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THUNDERBOLTS WIN STREAK SNAPPED IN 4-1 LOSS AT QUAD CITY

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Moline, Ill.: Despite strong netminding from the Thunderbolts goaltenders and good stretches of opportunities in the first two periods, Evansville’s offense was shut down in a 4-1 loss to the Storm on Saturday night. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Sunday, March 6th at 3:00pm CST as they host the Quad City Storm.  For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), buy online at EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or buy tickets in person at the Ford Center Box Office.

 

The Thunderbolts were outshot 14-9 in the first period, as Quad City scored shorthanded to take a 1-0 lead.  The period saw a pair of fights, as Tyson Kirkby went toe-to-toe with Quad City’s Michael Moran in response to Moran hitting Brandon Lubin from behind, and Hayden Hulton decisively handled his fight with Cole Golka.

 

Early in the second period, Evansville converted on a 5-on-3 power play as Austin Plevy finished a net-front pass from Zane Jones to tie the game 1-1, also assisted by Tanner Butler at 1:39.  Later in the second period immediately following a chance for Connor Chatham, the Storm came back down ice and Carter Shinkaruk scored to put Quad City back in front at 6:03.  A pair of power play goals later in the second period and in the third period would seal the victory for Quad City, 4-1.

 

Plevy scored the lone goal for Evansville.  Billett finished with 28 saves on 31 shots before needing to leave the game in the third period.  In relief, Ryan Edquist made 8 saves on 9 shots faced.  With Birmingham’s loss in regulation tonight, the Thunderbolts now only need 10 points out of 24 possible remaining to clinch a berth in the SPHL Playoffs.

 

The Thunderbolts are currently competing in their fifth season in the SPHL (Southern Professional Hockey League). Season tickets are less than $9 per game.  To order your tickets for this season, call 812-422-BOLT(2658).

 

Trailblazers fall in tough, extra-inning battle with No. 6 Kellogg

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their four-game weekend set against NJCAA Division II No. 6-ranked Kellogg Community College and NJCAA Division I No.7-ranked Wabash Valley Saturday at Jerry Blemker Field.

The Trailblazers took a tough, extra-inning loss to begin the day against Kellogg CC, falling 9-6 in eight innings.

Vincennes closed out the weekend by dropping their second game of the day to Wabash Valley by the score of 13-3.

The Trailblazers grabbed the upper hand on the Bruins early in the first game of the day as sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) got the first hit of the day with a single and scored on an RBI double by sophomore Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio).

Lane would later score on a wild pitch to give the Trailblazers an early 2-0 lead over the highly ranked Kellogg squad.

KCC would get a run back in the third before VU answered with back-to-back doubles by Peyton Lane and freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) to take a 3-1 lead.

The Bruins would even the score in the fourth and Vincennes would answer to get a run in the bottom half after a leadoff single by Nick Williams (Alexandria, Ind.) who would later score on an RBI single by sophomore Josiah Sizemore (Cambridge City, Ind.).

VU extended their lead in the fifth as freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) reached on an infield single and score to give the Blazers a 5-3 lead.

The Bruins rallied back in the sixth however, scoring three runs in the inning to take the lead back at 6-5.

Vincennes would respond in the bottom of the sixth when freshman Kobe Bartlett (Rockport, Ind.) scored on a fielding error, tying the game and sending it to extras.

Kellogg struck first in the extra frame in a big way, with a two-out bases clearing three-RBI double to take a 9-6 lead over the host Blazers.

Vincennes would manage to get runners on first and second with one out in the bottom half but were unable to bring them around to score as the Bruins came away with the 9-6 win in eight innings.

VU got another good outing on the mound from sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) who threw 5.1 innings, giving up five runs on five hits and punching out five.

Sophomore Luke Osborn (Perryville, Ind.) pitched 2.1 innings in relief, giving up three runs on three hits and striking out three on the day.

The Trailblazers looked to bounce back from this early loss against the No. 7-ranked Wabash Valley Warriors in the final game of the weekend.

The two offenses set the tone early, with runs being scored in each of the first two and a half innings of play.

Wabash Valley plated three in the first before VU responded with two in the bottom half on an RBI single by Evans and an RBI double by VanLannen.

The Warriors scored one in the second, which was answered with an RBI single by Colin Long.

Wabash Valley then scored three runs in the third and three more in the fourth to take a 10-3 lead over the Trailblazers.

The VU offense was unable to answer back in the later innings, with only one runner reaching third base safely as Wabash Valley added on to take the 13-3 win at Jerry Blemker Field.

Freshman Jake Stuteville (Rockport, Ind.) got the start on the mound for VU in the second game of the day, lasting three innings giving up seven runs on six hits and coming away with five strikeouts.

The Trailblazers got a big inning out of the bullpen from freshman Eli Steimel (Sullivan, Ind.) who struck out all three batters he faced in the game on just 15 pitches.

 

VU thrower Armin Beham named All-American as Trailblazers compete at Indoor Nationals

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PITTSBURG, Kan. – Vincennes University freshman thrower Armin Beham (Austria) received All-American honors for his performance at the 2022 NJCAA Indoor National Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas this weekend.

Beham placed sixth against some of the best throwers in the country with a best throw of 15.90 meters to receive the honor.

Sophomore Manamanya Opiew (Indianapolis, Ind.) and freshman Mathew Keitany (Kenya) had busy weekends, competing in three different events during the two-day meet.

Opiew finished with the 25th fastest time in the 800 meter race at 1:59.01 and Keitany placed 23rd in the Mile at 4:19.96.

The duo teamed up to place 10th in the 4×800 meter relay with sophomore Trenton Faulkner (Vincennes, Ind.) and freshman Ernest Momodu at 7:59.19 and would later take 10th in the men’s Distance Medley Relay with freshman Yamar Lyons (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Faulkner at 10:16.02.

VU sophomore Kyle Stewart (Evansville, Ind.) came away with a 12th-place finish in the long jump after reaching 7.09 meters.

Freshman Nicholas Stanislaus (Grenada) placed 13th in the triple jump after reaching a distance of 13.76 meters.

On the women’s side sophomore Kyra Young (South Bend, Ind.) and Chloe Knepp (Montgomery, Ind.) each pulled double duty with Young taking 18th in the mile at 5:33.01 and Knepp placing 21st in the 400 meter race at 1:02.73.

Knepp and Young each took part in the women’s Distance Medley Relay with freshman Brittany Page (Bicknell, Ind.) and Hope Laughlin (Olney, Ill.) to finish 14th at 13:48.54.

“The women got things going with a 32 second PR in the DMR,” VU Track and Field Head Coach Marty Rogier said. “That was with Kyra easing up in her mile split to save something for the open mile Saturday. Hope Laughlin ran a very good leg of the relay for us as well.”

“The men’s DMR team set a new PR by 34 seconds, with Mathew Keitany having an incredible 4:13 mile split,” Rogier added. “They all ran well but that mile was special. They finished 10th and were just two seconds out of scoring.”

“Chloe and Manamanya both ran a little slower than their seeded times in their individual races but both had to run the DMR earlier in the day, so it was tough to double back against this competition.”

“Armin had a big day setting a new PR by over a meter to place sixth and be named an All-American. His better events will come during outdoor season with discus and hammer, so big things are still ahead of him.”

“The men’s 4×800 ran the fourth fastest indoor time in school history and placed 10th Saturday. Keitany had a nice race in the open mile with a time of 4:19, just missing the top-five in school history in his third race of the meet. It was an outstanding meet for Mathew, his split of the DMR was even faster than his open mile, so I see really good things to come for him.”

“Kyra and Nicholas both had off days, but I believe next year Nicholas will be a serious contender for the heptathlon.”

 

Eagles fall twice to #7 Trojans

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball lost both ends of a doubleheader to seventh-ranked Trevecca Nazarene University, 9-4 and 15-3, Saturday at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles are 6-3 to start the year, while Trevecca is 12-2 in 2022.   
 
Game One:
The opening game of the doubleheader was all Trevecca as the Trojans scored five in the second and cruised to a 9-4 victory in the opener.
 
After falling behind 7-0 after 6.5 innings, the Eagle bats came to life and cut the deficit to 7-3 in the bottom of the seventh. USI got RBI-singles from sophomore pinch hitter Michael Conner (Moline, Illinois) and sophomore catcher Tyler Kapust (Sellersburg, Indiana), while junior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan) provided a RBI-double for the third run.
 
The Trojans reclaimed two of the runs with a pair of tallies in the top of the eighth, while USI got one more in the ninth before running out of outs in the 9-4 loss.
 
USI sophomore right-hander Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky) took the loss for the Eagles, allowing five runs, one earned in 2.2 innings of work. Robinson (1-1) allowed five hits and three walks in the loss.
 
Game Two:
USI allowed a combined 11 runs in the second and third innings before falling in seven innings to Trevecca, 15-3, in seven innings.
 
The Eagles scored twice in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead before the Trojans scored five in the second, six in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one in the sixth to close out the 15-3 win. USI tried to get some momentum in the third with a tally but that was all the Eagles would get in the nightcap.
 
USI sophomore left-hander Blake Ciuffetelli (Newburgh, Indiana) took the loss for the Eagles. Ciuffeteli (1-1) allowed seven runs, four earned, in two innings of work.
 

Eagles fall to hot-shooting Flyers in GLVC semifinals

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball’s quest for a GLVC Tournament title came to an end Saturday as the top-seeded Screaming Eagles suffered an 88-72 loss to No. 5-seeded Lewis University in the semifinals at First Community Arena.

The Screaming Eagles (23-5) struggled to slow down the Flyers’ offense throughout the contest as Lewis shot 57.1 percent (32-56) from the field and 57.1 percent (12-21) from three-point range.

USI got a dominate performance from its bench, which outscored the Flyers’ reserves, 32-7, but the Eagles shot just 39.7 percent (25-63) from the field and 21.1 percent (4-19) from three-point range.

Turnovers early in the contest hurt the Eagles. USI committed an uncharacteristic 13 offensive miscues in the opening half as it went into the break trailing, 41-36.

Lewis (16-14) held USI to just 21.4 (3-14) percent from the field in the third quarter as it outscored the Eagles, 22-12, to extend its lead to 15 points heading into the final 10 minutes of the game.

USI’s shooting woes continued into the fourth quarter where it went 7-of-18 (.389) from the field. The Flyers, meanwhile, went 9-of-12 (.750) from the field and 4-of-5 (.800) from three-point range in the final 10 minutes after going 9-of-17 (.529) from the field and 3-of-6 (.500) from behind the arc in the third period.

Senior forward Ashlynn Brown (Perrysburg, Ohio) paced the Eagles with 15 points and seven rebounds, while freshman guard Vanessa Shafford (Linton, Indiana) added nine points. USI got scoring contributions from all 10 players that saw the court Saturday, with eight players finishing with at least five points.

Sophomore guard Taylor Gugliuzza led the Flyers with a game-high 27 points, while junior guard Grace Hilber added 25 points, five assists and four steals. Sophomore forward Kathryn Schmidt added 16 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

USI awaits a likely at-large bid to the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament when the selections are announced Sunday at 9 p.m. (CST) on NCAA.com. The eight-team NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament is March 11-14 at a site to be announced.

USI Softball drops two in Florida

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla.—University of Southern Indiana Softball suffered a pair of setbacks Saturday at The Spring Games. The Screaming Eagles fell, 4-3, in eight innings to Winona State University in their opener before losing to No. 17 Minnesota State University-Mankato, 2-0, in their second game.
 
USI (12-8) jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Winona State when junior second baseman Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois) hit a two-out, solo home run in the top of the first inning.
 
Winona State (11-3) quickly responded with a 2-1 shot in the bottom of the first and the two teams remained scoreless throughout the next five innings; until freshman pitcher Hailey Gotshall (Lucerne, Indiana) hit a two-run shot in the top of the seventh inning to give the Eagles a brief 3-2 lead.
 
The Warriors, however, rallied to tie the game at 3-3 and force extra innings with a tally in the bottom of the seventh. Winona State took advantage of the international tie-breaker rule to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.
 
Senior pitcher Maddie Duncan (Lynnville, Indiana) was charged with the loss after giving up the game-winning run. Duncan (2-4), who also was charged with the loss against Minnesota State, took over in the circle for Gotshall, who allowed three runs off seven hits in 6 1/3 innings of work.
 
Minnesota State (7-4) hit a solo home run in the top of the third inning to take a 1-0 lead over the Eagles. The Mavericks tacked on another tally in the fourth inning to build a 2-0 advantage.
 
USI, meanwhile, had runners and first and second base three times, but could not push a runner past second base in all three cases as it suffered its first shutout of the season.
 
Despite getting the loss, Duncan was strong in the circle for the Eagles, giving up the two runs, just one earned, off three hits in 3 2/3 innings of work. Freshman Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) also was strong in the circle as she held the Mavericks to just three hits while record six strikeouts in 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
 
USI returns to action Monday at 2:45 p.m. (CST) when it takes on Lynn University. The Eagles also play Ferris State University Monday at 5 p.m. before finishing The Spring Games Tuesday with games against No. 7 Grand Valley State University (9 a.m.) and Ashland University (11:15 a.m.).

Men’s Swimming Breaks Records Six Times On Final Day At MAC Championships

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CARBONDALE, Ill.—University of Evansville swimmers Alon Baer (Gesher Haziv, Israel), Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) and Jackson Caudill (Mount Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) combined to break parts of three individual school records five total times  on the final day of competition at the 2022 Mid-American Conference Championships on Saturday in Carbondale, Illinois.  UE also bested a more than 20-year-old school record in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay to cap the meet.

“This was an incredible week for the men’s program,” said UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson.  “It’s hard to list all of the things we have accomplished this week, but one thing that this team has shown is heart!

“You can see their confidence growing each day, believing that anything is possible.  They earned it this week, and I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

Baer became the first male swimmer in UE history to go under two minutes in the 200-yard Breaststroke, as he broke the mark with a time of 1:59.81 in the preliminary round in the afternoon.  He then lowered that mark to 1:58.70 while placing second overall in the MAC in the ‘A Finals.’  It marked his second podium finish of the meet, after earning an NCAA ‘B Cut’ in the 100-yard Breaststroke on Friday with a second-place finish.

Vilbergsson then lowered the UE school records in both the 1,000- and 1,650-yard Freestyle events in the same swim, as he posted a 1,000-yard Free split of 9:30.95 on his way to a 1,650-yard Free time of 15.41.87, to lower the UE school record by over 15 seconds.  Vilbergsson’s record in the 1,000 Free would not last long though, as Caudill lowered that mark with a split time of 9:26.07 on his way to a 1,650 Free mark of 15:52.40.  Vilbergsson placed fourth, while Caudill finished sixth in the MAC with those times.

Evansville then broke the 20-year-old record in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay with a combined time of 2:59.56 by senior Oskar Menkhaus (Davidson, N.C./William A. Hough), junior Riccardo Di Domenico (Johannesburg, South Africa), and freshmen Jakob Grundbacher (Long Beach, Calif.) and Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain).  The previous school mark was 3:00.71, set by Scott Hobson, Dave Nel, Darko Kermiciev and Nikola Kalabic in 2002.

Vilbergsson and Baer both earned second-team All-MAC honors, after both scoring 37 points in the championships for UE.  Overall, Evansville finished fifth as a team, with its highest team score in MAC Championship history of 354.0.  UE set new school records 13 different times over the course of the four-day meet.

Vetter tosses third no-hitter in win over Morehead State

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Vetter tosses third no-hitter in win over Morehead State

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For the third time in her career and second instance this season, Izzy Vetter tossed a no-hitter to lead the University of Evansville softball team to an 11-0 victory over Morehead State on Saturday afternoon.

 

Vetter struck out 12 MSU batters in the win and allowed just one baserunner in five innings of work.  She picked up her 9thwin of 2022.

 

Evansville improved to 12-5 with the win and scored 11 runs on 11 hits.  Alyssa Barela, Haley Woolf, Hannah Hood and Zoe Frossard recorded two hits apiece.  Hood paced the team with three RBI with Barela and Bella Coffey adding two apiece.  Marah Wood, Barela and Woolf scored two runs each.

 

Vetter set the early tone, recording the first six outs of the day via the strikeout.  Barela and Woolf got the offense going in the second inning, hitting back-to-back singles to bring up Hood.  Her single to center plated the first run of the game.  Woolf scored later in the inning on a double steal.  UE doubled its advantage in the third when Barela connected on a 2-RBI single.  Wood and Jessica Fehr scored on the play.

 

Eleven batters stepped to the plate in a 7-run fourth inning that cemented the win.  Zoe Frossard doubled to center to bring in Dori Brown before the final six runs came with two outs.  Hood and Coffey picked up 2-run knocks to highlight the inning.

 

Needing just three more outs to clinch the victory, Vetter retired the Eagles in order to finish off the fifth and pick up the 11-0 shutout.  On Sunday, the Aces are set to face Creighton (11:30 a.m.) and Bowling Green (4:30 p.m.).

 

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AG Todd Rokita Leads 14-State Lawsuit Challenging Biden’s Concealment Of Records

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Attorney General Todd Rokita is leading a 14-state effort to force President Joe Biden and his bureaucrats to turn over records related to the administration’s schemes to prevent parents from speaking out against leftist indoctrination in public schools. 

The administration has refused to respond to Attorney General Rokita’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which were filed last fall on behalf of Indiana and other states. 

The requests seek federal officials’ communications preceding an Oct. 4 Department of Justice memo that called for FBI surveillance of parents expressing opinions at school board meetings and other forums. 

“We just want the facts,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Rather than cooperate, the Biden administration has sought to conceal and downplay its culpability. What are they hiding? Why won’t they come clean? Hoosiers and all Americans deserve to know.” 

In today’s lawsuit, Attorney General Rokita asks a U.S. district court to force the Biden administration to respond to the requests for information. 

In the Oct. 4 memo, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland parroted language from a Sept. 29 letter to the Biden administration from the National School Boards Association (NSBA). That letter lamented the rise of parents pushing back against divisive ideologies, including critical race theory (CRT). It further suggested that protests by parents across the nation were rising to the level of “domestic terrorism.” 

Facts then came to light suggesting the NSBA and White House worked together all along to concoct a false premise for targeting parents. 

On Oct. 18, Attorney General Rokita led a 17-state coalition demanding that the Biden administration rescind its threat to sic the FBI on peacefully protesting parents of schoolchildren. 

The NSBA eventually apologized for its language comparing parents to domestic terrorists, but the Biden administration has never rescinded its threatening memo. 

“The Biden administration wants to sweep under the rug these inexcusable assaults on parents’ freedom of speech,” Attorney General Rokita said. “But we’re fighting for full transparency and accountability for this misconduct so it doesn’t happen again.”

Besides the White House and U.S. Department of Justice, the lawsuit also names as defendants the U.S. Department of Education and its leader, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

A headshot of Attorney General Rokita is available for download. 

Today’s Lawsuit is attached. 

 

 

 

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