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Aces Celebrate Senior Night To Finish Home Slate
Lady Aces Drops 3-2 Match To Southern Illinois
In Saturday’s home finale, the University of Evansville volleyball team lost a hard-fought 3-2 match to Southern Illinois at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
Melanie Feliciano led the Purple Aces (16-11, 7-9 MVC) with 21 kills while Rachel Tam had 17 and Alondra Vazquez posted 15. Allana McInnis had 52 assists on the night while Gabriela Macedo added 33 digs. She is just one behind the single-season Evansville record with two regular season matches remaining. Tam and Feliciano each set career marks with 23 and 21 digs, respectively while Vazquez was one off of her career mark with 24 in the contest.
At the completion of the match, the Aces recognized seniors Patricia Joseph, Gabriela Macedo and Rachel Tam in Senior Night festivities.
Southern Illinois (14-17, 6-11 MVC) was led by a 15-kill effort from Rachel Maguire.
Alondra Vazquez gave Evansville its first lead of the set with a kill at 4-3. Another kill saw her extend the lead to 6-4. Southern Illinois scored four in a row to go up 8-6. They held the lead until a Melanie Feliciano kill tied it before Vazquez put UE in front at 16-15. Once again, the Salukis would not let the Aces open up an advantage as they posted the next four before going up 24-20. Three consecutive Feliciano kills got the Aces back within one, but the final point went to SIU and they took the early 1-0 lead with a 25-23 win.
Evansville took a 3-2 lead in the second frame and worked to extend it in the middle of the set. A pair of Feliciano kills made it a 9-7 game before her 13th of the night pushed the Aces advantage out to 13-9. The Aces continued to roll when a Cecilia Thon service ace stretched the lead out even further to 18-12. From there, UE would cruise to the win by a 25-19 final.
In the third game, the Aces looked like they were going to take control after scoring four of the first five points, but the Salukis had other ideas. A 5-1 run gave them a 7-5 lead as Katy Kluge posted a pair of aces. Hannah Watkins notched a kill that put the advantage back in UE’s hands at 11-10. From there, both teams would battle for each point. The next time either squad would post a lead of more than one point came when Southern Illinois took a 22-20 lead. Evansville got those two points right back thanks to a pair of SIU errors before Feliciano gave the lead back to the Aces with kill #17. Tam would put the finishing touch on the set as her 12th kill clinched a 25-23 win and a 2-1 Aces lead.
Southern Illinois grabbed a 4-2 lead before a Macedo ace and a double block from Tam and Watkins put UE in front at 5-4. Evansville went up by three at 11-8 before Southern Illinois came back to tie it at 14-14 before going up 23-19. Watkins and Tam combined for a block before a Vazquez kill cut the deficit in half. The Salukis countered to score the final two tallies and force the deciding set.
After the Aces took a 2-1 edge to begin the 5th set, SIU scored the next five to go up 6-2. They eventually led by a 9-4 tally. Facing the deficit, Evansville regrouped to score three in a row, but the deficit was too much with SIU clinching the match with a 15-10 victory.
Regular season action comes to an end with the Aces traveling to Bradley on Friday before facing Illinois State next Saturday in the final contest of the regular season.
Eagles fall in regular-season finale
The University of Southern Indiana volleyball team dropped a four-set match to conclude Great Lakes Valley Conference play Saturday at Truman State University, by scores of 25-14, 25-16, 20-25, and 25-16.
The Screaming Eagles (15-15, 7-8 GLVC) struggled to keep their attacks between the lines, committing 15 unforced attack errors combined with seven blocks for the Bulldogs (14-17, 7-8 GLVC). USI lost the attack percentage race .181-.088 to Truman.
Sophomore right side hitter Sidney Hegg tallied a career-high 14 kills in the matchup with a match-leading .407 hitting percentage.
Three Eagles collected double-digit digs: freshman libero Audrey Crowder (18), senior libero/outside hitter Mikaila Humphrey (15) and freshman outside hitter Leah Anderson (14).
The first and second sets were defined by Truman’s .313 combined hitting rate with 22 kills against just two attack errors. USI did not tally a block until the third set, and ended the match with just four.
The Eagles began to return to form in the third, posting a pair of blocks, a service ace and just one unforced attack error, while keeping Truman’s hitting away from the middle, influencing 11 errors by the Bulldogs. Hegg captured the first USI block of the match in the set along with five of her 14 kills. The Bulldogs went on to clinch the match with a 25-16 tally in the fourth.
With Saturday’s loss, the Eagles fall outside the top eight in the final GLVC standings, into a four-way tie for the ninth spot, drawing the 2019 campaign to a close. USI Volleyball graduates a five-member senior class that captured the program’s first .500-or-better season since 2015 and inaugurated the Screaming Eagles Arena with a 9-3 record at home in 2019, including the first victory over a top-ten nationally-ranked program (No. 8 Lewis University) since 2005.
City Council Meeting NOVEMBER 18, 2019
NOVEMBER 18, 2019 Agenda at 5:30 P.M.-Civic Center
AGENDA
| I. | INTRODUCTION |
Agenda Attachment:
| II. | APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDUM |
Memo Attachment:
| III. | REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| IV. | SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY |
| V. | CONSENT AGENDA:Â FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
A. ORDINANCE F-2019-24 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver Discussion Date: 12/2/2019 F-2019-24 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE F-2019-25 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Appropriation, Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds Within the Department of Metropolitan Development Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver Discussion Date: 12/2/2019 F-2019-25 Attachment:
C. ORDINANCE R-2019-28 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 200 and 206 Washington Avenue Petitioner: Evansville Brownfields Corp. Owner: Evansville Brownfields Corp. Requested Change: R4 to C2 w/UDC Ward: 4 Robinson Representative: Carolyn Rusk, Evansville Brownfields Corp. R-2019-28 Attachment:
D. ORDINANCE R-2019-29 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 217 W. Franklin Street Petitioner: Richard Mills Owner: Schneider Properties LLC Requested Change: R4 to C4 w/UDC Ward: 3 Melcher Representative: Richard Mills, Mills-Wallace R-2019-29 Attachment:
E. ORDINANCE R-2019-30 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1571 Wedeking Avenue Petitioner: Ruth Brinkley Owner: Doris A. Kissel Requested Change: R1 to R3 Ward: 3 Melcher Representative: Ruth Brinkley R-2019-30 Attachment:
| VI. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| VII. | REGULAR AGENDA:Â SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
A. ORDINANCE G-2019-15 An Ordinance of the Evansville Common Council Authorizing the City of Evansville, Indiana, to Issue One or More Series of Its “Economic Development Revenue Bonds (House Investments Evansville Oz, LLC Project)”, and Approving and Authorizing Other Actions in Respect Thereto Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver Discussion Date: 11/18/2019 G-2019-15 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE R-2019-25 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 210 Waggoner Avenue Petitioner: Habitat for Humanity of Evansville, Inc. Owner: Habitat for Humanity of Evansville, Inc. Requested Change: C4 to R2 Ward: 5 Elpers Representative: Beth Folz, Habitat for Humanity of Evansville, Inc. R-2019-25 Attachment:
C. ORDINANCE R-2019-27 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 1807 & 1809 Stringtown Rd Petitioner: Jason Paul Owner: Jason Paul Requested Change: C4 to R2 Ward: 3 Melcher Representative: Jason Paul R-2019-27 Attachment:
| VIII. | RESOLUTION DOCKET |
A. RESOLUTION C-2019-22 A Preliminary Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Declaring an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-In for The Rehabilitation of Real Property at 24, 26, 34 and 40 West Franklin Street and 101 and 103 West Illinois Street, Evansville, INÂ 47710 Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Councilman Weaver Discussion Date: 11/18/2019 C-2019-22 Attachment:
| IX. | MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS |
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council is Monday, December 2, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.
B. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
| X. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| XI. | ADJOURNMENT |
Lawmaker Wants To Lower The Age To Run For The General Assembly
By Brandon Barger
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana legislator wants to lower the age required to seek a state office to encourage more young people to take part in the state’s lawmaking process.
Rep. Chris Chyung, D-Dyer, announced his proposal Thursday to lower the age to run for either the Indiana House or Senate to age 18, a change that will require an amendment to the state constitution. Currently, the age to run for a seat in the Senate is 25 while the age to run for a seat in the House is 21.
Chyung, who is 26 and a first-term lawmaker, said he will introduce his bill next Tuesday when the General Assembly is at the Statehouse for one day to prepare for the 2020 legislative session.
At a press conference on the steps of the Statehouse, Chyung said he hopes that by lowering the age limit, younger Hoosiers will get engaged in the political process.
“Once you see in the newspaper that someone’s running for school board who’s 18 and then you think ‘Oh, well I know that person’…that’s I think inherently more likely to get you out to vote and get enthusiastic about the process,†Chyung said.
For this amendment to enacted, it must be approved by two consecutively elected general assemblies before going to a public vote. Once it passes those hurdles it then it would become a part of the state constitution.
Chyung is currently looking for a Republican lawmaker to come on board because he said he doesn’t believe that lowering the limit should be a Democrat or Republican idea.
Megan Stoner, liaison for the Indiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council, was a part of the group that tried to introduce a similar bill in 2015. Stoner ran for Madison County council at age 19, losing by only a few hundred votes in the Republican primary. Stoner said she believes that younger lawmakers would “have fresh ideas and a young Hoosier spirit in the Statehouse.â€
Dustin Beth, a Republican from Wisconsin, ran for a seat on the Westosha Central High School Board of Education and won in 2014. Beth said that he calls on Indiana Republicans to “not think about the next election, but the next generation.â€
The Indiana constitution was last altered in 2018 when voters approved a balanced budget amendment.
FOOTNOTE: Brandon Barger is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalists.
VHS AND RIVER KITTY TO HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE
The Vanderburgh Humane Society and River Kitty Cat Café will be holding a joint press conference on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 at 12:00 noon CST at River Kitty.
The Vanderburgh Humane Society, a nonprofit agency that has served the animals of the Tri-State for more than 60 years, and River Kitty Cat Café, a locally-owned business in Evansville’s thriving downtown, are letting the cat out of the bag! A very exciting announcement will be made on Wednesday that will change the futures of both organizations.
Please join us at River Kitty, 226 Main Street in downtown Evansville, on Wednesday at noon. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and many members of the VHS & River Kitty teams, volunteers, and Board members will be present for the announcement.
