The Evansville swimming and diving teams have a busy schedule this weekend with the women on the road at Illinois State on Friday night, and both teams back at Wyttenbach on Saturday morning for a Senior Day matchup against Saint Louis.

The Illinois State meet will begin at 6 p.m. CT in Normal, Illinois, and the Saint Louis meet will begin at 1 p.m. with Senior Day events beginning at 12:45.

On the women’s last outing, they produced a victory over Eastern Illinois, winning every single event.

The 200 Medley Relay team of senior Sam Gowdy, junior Alaina Sylvester, senior Kristen Myers, and junior Emma Hennessy clocked a 1:50.05 for the top spot, while the B-Relay of junior Kristy Kupfer, senior Kaylee Gubricky, sophomore Kara Steward, and freshman Pearl Muensterman took 2^nd with 1:53.88.

Junior Ashton Adams won the first individual event. Her 1000 freestyle performance resulted in a final time of 10:50.18, while sophomore Emily Lane took the runner up spot with a 11:12.55.

Senior Madi Jones grabbed the next win in the 200 freestyle, clocking in a 1:56.93. Freshman Nicolette Wickes snuck into 2^nd place by a hundredth of a second with a time of 2:02.05. Jones also won the 100 freestyle with a final time of 54.64, with freshman Jessie Steele taking runner up in a 54.83.

Gowdy and Hennessy kept their winning momentum up in the 100 backstroke, taking 1^st and 2^nd with times of 59.15 and 1:01.69 respectively. Gowdy went on to win the 200 as well, clocking a 2:08.39, with Kupfer following in 2^nd with a 2:09.42.

Sylvester took her turn on the individual podium as well, her 1:09.66 100 breaststroke taking the win. Sophomore Sarah Alexander and senior Sylvia McFadden completed the sweep with 1:12.39 and 1:13.63 respectively. Sylvester led another breaststroke sweep in the 200, finishing in a 2:31.63. Gubricky and McFadden clocked 2:36.63 and 2:38.96 respectively.

Myers and Steward continued their run to place 1^st and 2^nd in the 200 butterfly, clocking in a 2:08.16 and 2:11.10. Gubricky won the 50 freestyle with a 25.26. Steward then finished the 100 butterfly in a 59.88 for first place.

Freshman Emily Vasquez took the win in the 500 freestyle with a final time of 5:22.71, followed by senior Megan Schremp in 2^nd with 5:27.64.

The women finished the night with a 1-2 finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Muensterman, Steele, Gubricky, and Hennessy teamed up to clock in a 1:41.12, while the B-Relay of Gowdy, Kupfer, Vasquez, and Jones came shortly in 2^nd with a 1:42.44.

The men most recently competed at Ball State, also taking a win.

The men kicked of the evening with a win in the 200 Medley Relay. Sophomore Credence Pattinson, sophomore Eli James, and seniors Matt Duke and Jared Sutphin together clocked in a 1:35.62.

Freshman Ee Tan led an Aces sweep of the 1000 freestyle. He took the win at a 10:00.41, while fellow freshmen Oskar Menkhaus and David Killian followed in 2^nd and 3^rd with times of 10:02.07 and 10:06.20 respectively. Tan also won the 500 freestyle in a final time of 4:48.24. Sophomore Austin Smith placed a close 2^nd with a 4:48.99. Tan took yet another win in the 200 IM, finishing in a 1:59.32.

Junior Brandt Hudson took the next win in the 200 freestyle, clocking in a 1:44.55. Smith took a close runner up with 1:44.81.

Pattinson took a definitive individual win in the 100 backstroke in a 52.18, over two seconds faster than 2^nd place. He then took 1^st in the 100 butterfly with a 51.60. James took his own victory with a 59.57 100 breaststroke. He also won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:12.90.

Junior Paul Cozzens took the top spot in the 200 butterfly, touching in at 1:59.01. Junior Zack Sagan followed up in a 2:01.32 while sophomore Ryan Wood clocked a 2:01.85 to finish the sweep.

Duke took his first individual win of the evening in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.55. Freshman Jacob Bailey placed 3^rd with a 22.83. Sutphin won the 100 freestyle in a 48.63; Duke took a close 2^nd with 48.84.

Hudson, Pattinson, Duke,and Sutphin teamed up to win the 400 Freestyle Relay, ending the evening in a 3:11.99.

Senior Miguel Marcano scored  254.55 on the 1-Meter to take 2nd place. He placed 4th on 3-Meter with 216.75 points.

Four players reached double-figures in the scoring column Thursday evening as University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball outpaced visiting Missouri University of Science & Technology, 76-61, in a Great Lakes Valley Conference tilt at the Physical Activities Center.

USI (14-4, 7-1 GLVC) trailed 21-19 early in the second quarter, but runs of 11-2 and 7-2 put the Eagles up, 39-30, heading into the intermission.

Missouri S&T (7-8, 3-5 GLVC) opened the second half with a quick basket and held the Eagles off the scoreboard for the first minute-and-a-half of the third quarter. Sophomore guard Kennedy Williams (Marshall, Illinois), however, broke the drought with a three-pointer, kick-starting a 10-0 USI surge that put the Eagles in front, 49-32, a little more than four minutes into the third period.

Williams, who had all 10 of her points in the second half, drained another three-pointer in the run as USI took control of the contest.

The Miners trimmed the deficit to 11 late in the third period, but a 7-0 run that featured a three-pointer by sophomore guard Emma Dehart (Indianapolis, Indiana) put USI up 59-41.

USI, which shot 42.6 percent from the field, extended its lead to as much as 23 points early in the fourth quarter before settling on the 16-point victory.

McCarty will miss Saturday’s game at UNI

 Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced that University of Evansville head men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty has been suspended for Saturday’s game at UNI following comments McCarty made that were critical of the officiating on the postgame radio show following Wednesday’s game at Drake.

“I accept full responsibility for what happened, I know the referees have a tough job and I let my emotions get the best of me,” McCarty said.  “I apologize to the referees, the MVC and the University of Evansville community and our team.  This is not the way I want to represent those groups and will use this as a learning tool for myself going forward.”

McCarty will miss Saturday evening’s road game at UNI in Cedar Falls.  He will be back on the sideline next week when the Aces return home to face Bradley on Wednesday evening.