ROUNDUP: Paris girls shine at tennis finals; Woods volleyball wins 34th

Paris junior Paedyn Keys won a first-round match at the Illinois High School Association girls tennis state finals Saturday, marking the school's first victory in the main-draw division of that event since 2000.Keys topped Macklin Metzger of Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin by set scores of 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round. Keys lost her second-round and consolation matches afterward and finished tied for 33rd place with teammate Lexi Crippes out of a field of 64 singles players.It was Keys' second trip to the state finals and a first for Crippes, who scored a 6-0, 6-1 triumph in the consolation bracket over Emmy Manasses of Chicago Christian after losing an opening-round match.The 1-2 records for the day by Keys and Crippes gave Paris three team points, good for 40th place in the 78-team field. Prior to their two victories on Saturday, the only other Paris players since 2000 to win at the state finals have been Kendall Mathews, with a consolation match win in 2020, and Laurie Crippes Keys — Paedyn’s mother — with consolation wins in 2007 and 2008, according to Tigers coach Stefan Aydt."I'm really happy that both girls were able to pick up a win at the state level and looking forward to seeing what they can accomplish next season," Aydt said.College men's basketball• Indiana Tech 106, SMWC 91 — At Fort Wayne, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods opened its season with a loss, despite E.J. Reese pouring in a game-high 29 points and grabbing nine rebounds, including a remarkable 27-point second half at Schaefer Center.Reese hit 10-of-14 from field goals and 8-of-9 free throws in just 16 minutes of action. KC Chandler added 13 points, four rebounds and four assists, while Zayvion Baker finished with 12 points and four assists. Amadou Ceesay contributed 10 points, three rebounds and two blocked shots, and Jasmin Suvalija connected on three 3-pointers for nine points.SMWC plays at the Aquinas Drury Inn Classic in Michigan, beginning with Friday's 4 p.m. game vs. IU-South Bend.College volleyball• Pomeroys now 34-1 — At New Albany, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods swept host IU-Southeast 25-16, 30-28, 25-21 on Saturday to remain unbeaten in River States Conference play.The Pomeroys (34-1, 11-0 RSC) were led by Karla Melendez-Martinez with a match-high 15 kills, along with seven digs, two solo blocks and a service ace. Masa Pesic delivered 12 kills on 20 attempts and just one error, while Gaby Fernandez anchored the back row with a match-high 19 digs.SMWC plays Tuesday at RSC foe IU-Kokomo.As a result, Melendez-Martinez and Fernandez were named on Monday as RSC Attacker of the Week and Defender of the Week, respectively. In weekend wins over IU-Southeast on Saturday and IU-Columbus on Friday, Melendez-Martinez averaged 4.43 kills and 5.8 points per set. Fernandez averaged 7.3 assists per set.• ISU 3, Valparaiso 2 — At Valparaiso, Saturday’s in-state showdown turned into a marathon, with the Sycamores coming from behind to prevail over the Missouri Valley Conference rival Beacons in five sets (25-22, 4-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-13).Kira Holland led the Sycamores with 15 kills and 13 digs. Taylor Knuth added 10 kills, while Hadley Hardersen dished out a career-high 37 assists.ISU stood 8-13 overall, 2-8 in the MVC, going into Tuesday's 6 p.m. Blackout Cancer home match against Evansville.• Rose-Hulman 3, Bluffton 0 — At Bluffton, Ohio., the visiting Engineers dominated the Beavers with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 25-22 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action Saturday, raising Rose's records to 6-15 overall and 2-3 in the HCAC.Greta Carlson had a team-high 19 kills and a .441 hitting percentage for Rose, while Emma Blanton followed with 10 kills.College swimming• Lopez qualifies for NCAA Zone — At West Lafayette, three Indiana State women's divers got top-10 finishes at the Purdue Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate on Saturday, led by Jecza Lopez's second-place finish.Lopez posted a NCAA Zone C Qualifying score in the 3-meter springboard with a six-dive total of 303.90 to place second overall in the event, while Alessandra Mittelstadt finished fifth with 239.10. Sofia Dansereau was ninth overall at 214.30. In the 1-meter, Lopez again led the Sycamores finishing third overall with a score of 258.55, while Mittelstadt (217.75) and Dansereau (206.05) finished seventh and eighth respectively.ISU next competes at 1 p.m. Saturday, hosting Northern Kentucky at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.• Rose-Hulman 156, Wabash 144 — At Rose-Hulman, the host Engineer men got eight event wins and 27 top-three finishes on Friday, led by Eliot Riem's victories in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions with scores of 207.30 and 191.25.David Rozenbergas won three swimming events in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.77), 50 freestyle (21.99) and 100 freestyle (47.89), and helped the 200 freestyle relay team with Levi Galaviz, Walter Kotlin and Will Ho in a time of 1:27.52. Ho won the 100 backstroke in 52.76, and Trevor Wiley took the 500 freestyle in 4:58.65.Women's soccer• ISU 1, Murray State 1 — At Murray, Ky., the Sycamores secured an important point in the Missouri Valley Conference team standings with a draw on Sunday afternoon, thanks to Meagyn Riffle's first-half goal and tight Sycamore defense.ISU took a 1-0 lead on Riffle's goal in the 23rd minute on Alex Lehnert's assist. Sofie Hansen had multiple saves in goal for the Sycamores, including those in the closing minutes after the Racers' tied the score on a Breece Bass goal in the 65th minute.ISU now stands 7-2-7 overall, 2-1-4 in the MVC going into next Sunday's MVC home game vs. Belmont.• IU-Columbus 5, SMWC 2 — At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, goals by the Pomeroys' Lauren Gill and Ella Cox weren't enough to overcome the Crimson Pride in River States Conference action Sunday at McMahon Field.SMWC (2-13-1, 0-5-1 RSC) got 15 saves in goal by Cileen Saif. The Pomeroys return to RSC action Thursday at IU-Kokomo.• Rose-Hulman 0, Bluffton 0 — At Bluffton, Ohio, the visiting Engineers got draw, anchored by goalkeeper Alicia Gonzalez's five first-half saves, two coming back-to-back saves in the 28th minute in HCAC play Saturday.Men's soccer• Rose-Hulman 0, Bluffton 0 — At Bluffton, Ohio, the visiting Engineers outshot the Beavers 9-3 in the first half and 10-7 in the second, but none reached the back of the goal in a HCAC draw Saturday.In goal for Rose, Justin Burns nabbed two key saves in the first half, and again in the second.• SMWC 3, IU-Columbus 3 — At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the Pomeroys' Mats Flick scored twice, including a late equalizer, helping the Pomeroys notch a 3-3 draw Sunday afternoon in River States Conference action at McMahon Field.The Pomeroys (5-8-3, 2-3-1 RSC) also got a goal from Ivan Gelado Chavala, and assists by Marc Valderrama, Ethan Johnson and Jacobo Galvez. Flick's second goal erased the Crimson Pride's late 3-2 lead.College cross country• Pomeroys get seconds — At St. Louis, the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods women placed second with 56 points, trailing College of the Ozarks' first-place 25-point effort, at the six-team Fall Classic on Saturday, led by Brooke Mace's eighth-place individual finish.Meanwhile, the Woods men's team placed fourth with 59 points, behind Maryville in first, College of the Ozarks second and McKendree third. Christopher Boyd paced the Pomeroys with a second-place individual finish.College golf• Engineers, Pomeroys compete — At Florence, Rose-Hulman hosted the Battle of Belterra over the weekend, with Renae Jaeger's 170 total and eighth-place individual effort leading the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods women to fourth-place team finish on Sunday.Tatum Tanchuck led host Rose with a 190 in 21st place.Among the men, the Woods finished fourth in the team standings, led by Daniel Clutton's 152, good for 14th place. Harper Brown topped Rose with a 161 in 30th.College equestrian• Woods tops field — At Zionsville, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods finished the weekend with the reserve high point team finish Sunday, collecting multiple first-place finishes and securing two qualifiers for the spring regional championships.SMWC opened the weekend Saturday with a fourth-place team finish, led by Claire Coryell, who captured first place in Novice Flat. Courtney Hamrick added a third-place finish in Limit Fences, a performance that qualified her for the spring regional championships and earned her a move into the Intermediate Fences division.The Pomeroys carried that momentum into Sunday, with Elizabeth Uhl scoring a victory in Intermediate Fences, while Miriam Atkins claimed first place in Limit Flat. Mara Parkins and Coryell each earned first-place finishes in their respective Novice Flat classes, giving Coryell victories on both days of competition.Coryell's Sunday performance also secured her qualification for the spring regional championships, joining Hamrick as a regional qualifier from the weekend. Darcy Kirby contributed another strong showing for the Pomeroys, placing second in Limit Fences to help secure the team's runner-up finish.