USI is 8th at Braun Intercollegiate
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf was ninth at the University of Evansville’s Braun Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday, posting a 666 (328-338) after 36 holes. The intercollegiate was hosted at Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville.
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The Screaming Eagles were sixth after the first-round 328 before falling to ninth after posting a 338 on Tuesday. USI fared well against fellow members of the Ohio Valley Conference, going 2-1 with wins over 10th-place Eastern Illinois University (683) and 11th-place Tennessee State University (694) and one loss to sixth-place Lindenwood University (662).
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Individually for the Eagles, sophomore Kylee Hormuth (Wentzville, Missouri) led the Eagles after the two rounds with a 162 (79-83) to tie for 28th. Junior Katelyn Sayyalinh (Rockford, Illinois) followed five strokes behind in a tie for 38th with a 167 (83-84), while sophomore Baileigh Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana) rounded out USI’s top three in 42nd with a 168 (83-85).
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The Eagles will resume action in the spring championship portion of the 2022-23 schedule.
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Dig Pink Night Highlights USI’s Final Homestand
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (1-21, 1-10 OVC) will begin a four-game homestand with a dual against Morehead State University (11-11, 7-4 OVC) on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Screaming Eagles Arena. Highlighting Friday’s match is “Dig Pink Night” where the Screaming Eagles are set to show support for breast cancer awareness and its survivors. All fans in attendance are encouraged to wear pink to Friday’s match.
Game Coverage
Information about USI Volleyball, including live stats, video, and audio broadcasts, is available on USIScreamingEagles.com.
Tickets
USI Volleyball tickets are on sale now, with adult tickets at $8, non-USI students at $5, and all USI students, staff, and faculty with a valid ID and any child 11-and-under are admitted free.
Screaming Eagles Headlines:
Eagles Can’t Complete Comeback. The Screaming Eagles were close to earning their first road win of the season in a 3-2 loss to Little Rock last Saturday. USI was down 2-0 until a momentum swing forced a fifth set. The Eagles ended up losing both matches versus the Trojans.
You Have To #OVCit. USI is looking to keep their playoff hopes alive as they will host a pair of matches against Morehead State. This will be the first match between the two programs.
Dig Pink. The Eagles will prepare for “Dig Pink Night” on Friday against Morehead State. USI encourages all fans in attendance to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness and its survivors.
History Has Been Made. Junior Leah Anderson has hit three milestones this season by becoming the 15th player to reach 1,000 kills, the 13th player to reach 1,000 digs, and the fifth player in program history to reach both feats. She has joined a historic group that includes Shannon Wells, Jamie Roth, Danielle Peter, and Leeanne Gross in the 1,000 kills/1,000 digs club.
Season Leaders. Anderson leads the group with 251 kills and 17 aces as junior Katherine Koch holds a team-high 354 assists. On defense, freshman Keira Moore has received 263 digs as sophomore Paris Downing has earned 70 blocks.
OVC Leaders. There are four Eagles who sit atop the best in five different categories within the OVC individual standings. Anderson ranks fourth in points per set (3.62) and sixth in kills per set (3.14) while Koch holds the eighth-most assists per set (5.71). Moore has tallied 263 digs and 3.87 digs per set, putting her at seventh, while Downing is sixth with 1.06 blocks per set.
Digging Out. The Eagles’ defense is fourth in the conference with 15.35 digs per set and sixth with 1,228 digs.
Keeping it 100. Three Eagles have reached the 100-kill club this season. Anderson leads the pack with 251, sophomore Abby Bednar has 177, and sophomore Abby Weber has 172.
Double-Doubles. There have been six Eagles who have reached the double-double mark this season. Anderson leads the team with 10 while sophomore Carly Sobieralski has earned six. Koch and Weber have tallied four each while Bednar has nabbed two and sophomore Evie Duncan has earned one.
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Jeff Deig To Receive 2022 Champion Of Youth First Award
Youth First, Inc. will honor community leader Jeff Deig at its 2022 Breakfast of Champions event on Wednesday, October 26, at 7:00 am at Friedman Park Event Center in Newburgh. Deig will receive the Dr. William Wooten Champion of Youth First Award.
Also celebrated at this highly anticipated event are Youth First donors and school partners, to whom the organization credits its growth and mission support.
Speakers at the 2022 Breakfast of Champions include Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Dr. Mark Browning, Denny Quinn, Abigail Werling, and many others.
Jeff Deig is an Evansville native and is a driving force behind Youth First’s growth and development, serving as a long-time Youth First Board Member and Board Chair in 2019-2020. He retired in 2016 as President of PCI Skanska, the pinnacle of a 34-year tenure with Industrial Contractors and later Skanska. Deig also gives back to his community through Christian Fellowship Church, Evansville Wartime Museum, American Red Cross, and Evansville Industrial Foundation.
Youth First partners with school districts across Indiana to embed Master’s level social workers in school buildings, where they become specialized mentors for students and prevention coaches for parents and teachers. In a year when national leaders sounded the alarm about skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, substance use, and suicide, Youth First provided thousands of students with free, in-school access to professional mental health care.
Youth First Social Workers build caring relationships, foster readiness for positive change, and boost resiliency, along with equipping students with valuable life skills. Their presence also contributes to a healthier and safer school environment.
Borisova And Petrova Help UE Rally In Final Day
Aces Tie For Second Place At Braun Intercollegiate
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In Tuesday’s final day of the Braun Intercollegiate, Magdalena Borisova and Kate Petrova helped the University of Evansville women’s golf team put forth a furious rally to come home in second place at Oak Meadow Country Club.
The Purple Aces duo each completed the 2-round tournament with scores of 152 to finish in a tie for second place. Borisova tied for the low round of the day, carding a 1-over 73. Petrova completed the final round with a 74 to tie Borisova for the runner-up spot.
Allison Enchelmayer was the third UE player to register a top ten finish. Following a 78 on Monday, she scored a 76 in the final 18 to tally a 154. She tied for 8th place. Mallory Russell was fourth on the team. Identical rounds of 78 saw her tie for 13th with a 156. Carly Frazier rounded out the team scores with a 176. Rounds of 83 and 93 gave her a tie for 58th.
Pacing the UE individuals was Alyssa McMinn. Her total of 79 on Tuesday gave her a 161 for the event, tying her for 25th. Caitlin O’Donnell carded an 83 in the final round. Her final tally checked in at 167, which tied her for 38th.
Four behind O’Donnell was Destynie Sheridan. She lowered her opening round score by three shots, completing the last 18 holes with an 84 to post a 2-round total of 171. Grace Vandenburg wrapped up the home event with a 208.
Top honors on both the team and individual sides went to Austin Peay. With a score of 611, the Governors fended off a furious challenge from the Aces to win by three strokes. Bellarmine rounded out the top three with a 624. Taylor Dedmen of APSU posted rounds of 72 and 74 to win the tournament with a 146. She defeated Petrova and Borisova by six shots.
Evansville Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Commission Meeting NoticeÂ
Evansville Vanderburgh County
Convention & Visitors Commission Meeting NoticeÂ
Evansville, IN – October 24, 2022 – Meetings of the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Commission, Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., Evansville Visitors Center, Inc., Evansville Events, Inc., Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Commission  Â
Building Corporation, and Evansville-Vanderburgh Convention & Visitors Commission Sports Complex Operations Corporation (collectively “Commissionâ€), will hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM. The meeting will be held at Old National Events Plaza in the Locust Meeting Room AD.Â
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About Visit EvansvilleÂ
Visit Evansville is the official sales and marketing agency for tourism in Evansville, Indiana and Vanderburgh County. Visit Evansville is dedicated to marketing and supporting local hotels and attractions and enhancing the area’s economy by selling the region as a premier destination for conventions, meetings, sports events, leisure, and business. Additionally, Visit Evansville operates the Evansville Sports Complex, a state-of-the-art, multi-use sports facility, home to Deaconess Sports Park and Goebel Soccer Complex. Â
Vincennes University To Celebrate Veterans Day With Program On Nov. 8
VIncennes University will honor veterans inrecognition of their service to our nation with a program at the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. (ET).
Retired Major General Richard “Rick†Stevens is the keynote speaker. The Veterans Day program will feature performances by the VU Pep and Concert bands. The program will also include a video montage celebrating VU veterans.
The event will also be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nnlgOh-0U&authuser=0.
The Veterans Day program is sponsored annually by the VU Support Staff Council.Â
About Major General (Retired) Richard Stevens
A native of Vincennes, Indiana, Major General (Retired) Richard L. Stevens completed over 35-years of service in the U.S. Army, culminating as the Deputy Chief of Engineers/Deputy Commanding General for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. In that position, he was second-in-command of over 37,000 Civilian employees, and 600 Military personnel who provide project management and construction support to 250 Army and Air Force installations in more than 100 countries around the world.
Major General Stevens received his commission as an Engineer officer upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1982. Throughout his career, he held a variety of command and staff positions including service with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Department of Mathematical Sciences at West Point, New York, 3rd U.S. Army in Kuwait and both the 24th and 3rd Infantry Divisions at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
He commanded the 11th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia, the 36th Engineer Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas and the Pacific Ocean Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. His operational assignments include service in Kuwait, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Major General Stevens served multiple duty assignments within the Headquarters, Department of the Army at the Pentagon, most notably with the Army G8, Office of the Chief of Engineers and as the Executive Officer to the 36th Army Chief of Staff.
He holds Masters of Science degrees in Applied Mathematics from Purdue University and National Security Strategy from the National War College. He also served as an Army Senior Military Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (oak leaf cluster), Legion of Merit (two oak leaf clusters), Bronze Star Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Meritorious Service Medal (five oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Army Achievement Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Ranger Tab, Parachutist Badge, Sapper Tab, Air Assault Badge, Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Silver Order of the Engineer Regiment’s de Fleury Medal.
Upon retirement from military service, Major General Stevens joined the Washington, D.C. government relations consulting firm Dawson & Associates as Senior Vice President/Director of Business Development. He is also an Honorary Board Member of the Indiana Military Museum.
Major General Stevens is married to the former Terri Steckler, also from Vincennes, and they have three children.
STEEVES, FERRARO LEAD BOLTS OVER BOBCATS 2-1
Evansville, IN.: In a close low-scoring game with plenty of big saves from goaltender Zane Steeves, the Thunderbolts, with two goals from Mike Ferraro, defeated the Bobcats 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday morning at Ford Center. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Friday, November 4th against the Pensacola Ice Flyers at 7:00pm CT. For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), go to EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or visit the Ford Center Ticket Office.
The Thunderbolts started the game strong, with plenty of chances early in the first period that were answered by Bobcats goaltender Sean Kuhn, while two shots hit the crossbar, keeping the game scoreless. At the Evansville end, Steeves answered any chances the Bobcats had, including a late 2-on-1 rush chance from Aaron Ryback. In the second period Vermilion County finally took a 1-0 lead on a shot from Adam Eby at 13:11 that snuck past a screened Steeves, before the Thunderbolts responded as Ferraro scored a power play goal from Fredrik Wink and Matthew Barron with only 17 seconds remaining in the second period, tying the game 1-1 after two periods.
The third period was scoreless, yet fierce as the Thunderbolts put 20 shots on goal, with Kuhn stopping all of them, with another 2 shots hitting posts. Steeves’ workload was less, but still perfect on 8 shots faced, several of them high-danger. The game required overtime, and the lone shot was the deciding one as Ferraro scored from Aaron Huffnagle and Kristaps Nimanis to win it for Evansville at the 1:59 mark of overtime.
Ferraro scored both Evansville goals, while Steeves stopped 26 of 27 shots for his 2nd win of the season. These two teams meet again on November 27th at the David S. Palmer Arena
Technology Center Transformation: Vincennes University Reveals Three New State-Of-The-Art Labs
VINCENNES, Ind.,– A new Center for Applied Robotics and Automation, Additive Manufacturing and Reverse Engineering Center, and HURCO Advanced CNC Machining Technology Center embody Vincennes University’s commitment to innovation, state-of-the-art technologies, extraordinary educational experiences, and powerful industry partnerships.
The first-class centers were unveiled during an open house in the College of Technology Center on the Vincennes Campus earlier this month.
VU is a leader in providing Indiana and the nation’s workforce with the skills needed in today’s technology-driven advanced manufacturing industries.
VU is preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow. The three centers represent a $4.8 million investment that ensures VU is producing career-ready graduates.
According to VU President Dr. Chuck Johnson, “Vincennes University is delighted to have three new centers that will create more opportunities for students and will help support the needs Hoosier employers have for skilled talent. Vincennes University has a deep commitment to student achievement, and these three centers will enhance the educational experiences of many students that will have a significant positive impact on VU, the State of Indiana, and across the nation for decades to come.â€
U.S. Congressman Larry Bucshon described the new spaces as outstanding. While touring the centers, he pointed out that VU is always ahead of curve.
“The equipment is the most up-to-date technology,†Bucshon said. “This is the type of training that we need for the workforce of today. We need high-tech workers who have skills, and this is an outstanding university for that.â€
The centers are yet another example of how VU is moving the State of Indiana forward in a bold way, thereby positively impacting the economy and communities.
“We have a lot of job openings out there,†Bucshon said. “We have companies that are literally begging to find qualified employees, so the more of those people who we can get trained and into the workforce, it benefits everybody.â€
The cutting-edge laboratories guarantee students access to the latest technology and facilities which are relevant to industry needs, foster new skills, and ready the future workforce.
“Hands-on learning is really important in developing the skills and knowledge needed to keep up in industry today and in the future,†VU Provost Dr. Laura Treanor said. “The facilities and equipment in the new centers represent a very nice new space that provides a great learning environment for our students, but it is VU’s high-quality faculty and staff, who are dedicated to student learning that make the biggest impact on our students’ success. They are the ones who make the programs so highly successful and so highly valued by our employers.â€
VU continues to make key investments that support the efforts of the University’s industry partners and employers throughout Indiana and beyond. The centers further the University’s initiatives to provide training and education that support the next generation of advanced manufacturing technology and develop a skilled talent pipeline for industry partners.
“The lab spaces are in place because of the needs of our industry partners,†VU College of Technology Dean Ty Freed said. “Indiana is a huge manufacturing state. When you talk about all 50 states, Indiana is really a power player in manufacturing.â€
Before touring the new centers, attendees heard from the featured speakers at the open house, including Johnson, Treanor, Freed, Board of Trustees Chairman John Stachura, Director of Architectural Services and Facilities Andrew Young, and Albert Chen, Telamon Corporation Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board. Then it was time to explore the modern and inviting labs.