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HOT JOBS
UE women’s soccer has first road test at Western Kentucky
The Purple Aces return to WKU for the first time since 2017
UE women’s soccer will have its first road test of the season tomorrow night. The Aces travel to Western Kentucky and hope to get their first win against the Hilltoppers in almost 20 years. The two teams renewed their non-conference series after a five-year break last season. UE did pick up its first result against WKU since 2013 in 2023 after a nil-nil draw at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
The Hilltoppers come into Sunday’s match with an even 1-1-0 record. WKU bounced back from a season-opening loss to Austin Peay with a 4-0 win against Division II Union (Tenn.). The Hilltoppers were picked to finish third in the preseason Conference USA coach’s poll. WKU finished third in Conference USA last season with a 4-2-2 record in conference play while being 6-5-7 overall.
Evansville began the 2024 season almost a week and a half ago in a tight 0-0 match against Lipscomb at Arad McCutchan Stadium. After losing to the Bison 3-0 in 2023, the scoreless draw on Thursday, August 15th showed the team’s improvement from the prior season.
The Aces are one of only 37 teams that have not allowed a goal after the first full week of the 2024 season. In the MVC, UE is one of only two teams that hasn’t allowed a goal with Indiana State.
Evansville is in the Top 10 in NCAA Division I in fewest fouls committed at 5.00 fouls per match. The Aces only had five whistles against them in their first 90 minutes of action.
Fifth-year goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich.) made four saves for UE in her first match of her final season. In particular, Danek made a high diving save in the 86th minute to help Evansville to a shutout. It was Danek’s seventh clean sheet of her career.
Trailblazers continue to roll with Region 24 doubleheader sweep over Shawnee
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University volleyball team continued their hot start to the 2024 fall season Saturday afternoon inside the Physical Education Complex.
The Trailblazers played host to Region 24 opponent Shawnee Community College for a Region 24 doubleheader against the Saints Saturday afternoon.
VU has gotten off to an excellent start to the season, improving to 3-0 on the year and winning all nine sets played after defeating the Saints 25-8, 25-18, 25-15 in match one and 25-11, 25-11, 25-6 in match two.
Vincennes got the day off to a great start in match one of the day, quickly building a 15-4 lead in set one before later using a 9-0 scoring run to close out the opening set of the day 25-8.
Shawnee battled back early in set two building a quick 5-1 advantage before the Blazers took the momentum back with six unanswered.
The Saints continued to battle in set two, evening the score at 12-12 before the Blazers again jumped in front with an 8-1 scoring run to help close out set two 25-18 and take the 2-0 match lead.
VU looked to close out the first match of the day quickly in set three, scoring the first five points of the set before Shawnee would again battle, cutting the score down to 11-9.
This would be as close as the Saints would get in set three, as Vincennes would use an 11-2 scoring run to gain control of the match and close out the set 25-15 to complete the three set sweep.
The VU offense was led in match one of the day by another big game at the net by sophomore Elisa Dalla Pozza (Vincenza, Italy) who finished with 11 kills, one block, one ace and one set assist.
Sophomores Laura Tavares (Merida, Venezuela) and Isadora Dias (Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil) each recorded seven kills for the Blazers, with Tavares also adding a block and one dig while Dias finished with six digs and three aces.
Freshman Karen Kodi (West Carrollton, Ohio) made her collegiate debut in match one, coming in for an injured freshman Paulina Fister (Tuszyn, Poland) and more than held her own with five kills and one block.
Freshman Martyna Sadowska (Pila, Poland) ended her first match of the day with a pair of kills and two solo blocks, while sophomore Allison Czyzewski (Louisville, Ill.) rounded out the VU offensive production with one kill and two digs.
Sophomore setters Libby Mehringer (Jasper, Ind.) and Dylan DeCoursey (Montgomery, Ind.) again ran the Trailblazer offense well, with the pair each recording 15 set assists in the match, with Mehringer adding a pair of aces and four digs, while DeCoursey finished with two digs.
Sophomore libero Grace Flexter (Oblong, Ill.) rounded out the Vincennes box score in match one, finishing with three digs, two set assists and one ace.
“It was just an excellent response by the team after Paulina went out so early,” VUVB Head Coach Gary Sien said. “While we were obviously concerned for Paulina, another concern we had was, do we regroup and how do we respond to this. I’ve seen both sides of that and either one could have happened with it happening so early and having so much youth on the sideline. But I really have to give credit to Karen for stepping in.”
“We just love the energy that she brings,” Sien added. “We can be a little bit quiet in general this year. We have to do better with that. But then when you have somebody that steps in and is loud and animated and really brings that energy to the team, everybody feeds off of that because it encourages others to also talk and show some energy as well.”
The Trailblazers looked to carry this momentum into match two of the day and after a short break the teams returned to the floor and VU picked up right where they left off.
Vincennes opened match two by building an early 10-1 lead in set one.
Shawnee would look to answer back but were unable to put together a big scoring run.
VU scored seven straight late in the first set to pull away and take the first set 25-11 over the Saints.
Vincennes again jumped out to a big early lead in set two, holding a 15-5 advantage midway through the set, Vincennes closed the door on set two by scoring the final five points to come away with the 25-11 set two victory and gain a 2-0 match lead.
The Trailblazers looked to finish out their third straight sweep to begin the season in set three and were able to gain complete control with a big 9-0 scoring run as part of a larger 16-2 scoring run Vincennes would use to close out set three 25-6 and complete the doubleheader sweep.
The two wins Saturday improves VU’s record to 3-0 with all three wins coming against Region 24 opponents, extending VU’s winning streak over Region 24 opponents to 41 straight matches.
The Vincennes offense was again led by sophomore Laura Taveres, who led the Blazers with seven kills and one block in match two.
Isadora Dias and Martyna Sadowska each finished the second match of the day with six kills, while Dias added a pair of blocks, two digs and an ace, while Sadowska finished with five blocks, including one solo block.
Allison Czyzewski and Elisa Dalla Pozza each ended the match with four kills, with Czyzewski matching Sadowska’s team high of five blocks, while Dalla Pozza continued to fill up the box score with three aces, two blocks, one dig and one set assist.
Karen Kodi rounded out the VU offense with three kills in the match.
Setters Libby Mehringer and Dylan DeCoursey again distributed the ball well, with Mehringer leading VU with 16 set assists, six digs and five aces, while DeCoursey finished with 12 set assists and one ace.
Freshman Rylee Edwards (Fairfield, Ill.) made her collegiate debut in match two, recording two set assists as well.
Freshmen Ashley Earp (Mattoon, Ill.) and Brooklyn Summers (Loogootee, Ind.) also saw playing time in match two of the day, with Earp coming away with one dig, while Summers recorded two digs and an ace in her collegiate debut.
Sophomore libero Grace Flexter again had a solid game defensively in the back row, finishing her day with two digs, two set assists and two aces.
“You go into today expecting that we will do well in the first match, just because it’s the first match of the day,” Sien said. “However, just because playing back-to-back matches like this is something that we just don’t do very often, it’s a great unknown of how we are going to respond in the second match. Not only just us, but I thought that Shawnee played better than they did the first time. But I thought we really just took off and played some really good volleyball in the second match.”
“The execution on the floor was really right where it needed to be,” Sien added. “We talked about that in between the two matches that we were getting opportunities to be in transition, so lets get the ball, get that first contact right on point and run our offense and Shawnee just had a hard time stopping us.”
“If we are able to get those first two touches to be near perfect, it’s over,” Sien said. “I thought we did a really good job in the second match of taking care of the first two contacts. If we get those first two, more than likely we are going to score. If nothing else, we are going to get a really good swing and if we get a good swing, there’s a high percentage chance we are going to get a kill.”
“I thought Martyna played well and is getting used to playing on the right side,” Sien added. “She’s played middle basically her entire career and now she’s really starting to find her groove and our setters are starting to know where to go with her and what speed to go. She had some pretty nice swings in the second match.”
“I thought Grace serve received extremely well and had a pretty good game,” Sien said. “When we were out of system, she was able to put up a really good, hittable ball. Brooklyn Summers did a pretty nice job overall in her first time out there. She was able to ball control and had a good, accurate serve. Libby also, like Thursday, in both matches had some pretty big runs serving. She got five aces in 16 serve attempts in the second match. In the first match, she didn’t have as many aces but she had more attempts, which is always a good sign.”
Vincennes will again look to keep this early season momentum going as the Trailblazers prepare to hit the road for the first time this season next weekend when VU heads to the 2024 Owens C.C. Tournament in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Otters’ win streak snapped in extra innings affair
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Evansville Otters suffered a tough defeat after leading most of the game against the Gateway Grizzlies, falling 4-3 in extra innings on Saturday night at Bosse Field.
The Otters (41-49) had their six-game win streak snapped and the loss officially removed Evansville from playoff contention.
Opening the scoring in the first inning, Evansville jumped ahead first with a pair of runs. Pavin Parks had a sacrifice fly to left field and Logan Brown followed with an RBI double. Their final run came in the fifth on the second sacrifice fly of the night from Parks.
The Grizzlies (55-33) jumped on the board in the seventh inning, before tying the game in the ninth with two runs on Parks, who was on for the potential save.
In the 10th, Gateway added another on a base-hit to right field to take their first lead of the contest at 4-3. Despite opening the bottom of the tenth with a hit by pitch, the game ended with the Otters grounding into a double play.
Michael McAvene (1-6) took the loss. Former Otter Leoni De La Cruz (2-1) picked up the win after a scoreless ninth inning. Matt Hickey (Sv. 4) picked up the save in the tenth.
The Otters out-hit Gateway, but left 10 men on base including twice with a runner on third and just one out. Brown led the offense with a 3-for-5 night and a trio of doubles.
Forcing a rubber match, Evansville and Gateway will battle one final time this year with a 12:35 p.m. CT first pitch tomorrow. The Sunday matinee is the final home game of the year for the Otters. Coverage is available on the Otters Digital Network and FloBaseball.
9% Tax Credit Applications
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The Rental Housing Tax Credit (RHTC) program aims to create and preserve affordable housing units. This funding is used to incentivize private developers to fund the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of affordable housing communities throughout Indiana. IHCDA receives applications for Housing Tax Credits and Multifamily Bonds under the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). The QAP, which is unique to each authoring state, details selection criteria, and application requirements for the RHTC program, Multifamily Bonds, HOME funds, Development Fund and the National Housing Trust Fund in conjunction with tax credits. It also contains all deadlines, application fees, restrictions, standards and requirements. Applications were due July 29, 2024 for the 2025 QAP funding round. We received a total of 37 applications for the 9% tax credit program, totaling $56,998,141 in tax credits requested. Of the received applications, the total proposed development cost is $501,955,143. 1,221 units have been proposed for new construction and 497 units have been proposed for rehabilitation. Click here to view the list of applicants. Applications are currently in the individual review stage. Afterward, they will go to group reviews to share and confirm individual findings before going before the IHCDA Board of Directors for approval at the November 21, 2024 board meeting. There has also been a total of $11,345,000 in Development Fund Loans requested in tandem with tax credits across 23 of our applications. |
Vanderburgh County Commissioners Address Environmental Findings in the Old Courthouse Sub-basement
Vanderburgh County Commissioners Address
Environmental Findings in the Old Courthouse Sub-basement
EVANSVILLE, IN – August 23, 2024 – The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners will be holding a news conference on Monday, August 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. to address the environmental findings in the sub- basement of the Old Courthouse. The news conference will be held in the Commissioners’ Conference Room, located at the Civic Center Complex, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Room 305, Evansville, Indiana 47708.
Event Information:
What: News conference to address the Old Courthouse Sub-basement
When: August 26, 2024
Where: Commissioners’ Conference Room – 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Room 305,
Evansville, Indiana 47708
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Intramural field renovation complete ahead of 2024-25 school year
Intramural field renovation complete ahead of 2024-25 school year
$1.2 million project created a new turf field
AUGUST 24, 2024
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Construction is complete on a $1.2 million intramural field renovation on the University of Evansville campus. In a collaboration between the campus and Purple Aces athletics, the project is highlighted by a full turf field on the north side of campus.
This is the latest in a number of projects that have been completed on the UE campus. The new field is already being utilized by the Aces soccer programs and is set to be used by intramural squads moving forward. It also provides an open recreational campus area for the general student population.
“With the completion of new turf field, we are continuing to enhance the experience of each student at the University of Evansville,” Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students Dr. Rachel S. Carpenter exclaimed. “It is special to partner with athletics in a way that has a positive impact on the wellness of the entire university!”
In total, the turf measures at 308’ x 282’ with the lined playing field being 292’ x 225’. The facility is the first outdoor on-campus turf field that will be open to campus. It will be available for use on a year-round basis. Funding for the field was completely covered through the sale of UE’s property on Division Street to Wesselman Woods in June of 2023.
“One of the most important goals within our athletics department is to enhance the relationships we have with the campus community. It is exciting to be able to collaborate on a project like this, which positively benefits every member of our campus community,” UE Athletics Director Dr. Ziggy Siegfried stated. “Our soccer programs have already been able to utilize the field for practice and we look forward to the entire campus utilizing its benefits.”
THUNDERBOLTS HIRE EQUIPMENT MANAGER TIM ABBOTT
Evansville, In.: The Evansville Thunderbolts and Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Jeff Bes are pleased to announce the hiring of Tim Abbott as the new Head Equipment Manager of the Thunderbolts for the 2024-25 season. The Thunderbolts begin the 2024-25 season at Ford Center on Friday, October 18th as they host the Knoxville Ice Bears.
Abbott brings over 25 years of professional hockey experience and over 35 years of overall professional sports experience to the Thunderbolts organization, most recently with the Knoxville Ice Bears, with whom Abbott served as Head Equipment Manager from 2022-2024. The native of Chesterfield, Michigan worked 15 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings organization, starting with their then-AHL farm team, the Adirondack Red Wings, between 1987-1992 as Head Equipment Manager. In Adirondack, Abbott was part of two Calder Cup Championship teams in 1989 and 1992. From 1995 to 2005, Abbott served as Assistant Equipment Manager in Detroit, winning three Stanley Cup Championships in 1997, 1998, and 2002. Abbott later worked in the ECHL between 2014-2022, mostly with the Allen Americans in Texas, where he still maintains a strong family presence, between 2016-2022, preceded by a season each with the Bakersfield Condors in 2014-15 and Norfolk Admirals in 2015-16. Outside of hockey, Abbott also spent a decade in professional arena football, winning another three championships with the Port Huron Pirates in 2006 and 2007 along with the Saginaw Sting in 2008.
“From top to bottom, the Thunderbolts look like a great organization to be with. They were one of the hardest teams we (Knoxville) played against last year, they showed up and played hard every night,” replied Abbott when asked about his outside impressions of the Thunderbolts while serving with Knoxville. “Being around for 37 years and bringing that experience into the locker room, I’m going to help Coach Bes, the players, and the other staff in any way I can, and be dedicated to working hard every day. I’m really excited to get to work alongside Coach Bes and the staff, I’ve been very fortunate to be around winning teams throughout my career, and I would love to see that continue here.” Coach Bes expressed similar excitement on adding Abbott’s experience into the locker room, commenting: “We are very excited to add Tim to our organization. Our players and I will benefit from his experience and the knowledge he has accrued over the past 37 years of his career.”
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DCS sets families up for success with back-to-school events
DCS sets families up for success with back-to-school events
AUGUST 25, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS – Recognizing that the start of the school year can be difficult for families, especially when it comes to the cost of school supplies, clothes and other needs, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and its partners have coordinated more than 30 events across the state in July and August aimed at helping provide families with back-to-school resources.
“School-age children need to be focused on doing well in school and not on whether they’ll have pencils to do their homework or a meal on the table when they come home,” said DCS Director Eric Miller, MPA, MBA. “If we can help connect families to the resources they need for the start of school, then children can keep their attention where it needs to be – on learning.”
Thousands of families across the state have benefited from the community outreach. One of the largest events was held in Lake County earlier this month. DCS, in partnership with Geminus, handed out more than 1,000 backpacks and other school supplies and provided food, haircuts and information about fire safety, parent support groups, safe sleep and other community resources to more than 1,500 families. Additionally, DCS recruited seven families to apply to become foster families.
“Getting ready to go back to school is an exciting time for children and families,” said DCS Regional Manager Twan Stokes. “Our annual back-to-school event helps increase that positive energy and excitement while giving the community a chance to come together and make sure children and their families have the tools and resources for success.”
Marion County DCS, alongside Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Cornerstone and ML Triplett, gave away 350 backpacks filled with school supplies, household cleaning supplies, hygiene products and bags of fresh vegetables and fruits. In Tipton County, the local DCS office partnered with several community organizations to provide more than 600 students with school supplies. Additionally, DCS’ foster care team joined partners in Lawrence, Washington and Perry counties to distribute backpacks, school supplies and clothing to nearly 3,000 children across those communities.
“These events are a shining example of how communities can come together to support children and families and position them to succeed,” Miller said. “I’m grateful to all the organizations that contributed their time and resources and hope to see these efforts expand so we can serve even more families in the future.”