Hoosiers Qualify Four For Final Night Of NCAA Championships

 AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 17-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team continued competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships on Saturday morning at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.

The Hoosiers qualified four swimmers and divers for finals on Saturday night, including three in Championship Finals. Along with the four finalists, IU will also have three swimmers in the timed heats of the 1,650 freestyle on Saturday afternoon.

Heading into the final night of competition on Saturday, the Hoosiers sit in 10^th place overall with a total score of 122 points.

200 Breaststroke

Three-time defending NCAA Champion Lilly King headlines three Hoosiers who qualified for finals in the 200 breaststrokes. King will be the top seed in the Championship Final after posting a time of 2:05.60. She will be joined by freshman Noelle Peplowski, who earned the No. 6 seed after touching the wall with a personal-best time of 2:07.72.

Senior Laura Morley qualified for her first final in her career at the NCAA Championships, taking 12^th in the prelims to earn a spot in the Consolation Final with a time of 2:08.60.

400 Freestyle Relay

The Hoosier 400 freestyle relay team of Morgan Scott, Shelby Koontz, Bailey Anderson, and Christine Jensen placed 21^st overall with a time of 3:15.97.

Platform Dive

Jessica Parratto, the 2015 NCAA Champion and four-time Big Ten Champion in the event, qualified fourth overall for the Championship Final of the platform dive on Saturday night.

The redshirt senior scored a 316.40 to earn her spot – a list that included three dives scoring over 62.40 points. Parratto posted a 76.80 in the fourth round to help secure her spot in the A Final.

The 2019 NCAA Championships will conclude on Saturday evening with the finals of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststrokes, 200 butterflies, 400 freestyle relay, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle. The action gets underway at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at 6:00 p.m. ET.

Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

200 Breaststroke

Lilly King – 2:05.60 (Championship Final)

Noelle Peplowski – 2:07.72 (Championship Final; Personal-Best)

Laura Morley – 2:08.60 (Consolation Final)

36. Mackenzie Looze – 2:11.07 (Personal-Best)

51. Bailey Anderson – 2:12.67

52. Bailey Kovac – 2:12.76

400 Freestyle Relay

21. Morgan Scott, Shelby Koontz, Bailey Anderson, Christine Jensen – 3:15.97

Platform Dive

Jessica Parratto – 316.40 (Championship Final)

University of Southern Indiana Baseball scored 29 runs in two games to sweep a doubleheader from William Jewell College, 18-5 and 11-4, Friday afternoon at the USI Baseball Field. The Screaming Eagles move their record to 14-8 overall and 7-3 in the GLVC, while the Cardinals go to 9-14-1, 3-7 GLVC.

Game One: 
USI scored seven times in the first two frames and cruised to an 18-5 victory in the opening game of the doubleheader. The Eagles scored four in the first; three in the third; one in the fourth, fifth, and sixth; and eight in the eighth in a run-ruled game.

Eagles’ junior rightfielder Manny Lopez (Santo Domingo, D.R.) led the way at the plate for USI with a four hit game, scoring three times, driving in five RBIs, and hitting a pair of home runs. Lopez’s two-run blast highlighted the eight-run eighth inning.

On the mound, senior right-hander Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) picked up his third victory of the year. Krizan (3-0) allowed five runs, two earned, on 10 hits and two walks, while striking out six in seven innings of work.

Game Two: 
The Eagles completed the doubleheader sweep with a convincing 11-4 victory. USI took command with three runs in the first three frames and sealed the win with a six-run fifth inning.

USI senior right-hander Chase Partain (Evansville, Indiana) tied senior right-hander Austin Krizan for the team-lead with his third victory of the season. Partain (3-2) allowed two runs on seven hits and struck out one in six innings on the bump.

Following Partain to the mound was junior right-hander Pete Wissel (New Castle, Indiana), who picked his first save after three innings of work. Wissel allowed two runs on five hits and one walk, while striking two.

Eagles’ sophomore centerfielder Bryce Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) headed the USI offensive attack with three hits, a run, and a RBI. Sophomore leftfielder Aaron Euler (Evansville, Indiana) also had three hits and a pair of RBIs in the victory.

The No. 17-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team continued competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships on Friday evening at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.

Heading into the final day of competition on Saturday, the Hoosiers sit in 10^th place overall with a total score of 122 points.

In the final 100 breaststroke event of her collegiate career, Lilly King made an emphatic statement, capturing the NCAA title in the 100 breaststroke with the fastest time in history. The senior posted an American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, U.S. Open, Big Ten, school and pool record time of 55.73.

With her victory, King is the first woman in NCAA history to win the 100-yard breaststroke crown four-straight seasons. The Evansville, Ind. native, also became the first woman in Big Ten history to win four-straight titles in any event at the NCAA Championships and is the first swimmer or diver to win seven individual NCAA crowns in conference history.

With King’s win, Indiana becomes the first women’s swimming and diving program in Big Ten history to win a NCAA title six-straight years – King from 2016-19, Jessica Parratto in 2015 and Brooklyn Snodgrass in 2014.

In the 200 medley relay Championship Final, the Hoosier team of Morgan Scott, King, Christine Jensen and Shelby Koontz placed fourth overall with a time of 1:35.18. Just minutes after winning the 100 breast title, King posted the fastest breaststroke split in the field with a mark of 25.62.

Along with her honor in the 100 breast, King now has an amazing 15 All-America accolades in her career. Koontz earned her third, while Scott notched her second.

For the first time in 15 years, the Hoosiers had two swimmer score points in the 400 IM. Senior Bailey Andison led the way, placing sixth in the Championship Final with a time of 4:03.87. Andison’s finish is the best for a Hoosier in the event since Allysa Vavra took fifth in 2012. The podium finish is the second this week for Andison, who placed eighth in the 200 IM on Thursday.

Freshman Mackenzie Looze took fifth in the Consolation Final of the 400 IM to place 13^th overall with a time of 4:07.96.  Andison earned her eighth-career All-America honor, while Looze recorded her first.

Senior Christine Jensen posted her best career finish in the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships, placing eighth in the Consolation Final to take 16^th overall with a time of 52.20. Along with her honor in the 200 medley relay, Jensen now has five All-America honors in her career.

The 2019 NCAA Championships will continue on Saturday morning with the prelims of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle. The action gets underway at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

400 IM

6. Bailey Andison – 4:03.97 (All-America)

13. Mackenzie Looze – 4:07.96 (Honorable-Mention All-America)

100 Butterfly

16. Christine Jensen – 52.20 (Honorable-Mention All-America)

100 Breaststroke

1. Lilly King – 55.88 (American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, U.S. Open, Big Ten, Pool and School Record; All-America)

200 Medley Relay

4. Morgan Scott, Lilly King, Christine Jensen, Shelby Koontz – 1:35.18 (All-America)

The University of Evansville baseball team raced out to a big early lead, only to see the Xavier rally and beat the Aces in an 11-8 slugfest at Hayden Field Friday afternoon.

UE came out swinging, led by freshman designated hitter A.J. Fritz, who got the ball rolling in the top of the first inning with a two-run home run to left, putting Evansville out in front early.

The Aces bats continued to swing away in the second frame, beginning with senior left fielder Nate Reeder sending a run-scoring single to center, plating junior catcher Ben Komonosky, making it 3-0 Evansville. Later in the inning, a fielder’s choice by freshman second baseman Danny Borgstrom would tally Reeder, putting UE up 4-0. Junior shortstop Craig Shepherd would cap the four-run uprising with a two-run home run to left, putting Xavier in a 6-0 hole.

Sophomore first baseman Tanner Craig would tack on another tally in the fourth with an RBI single through the left side of the infield, scoring DannyBorgstrom to put the Aces up 7-0.

Meanwhile, Evansville reigning Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week, Adam Lukas, tossed three shutout innings to start the game. However, a fourth was not to be, as the Musketeers would put four on the board before the junior right-hander exited the game with two outs. For the day, Lukas went 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on three hits, walking two and striking out a pair. Freshman left-hander Michael Parks would come out of the bullpen to get the final out of the inning.

However, the Xavier bats would strike for four more runs in the fifth, taking the lead.

Down 10-7 in the eighth inning, Danny Borgstrom would draw the Aces closer with a solo homer to right, the first of his collegiate career. However, Evansville would get no closer.

The loss drops the Aces to 9-8 on the season, while Xavier improves to 7-13.

Junior left-hand pitcher Nathan Croner will get the start in Saturday’s game two of the series. First pitch from Xavier’s Hayden Field has been pushed back to 1 pm central time.