BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Young Carson Tyler is a world medalist.

Fresh off his freshman season for Indiana swimming and diving, Tyler secured his first senior medal Friday (July 1) at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, winning bronze in mixed synchronized 10-meter diving with USA Diving teammate Delaney Schnell.

“Carson had a great ending to his first experience on the world stage,” IU head diving coach Drew Johansen said. “His composure and confidence in himself and his training was that of a veteran diver.”

The pairing was consistent through their five dives, earning a top-five score in each round. Tyler and Schnell finished with a flourish, scoring 69.30, 79.68 and 73.92 in each of their final three dives.

Team USA just missed out on a silver medal, finishing just 1.11 points behind runner-up Ukraine. China took gold with a score of 341.16.

Tyler and Schnell qualified for worlds after becoming national champions in the event at USA Diving Winter Nationals in December with a score of 268.62. Earlier this week, Tyler also competed individually on the men’s 3-meter springboard, finishing 31st (346.75).

Tyler had a fantastic first year at IU, qualifying for all three diving events in the 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships where he placed 12th in platform diving and 18th and 27th, respectively, on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. At the Big Ten Championships, he won bronze in platform diving with a 440.90.

For IU, it’s the program’s fourth medal at this year’s world championships as former IU swimmer Lilly King won three gold medals earlier in the competition. With a victory in the 200-meter breaststroke race, King became the first American swimmer to win a career of gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200-meter events of one stroke at the long course world championships.

Indiana swimming and diving sent 13 athletes and two coaches to Budapest for this year’s championships, with the group representing seven countries. Women’s diver Kristen Hayden, who finished 13th in the women’s 3-meter event on Friday, will cap IU’s appearances in the competition as she takes on the women’s synchronized 3-meter event Sunday (July 3).

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Evansville Otters are partnering with Habitat for Humanity for a workday at a Habitat for Humanity home-build site next Wednesday morning, July 6, from 10 a.m. to approximately 11-11:30 a.m. The media is invited to attend. The workday coincides with the game partnership scheduled for July 8 at Bosse Field when the Otters host the Florence Y’alls at 6:35 p.m. Otters players and some front office staff will be present at the work site. Workdays in previous years for the Otters have included raising house framework, nailing in house siding, and distributing water and ice cream to volunteers of Habitat for Humanity. The partnership between the Evansville Otters and Habitat for Humanity has been going strong for three years with the inclusion of a sponsored game night at Bosse Field. The game itself will feature giveaways at the gate, raffles for gift cards and special experiences, and a half pot.

LOCATION: 612 E. Louisiana St.

                    Evansville, IN 47711

 

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, July 6

                    10 a.m. – 11, 11:30 a.m.

 

CONTACT: Preston Leinenbach

                    (812) 549-6501

                    pleinenbach@evansvilleotters.com

 

The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions. The Otters play all home games at historic Bosse Field, located at 23 Don Mattingly Way in Evansville, Ind. Stay up-to-date with the Evansville Otters by visiting evansvilleotters.com, or follow the Otters on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information, visit evansvilleotters.com or call (812) 435-8686.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Evansville Otters overcame an early three-run deficit Thursday to defeat the Joliet Slammers 7-3 and complete a series sweep.

Joliet wasted no time scoring early, stealing a run in the second inning on a passed ball past Dakota Phillips on a pitch from Evansville starter Steve Pastora.

In the third, the Slammers grabbed another pair of runs, both scoring on a two-run double from Scott Holzwasser, extending the lead to 3-0.

Pastora’s day ended after three innings, giving up three runs on four hits. Ryan O’Reilly entered for a long relief opportunity, making the most of it.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Otters finally retaliated. Dakota Phillips brought in a single run with a sacrifice fly to left.

Two batters later, Anthony Torreullas tied the game at three with a two-run single.

The Otters grabbed the lead in the fifth on an error from Joliet’s second baseman Matt Burch, pulling ahead 4-3.

The 4-3 Otter advantage lasted into the eighth inning when Evansville cashed in on three insurance runs.

Two runs scored on a deep sacrifice fly to center field from Miles Gordon. The final insurance run scored on an error from Joliet’s third baseman Tyler DePreta-Johnson.

The Otters took a 7-3 lead into the ninth inning and called upon bullpen arm Jake Polancic to close out the game. A two-out walk wasn’t enough to challenge Polancic, as Evansville held firm to their four-run lead.

O’Reilly earned the win in relief, allowing no runs and just two hits in five complete innings. The loss fell to Cam Aufderheide, his third of 2022.

With the win, Evansville earned their fifth series sweep of the season, their fourth at home.

The Otters are back at it Friday night as they kick off a four-game holiday weekend series at Gateway. First pitch from Sauget, Ill is 6:45 p.m. for all four games this weekend.

 

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana swimming and diving program had 27 student-athletes (17 women, 10 men) selected to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) 2021-22 Scholar All-America teams, the publication announced this week.

The CSCAA also announced this week that the IU men’s and women’s programs were each awarded the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honor, selected based on their spring 2022 grade point averages. During a semester when the programs achieved great success at both the conference and national levels in the pool, the women’s team earned a 3.53 GPA while the men had a 3.26 mark.

IU’s 17 scholar All-America selections from the women’s team are the most in the Big Ten, while its 27 total honorees rank No. 2 in the conference.

Of the 27 selections, 14 earned first-team honors. To qualify for first-team scholar All-America, student-athletes earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 and participated in their national championship. Second-team selections also earned a 3.50 GPA or higher and achieved a “B” time standard for the national championship or participated at a diving zone qualification meet.

2021-22 WOMEN’S CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS (17)

Elizabeth Broshears

Megan Carter*

Taylor Carter*

Morgan Casey*

Brearna Crawford

Anne Fowler

Ching Hwee Gan

Tarrin Gilliland

Kristen Hayden

Carmen Hernandez*

Dominika Kossakowska

Mackenzie Looze

Kayla Luarde*

Anna Peplowski

Noelle Peplowski

Margaret Rogers*

Zain Smith*

2021-22 MEN’S CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS (10)

Luke Barr*

Bruno Blaskovic

Mikey Calvillo*

Gabriel Fantoni

Corey Gambardella

Josh Matheny

Maxwell Reich*

Carson Tyler

Gavin Wight*

Jassen Yep*

* – Second-team selection