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HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
Schedule updated as UE Softball welcomes Bradley
Aces to play 3-game set versus the Braves
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Sitting at 3-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference, the University of Evansville softball team is back home looking to extend its perfect start against Bradley at Cooper Stadium this weekend.
A schedule change has been announced for Saturday as the Purple Aces and Braves will now play a doubleheader at 10 a.m. due to the impending weather. Sunday’s game is still slated to begin at 12 p.m.
Former student-athlete and Evansville firefighter Beth Csukas will be recognized at 11:45 a.m. on Sunday with the MVC Most Courageous Award. All first responders, current and former, will receive free admission to Sunday’s game to honor Csukas. This includes firefighters, police, EMT, paramedics, etc.
For the first time since 2002, the Purple Aces opened up MVC play with a series sweep, taking all three games against Loyola last weekend. It was also the first conference-opening series win since 2008. Morgan Florey threw 14 innings against the Ramblers, giving up just one earned run as she won two games. She also hit the game-winning walk-off home run on Sunday. Michal Luckett had a homer of her own on Saturday and batted .556 in the series.
Sophomore Morgan Florey has been on fire as of late, throwing five complete games in a row while giving up just four earned runs over that span. In those 35 innings, Florey has fanned an unbelievable 62 batters while walking just seven batters en route to a perfect 5-0 mark. Her 12.4 strikeouts per seven innings over that span would rank in the top five in the nation. For the season, she has struck out 9.5 batters per seven frames, which is 24th in the NCAA. She was the MVC Pitcher of the Week.
Brittany Hay was the leader of the pack for the Purple Aces over the last week, leading the squad with a .545 batting average. Hay posted six hits in 11 at-bats while scoring a team-high seven runs. She drew two walks while getting on base 64.3% of the time. She slugged .909 on the week while notching two doubles, a triple and a steal.
Against NIU, Hay went 2-2 with three runs scored as the Aces grabbed a 4-2 win over the Huskies in the home opener. She batted .444 versus Loyola and sits at .300 on the season while leading the Aces with 17 runs scored, just four outside of the MVC’s top five.
Senior infielder Michal Luckett had a stellar weekend against Loyola, batting .556 while leading UE to the 3-game sweep. She recorded 5 hits in 9 at-bats. Two of those hits were doubles and another a home run. In the 1-0 win in the series opener against the Ramblers, Luckett scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Game two saw her have one of the top games any UE player has had this season – going 3-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored. She notched a 2-3 performance in the series finale and drew one of UE’s 2-out walks that saw the team walk it off in the seventh. For the season, she is batting .315.
Bradley enters the weekend with a mark of 15-14. In their first Valley series last weekend, the Braves dropped two out of three to Southern Illinois. Caitlyn McCarron and Kelly Kapp lead the BU offense. McCarron is hitting .482 on the season with four home runs and 27 RBI. Kapp is a force on the bases, sitting with 34 stolen bases on the season and is also just two steals away from breaking the all-time MVC mark of 92, which is currently held by Amy Pierce of Drake.
Hilltoppers defeat UE women’s tennis
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In their final match before starting Missouri Valley Conference play on Sunday, the University of Evansville women’s tennis team fell by a final of 6-1 at Western Kentucky on Friday.
Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga picked up the point for the Purple Aces, battling to the finish in the sixth flight. She defeated Lisa Friess in three sets, 2-6, 7-5, 10-4.
Chieko Yamada went three sets at top singles, but Elpida Malamou held on for the win, 4-6, 6-3, 10-2.
Evansville looks to open MVC action with a positive result on Sunday as they take on Wichita State at 10 a.m. at Wesselman Park.
Tennis Match Results
Evansville vs WKU
Mar 24, 2017 at Bowling Green, Ky.
(WKU Tennis Complex)
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WKU 6, Evansville 1
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Singles competition
1. Elpida Malamou (WKU) def. Chieko Yamada (UE) 4-6, 6-3, 10-2
2. A. Christopoulou (WKU) def. Diana Tkachenko (UE) 6-2, 6-3
3. Monica Malinen (WKU) def. Nicoli Pereira (UE) 6-3, 6-2
4. Cindy Oest (WKU) def. Daria Pentsova (UE) 6-2, 6-2
5. Natalia De Ugarte (WKU) def. Theodora Soldatou (UE) 6-1, 6-0
6. A. Pascual-Larrinaga (UE) def. Lisa Friess (WKU) 2-6, 7-5, 10-4
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Doubles competition
1. A. Christopoulou/Lisa Friess (WKU) def. Theodora Soldatou/Chieko Yamada (UE) 6-0
2. Natalia De Ugarte/Cindy Oest (WKU) def. Diana Tkachenko/Nicoli Pereira (UE) 6-1
3. Elpida Malamou/Monica Malinen (WKU) def. Andjela Brguljan/Daria Pentsova (UE) 6-0
Match Notes:
Evansville 10-11
WKU 10-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,5,2,3,1,6)
T-2:20 A-27
Little Rock/A-State Invitational next for UE women
A busy spring start to the spring season continues for the University of Evansville women’s golf team as they will play at the Little Rock/A-State Invitational on Monday and Tuesday in Maumelle, Arkansas.
Monday’s play will consist of 36 holes with the final 18 to be played on Tuesday at Maumelle Country Club. A shotgun start commences the action at 8:30 a.m. each day. The par is 72 with the yardage standing at 6,202. Teams participating include Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Evansville, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Toledo, UTEP and Wichita State.
Senior Kayla Katterhenry finished just one shot off of the lead as the team earned a 5th place finish at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at Sevierville Golf Club earlier this week. A 3-over 74 on Tuesday saw her finish one stroke behind medalist Elizabeth England of Carson-Newman. Katterhenry’s efforts in the tournament saw her post a 3-round tally of 220. She was named the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
Giulia Mallmann was second for the Purple Aces. She carded an 84 in the final round and completed the tournament with a 246 to finish in 28th. One behind her was Maggie Camp. The senior registered an 83 to total 247 strokes in the tournament, good for a 29th-place tie.
Madison Chaney and Lexie Sollman completed the top five. Chaney had her best round of the tournament on Tuesday, scoring an 81 to tie for 32nd with a 250. Sollman posted an 85 on her way to a 257. She placed 38th.
Woman Crashes Vehicle into Fire Hydrant while Fleeing from Sheriff’s Deputy
An Evansville woman is in custody after crashing her motor vehicle into a fire hydrant while fleeing from a sheriff’s deputy.
On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 11:25 AM a Sheriff’s Office detective observed a black Cadillac Deville sedan being operated by Ms. Krissie Kirk. The detective knew Ms. Kirk’s driver’s license was suspended, so he attempted to stop her in the area of Taylor Avenue near Rotherwood Avenue.
When the detective (who was in uniform and driving a fully marked Sheriff’s Office cruiser) activated his emergency lights and siren the vehicle sped away. The detective pursued the vehicle south on Lodge Avenue, past Holy Spirit School and Lodge School, reaching speed in excess of 60 mph. The vehicle ran a red light at E. Riverside Drive and then crashed into a fire hydrant and mailbox at Lilac Lane. The vehicle nearly struck a house at the corner of the intersection before coming to rest.
By the time the pursing detective was able to catch up the to vehicle, Ms. Kirk had already fled on foot and climbed over two fences. The detective deployed his K-9 partner and began to pursue Ms. Kirk on foot. After shouting multiple warnings, Ms. Kirk refused to stop fleeing and was then apprehended by the Sheriff’s Office K-9.
Ms. Kirk was transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the apprehension and was later booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail.
ARRESTED:
Krissie Kay Kirk (pictured above in December of 2016), 24, of Evansville. Resisting Law Enforcement as a Level 6 Felony, Resisting Law Enforcement as Class A Misdemeanor, Reckless Driving as a Class  A Misdemeanor, Criminal Mischief as a Class B Misdemeaor
Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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COA awards summary judgment to city in mountain bike liability case
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Court of Appeals granted summary judgment in favor of the city of Indianapolis and Indy Parks and Recreation department after determining that the city was not liable for injuries sustained by a mountain biker as he was riding on a city-owned trail.
In July 2011, Richard Kaler and his girlfriend were riding a mountain bike trail at Town Run Trail Park, owned by the city of Indianapolis through the Indy Parks and Recreation, when Kaler rode over the low-grade portion of a berm, which required him to do “a little bunny hop†to get back on the trail. However, on his second time through the trail, when it was beginning to get dark outside, Kaler opted to ride over the high-grade portion of the berm, lost control and fell down a two-foot drop.
Kaler was diagnosed with lacerations to his spleen and kidney, yet refused physical therapy and participated in a 100-mile bike ride later that summer. However, in September 2012, Kaler filed a complaint against the city on the basis of premises liability.
In response, the city moved for summary judgment, which the Marion Superior Court denied. The city appealed, and the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed in a Thursday decision.
Drawing on precedent from the cases of Burrell v. Meads, 569 N.E.2d 637 (Ind. 1991) and Pfenning v. Lineman, 947 N.E.2d 392(Ind. 2011), Judge Patricia Riley, writing for the appellate panel, said the designated evidence in Kaler’s case does not satisfy the three requirements laid out in Burrell with respect to the duty component of premises liability.
Specifically, Riley wrote that “it was objectively reasonable for the City … to expect Kaler to appreciate the risks of riding the trail and take suitable protections.†The difficulty of the trail was advertised as beginner through intermediate, and Kaler described himself as a “sophisticated†cyclist who enjoyed obstacles, such as berms, Riley said. Thus, it was objective and reasonable for the city to expect Kaler to recognize the trail’s risk and take appropriate precautions, the judge wrote.
Additionally, Kaler testified in a deposition that being involved in a bicycle crash was a general consequence of the sport, Riley wrote, so he cannot establish that the city had actual or constructive knowledge of a condition on the trail that posed unreasonable risk, another of the three Burrell factors.
Further, the appellate court held Thursday Kaler was contributorily negligent in his fall from the berm because he “knew and understood the precautions a reasonably prudent mountain biker should take – inspect the feature prior to riding it – but chose not to follow them.â€
The panel, therefore, reversed the denial of summary judgment and found in favor of the city in the case of Hoosier Mountain Bike Association, Inc., City of Indianapolis, and Indy Parks and Recreation v. Richard Kaler, 49A04-1604-CT-865.
It’s Not Too late To ‘Spring Aboard’Â
Indiana Conservation Officers will be partnering with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to encourage boaters to Spring Aboard and enroll in a boater education course. Working in partnership with the states, many on-line course providers will offer incentives or course discounts for students who enroll in or complete a course during the Spring Aboard campaign from March 19-25, 2017.
“An informed and knowledgeable boat operator is much more likely to recognize hazardous conditions on the water and avoid a boating mishapâ€, said Indiana Boating Law Administrator Lt. Kenton Turner. “Classroom courses are offered through Indiana Conservation Officers. Online courses are available 24/7 and provide state specific information needed for your boating location.â€
Forty-nine (49) states and U.S. territories require proof of completion of a boater education course for operators of some powered vessels. For Indiana available courses, visit: (online) https://www.boat-ed.com/indiana/index.html – (Classroom) https://www.register-ed.com/programs/indiana/104-indiana-boater-education/agency:25
For Indiana boating regulations and educational material visit:Â Â http://www.in.gov/dnr/lawenfor/8678.htm
According to the latest U.S. Coast Guard statistics, 80% of boating deaths occurred on boats where the operator had never received boating education instruction.
American Sewing Guild to meet March 28
The area chapter of the American Sewing Guild ill meet Tuesday March 28 at McCollough Branch Library’s Community Room on Washington Avenue. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. followed by the meeting from 6-7:45 p.m.
Our guest speaker will be Teresa Kinman from the Tri State Rug Hooking and Fabric Arts group. She will give a demonstration on rug hooking.
This group meets on the 4th Saturday of each month from 9-2Â at Mc
Collough Library for those who are interested.
Visitors are always welcome.
For more information, call 812-568-2515 or email  Evansville@asg.com