Daily Staff Writer

Cyclones claim fourth place in Big 12 Meet

The Iowa State men’s swimming team returns to Ames with a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 Conference Meet.

The weekend meet in College Station, Texas, was dominated by the Texas Longhorns who scored 886 points.

ISU senior Jay Schindler became a four-time conference champion to highlight the Cyclones’ showing.

For a complete wrap-up of the meet, see the Tuesday edition of the Daily.

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ISU goes 1-3 in weekend play

The Cyclone baseball team went 1-3 over the weekend on a southern trip to Louisiana in the Lake Area Classic.

Iowa State started the tournament off with a 7-5 win over Louisiana Tech on Friday. ISU closer Steve Larkin sealed the extra-inning victory by striking out the final two Tech batters.

Shawn Leimbek went 2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI to lead the Cyclones.

On Saturday, the Cyclones lost a pair of games to McNeese State, 4-2 and 20-9.

In the opener, Shawn Sedlacek took the loss despite striking out eight over five innings.

Leading hitters for ISU included Aaron Runk, Jeff Duncan, Matt McDonough and Doug Kinsel, who had two hits.

Leimbek added his second homerun in two days in the ninth inning, but the solo shot was not enough to bring ISU back.

The second clash between the clubs panned out much differently. McNeese pounded out eight extra base hits, and ISU committed four errors.

ISU pitcher Brad Waldron fell to 1-2 with the loss.

Bill Uelmen went 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI to lead the Cyclone offense.

Sunday’s match against Ohio State resulted in a 10-3 loss. ISU is now 3-5 on the season.

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Four ISU stars named All-Big 12

AMES (AP) — Iowa State swept the newcomer and rookie of the year awards in Big 12 women’s basketball Sunday and had three players earn all-conference honors.

Guard Stacy Frese was named the league’s newcomer of the year and was a first-team all-conference pick in voting by the coaches. Teammate Megan Taylor was chosen the league’s freshman of the year.

Iowa State’s Jayme Olson was a second-team all-conference selection, and the Cyclones’ Janel Grimm made the third team.

Frese, a sophomore who transferred from Iowa, led Iowa State to a second-place finish in the league. She averaged 15.6 points and led the conference in assists.

Taylor averaged 13.6 points and was an outstanding 3-pointer shooter and rebounder.

Also earning first-team all-conference honors were Alicia Thompson of Texas Tech, Anna DeForge of Nebraska, Phylesha Whaley of Oklahoma and Lynn Pride of Kansas.

Marsha Sharp of league champion Texas Tech was voted coach of the year.