Tournament Set For Monday and Tuesday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Spring action continues for the University of Evansville men’s golf team, who are set to open the Murray State Invitational on Sunday in Dickson, Tennessee.

Set for Greystone Country Club, the tournament will feature 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 on Tuesday.  Par is set for 72 while the yardage comes in at 6,858.  Murray State, Southern Illinois, UT Martin and Tennessee State highlight the 2021 field.

The men are back in action for the first time since March 16 when UE earned a top ten finish at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tenn.  Evansville came in 9^th place.

Spencer Wagner had a strong tournament, tying for 15^th place with a 216 over the course of three rounds.  He began the event with two 1-under rounds of 71.  Second on the team was Isaac Rohleder, who tied for 32^nd. He also had an excellent opening day, carding an even 72.

Jessie Brumley rounded out the UE top three as his third-round final of 74 tied him for 46^th overall with a 225.

University of Southern Indiana Track & Field is sending three individuals and their women’s distance medley relay team to the NCAA II Indoor Championships. There were also two other Screaming Eagles named All-Midwest Region announced by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Tuesday evening.

Senior Austin Nolan is an NCAA II qualifier in the 5000 meters with a season best time back at the Samford Open of 13 minutes, 58.75 seconds dipping below both the 14-minute barrier and the NCAA II automatic qualifying threshold. Nolan’s 5000m time is currently 10th fastest in Division II and was good enough to grant him All-Midwest Region status.

Senior Jennifer Comastri qualified for the 5000m in the NCAA II Indoor Championships. Comastri recorded her best qualifying time at the Washburn Ichabod Invite with a speedy, sub-17 minute, 16:59.54. Comastri’s 5000m time is currently ranked 13th fastest in all Division II and rewarded her with All-Midwest Region accolades.

Sophomore Mckenna Cavanaugh is an NCAA II qualifier in the 3000m with her performance at the Washburn Ichabod Invite where she clocked in at 9:37.78. Cavanaugh’s 3000m time currently sits at 12th in the nation.

Freshman Allison Morphew, sophomore Kaylee Lane, sophomore Emma Brown and sophomore Cavanaugh make up the distance medley relay team that secured a spot in the NCAA II Indoor Championships with a time of 11:48.10 at the UIndy Last Chance Meet last weekend. USI’s DMR time is currently ranked 15th in the Division II.

Up Next: USI’s qualifiers for the NCAA II Indoor National Championships will make the trip down south to Birmingham, Alabama held March 11-13. Live results and video will be provided by NCAA.com

University of Southern Indiana Baseball swept doubleheader from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, winning both games, 9-0, Friday at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles go to 10-11 overall and 8-7 in the GLVC, after today’s action, while UMSL is 5-17 overall, 3-12 GLVC.

Game 1:
USI sophomore outfielder Austin Moody and sophomore right-hander Garrett Welch led the Eagles to a 9-0 shutout of the Tritons in the opening game of the doubleheader.

The Eagles jumped out in front early with three runs in the opening frame to lead, 3-0. USI would add a tally in the third and seal the victory with five in the fifth to complete the scoring of the 9-0 victory.

Moody led the way at the plate for the Eagles, going three-for-four with two runs scored and two RBIs. The sophomore also was a triple shy of the cycle, after hitting a home run in the third.

Senior leftfielder Bryce Krizan also added three hits in the victory with a three-for-three performance. Krizan crossed the plate with a run and drove in another in the victory.

Welch threw six of the seven innings of the opening game victory to get his second win of the season. The sophomore hurler blanked the Tritons on five hits and two walks, while tying a season-best with six strikeouts.

Game 2:
Eagles’ senior right-hander Jacob Bowles blanked the Triton for six innings on one hit as USI completed the doubleheader sweep of UMSL, 9-0, in the nightcap. The victory moves USI over the .500 mark for the first time in the GLVC since the beginning of the league schedule.

Bowles (2-2) allowed one hit in six scoreless frames, while tying a career-high with eight strikeouts in a dominating performance.

Offensively, USI scored all nine of its runs in the first three innings, posting a three-spot in each frame. Junior third baseman Michael Conner paced the Eagles with a three-for-three performance, scoring twice and driving in a pair of runs. Junior second baseman Ethan Hunter, who scored three times in the nightcap, and sophomore centerfielder Austin Moody also had a pair of RBIs in the second-game victory.

Up Next for the Eagles:
The four-game series Eagles and the Tritons series concludes Saturday with noon single game. Live coverage can be accessed through GoUSIEagles.com.

The USI five-game homestand comes to an end April 7 when Kentucky Wesleyan College visits the USI Baseball Field. The Eagles hold a 98-66 overall series lead over the Panthers, but KWC took both games in the series in 2019, winning 12-7 in Owensboro and 9-4 at the USI Baseball Field.

UE drops two games on Friday

 

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Taking to the road for the first time in its 2021 Missouri Valley Conference schedule, the University of Evansville softball team fell to UNI in both games of a doubleheader on Friday at the Robinson-Dresser Complex.

Evansville (17-10, 5-3 MVC) dropped the opener by a 22-7 final before the Panthers (14-13, 6-2 MVC) finished the day with a 14-0 win.  Highlighting the day for UE was Bella Coffey, who belted a grand slam in Friday’s opener.  It was the first home run of her UE career.

 

Game 1

A 15-run fourth inning saw UNI turn a 7-6 lead into a 22-6 advantage.  Trailing 1-0 in the top of the second, Marah Wood hit a leadoff single and would later score on a hit by Lindsay Renneisen.  UNI came back with three runs in both the second and third frames, but Evansville came through with a big effort in the fourth.  Haley Woolf led off with a double before before scoring on a Jenna Lis hit.  Jessica Fehr and Renneisen walked to load the bases for Bella Coffey, who hit the first home run of her career – a grand slam.  Her hit got UE back within one run at 7-6.

The Panthers did not let the Aces get any closer, scoring an unbelievable 15 runs in the bottom half of the fourth to put the game out of reach.  Sammey Bunch led the way for UNI, going 2-2 with seven RBI and five runs scored.  She hit two homers.

 

Game 2

In the second contest, UNI opened with two runs in the first and did not look back, pulling away for a 14-0 victory.  Emmy Wells and Daryn Lamprecht each posted three RBI in the win.  Evansville had three hits with Jessica Fehr recording two and Jenna Lis adding a double.  The Panthers offense erupted for 15 hits in the contest.

Tomorrow, the Aces look to finish the series on a winning note with a single game at 11 a.m.

ISU Invitational set for Sunday and Monday

A quick turnaround will see the University of Evansville women’s golf team return to action this weekend at the ISU Invitational.

Hosted by Indiana State, the tournament will be played at the Country Club of Terre Haute.  Par is a 72 and the yardage is approximately 5900.  Play gets underway on Sunday with an 11 a.m. ET start while Monday’s start time is 9 a.m. ET.  Teams will play 18 holes each day.

Joining the Purple Aces in the event are Butler, Eastern Illinois, Green Bay, Indiana State, Northern Iowa, Rose-Hulman, Valparaiso and Western Michigan.

UE is coming off of a 6^th place finish at the Pinehurst Women’s Intercollegiate, which wrapped up on Tuesday.  Alyssa McMinn got better in each round and capped off the event with a 1-under 71.  She tied for 7^th place to lead the Aces.

Caitlin O’Donnell was second for Evansville.  A 3-round total of 232 saw her tie for 21^st.  Allison Enchelmayer came home in a tie for 35^th on the charts.