UE takes on Tigers at 6 p.m.

In the final non-conference match home match of the season, the University of Evansville volleyball team welcomes Tennessee State to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for a 6 p.m. match on Tuesday.

UE hosted the Dunn Hospitality Invitational over the weekend, taking on Austin Peay and Northern Kentucky, falling in both matches.  Allana McInnis was named to the All-Tournament Team as she recorded an average of 5.83 assists per game.

McInnis led UE with 12 assists against Austin Peay to go along with two digs.  She upped her tally against Northern Kentucky, recording 23 helpers and five more digs in three sets of work; her 23 assists were a season high as she picked up the All-Tournament honor.

UE’s leading offensive player in the home tournament was Rachel Tam; she continued her stellar season, leading the Purple Aces with 11 kills versus the Governors before adding 19 against the Norse.  She averaged 5.0 kills per set over the weekend.  She hit an impressive .361 against NKU with 19 kills in 36 tries with just six errors.  Tam has five service aces on the season, but three came in an unbelievable stretch against Austin Peay as she recorded three aces in a row.

Mildrelis Rodriguez continued to show her prowess on both sides of the floor for UE, ranking second on the team in kills (3.33/set) and third in digs (2.56/set).  Entering last weekend, Rodriguez was 37th in the country with 100 kills while her total of 329 attacks was 13th in the NCAA.  Her top match of the season was a 20-kill, 17-dig effort against Gardner-Webb.

Tennessee State stands at 2-7 following their first nine matches of the season; the Tigers have picked up wins over Florida A&M and Grambling.  Offensively, TSU is led by Rachel Henderson, who averages 3.03 kills per set.  On the defensive side, Gina Rivera Ortiz stands at 4.24 digs per frame.

University of Southern Indiana Director of Athletics Jon Mark Hall has been named the chair of the 2018-19 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee. Hall joined the committee, which has direct oversight responsibilities for the men’s basketball championship, in 2015-16 for a five-year term that extends through 2019-20.

In addition to serving as the chair of the national committee, Hall is a member of the city of Evansville’s local organizing committee that is organizing to host the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight tournaments.

Hall has served on several national committees, including the NCAA Division II men’s and women’s tennis committee and the NCAA Division II Great Lakes/Midwest Region women’s basketball committees. He also has assisted USI and the Evansville Sports Corporation in hosting the 2002, 2014, and 2015 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eights and the 2004, 2009, and 2017 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships.