Short Box Score (Match)
Quincy vs Southern Indiana (Nov 03, 2017 at Evansville, IN)

Southern Indiana def. Quincy 16-25,25-17,28-26,25-16

Quincy (7-19, 4-11 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Raebel, Bekah 15-0-1; Bobby Eastman 10-0-4; Licurgo, Jessica 8-0-4; Nadler, Lauren 4-0-0; King, Taylor 4-0-3; Rothermich, Alaina 3-1-0; Rathbun, Sara 1-0-0; Grenda, Lucy 1-0-0; Mueller, Kaeley 1-0-1; Gonzalez, Marissa 0-1-0; Totals 47-2-7.0. (Assists) – Rodriguez, Miranda 29; Rathbun, Sara 12. (Dig leaders) – Gonzalez, Marissa 23; Rodriguez, Miranda 12; Rothermich, Alaina 8

Southern Indiana (12-15, 5-9 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Humphrey, Mikaila 12-0-0; Coleman, Elexis 11-0-1; Whitfield, Te’Ayla 9-0-5; Jung, Amanda 7-0-3; Cepicky, Casey 7-0-2; Stose, Lindsey 7-0-0; Gubera, Callie 1-0-0; Gardner, Lizzy 1-0-0; Limper, Haley 0-1-0; Farrell, Shannon 0-5-0; Totals 55-6-6.0. (Assists) – Cepicky, Casey 47. (Dig leaders) – Farrell, Shannon 20; Limper, Haley 12; Cepicky, Casey 11; Gubera, Callie 9

Site: Evansville, IN (PAC)
Date: Nov 03, 2017   Attend: 112   Time: 1:52 pm
Referees: Bob Poyer, E.J. Swartz

University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball team opened the 2017-18 regular season campaign with a tough 77-73 loss to Augustana University during the first day of the Small College Basketball Tournament Friday evening at the Ford Center. USI starts the season 0-1, while Augustana begins 2017-18, 1-0.

In the first half, the Eagles struggled early as the Vikings built a 12-point lead, 28-16, with 11:30 left before halftime. USI caught fire in the final 10 minutes, using a 10-2 run to chop the deficit to four points twice, 30-26 and 33-29, before Augustana went into the locker room with a 39-32 advantage.

USI junior guard Alex Stein (Evansville, Indiana) had the hot hand in the first stanza with 13 points on five-of-seven from the field, two-of-four from beyond the arc, and one-of-two from the line. The Eagles, as a team shot 46.4 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes.

The second half saw the Eagles fly out of the locker room and surge with a 9-2 run to tie the game, 41-41, with 17:52 to play. The teams would battle back-and-forth before USI took its largest lead of the game at 10:48, 55-50, on a three-point bomb by senior guard Marcellous Washington (Lexington, Kentucky).

The Vikings responded with an 8-0 run of their own to recapture the lead, 58-55. The two squad would trade leads until Augustana broke the tenth tie of the game with a 6-0 run to lead 72-66 with 1:17 remaining.

Stein and Washington hit buckets to cut the deficit to 74-71, but the Eagles could get no closer in the final 10 seconds as the Viking closed out a 77-73 final. Overall in the contest, there were 10 ties and 13 lead changes.

Individually, Stein finished the game with a game-high 26 points on 10-of-19 from the field, two-of-five from downtown, and four-of-five from charity stripe in 38 minutes of action. Washington followed with 21 points on six-of-17, three-of-nine long-range buckets, and a perfect six-of-six from the line, also in 38 minutes on the court.

USI, as a squad, out rebounded the Vikings, 37-36, and shot 45 percent from the field (27-60) during the 40 minutes.

The Eagles conclude the SCB Hall of Fame Classic tomorrow night when they play long-time rival Kentucky Wesleyan College at 6 p.m. The Panthers started their season in the classic’s final game of day one versus Montevallo College at the Ford Center.

USI trails the all-time series with KWC, 49-41, after winning four of the last six meetings since 2011-12.

The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team advanced to the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship game after winning a penalty kick shootout with Lewis University in the semifinals. The Screaming Eagles, the seventh seed, goes to 11-6-1 overall, while the Flyers, the third seed, see their record go to 12-4-2.

With the win, USI advances to the GLVC championship game for the first time since 2002 and will play the winner of fourth-seeded University of Indianapolis and eighth-seeded Missouri University of Science & Technology Sunday at Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. (CDT). Follow the live coverage of USI Men’s Soccer in the post-season, including live stats and video, on GoUSIEagles.com.

USI has 10 GLVC men’s soccer titles since the conference was created in 1979, the most by any program in the league. The Eagles won the conference championships in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991.

After a scoreless first half, Lewis broke out on top with a tally at 72:07 to make the score, 1-0. The Eagles would respond with the tying goal a minute and a half later when sophomore midfielder Adam Becker(Columbia, Illinois) posted his first goal of the season at 73:37.

Becker was assisted on the goal by sophomore defender Jonathan Faas (Carmel, Indiana).

The 1-1 tie through the 90 minutes of regulation could not be resolved in the overtimes as USI was unsuccessful in the only two shots of the 20 extra minutes and set the stage for the Eagles in the shootout period.

In the shootout period, USI secured the right to advance to the GLVC championship game by converting each of its four penalty kicks. Senior defender Jacob Dickerson (Louisville, Kentucky), senior midfielder Cesar Alba (Hanover Park, Illinois), and senior midfielder Kyle Richardville (Vincennes, Indiana) gave USI a 3-1 advantage before senior midfielder Brian Fischer (Jeffersonville, Indiana) clinched the shootout win with the Eagles fourth-straight penalty kick conversion.

Between the posts, senior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois) added a tie to his overall record for the fall after saving two of the three penalty kicks in the shootout period. The shootout win for the second of Zehme’s career

Aces head to Drake tomorrow

 Rocio Fortuny had a stellar night, notching 12 kills, but a combined 23 kills from Bri Weber and Piper Thomas helped UNI defeat the University of Evansville volleyball team by a 3-0 final on Friday evening at the McLeod Center.

Fortuny led the Purple Aces (10-15, 4-9 MVC) with her 12 kills.  Cathy Schreiber finished with six.  Mildrelis Rodriguez paced the team with 11 digs while Allana McInnis notched 19 assists.  For the Panthers (22-6, 12-2 MVC), Weber posted 12 while Thomas had 11 kills to lead the offense.

The Panthers got off to a great start in game one, scoring the first five points of the night.  Evansville kept up with UNI, getting within four at 11-7, but the opposition was able to pull away for a 25-11 win to start the night.

UE did better in game two.  UNI had another nice start, going up 10-5 before leading by as many as seven points at 18-11.  The Aces responded with a 6-2 run to get within three at 20-17.  Taylor Jones did the serving while Rachel Tam, Adeline Payne and Cathy Schreiber each had kills in the run.  Evansville continued to close as another Schreiber tally made it a 24-23 game before Piper Thomas got the clinching kill in a 25-23 victory and a 2-0 lead.

Evansville was unable to sustain the momentum from the end of the second tilt as the Panthers scooted away in the third set for a 25-14 win.  UNI jumped out to an 18-4 lead and held on from there to take the win.