Aces finish in a tie for 5^th

KILLEN, Ala. – Omar Khalid had the low score of the day to pace the University of Evansville men’s golf team in Tuesday’s final round of the Turtle Point Invite at Turtle Point Yacht & Country Club.

Finishing with an even 72, Khalid completed his three rounds with a score of 220. His 4-over effort on the weekend saw him finish in 28^th. The Purple Aces’ highest finisher was Daniil Romashkin. A 75 on Tuesday gave him a 3-round tally of 218. He came home in a tie for 24^thplace.

Tying for third on the team and 4^th in the final standings were Andrew Rottschalk and Julian Kiessling. Both wrapped up the tournament at 8-over. Rottschalk shot a 76 in the last round while Kiessling finished the day with a 77. Jamison Ousley carded a 76 on Tuesday to finish in 54^th with a score of 227. Individual Miguel Sobrado finished in the 37^th position. A 2-over 74 in the final 18 holes gave him a 222 for the weekend.

As a team, the Aces tied New Orleans for 5^th place at 17-over. North Alabama took top honors finishing the event at 22-under. They defeated SE Louisiana by 20 strokes. Brycen Jones was the medalist. Playing as an individual for Alabama, Jones defeated Logan Reilly of Auburn by one. Jones wrapped up his three rounds at 16-under.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s and Men’s Golf will match up against the University of Evansville in the Battle of the Expressway Thursday at Western Hills Country Club (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) for another edition of the crosstown clash. The matches begin teeing off at 9 a.m. The last grouping will tee off near 11 a.m.

The matchup will follow a Ryder Cup-style singles format with each Screaming Eagle facing off with a Purple Ace one-on-one, looking to win more holes than the other. The 17 matches (10 men, seven women) will take place with a point being awarded to the winner of each. A tie will result in a point being halved. The trophy will be awarded to the team that has won the most points overall after the men’s and women’s scores have been tallied together.

USI and Evansville competed last year with the Aces winning in the fall in a combined score of 13-5 (7.5-2.5 men, 5.5-2.5 women). The spring match-up, which followed a different format, ended in a combined 4.5-4.5 tie with USI winning a tie-breaker.

Tee times Thursday are as follows:

Match 1 – 9:00 am – Men’s Match – USI – Ingtawan Wangrunruchasri / UE – Denzel Rai

Match 2- 9:07 am – Men’s Match – USI – Chandler Ornelas / UE – Omar Khalid

Match 3 – 9:14 am – Women’s Match – USI – Fernanda Vera / UE – Jane Grankina

Match 4 – 9:21 am – Men’s Match – USI – Jairen Stroud / UE – Julian Kiessling

Match 5 – 9:28 am – Women’s Match – USI – Alexis Wymer / UE – Kate Petrova

Match 6 – 9:35 am – Men’s Match – USI – Alex Peck / UE – Mason Taylor

Match 7 – 9:42 am – Women’s Match – USI – Tora Timinsky / UE – Emily Mercer

Match 8 – 9:49 am – Men’s Match – USI – Wade Worthington / UE – Luke Price

Match 9 – 9:56 am – Women’s Match – USI – Brianna Kirsch / UE – Trinity Dubbs

Match 10 – 10:03 am – Men’s Match – USI – Hunter Reynolds / UE – Miguel Sobrado

Match 11 – 10:10 am – Women’s Match – USI – Camryn Luthy / UE – Adeline Wittmer

Match 12 – 10:17 am – Men’s Match – USI – Weston Hardy / UE – Chris O’Donnell

Match 13 – 10:24 am – Women’s Match – USI – Valeria Lopez de Haro Juste / UE – Haley Hughes

Match 14 – 10:31 am – Men’s Match – USI – Ben Christian / UE – Andrew Rottschalk

Match 15 – 10:38 am – Women’s Match – USI – McKenna Lowe / Mia Cruz

Match 16 – 10:45 am – Men’s Match – USI – Sam Gargis / UE Daniil Romashkin

Match 17- 10:52 am – Men’s Match – USI Carter Goebel / UE Jamison Ousley

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving captured four of the six available conference weekly awards, sweeping the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors. The conference office announced its weekly awards on Wednesday (Oct. 15).

Sophomore Miranda Grana won Big Ten Swimmer of the Week and Noah Cakir and Liberty Clark captured Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the second time in as many chances this season, all having won the same awards on Oct. 1. Senior Zalán Sárkány captured his first weekly award of the season as the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on the men’s side.

The latest award haul comes after IU dominated all five of its dual meets against ranked opponents in Los Angeles at the weekend.

Sárkány set the No. 1 times in the country in all three of his victories, winning the 500-yard freestyle (4:11.39), 1,650-yard freestyle (14:29.87) and 400-yard IM (3:43.45). The senior also set IU dual meet records in his freestyle events as well as a USC pool record in the mile.

Grana won six events, sweeping her individual races and contributing to three individual relays. The junior also swept the backstroke events, setting IU dual meet records in the 100-yard backstroke (50.75) and 200-yard backstroke (1:49.85). Grana’s 200 back time set the No. 1 time in the nation.

Clark maxed out with seven event wins, contributing to all four of Indiana’s relay victories. In just her second meet, Clark became the No. 2 Hoosier all-time in the 100-yard freestyle (47.39) and 200-yard freestyle (1:42.43), while also winning the 50-yard freestyle (22.03). Clark posted 100 free splits of 47.42 and 46.68 as well as 50 free splits of 22.04 and 21.62.

Cakir had a trio of top-three finishes and contributed to the Indiana men’s best relay. The freshman won the 200-yard breaststroke (1:54.19), finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (52.64) and placed third in the 200-yard IM (1:47.25). He swam the breaststroke leg of the 400-yard medley relay, which earned an NCAA qualifying time of 3:05.97.

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