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USI Softball Blanks Maryville In DH Sleep

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USI Softball Blanks Maryville In DH Sweep

Printable Box Scores: Game 1 | Game 2

ST. LOUIS—University of Southern Indiana Softball blanked host Maryville University twice to sweep a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader Saturday afternoon.

The Screaming Eagles (18-12, 6-2 GLVC) defeated the Saints, 2-0, in the opener before edging Maryville, 1-0, in the nightcap.

Game 1: USI 2, Maryville (20-11, 5-3 GLVC) 0
Senior second baseman Claire Johnson (Pittsboro, Indiana) hit a two-run double in the top of the third inning to break a scoreless tie and give junior pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) all the support she would need to earn her 11th win of the year.

A leadoff walk to freshman catcher Courtney Schoolcraft (Crest Hill, Illinois) and a single by junior shortstop Taylor Ricketts (Georgetown, Kentucky) set up Johnson for the two-run double.

Leonhardt (11-4) allowed just three hits and two walks, striking out six batters, as she earned her fourth complete-game shutout in her last five starts.

Game 2: USI 1, Maryville 0
USI broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning as a one-out double by sophomore outfielder Alicia Webb (Elberfeld, Indiana) followed by an RBI-single by Leonhardt put the Eagles up, 1-0.

Senior pitcher Haylee Smith (Florence, Kentucky) kept the Saints off the scoreboard as she earned the win. Smith (2-1) scattered six hits throughout five-and-a-third innings of work, striking out three in the process, before giving way to Leonhardt, who earned her second save of the year.

Leonhardt entered the circle in the sixth inning as Maryville had runners at second and third with one out. She induced back-to-back fly balls to get the Eagles out of the inning unscathed; then pitched a scoreless seventh inning to secure the win.

Up next
USI hosts Truman State University next Saturday at noon for Alumni Day at the USI Softball Field.

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Eagles route Cardinals in doubleheader sweep

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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.

Indiana’s King Makes History on Friday Night at the NCAA Championships

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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 10th 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 13th 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 16th 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)

 

Aces drop an 11-8 slugfest in series opener with Xavier

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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.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY RECENT BOOKING RECORDS

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“READERS FORUM” MARCH 23, 2019

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AG Curtis Hill Joins Bipartisan Coalition To Protect State Lotteries

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Attorney General Curtis Hill joined a group of 24 other attorneys general in expressing concern over a sweeping legal opinion that may negatively impact state-run and multi-state lotteries, including Mega Millions and Powerball.

The letter, sent late Thursday to U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, argues the federal government’s new legal opinion could reach beyond the realms of sports gambling and into areas traditionally controlled by the states, potentially jeopardizing in-state lotteries.

State-run and multi-state lotteries are a major source of revenue that represents billions of dollars in state funding used for vital state services. Losing these programs would negatively affect education initiatives, services for seniors and infrastructure projects.

“Whatever one’s opinions about legalized gambling,” Attorney General Hill said, “we all can agree on the need for consistent and sensible rules governing states’ participation in lotteries. Indiana relies on lottery proceeds to fund multiple worthwhile programs, and we rely on financial projections from past fiscal years when budgeting for the future. Our office works daily to protect the interest of Hoosiers, and that’s what we’re doing yet again in this instance.”

The bipartisan letter contends the new opinion could call into question interstate transmissions related to all bets or wagers, even where fully authorized under relevant state law. That reality, combined with the increasingly interstate nature of internet and cellular transmissions, may mean conduct that was long understood to be legal now invites exposure to severe criminal penalties.

The new interpretation reversed the U.S. Department of Justice’s prior, 2011 legal opinion, which prohibited only interstate transmission of information regarding sporting events or contests.

The coalition’s letter seeks a meeting with Attorney General Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. It also asks for an extension of Rosenstein’s initial 90-day compliance window for an additional 90 days, until or beyond Aug. 13.

An extension would provide time for states to meet with the Justice Department and their vendors to enhance each state’s ability to safeguard state services and its citizens.

Indiana joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia in the letter to to U.S. Attorney General Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein.

EvilleCon Anime Convention Kicks Off Today!

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EvilleCon Anime Convention Kicks Off Today!

MARCH 22ND, 2019 TYRONE MORRISEVANSVILLE, INDIANA

The Japanese anime convention, EvilleCon, is returning to Evansville. EvilleCon 2019 is set to take place March 22th to the 24th at the Holiday Inn Evansville Airport.

The dates and times are listed below:

  • Friday: 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.
  • Saturday: 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.
  • Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Main events include:

  • Ox King’s Cosplay Chess
  • Cosplay Contest
  • EvilleCon’s Got Talent
  • EvilleBeat
  • Karaoke.
  • Video game tournaments
  • The EvilleCon PokeGym

Click here for more information.

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Indiana Teachers Injured During Active Shooter Training

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It was supposed to be an active shooter drill, but it went terribly wrong when a few of the teachers got hurt after they were shot with airsoft guns.

“Anything you can do to be proactive-to me -can be a deterrent,” says Steve Luce, Indiana Sheriff’s Association.

From high tech security systems to practicing safety drills, education officials are working to prepare Indiana schools for anything-even an active shooter which can turn into a life or death situation in seconds.

Hoosier schools are not required to have an active shooter plan in place, but most of them do. In some drills, law enforcement officials actually use training weapons like airsoft guns and fire at the teachers.

That’s exactly what happened at an elementary school in Monticello, Indiana. The teachers say they were lined up and shot at execution style with an airsoft rifle leaving many of them with welts and cuts.

But they say they were never warned that officers would use any type of weapon during the drill and most of them were shot in their backs. Now, the Head of the State Teachers Association wants to make sure something like this never happens again.

Many Hoosier parents agree they want their students to be prepared.

“I hope they learn what they need to do in the event there is a shooter,” says Beth Collier, parent.

But not if it means putting educators in harms way.

“Teachers are there. They don’t know this is coming,” says Dan Holub, Indiana State Teachers Association Executive Director. “And all of a sudden they are being asked to turn around and they’re shot at. It’s just craziness.”

But the Indiana Teacher’s Association is taking it a step further asking that lawmakers make sure this type of training isn’t used in any district in the state by adding an amendment to a school safety bill.

“That would prohibit as part of active shooter training that teachers and other school staff are shot with plastic bullets or whatever,” says Holub.

These teachers were supposed to be using something called the “ALICE” method which trains teachers to take a proactive approach to active shooter situations. It’s used at thousands of schools across the country, but shooting teachers with plastic pellets is not typically part of the shooting.

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