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Winners Announced in Ivy Tech Vex Robotics Competition

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Mater Dei High School’s Robomater2 team took home first place in today’s Vex Robotics Competition at Ivy Tech Community College. Second place went to Signature School1 and third place went to Perry Central.

About 50 students in grades 4-12 interested in robotics participated in the annual competition. The VEX Robotics Challenge was titled “Math Whiz,” and was sponsored by Ivy Tech’s School of Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering and Applied Technology.

The focus of the contest was for the team members to be able to think on their feet. The teams were supplied ahead of time with angles and elevations of turns. In a series of challenges, competitors had  to calculate times and distances to see how well they know their robot’s capabilities. The VEX Robotics Design System offers students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). These are just a few of the many fields students can explore by creating with VEX Robotics Technology. Beyond science and engineering principles, a VEX Robotics project encourages teamwork, leadership and problem solving among groups. 

BREAKING NEWS: USI Men’s Cross Country Advances to National Championships

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Eighth-ranked University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country advanced to the NCAA II National Championships with a second place finish Saturday in the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, Ohio.

The Screaming Eagles finished second out of 28 teams with 72 points, just 14 behind champion Grand Valley State University. Lewis University finished third with 107 points to also advance.

Senior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) paced the Eagles with a seventh place finish, completing the 10k in 31 minutes, 36.6 seconds. Two seconds behind in eighth was senior Cain Parker (Petersburg, Indiana), who finished in 31:38.4.

Also finishing back-to-back were sophomore Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) and junior Darin Lawrence(Indianapolis, Indiana) in 16th and 17th, respectively. Nolan finished in 31:52.4 and Lawrence in 31:54.0. Rounding out the scoring for USI was sophomore Javan Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee), who came in 29th in 32:27.1.

Grau, Parker, Nolan and Lawrence all earned All-Midwest Region honors by finishing in the top 25.

The NCAA II National Championships are November 18 at Angel Mounds in Evansville, Indiana.

Breaking News: Ladies Eagles Place Fifth At NCAA Midwest Region Championships

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University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country placed fifth at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships Saturday at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course in Cedarville, Ohio.

With only the top three teams automatically advancing to the NCAA II Championships, USI will look to receive one of eight at-large bids into the 32-team field.

Junior Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) was the first Screaming Eagle to cross the line in the 6k event, placing sixth in 21 minutes, 42.8 seconds. Jones narrowly missed automatically qualifying as an individual—the top two individuals and any individual in the top five not on an advancing team qualify for the national championships.

Jones would have an opportunity to receive one of eight individual at-large bids if the Eagles did not receive a team bid.

Next across for USI was junior Melina Gryschka (Garbsen, Germany) in 23rd with a time of 22:13.1. Jones and Gryschka each earned All-Midwest Region honors for finishing in the top 25.

Following Jones and Gryschka, freshman Jennifer Comastri (Indianapolis, Indiana) placed 30th in 22:32.8. Completing the five scorers for the Eagles were Jessica Lincoln (Palatine, Illinois) and Kate Henrickson(Boonville, Indiana) in 36th and 42nd, respectively. Lincoln finished in 22:42.2 and Henrickson in 22:49.9

The NCAA II National Championships are November 18 at Angel Mounds in Evansville, Indiana.

USI Volleyball rallies for four-set win over Quincy

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University of Southern Indiana Volleyball rallied from a one-set deficit to defeat visiting Quincy University 16-25, 25-17, 28-26, 25-16 in a Great Lakes Valley Conference match Friday night at the Physical Activities Center.

Freshman setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) had 47 assists, seven kills, a .462 attacking percentage and 11 digs to lead the Screaming Eagles, who won for the ninth time in the last 11 outings.

Sophomore outside hitter Mikaila Humphrey (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) and sophomore middle hitter Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) finished with 12 and 11 kills, respectively, while senior middle hitter Te’Ayla Whitfield (Fort Wayne, Indiana) added nine kills, a .300 attacking percentage and a match-high five blocks.

USI (12-15, 5-9 GLVC) also received seven kills apiece from sophomore outside hitter Lindsey Stose (Elkhart, Indiana) and sophomore right side hitter Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois). Stose also had a .429 attacking percentage.

Defensively, senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) led the Eagles with 20 digs, while junior defensive specialist Haley Limper (Springfield, Illinois) and freshman defensive specialist Callie Gubera(Thorntown, Indiana) respectively chipped in 12 and nine digs. Farrell needs just 35 digs to break the program’s career mark of 1,848, currently held by former USI standout Kayla Heldman.

USI returns to action Saturday at 3 p.m. when it hosts the University of Missouri-St. Louis for Senior Day at the PAC. The Eagles will honor their four seniors—Farrell, Whitfield, defensive specialist Jessica Lee(Mackinaw, Illinois) and outside hitter Shelbi Morris (Brazil, Indiana)—prior to Saturday’s match.

The Tritons (19-7, 9-6 GLVC) earned a four-set road win over the University of Indianapolis Friday night.

Set 1
Quincy used a 13-4 run and a .318 attacking percentage to grab the nine-point win in the opener. Coleman and Jung each had three kills to pace USI.

Set 2
The Eagles used a blistering .440 attacking percentage to pick up the eight-point win in the second frame. Coleman and Whitfield each had three kills to lead USI, which had runs of 5-0 and 9-3 to even the match at a set apiece.

Set 3
USI had five blocks in the third set, including two in the final six rallies, to pull out a two-point win and take a one-set lead over the Hawks. Whitfield had four blocks in the third set to lead the Eagles, who led 22-19 before being forced to fight off set-point at 24-23.

Set 4
The Eagles used a 9-0 run midway through the stanza to take control of the fourth set. Stose had four kills to lead USI, which held Quincy to just four kills and .000 attacking percentage.

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

Eagles outlasted by Vikings, 77-73

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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.

USI ADVANCES TO GLVC TITLE GAME​ Eagles tie, but advance on PKs, 4-1

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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

UNI defeats UE volleyball, 3-0

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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.

Health Department leads push for diabetes awareness

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By Adrianna Pitrelli
TheStatehouseFile.com

 INDIANAPOLIS — Every 21 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes, which is why the Indiana State Department of Health is encouraging Hoosiers to take precautions against the deadly disease during November, National Diabetes Month.

“Diabetes is a serious and potentially life-threatening illness, but there are ways you can prevent or delay the onset of the most common types of diabetes,” said Dr. Kristina Box, state health commissioner in a statement. “Exercising, eating right, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding tobacco use and getting your blood glucose checked regularly are all important steps toward a healthier life.”

Diabetes is a disease that develops when the body doesn’t produce enough insulin or is unable to use insulin effectively. Currently, 750,000 Hoosiers live with diabetes, a 37 percent increase since 2005.

The Indiana State Department of Health is organizing a prevention program to encourage people to increase physical activity, eat healthy and lose weight — all changes that could help save a person’s life.

The American Diabetes Association hopes to show Americans the importance of diabetes awareness.

“Diabetes is serious and it impacts all of us,” said Tracey Drzich, area executive director for American Diabetes Association. “Diabetes is so much more than the medications, devices and lifestyle tools used to manage it.”

In 2013, Indiana had four programs to help people with diabetes prevention, but program has expanded to 92 locations across the state. The program is targeted toward people with pre-diabetes — conditions one-third of Indiana adults have. People with pre-diabetes have blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

Diabetes doesn’t just take a physical toll on people, it also can cause a financial strain. The average price for healthcare for a person without diabetes is $2,935 a year. But with the addition of the disease, healthcare can cost Hoosiers upward of $11,000, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.

Indiana State Department of Health also will partner with diabetes education programs to educate Hoosiers with diabetes about ways to lower blood sugar, like staying hydrated and controlling stress levels.

“It’s time to come together and raise awareness of the diabetes epidemic facing our nation.” Drzich said.

For information about the Indiana State Department of Health programs, Hoosiers are encouraged to visit preventdiabetes.isdh.in.gov. People can also share their diabetes story to spread awareness but using #DearDiabetes on social media.

Adrianna Pitrelli is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students