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Michael Ikejiani named MVC Men’s Golfer of the Week

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Junior tied for 9th place at Alabama A&M Fall Invite

 

  1. LOUIS – An excellent week for University of Evansville junior Michael Ikejiani continued on Thursday when he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week.

Ikejiani registered a 5-under 67 in Tuesday’s second round of the Alabama A&M Fall Invite.  It was tied for the 4th-lowest round in school history.  Just nine men’s golfers have recorded a lower round for the Purple Aces.

His efforts saw him tie for the 9th spot at the tournament with a 2-round score of 145.  His final 18 holes was an 11-stroke turnaround from his first round on Monday at Robert Trent Jones at Hampton Cover in Owens Crossroads, Alabama.

Eagles Battle Eagles in Regular Season Finale​​​​​​​

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer finishes their first season at the NCAA Division I level since 1994 on Saturday as they travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to take on Oral Roberts University with a 1pm kickoff.
 
This match has big postseason implications for the Golden Eagles as they try to clinch the regular season title and the number one seed in the Summit League Championships.
 
The Screaming Eagles earned their second victory of the season on Wednesday as the took down St. Thomas University, 2-0. It looked like it was going to be a very defensive standstill in the first half. However, with less than a minute left in the first half, St. Thomas fouled freshman Jackson Mitchell (Newburgh, Indiana) in the box to give USI a penalty kick and the Tommies were given a red card, sending them down to just 10 men. Junior Brian Winkler (Philpot, Kentucky) converted the penalty to send USI into halftime up 1-0. The Eagles continued to pressure the St. Thomas defense, forcing a miscommunication between defender and goalkeeper as the ball rolled into the net for a St. Thomas own goal, putting USI up 2-0 where they would hold out the rest of the game. Mitchell, junior Zach Barton (St. Louis, Missouri), and graduate Nick Faddis (St. Louis, Missouri) all finished with two shots as the Eagles outshot the Tommies 11-7. Junior goalkeeper Alec Meissner (St. Charles, Missouri) finished the match with his second clean sheet of the season, making four saves while facing seven shots.
 
Since their return to Strassweg Field for the final time this season, USI has started to find their offensive groove over the past couple games, outscoring their opponents 3-1. In those two matches the Eagles have also taken their first penalty kicks of the season, converting on one of the two attempts. USI has had goals come from Faddis and Winkler. The defense has had the biggest impact for the Eagles over the past two matches, allowing the least number of shots in their matchup with St. Thomas and have allowed just 11 shots on goal in the two matches.
 
Meissner has been outstanding in goal for USI this season, especially as of late. Allowing just three goals over their last three matches, including his second clean sheet of the season. Meissner has made 13 saves over the past three matches while facing 18 shots on goal. Besides a couple of games against the best in the league, Meissner has had an incredible season against Summit League opponents. In conference play, he has made 39 saves and averages 5.57 saves per game, both tied for first in the conference during conference matches. He has also had lots of help from his defense as well. With senior Colten Walsh (St. Louis, Missouri) and sophomore Damian McGregor-Wickham (Toronto, Canada) being key starters every match for USI, they’ve also had many others step up as well. These include sophomore Aevar Ofjord (Grindavik, Iceland) and junior Travis Sides (Evansville, Indiana) in the middle while junior Marky Lara (Evansville, Indiana), senior Luke Lindsay (Plymouth, Minnesota), and sophomore Mical Hardtman (Hamilton Parrish, Bahamas) have been playing out wide.
 
Summit League Play
The Summit League opened their final week of the regular season on Wednesday. USI and Denver University both came out victorious as the Eagles took down St. Thomas, 2-0, and the Pioneers took down Lindenwood University, 4-0. That was the final game of the season for Lindenwood, finishing 3-11-1, 2-6-0 Summit League, in their first year of Division I play. The final day of the regular season is on Saturday with a full slate of games. Eastern Illinois University travels to the University of Nebraska Omaha for an early, 10:30am, kickoff. USI and Oral Roberts play an early afternoon match in Tulsa, Oklahoma with kickoff at 1pm. Western Illinois University travels to Denver. St. Thomas and the University of Missouri-Kansas City finish off the season with a night game in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
Oral Roberts, Denver, and Omaha have already secured spots in the Summit League Championships. With a win over USI on Saturday, or with a Denver loss to Western Illinois, Oral Roberts would claim the regular season title. With an Oral Roberts tie or loss, Denver would claim the title with a win. UMKC currently sits in the final postseason spot, but if they lose to St. Thomas and Western Illinois beats Denver, Western Illinois will take the fourth and final seed.
 
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles come into the match with USI with a 10-3-2, 6-1-0 Summit League, record and are riding a five-game win streak. The only three losses Oral Roberts have been handed this season have come against Top 25 ranked teams (Denver, Tulsa, SMU). Oral Roberts is being led by Felipe D’Agostini this season with six goals. Shane Anderson leads the Golden Eagles with nine assists on the year, he is seventh in the nation in assists. Oral Roberts has seven players with multiple goals or assists this season. Jeremy Coste has started every game for them in net this season, allowing just 17 goals and making 56 saves while facing 194 shots.

The Golden Eagles have outscored their opponents 38-17 this season but have been outshot 195-186. Oral Roberts currently sits atop the Summit League and claims the regular season title with a win or a Denver loss to Western Illinois.
 
The match between the Screaming Eagles and the Golden Eagles can be seen on the ORU Sports Network.

vehicle collision

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The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office are investigation a death that resulted at St. Joseph Ave. and Allens Ln. vehicle collision. The victim has been identified at Billy O’Dell, age 51, of Evansville. An autopsy has been scheduled for 09:00 hrs on 11/05/2022. This is to determine if a medical event or injuries from the collision caused the death. The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office can provide updates as they become available.

 

Volleyball set for final MVC road swing

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Aces head to Missouri State and Southern Illinois

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind., – Taking to the road for the final time in the 2022 regular season, the University of Evansville volleyball team will make weekend stops at Missouri State and Southern Illinois.  UE opens on the road Friday evening versus the Bears in a 6PM match before heading to Carbondale for a 5PM match against the Salukis on Saturday with both matches to be carried on ESPN3.

Weekend Road Sweep

– Evansville picked up a pair of road victories over the weekend defeating Valpo and UIC

– The effort marked the third MVC weekend road sweep since UE head coach Fernando Morales took over in 2019

– Between 1994 (when UE joined the MVC) and 2018, the program had just on weekend road sweep but since Morales took over, UE has had one in three out of four seasons

New Record

– On Oct. 22, Alondra Vazquez became the all-time program kills leader, breaking Jessica Kiefer’s record of 1,706

– Vazquez officially set the record in the first set of the home contest against Drake and has continued to add to her number

– Her current tally of 1,773 kills is tied for 5th in MVC history

1) 2,293           Lily Johnson, Missouri State, 2014-17

2) 1,948           Lindsay Stalzer, Bradley, 2002-05

3) 1,919           Michelle Witzke, Missouri State, 1994-97

4) 1,779           Molly O’Brien, UNI, 2000-03

5) 1,773           Chris Rehor, Illinois State, 1985-88

     1,773          Alondra Vazquez, Evansville, 2018-

7) 1,725           Cheryl Berg, Indiana State, 1998-01

8) 1,732           Jenny Pavlas, Bradley, 1993-97

9) 1,720           Kate Galer, UNI, 1993-96

10) 1,709         Karlie Taylor, UNI, 2016-19

– Earlier this season, Vazquez moved past Julie Groves for the most attempts in program history and now has 5,125, with Groves’ mark of 4,401 ranking second

– Groves played at UE from 1997-2000

– Vazquez also moved into the top ten in career digs with 1,470…she is currently 5th

Clutch Efforts

– Emilee Scheumann stepped up in a big way in the weekend road sweep at Valpo and UIC as she posted 2.63 kills per set while hitting an impressive .391

– She opened the week by tying her career mark with 11 kills against the Beacons before totaling 10 kills and a .529 hitting tally at UIC

– Scheumann had two more impressive efforts UE defeated Illinois State and Bradley to open the MVC slate, posting 8 kills in both matches while hitting .538 & .375, respectively

– After totaling three kills in the opening four matches, she has notched 129 kills in the last 23 contests…she averaged 0.20 kills in the first four matches but has seen that average rise to 1.45 since that time including a career-high of 11 vs. Tennessee State and at Valpo

– She has notched 4+ kills in 15 of the last 23 matches

Freshman Honor

– Kora Ruff continues to put together an extraordinary season and was rewarded for her efforts on October 31 as she was named the MVC Freshman of the Week for the first time in her career

– In the weekend road victories at Valpo and UIC, Ruff averaged 11.75 assists, 3.00 digs and 0.63 service aces

– Her season assist mark of 10.01 per set puts her fourth in the MVC while her average in conference matches is even better at 10.42/set

– Ruff’s total of 1,011 assists on the season is 7th-best in the NCAA

Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

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Vanderburgh County Arrest Warrants

Vanderburgh County Crash Report 

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Census Bureau Shares Details on 2030 Census Preparations and Encourages Additional Public Input

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 The U.S. Census Bureau released a prerecorded presentation today explaining how it is preparing for the 2030 Census, including research that is underway, the planning timeline and details on how the public can provide input on the design and planning of the next census.

The Census Bureau has begun dozens of research projects to address five areas that will enhance the science of census-taking. It will consider the research findings and public input as it develops the initial operational design for the 2030 Census – the “big picture” plan for conducting the census.

In August, the Census Bureau posted a Federal Register Notice inviting the public to share its ideas for improving the census. In the presentation, Census Bureau officials note the agency particularly wants to hear recommendations on these topics:

  • Reaching and motivating everyone to respond to the census. How can we reach everyone in the nation and motivate them to respond to the census? How can we reach historically undercounted populations (such as the Hispanic or Latino population, the Black or African American population, the American Indian or Alaska Native population living on a reservation, people who reported being of Some Other Race, and young children)?

Consumer Alert: Products Recalled in October 

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Attorney General Todd Rokita is alerting Hoosiers of important consumer protection concerns for products recalled in October. Consumers should take full advantage of the solutions available for those who purchased the recalled items.

“Hoosiers need to know if purchased items in their homes are flawed,” Attorney General Rokita said. “This month, several recalled products are home related, and it is important you pay close attention in order to keep you and your family are safe. Consumer protection is one of my office’s top priorities. If you have difficulty finding a solution for your recalled product, call my office for help.”  

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following consumer products were recalled in October:  Tea Kettles from Target 

Rubber Straps for Swift Bicycle Bags 

Optimus Gemini Portable Gas Stoves from Katadyn North America 

Desk and Storage Units from MillerKnoll 

Snowmobiles from Bombardier Recreational 

Children’s Sleepwear from Ekouaer 

E-Bikes from Ancheer 

Outdoor Freezers from U-Line 

Magic Chef Air Fryers from Newair 

Children’s Rings from U.P. Fashion 

Children’s Sleepwear from Jammers Apparel Group 

If you believe you purchased a recalled product, stop using it and check its recall notice (linked above for all products). Follow the notice’s instructions, including where to return the product, how to get the product fixed, how to dispose of the product, how to receive a refund for the product, or what steps must be taken to receive a replacement product.   

 

CenterPoint Energy Reminds Customers To Prepare For Winter Heating Season

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Evansville, Ind. – As the seasons change and Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, Nov. 6, CenterPoint Energy is reminding customers that now is a good time to prepare for the winter heating season with some simple household safety and energy efficiency measures.

When setting your clocks back one hour on Sunday, remember to take care of these tasks around your home:

  • Replace the batteries in your home’s smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
  • Check the expiration dates on these devices. Smoke alarms typically have a lifespan of 10 years, while carbon monoxide detectors last five years.
  • Clean the vent ductwork on your dryer to reduce the potential for a dryer-related fire. It also helps your appliance run more efficiently.
  • Schedule your annual furnace inspection with a qualified technician to make sure your heating system is running safely and efficiently.

Now is also a good time to take advantage of energy efficiency tips to reduce your energy usage and lower your utility bills:

  • Replace or clean your furnace filter regularly. Good air flow is essential for maximizing efficiency and the life of your furnace.
  • Uncover heating vents. Make sure vents are not blocked by furniture or drapes to ensure proper air flow.
  • Turn down the thermostat. Lower it by 10 degrees at night or when you’re away for at least eight hours. You can potentially save 10% on your space heating costs. With a programmable thermostat, it’s easy to have your heating system work around your schedule.
  • Seal air leaks with caulking and weather stripping around windows and doors.  By keeping warm air in and cold air out, you can reduce your energy usage and costs.
  • Turn ceiling fans to rotate clockwise. It produces an updraft and moves warm air away from the ceiling into the rest of the room.
  • Close the fireplace damper when not in use. An open damper allows warm air to escape your home.
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