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Softball finishes with weekend split in Memphis

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UE drops 8-7 contest against Tigers

Jessica Fehr continued to add to her numbers, posting a bases clearing double, but an offensive showdown saw Memphis defeat the University of Evansville softball team by an 8-7 final on Sunday in the final game of the Blues City Classic.

 

Fehr had two hits on the day in four plate appearances.  Katie McLean and Eryn Gould added two hits apiece.  McLean was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored while Gould went 2-3 with a run and RBI.

 

UE got the day started with a pair of runs in the first.  Back-to-back doubles from McLean and Gould gave the Purple Aces a 1-0 lead.  With two outs, Halie Fain singled to center to score Gould for the second score of the frame.  Memphis got the runs right back in the bottom half of the first.

 

Following a scoreless second, Evansville’s bats got the job done in the third with all four runs coming with two outs.  Alyssa Barela drew a leadoff walk and was pinch run for by Mackenzie McFeron.  Halie Fain would later walk before Jenna Lis loaded the bases on an infield single.  With two outs, Kat Mueller would record the third walk of the inning to score McFeron.  Next up was Jessica Fehr, who came through in the clutch, hitting a bases clearing double to bring in three runs and give the Aces a 6-2 lead.

 

Memphis took control with three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings.  The six runs came on a total of seven hits.  Two UE errors helped the Tigers as they jumped in front by an 8-6 score.  Evansville rallied in the sixth with McLean and Gould reaching to start the inning.  McLean scored on a double play, but UE would not be able to add to the tally with Memphis finishing with the 8-7 win.

 

Emily Lockhart made the start for UE, allowing five runs on 11 hits in four innings of work.  Izzy Vetter allowed three runs, two earned, in two frames.

 

The final non-conference tournament is set for next weekend when the Aces make the short trip to Louisville for the Red & Black Challenge.  Evansville will face Oakland twice while taking on Northwestern, Illinois and Louisville in single games.

 

 

 

Lowry Makes History During Opening Day of MVC Indoors

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The University of Evansville men’s and women’s track and field teams kicked-off the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championship with some record-breaking performances.

Junior distance runner Anna Lowry once again wrote herself into the UE record books in spectacular fashion, capturing second place in the women’s 5,000-meter race, setting a new school record by almost half a minute and only three seconds off the pace runner (16:53.18). Lowry also becomes the first Evansville track and field athlete to earn MVC first team all-conference accolades.

Scoring points on the men’s side, Ian Alberts posted a tie for eighth place 4.66-meter pole vault jump.

Qualifying for tomorrow’s 800-meter final, Izzy Dawson took eighth in the prelims at 2:29.51.

Justus Donaldson (2,288) and Joey Rucinski (2,226) both are taking part in the two-day heptathlon contest, sitting 11th and 12threspectively.

Skylar Tucker (4.67m) and Carlie Schultheis (4.64) competed in the long jump for the Aces finishing 15th and 16th respectively.

Posting marks in the men’s long jump, Trey Riggs (6.59 m), Alan Kerstiens (6.41m), Brendon Smith (6.26 m) and Steven Burkhart (6.06m).

In the weight throw; Brittany Corley (11.60m) and Baylee Greng (10.19m) participated on the women’s side, while Michael Boots (15.67m), Zach Dove (13.92m) and Andrew Schuler (11.62m) were on the men’s squad.

UE finished the day with the men’s and women’s distance medley relay, with the men coming in at 11:08.02 and the women finishing in 13:40.65.

Aces complete series sweep with thrilling victory

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Wilkes’ ninth inning single earns Evansville walk-off win
Wrapping-up its first home weekend, the University of Evansville baseball team secured a series sweep of Butler with a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon at Bosse Field.

“It was great to come back home and play well and play good baseball,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “For us to get a sweep against a good quality Butler team that was coming in 6-0 is a great turning point for our club early in the season.”

With the win, Evansville moved to 3-8 on the season, while the Bulldogs dropped to 6-3.

Senior David Ellis captured the win on the mound for Evansville, holding the Bulldogs without a run and recording the last two outs in the top of the ninth inning.

After the lead fell into the hands of the Bulldogs for the first time this weekend in the ninth inning, it was a nearly flawless bottom of the ninth for the Aces that earned the sweep for Evansville.

In the bottom of the ninth, senior Troy Beilsmith took his base to begin the inning after being hit by a pitch. Following three wild pitches in the next at-bat, Beilsmith scored the game-tying run while freshman Brent Widder earned first with a walk. Pinch hitting, sophomore Danny Borgstrom was also walked putting runners on first and second with no outs.

Senior Craig Shepherd dribbled the ball to the shortstop, who threw Borgstrom out at second, but set up runners on the corners for Evansville. After Shepherd took second on a wild pitch, Wilkes came through, ripping a shot through the left side that scored Widder and earned a 4-3 walk-off win for the Aces.

“”(This win) was huge. It was absolutely huge,” said Wilkes. “To bounce back like that, I’m really proud of these guys. We’re going to take it into next week and the weekend, too, and I think we’ve got a good thing going here.”

Evansville is back on the road this week with a midweek contest against UT Martin on Tuesday at 6 PM in Martin, Tenn.

USI drops series finale, 8-3

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University of Southern Indiana Baseball dropped the series finale to ninth-ranked Ashland University, 8-3, Sunday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles move their record to 4-5 overall, while Ashland goes to 5-1 after the win.

The Screaming Eagles took the early lead in the first inning, 1-0, on an RBI-double down the right field line by sophomore third baseman Lucas McNew, scoring sophomore leftfielder Austin Moody from first. The Ashland Eagles bounced back to take their first lead of the game, 2-1, with a two-run third.

USI knotted the game at 2-2 when freshman centerfielder Steven Molinet doubled to lead off the bottom half of the inning before scoring on a throwing error by Ashland that allowed Moody to reach.

The tie would be short lived as Ashland would post a four-spot in the top half of the fourth to take control, 6-2. The Screaming Eagles rebounded to cut the deficit to 6-3 when senior rightfielder Manny Lopez doubled in Moody with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.

Ashland got the run back with change in the top of the sixth with a two-run home run to post a five-run advantage, 8-3. Both sets of Eagles would go scoreless the rest the way the 8-3 final.

USI senior left-hander Paul Perez took the loss for the Eagles. Perez (0-2) allowed three runs on three hits and four walks, while striking out three in three-plus inning of work. Freshman right-hander Chase Rudy followed Perez to the mound, allowing three runs in a third of inning, while sophomore right-hander Luke Johnston allowed the final two runs on five hits in 2.2 frames.

Up Next for the Eagles:
USI hit the road for the next five games, including the 2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference opening series versus the University of Illinois Springfield, March 7-8, in Springfield. The road trip concludes with a non-conference visit Florida when the Eagles make a stop at University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, for two-series March 10-11.

USI leads the all-time series with Illinois Springfield, 22-11, after being swept by the Prairie Stars last season on the road. The Stars have had the upper hand the last three seasons, taking nine of the last 11 meetings.

The Eagles trail the all-time series with West Florida, 2-0, after losing both games of a series in 2018 in Pensacola.

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“IS IT TRUE” MARCH 2, 2020

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

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IS IT TRUE that the University of Evansville Purple Aces have done something that is unprecedented when performance on the basketball is considered?…the Aces are the first team ever in the entire history of NCAA basketball to have defeated the #1 team in America on the road and go on to lose every game in their own conference?…the 2019-2020 season has seen the hopes and expectations for the Aces rise to the highest they have ever been after they upset the #1 Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena and fall to despair after seeing a coach dismissed for personal issues and going on to lose 18 straight conference games in a row?…the Missouri Valley Conference that the Purple Aces play in is not exactly a top high-performance conference either?…what this shows is that coaching makes a tremendous difference and finding a good one is a key to success?

IS IT TRUE when examining the “announced” attendance at Ford Center we found that after the win over the UK the Aces were drawing about 5,500 per game and when the losing began the “announced” attendance fell to closer to 4,500 per game?…even for the puffed up “announced” attendance, being a winning or losing team makes a 1,000 per game difference?…the reality here is that the hiring process at UE when it comes to basketball coaches is deficient in the area of vetting?
IS IT TRUE this is not the first time that an organization based in Evansville has failed to vet something?…this harkens back to the days when the Winnecke Administration failed fundamentally to vet the Earthcare Energy LLC group and just handed them $200,000 without so much as checking online to see if they really had a patent as they claimed?
IS IT TRUE that trust but verify is a lesson taught by President Ronald Reagan in dealing with the USSR?…one would expect that the faculty at the University of Evansville’s College of Business would teach the vetting process given the monumental failures of the past in both local government and university decisions?…nothing that leads to the dismissal of the former coach or faculty member was something that could have been learned by a competent vetting investigation?…vetting is not rocket science but it does require one to abandon the naive practice of taking everything a face value and do some simple investigating?…as one person literally said at a meeting of the Evansville City Council with respect to the Earthcare Energy fiasco. “there is this new thing called Google that will help you do investigations, I assume you have heard of it.”…vetting is something that Evansville and its namesake university have not to figure out?…that is a problem that comes from the top as opposed to the bottom of the decision-making apparatus?
IS IT TRUE we been told that in a recent speech given at the Athena Awards luncheon by Ivy Tech President Dr. Sue Ellspermann she stressed the importance of hiring women for top management positions? …during her speech Dr. Ellspermann also told stories of personal discrimination she experienced in her past?
IS IT TRUE it’s been alleged that Deputy Mayor Steve Schaefer a candidate for the Ivy Tech-Evansville Chancellors position was told by a person in authority there is a slim chance that he will be hired as the Chancellor of the Ivy Tech-Evansville campus?  …if the above allegation is correct, we are puzzled why a person working at the IVY Tech Corporate office in Indy would tell Deputy Mayor Steve Schaefer this just before his interview at the Ivy Tech-Evansville campus was conducted?
IS IT TRUE we were told that all three (3) finalists for the Ivy Tech-Evansville Chancellors position did a great job in presenting themselves during their Indy and campus interviews?
IS IT TRUE that Indiana campaign finance reports filed after the first of the year show that Attorney General Curtis Hill finished 2019 with $183,659.78 in his campaign war chest? …that Jonathan Weinzapfel, a Democrat and former two-term (2) term Mayor of Evansville, is heading into 2020 with $609,310.24 in his campaign war chest?

IS IT TRUE that the 54-year-old Weinzapfel is currently leading the Indiana Attorney General campaign funding with $609K?  …last year Weinzapfel received $15,000 from John Engelbrecht and $10,000 from John Dunn, both of Evansville?  …his law firm, Jones Wallace LLC in Evansville, has donated $2,500 to Weinzapfel’s AG campaign?  … also, Democratic State Representative Ryan Hatfield also donated $800 towards Mr.Weinzapfel’s campaign?

IS IT TRUE we been told by several movers and shakers within the Democratic State Party that the former two (2) term Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel is the odds on favorite of being elected as the Democratic nominee for the Indiana Attorney General office?
IS IT TRUE the question is “What is an online newspaper called”?  …the answer is “An online newspaper is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical. Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in a more timely manner”?
IS IT TRUE the question is “What is the benefit of an Internet publication over newspaper”?  …the answers “Online newspapers are a popular way to publish content on general or specific newsworthy happenings. They are cheaper to produce than traditional print newspapers and have the potential to reach a wider and more global audience”?

IS IT TRUE that County Commissioner Ben Shoulders will be hosting his Fourth Annual “March Madness Birthday” fundraising event at Bud’s on West Franklin Steet on March 26, 2020?  …we are told around 300 people will be attending “Shoulders Birthday BasH”?

IS IT TRUE if any local political candidate listed on the 2020 election ballot that has an upcoming political fundraiser we shall post it in the CCO without costs, bias or editing?

IS IT TRUE that the SW Indiana Young Democrats hosted a Meet-N-Greet at KC’s Time Out Lounge last weekend?…numerous County and Congressional candidates were in attendance?  …that City Council President, Alex Burton, and County Commissioner, Ben Shoulders served as guest speakers?  … it’s obvious that this organization is picking up momentum for the upcoming November 2020 General election?  … we are told that many area High School and College students are joining this group in impressive numbers?
IS IT TRUE our “READERS POLLS” are non-scientific but trendy?
Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that Indiana is headed in the right direction?

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EVSC Foundation To Host Hangers Gala

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Hangers is an EVSC Foundation program that provides a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, coats, and personal hygiene items to nearly twenty-five hundred young people each year. Hangers goes above and beyond by helping even more (roughly another one thousand) students with “partial” service—specific, one- or two-item needs such as a black dress for concert choir, or a tie for a job or scholarship interview. Hangers has built the reputation of a solid, act-swiftly resource for EVSC schools and the children they educate each and every day.

Saturday evening is an important fundraiser to continue serving not only the EVSC community but also the Evansville community as a whole. Along with clothing, a child or teen receives the important reminder that they are loved, they matter, and that the community is there to support them.

There will be both corporate partners and individuals sponsoring tables at Saturday’s fundraiser. Special guests Cindy Banks and her grandson, Malik (who benefitted from Hangers three years ago), will be sharing their stories of where they are today and the importance of Hangers during their time of need.

Landlord-Tenant And Abortion Bills Among Those Advancing In The Legislature

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Landlord-Tenant And Abortion Bills Among Those Advancing In The Legislature

February 27, 2020   |   Posted by

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INDIANAPOLIS—Bills dealing with the landlord-tenant issues, the state Board of Accounts, abortion, and education were among those that saw action in the Indiana General Assembly Thursday:

Senate Bill 340: Landlord-tenant issues

What it does: The bill started out defining property rights and offering some protections to landlords and renters. But it had been amended in a House committee to limit the ability of local municipalities to regulate landlord-tenant issues without the approval of the General Assembly. The city of Indianapolis had just enacted a tenant-friendly bill.

What happened: Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, offered an amendment to the bill that would have removed the language limiting the ability of local communities to act but it failed largely along party lines.

What’s next: SB 340 will have a third reading and be voted on in the House at a later date.

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House Bill 1108: State Board of Accounts

What it does: HB1108 makes various changes to statutes concerning the state Board of Accounts, including adding  a definition of a “responsible officer of an audited entity.” HB 1108 also allows the audit committee to determine the amount of the bond for the state examiner, deputy examiners, and field examiners based on applicable risk considerations.

What happened: Sen. Mark Stoops, D-Bloomington, made another attempt to put language in the legislation that would require more accountability of virtual and charter schools but lost in a voice vote on the Senate floor. The amendment would have required charter and virtual schools to submit independent audits to the state Department of Education. Stoops noted that the state Board of Accounts found that two virtual schools had inflated enrollments and collected $86 million that they weren’t entitled to.

What’s next: The bill now moves to full Senate for further action.

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Senate Bill 299: Disposal of fetal remains

What it does: SB 299, authored by Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, says that a woman who has an abortion that has been induced by a drug has the right to take the fetal remains back to their health care facility or abortion clinic to be disposed of by cremation or burial.

What happened: The bill passed the House by a 77-13 vote. The House sponsor, Rep. Christy Stutzman, R-Middlebury, said the bill makes women aware that they have a choice as to what to do with the fetal remains.

What’s next: SB 299 will now head to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk for his signature before it becomes law.

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Senate Bill 398: Various education matters

What it does: Provides that upon request youth membership programs can come into a public school at least once a year to provide information about their organization to students on school property.

What happened: Rep. Jeffrey Thompson, R-Lizton, proposed an amendment that would require schools to let certain youth membership programs, like the Boy Scouts, to have one day each school year to meet with students and introduce who they are, but take away the ongoing meeting requirement. Four Democrats spoke against the bill, saying that the amendment takes away too much control from the school and forces them to do something they should not have to. The amendment passed 62-26.

What’s next: SB 398 will be considered for a vote in the House.

FOOTNOTE: Lacey Watt and Haley Carney contributed to this report. They are reporters for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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