Senior midfielder Ian McGrath and sophomore defender Simon Waever have both been named United Soccer Coaches All-West Region, it was announced in a release Monday. McGrath earned first-team all-region honors, while Waever was selected to the all-region second team.

A native of New Lenox, Illinois, McGrath earns his second all-region honor of his career after a stellar senior campaign for the Purple Aces. McGrath becomes the 15th Evansville men’s soccer student-athlete to earn multiple first-team all-region honors and the first since Cory Elenio completed the feat in 2006 and 2007.  This season, the senior led the way for the Aces with 12 goals and six assists on the season, while capturing first-team all-MVC honors. In his career, McGrath scored 26 goals, putting him in a tie for ninth all-time at Evansville.

“Ian has had a fantastic career as a Purple Ace.  He has gotten better each year and improved his game during his time in our program,” said Aces head coach Marshall Ray.  “His numbers reflect how important of a player he was for us.  He is one of the elite college soccer players competing at the Division I level.  I am excited for Ian and know that he will represent our program well as he continues his soccer career.”

Waever receives his first all-region honor after continuing to impress in his sophomore season. In just his second year with the Aces, Waever continues to compile accolades as he earned first-team all-MVC recognition in November. The Holte, Denmark native scored a goal and record an assist in 2017, while anchoring an Aces backline that has amassed a 1.70 goals-against average.

“Simon grew in confidence this season and was a very important attacking option for us in wide areas,” said Ray. “He was outstanding in the latter portions of the season on both sides of the ball and was a big part of our success as we moved into postseason play.  With Simon on the field, we always had a chance to create scoring opportunities as well as lock down the other team’s attack.  Simon and his class are the foundation for this team and will grow into leaders on and off the field for us this spring.”

For the second-straight season, the Aces finished with 10 or more wins as Evansville amassed an 11-8-2 overall record and advanced to the semifinals of the MVC Tournament.

Wrapping-up a three-game road trip, the University of Evansville women’s basketball team travels to Lexington, Kentucky to take on 20th-ranked Kentucky at 6 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday night.

Evansville is coming off an 82-73 loss on Saturday afternoon on the road at Austin Peay. The Aces led 23-20 after the first quarter before the Governors mounted an 11-0 run and took a 35-34 lead to the half. Austin Peay increased its lead as high as 17 in the early portion of the fourth quarter, but the Aces roared back to cut it to single digits late as the Governors held on for an 82-73 win. Graduate guard Hannah Noe recorded the second-most points in her career with a 29-point outing that earned her Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week honors. The Dexter, Missouri native knocked-down six triples in the loss, while playing just shy of 40 minutes in the contest. Joining Noe in double figures was senior guard Brooke Dossett who tallied 10 points, adding four rebounds and four assists.

No. 20 Kentucky enters the week with a 7-1 record and coming off a split last week. The Wildcats opened the week on Thursday with a 90-63 loss on the road at the ninth-ranked Baylor before earning an 82-54 win inside Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. Kentucky a trio of players averaging double-digits, led by junior guard Maci Morris, who is averaging 16.3 points per contest and has hit a team-best 23 tree-pointers.

Tuesday’s matchups marks the third meeting between the two sides with Evansville owning a 2-0 advantage in the series. The Aces earned a 78-72 victory over the Wildcats in the first-ever contest between the two on Dec. 22, 2001 in Lexington before capturing a 70-66 triumph over Kentucky in the last matchup on Dec. 4, 2002.

For the second time in three weeks, University of Southern Indiana senior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week for Women’s Basketball.

Dahlstrom averaged 26.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game to lead the No. 14 Screaming Eagles to GLVC wins over Lewis University and the University of Indianapolis.

In USI’s 67-56 win over Lewis Thursday, Dahlstrom racked up 17 points and six rebounds. She had 15 of those 17 points in the second half as USI held off a Lewis rally to earn the win.

Earning her third career GLVC Player of the Week honor, Dahlstrom finished the week with a career-high 35 points to go along with nine rebounds and two blocks in USI’s 73-66 road win over UIndy. She was 15-of-20 (.750) from the field and 5-of-6 (.833) from the free throw line as USI rallied from a nine-point first-quarter deficit to earn the win.

For the week, Dahlstrom went 20-of-28 (.714) from the field and 12-of-14 (.857) from the free throw line as USI improved to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in GLVC play.

On the year, Dahlstrom is second on the team and fourth in the GLVC with 18.3 points per game. She also is second in the conference with a team-high 9.8 rebounds per appearance.