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Rep. Messer’s Effort to Overturn Obama Rule Forcing States to Fund Abortion Providers Becomes Law

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President Donald Trump signed into law a legislative effort championed by Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) that overturns an Obama regulation forcing states to distribute public tax dollars to abortion providers.

The Department of Health and Human Services rule, finalized just weeks before the end of former President Obama’s term, prevented states from withholding Title X “family planning” grants to facilities that provide abortion, like Planned Parenthood.

Messer co-sponsored H.J. Res 43, which reverses the rule and allows states, like Indiana, to make the judgement call not to direct public tax dollars to the abortion industry. Messer led this effort, authoring H.J. Res 39 – an identical bill – in January.

“Today is at victory for pro-life policy and for the majority of Americans who agree tax dollars should not fund abortions,” Messer said. “I commend President Trump for standing with Congress and states, and signing H.J. Res 43 into law. I will always fight for policies that defend life.”

Messer was a leader in the effort to repeal this rule, calling on Congress to make this a priority back in December 2016. He garnered broad support for the effort, including nearly 140 members of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as advocacy groups like March for Life, National Right to Life, Susan B. Anthony List, Alliance Defending Freedom, Focus on the Family and Indiana Right to Life.

“No state should be coerced into supporting the abortion industry. We applaud Rep. Messer’s efforts to stop the flow of our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood and any organization that profits from the destruction of innocent, human life,” said Mike Fichter, President and CEO of Indiana Right to Life.

H.J. Res 43 is now law.

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Aces secure first MVC series with doubleheader sweep of Illinois State

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Craig Shepherd sent the fourth pitch of the game over the wall in left field, and it proved a harbinger of good things for the Aces offense as the University of Evansville baseball team touched home 20 times over the course of a doubleheader sweep of Illinois State at Duffy Bass Field.

The two victories gave the Aces their second series win of the season, and their first in Missouri Valley Conference. UE moved to 12-22 on the year, which includes a 3-5 mark in league play. Meanwhile, ISU dropped to 10-23 and 0-5, respectively.

Despite the run support, Saturday’s opener was decided in extra innings after the Aces leveled the game with a ninth inning score. Perhaps that was to be expected in this series as three of the four meetings between UE and ISU a year ago were resolved in extras.

After each team scored five runs in the opening stanza, the Aces took the lead for the second time in the fourth. A failed pickoff from ISU starter Jeffrey Barton allowed Nate Reeder to move from first to third base, and he’d score moments later on a Craig Shepherd sacrifice fly. The lead would prove short-lived, however, as a Bryce Grimm double leveled things once again an inning later.

Shepherd finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of runs batted in, and the Redbirds were led by the duo of Zach Barnhart and Derek Parola, which combined to go 6-for-10 at the plate with four scores and three RBI. Grimm was 2-for-5.

Eagles lose regular season finale to Flyers

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The 34th-ranked University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team ended the regular season with a loss Saturday, when they fell to Lewis University 5-4 at the USI Tennis Courts.

Senior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia) and sophomore Ilia Karelin (Ekaterinburg, Russia) led the way for the Screaming Eagles, but it wasn’t enough for the win. Barris won 6-3, 6-4 at number three singles, and Karelin added a 6-1, 6-3 win at number four. They also teamed up at number two doubles for an 8-3 win.

Number three doubles had a decisive outcome. The match was tied 8-8, but freshman Denis Davydov (Chorvatsky Grob, Slovakia) and junior Jack Lipchik (Kokomo, Indiana) came up just short, 9-8 (7-4). Lipchik picked up the other point for the Eagles at number six singles, with a 6-3, 6-4 victory.

The Eagles will now participate in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tennis Championships April 21-23 at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis, Missouri. USI is the third seed in the East, and will take on the second seed from the West.

 

Lewis 5, #34 Southern Indiana 4
Apr 15, 2017 at Evansville, Indiana (USI Tennis courts)

Singles competition
1. Mate Srdanovic (LEWIS) def. Samuel Kiladejo (USI) 6-3, 6-1
2. Alan Braschinsky (LEWIS) def. Denis Davydov (USI) 6-2, 6-2
3. Aaron Barris (USI) def. Andre Norasith (LEWIS) 6-3, 6-4
4. Ilia Karelin (USI) def. Brendan Peterson (LEWIS) 6-1, 6-3
5. Chandler Stimpert (LEWIS) def. Andrew Dones (USI) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
6. Jack Lipchik (USI) def. Benjamin Kasbeer (LEWIS) 6-3, 6-4


Doubles competition
1. Mate Srdanovic/Alan Braschinsky (LEWIS) def. Andrew Dones/Samuel Kiladejo (USI) 8-6
2. Aaron Barris/Ilia Karelin (USI) def. Andre Norasith/Brendan Peterson (LEWIS) 8-3
3. Chandler Stimpert/Anton Levitin (LEWIS) def. Denis Davydov/Jack Lipchik (USI) 9-8 (7-4)
Match Notes
Lewis 13-9, 5-1 GLVC
Southern Indiana 16-9, 4-2 GLVC; National ranking #34

Eagles end season with loss to Lewis

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s tennis team concluded its season Saturday afternoon, dropping a 7-2 decision to Lewis University at the USI Tennis Courts.

Freshman Alex Jamison (Floyds Knobs, Indiana) and junior Haley Jones (Ft. Branch, Indiana) picked up the two wins for the Screaming Eagles. Jamison won 6-3, 6-2 at number five singles, while Jones won 6-4, 6-2 at number six. Jones and Jamison also teamed up in doubles, but took an 8-6 defeat at number three.

Senior Kymberly Brannon (Louisville, Kentucky) came up just short in her final match, falling 6-4, 6-2 at number four singles.

The Eagles ended the season 10-11 overall, and 2-4 in the GLVC.

 

Lewis 7, Southern Indiana 2
Apr 15, 2017 at Evansville, Indiana (USI Tennis Courts)

Singles competition
1. Dora Andrejszki (LEWIS) def. Lauren Hambrock (USI) 6-1, 6-3
2. Nora Mindiyarova (LEWIS) def. Kelsey Shipman (USI) 6-0, 6-0
3. Oana Trus (LEWIS) def. Brenna Wu (USI) 6-1, 6-1
4. Sara Grozdanovic (LEWIS) def. Kymberly Brannon (USI) 6-4, 6-2
5. Alex Jamison (USI) def. Megan Conlin (LEWIS) 6-3, 6-2
6. Haley Jones (USI) def. Hailey Bruining (LEWIS) 6-4, 6-2

 

Doubles competition
1. Dora Andrejszki/Nora Mindiyarova (LEWIS) def. Kelsey Shipman/Brenna Wu (USI) 8-0
2. Oana Trus/Sara Grozdanovic (LEWIS) def. Lauren Hambrock/Kymberly Brannon (USI) 8-5
3. Hailey Bruining/Megan Conlin (LEWIS) def. Alex Jamison/Haley Jones (USI) 8-6

 

Match Notes
Lewis 15-6, 4-2 GLVC
Southern Indiana 10-11, 2-4 GLVC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)

Eagles hang on for DH sweep of Flyers

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Softball held on for a 2-1 game-two victory to earn a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader sweep of visiting Lewis University Saturday afternoon at the USI Softball Field. The No. 8 Screaming Eagles won game one, 4-1.

 

USI (38-8, 17-5 GLVC) returns to action next Saturday when it hosts Quincy University in a GLVC doubleheader at the USI Softball Field. Saturday’s games are Awareness Day for USI, while the Eagles’ final home games of the regular season against Truman State University April 23 represent Senior Day.

 

Game 1 | Southern Indiana 4, Lewis 1

–Box Score

 

The Eagles erupted for three runs off five hits in the bottom of the fourth inning to overcome a 1-0 deficit. Junior third baseman Mena Fulton (Bloomington, Indiana) had an RBI-single to tie the contest, while freshman outfielder Allison Schubert (Nicholasville, Kentucky) had a two-run single to give USI a 3-1 advantage.

 

Fulton, who was 2-of-3 with a pair of RBIs, had a run-scoring triple in the fifth frame to give freshman pitcher Jennifer Leonhardt (Louisville, Kentucky) a three-run cushion.

 

Leonhardt (22-1) allowed just one run off five hits in seven innings of work to earn her 19th straight win and GLVC-best 22nd victory of the year. She had three strike outs and just one walk.

 

Lewis (22-21, 10-12 GLVC) opened the scoring in the top of the third inning with a solo home run off the bat of third baseman Kendyl Strack.

 

Game 2 | Southern Indiana 2, Lewis 1

–Box Score

 

USI got a two-out, RBI-single off the bat of senior catcher Haley Hodges (Portage, Indiana) in the last half of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. Junior first basemanMarleah Fossett (Brownsburg, Indiana) gave the Eagles a two-run cushion in the fifth inning with a two-out, RBI-double down the leftfield line.

 

The Flyers capitalized on a pair of USI errors in the seventh inning as they cut USI’s advantage in half. Clinging to a 2-1 lead and with runners at first and second and one out, sophomore pitcher Caitlyn Bradley (Forest, Indiana) induced a ground ball and a fly out in back-to-back at-bats to get out of the jam and preserve the Eagles’ one-run victory.

 

Bradley (6-2) earned the win for USI after giving up just one unearned run off four hits in seven innings of work. She had four strike outs and just one walk.

 

Southern Indiana 4, Lewis 1 (Apr 15, 2017 at Evansville, IN) (Game 1)

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Lewis…………… 001 000 0 -  1  5  1      (22-20, 10-11 GLVC)

Southern Indiana…. 000 310 X -  4  7  2      (37-8, 16-5 GLVC)

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Pitchers: Lewis – Sanders, Dara; Boelte, Taylor(6) and DeMasi, Sarah. Southern Indiana –

Leonhardt, Jennifer and Hodges, Haley.

Win-Leonhardt, Jennifer(22-1)  Loss-Sanders, Dara(15-6)  T-1:35  A-111

HR LEWIS – Strack, Kendyl (2).

Weather: 70s, sunny

Game: 45-LEWIS

 

Southern Indiana 2, Lewis 1 (Apr 15, 2017 at Evansville, IN) (Game 2)

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Lewis…………… 000 000 1 -  1  4  0      (22-21, 10-12 GLVC)

Southern Indiana…. 100 010 X -  2  7  2      (38-8, 17-5 GLVC)

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Pitchers: Lewis – Sanders, Dara and DeMasi, Sarah. Southern Indiana – Bradley, Caitlyn and

Hodges, Haley.

Win-Bradley, Caitlyn(6-2)  Loss-Sanders, Dara(15-7)  T-1:33  A-111

Weather: 80s, sunny

Game: 46-LEWIS

 

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