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UE Track & Field Heads To MVC Championships This Weekend
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville track and field teams will head west to Des Moines, Iowa this weekend to take part in the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The MVC Championships kick off on Friday morning at 10 a.m. with the multi-events competitions at Drake Stadium, and will continue on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Purple Aces will head to the Valley Championships off of a track season in which UE has set over 16 school records and 135 personal-best marks. UE has set at least four personal-best marks on every day of competition this season between both indoor and outdoor track season, and the Purple Aces have set a school record in nine of their 10 combined indoor and outdoor meets this spring.
“This track season has been fun to watch the growth,” said UE head coach Don Walters. “To see over 16 school records broken and 135 personal-best marks set is amazing. That has been our goal and our focus all year long, and it has been fun as a coach to see that hard work pay off for the various student-athletes.”
Junior thrower Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind./Princeton Community) has helped lead UE’s record-breaking charge, as he has set a school record five different times this spring. Dove broke the indoor weight throw record in the winter, and has broken the hammer throw record three times and broke the discus record in UE’s last meet at the Sycamore Open in Terre Haute on April 30. It comes as part of a season in which he has added almost 10 meters to his hammer throw marks from previous years.
From a Valley perspective, UE has four individuals ranked in the Valley’s Top 10 entering the championships. Senior Joey Rucinski (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) ranks the highest of any Purple Ace, ranking fifth in the conference in the decathlon, having posted a school-record score of 5,906 already this season. Freshmen Preston Riggs (Ft. Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern) and Denzel Lasam (St. Louis, Mo./De Smet Jesuit) both rank eighth in the Valley in the decathlon and triple jump events, respectively, while Rucinski also ranks 10th in the Valley in the pole vault. Graduate student Anna Lowry (Taylorville, Ill./Taylorville) is also the reigning MVC champion in the 10,000-meter event.
The Missouri Valley Conference Championships will also mark the end of an era at Evansville, as it will mark the final meet as head coach for Don Walters. Walters began coaching cross country at UE in May, 2000 and has served as the cross country coach for the last 23 seasons. He also was a driving force behind Evansville bringing back the track and field program in 2018, after it was dormant for over 33 years.
“It really doesn’t seem like it has been 23 years, as I have really enjoyed my time at UE,” said Walters. “Hopefully, we can go out and set some more school and personal records this weekend and go out the right way.”
The MVC Championships will be streamed on ESPN3.
DAUGHTRY ROCKS THE PLAZA STAGE ON SEPTEMBER 13 WITH SPECIAL GUEST POP EVIL
TICKETS GO ON SALE NATIONALLY ON MAY 20 AT 10 AM
Evansville, IN - May 12, 2022 – For the first time since 2013, rock band Daughtry will play at the Old National Events Plaza on September 13. The band noted as one of the most visible and consistent Rock & Roll torchbearers of the 21st Century, has sold over 9 million albums and 16 million singles worldwide, selling out concerts across the globe.
The band’s self-titled debut album, Daughtry, was the top-selling album of 2007, producing 4 Top 20 Platinum-selling singles on the Billboard Hot 100 list, becoming the fastest-selling rock debut album in Soundscan history. Daughtry earned 4 Grammy Award nominations and won 4 American Music Awards and 7 Billboard Music Awards including Album of the Year. The band’s subsequent albums, Leave This Town (2009), Break The Spell (2011), Baptized (2013) and Cage To Rattle (2018) was all certified Gold and placed in the top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. In 2020, Daughtry released their newest single, World On Fire, marking a return to the top of the US Rock Charts.
Special guest Pop Evil has been a staple rock band at major festivals, theaters, and clubs for nearly two decades. The band has celebrated several No. 1 Billboard Rock singles like: “Trenches,†“Deal with the Devil,†“Torn to Pieces,†“Footsteps,†and “Waking Lions.†Collectively, Pop Evil’s previous five albums account for over a million copies in worldwide sales and over 600 million streams.
 The band’s album Up debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 and produced three Top 5 Mainstream Rock singles: “Ways to Get High,†“Take it All,†and “Footsteps,†which went to No. 1. This was on the heels of the three No. 1 Rock singles from Onyx. Pop Evil debuted at No. 5 on the US Top Rock Albums chart and the single “Be Legendary†was one of the Top 10 most played songs of 2019.
 Ticket Information:
 What: Daughtry with special guest Pop Evil
When:Â Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 7:30 PM
Where:Â Old National Events Plaza | 715 Locust Street | Evansville, IN 47708
Tickets:Â Tickets start at $32.00 plus applicable fees and tax.
For more information about Daughtry visit www.daughtryofficial.com
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Aces push win streak to seven with midweek win over SIUE
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EVANSVILLE – Reaching the 17-run mark for the third time this season, the University of Evansville baseball team captured its 28th victory of the season in a 17-10 win over SIU Edwardsville at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium on Wednesday night in Evansville.
“Staying in the win column is always good and our offense carried us tonight,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll on the win. “We had great at bats top to bottom in our lineup. Big weekend ahead for this club.”
On the mound, Evansville utilized seven pitchers on the night with Donovan Schultz getting the start and picking up his second win of the season with four innings of work, allowing four runs and striking-out three.
Evansville’s offense was hot on a warm night in the River City, recording 16 hits with every single Ace who came to the plate tallying at least one hit on the day. Turning-in multi-hit games were Mark Shallenberger, Brent Widder, Evan Berkey, Max Malley, and Danny Borgstrom, who led the team with three hits. The MVC Player of the Week, Scherry went without an RBI last weekend, but made up for it with a team-best five RBI against the Cougars.
Scoring was sporadic and spread out by both teams throughout the midweek contest, but Evansville broke open the game in the bottom of the third, plating nine runs in the frame, taking a 12-2 lead. Evansville’s lead would be narrowed through the final three innings, but the Aces showcased consistency at the plate from the top to bottom of the order and power with a pair of home runs, one each for Berkey and Borgstrom in a 17-10 victory for the Aces.
The win marked Evansville’s seventh-straight and its 13th in its last 15 contests, amassing a 25-8 record over its last 33 games.
Evansville clashes with Dallas Baptist this weekend for a crucial MVC series in Dallas, beginning with game one on Friday with a 6:30 PM first pitch.
Senator Braun on Vote Against Unlimited Abortion Bill in Senate
WASHINGTON — Senator Mike Braun released the following statement on his NO vote on the Democratic proposal to remove all limits on abortion.
“I’m proud to join the bipartisan majority of the Senate rejecting Joe Biden’s radical plan to remove all limits on abortion up until the moment of birth on babies that can feel pain, kick, suck their thumbs, respond to sounds, and have a heartbeat.†– SENATOR MIKE BRAUN
