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Huge rally lifts UE volleyball to 3-2 win at Loyola

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Trailing 14-11 in a decisive fifth set, the University of Evansville volleyball team scored five points in a row to take a 3-2 match victory over Loyola on Friday night inside Gentile Arena.

Pacing the Purple Aces (8-12, 2-6 MVC) was Mildrelis Rodriguez.  She notched 14 kills and 15 digs, her second-consecutive match with at least 14 of each.  Cathy Schreiber notched 11 kills.  Cassie Brooks had 25 digs on the defensive side while Allana McInnis added 32 assists.

Gabi Maciagowski led all players with 21 kills for the Ramblers (1-17, 0-7 MVC).  Three others finished in double figures.

“We have been talking all year about the character and resilience of this team and tonight, that was the key of the win,” UE head coach Manolo Concepcion said.  “Loyola came in aggressive in front of their home crowd, and that shook us for a moment, but were able to keep our composure and patience, even when the score and momentum was in their favor.”

“It was not the prettiest win, but it was by far the most rewarding this year, because of the way it happened,” Concepion added.  “Our girls’ commitment to our system and game plan, along with the teamwork and togetherness that they showed when it mattered the most, helped us push through. It is great to continue to see different people contributing every night. Now, we focus on Valpo tomorrow, who will also be a tough opponent.”

After dropping the opening game by a 25-18 final, UE rallied with two sets in a row.  With the score knotted at 8-8 in the second game, the Aces went on a 7-1 run, capped off by an Adeline Payne kill to go up 15-9.  Loyola fought back, closing the gap to just one at 22-21, but the Aces had the answer, reeling off the final three tallies including a set-winning service ace from Brooks.

The top effort of the night came by the Purple Aces in the third set.  Gabriela Dos Santos did the serving and added an ace as UE scored the opening four tallies.  That opening rally eventually led to a 9-2 lead.  From there, the Aces continued to add to the lead as kills from Rodriguez and Payne made it a 21-10 contest before UE took a 2-1 lead with a 25-14 triumph.

Loyola never gave up as they put together a solid fourth set.  Up 12-10, the Ramblers went on an 8-2 stretch to open up a 20-12 advantage.  Their 8-point lead held strong as they forced a deciding fifth set with a 25-17 decision.

In that frame, Evansville took an early 7-5 lead on back-to-back errors by Loyola.  The Ramblers utilized a rally of their own to retake the lead at 12-9 as Victoria Hodkiewicz capped it off with an ace.  Loyola’s lead reached 14-11 as they looked to clinch the match.  Knowing they needed to score three in a row just to keep the match going, the Aces answered the bell.  Payne and Rodriguez each had kills to cut the gap to 14-13.

Following a Rambler time out, Schreiber made it three kills in a row to tie the score.  From there, the Aces stood strong, forcing a pair of errors to win the match on the strength of a 16-14 win in the fifth set.

Tomorrow, UE will look to make it three in a row with a 7 p.m. contest at Valparaiso.

 

Eagles get big road win at William Jewell USI jumps to fourth in GLVC standings

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team scored a big road victory by defeating William Jewell College, 1-0, Friday evening in Liberty, Missouri. USI goes to 6-3-4 overall and 4-2-4 in GLVC play, while WJC ends the match 6-5-2 overall, 4-4-3 in the league.

The victory moved USI into fourth place in the GLVC, percentage points ahead of the University of Indianapolis and a game ahead of WJC. The top eight teams in the GLVC advance to the league’s post-season tournament with the top four squads earning the right to host a first round contest.

After a scoreless first half, USI got on the board just 51 seconds into the second half when freshman midfielder Chelsea Morris (St. Louis, Missouri) picked up her first collegiate goal. Morris gave the Eagles a 1-0 off a cross in front of the goal by senior forward Haley Rheinlander (Evansville, Indiana).

USI goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) made the second half goal stand up as she led the Eagles between the posts. The win was Hopkin’s sixth win and a career-best fifth shutout of the year.

Overall in the game, Hopkins blanked the Cardinals by making five saves and facing a total of six shots.

The Eagles plays its final road game of the regular season when they visit Rockhurst University Sunday at noon. Rockhurst saw its season mark go to 6-7-0 overall and 4-6-0 GLVC after falling to McKendree University in overtime, 1-0, this evening in Kansas City, Missouri.

USI is behind in the all-time series with Rockhurst, 11-1-1, after falling to the Hawks last year, 4-0, at home.

Following Sunday’s match, USI comes back to Strassweg Field for the longest and final homestand of 2017. The Eagles are scheduled to host Drury University October 20; Missouri University of Science & Technology October 22 for Senior Day and the annual Kick for the Cure match; and McKendree University October 25 for the 2017 regular season finale.

UE tennis continues ITA Regionals

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In the second day of the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, the University of Evansville women’s tennis team picked up more victories in their respective draws.

Daria Pentsova, Theodora Soldatou and Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga each picked up victories in the B draw.  Pentsova defeated Belmont’s, Suzanna Stapler, 6-1, 6-1 and went on to defeat EKU’s Raquel Montalvo, 6-4, 6-3.  Next up is APSU’s Helena Kuppig.

Picking up two wins on Friday was Pascual-Larrinaga.  She got past UT Martin’s Mizuki Sakurai, 6-1, 6-0 before taking down Denise Buberl from Lipscomb, 6-2, 6-1.  She moves on to face Purdue’s Zala Dovnik on Saturday.

Soldatou grabbed a victory against Rafaela Baquerizo from Purdue due to a withdrawl.  She advanced to take on Austin Peay’s Helena Kuppig where she fell by finals of 6-1, 6-4.  Also in the B draw, Nicoli Pereira fell to EKU’s Margaux Lacroix, 6-2, 6-2.

Main draw singles featured Diana Tkachenko taking on Sadie Hammond of Tennessee where she fell, 6-3, 6-0.  Chieko Yamada took part in main draw consolations and picked up a win over Maria Plaksina from Belmont, 6-3, 6-1.  In B draw consolations, Marie Kapelevich faced off against Tennessee State, winning 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles saw Tkachenko and Pentsova earn a win over the duo from Purdue and Chattanooga by an 8-2 final and are set to take on Austin Peay on Saturday afternoon. APSU’s duo of Schmidt-Jorgensen/Collins defeated Pascual-Larrinaga and Pereira to reach the finals to face Tkachenko and Pentsova.

Yamada and Soldatou fell in their doubles tilt against Tennessee, 8-5.

 

USI Volleyball outlasts Northwood in Crossover opener

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University of Southern Indiana Volleyball racked up 17.5 blocks as it rallied from a pair of one-set deficits to defeat Northwood University 19-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-14, 15-9 in its opening match of the Midwest Region Crossover Friday afternoon.

Senior middle hitter Te’Ayla Whitfield (Fort Wayne, Indiana) finished with 13 kills and a career-high 11 blocks as the Screaming Eagles earned their third consecutive victory.

After recording just six kills and a .000 attacking percentage in the opener, the Eagles roared back behind a balanced attack to grab a seven-point win in the second frame and even the match at a set apiece. Whitfield had three kills and three blocks in the second set, while sophomore outside hitter Mikaila Humphrey (Floyd Knobs, Indiana) and sophomore right side hitter Amanda Jung (Belleville, Illinois) each chipped in four kills.

Northwood (10-8), which defeated the Eagles in four sets at the Dunn Hospitality Invitational last month, used a late 7-3 run to take a two-point win in the third set. USI fought off set-point three times before falling into a 2-1 deficit in the match.

USI (6-13) pushed its way to a 12-6 lead in the fourth set and used a 13-4 run to close the frame with an 11-point win to send the match into a decisive fifth frame. The Eagles, who hit .385 in the second frame, had a .343 attacking percentage in the fourth stanza to even the contest at two sets each.

The Eagles used an 11-2 run to run to away with the six-point win in the decisive fifth set. Whitfield had three kills and a block to aid USI, which won its second five-set decision in less than a week.

In addition to Whitfield, who had a .320 attacking percentage, USI got 18 kills and a .417 attacking clip from Humphrey as well as 11 kills and five blocks from Jung.

Sophomore middle hitter Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) added 10 kills and four blocks, while freshman setter Casey Cepicky (St. Louis, Missouri) finished with 50 assists, 10 digs and three blocks. Senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) had 18 digs and three aces to pace the Eagles’ back row, while sophomore defensive specialist Lizzy Gardner (Lafayette, Indiana) added 13 digs and a pair of aces.

USI returns to action Saturday when it takes on Ashland University at 10 a.m. and Ohio Valley University at 4 p.m. to conclude the Midwest Region Crossover.

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Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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One Killed in Evansville Shooting

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CHANNEL 44 NEWS: One Killed in Evansville Shooting

TYRONE MORRIS EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

 One person has died in a shooting Friday night.

It happened in the 2000 block of Frisse Avenue in Evansville.

Evansville police say a woman was killed but aren’t releasing anything else about who she is or what led to the shooting.

The calls first came in around 8:30, and more than 20 police and medic units were on scene.

Stay with 44News on air and online for updates.

 

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch to Receive 2017 Champion of Youth First Award

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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch to Receive 2017 Champion of Youth First Award

Youth First, Inc. will honor Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch at its 10th Annual Breakfast of Champions event on Tuesday, October 17th at 7:00 am at St. Vincent Manor in Evansville. Crouch will receive the Dr. William Wooten Champion of Youth First Award.

Through her public service career and personal pursuits, Lt. Governor Crouch has focused on improving opportunities for Hoosiers. Having witnessed Youth First’s continued success strengthening youth and families, Suzanne became a champion for expanding the organization’s evidence-based prevention model.

Proud to have been born and raised in Evansville, Suzanne is a vibrant leader and passionate community advocate with a heart for serving others, especially those challenged by disabilities. She receivedthe 2012 Public Policy Award from the ARC of Indiana for her work with people with disabilities and was named Legislator of the Year in 2011 by the Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities.

Before becoming the 52nd Lt. Governor of Indiana, Suzanne served as State Auditor. Prior to that, she served as the State Representative for House District 78, which encompasses parts of Vanderburgh andWarrick Counties. She previously held the offices of Vanderburgh County Auditor and Vanderburgh County Commissioner.

The media is invited to attend the Breakfast of Champions. Suzanne will be available for interviews and photos immediately following the event (approximately 8:30 am). Media is asked to RSVP to JanaPritchett (jpritchett@youthfirstinc.org) by Monday, October 16th.

About Youth First, Inc.:

Youth First’s mission is to strengthen youth and families through evidence-based programs that prevent substance abuse, promote healthy behaviors, and maximize student success. Youth First partners with 59 schools across 7 countiesto provide 39 Master’s level social workers who assess needs, develop and implement prevention plans, and connect students and their families to community resources. Youth First also offers afterschool programs involving parents andcaregivers to strengthen families. For more information about Youth First, please visit www.youthfirstinc.org or call 812-421-8336 www.youthfirstinc.org or call 812-421-833

 

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CONNECTIONS bt Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

CONNECTIONS

Father George Rapp of Pennsylvania and Robert Owen of New Lanark, Scotland each hoped their visions for Mankind would manifest in New Harmony, Indiana. Rapp’s vision involving Christ’s Second Coming and Owen’s involving a world without any traditional religions look different but have similar dreams at their base. A world without private property ownership was one of the major goals for both.

I will leave an analysis of Rapp’s grand plans to the theologians. As to Owen’s, I defer to the philosophers but will refer to Robert Owen, A View of Society and Other Writings edited by Gregory Glaeys who is a Professor of History at Royal University of London and a recognized authority on Robert Owen.

According to Glaeys, Robert Owen (1771-1858) was one of the greatest British social reformers and was a pioneer in schemes for humane factory management, the eight-hour workday and the education of the poor. Owen even now remains respected as a pioneer socialist, feminist and advocate of an ecological approach to industry and urban life.

One of the most interesting ironies of the connections between the philosophies of Rapp and Owen and New Lanark and New Harmony is that the clergy was one of Owen’s fiercest opponents. Yet elements of Rapp’s Christian thought and Owen’s abhorrence of Christianity and all other organized religions intertwine, especially their mutual calls for a new world order and disdain for economic competition and individualism. Perhaps that was why and how Owen and Rapp knew of one another and what led to Owen in New Lanark, Scotland buying Rapp’s town of New Harmony, Indiana.

Glaeys describes that transaction as follows:

“In 1825 he (Owen) purchased a ready-made community set on 20,000 acres in southern Indiana from a pietistic German sect, the Rappites. At New Harmony he spent about 40,000 pounds (about $240,000) or four fifths of his New Lanark fortune in a fruitless effort to organize a disparate group of about 800 radicals, freethinkers, backwoodsmen and scientists.”

p. xvi

Unfortunately, too many of the 800 thought Owen’s utopian concept simply meant they could do nothing and Owen would support them. These ingrates had ample reason for this attitude based on Owen’s own creed as set forth in his Manifesto:

“Individual and national competition and contest are the best modes (under the then existing circumstances) by which wealth can be created and distributed.

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But it is obtained by creating and calling into full action, the most inferior feelings, the meanest faculties, the worst passions, and the most injurious vices which can be cultivated in human nature.”

p. 358

Owen sought a system of production and distribution that called for “…[T]he least labour to all members of a society, and especially with the least amount of unhealthy and disagreeable employment.”

Well, Gentle Reader, you can probably see how such an experiment might turn out. You are right. In about two years Owen’s heaven on earth was more akin to Purgatory. And Owen’s insistence on a strict compliance to his principles on his terms did not engender enthusiastic compliance. Or as the ancient Greeks might have observed, hubris is a mortal flaw.

There is so much more to Robert Owen and the symbiotic relationship between New Lanark, Scotland and New Harmony, Indiana than can be crammed within a few newspaper columns. However if you care to hang around awhile I plan to cram some stuff into my next few epistles.

But before the following weeks’ offerings, I must address last week’s column thanks to our friend and Robert Owen authority, Linda Warrum from New Harmony. Linda read last week’s column and offered some advice. First, Linda, thanks for reading Gavel Gamut; you have doubled my audience. Secondly, thanks for pointing out not all of Robert Owen’s children were given the middle name of Dale and Father Rapp’s group were not German Lutherans but Pietists who, “…[E]mphasized personal piety over religious formality and the orthodoxy of the Lutheran Church.” It was nice of Linda to both read Gavel Gamut and respond.

For more Gavel Gamut articles go to:

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