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Aces compete on opening day of MVC Championships
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -Â The University of Evansville men’s and women’s track and field teams took to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa for the opening day of the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. On an opening day, the Aces got to work and set four program records, narrowly missing another.
In the distance medley relay, Evansville’s women utilized a fast field to shatter the program record by nearly 40 seconds as junior Sienna Crews, senior Tess Hupe, and freshmen Lauren Meyer and Anna Lowry captured a 10th-place finish in a time of 13:31.79.
The men’s distance relay team comprised of freshmen Stanley Chepchieng, Ian Alberts, Ricky Hendrix, and Eithan Price narrowly missed making it a program record breaking sweep in the DMR. The Aces finished the relay in 10th in a time of 10:54.11, less than four seconds off the program record of 10:50.82 set in 1982.
Moving to field events, freshman Kylie Hasenour was the lone Ace to compete in the women’s long jump, finishing 24th with a distance of 3.45 meters.The men’s long jump featured a pair of Evansville freshman in Stanley Chepchieng and Kevin Yeung. Chepchieng led the Aces’ contingent with a jump of 6.11 meters, good enough for a 19th-place finish, while Yeung jumped 5.80 meters to finish 20th.
In the weight throw, the Aces’ women’s team was represented by freshman Brittany Corley, who earned a 19th-place finish with a throw of 9.41 meters. For the Aces’ men, junior Ryan Freeman recorded a throw of 11.08 meters, finishing in 18th.
Among action in preliminary races, the day was highlighted by a number of record-setting performances. In the women’s 400 meter dash, freshman Lizzy Walston broke teammate Tess Hupe’s program record as Walston finished in 21st with a time of 1:03.58. In the women’s 60-meter hurdles, freshman Samantha Bittner improved on her own program record by nearly a full second, crossing the line in a time of 9.83 in 16th. Another Ace who broke their own program record was freshman Aaron Straight. In the men’s 200-meter dash, Straight finished in a program-record time of 24.75 in 24th-place.
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Indiana Congressman Larry Bucshon Supports Alzheimer’s Funding Bill
FEBRUARY 23RD, 2018Â 
AMANDA PORTERÂ INDIANA
At an estimated cost of nearly two hundred and sixty billion dollars annually, Alzheimer’s is the most expensive disease in the country and is the only leading cause of death in u.s. that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.
Congressman Larry Bucshon is supporting legislation that works to bring more funding to Alzheimer’s research.
Representative Bucshon spoke with Walnut Creek’s management team and members of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Theâ€BOLD†for Alzheimer’s act is aimed at making Alzheimer’s a public health priority, and developing best practices for intervention and caregiving.
The bill would bring government resources to the community level to provide funding for health departments benefiting caregivers, care providers, and care recipients.
“With our aging population although its not only the aged that get Alzheimer’s,†says Representative Bucshon, “I had an aunt who developed early-onset Alzheimer’s in her fifties, but the recognition of this earlier, and as we do have an aging population, the increased incidents of the diagnoses of Alzheimer’s means that we are going to have to find solutions and fund research and awareness.â€
Representative Bucshon also talked to residents and toured the model room at the special care center.
The “bold infrastructure†for Alzheimer’s act would also direct the Center for Disease Control to establish Alzheimer’s center’s for excellence, award cooperative agreements to public health departments, and increase data collection analysis and timely reporting on Alzheimer’s.
In Indiana, one in eight of people 45 years and older report they are experiencing confusion or memory loss that is happening more often or is getting worse.
More than 80 percent of them have not talked to a health care professional about it.
Big Innings lead To Two USI Softball Wins
WESTFIELD, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball used big innings to dispatch a pair of Midwest Region opponents Saturday afternoon at Grand Park.
 The No. 9 Screaming Eagles (5-1) scored five times in the second inning to defeat Ohio Dominican University, 5-2, in the opener; then scored 10 times in the sixth inning to defeat Cedarville University, 14-6.
Junior second baseman Claire Johnson (Pittsboro, Indiana) led the Eagles at the plate, going 4-of-7 (.571) with four RBIs, while sophomore pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt(Louisville, Kentucky) hit .429 (3-7) with a double, two triples and two RBIs.
USI returns to action Sunday at 11:30 a.m. (CST) when it takes on 2017 NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament opponent Saginaw Valley State University at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana. The Eagles also play Purdue University Northwest Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (CST).
USI 5, Ohio Dominican (3-4) 2
–Box Score
The Eagles sent 12 batters to the plate in the bottom of the second inning as they racked up five hits and scored five times to take a 5-0 lead.
Johnson, junior pitcher/designated player Caitlyn Bradley (Forest, Indiana), junior catcher Lindsey Barr (Whitesville, Kentucky) and freshman outfielder Alicia Webb(Elberfeld, Indiana) each had RBIs for the Eagles, who got a strong relief effort from Leonhardt in the circle.
Leonhardt (3-0) earned the win after allowing two runs off three hits and two walks while fanning eight batters in 6 2/3 innings of work.
USI 14, Cedarville 6 (6 inns.)
–Box Score
USI scored 10 times in the top of the sixth inning to rally from a 6-4 deficit and earn its fifth straight victory.
Barr led off the frame with a solo home run to cut the deficit to a single run. Four batters later, Leonhardt doubled into the left-centerfield gap to drive in both runs and give USI a 7-6 edge.
Leonhardt scored two batters later on an RBI-single by sophomore outfielder Allison Schubert (Nicholasville, Kentucky) and the route was on. Freshman first baseman Haley Shouse (Borden, Indiana) had a two-run single and USI tacked on another run when junior pitcher Haylee Smith (Florence, Kentucky) had her sacrifice fly dropped by the more leftfield.
Johnson, who tripled and scored in the second inning, ended the onslaught with a two-run double as USI sent 13 batters to the plate.
Leonhardt was a problem for Cedarville pitching throughout the contest as she had tripled in both the first and second innings. She scored USI’s first tally in the first frame on a Schubert RBI-single.
USI scored three times in the second inning as Johnson and junior pitcher Courtney Atkisson (Bringhurst, Indiana) each had RBI-triples to put USI up 4-1.
Cedarville (0-2) answered USI with four runs in the third and another in the fourth to build the two-run advantage.
Smith (1-1) earned the win for the Eagles after giving up an unearned run off two hits in 3 1/3 innings of relief work.
Notes: Leonhardt tied a single-game record with her two triples against Cedarville…USI has nine triples in its first six games, just 10 away from the single-season program record of 19.
Southern Indiana 5, Ohio Dominican 2 (Feb 24, 2018, at Westfield, IN)
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Ohio Dominican…… 000 200 0 -Â 2Â 4Â 3Â Â Â Â Â (3-4)
Southern Indiana…. 050 000 X -Â 5Â 5Â 2Â Â Â Â Â (4-1)
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Pitchers: Ohio Dominican – Taylor Farmer and Kelly Mix. Southern Indiana – Bradley, Caitlyn;
Leonhardt, Jennifer(1) and Barr, Lindsey.
Win-Leonhardt, Jennifer(3-0)Â Loss-Taylor Farmer(1-1)Â T-1:35Â A-47
Weather: 40s, cloudy
Game: 5-ODU
Southern Indiana 14, Cedarville 6 (Feb 24, 2018, at Westfield, IN)
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Southern Indiana…. 130 00(10)Â – 14 15Â 2Â Â Â Â Â (5-1)
Cedarville………. 104 100Â Â Â Â -Â 6 10Â 3Â Â Â Â Â (0-2)
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Pitchers: Southern Indiana – Atkisson, Courtney; Smith, Haylee(3) and Barr, Lindsey.
Cedarville – Wolgamot, Danielle; Eroshevich, Lucia(2); Arbogast, Morgan(6); Smith, Kacey(6) and
Woerner, Kaitlyn.
Win-Smith, Haylee(1-1)Â Loss-Eroshevich, Lucia(0-1)Â T-2:05Â A-55
HR USI – Barr, Lindsey.
Weather: 40s, cloudy
Arbogast faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Game: 6-CED
U of E Ladies Offense Improves In Second Day Of Frost Classic
Aces Score 11 Runs In Two Games
 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – In a pair of games on Saturday, the University of Evansville softball team scored 11 runs in contests against Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois in the Frost Classic.
UE (2-10) rallied in game one against the Panthers, scoring four runs in the seventh before the Panthers plated three runs in the ninth to take a 9-6 win. In game two, the Leathernecks took a 7-0 lead and held on for the 9-5 victory.
Morgan Florey started game one for the Aces and threw all nine innings. Of the nine runs that scored, just six were earned. She also struck out 12. The game was scoreless until the top of the 5th when Eastern Illinois scored three times. Haley Mitchell had the big hit – a 2-run single.
The Aces came back with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the fifth. Elyse Hickey hit a 1-out single to short before Eryn Gould hit a home run to left-center to cut the deficit to one. Three unearned runs scored for the Panthers in the sixth as they pushed their lead to 6-2.
That is how it would be until the bottom of the seventh. Brittany Hay led off with her first homer of the day. With one out, Gould singled up the middle to bring up Lindsay Renneisen. The freshman cut the Aces deficit to one with a homer to left. UE continued to threaten as McKenzie Johnson and Morgan Florey each registered a hit. Bailee Bostic tied the game with a 1-out single.
Eastern Illinois was able to get the final two outs to force extra innings. Following a scoreless eighth, the Panthers added three runs in the ninth to take a 9-6 victory. Gould was 2-4 from the plate with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. Hickey also had two hits in the game.
Another quick turnaround saw the Aces right back on the field to face Western Illinois. Taking advantage of the momentum she created against EIU, Brittany Hay hit a leadoff home run to give UE a 1-0 lead. The Leathernecks tied it right up in the bottom of the frame on a Hailey Duwa RBI single.
Fortunes changed in the bottom of the fourth when Western Illinois scored six times with Sidney Bottino bringing two home with a single up the middle. Evansville looked to make a comeback in the fifth, plating three runs. One run scored on a Hickey double and two found the home plate on a Gould triple. The Aces cut the deficit to 7-5 on an Alex Latoria sacrifice fly in the sixth, but WIU added two more in the bottom of the sixth to take a 9-5 win.
Tomorrow, the Aces look to finish the weekend off with a win as they face Chattanooga in a 10:30 a.m. CT game.
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