EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana Baseball completes the 2025 regular season with an Ohio Valley Conference series at Lindenwood University Thursday through Saturday in St. Charles, Missouri. The series starts Thursday at 5 p.m.; continues Friday at 5 p.m.; and concludes Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Screaming Eagles (25-27, 13-11 OVC) will be battling to be the fourth seed in the upcoming OVC Championship, presented by SERVPRO, at Mtn Dew Ballpark in Marion, Illinois, May 21-24). The top eight teams receive a berth in the post-season tournament.
For the fourth year in a row, the bracket includes four single-elimination games on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the double elimination portion of the bracket, which will include the top two seeds (who receive a bye until Thursday games).
Tickets are:
• All-Session: $30
• Single-Session (Adult): $10
• Single-Session (18 and Under): $5
• College Students (with ID): $5
Tickets can be purchased in advance online, or in-person during the event (more information).
USI can finish as high as fourth in the league standings, provided it can win the series with Lindenwood and keep pace with Southeast Missouri State University.
With the ever-changing weather this spring, USI encourages fans to watch for potential schedule changes on USIScreamingEagles.com, X, and Facebook. Links to follow the Eagles all season can be found on USIScreamingEagles.com and the USI Baseball Schedule.
USI Baseball Notes:
USI looking to reach fourth in OVC. The USI Screaming Eagles start the final weekend of the regular season in fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. If USI can win the series at Lindenwood University and keep pace with Southeast Missouri State University, the Eagles will be the fourth seed in the upcoming OVC postseason.
USI finishes with season split with UE. The Eagles finished the year with a four-game season split with the University of Evansville after falling 18-8 on Tuesday night. USI had a 7-0 lead through five innings before the Purple Aces scored 18 of the last 19 runs of the game.
Eagles are 6-6 in midweek. USI was 6-6 during midweek games in 2025. The Eagles are hitting .331 as a team and averaging eight runs a game during the midweek contests, while the USI hurlers are holding the opposition to a .267 batting average and are allowing eight runs a game.
Boyd extends hitting streak to 17 games. Sophomore outfielder Cameron Boyd extended his hitting streak to 17 games in the loss to UE. The 17-game streak is tied for the longest of the season by an Eagle (junior designated hitter/first baseman Cole Kitchens had a 17-game streak earlier this season). Boyd is hitting .389 (28-72) during the hitting streak with four home runs and 18 RBIs.
Screaming Eagles sweep series with SEMO. Last weekend, the Eagles swept the OVC series with Southeast Missouri State University at home. USI won the opening game, 7-5; walked off the second game, 8-7; and completed the sweep with a 5-2 win. Senior outfielder Khi Holiday led the way, batting .556 (5-9). Junior shortstop Clayton Slack led the squad with five RBIs over the weekend, including the walk-off sacrifice fly for the win last Saturday.
USI has won four OVC series. The USI Eagles opened the OVC slate with back-to-back-to-back series wins. USI lost the last four series before taking the series from SEMO last weekend. USI won four OVC series all of last season.
Hot Eagles. Senior centerfielder Khi Holiday has had the hot stick for USI over the last five and 10 games. Holiday is hitting .600 (9-15) over the last five games and .486 (18-37) in the last 10 games. Junior designated hitter Cole Kitchens has been the top run producer with seven RBIs in the last five games and 12 in the last 10 games.
USI leaders at the plate. Junior designated hitter Cole Kitchens leads USI at the plate with a .385 batting average (79-205), while posting a team-best 57 RBIs and 11 home runs. The .385 average is the best mark in the OVC, while Kitchens’ 54 RBIs rank first in the league.
USI in the OVC. USI leads the OVC with a .314 team batting average. The Eagles are ninth in the league with a 6.92 ERA on the bump. In the 24 games of league action, USI is first in batting (.314) and ninth in pitching (6.36 ERA).
USI in the NCAA. If USI were eligible to be in the NCAA statistics rankings, the Eagles would be ranked 18th in Division I in batting average (.314) and tied for 25th in on-base percentage.
USI non-conference leaders. Junior designated hitter Cole Kitchens is hitting a team-best .439 (43-98) versus non-conference opponents with 30 RBIs and six home runs in 25 games. Sophomore second baseman Anthony Umbach followed by hitting .368.
Holiday leads in OVC play. Senior outfielder Khi Holiday leads the Eagles and the OVC in conference play with a .414 batting average (36-87). Sophomore infielder Parker Martin follows and ranks second in the OVC with a .400 average (38-95).
Anderson has four wins in OVC play. Senior right-hander Ian Anderson leads USI with four wins in OVC play (4-1), all out of the bullpen. Anderson also has four of USI’s 10 saves this season.
USI visits Lindenwood this weekend. USI is visiting Lindenwood this weekend to finish out the 2025 regular season. Lindenwood is 26-26 overall and 13-10 in the OVC after dropping two of three with Tennessee Tech University last weekend. The Lions are 8-5 in the last 13 games and are 3-4-1 in the OVC series this season. USI trails Lindenwood in the all-time series, 8-3, after losing two of three last year at the USI Baseball Field.
