Crim: Notes on McCulla’s return to NCAA Tournament, QU women’s basketball transfer and record-setting season for QU tennis

By DON CRIM, Senior Columnist | April 25, 2025
Alex McCulla has recorded a 73.1 scoring average for Illinois State during the 2024-25 season, a tick below his career average of 73.2. He has one top-5 finish and five top-10 finishes in 12 events, with a low round of 68. | Photo courtesy of Bill Salyer, Illinois State Athletics

QUINCY – Quincy Notre Dame product Alex McCulla has been named to the all-Missouri Valley Conference golf team, and Illinois State is headed to the NCAA Division I tournament after winning the league title for the second time in three years. A final-round 285 enabled the Redbirds (856) to outlast Murray State (859) and Belmont…

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Huffine’s ‘big-time play’ breaks late tie, propels QU women into semifinals of GLVC Tournament

By David Adam, MRN Editor | March 8, 2025
Quincy University's Mikayla Huffine shouts out directions during the first half of Friday night's quarterfinal game in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament in St. Charles, Mo. | David Adam

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — It didn’t matter that Mikayla Huffine had missed eight of nine shots. She never lost her confidence. “I mean, they were leaving me open because obviously I wasn’t hitting the three,” said the Quincy University junior guard, who had missed all four of her 3-point shots in Friday night’s quarterfinal game…

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