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Kuester’s Slam Completes USI Sweep Of Maryville

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University of Southern Indiana senior first baseman Nathan Kuester (Rockport, Indiana) hit a walk-off grand slam to lead USI to a doubleheader sweep of Maryville University, 9-7 and 7-6, Friday at the USI Baseball Field. USI moves its record to 28-19 overall and 20-12 in the GLVC, while Maryville goes to 27-19, 22-10 GLVC.

The doubleheader sweep clinches a spot in the GLVC Tournament for USI. The Screaming Eagles can finish as high as fifth in the league depending upon the finish of conference action Saturday. The GLVC Tournament is slated for May 9-12 in Ozark, Missouri.
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GAME 1: 
USI sophomore leftfielder Aaron Euler (Evansville, Indiana) and freshman catcher Lucas McNew (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) blasted home runs to lead the Eagles to a come from behind victory in the opening game, 9-7.

The Eagles had the early lead with a run in the bottom of the first and a tally in both the fourth and fifth to lead 3-1 at the halfway mark. Maryville rallied with back-to-back home runs in the sixth, one a two-run bomb, to take a 4-3 advantage before upping the margin to 7-3 midway through the seventh inning.

USI began its comeback in the bottom of the seventh, ignited by a lead-off home run by Euler and a sacrifice fly by senior second baseman Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana) to cut the deficit to 7-5 by the end of the frame. This set the stage for one final push to victory in the eighth.

McNew tied the game, 7-7, with a two-run blast to left field to start the eighth inning rally, while the game winning run crossed the plate on a RBI-single up the middle off the bat of sophomore shortstop Ethan Hunter(Terre Haute, Indiana) to give USI the lead for good, 8-7. .Junior rightfielder Zach Pate (Evansville, Indiana) sealed the victory by scoring on a bases-load wild pitch for the final run of the 9-7 contest.

At the plate, McNew led the Eagles with three hits, including the home run and a double, and drove in a pair of runs. Sophomore center Bryce Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) and Pate also had three hits each, while senior first baseman Nathan Kuester tied McNew with two RBIs.

The home run was Euler’s team-best 10th of the season, while McNew is second with nine round trippers in 2019.

USI junior right-handers Jacob Bowles (Mt. Washington, Kentucky) and Tyler Hagedorn (Evansville, Indiana) closed out the win on the mound for USI. Bowles picked up his fourth win by throwing 1.2 innings, allowing one run on two hits and a walk. Hagedorn logged his team-best third save of the season by getting the Eagles out of a two-on one-out jam in the ninth by getting the only man he faced to hit into a double play.

Eagles’ senior right-hander Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) started and received a no-decision in the contest. Austin Krizan tied a career-high with eight strike outs through 6.2 innings, while allowing six runs, five earned, on nine hits and a walk.

GAME 2: 
USI senior first baseman Nathan Kuester hit a walk-off grand slam to cap off a five-run bottom of the ninth as the Eagles completed the sweep, 7-6. The home run was Kuester’s fifth of the season.

The Eagles had the early advantage in the game, picking up tallies in the first and second to lead, 2-0. Maryville scored six unanswered runs to build a 6-2 lead and set the stage for the bottom of the ninth.

With one out, sophomore centerfielder Bryce Krizan and freshman catcher Lucas McNew walked before sophomore leftfielder Aaron Euler reached on an error to load the bases. Junior designated hitter Manny Lopez(Santo Domingo, P.R.) walked to drive in Bryce Krizan to cut the deficit to 6-3 as Kuester came to the plate.

On the game-winning blast, Kuester crushed a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to send the Eagles home winners in the nightcap.

USI junior right-hander Tyler Hagedorn posted his second win of the season after pitching the final 1.1. Hagedorn (2-1) allowed two runs on three hits and two walks, while striking out three.

Junior left-hander Paul Perez (Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela) started, but only completed the first frame before leaving the game with an injury. Senior right-hander Austin Gossman (Avon, Indiana) relieved and struck out nine batters over the next 6.2 innings, giving up four runs, one earned, on 11 hits and one walk.

Aces Drop Slug-Fest To Southern Illinois

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A slow start both on the hill and at the plate put the University of Evansville in an early hole they could never could quite dig themselves out of, as the Aces fell  8-6 at Itchy Jones Stadium Friday night.

UE sent out their ace, junior starting pitcher Adam Lukas (5-4) to face the Salukis, and the hard-throwing right-hander got tagged for six runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings of work, his shortest outing of the season. Senior left-hander Alex Weigand would come out of the bullpen to put out the fire.

The Aces bats had been silent through the first three frames, came to live in the fourth inning. First, a groundout to short by freshman second baseman Danny Borgstrom drove in senior designated hitter Nate Reeder. Later in the inning, with two aboard, senior left fielder Matthew Jones roped a double down the left field line, bringing in both senior center fielder and freshman right fielder A.J. Fritz, halving the SIU lead to 6-3.

However, Southern Illinois would get to Weigand in the bottom of the fifth, as Aiden McMahan lifted a two-run home run to run. putting SIU back up by four, 8-4.

Evansville kept swinging in the top of the sixth. Matthew Jones delivered an RBI single to left, scoring Troy Beilsmith from second. That would end Salukis starter Mason Heiser night. Then, Sam Troyer would send a single through the right side of the infield, bringing in Jones, drawing the Aces back within two, 8-6.

Weigand would bounce back to combine with freshman left-hander Michael Parks to shut out Southern Illinois. However, the Aces’ bats could not close the gap.

The loss drops Evansville to 21-20 overall and 8-5 in Missouri Valley Conference play, while the win improves SIU’s record to 20-22 overall and 2-11 in the MVC.

Game two of the series is set for 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Itchy Jones Stadium.

Offense Stalls As Eagles Eliminated On Day 1 of GLVC Tourney

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USI (33-19), the No. 3 seed in the tournament, suffered a 1-0 setback to the No. 6 seed, Truman State University, to begin the day, while the No. 7 seed, Drury University, ended the Eagles’ hopes of repeating with an 8-0, five-inning win in the elimination bracket.

Truman 1, USI 0
Truman State (29-15) used a three-hit fourth inning to break a scoreless tie in the opening round of the GLVC Tournament. The Eagles had the bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning, but could not push a run across the plate.

In all, the Eagles stranded seven runners on base as they were limited to just three hits in the contest.

Junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) was charged with the loss after giving up one run off seven hits. Leonhardt (19-8) had five strikeouts and issued four walks in seven innings of work.

Softball Completes Friday Doubleheader At Drake

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Aces fall in two contests

Facing the Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, the University of Evansville softball team dropped a pair of contests at Drake on Friday, with game one finishing by a 2-0 tally in favor of the Bulldogs while the second match-up saw UE fall by a 7-0 final.

Game one was an absolute pitcher’s duel with Emily Lockhart and Nicole Newman going head-to-head in the circle.  Lockhart did not allow a hit for UE (19-28, 9-15 MVC) until the sixth inning while Newman tossed a perfect game for the Bulldogs (39-14, 23-2 MVC).

Newman fanned the first 16 Evansville batters over the first 5 1/3 innings, but Lockhart kept it scoreless, allowing just two baserunners through five innings.  Drake recorded the first hit of the day in the sixth and pushed across two runs, including an RBI from Newman.  The Bulldogs were able to hang on for the 2-0 win.

In Friday’s second game, DU starter Nicole Timmons followed up Newman’s perfect game with a no-hitter of her own.  She did not allow a baserunner until Jessica Fehr reached first base in the fifth inning on a wild pitch following a strikeout.  She was able to escape with any damage.  Timmons also overcame a walk to Katie McLean in the seventh.

Drake’s offense came alive with a pair of runs in both the first and third innings before they put the game away with three in the sixth.  Taryn Pena got the Bulldogs on the board with a home run in the first while Mandi Roemmich added a 2-RBI hit in the sixth.

 

Sophia Rohleder Named MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Honorable Mention

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After a stellar sophomore season, University of Evansville women’s golf student-athlete Sophia Rohleder has been named to the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Scholar-Athlete team, it was announced in a release by the conference office on Thursday.

Rohleder enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign that saw her secure three top five finishes, including finishing in a tie for fifth at the 2019 MVC Championships. Amassing a team-best stroke average of 77.6 that was 13th-best in the MVC, Rohleder became the first Ace since Kayla Katterhenry to earn MVC all-conference honors after her top five finish at the championship.

The 2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete teams featured 14 student-athletes with nine being named to the first-team and five receiving honorable mention recognition. The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for academic Capital One Academic All-America® program. Nominees must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of her team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.

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“READERS FORUM” MAY 4, 2019

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We hope that today’s “READERS FORUM” 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.

HERE’S WHAT’S ON OUR MIND TODAY

 It has been well documented that the Weinzapfel Administration saddled the incoming Winnecke Administration with an unholy trilogy of unfinished business.   In a couple of days, we will re-publish some classic “IS IT TRUE” articles that will prove to be particularly on point on how many problems that former Mayor Weinzapfel created for Mr. Winnecke when he became Mayor of Evansville.  

WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND TODAY?

Todays “Readers’ Poll” question is: Who would you vote for if the 2nd Ward Democratic primary election was held today?
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“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JAB” MAY 4, 2019

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“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JAB”

“Right Jab And Left Jab” was created because we have two commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE” or “Readers Forum” columns concerning National or International issues.
Joe Biden and Ronald Reagan’s comments are mostly about issues of national interest.  The majority of our “IS IT TRUE” columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give Mr. Biden and Mr. Reagan exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and RIGHT JAB”  column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB” AND “RIGHT JAB” several times a week.  Oh, “Left Jab” is a liberal view and the “Right Jab is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments of the two gentlemen is free to do so.

Commentary: The End Of An Era? It Doesn’t Have To Be

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May 3, 2019  

View the Emmy-nominated WFYI-Franklin College documentary about Richard Lugar

By Mary Beth Schneider
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS–The news Sunday came as a shock.

Former Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican icon in Indiana, had died at age 87. Only a couple weeks earlier, former Sen. Birch Bayh, a Democratic legend here, had died at age 91.

In some ways, it had a poetic symmetry. Their lives, after all, had mirrored each other in many ways. They rose from a state not known for political trailblazing to become two of the most accomplished men in the U.S. Senate. Lugar was a leader in both foreign policy and farm policy. Bayh authored two constitutional amendments — one on presidential succession and one lowering the voting age to 18— as well as Title IX, the legislation that made sports something women did, instead of merely watching.

Mary Beth Schneider

Both had short-lived plans to run for president. And neither got the chance to choose their own political curtain calls, instead of losing their final elections as some of the qualities that made them great became handicaps in a changing political stage.

Wednesday, in a memorial service at the Statehouse for Bayh, his son Evan— a former governor and senator himself — said: “It is not very often you can see a page of history turning and you can see the end of an era. But in the passing of my father and in the passing of Richard Lugar, that is what you see.”

Yes, the chapter these two political giants wrote is over. But I doubt they’d agree with those who say the standards they represented — civility, bipartisan cooperation, thoughtful problem-solving — are now history, replaced by tribalism and name-calling.

There’s no question we are in a political black hole. But if every politician praising Lugar and Bayh this week would pay more than lip service to their example, there would be light at the end of our tunnel.

After his father’s service, I asked Evan Bayh whether the type of statesman his father and Lugar represented is an anachronism.

“Think about my father’s times,” Bayh said. “There were political assassinations. There were riots in all of our major cities. There was the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. Those were difficult times… The country (was) coming apart at the seams. But we persevered and made it through with the right kind of leadership.”

Those last five words, though, are what so many people fear is lacking: The right kind of leadership.

Where is the Birch Bayh or Richard Lugar of 2019? Would any of Indiana’s current members of Congress be eulogized with the same awe that has been bestowed on those two? Not today.

But I want to be an optimist. Bayh and Lugar certainly were. Bayh believed young people should have a voice and participate in their government; that’s why he made it possible for those being drafted into war to have the right to vote for the leaders who sent them. Lugar also believed in the future. It’s why he founded the Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series to launch more Republican women into politics. And it’s why after losing his Senate seat in the 2012 primary election he founded The Lugar Center, seeking thoughtful bipartisan solutions to global problems.

Former Sen. Sam Nunn, the Georgia Democrat who worked with Lugar to dismantle nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union, wrote in a Washington Post column that Lugar’s success was his “rare ability to combine strong conviction with a practical eye toward achieving results.”

It was an ability Birch Bayh shared. Evan Bayh noted his father believed the adage that a man who refuses to take half a loaf goes to bed hungry.

“The message is: We need to look within ourselves and realize that we’re all Americans first and stop obsessing over our superficial differences,” Evan Bayh said. “They really are meaningless compared to the things that we have in common. I think that’s how my father always looked at things and that’s how Dick Lugar looked at things.”

Still, Evan Bayh said his father noted that the Senate he served in was different from the one his son experienced.

“But I think that will pass,” Bayh said. “And it will pass when the American people insist that it does. And let’s hope that that’s sooner rather than later.”

FOOTNOTE: Mary Beth Schneider is an editor at TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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