While it’s not the Red and White jerseys they wore as prep standouts at Wadsworth, Lindsay Tenyak and Taylor Woods seem to like wearing Purple and Gold now.

The backcourt tandem has not only taken the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference by storm, but has helped turn Ashland University women’s basketball team into one of the best in the nation.

Lindsay Tenyak

The Eagles, who are ranked No. 5 in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Poll, extended their school-record win streak to 22 with a 66-56 victory over No. 25 Ferris State. The victory clinched the GLIAC South Division crown for the Eagles.

Coming into the week, Tenyak and Woods were among the top players in the league.

Tenyak, a starting guard, was the league’s leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), along with being one of the top long-range shooters in the GLIAC in 3-point percentage (5th, .427) and attempts per game (2.0/41). Woods, who is one of Ashland’s top guards off the bench in her rookie campaign, is also one of the conference’s best shooter from beyond the arc, canning 22-of-47 to pace GLIAC shooters in percentage (.268).

Another former Grizzly, freshman forward Robyn Rotterschmidt, has appeared in eight games for the Eagles.

Men’s basketball

Sharp-shooting guard Alan Sheppard (Wadsworth) is at it again for Hiram College. The junior had 16 points in a win over Allegheny and followed that up with an 18-point night in a setback to Ohio Wesleyan.
•Wheaton sophomore guard Tyler Peters (Medina) netted a team-high 17 points and ripped down seven rebounds as the No. 19 Thunder outlasted North Central College, 64-61. Earlier in the week, Peters had 10 in a loss at Carthage.

• Thanks to a game-high 21 points from Kevin Krakowiak (Liverpool Township resident/Holy Name), Baldwin-Wallace beat Capital 75-64. Kyle Payne (Brunswick), who had 24 points earlier in the week in a victory over John Carroll, added 15 in the winning effort. Area fans can follow the Yellow Jackets, who also feature Tyler Ferrell (Brunswick), Saturday when SportsTime Ohio broadcasts B-W’s game vs. Ohio Northern at 9 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Old Dominion gave No. 12 Delaware all it could handle, but fell 76-63. Jackie Cook (Hinckley Township resident/Regina) had 11 points and eight boards. Later in the week, Cook had six points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals in a win over UNC Wilmington.

• Senior point guard Kelsey Durichko (Brunswick) chipped in 10 points, but it wasn’t enough as Hiram fell to Allegheny 70-56.

Wrestling

Caleb Busson (Wadsworth) picked up a pair of victories at 174 pounds as Northern Illinois cruised to wins over SIU-Edwardsville and Tiffin. Busson defeated Deshoun White 6-3 in his first bout of the day, along with winning another by forfeit.

• Lake Erie freshman Nate Ball (Wadsworth) posted a major decision victory as the Storm crushed Ohio Valley 41-3. Ball defeated Nicco Niday 20-7. Ball wasn’t so lucky in the dual with No. 16 King, falling 4-2 in his 157-pound match.

• Mercyhurst’s 149-pounder Michael Griffith (Medina) fell in a tight match 7-3 to Jeremy Espinoza as the Lakers lost to the No. 14 Oilers 27-16.

• Ashland’s Jake Piatt (Medina) won by medical default at 165 pounds in the Eagles’ 45-6 non-league win over Ohio Valley.

Swimming and diving

Ashland senior Mary Cargill (Wadsworth) lifted the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.90) to a second-place showing at the GLIAC Championships in Jenison, Mich.

Indoor track and field

John Minen (Highland) ran his way into the record books for Kent State with a time of 8:14.51 in the 3,000-meter run. It was the second-best time in school history. Minen also placed 14th in the one mile. KSU’s Brooke Hutchings (Wadsworth) placed seventh in the pentathlon, which included sixth-place showings in the 800, long jump and high jump.

• Otterbein junior Kristen Bennett (Wadsworth) jumped a personal best 18-feet, 2½-inches in the long jump to take second at the D-III All-Ohio Championships. Her leap was 1½ inch off the first-place jump.

• Catherine Wiemers (Medina) helped Findlay’s 4×400 take fifth overall in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:53.39 at the Valentine Invitational in Boston.

• Another week, another record for Lake Erie’s Samantha Smith as the junior clocked a 3:10.07 in the 1,000-meter run. It marked the fourth consecutive week where she set a record. Colleen Bednar (Brunswick) won the long jump (17-6¾) and Eric Klucar (Highland) was runner-up in the pole vault (14-5 ¼).

• Xavier senior Brittani Peltz (Wadsworth) joined the 4×4 relay and helped it set a school record for the second week in a row, clocking a 4:00.70. Peltz also placed second in the open 200 (25.72).

• The University of Akron’s Eric Hubbard (Medina) placed fifth in the weight throw at the Akron Invitational with the fourth-best toss in school history, clearing 65-1¼). Nick Owens (Brunswick) was fifth for the Zips in the 400 (48.81), while Nate Chronister (Highland) was ninth in the long jump and Jake Hiltner (Wadsworth) 11th in the 800. In the open races, Owens was first in the 200 (22.27) and Carley Ballow (Brunswick) 21st in the weight throw.

• Sophomore Evan McKee (Medina) helped Ohio Northern’s 4×4 unit (3:22.79) win at the All-Ohio Championships.

• Ashland freshman Jennifer Foster (Cloverleaf) was first in the pole vault (3.52 meters) and Jacob Sussman helped the distance medley relay (9:55.51) to a second-place finish at the Akron Invitational.

Men’s tennis

Richmond sophomore Ethan Dunbar (Cloverleaf) won two singles matches as the Spiders beat Davidson College and Presbyterian College. Dunbar outlasted Davidson’s Chris Mark, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 before taking down Presbyterian’s Rafael Berghaus, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at first singles.

Cross country

Although the season has been over for months, the USTFCCCA awarded Tiffin’s David Knack (Medina) All-Academic status based on his regional and academic performances in the fall. The freshman cross country runner was 33rd at the D-II Regionals in 33:25.30.

Contact Dan Brown at sports@medina-gazette.com.

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