Around Kentuckiana: UK women clinch SEC berth
Kentucky’s women’s soccer team clinched a spot in the Southeastern Conference tournament with a 2-0 win over visiting LSU Friday night.
Stuart Pope and Jade Klump each scored for UK (11-5, 6-3), which earned its fifth straight trip to the conference tourney. LSU fell to 5-11-2, 1-7-1.
• Bellarmine 1, Illinois-Springfield 0: Emily Hollander’s penalty kick in the 69th minute was the only goal the host Knights (12-2-2, 10-1-2 GLVC) needed.
By beating the Prairie Stars (3-11-2 0-11-2 GLVC), Bellarmine clinched a home match in the first round of the GLVC Tournament.
• Eastern Kentucky 2, Eastern Illinois 1: Logan Harvey’s first career goal came in the 97th minute, and the host Colonels (4-13-1, 2-6-1 Ohio Valley Conference) beat the Panthers (3-13-2, 1-7-1).
Cassie Smith put EKU ahead 1-0 nine minutes into the match with her team-leading seventh goal of the season.
• Murray State 3 (Julie Mooney, Taylor Richerson, Pavlina Nepokojova), Austin Peay 2 (Gina Fabbro, Courtney Sheppard): Julie Mooney tied the Murray State program mark for most goals in a season (13) as the Racers (10-7, 6-2) defeated the host Governors (4-11-1, 3-4-1).
• NKU 2 (Aubrey Muench 2), Lipscomb 0: The visiting Norse (7-7-3, 3-3-1) clinched their first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference tournament berth after beating the Bisons (10-6-2, 4-2-1).
• Louisiana Tech 1, WKU 0.
• McKendree 1, Southern Indiana 0.
Basketball
Pikeville’s men and Campbellsville’s women were tabbed as the top teams in the Mid-South Conference college basketball coaches poll released Friday.
Pikeville — the defending men’s regular-season and tournament champion — had three of nine first-place votes and 58 points.
The Bears open their season Monday night at home against Grace Bible.
No. 2 Georgetown, which opens Monday with a home game against Miami Middletown, had two of the other six first-place votes.
No. 3 Campbellsville three first-place votes and No. 5 Lindsey Wilson the other first-place vote.
Campbellsville’s women had 48 points and six of eight first-place votes. The Tigers won the regular season title and advanced to the NAIA quarterfinals.
Lindsey Wilson, second in the women’s poll, had the other two first-place votes.
The complete polls, with first-place votes in parentheses, are below:
Men
1, Pikeville (3). 2, Georgetown (2). 3, Campbellsville (3). 4, Cumberlands. 5, Lindsey Wilson (1). 6, Life. 7, St. Catharine. 8, Cumberland, Tenn. 9, Shawnee State.
Women
1, Campbellsville (6). 2, Lindsey Wilson (2). 3, Georgetown. 4, Cumberland, Tenn. 5, Cumberlands. 6, Shawnee State. 7, Pikeville. 8, St. Catharine.
Men’s soccer
• Bellarmine 2, Illinois-Springfield 0: Brycen Howard scored in the 50th minute, and Dan Schiavi added an insurance goal in the 78th as the host Knights (7-7-2, 5-6-2 GLVC) shut out the Prairie Stars (4-11, 2-11).
• Louisville 0, Clemson 0: The No. 11 Cardinals (8-5-2, 4-2-1) and the visiting Tigers (8-6-1, 4-2-1) went to a scoreless draw.
In the final seconds of the second overtime period, Clemson’s Kyle Fisher’s goal was negated by a penalty in the box.
• McKendree 2, Southern Indiana 1, OT.
Volleyball
• Kentucky 3, Arkansas 0: Anni Thomasson;s 11 kills and 12 digs helped the No. 16 Wildcats (18-3, 8-1 SEC) sweep the host Razorbacks (11-10, 5-3) 25-20, 25-20, 25-19.
• Morehead State 3, Jacksonville State 2: The visiting Eagles (1-22, 1-8 OVC) finally broke into the victory column after a five-set win over the Gamecocks (14-11, 6-3) 21-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Two Eagles had career highs in the match - Hannah Sigala (22 kills) and Colbey Cameron (64 assists).
• WKU 3, FIU 0: Heather Boyan had 14 kills, zero attack errors, five blocks and three digs to lead the Lady Toppers (21-5, 9-1 Conference USA) past the Golden Panthers (6-16, 3-6).
• Spalding 3, Westminster 1: Elisa Burkman had 18 kills and Casey Wilkerson 14 digs as the visiting Golden Eagles (14-15, 11-5 SLIAC) won 24-26, 25-17, 25-22, 25-13.
• Illinois d. Indiana 25-18, 25-14, 25-19.
• Indiana Tech d. IU Southeast 20-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-16.
Murray State d. SIU Edwardsville 25-22, 25-18, 25-23.
• NKU d. Lipscomb 18-25, 22-25, 25-17, 27-25, 15-9.
• St. Catharine d. IU Southeast 20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-12, 15-7.
Field hockey
• Louisville 3, UC Davis 0: Lotta Kahlert, Rachel McCarthy and Victoria Stratton scored as the host Cardinals (13-4) won on Senior Day.
• Maryland 8 (Maxine Fluharty, Carrie Hanks, Anna Dessoye 2, Sarah Sprink, Shari Jones, Emma Rissinger, Welma Luus), Indiana 2 (Karen Lorite, Taylor Pearson).
Women’s tennis
• IU Southeast advances to KIAC final: The Grenadiers (8-3) beat host Asbury 5-1 in a semifinal, and will face Ashford at 10 a.m. today in the championship match at Asbury.