For the second straight year, University of Southern Indiana senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) has been named Academic All-District IV in a vote by the Midwest Region’s sports information directors.

USI’s all-time leader in digs, Farrell finished her four years with the Screaming Eagles by compiling 1,900 career digs. She is the only player in program history to surpass the 500 dig plateau in a single season multiple times as she finished the 2017 campaign with 541.

Farrell, who had 575 digs as a sophomore in 2015 and 568 as a junior a year ago, averaged 4.31 digs per set during her four year career.

A double-major in accounting and professional services as well as finance, Farrell is carrying a 4.0 grade point average and is a three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree. She advances to the national ballot for Academic All-America.

USI finished the 2017 season with a 12-19 overall record and a 5-13 mark in GLVC play. After a rough start to the year, USI won nine of 11 matches to put itself in contention for a GLVC Tournament spot heading into the final week of the year.

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.