The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to 20^th-ranked Truman State University Sunday afternoon in Kirksville, Missouri. USI goes to 2-3-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the GLVC, while Truman sees its record go to 5-1-0, 1-1-0 GLVC.

USI fell behind late in the first half when Truman took a 1-0 lead with a goal at 33:58. The Bulldogs would hold that one goal advantage through the intermission.

In the second half, the Bulldogs would add another tally to their total for the 2-0 final at 81:35. The Eagles had a total of eight shots on the day, three on-goal, but could not get by the Truman defenses.

USI stays on the road on in the GLVC for its next match, visiting Missouri University of Science & Technology Friday at 5 p.m. The Miners are 1-4-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the GLVC after falling 1-0 at Quincy University this afternoon.

The Eagles lead the Miners all-time, 10-5-0, in a series that dates back to 1996 when Missouri S&T was named the University of Missouri-Rolla. USI is 3-2-0 in the last five games, including last season’s 3-1 win at Strassweg Field.

The next home match for the Eagles comes in a week when USI welcomes Bellarmine University to Strassweg Field for a noon match. The Knights lead the Eagles all-time, 13-6-5, since the creation of the USI women’s soccer program in 1996.

Jessie Brumley was the top performer on Sunday as the University of Evansville men’s golf squad took 13^th place in the EKU Intercollegiate.

Brumley carded a 1-under 69 to post the top round of the weekend for the Purple Aces.  His effort saw him finish the three rounds with a 224, third on the UE team and tied for 60^th overall.

Leading the team was Dallas Koth.  After recording scores of 74 and 72 on Saturday, Koth notched a 73 on his way to a 219, tying for 35^th.  Spencer Wagner finished the tournament one behind Koth with a 220.  His final round score checked in at a 75.

Finishing third on the team with a 224 was Burmley while Noah Reese followed him with a 225.  Matthew Ladd completed the UE contingent with a 228 after carding a 73 on Sunday, his lowest round of the tournament.

Leading the way for UE’s three individuals was Gabe Rohleder.  His final round score of 75 put him in a tie for 80^th place with a 230.  His final tally was tied with Tyler Roat, who posted a 77 in the final 18.  Robert Waggoner was the third of the Aces individuals, finishing his three rounds with a 232.

Eastern Michigan took the team championship by ten strokes over Eastern Kentucky.  The Eagles finished with a final total of 838 strokes.

Kyle Slattery (SIUE) and Billy Basham (EKU) finished tied for first at the end of 54 holes.  Slattery birdied the first hole of a playoff to win the individual title.

Evansville continues play next weekend as they head to Elk Run Golf Club in Batavia, Ohio for the Northern Kentucky Collegiate Classic.  It will take place on Sunday and Monday.

Spencer Wagner and Dallas Koth were the top performers for the University of Evansville men’s golf team as they completed the opening day of the EKU Intercollegiate on Saturday.

Wagner began the day with a 74 before firing off a 1-over 71 in round two on his way to a 145 for the day.  He is tied for 32^nd place.  One stroke behind him was Koth.  He also shot a 74 in round one before notching a 72 in the second round of 18.

Third for UE was Noah Reese.  He tied Wagner’s low round of the day for the Aces with a 71 in the first trip around the course before shooting a 79 in round two.  Matthew Ladd and Jessie Brumley each completed the first two rounds with a 155.  Ladd finished with scores of 80 and 75 while Brumley checked in with a 76 and 79.

A trio of players made the trip as individuals including Tyler Roat, Gabe Rohleder and Robert Waggoner.  Roat led the way with a 153 on the day with rounds of 76 and 77.  Rohleder scored a 79 and a 76 while Waggoner finished with rounds of 79 and 77.

Evansville is 14^th in the team standings with a 592, just one behind DePaul.

Three players are tied atop the leaderboard as Kyle Slattery (SIUE), Ty Celone (Eastern Michigan) and Billy Basham (EKU) each finished with scores of 137 in the opening 36 holes.  EMU leads the team standings with a 557.  They are six ahead of Eastern Kentucky and 14 in front of Morehead State.

One more round of 18 is remaining on Sunday morning.

Non-conference play came to a close on Saturday as the University of Evansville volleyball team took on Dayton and Tennessee in the Flyer Invitational.  UE fell by scores of 3-0 in both contests.

Dayton picked up a 3-0 win over the Aces to start Saturday’s action.  Rachel Tam had 15 kills in the match while Allana McInnis notched 24 assists and Alondra Vazuez recorded 12 digs.  With the scored tied at 3-3 in the opening frame, the Flyers reeled off seven of the next nine points to take a 10-5 lead.  They were able to pull away from that points, winning by a 25-13 final.

Tam played a big part in game two, notching seven kills while hitting .308 as UE played much better.  The teams battled to a 5-5 tie before Dayton scored five in a row to take a 10-5 lead.  Evansville rallied back to tie it up at 12-12.  Vazquez excelled on the serve while Mildrelis Rodriguez had a pair of kills.  UE continued to keep it close, but could never get over the hump to take the lead as Dayton won by a 25-19 final.

Evansville continued to battle the Flyers in the third game, but UD went up 10-4.  The Aces got within three points at 12-9, but Dayton would lead by as many as eight points on their way to a 25-17 win that clinched the match.

UE faced Tennessee in the second contest of the day, dropping a 3-0 decision.  Tam had seven kills while Rodriguez and Elizabeth Giller notched six apiece.  Cecilia Thon paced the team with 18 assists while Vazquez added eight more digs to her tally.

A 5-1 start in the opening set saw the Volunteers extend the edge to 10-2.  They never looked back in taking a 25-14 win.  The opening six points were tied in the second set before UT went up by a 10-7 score.  Giller and Rodriguez spearheaded a 3-0 stretch that knotted the game at 10-10.  Tennessee slowly began to take control before pulling away late by a final of 25-15.

The Aces continued to give it everything they had in the third game, not letting the Volunteers get too far away in the early going as UT had an 11-8 lead.  The difference came in the next portion of the contest as the Vols went on an 8-2 stretch to lead 19-12.  The UT lead stood strong from there as they clinched the match with a 25-18 victory in the third set.

Missouri Valley Conference action begins next week for the Aces as they play host to Loyola (Friday) and Valparaiso (Saturday) inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.  Both games start at 7 p.m.