Final round to take place Tuesday

SILVIS, Ill. – With two out of three rounds complete at the Western Illinois University Invite, Henry Kiel and Masatoyo Kato lead the University of Evansville men’s golf team.

Kiel and Kato completed Monday’s two rounds at TPC Deere Run with scores of 150.  Kiel opened the day with a 1-over 73 before carding a 77 in the second 18.  Kato started the day with a 78 before lowering his score by six strokes in round two.  His even 72 was the low round of the day for the Purple Aces.  Both are tied for 15^th.

Nicholas Gushrowski and Michael Ikejiani rank in a tie for 18^th place with scores of 151.  Gushrowski opened play with a 77 before recording a 2-over 74 in the second round of the day.  Ikejiani registered a 75 in the first round and followed that up with a 76.  Caleb Wassmer completed the day with scores of 77 and 81.  His 158 is tied for 41^st place.

Luke Schneider is competing as an individual and wrapped up the afternoon with a 2-round score of 167.

Evansville is in sixth place on the team side with a 601.  The Aces trail Western Illinois by three strokes while Omaha and Northern Iowa are tied for third with a 595.  South Dakota and St. Thomas are tied for the3 lead with scores of 589.

Hunter Rebrovich (South Dakota), Matthew Armstrong (St. Thomas) and Carter Doose (Omaha – individual) are tied for the individual lead with tallies of 142.

The third and final round will get under way on Tuesday morning.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Softball sophomore pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season.
 
Southern Indiana won two of three games for a series win at home last weekend against the University of Tennessee at Martin, moving the Screaming Eagles to 6-5 and in fourth place in the OVC standings.
 
Newman was masterful once again this past weekend for the Screaming Eagles. She picked up two wins, tossed a pair of complete games, and struck out 16 batters in 14 innings of work.
 
On Saturday, Newman fanned 10 batters in seven innings, allowing just one earned run off only three hits in the series-opening win for USI against UT Martin. The right-hander concluded the weekend series in USI’s 8-2 win against UT Martin with six strikeouts in seven innings, giving up an earned run off only four hits.
 
The sophomore surpassed 100 strikeouts on the season, earned her 10th victory, and finished the weekend with her 10th complete game of the season. Newman is at the top of the OVC in strikeouts and complete games. Her 104 strikeouts are inside the top 50 in the nation.
 
This season, Newman is 10-6 with a team-best 2.56 ERA and team-high 104 strikeouts. Newman has pitched in 90.1 innings, making 14 starts in 17 appearances.
 
Newman and the Screaming Eagles (12-15) will host Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) for a midweek, nonconference matchup Tuesday. The meeting will be a single game at 3 p.m. from USI Softball Field. Admission to all 2023 USI Softball home spring games is free, courtesy of The Women’s Hospital Deaconess. Tuesday’s game can be heard on The Spin 95.7 FM. Tuesday’s matchup will be the second meeting this season between USI and IUPUI, as the Jaguars defeated USI 10-2 back on February 25 at the Samford University Bulldog Classic.
 
USI will return to conference play later this week with three road games at Eastern Illinois University.

Aces and Sycamores to play a single game

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the first of three regular-season games, the University of Evansville softball team travels to Indiana State on Tuesday for a 3 p.m. contest.

With an impressive 3-1 victory over Belmont on Sunday, the Purple Aces clinched the weekend series.  The win saw UE even its season record at 17-17 while improving to 3-6 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

In a week that was highlighted by two home runs in Sunday’s doubleheader against Belmont, Jenna Nink batted .429 while picking up four RBI and three runs.  Tuesday’s opener at Lindenwood saw her go 2-2 with two RBI, a run and walk.  Nink added her second walk of the week in game two of the doubleheader against the Lions.  After recording a double in Saturday’s series opener versus Belmont, Nink combined to go 3-for-6 in Sunday’s doubleheader.  She opened with a 2-3 performance with a solo home run.  Game two saw her go 1-3 with another home run as the Purple Aces clinched the weekend series.

The MVC ERA leader lowered her number even more with another exceptional week.  Brenton pitched a total of 13 1/3 innings and allowed just one earned run while striking out 15 batters.  She recorded a win and save over the course of the week.  She made the start in the second game at Lindenwood and allowed one run on two hits in four innings.  Saturday’s series opener against Belmont saw her throw six scoreless frames of relief as the Purple Aces rallied to take the win.  She gave up just three hits while striking out nine.  Brenton recorded a strikeout in the lone batter she faced in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader before throwing three more innings of scoreless relief.  She struck out four batters while allowing one hit on the way to her third save of the season.

Jess Willsey batted .294 while registering four runs and three RBI over a 5-game week for the Purple Aces.  Her top performance came in game one of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Lindenwood as she went 3-5 with three runs scored while adding an RBI and triple.  The second contest on Tuesday saw her go 1-3 with a home run.  In game two of Sunday’s doubleheader versus Belmont, Willsey went 1-3 with an RBI as the Aces clinched the weekend series.

Entering the weekend series against Belmont, Marah Wood was hitting .202 with one home run and 11 RBI.  Saturday’s contest against the Bruins featured a 3-4 performance with two RBI, two doubles, a run, walk and stolen base.  Wood hit her second home run of the season in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader while picking up two more RBI.  In the finale, she earned another hit and walk as she raised her batting average by 27 points with a 5-for-11 weekend.

Indiana State holds an identical 17-17 record while going 6-3 in the Valley.  Over the weekend, the Sycamores dropped all three games of their series at Southern Illinois.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Vincennes University Track and Field teams placed well Sunday afternoon at the ISU Pacesetter Sports Invitational while facing a field of several NCAA Division I teams and being the only two-year school represented this weekend.

Both VU men’s and women’s track and field teams headed into the weekend ranked in the Top-25 in this week’s USTFCCCA rankings with the VU men’s team checking in at No. 20 this week and the VU women’s team at No. 22.

The No. 20 Trailblazer men’s team was led by another impressive performance in the 800 meters with freshman Isaac Stanford (Flora, Ill.) coming away with the event win, pacing the field with a time of 1:55.24.

Sophomore Trent Faulkner (Wheatland, Ind.) also placed in the 800 meters for the Blue and Gold, finishing seventh with a time of 1:58.47.

Vincennes would get another event win later in the pole vault by freshman Olegs Kozjakovs (Riga, Latvia). Kozjakovs cleared a height of 4.62 meters and would also go on to place fifth in the javelin with a throw of 44.02 meters.

Sophomore Mathew Keitany (Kenya) placed second in the 3000-meter steeplechase, finishing with a time of 9:37.62.

Freshman Desroy Jordan (Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) placed third in the 200 meters with a time of 21.35 seconds, before taking part in the 4×400 relay along with Isaac Stanford, sophomore Yamar Lyons (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and freshman Justin Emmanuel (Jamaica), teaming up to place third in the relay with a time of 3:22.65.

Vincennes also had a second relay team compete Sunday, the team of Faulkner, freshman Mathew Gray (Washington, Ind.), sophomore Ernest Momodu (Indianapolis, Ind.) and freshman Griffin Worzella (Martinsville, Ind.), which placed sixth with a time of 3:49.17.

Sophomore Ian Boit (Kimilili, Keyna) rounded out the VU men’s team members to score Sunday, placing eighth in the 1500 meters with a final time of 4:11.36.

In the field events sophomores David Beadle (Jamaica) and Mason Harmes (Borden, Ind.) just missed scoring, but still placed well against a tough field.

Beadle took home ninth place in the discus with a final throw of 43.96 meters, while Harmes placed 11th in the discus and 10th in the hammer with a throw of 41.92 meters in the discus and 42.37 meters in the hammer.

The No. 20 VU men’s team placed eighth out of 10 teams competing, after compiling 48 total points. The Trailblazers placed ahead of NCAA Division I schools Evansville and Butler.

“Another tough weekend for the throwers,” VU Head Track and Field Coach Marty Rogier said. “Saturday, they threw in very cold and windy conditions. Giorgia and Olegs still managed respectable throws in the javelin to finish fourth. Which is still good because ISU always has a group of very good throwers. On Sunday, the sun came out and we finally got to compete in some decent conditions.”

“Ian and Ernest both ran near the front of their heats in the 1500 and came away with PRs,” VU Assistant Track and Field Coach Tyler Steigenga said. “They looked good, coming off their 10k last week. After having a great performance last week, Griffin ran another PR by five seconds. Isaac ran a smart, tactical race in the 800 and came away with the win. Holding off the field with a strong finish in the final 100 meters.”

“Trent had a good day, also placing in the same race,” Steigenga added. “In the steeple, Mathew had a good opener as we took care of the National Qualifier.”

“Desroy had a very good day running third with a PR of 21.35 against a fast field of sprinters,” Rogier added. “That would have been a National Qualifier, except the wind was just over the limit allowed. That ranks as sixth fastest in VU history. He came back to le off the 4×400 relay with a fast 47 second leg. He is very talented and can run everything from 200 to 800 meters.”

“Olegs, a decathlete, backed up his fourth place finish in the javelin with a win in the pole vault,” Rogier said. “Olegs had a PR of 4.62 meters, which has him sixth in the country in an event that he has been doing for three months. I believe there might be some big jumps in his future.”

“David Beadle had a PR in the discus, throwing 43.96 to finish ninth,” Rogier added. “We switched Haley to the 400 where she ran a 64.51 to finish ninth. I believe she will bring that time down during the next few weeks as she learns to run the race.”

The No. 22-ranked VU women’s team also scored well against a loaded field, led by sophomore Giorgia Fino (Francavilla Fontana, Italy) who placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 36.40 meters.

Sophomore Brittany Page (Freelandville, Ind.) placed eighth in the 800 meters, giving Vincennes three top-eight finishers in the 800 meters combined between the men’s and women’s teams. Page finished with a time of 2:33.97.

Freshman Haley Kohlhouse (Bruceville, Ind.) placed ninth in the 400 meters with a final time of 1:04.51 and freshman Natalie Wagler (Montgomery, Ind.) rounds out the VU top-10 finishers by taking home ninth in the discus with a throw of 19.83 meters.

The VU women’s team placed ninth out of 11 teams, placing ahead of NCAA Division I teams Evansville and IUPUI.

The Trailblazers will have two weeks to prepare for their next meet when VU returns to Indiana State University to take part in the three-day ISU Gibson Invite hosted in Terre Haute, Ind.

This meet is set to begin on Thursday, April 13 and run through Saturday, April 15.

MEN’S RESULTS

TEAM RESULTS

VINCENNES – 8, 48 points

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200m

Desroy Jordan – 3, 21.35

800m

Isaac Stanford – 1, 1:55.24

Trent Faulkner – 7, 1:58.47

1500m

Ian Boit – 8, 4:11.36

3000m Steeplechase

Mathew Keitany – 2, 9:37.62

4×400 Relay

VU (A) (Emmanuel, Lyons, Stanford, Jordan) – 3, 3:22.65

VU (B) (Faulkner, Gray, Momodu, Worzella) – 6, 3:49.17

Pole Vault

Olegs Kozjakovs – 1, 4.62m

Discus

David Beadle – 9, 43.96m

Mason Harmes – 11, 41.92m

Hammer

Mason Harmes – 10, 42.37m

Javelin

Olegs Kozjakovs – 5, 44.02m

WOMEN’S RESULTS

VINCENNES – 9, 6 points

400m

Haley Kohlhouse – 9, 1:04.51

800m

Brittany Page – 8, 2:33.97

Discus

Natalie Wagler – 9, 19.83m

Javelin

Giorgia Fino – 4, 36.40m