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USI Softball survives wild Day 2 at Charger Chillout

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ALBERTVILLE, Ala.—University of Southern Indiana Softball saw a 4-0 lead slip away when No. 23 University of Alabama-Huntsville scored five times in the last half of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-4 win. The Screaming Eagles then saw a 10-3 lead slip away when Christian Brothers University scored 10 straight runs, including nine in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 13-10 advantage.
 
Unlike the previous game, however, the Eagles still had another turn at the plate.
 
USI (2-2) made the most of it, scoring six runs, all with two outs, to pull out an improbable 16-13 win and salvage a split on the second day of the UAH Charger Chillout.
 
Senior pitcher Katie Back (Indianapolis, Indiana) had a two-out, three-run double to give the lead back to USI, which had scored twice in the first inning, three times in the second, twice in both the third and fourth frames and once more in the fifth to build the seven-run advantage.
 
USI, which sent 12 runners to the plate in the seventh inning, tacked on two more runs when sophomore outfielder Mackenzie Bedrick (Brownsburg, Indiana) hit a two-run single up the middle of the infield.
 
Freshman outfielder Kennedy Nalley (Huntingburg, Indiana), who was a combined 6-of-8 with a double and four RBI on the day, got the rally going with a one-out single earlier in the frame. She stole second and scored on an RBI-single off the bat of junior second baseman Rachel Martinez (Chicago, Illinois), who was 4-for-5 with two triples, two RBI and three runs scored.
 
After another out put USI’s chances at a comeback in jeopardy, sophomore first baseman Lexi Fair (Greenwood, Indiana) was hit by a pitch while senior catcher Courtney Schoolcraft (Crest Hill, Illinois) drew a walk to load the bases for Back.
 
Back (1-1), who had a home run earlier in the game, came through with the three-run double on a 2-2 count to put USI in front, 14-13. Back, who started the game in the circle, was re-inserted in the circle late in the sixth frame and pitched a perfect seventh inning to pick up the win.
 
Against Alabama-Huntsville (7-1), the Eagles jumped out to a two-run lead in the first inning thanks to a two-run double from Fair. Nalley had an RBI-double in the third and Bedrick drove in another in the seventh to put USI up 4-0.
 
The Chargers, however, got a two-out, three-run double to end the game in the last half of the seventh and steal USI’s chance at the upset.
 
Senior pitcher Maddie Duncan (Elberfeld, Indiana) was charged with the loss after giving up two runs off two hits in 0.2 innings of work.
 
USI concludes the opening weekend Sunday when it takes on Mississippi College at 10 a.m. and Shorter University at 12:30 p.m.

THUNDERBOLTS FALL 3-1 TO BULLS DESPITE HEAVY SHOT ADVANTAGE

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Pelham, Ala.:  Despite the Thunderbolts outshooting Birmingham in all three periods and 47-23 in the game, the Bulls managed to pull out another win over Evansville on Saturday night in Pelham. The Thunderbolts next home game will be on Tuesday, February 22nd at 10:00am CST as they host the Vermilion County Bobcats.  For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), buy online at EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or buy tickets in person at the Ford Center Box Office.

 

Evansville once again opened the scoring in this game, as Tyson Kirkby scored at 3:01 of the first period from Charles Barber to give Evansville the lead on their third shot.  The first period also featured a quick fight between Evansville’s Coy Prevost and Bulls captain Mike Davis near the benches.  In the second period, two quick goals from Matthew Hobbs and Carson Rose put Birmingham in front 2-1. Trailing late, the Thunderbolts pulled goaltender Brian Billett, however Alex Cohen scored shortly afterward at 18:12 to wrap up the 3-1 score for Birmingham.  Evansville nearly tied the game moments earlier, but a shot from Kirkby ended up hitting the post, sending play the other way.

 

Kirkby scored the lone goal for Evansville, while Brian Billett finished with 20 saves on 22 shots.  The Thunderbolts and Bulls next meet on Friday, March 11th at Ford Center.

 

Second half shooting slump dooms Trailblazers against Lake Land College

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VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers fell to 6-8 on the season in Region 24 play after dropping an 83-63 finish against the Lake Land College Lakers at the P.E. Complex Saturday night.

The Trailblazers shot 28-percent from the floor in the second half as the Lakers pulled away late for the 20-point win.

Vincennes fell behind quickly from the tip, as turnovers offensively led to easy baskets for the Lakers on the other end of the floor, allowing the Lakers to jump out to an 11-2 lead.

The Trailblazers would respond by going on a 14-2 scoring run to take the lead midway through the first half.

The two teams traded leads back-and-forth until the Lakers pulled away late in the first half to take an eight point lead.

Vincennes would rally back but were only able to cut into the deficit by a point as Lake Land headed into the locker room with a 46-39 advantage.

Lake Land took their game to another level to begin the second half, using a 15-4 run to grow their lead to 18 points.

Vincennes would battle back, slowly shrinking the deficit in the second half, cutting the lead down to just 10 points late in the period.

Lake Land put the game away late aided by an 11-1 scoring run which helped the Lakers gain the eventual 20-point margin.

 

Aces put up furious battle in close road loss at SIU

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Beauchamp leads the pack once again

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Blaise Beauchamp, Evan Kuhlman and Shamar Givance combined for 54 out of the University of Evansville’s 62 points on Saturday as the Purple Aces dopped a hard-fought 69-62 game against Southern Illinois at the Banterra Center.

Two days after recording a career-high 29 points, Beauchamp scored 19 on Saturday for UE (6-18, 2-11 MVC).  He was 7-of-13 from the field and connected on three of his four outside tries.  Kuhlman finished with 18 points with 5 of his 9 attempts finding the bottom of the net.  Givance added 17 points and led the team with 8 rebounds and 6 assists.  Four Salukis (13-13, 6-8 MVC) reached double figures, led by Kyler Filewich’s 12 points.

SIU got an early jump posting the first four points of the evening before Blaise Beauchamp connected from downtown to get UE on the board.  Evan Kuhlman was true from outside shortly after to cut the Saluki advantage to 7-6.  Beauchamp struck again just over four minutes in, hitting a layup to give Evansville its first lead at 8-7.

Shamar Givance knocked down a free throw to make it a 9-7 game before Southern Illinois stormed back with 12 in a row.  They drained five shots while taking a 19-9 lead at the 11:05 mark.  Givance got UE back on the board with a layup on the ensuing possession.  SIU continued their torrid pace, doubling up the Aces to the tune of a 26-13 edge with 8:15 showing in the half.

Kuhlman’s second long ball of the game cut the gap back to single digits before a Beauchamp triple and Givance field goal capped off eight in a row to make it a 26-21 game entering the final six minutes.  The Salukis fended off the challenge and finished the half by adding five more to their lead as they finished the opening 20 minutes with a 36-26 advantage.

After SIU scored to open the final period, Evansville stormed back with a 14-3 run with Givance, Kuhlman and Beauchamp doing all of the damage.  Givance recorded the first five points in the rally while Beauchamp finished it off with a layup at the 14:07 point to get UE within just one point – 41-40.  UE had a chance to jump in front, but SIU answered with six in a row to go back up by seven.

Gage Bobe registered five points in the next stretch with the Aces looking to close the gap.  Another Givance basket made it a 50-47 game with 8:42 showing on the clock and the game was once again trimmed to three thanks to a pair of Kuhlman free throws entering the final four minutes.  SIU responded by taking a 63-56 lead with 1:54 left and just when it looked like they landed the final punch, Beauchamp hit his third triple and gave UE a chance, trailing by three with the ball in the final minute.  A 3-point attempt came up short and SIU was able to escape with the 69-62 win.

SIU shot 45.1% in the win while the Aces completed the night at 41.7%.  The rebounding battle also went the Salukis way, 35-27.

 

Eagles pick up four provisional times at GVSU

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ALLENDALE, Mich.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field recorded four NCAA II provisional qualifying times this weekend at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet.

Junior Titus Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) paced the Screaming Eagles with a provisional times in the 3,000 meters and distance medley relay. Winders was sixth in his section in the 3,000 meters Friday night with a time of eight minutes, 13.32 seconds. He returned to the track Saturday to help USI’s distance medley relay to a 17th-place finish and provisional time of 10:04.33.

Joining Winders with provisional times in the 3,000 meters was senior Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) and junior Noah Hufnagel. Nolan crossed the finish line in 8:19.58, while Hufnagel finished in 8:19.91.

Junior Madison King (Avon, Indiana) and freshmen Silas Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) and Rick Pflanz (Huntingburg, Indiana) joined Titus Winders on the Eagles’ DMR team.

USI’s sprinters, throwers and jumpers also are in action Saturday at the Jerry England Invitational in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Eagles return to action Friday when they compete at the Eastern Illinois University Friday Night Special in Charleston, Illinois.

Cavanaugh, Hough pace Eagles at GVSU

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ALLENDALE, Mich.—Freshman distance runner Cameron Hough (Olney, Illinois) and sophomore All-American McKenna Cavanaugh (New Albany, Indiana) each recorded NCAA Division II provisional qualifying times in the 3,000 meters Friday night to lead University of Southern Indiana Women’s Track & Field at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet.

Hough finished ninth with a time of nine minutes, 46.92 seconds, while Cavanaugh was 12th in a time of 9:52.28.

Cavanaugh also helped the Screaming Eagles’ distance medley relay team to an NCAA II provisional qualifying time Saturday. She was joined on the team by junior Kara Martin (Herrin, Illinois) as well as sophomore Emma Brown (Evansville, Indiana) and freshman Audrey Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) as the quartet finished 11th with a time of 11:55.12.

USI’s sprinters, throwers and jumpers also are in action Saturday at the Jerry England Invitational in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Eagles return to action Friday when they compete at the Eastern Illinois University Friday Night Special in Charleston, Illinois.

 

Eagles stumble in 2nd half, fall to SBU, 82-71

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BOLIVAR, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball could not hold Southwest Baptist University Saturday afternoon in Bolivar, Missouri. USI goes to 14-6 overall and 9-5 in the GLVC, while SBU is 17-4 overall, 11-3 in the league.

The Screaming Eagles and Bearcats each posted runs in the early minutes of the first half to build short term leads. USI busted out of the gate with an early 7-2 advantage, while SBU used a 10-2 run to get a 12-9 advantage before eight minutes were gone on the clock.

USI and SBU would trade short offensive bursts and leads again in the next six minutes. The Eagles bounced back with a 10-2 run to regain the advantage, 19-14, before a 6-0 surge by the Bearcats to take a 20-19 edge.

The lead would change hands three more times before USI finished the half on a 12-6 run to lead, 37-31, at the break. Freshman guard Isaiah Stafford (Bolingbrook, Illinois) led the charge with six of the 12 points as the Eagles were a blistering six-of-seven from the field in the race to halftime.

Junior guard Jelani Simmons (Columbus, Ohio) and junior forward Jacob Polakovich (Grand Rapids, Michigan) paced the Eagles in the opening half with 11 points and 10 points, respectively.

The Eagles began the second half by methodically extending the half time margin to nine points, 52-43, when Simmons converted a driving layup with 14:33 to play. SBU, however, would rebound with a 23-5 explosion to roll back into the lead, 66-57, with eight minutes left in the contest. USI would be held scoreless for over three minutes during the SBU offensive surge.

The next four minutes would belong to the Eagles as they rebounded with an 11-4 run, behind five points each by sophomore guard Tyler Henry (Brooklyn, New York) and senior guard Clayton Hughes (Jackson, Tennessee) to close to within two points, 70-68, with 4:08 on the clock. That would be as close as the Eagles would come as the Bearcats held them off in the in final minutes in the 82-71 final.

The hard fought battle between two of the GLVC’s top five teams featured 14 lead changes and eight ties by the end of the 40 minutes.

In the scoring column, Stafford led three Eagles in double-digits and reached 20 points for the first time in his collegiate career. Stafford was eight-of-16 from the field, including a three-pointer, and three-of-five from the line.

Simmons and Polakovich followed with 16 points and 12 points, respectively, in the loss to round out the double-digit scorers. Polakovich also completed his 10th double-double of the season with a game-high 10 rebounds.

Eagles use strong defensive effort to dispatch Bearcats, 70-48

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BOLIVAR, Mo.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball held Southwest Baptist University to just 22 points throughout the first 25 minutes of the game as the No. 17/25 Screaming Eagles cruised to a 70-48 Great Lakes Valley Conference road win over the host Bearcats Saturday afternoon.
 
USI (18-4, 12-2 GLVC) held the Bearcats to just three first-quarter field goals en route to building a 32-20 halftime advantage. The Eagles held Southwest Baptist to 0-of-7 shooting throughout the first five minutes of the third quarter as they extended that cushion to a commanding 42-32 lead thanks to a 10-2 surge.
 
Southwest Baptist (13-11, 8-8 GLVC) began to heat up as it connected on a pair of three pointers to cut USI’s lead to just 14 points, but a 12-2 USI run extend the Eagles’ lead to 54-30 late in the third period.
 
The Eagles traded buckets with the Bearcats throughout the final 10 minutes as they cruised to the 22-point win.
 
Junior forward Hannah Haithcock (Washington Courthouse, Ohio) had a game-high 18 points and six rebounds off the bench to lead the Eagles, who held a 35-17 advantage in bench points. Sophomore forward Meredith Raley (Haubstadt, Indiana) added 15 points, five rebounds and three blocks for USI, which outscored Southwest Baptist 50-16 in the paint.
 
USI, which held the Bearcats to just 28.3 percent (17-60) shooting, had five players with at least eight points and six with at least six. Junior forward Tara Robbe(Wildwood, Missouri) added nine points and four rebounds off the bench, while junior guard Addy Blackwell (Bloomington, Indiana) and fifth-year senior guard Emma DeHart (Indianapolis, Indiana) each finished with eight points.
 
Fifth-year senior guard Ashley Hunter (Flossmoor, Illinois) contributed six points and a team-high three assists, while Blackwell added two assists and three steals for USI, which forced the Bearcats into 22 turnovers.
 
Senior guard Kyleigh Vaught had 13 points to lead the Bearcats, who were out-rebounded 37-31.
 

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Senator Braun Signs Letter To Block Implementation Of Any Iran Nuclear Deal

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WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Mike Braun signed a letter to President Biden co-signed by 32 senators rebuking the administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal. Co-signers of the letter led by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) are: Sens. Hagerty (R-TN), Cotton (R-AR), Grassley (R-IA), Marshall (R-KS), Tillis (R-NC), Rubio (R-FL), Scott (R-SC), Cassidy (R-LA), Braun (R-IN), Scott (R-FL), Lummis (R-WY), Wicker (R-MS), Ernst (R-IA), Boozman (R-AR), Johnson (R-WI), Barrasso (R-WY), Young (R-IN), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Cramer (R-ND), Inhofe (R-OK), Hoeven (R-ND), Sasse (R-NE), Daines (R-MT), Toomey (R-PA), Kennedy (R-LA),Cornyn (R-TX), Portman (R-OH), Blackburn (R-TN), Lee (R-UT), Thune (R-SD), Risch (R-ID), and Sullivan (R-AK).

In the letter, the Senators state the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) requires the President to submit any Iran deal to Congress – and they will block implementation of any deal not submitted:

“We write to call attention to a range of obligations that your administration is statutorily mandated to fulfill in relation to Congressional oversight over any such agreement, and to ensure that your officials know we are committed to providing availability, assistance, and resources so you can fully meet these mandates. We also write to emphasize that we are committed to using the full range of options and leverage available to United States Senators to ensure that you meet those obligations and that the implementation of any agreement will be severe if not terminally hampered if you do not… the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (“INARA”, 42 USC § 2160e) mandates that your administration submits to Congress for evaluation, within 5 days after it is reached, any agreement related to the nuclear program with Iran, as well as all related documents and side deals. The submission of such materials then triggers a statutorily-defined review process, and includes the possibility of Congress blocking implementation of the agreement.”

Read the full letter below:

February 7, 2022

President Joseph R. Biden

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear President Biden:

Your administration’s talks with the P4+1 and Iran to reach a new nuclear agreement related to Iran’s nuclear weapons program have reached a “political” inflection point, according to officials involved in the negotiations.

We write to call attention to a range of obligations that your administration is statutorily mandated to fulfill in relation to Congressional oversight over any such agreement, and to ensure that your officials know we are committed to providing availability, assistance, and resources so you can fully meet these mandates. We also write to emphasize that we are committed to using the full range of options and leverage available to United States Senators to ensure that you meet those obligations, and that the implementation of any agreement will be severely if not terminally hampered if you do not.

As a threshold matter, we reiterate our view that any agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program is of such gravity for U.S. national security that by definition it is a treaty requiring Senate advice and consent. Furthermore, genuinely robust nuclear agreement with Iran would be compelling enough to secure assent from two-thirds of the Senate – and the only reason not to present it for a resolution of ratification is that it is too weak to pass muster. Any agreement related to Iran’s nuclear program which is not a treaty ratified by the Senate is subject to being reversed, and indeed will likely be torn up, in the opening days of the next Presidential administration, as early as January 2025. That timeline is roughly as long as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) survived implementation, and potentially even shorter.

In the meantime, however, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (“INARA”, 42 USC § 2160e) mandates that your administration submit to Congress for evaluation, within 5 days after it is reached, any agreement related to the nuclear program with Iran, as well as all related documents and side deals. The submission of such materials then triggers a statutorily-defined review process, and includes the possibility of Congress blocking implementation of the agreement.

An “agreement” for the purposes of INARA is codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2160e(h)(1) –

The term “agreement” means an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran that includes the United States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether it is legally binding or not, including any joint comprehensive plan of action entered into or made between Iran and any other parties, and any additional materials related thereto, including annexes, appendices, codicils, side agreements, implementing materials, documents, and guidance, technical or other understandings, and any related agreements, whether entered into or implemented prior to the agreement or to be entered into or implemented in the future.

The definition obviously encompasses any agreement that includes concessions to Iran or commitments by Iran beyond parties’ respective JCPOA commitments. It also straightforwardly encompasses phased approaches, interim agreements, so-called “less-for-less” deals, and any other arrangements in which economic or diplomatic pressure on the Iranian regime is reduced in exchange for Iranian concessions that fall short of its commitments under the JCPOA.

INARA’s mandates would also be triggered by any arrangement in which the United States, the P4+1, or Iran committed only and exclusively to returning to compliance with the terms of the JCPOA. The policy environment has changed to such a degree in recent years that, by definition, a return to compliance would require new “agreements” as defined by INARA, including actions “entered into or made between Iran and any other parties,” e.g. the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

On the Iranian side, during the first year of your administration, the regime has made qualitative progress toward a nuclear arsenal that requires new measures to reverse, far beyond anything envisioned by the JCPOA. The exhaustive list of that progress is not available to the public, but what has been publicly disclosed is that Iran has: enriched uranium to 60% purity, expanded its stockpile of enriched uranium to greater than 3,200 kilograms, produced 200 grams of uranium metal-enriched up to 20%, which can be used for nuclear weapons, and started enriching 20% uranium using advanced IR-6 centrifuges at the Fordow underground military bunker that the JCPOA allowed Iran to keep open. Just some of these advances had already led IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to assess in May 2021 that the US already could not secure compliance using the measures envisioned by the JCPOA but needed a new understanding: “It is not possible. Iran has accumulated knowledge, has accumulated centrifuges and has accumulated material… They have many options. They can dismantle, they can destroy, they can put in a cupboard. What we need to be able to do is to verify in a credible and timely manner.”

On the American side, beginning with the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, there are now hundreds of designations, authorities, regulations, laws, sanctions, and executive orders that did not exist when the JCPOA was agreed to and implemented. Any reduction in the implementation of these measures necessarily go beyond the JCPOA.

We remain committed to providing you and your administration with whatever resources you need to meet your statutory obligations related to these mandates.

 

 

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