Homecoming for six Lancers

Mastodon tracks

IPFW senior Theresa McHugh and freshman Rachel Dincoff have earned spots at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships, which begins May 23 in Greensboro, N.C.Thursday

Softball players honored

IPFW junior Ashleigh Bousquet and sophomore Larissa Franklin were named to the Summit League Softball Academic All-League team, as voted on by the schools’ faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors.Wednesday

IPFW lands in Louisville regional

The IPFW softball team will head to Louisville, Ky., for the opening round regional in the NCAA tournament.Sunday

It's not as though Grace is that far away, located in Winona Lake, near Warsaw, but tonight's game with IPFW at Memorial Coliseum will bring a few of the team members closer to home.

Six players on Grace's 4-0 team that meets 0-1 IPFW tonight are Fort Wayne and area players.

Starting forward Allison Kauffman, who is second on the team in scoring with a 12.5 average, was a standout high school player at Blackhawk Christian. Starting senior center Jayla Starks (8.8) is from North Side. Starting senior guard Emily Bidwell (6.8) went to Whitko.

Lindsey Schaefer is a sophomore forward who played at Carroll, Heather House, a sophomore guard, went to Garrett, and freshman forward Jo Boren went to Lakeland Christian.

Although Grace is unbeaten in four games, it lost a Nov. 10 exhibition game to IUPUI, 107-48.