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Eagles Lose A Heartbreaker In Overtime

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the University of Indianapolis, 2-1, Friday evening at Strassweg Field. The Screaming Eagles fall to 2-4-0 overall and 0-4-0 in the GLVC, while UIndy sees its record go to 5-2-0 overall and 4-1-0 in the league.

After the Greyhounds took the early lead at 15:35, Eagles’ sophomore midfielder Sean Rickey (Columbia, Illinois) knotted up the match at 1-1 with his second goal of the year at 40:47. Rickey knocked in the rebound of a shot by junior defender Brandon Williams (Avon, Indiana). The 1-1 tie would last through the intermission and second half, setting the stage for overtime.

In overtime, UIndy scored on the only shot of extra time for the 2-1 victory at 96:49. Overall, USI outshot UIndy, 18-8, and had an advantage of 10-2 in corner kicks.

USI ends the two-match homestand Sunday when it host the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff. UW-Parkside saw its record go to 2-5-0 overall and 2-3-0 in the conference after defeating McKendree University, 3-1, this evening in Lebanon, Illinois.

The Eagles trail the all-time series with UW-Parkside, 16-9-2. The Eagles took last year’s meeting, 3-2, and have a 2-1-1 record in the last four match-ups.

Follow the live coverage of USI Men’s Soccer, including live stats and video, on GoUSIEagles.com.

USI Volleyball suffers three-set loss to No. 3 Lewis

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University of Southern Indiana Volleyball suffered a 25-18, 25-18, 25-15 setback to No. 3 Lewis University Friday night at the Physical Activities Center.

The Screaming Eagles (3-8, 1-2 GLVC) kept pace with the Flyers early in the first two sets, but a 7-1 run in the opening frame and an 11-5 push in the second stanza propelled Lewis to a pair of seven-point wins and a 2-0 lead in the match.

USI rallied from an early five-point hole to forge a 7-7 tie early in the third set, but a 9-2 Lewis surge put the frame out of reach for the Eagles. Lewis (11-1, 3-0 GLVC) hit .423 in the third set and .310 for the match to remain undefeated in league play.

Sophomore middle hitter Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) led the Eagles with nine kills and a .250 attacking percentage, while senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) had 12 digs.

The Eagles return to action Saturday at 3 p.m. when they host the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the PAC. The Rangers (4-7, 2-1 GLVC) defeated Bellarmine University in four sets Friday night in Louisville, Kentucky.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Volleyball suffered a 25-18, 25-18, 25-15 setback to No. 3 Lewis University Friday night at the Physical Activities Center.

The Screaming Eagles (3-8, 1-2 GLVC) kept pace with the Flyers early in the first two sets, but a 7-1 run in the opening frame and an 11-5 push in the second stanza propelled Lewis to a pair of seven-point wins and a 2-0 lead in the match.

USI rallied from an early five-point hole to forge a 7-7 tie early in the third set, but a 9-2 Lewis surge put the frame out of reach for the Eagles. Lewis (11-1, 3-0 GLVC) hit .423 in the third set and .310 for the match to remain undefeated in league play.

Sophomore middle hitter Elexis Coleman (Joliet, Illinois) led the Eagles with nine kills and a .250 attacking percentage, while senior libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) had 12 digs.

The Eagles return to action Saturday at 3 p.m. when they host the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the PAC. The Rangers (4-7, 2-1 GLVC) defeated Bellarmine University in four sets Friday night in Louisville, Kentucky.

Short Box Score (Match)
#3 Lewis vs Southern Indiana (Sep 22, 2017 at Evansville, IN)

Lewis def. Southern Indiana 25-18,25-18,25-15

Lewis (11-1, 3-0 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Schneider, Aly 12-0-8; Seliga, Maddie 9-1-4; Hyland, Elizabeth 8-0-2; Sparkman, Bailey 6-1-0; Stefanon, Caroline 6-0-4; Preuss, Alexandra 3-1-1; Becker, Abby 2-0-5; Poppen, Jamie 0-1-0; Totals 46-4-13.0. (Assists) – Becker, Abby 39. (Dig leaders) – Katarzynski, Ronni 13; Hyland, Elizabeth 11; Becker, Abby 9; Seliga, Maddie 8

Southern Indiana (3-8, 1-2 GLVC) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Coleman, Elexis 9-0-1; Whitfield, Te’Ayla 6-0-2; Yochum, Alyssa 5-0-0; Humphrey, Mikaila 5-0-1; James, Shawntel 3-0-3; Cepicky, Casey 1-0-0; Totals 29-0-4.0. (Assists) – Cepicky, Casey 21. (Dig leaders) – Farrell, Shannon 12; Lee, Jessica 5

Schreiber notches 19 kills in MVC opener

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Aces fall by 3-2 final to Indiana State

Cathy Schreiber posted 19 kills while Rachel Tam added 18 as the University of Evansville volleyball team fell to Indiana State by a 3-2 final on Friday night in Terre Haute.

Schreiber hit an unbelievable .429 in the game to lead UE (6-7, 0-1 MVC).  Tam had 18 tallies while Rocio Fortuny finished with 12.  Allana McInnis set her career mark with 54 assists and Cassie Brooks finished the night with 20 digs.  Leading the way for the Sycamores (3-10, 0-1 MVC) was Laura Gross, who had 16 kills.

Evansville was able to strike at the right time in the opening game, taking a 31-29 victory in an exciting start to the evening.  Allana McInnis had a service ace in the early-going as the Aces took an early 8-6 advantage.  ISU came back to tie it at 9-9 before four more ties led to a 16-16 score.

That is when Erlicia Griffith struck with a kill as the Aces reeled off four in a row to take their largest edge at 20-16.  The Sycamores started to close in; down 24-22, they notched the next three points to take a 25-24 lead.  Back-and-forth play continued, leading to a 29-29 score.  That is when Cathy Schreiber took matters into her own hands, posting the final two kills to give UE a 31-29 win and a 1-0 lead on the night.

Indiana State was able to knot the match up with a decisive 25-16 win in the second set.  Up 12-11, the Sycamores finished the frame on a 13-5 run to tie the match.

A quick start set the Aces off to a 25-9 win in game three.  Rachel Tam had a kill and service ace in the opening sequence.  From there, it was all Aces as they extended their edge all the way to the 25-9 final as Schreiber had the clinching kill.

Back-to-back kills from Rocio Fortuny saw Evansville grab another early advantage in the fourth set.  Her kills gave UE an 11-7 lead.  The lead reached as many as six at 17-11 before Indiana State stormed back.  A 9-3 run saw them tie the score up at 20-20 before Halle Leuck’s ace gave ISU the 25-23 win to force a fifth set.

ISU took control to start off the fifth, posting five in a row to take a 5-0 lead.  Evansville came right back with four in a row to cut the deficit to one.  Tam helped UE wrestle the lead away as a pair of kills put the lead back in the Aces hands at 9-7.  Just as fast as the Aces made their run, Indiana State had a run of its own, posting the ensuing three tallies before finishing the night off with a 16-14 win to clinch the match.

Monday night is the home conference opener for the Aces as they face off against Illinois State inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.

 

USI battles to 2 OT 1-1 tie in home opener

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team battled the University of Indianapolis to a 1-1 double-overtime tie in its 2017 home opener Friday evening at Strassweg Field. USI goes to 3-2-2 overall and 1-1-2 in GLVC play, while UIndy ends the match 4-2-1 overall, 3-1-1 in the league.

The double-overtime match was the third-straight for the Screaming Eagles, dating back to the Maryville University match on September 10. USI is 0-1-2 in the three overtime matches.

The Screaming Eagles and the Greyhounds battled to the scoreless drive through the first 45 minutes. USI had a slight advantage in the offensive end, leading in shots, 9-8.

In the second half, freshman midfielder Sunny Lehman (Evansville, Indiana) gave USI a 1-0 lead with the match’s goal at 71:18. Lehmann recorded her third of the season when she pushed a rebound of a shot off the crossbar by freshman forward Ashley Hayes (St. Charles, Illinois).

USI would hold the 1-0 lead until 34 seconds remaining in the match when the Greyhounds scored the equalizer and send the match into extra time tied, 1-1.

In the two overtime periods, the Eagles had the momentum, leading in shots, 7-2, but could not find the back of the Greyhounds goal. USI also had a 25-20 lead overall in shots during the match.

Between the posts for USI, junior goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) recorded second no-decision of the season. Hopkins allowed the single goal, making eight saves and facing the 20 shots.

USI concludes the first homestand of the season Sunday at noon when it hosts the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The Rangers saw its record to 1-6-1 overall and 0-4-01 GLVC after tying McKendree University in double-overtime, 0-0, this evening in Lebanon, Illinois.

The Eagles trail the all-time series with UW-Parkside, 13-9-2, after losing last year’s match-up at Strassweg Field, 1-0. USI is looking to break a four-match losing streak to the Rangers with their last victory coming in double-overtime at Strassweg Field in 2012.

Follow the live coverage of USI women’s soccer matches, including live stats and video, on GoUSIEagles.com.

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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Annual BrewFest To Feature 300 Craft Beers

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Channel 44 News: Annual BrewFest to Feature 300 Craft Beers

Weather temperatures should be normal for SWIRCA’s BrewFest, set for Saturday at Bosse Field. It’s an important fundraiser to help SWIRCA serve the needs of older Tri-State residents.

This year’s BrewFest will feature more than 300 craft beers throughout Bosse Field. You can also sample 50 wines and take in some acoustic music. BrewFest is the only beer festival in Indiana with hard liquor tastings, too. The money raised will go toward some critical programs and services.

“88 cents of every dollar that we raise goes back into SWIRCA programs. Our nutrition program, our activities center, our ADRC, and case management,” says SWIRCA Development Coordinator.

Again, BrewFest runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Bosse Field.

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY by Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine

www.jamesmredwine.com

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

After writing this column for twenty-seven years I can easily delude myself into believing that the reason no one writes in with complaints is because people agree with my opinions. Of course, I am fully aware a more likely reason is because no one reads them.

Be that as it may, should you have read “Gavel Gamut” recently you know the general topic has been the state of discourse and discussion in America. More to the point, why do so many people seem so angry with people whose only sin is to voice an opinion with which others disagree?

While even every day conversations among friends now sometimes turn into shouting matches and hurt feelings, the worst practitioners of “My way or the highway” are the cable television news anchors and the editorial writers of large newspapers. These pundits with public pulpits who are purveyors of pusillanimous perfidy often take it upon themselves to state as a fact that some statement by some public figure is false. Frequently no foundation is laid and no leeway is given for a statement being a mistake.

Usually the public figure who is maligned as mendacious, not misguided, has no opportunity to respond. An attack is launched and in our contemporary world of instant Internet access by millions of ill informed users the attack becomes the reality.

An electorate that forms its opinions on such marshy grounds might support government actions which are anathema to our nation’s welfare. Also, a steady diet of such diatribes could result in a backlash against the First Amendment. That would truly lead to a national disaster.

I know calling for self-policing by the media could morph into a call for government policing of the media. So what alternatives do we have? There are many, of course, but I would like to suggest we encourage the application of a few self-imposed procedures that might help make our current hostile environment more positive.

These procedures are neither secret nor complicated and have been slowly and carefully crafted over many years. Well, maybe next week.

For more Gavel Gamut articles go to:

www.jamesmredwine.com

 

Bestselling Author Sharyn McCrumb Visits Willard Library!

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Willard Library
Sharyn McCrumb!

Saturday, September 30, 2017 
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 “The Unquiet Grave”     10:00am
Join New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb as she discusses the genealogical research involved in writing her latest novel which is based on the true story of Greenbrier Ghost.
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♫ “Words & Music” ♪ 7:00pm
  Sharyn McCrumb and award-winning Bluegrass musician Jack Hinshelwood present “Words &   Music.” Sharyn will discuss and read from her Ballad novels while Jack plays the traditional tunes associated with each book.
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WHY NFL GAMES ARE UNWATCHABLE

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WHY NFL GAMES ARE UNWATCHABLE

Making Sense by Michael Reagan

“National Football League TV ratings down 13 percent in Week 1.”

“NFL ratings in free fall.”

Those headlines don’t surprise me one bit.

But the NFL’s rapidly declining popularity has nothing to do with televising too many games a week, too many commercials, too much violence or too many mediocre teams.

It has everything to do with politics – liberal politics.

I’m a very political guy, in case you hadn’t noticed.

But like most normal sports fans, I watch football on TV to relax, to enjoy myself.

I love nothing better than to sit back on Saturday mornings and watch college teams play all day.

Colleges still let you enjoy the game, but NFL games have become unwatchable.

On Sunday, Monday and Thursday the first thing you see when you tune in to a pro game are players taking a knee during the “National Anthem” because of some political reason.

I don’t give a damn what the quarterback, the head coach or the owner of the team thinks or tweets about politics, the president or the Steven King movie “It.”

All I care is, “Are you going to win or lose? Can you pass, catch the ball or coach? Will the game be a good one?”

You wonder why so many people are so angry about politics these days?

It’s because they can’t get away from it – not even for three hours on a Sunday afternoon for a dumb football game.

I watch sports to take a break and to get as far away as I can from the 24/7 political news cycle that dominates our daily lives.

But the NFL and ESPN – which is laying off people because its ratings also are plummeting — have made it impossible to take a respite from politics.

ESPN on-air staffers like Jemele Hill think it’s OK to go on a rant accusing President Trump of being a white supremacist.

ESPN’s liberal bosses should have canned her the way they canned conservative Curt Schilling a few years ago for saying politically incorrect things like Islamist extremists were like Nazis.

But they’ve accepted Hill’s apology and, despite her previous political rantings, still employ her.

ESPN’s owners are especially stupid to allow Hill to keep her job, since her attack on Trump offended millions of their viewers in Flyover Country who voted for him.

If it keeps practicing this kind of political bias, ESPN is liable to find itself being challenged by the FSN – the Fox Sports Network.

But I wouldn’t like it any better if I turned on “Monday Night Football” and heard Al Michaels and his sidekick Steve Bannon railing about crybaby Hillary Clinton and how awful her new book of excuses is.

If I want politics, I can watch “Hannity,” listen to Rush or tune in to one of the liberal Trump-bashing Sunday shows like “Meet the Press.”

The NFL should keep political posturing or messaging of every kind out of its games.

It’s up to team owners to pull up their jock straps and put an end to pre-game kneel-downs and protests before it gets out of control.

The owners need to tell their protesting stars and scrubs that, yes, you have a First Amendment right to kneel or sit during the “Anthem” if you want.

But they should add that if a player wants to make a political statement on game day, as owners they also have the right to make them sit out the rest of the season.

HEALTHCARE LUMPS

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