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Aces even series with exceptional defensive performance in 6-2 win

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EVANSVILLE – Turning in a complete effort in all three phases of the game, the University of Evansville baseball team evened its weekend series with Southern Illinois with a 6-2 victory over the Salukis on Saturday afternoon at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.
“Great bounce back win from last night,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “Nick Smith was outstanding giving us a quality start and our defense made some great plays. Offensively we attacked in the first inning and got out in front. We were picking each other up all day especially with two outs. Big Valley game tomorrow.”

On the mound, Smith earned his second-straight quality start, turning-in six innings of work, allowing just two earned runs and striking-out five in the win. Offensively, four Aces finished with two hits on the afternoon with Mark Shallenberger, Evan Berkey, Eric Roberts, and Brendan Hord all tallying multi-hit games.

Doing so for the 10th time this season, Evansville scored in the first inning, pushing across a pair of runs. Simon Scherry opened the scoring with an RBI groundout, which allowed Shallenberger to scored. The next batter, Brent Widder, doubled the Aces early advantage, slashing a single through the right side of the infield, allowing Tanner Craig to score.

An RBI double in the third allowed the Salukis to get back within a run after the Aces lost a pop fly in the sun, allowing a run to score. Evansville regained its advantage in the bottom half of the third as Hord delivered the first of his clutch hits of the afternoon, sending home Berkey to increase UE’s lead to 3-1.

As was true multiple times on the day, Evansville’s defense came up large helping to save runs. In the fifth, Widder tracked a ball in foul territory, making a diving over-the-shoulder grab to record the second out of the inning.

The Salukis would get back within a run just an inning after Widder’s show-stopping catch as J.D. Ortiz lifted a solo home run over the right field wall to cut Evansville’s lead to one at 3-2.

Quick responses were a hallmark of the Aces effort on Saturday as UE answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth on a two RBI double from Shallenberger that gave Evansville its largest lead up to that point at 5-2.

Adding some insurance in the eighth, Hord capped-off his big day with a solo homer, his third bomb of the season, as the Aces lead reached 6-2.

After Michael Parks and Drew Domonik came in and pitched scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, Evansville turned to Nate Hardman to close things out in the ninth. After a tough start on Friday night, Hardman returned to his usual form, sitting the Salukis down in order, securing the 6-2 win for the Aces.

Evansville and SIU close their series on Sunday with a 1 PM first pitch at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

USI Men’s Track & Field nets provisional, two firsts in split weekend

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field competed as a split squad for the second straight weekend, with a select number of competitors running at the Flames Invitational in Cleveland, Tennessee, and the other group of Screaming Eagles competing at the Jim Vargo Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Senior Wyat Harmon (Fredericktown, Ohio) paced the Eagles at the Flames Invitational Friday night, posting an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 29 minutes, 41.41 seconds with his sixth-place finish in the 10,000 meters.
 
Junior Zach Hamilton (Martinsville, Indiana) finished first in the 200 meters and third in the 100 to lead the Eagles at the Jim Vargo Invitational Saturday, while junior Madison King (Avon, Indiana) was first in the 800 meters Friday evening at the Jim Vargo Invitational.
 
Hamilton finished the 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 11.00 seconds, which ranks him second all-time at USI in the event.
 
Junior Kyle Crone (Maryville, Illinois) rounded out the Eagles’ top-five finishers with his third-place showing in the long jump.
 
The Eagles return to action Thursday and Friday when the compete at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, as well as the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.

Eagles struggle in conference opener

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Tennis (6-6, 0-2 GLVC) struggled in the opening weekend of Great Lakes Valley Conference play as the Screaming Eagles fell to Maryville University (8-4), 4-0, on Friday before dropping to Lindenwood University (2-4), 6-1, on Saturday. The Eagles have not won a conference match since April 2019.

USI vs Maryville
DOUBLES: Freshman Abby Myers (Evansville, Indiana)/senior Kylie Skepnek (Algonquin, Illinois) combination was the only duo to tally a victory in doubles competition after securing the 7-5 win.

SINGLES: The Eagles could not tally a win in singles competition after three matches were declared unfinished due to weather.
 
USI vs Lindenwood
DOUBLES: USI partners sophomore Lauren Rowe (Terre Haute, Indiana)/sophomore Rachel McCorkle (Tulsa, Oklahoma) recorded the only doubles win for the Eagles with a 6-2 surge.

SINGLES: The only point scored for USI in the weekend slate came from McCorkle’s singles victory in the two slot (6-1, 6-3).
 
COMING UP FOR THE EAGLES:
The Eagles will welcome Ashland University to Wesselman Park in Evansville Sunday for a regional match starting at 10:30 a.m. USI and Ashland have met once in February 2020 which ended in a 5-2 loss for USI.
 

Impaired Driver Arrested after Speeding on I-69, Syringes and Handgun Seized

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Pike County – Saturday afternoon, April 9, at approximately 3:25 p.m., Senior Trooper John Davis was patrolling I-69 near the 51 mile-marker when he observed a black Dodge Charger traveling north at 87 mph in the posted 70 mph zone. Davis stopped the vehicle near the 53 mile-marker and identified the driver as Kyle R. Horstman, 31, of Washington.  While talking to Horstman, Davis detected an odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the vehicle and observed a syringe on the passenger side floorboard. Horstman displayed signs of impairment, failed field sobriety tests, and refused to submit to a chemical test. During a search of the vehicle, officers located three more syringes and a handgun that was in multiple pieces. Horstman was arrested and taken to the Pike County Jail where he is currently being held without bond.

Arrested and Charges:

  • Kyle Horstman, 31, Washington, IN
  1. Prior Possession of a Syringe, Level 5 Felony
  2. Felon Carrying a Handgun with a Prior Felony Conviction, Level 5 Felony
  3. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Refusal, Class C Misdemeanor
  4. Carrying a Handgun without a License, Class A Misdemeanor

USI swept by Illinois Springfield to open series

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball was swept in a GLVC doubleheader by #28(ABCA)/#18 (NCBWA) University of Illinois Springfield, 9-2 and 19-2, Saturday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles are 13-15 overall and 2-4 in the GLVC, while Illinois Springfield is 22-6 overall, 3-3 in the league.   
 
Game 1:
A big six-run seventh inning doomed USI in the opening game, 9-2. The Eagles allowed two in the second, one in the third, and six in the seventh in the game one loss.
 
USI had the early lead, 1-0, when sophomore leftfielder Gavin McLarty (Buckner, Kentucky) hit his second home run of the season in the second inning. McLarty doubled hit his season total in the opening game by posting a team-best three hits in four plate appearances.
 
The Prairie Stars took the lead for good in the bottom of the second with a two-run blast and increased the lead to 3-1 with a solo shot in the third. The score would remain 3-1 run until the sixth when USI cut the deficit to 3-2 on a RBI-single by McLarty.
 
Since entering the line-up versus Maryville University, McLarty is .500 (6-12) at the plate with two home runs and nine RBIs (six games).
 
USI had a chance to overtake Illinois Springfield in the sixth and seventh, but left a pair of Eagles on base in the sixth and the bases jammed in the seventh.
 
Illinois Springfield put the game out of reach in the bottom of the seventh when it scored six times to extend the lead to 9-2. The Eagles did not challenge in the final two frames as the Stars closed the door on the victory.
 
USi sophomore right-hander/designate hitter Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky) took the tough loss for the Eagles. Robinson (2-4), who pitched well until the Stars exploded in the seventh, allowed six runs on five hits and a walk, while striking six.
 
Game 2:
USI could not get on track and was grounded by Illinois Springfield, 19-2, as the Stars completed a doubleheader sweep of the Eagles.
 
The Stars built a 15-0 lead before the Eagles could get on the scoreboard in the nightcap. USI scored its only runs of the game in the sixth when junior second baseman Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) hit a two-run blast. The home run was McNew’s team-best fifth of the season.
 
On the mound, senior right-hander Brice Stuteville (Rockport, Indiana) took the loss after going on four innings. Stuteville (4-2) allowed 10 runs on 10 hits and three walks, while striking out five.

Eagles shutdown Panthers, extend win streak

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Softball held host Drury University to just one run and a combined seven hits as the No. 20 Screaming Eagles picked up a Great Lakes Valley Conference sweep to extend their winning streak to 16, two shy of the program record.
 
USI (28-8, 14-0 GLVC) won the first game, 2-1, in 10 innings, before blanking the Panthers, 2-0, in game two.
 
The Eagles, who are 14-0 in league play for the first time in program history, rallied from a one-run deficit to win the opener. Sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) homered to lead-off the fourth inning and tie the score at 1-1.
 
Fair’s single in the top of the 10th sparked the Eagles, who broke an impressive streak of scoreless innings with an RBI-single by junior pitcher Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana).
 
Goodin (7-0) got the win after holding the Panthers to just one run off six hits in 10 innings of work. She had four strikeouts and three walks as she outdueled Drury star pitcher Kristina Bettis (16-2), who had won her last 11 starts and had been named GLVC Pitcher of the Week five times this year.
 
Drury (26-11, 12-4 GLVC), which had won 14 of the last 15 games, scored in the first inning of game one, but was held in check throughout the remainder of the day.
 
Freshman pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) held the Panthers to just one hit in game two en route to her second straight complete-game comeback. Newman (9-3) navigated around seven walks by striking out nine batters as she picked up her sixth straight win.
 
The Eagles aided Newman’s efforts with a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Senior third baseman Mary Bean (Schaumburg, Illinois) scored on a wild pitch after being hit by a pitch to open the inning. Goodin drove in the second run later in the frame with a two-out, RBI-double.
 
USI finishes its weekend road trip Sunday at noon when it visits Southwest Baptist University in a GLVC doubleheader. The Bearcats (6-26, 0-14 GLVC) dropped both ends of a GLVC doubleheader to No. 5 University of Indianapolis Saturday afternoon.
 
Notes:
• USI is now two games ahead of second-place UIndy in the GLVC standings. The two teams meet for a GLVC doubleheader in Indianapolis Friday.
• The Eagles’ team ERA in league play has sunk to 1.37, with Newman sporting a 0.92 ERA in 38 innings of work.

UE softball drops doubleheader at ISU

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UE looks to avoid sweep on Sunday

 NORMAL, Ill. – Game one on Saturday saw Illinois State rally for a 3-2 win before the Redbirds took a 9-0 decision in game two to sweep a Missouri Valley Conference doubleheader against the University of Evansville softball team.

 

Game One – ISU 3, UE 2

Saturday’s opener came right down to the wire with Illinois State hanging on for a 3-2 win.  The Redbirds took a 1-0 lead when Abby Knight led the fourth inning off with a solo home run.  ISU continued to reach base in the inning, loading the bags with one out.  Izzy Vetter pitched out of the jam to keep the deficit at one.

 

Things remained that way until the sixth inning when the Purple Aces stormed back.  Marah Wood hit an inside the park home run to give UE its first lead.  Pinch runner Paige McAllister also scored on the play.  Unfortunately, the Redbirds went right back in front as they opened the bottom half of the sixth with a double before Dayna Kennedy homered to make it a 3-2 game

 

Down to its final three outs, the Aces staged a rally. Mackenzie McFeron singled to lead while Jessica Fehr and Alex Barnaby walked to load the bases with one out.  The Redbirds were able to buckled down and get the final two outs to seal the win.  Hannah Ross took the win for ISU, allowing two runs on five hits.  Izzy Vetter suffered just her sixth loss of the season, allowing three runs on six hits.

 

Game Two – ISU 9, UE 0

Game two saw the Redbirds break it open in the bottom half of the third with Jayden Standish hit a grand slam to turn a scoreless contest into a 4-0 game.  They extended the lead even more with five runs in the fourth.  Addison Masching and Emme Olson highlighted the frame with 2-run knocks to push the lead to 9-0.

 

Evansville had its best scoring chance in the top of the second.  Marah Wood led off with a double before Haley Woolf was hit by a pitch.  Following a pair of strikeouts, Mackenzie McFeron walked to load the bases, but a groundout ended the threat.  Alyssa Barela added a double in the third while McFeron hit a single in the fifth; but Amanda Fox answered each time, finishing with 10 strikeouts to seal the win.

 

Sunday’s finale is set for a 12 p.m. first pitch.

Trailblazers fall at Frontier to begin home-and-home series with Bobcats

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FAIRFIELD, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers are taking advantage of their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) bye week with four straight games against NJCAA Division I opponents, beginning with a two-game set with Frontier Community College.

VU traveled to Fairfield, Ill. Saturday afternoon to take part in a single nine-inning game as part of a two-game home-and-home series with the Bobcats.

The host Bobcats got off to a hot start, scoring four runs in the first inning, including getting three runs in the first three pitches of the game.

VU would begin their comeback in the fourth when freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) led off the inning with a single and came around to score on an RBI single by sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.).

The Trailblazers would get another run in the fifth after freshman Will Egger (Terre Haute, Ind.) reached base on an error and would score on an RBI single by Burdette to cut the Frontier lead to 4-2.

The Bobcats would increase their lead with a run in the sixth and two runs in the seventh.

Vincennes would again cut the deficit in the eighth with a two-out, two-run home run by VanLannen.

The Trailblazers would try to complete the comeback in the ninth inning with a double by freshman Nick Kapostasy (Cincinnati, Ohio).

Kapostasy would score when the next batter, freshman Kaden Elliott (New Albany, Ind.) drove him in with an RBI single.

Vincennes would be unable to complete the comeback however as Frontier finished off the 7-5 win over VU.

“It was a rough start, the first three hitters got on base on three pitches, with the third guy hitting a home run to put them up 3-0,” VU Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney said. “They got a base hit later in the inning to score again, so they got four runs in the first. But to our credit it finished as a 7-5 game and our guys battled back.”

“Later on in the game Kapostasy comes through with a big hit in the ninth and Elliott scores him with an RBI single,” Barney added. “We get the tying run to the plate with Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) who has done it all year for us and it just, unfortunately, didn’t work out today.”

VanLannen got the start on the mound and settled in after a rough first inning to throw four innings, allowing four runs on six hits while striking out five.

VanLannen also came through at the plate, with a pair of hits, including a home run and three RBI’s on the day.

“Connor did a good job of separating the pitching and hitting parts of his game today,” Barney said. “And really he did a pretty nice job on the mound after the first three hitters. He threw four innings and we got him out at around 70-75 pitches, which we wanted to do to make sure he was ready for next weekend. But he settled in and did a good job.”

“He separated at the plate, Ethan Burdette had two big hits and an RBI. Elliott came off the bench in the ninth and got an RBI,” Barney added. “The middle part of our order has done it all year for us, just unfortunately today it didn’t happen for us.”

Sophomore Braedon Nichols (Sullivan, Ind.) was the first out of the bullpen for Vincennes Saturday, as Nichols lasted two and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on three hits and punching out two batters.

Nick Kapostasy entered to close out the seventh and threw the final one and one-third innings without allowing a hit and striking out three.

“Nichols did a good job on the mound,” Barney said. “He left one pitch up that their guy hit for a two-run homer. Kapostasy did a great job coming in relief of Nichols. We used three guys on the mound and those two did a good job.”

McMinn records top 10 finish at Murray State

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UE comes home in sixth place

 MURRAY, Ky. – Leading the way in the final standings for the University of Evansville women’s golf team was Alyssa McMinn, who picked up a top ten finish at the Murray State Jan Weaver Invite.

McMinn completed the second round on Saturday with an 80.  Her final tally of 156 gave her a tie for 9th place in the final individual standings to lead the Purple Aces.  Magdalena Borisova and Allison Enchelmayer tied for the 18th position.  Both finished with 2-round scores of 159.  Borisova carded an 80 in Saturday’s final round.  Enchelmayer registered an 84 in the final 18 to pick up a top 20 finish.

Mallory Russell was the #4 finisher for UE and tied for 25th in the final finishing order.  After posting an 82 on Friday, Russell lowered her score to a 79 to finish the event with a 161.  Caitlin O’Donnell notched an 84 in the last 18 holes and scored a 169 in the two rounds.

Evansville’s low round of the day belonged to Carly Frazier.  A 6-over 78 saw her jump to 41st in the standings.  After opening the tournament with an 88, Frazier knocked 10 strokes off her score in round two and finished with a 166.

Samford cruised to the team championship, defeating second-place Belmont by 14 strokes.  Shooting a 305 on Saturday – the low round of the tournament – Samford posted a 614.  Evansville came in sixth place with a 635, which was four behind a third-place tie between Southern Mississippi and North Carolina A&T.  Sophie Membrino of Samford was the medalist with a 2-round total of 151.  She came in one shot ahead of a second-place tie.

 

UE has its sights set on defending its Missouri Valley Conference Championship.  Running from April 17-19, it will be held in St. Louis.

Eagles Grounded in Conference Opener

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EVANSVILLE Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis opened Great Lakes Valley Conference play this weekend. The Screaming Eagles fell to Maryville University, 4-2, on Friday and to Lindenwood University, 5-2, on Saturday. USI falls to 8-6 (0-2 GLVC) while Maryville improves to 7-4 (1-0 GLVC) and Lindenwood improves to 4-3 (2-1 GLVC) on the year.
 
USI vs Maryville
DOUBLES: USI was dominate in the doubles match, taking the first two matches to claim the point while the number one doubles match went unfinished. The number three doubles pairing of graduate Spencer Blandford (Louisville, Kentucky) and freshman Quinten Gillespie (Whiteland, Indiana) took care of their opponent in swift fashion, 6-1. The number two pairing of juniors Preston Cameron (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and Yahor Bahdanovich (Belarus) finished off the doubles matches to secure the point for the Eagles, 6-3.
 
SINGLES: It was a different story for USI in the singles matches. Maryville took the number one singles to start. The Eagles were able to bounce right back in the number two singles as junior Lucas Sakamaki (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) fought through a tough first set and finished off his opponent, 7-6 (6-2) 6-1. The Saints came right back, taking the number three singles in straight sets and the number four singles in a win by default. Maryville finished off the match with a win in the number six singles to secure the match victory in the third set. The number five singles match went unfinished.
 
USI vs Lindenwood:
DOUBLES: USI started off strong on Saturday, as the number three doubles pairing of senior Parker Collignon (Owensboro, Kentucky) and freshman Quinten Gillespie (Whiteland, Indiana) swiftly took care of their opponent, 6-0. Lindenwood would storm right back taking the number two and number one doubles matches to claim the point.
 
SINGLES: The Lions continued to dominate in the singles matches. Taking the number one, two, four, and six singles to claim the overall match victory. The Eagles came back off of a strong day from the number three singles Collignon and the number five singles Gillespie. Collignon came from behind to win his match, 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5. Gillespie was able to halt a Lindenwood comeback to take the final match of the day, 6-4 4-6 1-0 (10-5)
 
UP NEXT FOR USI:
The Eagles return home on April 10 as they begin a four match homestand as USI plays host to Ashland University at Wesselman Park at 10:30 a.m.

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