BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana swimming and diving leads all five of its duals through the first of two days at the USC Invitational inside the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles.

The Hoosiers won both relays and 11 individual events over the first two sessions on Friday. Three IU swimmers – freshman Liberty Clark, junior Miranda Grana and senior Zalán Sárkány – won three individual events. Eleven Hoosiers captured NCAA qualifying times and three IU divers picked up NCAA zone qualifying scores on the springboards.

Clark highlighted the day, most notably in the 200-yard freestyle. The freshman toppled USC junior and NCAA medalist Minna Abraham by seven hundredths with a 1:42.43. Clark became the second Hoosier to go sub-1:43 in the event behind only 2025 NCAA Champion Anna Peplowski, who hit 1:42 for the first time as a sophomore before trimming her personal best down to a 1:40.50.

TEAM SCORES

Men

No. 2 Indiana 146, No. 17 USC 40

No. 2 Indiana 151, No. 14 Texas A&M 35

Women

No. 9 Indiana 98, No. 12 USC 88

No. 9 Indiana 115, No. 24 UCLA 71

No. 9 Indiana 134, No. 21 Texas A&M 52

HOOSIER WINNERS

Women

Liberty Clark – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 50 freestyle (22.03), 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50), 200 freestyle (1:42.43)

Mya DeWitt – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)

Miranda Grana – 400 medley relay (3:30.27), 100 backstroke (50.75), 100 butterfly (51.55)

Jonette Laegreid – 400 medley relay (3:30.27)

Kristina Paegle – 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)

Chiok Sze Yeo – 200 freestyle relay (1:28.50)

Men

Alexei Avakov – 100 breaststroke (52.22)

Noah Cakir – 400 medley relay (3:05.97)

Vidar Carlbaum – 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06)

Brandon Fleck – 200 freestyle (1:35.50)

Miroslav Knedla – 100 backstroke (45.58)

Mikkel Lee – 400 medley relay (3:05.97), 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06), 50 freestyle (19.16)

Owen McDonald – 400 medley relay (3:05.97), 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06), 200 IM (1:42.91)

Raekwon Noel – 400 medley relay (3:05.97)

Zalán Sárkány – 500 freestyle (4:11.39), 400 IM (3:43.45)

Dylan Smiley – 200 freestyle relay (1:18.06)

NCAA QUALIFIERS

Women’s 400 medley relay (3:30.27); Alexei Avakov – 100 breast (52.22); Liberty Clark – 50 free (22.28), 200 free (1:42.43); Mya DeWitt – 100 back (52.34); Miranda Grana – 100 back (50.75), 100 fly (51.55); Miroslav Knedla – 100 back (45.58); Mikkel Lee – 50 free (19.43); Owen McDonald – 200 IM (1:42.91); Zalán Sárkány – 500 free (4:11.39), 400 IM (3:43.45); Reese Tiltmann – 400 IM (4:12.62); Kai van Westering – 100 back (45.87)

NCAA ZONE QUALIFIERS

1-meter: Joshua Hedberg (334.40)

3-meter: Kaylee Bishop (287.00), Lily Witte (297.55)

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team returns to Arad McCutchan on Saturday for another crucial MVC match, hosting Belmont at 5 PM. As the midway point of conference play arrives, just one point separates the Aces and Bruins in the MVC standings.

Last Time Out
Evansville grabbed an MVC point on Sunday afternoon, playing Illinois State to a 0-0 draw in Normal. Allie Lammers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) continued her stellar season with four saves to post her fourth shutout, lowering her goals allowed average for the season to 0.57.

Evansville’s Chrysta Vasquez (Las Vegas, Nev./Coronado) had the first shot on goal of the afternoon in the 12^th minute, but her shot was saved by Illinois State keeper Madi Valenti. Taylor Wehrer (Las Vegas. Nev./Desert Oasis) added another shot on goal in the 22^nd minute, but the shot was again stopped by Valenti.

Lammers was tested in the 37^th and 38^th minutes, but the sophomore was able to thwart a pair of Redbirds chances with two saves, and the match went into halftime tied at 0-0.

In the 60^th minute, Reese Simmons (Las Vegas, Nev./Shadow Ridge) nearly found the afternoon’s first goal off a great pass from Vasquez, but her shot was blocked in the box to stymie the scoring chance.

From there, Lammers and the Evansville defense held strong to keep the Redbirds off the scoreboard and earn a crucial point. The play of the match came in the 83^rd minute, with Illinois State threatening to break the tie on a shot at the top of the box. With the match hanging in the balance, Lammers leaped to get a hand on the shot, punching it over the crossbar for the save to secure the shutout.

Series History 
Saturday marks the13th all-time meeting between Evansville and Belmont. Although the all-time series is tied at 5-5-2, the Purple Aces are unbeaten against the Bruins in Evansville, holding a 4-0-2 edge. Evansville is looking for their first win over Belmont since the Bruins joined the MVC in 2022.

Scouting Belmont
Belmont brings a 3-3-6 overall record in Saturday’s match and are tied for the final MVC Tournament spot with four points in conference play. Like Evansville, the Bruins picked up a point on Sunday, playing Murray State to a 0-0 draw.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Sitting in first place in the MVC standings at 2-0, the University of Evansville men’s soccer team travels to Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday for a marquee matchup with unbeaten Drake. The Bulldogs are one of 12 remaining unbeaten teams in the country, while the Purple Aces are the only MVC team to win their first two conference matches.
Last Time Out
Evansville saw their six-match unbeaten streak come to an end Tuesday night, falling at Northwestern by a score of 1-0. The match was a defensive battle, with the Aces and Wildcats combining for only three shots on goal.

Tancredi Fadda (Monza, Italy Liceo Carlo Porta Monza/University of Milan) tallied Evansville’s first two shots of the night, including the match’s first shot on goal in the 16^th minute. Just over ten minutes later, newly minted MVC Defensive Player of the Week Michal Mroz (Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove) made his lone save of the night.

Northwestern broke through in the 28^th minute, with Peter Riesz finding the back of the net to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.

Just before the halftime intermission, Álvaro Timón (Toledo, Spain/Valencia International University) threatened for the Aces with a pair of shots, including a promising chance that was blocked out of play for a corner kick, but was not able to put a shot on target as the score remained 1-0 heading into the break.

The defensive battled continued in the second half, with neither side able to put a shot on target, while Evansville held the Wildcats without a shot. Pablo Calvete (Ponferrada, Spain/UNIR) and Håkon Edstrøm (Baerum, Norway/Norges Toppidrettsgymnas) put up shots for the Aces early in the period, but neither landed on goal.

The Evansville attack increased its pressure in the final 15 minutes of the match, putting together a couple of threatening chances. The first came on a dangerous ball into the box for Andres Escudero (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain/IES Joan Miro), but a quality challenge by the Wildcats’ defense thwarted the chance. In the 81^st minute, Devin Shepherd (Denver, Colo./Arapahoe) earned a free kick deep in the Aces’ attacking half, but Evansville was unable to generate a shot, and the Aces were shut out for the first time in four matches.

Meet begins at 11 a.m. CST

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the second meet of the 2025-26 season the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate.

Along with host Purdue, the field includes Ball State, Butler (women), UE, Indiana Wesleyan, IU Indy, UIndy, Rose-Hulman, USI, Valparaiso, and Wabash (men). The order of events will be 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 IM, 100 Fly, 500 Free Relay, 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Free Relay, and the 1-meter & 3-meter dives.

UE opened the season last weekend at McKendree as the Purple Aces put up solid performances across the board. Chris Rector picked up a win for the men in the 200-IM. Posting a 2:00.85, he defeated teammate Joao Guiherme by close to five seconds. Rector was second in the 200-breasstroke (2:11.20) and added a third-place finish in the 100-breaststroke with his time of 1:044.14.  The group of Michael Pruett, Alex Willis, Brendan Ulewicz, and Sammy McCall won the 400 free relay. They combined for a time of 3:11.62.

Willis took second place in the 50-free. Swimming a 21.76, he was 0.23 off the top time. He added a third place run in the 100-fly, finishing in 52.34. Ulewicz was fourth in the race. Pruett picked up a second-place finish in the 100-free race. He swam a 47.07.

Ane Madina, Claire Mewbourne, Evelyn Chin, and Grace Moody opened the day with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay. Their time of 1:47.26 was just over a second on top of second place. Making her debut with the Purple Aces, Moody continued her solid day with a victory in the 100-free. Her time of 52.50 was just 0.20 away from one of the top ten times in program history. She was the runner-up in the 50-free race, finishing in 24.38, just 0.01 off the winning time. Jadyn Dauphinais was third, finishing in 25.41.

Claire Mewbourne took the victory in the 200-IM. With a time of 2:12.27, she came in just under two seconds in front of her nearest competition. She posted runner-up finishes in the 100-breaststroke recording a time of 1:06.18 before adding another second in the 200-breaststroke (2:23.17).

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball grabbed its third straight win in a thrilling reverse sweep five-set match at Southeast Missouri State University to move to 3-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play.

In the first five-set battle of the 2025 season, the Screaming Eagles came alive in the third set after dropping the first two, to come back and win the game 3-2.

Set 1: SEMO 25, USI 19
The Screaming Eagles started strong with some quick push and pull with the Redhawks. Junior McKenzie Murphy led the offense with three kills, followed by three teammates with two each. The defense that leads the conference in digs per set picked up 17 in the first, led by libero Audrey Small, who had five.

Set 2: SEMO 25, USI 18
Junior outsides Ashby Willis and Leah Coleman split the offense with four kills each. The Eagles struggled to gain the edge in the second set, tying the score five times in the start but ceding control of the set to the Redhawks by SEMO’s tenth point. The SEMO offense hit for its best percent of the night in set two at .471 with just one error, which USI struggled to defend against.

Set 3: USI 25, SEMO 22
The USI defense came alive in the third set to save themselves from a SEMO sweep. The team put up five blocks in the set, led by freshman Carley Wright and senior Bianca Adnerson, who assisted on three blocks each. The Eagles pushed a lead from the beginning and maintained a hold on the lead the whole set.  OVC Setter and Freshman of the Week Aysa Thomas marked her 10^th consecutive double-double by the third set. She added nine more assists and six more digs, bringing her total mid-match to 26 assists and 15 digs.

Set 4: USI 26, SEMO 24
USI stretched as much as an eight-point lead in the fourth set, and after SEMO fought back in the final plays to tie the game, the Eagles took it in extra points. Willis led the court with eight kills on two errors for a .400 hitting percentage. Thomas dished out 15 assists, balancing the offense, to build a .286 hitting percentage for the team.

Set 5: USI 15, SEMO 10
The Screaming Eagles came out swinging for the tiebreaker fifth set, moving to a four-point lead to open. Coleman scored USI five straight points on an Anderson serving run in the middle of the set. Coleman landed three kills, followed by a block then another kill to swing the Eagle momentum to dominate the final set. Coleman finished the set with six kills, helping the Eagles to their most efficient set of the game, with a .407 hitting percentage on just two errors as a team.

As a team, the Eagles landed a season-high 10 aces, led by senior Keira Moore, who had four to match her career high. Willis led the offense with 21 kills, followed by Coleman with 18. Thomas finished with 52 assists and led the back court with 19 digs for a career high.

USI’s defense, which ranks third in the NCAA in digs per set, picked up 83 digs as a team, with five different Eagles with double-digit digs.

CHARLESTON, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer recorded its second road result of the week on Thursday afternoon with a 1-1 draw at Eastern Illinois University, extending the team’s unbeaten streak to nine matches.
 
USI Women’s Soccer (5-5-4, 2-0-3 OVC) and Eastern Illinois (7-4-3, 4-0-1 OVC) each gained a point and remained unbeaten in Ohio Valley Conference play with Thursday’s tie. USI is up to nine points in conference play, while EIU sits at the top of the standings with 13 points.
 
The Screaming Eagles totaled eight shots with a pair on goal. Senior forward Peyton Murphy scored her third goal of the season in the second half off an assist by senior forward Emerson Grafton. Murphy had a team-high three shots in the match. Murphy is the fourth Screaming Eagle to score three times this season, and the goal on Thursday placed Murphy inside the top 15 in USI history with 35 career points.
 
Thursday’s first half was a balanced contest with the game settling into a battle for possession. The two teams combined for only five first-half shots. Murphy and senior midfielder Emma Thurston accounted for two USI shots in the opening 45 minutes. USI redshirt junior goalkeeper Anna Markland saved one shot by the Panthers in the middle of the half. The game went into the break scoreless.
 
Shortly after halftime, Eastern Illinois struck first with a goal nearly five minutes into the second half. The Panthers scored off a post rebound following a corner kick.
 
The Screaming Eagles responded nearly six minutes later in the 56^th minute with the goal by Murphy. The goal came off a long midfield free kick by freshman defender Tierney Mullady that landed in the box. Off a defensive deflection, the ball was flicked over by Grafton to Murphy on the wing and near the end line. Murphy put the ball across the face of the goal and into the far-post side netting from the tough side angle.
 
The game remained knotted at one despite USI generating more quality looks in the second half. Then, Markland came up with another crucial save in the 69^th minute to keep the match tied. Neither side produced a shot in the final 10 minutes.