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Corey Crombar named Dawg Pound president
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A new era is beginning for Saluki Athletics. With current Dawg Pound president Dylan Chambers graduating, the group has found its next leader: Corey Crombar. Crombar is a rising sophomore studying sports administration with a minor in business and administration. He is a Chancellor’s Scholar and a member of the University Honors Program. Outside of the Dawg Pound, he is an orientation leader for New Student Programs, director of academic affairs for the Undergraduate Student Government and a sponsor for the Carbondale
Community High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “I was really excited to get moving, continue the legacy that’s been built,” Crombar said. “It’s great. I’m really excited to start moving forward with my new board. We’ve got great ideas, great themes coming and a really exciting couple of sports seasons coming up. Next year should be a blast.” Chambers says handing over the reigns to Crombar is “bittersweet.” “This is something that I spent a lot of time revamping…and focusing on making sure that it was going to be set up for
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Freshman Kiana McDowell celebrates following 20-3 win. l SIU Athletics
Saluki softball dominates Purple Aces in weekend series
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New Dawg Pound President, Corey Crombar, stands next to former Dawg Pound President, Dylan Chambers April 13, 2024 at Saluki Stadium Carbondale, Illinois. Daylin Williams | dwilliams@dailyegyptian.com
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It takes effort to adjust to a remote learning environment, just like with in-person learning. Three SIU students who are far from campus say, despite differences in lifestyles, locations and management systems as online learners, it’s very doable. Richie Climent, living in Killeen, Texas with his wife and three kids, is currently enlisted in the U.S. Army, pursuing his journalism degree through SIU. “It was hard to find something online that also met the criteria the Army would pay for. SIU was one of the rare ones
that offered it online,” Climent said. “I want to be a writer. I have family members that come to me when they need something written. I have a knack for it and would love to write creatively.” He talked about being able to pursue his goals while juggling his other responsibilities at the same time. “Everything is laid out in the syllabus, it’s structured and super easy,” he said. “I’ll read the content, and for my classes mostly everything is due on Friday, so I’ll make sure to do my reading Monday and Tuesday, and sometimes while I’m at work REMOTE LEARNERS | 8
For the first time since 2019, Southern Illinois scored a whopping 20 runs against Evansville to secure the series win on Saturday. This tied the SIU softball record for runs scored in a single game. The Dawgs hosted the Purple Aces this weekend for a threegame Missouri Valley match-up. Maddia Groff took the circle for the Salukis in the Friday opener and delivered a stellar performance, going four scoreless innings while striking out eight. Kiana McDowell finished off the game with a scoreless fifth. Addi Baker and Emma Austin were key contributors for SIU’s offense in the 9-0 win. Baker went two for two including a two run homer in the first in a four RBI effort while Austin went three for three, pushing three runs across on a triple in the fourth. Saturday’s matchup saw Madi Eberle get the start for the Dawgs. Eberle went five innings, surrendered three runs, and struck out four in her outing. There was no shortage of impact bats in the 20-3 rout of the Aces on Saturday. Elizabeth Warwick gave SIU the lead with a two run infield single in the second, Jackie Lis drove in a pair for the Salukis and Sidney Jones went two for four with 3 RBI, including a two-run double in the second. Hannah Hockerman started the SOFTBALL | 3