STATE at Jesse Owens Track Classic - Columbus, Ohio
PENN STATE at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
PENN STATE at Bucknell Team Challenge - Lewisburg, Pa.
PENN STATE at Mississippi State - Starkville, Miss. (Big Ten/SEC Challenge)
PURDUE at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
PURDUE at Dave Rankin Invitational - West Lafayette, Ind.
WISCONSIN at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
WISCONSIN at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
ILLINOIS at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
INDIANA at Polytan Invitational - Bloomington, Ind.
IOWA at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
MICHIGAN at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
MICHIGAN at EMU Invitational - Ypsilanti, Mich.
MICHIGAN STATE at Larry Ellis Invitational - Princeton, N.J.
MICHIGAN STATE at Jesse Owens Track Classic - Columbus, Ohio
MICHIGAN STATE at EMU Invitational - Ypsilanti, Mich.
MINNESOTA at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
MINNESOTA at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
MINNESOTA at Carleton Relays - Carleton, Minn.
NEBRASKA at Kansas Relays - Lawrence, Kan.
NEBRASKA at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
OHIO STATE at Jesse Owens Track Classic - Columbus, Ohio
PENN STATE at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
PENN STATE at Bucknell Team Challenge - Lewisburg, Pa.
PENN STATE at Mississippi State - Starkville, Miss. (Big Ten/SEC Challenge)
PURDUE at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
PURDUE at Dave Rankin Invitational - West Lafayette, Ind.
WISCONSIN at Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, Calif.
WISCONSIN at Musco Twilight XIV - Iowa City, Iowa
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