Allegheny College Athletics - Earlham Snaps Losing Streak To Gators

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Athletes of the Week

Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Beth Muller

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

Earlham Snaps Losing Streak To Gators

1/8/2010 9:31:54 PM

Box Score

RICHMOND, Ind. – Earlham women’s basketball team shot 56 percent from the floor and held a 38-22 rebounding advantage to defeat Allegheny 75-69 in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) action on Friday night.

Nikki Darrett posted15 points and nine rebounds, while Michelle Miranda was perfect all across the board going 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the line to help the Quakers (2-10, 1-3 NCAC) snap a 17-game losing streak against the Gators and post their first win since the 2001-02 season.

The Gators’ (5-8, 2-2 NCAC) Jill Gregory led all scorers with 23 points. Brittany Bell and Emilie Simone tallied 13 points apiece.

Earlham rallied back from a nine-point deficit with a 18-2 run in the first half to hold a 33-29 lead at halftime and then fend off Allegheny in the second stanza for its first conference win of the season.

Allegheny posted an 11-1 spurt in the first 10 minutes of the game to take a 14-5 lead, behind three-pointers by Bell and Gregory.

The Quakers knocked in five of their six first-half three-pointers to turn the tables and take a 26-18 lead with 5:02 before intermission. Simone and Gregory exchanged baskets, while Laura Magnelli hit a jumper and Gregory made a layup to pull within one at 30-29. Earlham closed out the half with its final triple by Katy Buda for a four-point lead.

With the score tied at 49-all, Simone made two jumpers and Gregory added a layup for a quick 53-49 lead. Earlham went 8-for-12 from the free –throw line two minutes to regain a 59-53 advantage. Miranda scored five straight points to give the Quakers their largest lead at 64-55.

Gregory matched Miranda with a three-pointer and layup to make it 68-66 with 1:24 left to play. Charvonne Long drained a layup and Darrett took advantage of an Allegheny turnover to give Earlham a seven-point edge with 11 ticks left.

The Gators forced 26 turnovers and shot 51.9 percent in the second half, but could not overcome the Quakers down the stretch.

Allegheny is back in action tomorrow at Wittenberg. Game time is 2 p.m.