The University of Evansville men’s golf team earned a fifth-place finish at the Tennessee State Big Blue Intercollegiate at The Presidents Reserve course at Hermitage Golf Club in Old Hickory, Tenn.

Evansville recorded a 300 in the final round on Tuesday after opening the intercollegiate with rounds of 296 and 291 on Monday. The Purple Aces three-round total of 887 was a stroke ahead of Detroit Mercy who finished in sixth. UT – Martin led the tournament wire-to-wire, concluding the intercollegiate with a two-day total of 856 (287 – 287 – 282).

For the first time in his collegiate career, freshman Spencer Wagner led the way for Evansville in a tournament. Wagner recorded his best single round as a Purple Ace with a one-over 72 in the final round of the intercollegiate, giving the freshman a three-round total of 220 (73 – 75 – 72), placing Wagner in a tie for 17th.

Senior Tyler Gray followed just a stroke behind Wagner with a three-round total of 221 (73 – 72 – 76) as Gray finished the intercollegiate in a tie for 22nd.

Finishing in a tie for 30th was the Aces’ duo of Noah Reese and Cameron Weyer. Both Reese and Weyer finished the tournament with totals of 225 as Reese opened the intercollegiate with rounds of 75 and 71 before recording a 79 on Tuesday, while Weyer remained consistent throughout the tournament, carding 75s in all three rounds.

Competing as an individual, Jessie Brumley finished in a tie for 44th after tallying back-to-back 76s on the first day before carding a 79 in the final round of Tuesday.

Matthew Ladd concluded the intercollegiate with a 77 in the final round, placing him in a tie for 44th. Ladd finished the three-round tournament with a total of 232 (82 – 73 – 77).

Closing the tournament in a tie for 58th was junior Gabe Rohleder who competed as an individual and totaled a two-day score of 238 (75 – 80 – 83). Just two strokes behind Rohleder was another individual in sophomore Robert Waggoner who closed the intercollegiate with a final-round 79 to give him a three-round total of 240 (84 – 77 – 79) and put him in a tie for 64th.

Evansville has a weekend off from competition before competing in the MVC Championship in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on April 23 and 24.

Originally scheduled to be a doubleheader, the University of Evansville and UT Martin will tangle in a single game on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Martin, Tenn.

Evansville played well in its weekend series against Missouri State, but dropped its three contests by a total of five runs.  The Bears rallied for a 4-1 win in nine innings in the opener of the series on Friday before pushing across the winning run in the eighth frame of game two.  MSU clinched the series sweep on Saturday with a 4-3 win as they scored twice in the top of the 7^th inning.

Morgan Florey had another nice weekend of action for the Purple Aces, racking up 22 strikeouts in 16 innings of action.  On Saturday, she struck out the side in the first inning and, in doing so, reached 600 for her career.  She became just the second player in program history to reach the mark.

At the plate, Mea Adams was UE’s top hitter.  Adams registered four hits in 10 at-bats while walking twice, recording an RBI and scoring a run.  In Friday’s series opener, Adams went 1-3 from the plate with a walk and a run scored.  She had a big game in the second contest of the doubleheader, notching two hits in four at-bats with an RBI and another walk.  Her single in the seventh inning sent the game to extras, plating the tying run.  She finished with another 1-3 effort on Saturday.

Freshman Jaime Nurrenbern made her presence known in game two against the Bears.  She entered the game with her team trailing by three runs, but kept the Bears at bay as the Aces made their comeback before falling in extras.  She tossed five innings and allowed just two runs, one earned, on two hits.  She also posted a double and walk in the game while batting.

UT Martin enters the game with a 19-22 mark and is 4-6 through their first ten Ohio Valley Conference matchups.  The Skyhawks are led by Jodie Duncan, who is batting .323 while Alli Fulcher checks in at .308.  They use their speed on base as their biggest weapon, racking up 88 stolen bases as a team in 2018.  With 2.15 stolen bases per game, they rank 10^th in the nation.

After spending nearly a month on the road, the University of Evansville baseball team looks to make the most of nearly a month-long home stand, beginning against Murray State at Charles Braun Stadium Tuesday night.

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The Purple Aces (6-19) are coming off a tough first weekend of Missouri Valley Conference play, as they were dropped three straight to Missouri State. Before the trip to Springfield, UE came up on the wrong end of an 11-9 slugfest to the Racers at Murray State’s Reagan Field last Wednesday evening.

As for Murray State (16-14), they followed up their victory over the Aces with an 8-5 win over Harris Stowe last Friday.

University of Evansville head coach Wes Carroll will send out junior left hander Alex Weigand to the will to face the Racers. Murray State will counter with a southpaw of their own, with sophomore Luke Brown will toe the rubber Tuesday night.

First pitch from Braun Stadium is at 6 p.m. The game will be available on the Valley on ESPN 3