EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team continues MVC play on Sunday with a road trip to Normal, Ill. to take on Illinois State. Kick-off is set for 1 PM at Adelaide Street Field.

Last Time Out
Indiana State struck early on a penalty kick in the 14^th minute to take a lead they would never relinquish, downing Evansville by a score of 2-0 on Sunday evening at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

The match was action-packed early, with the Aces and Sycamores combining for six shots in the first 10 and half minutes of play. Isa Valdez (Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista) put the first shot on goal for Evansville in the eighth minute, while Emma Nathans (Toronto, Ontario/Havergal College) made the night’s first save in the fourth minute.

However, the Sycamores got on the board first, converting on a penalty kick in the 14^th minute to take the lead.

Ella McAndrew (Greendale, Ind./Lawrenceburg) tested the Indiana State keeper in the 39^th minute, but her shot was saved and the match remained 1-0 heading into halftime.

In the second half, Allie Lammers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) came on in goal for the Aces and made a terrific save in the 47^th minute, getting a foot on a Indiana State shot to parry an attack. Following shots on goal by Brielle LaBerge (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central) and Taylor Wehrer (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis), Lammers made another save in the 67^th minute. However, Indiana State struck again in the 69^th minute to double the lead.

Evansville pushed on the attack for the night’s final 20 minutes, putting up five shots. Perhaps the best scoring chance came in the 82^nd minute, but Ella Hamner (Evansville, Ind./Memorial) had her shot saved, and the Aces were shut out for only the third time this season.

Evansville’s 13 shots tied for the team’s second-most in a game this season. Hamner led the team with four, putting two on target, while LaBerge added three shots. Lammers notched a new career-high by making six saves.

EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball sweeps its first Ohio Valley Conference home series against Eastern Illinois University to move to 2-2 in conference play.

Set 1: USI 25, EIU 19
The Screaming Eagles continued the streak from the first game to take the first set of game two in the series. As a team, USI hit a .412 hitting percentage with 16 kills on just two errors. Freshman setter Aysa Thomas led a balanced offense, so four different Eagles landed at least three kills, led by Leah Coleman, who had four.

Set 2: USI 27, EIU 25
USI maintained the lead for most of the set, but the Panthers came back at the 23^rd point, forcing the Eagles to battle back and forth to close out the win. Junior Ashby Willis tallied five kills to lead the court in the second set. Freshman Carley Wright doubled her kill total with another three. Sophomore Kerigan Fehr recorded her best set, picking up six digs to help keep the Panthers to their worst hitting percentage of the game.

Set 3: USI 25, EIU 21
In a rocky start, the Panthers forced as much as a five-point lead before serving runs from senior Keira Moore and Willis allowed the Eagles to retake control of the game. Thomas added three kills on her own, while dishing out 11 assists to get three Eagles to at least three kills. Sophomore libero Audrey Small led the back court with 10 digs in the final set.

For the game, Thomas tallied 31 assists, 10 digs, five kills, and two blocks to mark a double-double and a career-high in kills. Willis recorded 11 kills, 12 digs, and two solo blocks to mark her sixth double-double of 2025. Coleman tied with Willis to lead the team with 11 kills.

This series marks the first time a USI team has not dropped a set to an OVC opponent in a two-game series.

Aces take 3-1 victory

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Four Purple Aces finished with double digit kill to lead the University of Evansville volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over Indiana State on Saturday inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Leading the way for UE was Hinsley Everett with 13 kills. Holland Morris and Ryan Scheu finished with 12 apiece while Chloe Cline had 10. Ainoah Cruz picked up 21 digs while Kora Ruff had 40 assists and 12 digs. Kira Holland completed the match with 16 kills for the Sycamores.

Game 1 – UE 25, Indiana State 17

Hinsley Everett picked up two early kills to give UE a 3-1 edge. Evansville extended the lead to 7-2 before another kill by Everett made it a 14-7 game. The Sycamores made a run as they cut the deficit to just three at 18-15. Following a time out, the Aces came back with three in a row including a block by Sabrina Ripple and Ryan Scheu to go back up by six. UE held strong from there to take the set by a 25-17 final.

Game 2 – UE 25, Indiana State 16

After the Aces took a 2-0 lead, Indiana State tied things up at 3-3 before taking a 10-9 lead. UE fought back with a 4-0 run to take the lead for good. Ripple recorded a block to make it a 13-10 game while Schue registered two more kills to extend the lead to 18-12. After going up by as many as nine points at 22-13, Evansville finished off with the 25-16 victory.

Game 3 – Indiana State 25, UE 11

Indiana State jumped out to a 4-1 lead and never looked back. They extended the lead to 12 points at 16-4 and cruised to a 25-11 win to extend the match to the fourth set.

Game 4 – UE 25, Indiana State 20

Ripple picked up a kill to put the Aces in front at 3-2 while Indiana State countered with a 5-0 stretch to go up 7-5. Scheu added to kills to her tally and Everett picked up the tying point to make it an 8-8 score. Chloe Cline’s solo block put Evansville back in front at 11-10 and she combined on a block with Everett to push the score to 18-14. As the set came to a close it was Holland Morris notching two kills to seal the victory.

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Evansville moves to 2-0 in MVC play for first time since 2016

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men’s soccer team moved to 2-0 in MVC play for the first time since 2016 on Saturday night, taking down Western Michigan by a score of 2-0. With the win, the Aces extend their unbeaten streak to six and their winning streak to three. The streak marks Evansville’s first unbeaten streak of six matches in the single season since 2009.

Evansville struck early for the second match in a row, with Tancredi Fadda (Monza, Italy/University of Milan) finding the back of the net with a rocket in the fourth minute for his second goal of the season. The goal came off assists from Nacho Diaz-Caneja (Coruña, Spain/Oregon State) and Andres Escudero (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain/IES Joan Miro).

Fadda was active throughout the remainder of the first half, tallying two more shots, but the score remained 1-0 going into halftime.

The Purple Aces struck again shortly after the halftime intermission, when Nate Roberts (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) earned a penalty by drawing a foul in the box in the 50^thminute. Martin Wurschmidt (Stavern, Norway/Thor Heyerdahl VGS) stepped to the spot and buried a shot past a diving Broncos keeper to make it 2-0. The penalty goal was Wurschmidt’s second of the season.

From there, the Evansville defense held strong to post their fourth shutout of the season. Michal Mroz (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) made five saves in the final 20 minutes of action to tie his season-high and record his third shutout in a row. Over the last five matches, Mroz has allowed just one goal.

“Obviously, getting an early goal really helps,” said Head Coach Robbe Tarver. “It allowed us to settle into the game a little bit. I don’t remember the last time that we were 2-0 in conference, so that puts us in a really good position to achieve the goal of making the MVC Tournament. That’s the way we are going to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, we have to do that first. To have six points after two games is massive for us.”

“Nothing is done for this season, we need to keep going.”

With the win, Evansville moves to 4-2-5 overall and 2-0 in MVC play, marking the first time the Aces have opened conference play with shutouts of 2-0 or better. Evansville currently sits in first place in the MVC standings as the only team with two wins. UE returns to action on Tuesday for a non-conference match-up at Northwestern. Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM.