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Join Willard Library for Crafternoon on Thursday

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Looking for a heartfelt way to show someone you care? Join us for Adult Crafternoon on Thursday, February 6th, at 4:00 PM in the Browning Gallery! This month, we’re crafting stunning quilled Valentine cards—a perfect handmade gift for someone special. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or trying something new, this relaxing and creative activity is open to everyone ages 13 and up.

 

All supplies are provided, so just bring your creativity and drop in—no registration required!

 

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

 

FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.

USI women struggle to find flow on Saturday, falls to Tennessee Tech

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USI struggles to find flow on Saturday, falls to Tennessee Tech

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball had a difficult time finding its flow in its return to Liberty Arena to begin a three-game homestand on Saturday, as the Screaming Eagles fell to Tennessee Tech University, 81-62.

Southern Indiana moved to 16-7 overall and 8-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference, but the Screaming Eagles left the day still tied for fourth in the standings. Meanwhile, Tennessee Tech improved to 16-5 with a 10-2 mark in the OVC. The Golden Eagles moved up into a three-way tie for first in the OVC alongside Lindenwood University and Eastern Illinois University.

Tennessee Tech started the contest with a 7-0 run. Southern Indiana got going with success inside the paint and trailed only by four, 12-8, by the four-minute mark of the opening quarter. Graduate guard Lexie Green hit a key three late in the first, but the Tennessee Tech lead remained at four, 17-13, by the end of the first quarter.

Green connected on another three to begin the second quarter to make it a one-point game. However, Tennessee Tech responded, as the Golden Eagles went up 26-18 while holding Southern Indiana scoreless for nearly five minutes in the middle of the second. A triple by senior guard Vanessa Shafford ended the drought for USI. In the last two minutes of the first half, Tennessee Tech increased its lead, but a little boost from graduate forward Meredith Raley helped keep USI within six, 31-25, going into halftime.

Out of the halftime break, Tennessee Tech started the second half with a 21-0 run over the first five minutes of the third period. Sophomore guard Sophia Loden got USI on the second-half scoreboard with a three-pointer. A spark off the bench from sophomore forward Chloe Gannon and another triple by Loden helped USI finish the third on an 18-8 run. The Golden Eagles led 59-43 entering the fourth quarter.

Within the first three minutes of the fourth frame, graduate forward Madi Webb scored six points to help bring USI back within 11, 64-53. However, Tennessee Tech answered to halt Southern Indiana’s momentum. The Screaming Eagles came within 11 points once again after a Shafford layup with 2:36 left, but the Golden Eagles closed out the game from there.

Southern Indiana shot for just below 34 percent (21-62) overall and nearly 44 percent (7-16) from beyond the arc. USI missed only one free throw out of 14 attempts for over 92 percent. Shafford led USI in scoring with 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Junior guard Ali Saunders tallied 11 points.

Tennessee Tech went for 54 percent (27-50) from the floor and just under 37 percent (7-19) from three. The Golden Eagles shot nearly 77 percent (20-26) from the free-throw line. Tennessee Tech had five players in double figures with graduate guard Keeley Carter scoring a game-high 20 points.

The Screaming Eagles will resume their homestand from Liberty Arena next week. They will play the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Thursday at 5 p.m. and celebrate Black History Month. Then USI will host Southeast Missouri State University for Homecoming and Hall of Fame Weekend next Saturday at 5 p.m. Tickets for all home games at Liberty Arena can be purchased online at usiscreamingeagles.com or the USI Ticket Office.

Screaming Eagles outflown by Golden Eagles, 78-65

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Screaming Eagles outflown by Golden Eagles, 78-65

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball lost a battle with Tennessee Tech University, 78-65, Saturday afternoon at Liberty Arena. The Screaming Eagles are 9-13 overall and 4-8 in OVC action, while the Golden Eagles go to 12-11, 7-5 OVC.

USI and TTU traded buckets for the first few minutes of the game before the Golden Eagles jumped out to a six-point lead, 11-5. USI junior guard Damoni Harrison led a 12-5 charge to get the Screaming Eagles a 17-16 lead by the 9:54 mark.

TTU slowly eased out in front, 25-20, but a quick burst by USI saw the game tied for the fifth time in the half, 25-25. The Screaming Eagles and the Golden Eagles would continue to trade the advantage for the final four minutes of the half until TTU took a 34-31 lead into the intermission.

After the intermission, TTU forced USI to call a timeout three minutes into the final half after extending the halftime advantage to eight points, 41-33, with a 7-2 wave. The Screaming Eagles responded with an 11-2 run to close the gap to 45-44 behind six points by sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi and five points by Harrison.

The USI run would extend to 15-5 as the Screaming Eagles knotted the score at 48-48 with 9:38 to play on a Harrison layup. TTU, however, would jump back out in front with a quick 8-0 dash to take the momentum back, 56-48, with seven minutes to play and extended the margin by 6:25 to play to 12 points, 62-50.

USI would close the gap to eight points, 65-57, on a three-pointer by junior guard Jack Campion with 1:52 left, as the Screaming Eagles tried to regain the momentum. Campion would pull USI to within six points with a two-point bucket, 65-59, but that would be as close as the Screaming Eagles would come before TTU closed out the 78-65 contest.

Individually for the game, Harrison posted a team-high 22 points on nine-of-21 from the field, including four three-point bombs. Olowoniyi followed with 17 points on eight-of-19 from the field and one of four from the stripe.

Campion and Randall rounded out the USI double-digit scorers with 13 points and 11 points, respectively.

Next Up For USI:
USI continues its three-game homestand with Homecoming next week when the Screaming Eagles host the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Thursday and Southeast Missouri State University Saturday. Both games are slated for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.

The Trojans of Little Rock are 13-9 overall, 7-4 OVC, and scheduled to play the University of Tennessee at Martin tonight at home. Little Rock has lost its last two games since winning five straight.

Little Rock took command of the all-time series with USI, 3-2, by posting a 78-58 win in January. Harrison led the way for the Eagles with 17 points in the loss.

The homestand concludes February 8 when USI hosts SEMO, which is 13-10 overall and 8-4 in the OVC, for the Homecoming game. SEMO defeated Tennessee State University in overtime, 89-87, today and visits Morehead State University Thursday before coming to USI.

SEMO leads the all-time series with USI, 7-3, after posting a 77-66 win in Cape Girardeau last month. USI junior guard Sam Kodi led four Eagles in double-digits with 15 points. Junior guard Braxton Jones followed with 13 points, while sophomore forward Stephen Olowoniyi and junior guard Damoni Harrison had 12 points and 11 points, respectively.

Tickets for the homestand and all USI home dates are on sale now at USIScreamingEagles.com.

Lady Blazers late comeback comes up just short at John A. Logan

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Lady Blazers late comeback comes up just short at John A. Logan

CARTERVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University Lady Trailblazers were on the road again Saturday afternoon for a tough Region 24 road matchup against the Lady Volunteers of John A. Logan College.

The Lady Blazers played from behind for most of the game and looked to be building momentum with a late comeback in the fourth quarter, but just ran out of time as VU fell to the Lady Vols 76-73.

The Lady Blazers got off to a great start Saturday afternoon, riding an early 7-0 scoring run to take an 11-8 lead over the Lady Vols.

VU would hold this lead for most of the first quarter before John A. Logan closed out the opening period of play with seven straight points to take a 20-14 lead into the second quarter.

The two teams traded small scoring runs to open the second quarter of action with VU’s offense having a hard time finding the bottom of the net as the Lady Blazers headed into the locker room break trailing John A. Logan 37-24.

John A. Logan looked to put the game away early in the second half, building their largest lead of the night at 48-28 before the Lady Blazers gained some momentum with eight straight to cut the Logan lead to 12.

The Lady Vols would hold off the VU comeback in the third quarter, getting their lead back to 16 and taking a 61-45 lead into the fourth quarter.

John A. Logan continued to add to their lead early in the fourth quarter and built a 70-51 advantage but the Lady Blazers refused to go away quietly.

Vincennes continued to battle and ramped up the defensive pressure to ride a 22-4 run to get back within one.

John A. Logan would hit a pair of free throws to put the Lady Vols up by three in the final seconds, with VU getting one last attempt to send the game to overtime but were unable to convert as VU unfortunately just ran out of time to complete their late comeback, falling to the Lady Vols 76-73.

The Lady Blazers were led offensively by sophomore Marta Gutierrez (Alicante, Spain) who was close to completing a triple double with 20 points, eight rebounds and a team-high eight assists.

Freshman Delora Pricop (Satu Mare, Romania) also matched Gutierrez with 20 points in Saturday’s game, while also grabbing nine rebounds for the Lady Blazers.

Freshman Ahmya Thomas (Phoenix, Ariz.) was the third VU scorer in double figures, finishing her day with 16 points, four assists and three steals.

Freshman Jazmyn Robey (Sellersburg, Ind.) came away with nine points, eight rebounds and four assists in the game.

The Lady Trailblazers will look to bounce back and get back in the win column when VU returns home to the Physical Education Complex Wednesday, Feb. 5 as VU hosts Lincoln Trail College at 5 p.m. eastern on Community Schools Night at VU.

VINCENNES BOX SCORE

VINCENNES (73): Ahmya Thomas 6-13 4-4 16, Jazmyn Robey 4-9 0-2 9, Marta Gutierrez 5-10 8-10 20, Emani Washington 0-0 0-0 0, Delora Pricop 9-15 2-4 20, Yanni Huggins 1-6 0-0 2, Netala Dixon 2-13 1-2 6, Team 27-66 15-22 73.

John A. Logan – 20   17   24   15 – 76

VU (10-13 5-3) – 14   10   21   28 – 73

Three-point goals: VU 4 (Gutierrez 2, Robey, Dixon). Rebounds: VU 40 (Pricop 9, Huggins 9). Assists: VU 22 (Gutierrez 8). Steals: VU 13 (Gutierrez 4). Blocked Shots: VU 4 (Robey 2, Pricop 2). Turnovers: VU 23. Personal Fouls: VU 24. Fouled out: Thomas, Robey.

No. 16 Trailblazers pick up big Region 24 road win at John A. Logan

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No. 16 Trailblazers pick up big Region 24 road win at John A. Logan

CARTERVILLE, Ill. – The No. 16-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers were on the road again Saturday afternoon as the Blazers headed to Carterville, Ill. for a tough Region 24 road showdown with the Volunteers of John A. Logan.

The Trailblazers got going early and were able to close out the game strong at the free throw line as VU picked up the 80-74 victory over the Volunteers.

The Trailblazers opened the game Saturday afternoon with another excellent start, jumping out to an early 10-1 lead and later building a 19-5 advantage over the Volunteers.

The VU lead would hold at 14 before the Volunteers offense began to chip away at the deficit, using a 13-5 run to cut the Trailblazer advantage down to six.

John A. Logan would get as close as five points in the first half before the Trailblazers closed out the first half strong to take a 39-31 lead into the locker room.

The two teams opened the second half trading baskets before Vincennes looked to be in complete control of the game with an 8-0 scoring run to take a 60-46 lead.

John A. Logan would fire back in front of the home crowd and use an 8-0 run to help get back within three at 70-67.

The Trailblazers would weather the storm from the Vols and come through big, first with a clutch three by freshman Travelle Bryson (Anderson, S.C.) and later at the free throw line by sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.).

Vincennes would connect at the free throw line and come away with their seventh straight wire-to-wire Region 24 victory by the final score of 80-74.

“I thought we were locked in early,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “I thought we were locked into the game plan. The things that we wanted to do, we did. The things that we wanted to take away from them, we did.”

“I thought several guys were good early,” Franklin added. “I thought Dayton Williams was good early. He maybe got a little tired as the game went along, but early in the game he was good. I just thought we were locked in. They had five points after quite a bit of time and they were five that they shouldn’t have had. We had a couple of busted assignments otherwise we would have pitched a shutout to that point.”

“As the game went on, we got a little relaxed and it’s hard to continue it against teams with that much talent at home,” Franklin said. “But I thought it was a good effort. I thought Hussein Elmaraghy was huge. Bryan came out to by physical. Sometimes it can be a wild ride with Bryan, but he gave us a physical presence and an active presence. Hussein, I thought, was just tremendous. One thing you worry about with Hussein is defense but he was really good there. He was in the right spots. This was a game where I thought he could do that and he did and offensively he was really good. He was on the offensive glass and he took advantage of that we were getting downhill on them and they like to block shots. We talked about that extensively and Hussein took that to heart and did a good job today and that was huge.”

“Travelle Bryson hit a big shot late and he made some big defensive plays at times,” Franklin added. “He was active with his hands and got some deflections and pick offs which were big stops when we needed them. Christian Andrews did a good job off the bench. He held the fort and allowed us to keep Lebron out of foul trouble and keep him fresh for the finish. We made a concerted effort and knew that it would probably come down to a grind like that down the stretch. So those were all huge in this basketball game.”

The Trailblazers were led offensively by Lebron Thomas who finished with 22 points and a team-high four assists, while hitting 10 big free throws in the game.

Sophomore Hussein Elmaraghy (Cairo, Egypt) stepped up big for the Trailblazers in the post off the bench, finishing his night with a season-high 16 points and seven rebounds.

Sophomore Bryan Akanmu (Paris, France) was the third VU scorer in double figures, finishing the game with 13 points and nine rebounds, while freshmen Dayton Williams (Louisville, Ky.) and Travelle Bryson finished with eight points each.

Bryson would come through for the Blazers on the defensive end as well, matching Akamnu’s team-high with nine rebounds in the game and finishing with a team-high five steals.

The Trailblazers will look to keep their 13-game winning streak going as the Blazers return home to the Physical Education Complex Wednesday, Feb. 5 when VU hosts Lincoln Trail College at 7 p.m. eastern on Community Schools Night at the P.E. Complex.

“This is a big win for us,” Franklin said. “I think this legitimizes us in every way. It legitimizes this streak and it legitimizes this team that has not lost a game with its full team. I don’t think we’ve trailed much with our full team available here. But we’ve got a long way to go to get what we want. What we want is to be the last team standing when everybody is done. I think we certainly should be in the conversation with those teams today. Maybe we’ll go on to do nothing the rest of this year, it guarantees nothing. But right now, today, there is no way that that is the 16th ranked team in the country. That ball club should definitely be in the top five, six or seven without any question about it.”

“Then when you take into account that our losses happened against pretty good teams and when we didn’t have our full team,” Franklin added. “We were young and new but we also didn’t have all of our guys. Travelle has made some big plays and he didn’t play in two of our losses. Ali Sakho didn’t play in any of them. Now we’ve had them all back and that puts people in the right places and positions and since that’s happened and we got a little bit of practice time together, we’ve been pretty good. But we can get a lot better because we’ve had a lot of times where those guys couldn’t practice. So we’re still catching up. So there’s still another punch or two left in us to move up.”

“That’s where we’ve got to get,” Franklin said. “We’ll go home and we’ll enjoy it, take a big breathe and then come back and we’ve got two big home games next week. Both will be very quality games. Lincoln Trail has a nice team and SWIC is hot. Since we beat them, Coach Harrington has rallied the troops. He played Logan really tough and he’s won ever since. So they will be ready for us on Saturday.”

“The home folks need to come out,” Franklin added. “We’ve got two home games and then we’re not going to have any home games until the first of March and we’ve only got four left period. This is a basketball team that deserves their attention. This 13 game winning streak, against Division I teams, league games, two over Logan, one over Triton, at SWIC and at Wabash. It’s been quality. So I think at this point in time, this team has earned the right for people to come see them and people should want to come see them because they are a fun team to watch. Sometimes they are a wild ride for me, but it should be a fun team for everybody to watch and I think our best basketball is still in front of us. We’ll see if we can do it, but I think it is.”

VINCENNES BOX SCORE

VINCENNES (80): Bryan Akanmu 5-11 3-4 13, Michael Cooper 0-7 5-9 5, Lebron Thomas 6-11 10-13 22, Dayton Williams 4-12 0-0 8, Ali Sakho 3-4 0-1 6, Christian Andrews 0-3 0-1 0, Taveon Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Travelle Bryson 3-7 0-0 8, Darstin Onye 0-0 0-0 0, Kenaz Ochogwu 1-1 0-0 2, Hussein Elmaraghy 5-7 6-6 16, Team 27-64 24-34 80.

John A. Logan – 31   43 – 74

VU (19-3, 9-0) – 39   41 – 80

Three-point goals: VU 2 (Bryson 2). Rebounds: VU 44 (Akanmu 9, Bryson 9). Assists: VU 15 (Thomas 5). Steals: VU 11 (Bryson 5). Blocked Shots: VU 7 (Williams 2). Turnovers: VU 15. Personal Fouls: VU 19. Fouled out: None.

UE women’s basketball celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day against Valpo

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UE women’s basketball celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day against Valpo
The Purple Aces hosted their second annual NGWSD clinic and game on Saturday
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In front of a loud and boisterous crowd of area girls the University of Evansville women’s basketball team came just shy of a victory in the 64-51 loss.
Despite almost even numbers from the floor, a frozen second quarter put the Purple Aces behind too far for a second-half comeback against the Valparaiso Beacons. Sophomore forward Maggie Hartwig (Sauk City, Wis. / Sauk Prairie HS) almost single-handedly got UE back into the game with her fifth double-double of the season. With 21 points and 12 rebounds, Hartwig had her seventh game scoring 20+ points for Evansville in 20 games.
“We’re disappointed with the outcome,” said Head Coach Robyn Scherr following the game. “It certainly wasn’t from a lack of effort. We were playing really really hard and left it all out there.
“We let their pressure bother us in the first half. We did a better job in the second half but credit to Valpo, we just couldn’t string together enough stops in the fourth quarter. They made some big shots when we pulled close and got it to a two-possession game. They responded with some big buckets and that was kind of it.”
Freshman forward Elle Snyder (Latrobe, Penn. / Greater Latrobe HS) got the game started with five straight points in three and a half minutes. The Aces took their first lead of the quarter when freshman Kaiden Kreinhagen (Indianapolis / North Central HS) hit the team’s second three. UE held onto the lead for the rest of the first thanks to an 8-3 run.
However, Evansville’s offense went quiet in the second quarter as Snyder was the only player to make a shot in 10 minutes of action. Even with only three points in the second,d the Aces trailed by just four going into halftime.
Hartwig had an early three-point play to get UE back within one as they kept the Beacons scoreless for the first two minutes. But Valpo was able to capitalize on turnovers and pull away by five just over three minutes into the half. Evansville traded shots with Beacons until the final two minutes of the third quarter. Valparaiso was up by seven with 1:18 left but a five-point run for the Aces had the deficit back within two possessions.
It was a back-and-forth pace on offense early in the fourth quarter. But back-to-back threes for Beacons forward Layla Gold made it a nine-point game with just under six minutes to go. Sophomore forward, Claudia Clement (Barcelona, Spain / Winthrop) got a layup out of the media timeout to get UE back within seven. But that would be the closest Evansville got to Valpo as the Beacons pulled away for the 66-54 Aces loss.
Hartwig and freshman guard Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind. / Hamilton Heights HS) were the only two UE players in double figures on Saturday. Runner added 10 points while Snyder came just shy of double digits with eight points on the night. Hartwig also led Evansville in rebounds with 12 boards while freshman guard Avery Kelley (Evansville, Ind. / Memorial HS) set a new career-high with seven rebounds.
The Aces return to the road next week for the back half of the Missouri Valley Conference portion of the schedule. UE will make the two-hour drive to Southern Illinois for the team’s next game on Friday, February 7. Tip-off from the Banterra Center is set for 6 p.m.
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THUNDERBOLTS BOUNCE BACK FOR 5-2 WIN IN MACON

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THUNDERBOLTS BOUNCE BACK FOR 5-2 WIN IN MACON
 
Macon, Ga.:  The Thunderbolts went down to Georgia for the only time this season and took care of business, responding from Friday’s loss with a statement 5-2 victory over the Mayhem in Macon on Saturday.  The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Friday, February 7th against the Peoria Rivermen at 7:05pm CT.
                In the first period, Evansville carried over their strong finish from Friday’s game, outshooting Macon 16-8 and scoring the lone goal of the period as Scott Kirton scored with a bank shot off a Macon defender at 9:09, assisted by Logan vande Meerakker and Bronson Adams.  Evansville again heavily outshot Macon in the second period by a 23-12 margin, however the Mayhem managed to tie the game twice, starting with a power play goal by Yaroslav Yevdokimov at 4:27.  Evansville answered back at 10:45, as a Nolan McElhaney shot deflected in off a Macon player to make it 2-1 Evansville, assisted by Cameron MacPhee and Matthew Hobbs.  Macon managed to tie the game again at 15:14, with Alexei Monakhov scoring on a rebound chance.  At 18:02, Evansville took the lead back for good as Isaac Chapman scored his first professional goal on a 2-on-1 rush, assisted by Derek Contessa.  In the third period, Evansville put the game away with a pair of goals, starting at 6:48 as Matt Dorsey was left alone in front and scored, assisted by Kirton, followed by Jordan Simoneau finishing off a wrap-around chance from Hobbs and Grayson Valente at 13:44 to make it a 5-2 score.
                Kirton finished with one goal and one assist, while McElhaney, Chapman, Dorsey and Simoneau each scored one goal.  Hobbs finished with a pair of assists, while Cole Ceci finished with 23 saves on 25 shots on goal for his 9th win of the season.  The Thunderbolts and Mayhem do not meet again this season, with Evansville winning the regular season series 2-1.
Individual game tickets and group packages are on sale for the 2024-25 season.  Season tickets for the 2025-26 season are on sale now.  Call 812-422-BOLT(2658) or visit our website (www.evansvillethunderbolts.com) for details.
About Evansville Thunderbolts: The Evansville Thunderbolts is the area’s only professional hockey team. The Thunderbolts are a proud member of the SPHL.  The team is owned and operated by VW Sports, L.L.C, a subsidiary of VenuWorks, Inc. www.evansvillethunderbolts.com

USI Men’s Track: Nolan, Terry PR’s land duo at top of OVC list

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Nolan, Terry PR’s land duo at top of OVC list

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field sophomore Alex Nolan and junior Brady Terry moved to the front of the Ohio Valley Conference 3,000-meter performance list with their respective efforts Friday at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite.

Nolan and Terry both posted personal-bests in the 3,000 meters as Nolan finished in eight minutes, 14.52 seconds and Terry in 8:15.84. Their times rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the OVC and land them at No. 10 and No. 11 on USI’s all-time indoor 3,000-meter list.

Several Screaming Eagles posted personal-bests on the weekend, while two moved into the top 10 in the OVC with their 5,000-meter performances on Saturday.

Junior Dylan Bland ran a season-best time of 15:00.06 to move into fifth on the OVC 5,000-meter performance list, while freshman Zach Wells clocked a time of 15:01.15 to move into seventh in the OVC.

USI is set to compete in two meets next weekend, beginning with the Eastern Indoors Friday in Louisville and the Fairgrounds Invitational next Saturday in Indianapolis.

USI Women’s Track: Austin’s 3k effort leads Eagles

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Austin’s 3k effort leads Eagles

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—University of Southern Indiana freshman Hadessah Austin turned heads Friday with a blistering effort in the 3,000 meters to lead USI Women’s Track & Field at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite this weekend.

Austin set a USI freshman record with her second-place time of nine minutes, 40.99 seconds, putting her No. 3 on the Screaming Eagles’ all-time indoor 3,000-meter list and atop the Ohio Valley Conference performance list by nearly 19 seconds.

Her time broke Erika Wilson’s previous freshman mark of 10:01.88, which was set in 2011, and is a little more than 12 seconds off the all-time school record.

In additions to Austin, USI got a season and personal-best time of 4:56.36 out of senior Audrey Comastri in the mile. Comastri finished 11th in the event and catapulted up to No. 2 in the OVC.

Freshman Abrielle Richard also had a strong effort in the mile as she crossed the finish line in 5:01.45, which was just three seconds off the USI freshman record in that event.

Joining Austin with a strong effort in the 3,000 meters was sophomore Zoe Seward, who finished in 10:03.49 to move into third place on the OVC performance list.

Senior Katie Winkler also put herself in the top 10 of the OVC performance list as she finished the 5,000 meters in 18:19.10.

USI is set to compete in two meets next weekend, beginning with the Eastern Indoors Friday in Louisville and the Fairgrounds Invitational next Saturday in Indianapolis.