Indiana University head swimming coach Ray Looze announced the hiring of Caitlin Hamilton to the coaching staff on Monday.

Hamilton will serve as an assistant swimming coach for both the Indiana men’s and women’s teams

“Caitlin Hamilton brings a wealth of Big Ten experience to our program,” Looze remarked. “In just a few short years, she has established herself and an outstanding deck coach who specializes in technique, motivation, and leadership development. As a swimmer at Purdue, we had the greatest respect for what she accomplished and the challenges she overcame repeatedly. Our staff is excited to add her to what we feel is one of the very special groups of coaches available to swimmers at the NCAA and world class level of swimming. Her addition brings us one step closer to our dual program goals of placing six swimmers and the USA Olympic team in 2020 and winning the NCAA team title.”

Hamilton comes to Bloomington from IUPUI, where she served as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams, as well as the recruiting coordinator for the women’s team. In 2017, Hamilton helped recruit the highest-ranked class in program history, with the men’s team’s ranked nationally.

“I am honored and excited to become a part of the Indiana University family,” Hamilton said. “I would like to thank Coach Looze, the rest of the staff and the administration for the opportunity to join the program at such an exciting time. I have always admired the commitment to excellence that Indiana Swimming and Diving exemplifies at both the collegiate and international level. It is a great time to be a Hoosier.”

During her two years with the Jaguars, the team set 37 team records, posted six NCAA B time achievements and had two CSCAA Academic All-American teams.

During the 2015-2016 season the Jaguar men finished second and the women finished fourth at the Summit League Championships. Highlighting the Championship was Jon Stoller winning the 200 Breast. Overall the Jaguars broke 19 program records, achieved three NCAA B cuts and Maranda Buha was named a CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All American.

Previous to IUPUI, Hamilton worked with the University of Wyoming as an assistant coach of the combined program. While at Wyoming, she coached the mid-distance, distance and individual medley swimmers.

During her tenure, the Cowboys finished third at the Western Athletic Conference Championships (M) and fourth at the Mountain West Conference Championships (W). Overall finishing the year with one NCAA qualifier, four Conference Champions, and eight NCAA B Cuts.

In the previous season, she worked as an undergraduate Assistant Coach for Purdue University. With the Boilers, Hamilton worked mainly with the mid-distance freestyle and individual medley swimmers. The swimmers ended the season with a 25^th place finish at NCAAs from seven swimmers qualifying.

The Boilermakers also had a seventh place finish at the Big Ten Championships that year with two program and two freshman records broken. Hamilton also had roles in the Purdue athletic department as an intern for Purdue’s Athletic Development Department, the John Purdue Club.

As a student-athlete at Purdue, Hamilton earned All-America honors in the 1,650 freestyle during the 2009-10 season. She also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors the following season. She was a two-time Second-Team All-Big Ten and three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. On the national scene, Hamilton was a two-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events.

Hamilton graduated from Purdue in the spring of 2014 with degrees in Movement and Sport Science, as well as a degree in Public Health. In the spring of 2017, she graduated with a Masters of Kinesiology from Indiana University.

Aces In Ohio For 2-Day Tournament

BOARDMAN, Ohio – Giulia Mallmann and Sophia Rohleder were the top two performers in the opening round of play at the Roseanne Schwartz Invitational at Mill Creek Park Golf Course.

Mallmann and Rohleder each toured the course in a total of 82 strokes.  The duo is tied for 23^rd place on the leaderboard.  Next up were Minka Gill and Maria Pickens.  They each had rounds of 86 and are tied for 43^rd place.

Lexie Sollman finished the day one behind Pickens and Gill with an 87.  Madison Chaney had a solid start as an individual, carding an 83 to rank in a tie for 29^th.  Carly Waggoner completed the day with a score of 87.

The Purple Aces rank in 8^th place overall with a 336.  They are seven ahead of 9^th-place St. Francis (Pa.) and trail Niagara by just four strokes.

Marshall University leads the team standings with a score of 310.  They have a 3-shot lead over Cleveland State and pace 3^rd-place Akron by five.  Madison Butler of CSU leads the individuals with a score of 72.  She is three ahead of the Thundering Herd’s Shelby Brauckmuller.

One more round of play remains on Tuesday.

The University of Evansville men’s soccer team captured the 2017 ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic title with a 4-1 victory over Northern Illinois on Monday afternoon at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

“It was a good game today. Any time you can get two wins in a weekend, that’s what we talked to the guys about,” said Aces head coach Marshall Ray. “That’s what we’re going to have to do if we’re fortunate enough to get ourselves into that situation in the conference tournament. Being able to put two games together in a weekend is very important.”

The Aces struck first in the 15th minute as senior Arlick Ntabana spun through the defense and finished top shelf to give UE a 1-0 lead.

Just before the halftime break, Evansville added another goal as freshman Filip Johansson scored the first goal of his collegiate career after sprinting past his defender scoring past the keeper.

The second half started out much like the previous 45 minutes as junior Caleb Williams found the end of a free kick by sophomore Jesse Stafford Lacey and headed it into the back of the net.

NIU pulled one back in the 53rd minute with a goal by Jan Maertins off a cross by Noah Brodie that cut the Aces’ lead to 3-1. The Aces added a final tally in the 68th minute as senior Ian McGrath scored his fifth goal of the season on a penalty kick as UE secured a 4-1 win.

The Huskies narrowly out-shot Evansville, 16-15, with UE holding a 6-5 advantage on shots on-goal.

McGrath, Ntabana, Williams, and Adam Snow all tallied three shots to lead the Aces. Senior goalkeeper Matthew Keller captured his fourth win of the season in goal, making four saves on 16 shots.

After the match McGrath, Stafford Lacey, Keller, and senior Chris Shuck were all named to the All-Tournament team with Shuck capturing defensive MVP honors and McGrath being named offensive MVP.

The Aces hit the road for a pair of matches in the coming weeks starting with a showdown with Grand Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona at 9 p.m. on Thursday.

The Evansville Otters lost the 96^th and final game of the regular season 6-3 to the Gateway Grizzlies in front of an announced crowd of 7,451 at GCS Ballpark.

Evansville (52-44) saw two home runs account for all of their scoring to bring their season total to 99 in 2017.

Gateway (32-64) took the series over the Otters with back-to-back wins to close out their season.

With a Washington Wild Things win before the start of the game, the Otters automatically became the four seed for the 2017 Frontier League Division Series. Evansville will host the Schaumburg Boomers in the FLDS on Tuesday and Wednesday at Bosse Field.

The Otters got on the board first in the top of the first inning. Alejandro Segovia hit a two-run shot to left field to score himself and Brandon Soat who led off the inning with a single.

Gateway immediately responded in the bottom of the frame. An RBI single from Evan Rogers plated Cody Livesay to make it 2-1 in Evansville’s favor.

The Grizzlies took the lead in the third on a three-run home run from Brent Sakurai. Gateway then added their second home run of the night on a two-run blast from Dan Holst in the fifth to make it 6-2.

Evansville got one run back in the eighth on Nick Walker’s first home run of the year. With Walker’s home run, every active position player for Evansville finished the regular season with at least one home run.

Trent Lunsford took the loss for Evansville. The Otters starter walked a season high seven batters and gave up five hits in four innings of work. Lunsford allowed six earned runs in his second loss of the season.

Andrew Utterback and Kyano Cummings combined for four innings of scoreless baseball in relief of Lunsford.

Vincent Molesky was awarded the win for Gateway. Molesky threw eight innings giving up six hits and three earned runs. He struck out 12 with only one walk.

Molesky threw one pitch in the ninth before ceremoniously being removed by manager Phil Warren. Molesky was greeted by family and friends and even proposed to his girlfriend on the field. Molesky will age out of the league next season.

First pitch between Evansville and Schaumburg on Tuesday is set for 6:35 p.m.

Fans can listen on 91.5 WUEV with Lucas Corley (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (color commentary) providing coverage.

Tickets for FLDS games on Sept. 5-6 at Bosse Field are available by going to evansvilleotters.com or calling 812-435-8686.