Crossing Home: A weekly review of local athletes in college

Reid Roper - Illinois

Roper finsihed 1-for-5 with an RBI as the redshirt senior helped lead Illinois to a 6-3 win over Penn State Sunday. Roper went 1-for-6 Saturday, smacking his seventh double of the season and scored a run in Illinois' 15-inning affair at Penn State, where the Illini won 4-2 to extend the longest active winning streak in NCAA baseball.

On Friday, Roper crushed a home run that went out of PSU park en route to a 10-1 rout over the Nittany Lions as Roper went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored.

Ryne Roper - Illinois

Roper finished 0-for-1 with three walks, a strikeout and a run scored in helping Illinois to a 6-3 win over Penn State Sunday. Roper went 1-for-5 Saturday in Illinois' 15-inning affair at Penn State, where the Illini won 4-2 to extend the longest active winning streak in NCAA baseball. Roper went 1-for-3 Friday with an RBI and a run scored in a 10-1 win over the Nittany Lions.

Keelin Rasch - Louisiana-Monroe

Rasch finished 1-for-4 with a walk and a run as ULM out slugged Georiga Southern 11-1 Sunday. Rasch led the Warhawks with three hits, two RBI and one run as ULM fell to Georgia Southern 4-3 in 10 innings Friday. Rasch went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in ULM's 4-2 loss to Georiga Southern in the first game of a double header Friday.

Denton Reed - SIUE

Reed went 1-for-3 with a run scored from the leadoff spot as SIUE came back to beat UT Martin 6-2 Sunday in Edwardsville. Reed went 0-for-3 Saturday in 6-3 the win over the Skyhawks, while SIUE slipped past UT Martin 4-3 Friday as Reed went 3-for-4 with a run scored.

Lindsey Murray - SIU

Lindsey Murray once again broke her own outdoor school record en route to a second-place finish at Arkansas over the weekend. Murray broke her old mark (4.12m/13-06.25) by nearly four inches on Saturday, clearing 4.22m (13-10.00) to reset SIU's outdoor record for the third time in five meets. Murray now ranks 17th in all of the NCAA this outdoor season and 10th in the NCAA West Region. Murray also owns SIU's indoor record at 4.30m (14-01.25) - which sent her to the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she finished ninth overall as a Second-Team All-American.

Michael Dann