The No. 1/7-ranked Indiana University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams earned three wins in a double-dual meet against No. 15/12 Tennessee and No. –/15 Kentucky on Friday afternoon at the Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

The No. 1-ranked Hoosier men (4-0) extended the team’s dual-meet win-streak to 17-straight, beating No. 15 Tennessee, 165-135, and Kentucky, 223-84.

The No. 7-ranked Indiana women took down No. 15 Kentucky, 157-143, but were edged by No. 12 Tennessee, 159-141. The Hoosier women move to 2-2 on the dual meet season.

Overall, the men’s and women’s squads combined to win 14 events on the afternoon. The Hoosiers continued to swim fast early in the season, posting seven times in the top-10 across the country, including two best times in the nation.

Blake Pieroni and Vini Lanza led the way for the Hoosiers, with each notching three individual wins apiece. Pieroni won the 50 free (19.65), 100 free (43.07) and 200 free (1:36.75) with NCAA B cut times. His times in the 50 and 100 are the third-fastest times in the country this year.

Lanza touched first in the 100 fly (46.90), 200 fly (1:44.18) and 200 IM (1:47.18) for Indiana with NCAA B cut marks. Lanza posted the fourth-best times in the country with his time in the 200 fly.

Mohamed Samy swept the backstroke events for IU, winning the 100 (47.99) and 200 (1:45.65) with NCAA B cut times. Ian Finnerty had a great showing for the Hoosiers in the 100 breast, winning with the top-time in the nation – 53.19.

Lilly King touched first in both breaststroke events for the Indiana women’s team, winning the 100 breast (59.44) with the fastest-time in the nation. The Evansville, Ind. native then won the 200 breast with a NCAA B cut of 2:10.13 – the sixth-best time in the country.

Shelby Koontz notched the other swimming win for the IU women, touching the wall in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.67.

Kennedy Goss posted a pair of NCAA B cut times, placing second in both the 200 free (1:47.69) and the 200 back (1:56.66). Christine Jensen also recorded a NCAA B cut, placing second in the 100 fly with a time of 54.30. For the IU men, Ali Khalafalla touched second in the 50 free with a NCAA B cut mark of 19.66 that ranks as the fourth-best time in the country this season.

In the diving well, Jessica Parratto continued her strong start to the season, notching a pair of NCAA Zones qualifying scores. Parratto won the 1-meter dive with a score of 302.35 and took second in the 3-meter with a total of 297.20.

Olympians Michael Hixon and James Connor made their season debuts for Indiana, posting NCAA Zones qualifying scores in both events.

Hixon won the 3-meter dive with a total of 404.00 and took second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 408.85. Connor placed third on both events, totaling a 390.30 in the 1-meter and a 387.50 in the 3-meter.

In the relay, the Hoosier women won the 200 medley relay, as the team of Ali Rockett, King, Jensen and Grace Haskett touched the wall with a time of 1:38.20. The men’s 400 freestyle relay of Khalafalla, Samy, Bruno Blaskovic and Pieroni won with a mark of 2:55.04.

The No. 1/7 Indiana Hoosiers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in action on Thursday, Nov. 9 when IU hosts Cincinnati and No. 14/10 Notre Dame in a double-dual meet in Bloomington, Ind. at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center.

 University of Southern Indiana junior guard Alex Stein was named preseason All-American in Basketball Times. Stein, who also was named preseason honorable mention All-American by Street & Smith’s College Basketball earlier this month, is the 10th USI player to receive preseason honors since 2001 and the first since Jamar Smith in 2009-10.

Sparking the team last season, Stein was named first-team All-GLVC, GLVC Player of the Week, and to the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic All-Tournament team as a sophomore. He also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-GLVC honors.

The junior guard started all 30 games last year, averaging 17.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. He also ranked fourth in the GLVC in scoring; eighth in assists; and fifth in assist/turnover ratio.

Stein, who averaged 31.1 minutes per game, scored a career-high 36 points in the win over Ashland University and tied a career-high with nine assists versus the University of Findlay during 2016-17.

The Screaming Eagles open practice on October 15 and are slated to tip off the 2017-18 campaign with an exhibition game versus Manchester University October 30 at the Physical Activities Center.

 The University of Evansville women’s soccer team ended its season on a high note with a 2-1 victory over Valparaiso on the road on Thursday evening.

“Proud of the team to show up and gut out a win,” said Aces women’s soccer head coach Krista McKendree. “We had a great response to them tying the game. Credit goes to Valpo for putting the pressure on. Our team showed great character and we are proud to be Aces.”

In the match, senior midfielder Montana Portenier and junior defender Sierra Pagan each scored for the Aces in the win. Between the posts, sophomore JulieRabe earned her second victory of the season, making six saves and allowing one goal. For the Crusaders, Cory Griffith scored the lone goal for Valpo.

Evansville struck first in the 13th minute as freshman midfielder Jayme-Lee Hunter played a ball to Portenier at the top of the box who took a shot that found the upper right corner to give the Aces a 1-0 advantage.

Just shy of 10 minutes later, Valpo answered with a goal as Grace Rogers lobbed a free kick from 60 yards out into the box that Griffth headed into the back of the net.

The Aces quickly responded in the 24th minute as junior forward Sara Osinski slid a pass to Pagan who fired a shot from 15 yards out and scored for her first collegiate goal, giving Evansville a 2-1 lead.

In the second half, the Aces were able to stave off Valpo’s attempts at a comeback as Evansville held on for the 2-1 victory.

The Crusaders out-shot the Aces, 19-9, with many of Valpo’s shots coming in the final 20 minutes of the match.

The Aces end the season with a 6-11 overall record and a 2-5 mark in Missouri Conference Play. Evansville’s 21 goals this season were the post by the Purple Aces since the 2014 season.