EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men’s soccer team held out-shot the Memphis Tigers 24-7 on Sunday night, but were unable to find the game-winning goal as the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

Both sides saw scoring opportunities early, as Álvaro Timón (Toledo, Spain/Valencia International University) put a shot on goal in the third minute of play and Michal Mroz (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) sniffed out a Memphis attack with a strong save in the eighth minute.

Evansville earned a penalty kick in the 17^th minute when Timón was fouled in the box by the Memphis keeper. Tancredi Fadda (Monza, Italy/University of Milan) took the penalty, but put the shot off the crossbar for a near miss.

UE got another penalty chance less than three minutes later, as Fadda earned a penalty on a foul in the box. This time, Martin Wurschmidt (Stavern, Norway/Thor Heyerdahl VGS) took the shot for the Aces and converted, putting the shot into the bottom right corner to get Evansville on the board.

The lead would not last for long, however, as the Tigers were able to equalize in the 33^rdminute on a goal from Lucho Galizzi. Chase Ricker (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva) nearly netted his first career goal in the 40^th minute to break the tie, but the shot ricocheted off the post and the score remained at 1-1 going into the half.

In the second half of the play, the Aces put together a flurry of attacks, putting up 13 shots. However, the Memphis defense held strong to escape with a result. Perhaps the best scoring chance for UE came in the 86^th minute on a cross into the box from Nacho Diaz-Caneja (Coruña, Spain/Oregon State), but a header from Wurschmidt snuck just outside the far post and out of play.

“We talked a lot about creating chances, and I think we doubled the amount of shots we had all season in one game,” said Head Coach Robbe Tarver. “Missed a penalty, hit the post twice, had some good looks and their keeper made a couple good saves. Sometimes that’s the game. I think we created enough chances to win and I think sometimes that’s what this is about. You do a lot to put yourself in a position to win and you don’t.”

“Right now it’s about us all staying on the same page, keep pushing forward, keep believing that the wins are going to come because we are a good enough team to win and the performances have been there.”

Timón led the Aces with six shots and two shots on goal, while Fadda also put two shots on goal on five total shots. Mroz made two saves for UE.

With the draw, Evansville moves to 0-1-3 on the season. UE is back at Arad McCutchan Stadium on Thursday, hosting Lindenwood at 6 PM.

EVANSVILLE, Ind – The Evansville Otters (40-56) finished their 2025 campaign with a bang, beating the Gateway Grizzlies (56-40) on Sunday night, 12-4.

The Otters sent out Alex Canney for the finale and after a shaky start to the first, he got three straight outs to limit the damage to two.

After the Otters got a run in the third thanks to a JT Benson single, Dennis Pierce hit a solo shot to tie the game at 2-2 in the fifth.

Canney worked through the fifth, but a couple of solo home runs gave Gateway a 4-2 lead. He finished his night with seven strikeouts in his first no decision.

Keenan Taylor responded with a solo shot in the sixth, cutting the lead to one. He homered in all three games, the first Otter to hit a home run in every game in a series.

Jackson Malouf pitched a scoreless sixth to keep the deficit to one, which earned him the win on the night.

Evansville led with hits from Chase Waddell and Darryl Jackson to begin the seventh and Pierce went deep for his second time in the game and in the same exact spot to give the Otters a 6-4 lead. It is the second game this week that Pierce had a multi-home run game.

Nick McAuliffe pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh and the Otters slugged for five more runs in the eighth. With two outs, Darryl Jackson launched a triple to get the first run of the inning. Brown got one in on a single and Benson followed with the double to add another run. The inning was capped by a LJ Jones double that scored two more, extending the lead to 11-4. They added another in the ninth on a dropped third strike.

Alex Valdez worked the final two frames, facing the minimum, striking out three including the final batter of the year.

Evansville had two individual milestones as Taylor and Brown both reached 100 hits for their career, both in their rookie seasons. After joining the team a fourth through the year, Pierce led the team with 17 home runs in 63 games. The Otters had seven players hit double digit home runs and as a team had 97, which is tied for third in the Frontier League with Quebec.

The Otters finished with a 16-11 record in August, including going 9-3 at home. They tied a franchise record with nine consecutive wins in the final month.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Fresh off their first win over a Power-4 opponent since 2008, the UE women’s soccer team continued to roll on Sunday afternoon, scoring three first half goals to down visiting SIUE at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

Evansville’s first half onslaught marked the first time the Aces have scored three goals in a half in four years and the first time they have scored three times in the first half in nine years. Taylor Wehrer (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis) opened the scoring in the 11^th minute with her third goal of the season, while Kathryn Tyler (Dallas, Texas/Liberty Christian) and Lily Kytasaari (Platte City, Mo./Platte County) scored the first goals of their careers in the 22^nd and 34^th minutes, respectively.

The Purple Aces’ first attack came together in the 11^th minute, with Ella Hamner (Evansville, Ind./Memorial) possessing the ball near midfield and sending a ball into the right side of the box for Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind./Reitz). From there, Johnson lofted a cross in front of the goal line, where Wehrer put the ball into the back of an empty net for the goal. Wehrer’s three goals this season lead the team, while Johnson’s assist was her third of the season to claim the team lead.

11 minutes later, the Aces found another scoring chance on a corner kick. Brielle LaBerge (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central) took the kick and delivered a beautiful ball to the far post, where Tyler got a head on it to score her first career goal.

The scoring barrage continued 12 minutes later, as Brooklyn Robinson (West Haven, Utah/Fremont) made a long run with the ball from midfield into the box, where her shot was blocked by an SIUE defender. Kytasaari collected the ball just inside the top of the box and fired a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to give UE a commanding lead.

From there, the UE defense held strong, holding the Cougars scoreless for the Aces’ first shutout of the year. Allie Lammers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) posted a clean sheet in her first career start, making two saves.

“Coming off the Purdue win, emotionally draining, you’re worried about coming flat, and I thought we did the opposite,” Head Coach Chris Pfau said postgame. “I thought we got on top of them a little bit and created our chances.”

“We lost our starting goalkeeper and two defenders, and to replace them and get a shutout is a great step forward for our program and great maturity from the leaders on our team.”

UE held the shot advantage at 16-8, including a 12-3 edge in shots on goal. The 12 shots on goal were the most in a game so far this season for Evansville.

With the win, Evansville improves to 3-1 on the year, the program’s best start since 2021. UE hits the road on Thursday, taking on Austin Peay at 6 PM.