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Women’s tennis set for three weekend matches
Aces on the road for two and home Sunday
 Three matches over the next two days are on tap for the University of Evansville women’s tennis team will be on the road Saturday before heading home on Sunday.
The weekend begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. as the Purple Aces take on Valparaiso at 10 a.m. in Niles, Mich. at the Lakeland Tennis Academy. The Crusaders begin the weekend with an 0-4 mark following losses to Dayton and the University of Indianapolis last weekend.
From there, the Aces head south later in the day to Muncie, Ind. where they face Ball State at 5:15 p.m. ET. The Cardinals stand at 5-2 with their lone losses coming to Cincinnati and North Carolina.
On Sunday, UE will be at Tri-State Athletic Club for a match against in-city rival USI. That match will begin at 5 p.m. The Screaming Eagles are 3-1.
Last time out, UE came just short of a big win at Indiana, losing by a final of 4-3. Despite a tough start in doubles, the women were able to get it together in singles play, earning victories in flights 2, 4 and 6. Leading the way in the second flight was freshman Diana Tkachenko. She defeated the Hoosiers’ Caitlin Bernard, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
In the fourth flight, Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga defeated Alicia Robinson, 6-2, 6-3. Andjela Brguljan helped the Aces earn the split in singles play with an exciting matchup in #6 singles. She earned the win over Emma Love, 4-7, 7-4 (10-8), 1-0 (10-8).
TAPS By Jim Redwine
Gavel Gamut
By Jim Redwine
www.jamesmredwine.com
(Week of 20 February 2017)
TAPS
I do not play the bugle so any veteran’s farewell from me must come in words. I wrote this tribute to Gene McCoy, Harold Cox and all Korean War Veterans in September 2005. When my friend Gene McCoy passed away February 12 (Lincoln’s birthday), I was reminded of his many years of service to the rest of us about which I had written twelve years ago. Gene told me then he appreciated the bon mots. Because he was such a considerate friend, I am confident he would say the same thing now.
AN UNKNOWN VICTORY
You name the WAR:
Two countries are created from one by the greatest military power in
the world and are monitored by the United Nations;
One country led by a ruthless dictator invades the other in spite of
the United Nations warnings not to;
The Secretary General of the United Nations declares, “This is a war
against the United Nations.â€;
A United States President leads a coalition of world leaders to unite to
drive the invaders out and re-establish the status quo;
An American general was placed in charge of the United Nations
forces;
While many countries offered some help, the American military
provided more than half of a million personnel in the war;
The aggressors were driven out of and liberty was restored to the
invaded country; and
The mission for which Americans fought and died was accomplished.
If you said The Gulf War of 1990-1991, that is understandable. Almost all Americans supported that war and recognized that victory. However, I am talking about the Korean War of 1950-1953. It too was a great victory for American and United Nations interests and helped prevent World War III. We owe a huge debt to our Korean War veterans.
Two of those heroes (they just hate to be called that but, hey, it’s my column and facts are facts) are Posey County natives and brothers-in-law Harold Cox and Gene McCoy.
Harold fought with the U.S. Army’s 25th Division which suffered many casualties and bore much of the fighting in Korea. Harold was an infantry rifleman and was the jeep driver for his company commander.
Gene was a combat engineer with the Army’s 84th Engineers Battalion and, also, served as a courier/mail deliverer.
Harold was on the frontlines and Gene was building wooden bridges about 1000 yards behind those lines. Gene says Harold had it a lot rougher than Gene.
Both suffered the 20 below zero cold, the stifling heat and humidity, the loneliness, home sickness and fear in what those not there called a “police action.â€
Harold said one of his worst memories, outside of dodging enemy mortar rounds for a solid year of combat, was the stench of the human waste the impoverished Koreans would save all winter and fertilize their rice paddies with in the spring. Gene, also, mentioned that nauseating smell and the mud and flooding caused by the lack of vegetation due to constant shelling.
When Gene first arrived in Korea they put his outfit on a train which stopped frequently. Each time it stopped the young soldiers were given a few rounds of ammunition and ordered out to guard the train from sabotage. Gene said this initiation to Korea was more than a little unsettling.
Harold told me that the traffic signs in the war were a bit more to the point than those back home. On one particularly dangerous stretch of road a sign advised:
“Get your ____ in gear and drive like ____!
The NK can see you.â€
Harold paid attention.
Harold and Gene came home and re-started their lives. Harold served as Mt. Vernon’s Water Superintendent for several years in the 1980’s and1990’s. Gene served as a Mt. Vernon City Councilman and the Posey County Recorder. Gene is (in 2005) currently Posey County’s Veterans Affairs Officer. They both raised families and went on publicly as if there had been no Korean War. However, privately what General Douglas MacArthur called “the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield†never left their consciousness.
Of course, there was a Korean War and it helped save you and me from another world war. It was a largely unappreciated “mission accomplished.â€Â Thank you Harold and Gene and all your fellow Korean War veterans.
As General MacArthur might have said, both the old song and those it honors quietly fade away:
Sun has set, shadows come,
Soldier rest, your race is run.
For more Gavel Gamut articles go to:
www.jamesmredwine.com
Trip to Bradley up next for UE Men’s Basketball
 Aces and Braves to meet on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 Part one of the final road trip of the regular season is up next for the University of Evansville men’s basketball team as they travel to Bradley for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday at Carver Arena in Peoria.
Evansville led from wire-to-wire in an 87-70 win over Drake on Tuesday night at the Ford Center. Three UE players finished with 20 or more points, led by Jaylon Brown and Ryan Taylor, who notched 22 apiece. David Howard added a career-high 21 points as he hit all nine free throws. UE shot 57.9% on the night while outrebounding the Bulldogs by a final tally of 36-20. For the night, UE hit 17 out of 18 free throws (94.4%), its best effort of the season.
Brown, Taylor and Howard each finished with 20+ points on Tuesday; it marked the first time three Aces registered 20 or more points in the same game since Matt Webster, Kyle Anslinger and Bradley Strickland had 20 apiece on Dec. 30, 2006 against Bradley.
Tuesday’s win over Drake marked the fourth conference win in a row for the Aces. UE accomplished the feat twice last year and once in the 2010-11 and 2012-13 campaigns. Head coach Marty Simmons is looking for his first 5-game MVC win streak in his tenure as UE’s head coach. The last 5-game streak for UE in MVC play came from January 27 through February 10 1999.
A stellar streak of play continued for David Howard as he set his career mark with 21 points in the win over Drake. A 64.2% free throw shooter on the season, Howard went a perfect 9-for-9 against the Bulldogs; Howard has hit 17 of his last 19 free throws over the last four games (89.5%) after starting the season shooting just 32% (8/25) in the first 24 games this season.
Bradley comes into Saturday’s meeting with a 9-19 overall mark and 4-11 in the Valley. The Braves have dropped nine of their last 10 games, including a 64-61 loss at UNI on Wednesday. Darrell Brown paces his team with 12 points per game; he also leads the team with a total of 76 assists. Donte Thomas sits atop the Bradley list with 6.3 rebounds per game.
In the first meeting of the season, the Braves earned a 74-63 win over UE to move the series to a 26-22 tally in their favor. In games in Peoria, Bradley has been dominant, going 18-5; Evansville has had the upper hand on the road as of late, winning three of the last five match-ups.
ASG Monthly Meeting February 28,2017
The area chapter of the American Sewing guild will meet Tuesday February 28Â at McCollough Branch Library’s Community Room on Washington Avenue.
Members and guests are asked to bring a favorite sewing notion or gadget that they find helpful in the sewing process.   We can learn from others experience.
Doors open at 5:30 followed by the meeting from 6-7:45 p.m. Visitors are always welcome.
For more information, call 812-568-2515 or email Evansville@asg.com.
Hoosiers Qualify 20 for Big Ten Championship Finals on Friday
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team had a successful morning at the 2017 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship prelims on Friday at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
In the morning, the Hoosiers qualified for 20 finals in total – nine Championship Finals, five B Finals and six C Finals. Gia Dalesandro had a great morning, qualifying for the Championship Final in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.
100 Butterfly
Indiana will bring back all four swimmers for Friday night’s finals, led by Dalesandro who qualified first overall with a NCAA B cut time of 51.79. The mark is just .04 seconds off her own school record and is the third-best time in IU history. Joining Dalesandro in the Championship Final will be Christine Jensen, who qualified eighth with a NCAA B cut time of 52.98.
Oliva Barker qualified 19th overall to earn a spot in the C Final with a NCAA B cut time of 54.09, while Shelby Koontz also earned a spot in the C Final with a personal-best and NCAA B cut mark of 54.20. With her time, Koontz now ranks as the 11th-best performer in the event in program history.
400 IM
IU also had a nice showing in the 400 IM, as the Hoosiers will bring back all four of their swimmers for the evening finals. Sam Lisy led the quartet, qualifying eighth overall to earn a spot in the Championship Final with a NCAA B cut time of 4:11.69.
In the B Final for Indiana, Bailey Pressey qualified 11th overall with a NCAA B cut time of 4:13.46, while Reagan Cook earned her 16th place qualification with a NCAA B cut mark of 4:16.41.
Shelly Drozda will swim in the C Final for IU after qualifying 18th overall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 4:16.92. Her mark ranks her as the 13th-best 400 IM swimmer in school history.
200 Freestyle
Indiana will bring four swimmers back for the finals of the 200 freestyle, including two in the Championship heat.
Kennedy Goss qualified second overall with a NCAA B cut time 1:43.99 that ranks as the seventh-fastest time in school history. Freshman Maria Paula Heitmann had an unbelievable prelim swim for IU, cutting nearly seven seconds off her personal best with a mark of 1:45.74 that qualified her seventh overall. Heitmann’s time makes her the eighth-fastest swimmer in the event in program history.
Delaney Barnard will swim in the B Final after touching the wall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:46.57 that ranks her as the 12th-best swimmer in the event all-time at IU. Holly Spears earned a spot in the C Final with her time of 1:48.28.
Stephanie Marchuk just missed qualifying for the C Final, placing 25th overall with a time of 1:48.63. Freshman Cassie Jernberg cut almost seven seconds off her previous best time with her mark of 1:48.94 to place 32nd. Hannah Sakaluk placed 60th overall with a personal-best time of 1:51.45.
100 Breaststroke
Defending NCAA and Big Ten champion Lilly King is the top qualifier for Friday night’s 100 breaststroke Championship Final, touching the wall with a NCAA A and Boilermaker Aquatic Center pool record time of 57.46. King’s time is the second-fastest this season to her won mark of 57.30 earlier this season. Her mark is the fifth-fastest time in IU history.
Laura Morley will swim in the B Final after touching the wall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:01.25. Morley’s mark ranks her as the seventh-fastest swimmer in the event at Indiana.
Mackenzie Atencio qualified 24th overall to earn a spot in the C Final with her personal-best and NCAA B cut mark of 1:02.12. Her time makes her the 10th-best performer in IU history in the event.
Hope Hayward placed 35th with a personal-best time of 1:02.89 which ranks her 14th all-time in program history, while Taylor Truex with a mark of 1:06.32.
100 Backstroke
The Hoosiers will bring back four swimmers for the finals of the 100 backstroke on Friday night, led by Ali Rockett and Gia Dalesandro.
Both qualified for the Championship Final, with Rockett posting a NCAA B cut time of 52.67 and Dalesandro timing in with a personal-best mark of 53.24. Dalesandro’s time ranks her as the 13th-best swimmer in the event in school history.
Rachel Matsumura will swim in the B Final after touching the wall with a NCAA B cut time of 53.89, while Marie Chamberlain will be in the C Final after posting a NCAA B cut mark of 54.17.
Katherine Keller placed 42nd overall with a time of 55.47.
3-Meter Dive
Jessica Parratto was brilliant in the prelims of the 3-meter dive, earning the No. 1 seed for Friday night’s final with a NCAA qualifying score of 366.70.
After a solid start, Parratto reeled off four-straight great dives, starting with a 61.60 in the third round. The redshirt junior then followed with the best dive of the prelims, recording a 73.50. Parratto followed with scores of 66.00 and 63.00 to end the prelims.
The Hoosiers will continue at the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Friday evening with the finals of the 100 butterfly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter dive and 200 freestyle relay. The action gets underway at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
100 Butterfly
Gia Dalesandro – 51.79 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Christine Jensen – 52.98 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Olivia Barker – 54.09 (NCAA B cut – C Final)
Shelby Koontz – 54.20 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – C Final)
400 IM
Sam Lisy – 4:11.69 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Bailey Pressey – 4:13.46 (NCAA B cut – B Final)
Reagan Cook – 4:16.41 (NCAA B cut – B Final)
Shelly Drozda – 4:16.92 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – C Final)
200 Freestyle
Kennedy Goss – 1:43.99 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Maria Paula Heitmann – 1:45.74 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – A Final)
Delaney Barnard – 1:46.57 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – B Final)
Holly Spears – 1:48.28 (C Final)
- Stephanie Marchuk – 1:48.63
- Cassie Jernberg – 1:48.94 (Personal Best)
- Hannah Sakaluk – 1:51.45 (Personal Best)
100 Breaststroke
Lilly King – 57.46 (NCAA A cut, Boilermaker Aquatic Center record – A Final)
Laura Morley – 1:01.25 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – B Final)
Mackenzie Atencio – 1:02.12 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – C Final)
- Hope Hayward – 1:02.89 (Personal Best)
- Taylor Truex – 1:06.32
100 Backstroke
Ali Rockett – 52.67 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Gia Dalesandro – 53.24 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – A Final)
Rachel Matsumura – 53.89 (NCAA B cut – B Final)
Marie Chamberlain – 54.17 (NCAA B cut – C Final)
- Katherine Keller – 55.47
3-Meter Dive
Jessica Parratto – 366.70 (NCAA Qualifying score)
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BREAKING NEWS: IU Qualifies 14 for Saturday Night Finals at Big Ten Championships
IU Qualifies 14 for Saturday Night Finals at Big Ten Championships
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team qualified 14 swimmers and diver for evening finals at the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Saturday afternoon at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
The Hoosiers will five swimmers and one diver in Championship Finals on Saturday night, along with four swimmers in B Finals and four swimmers in C Finals. IU will also have three swimmers in the 1,650 freestyle this afternoon.
200 Backstroke
The Hoosiers will bring back four swimmers for Saturday night’s finals of the 200 backstroke, led by Kennedy Goss who was the top qualifier for the Championship Final with a NCAA B cut time of 1:52.02.
Rachel Matsumura will swim in the B Final after touching the wall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 1:55.28. Her mark ranks her as the 12th-best performer in the event in school history.
Ali Rockett (1:56.93) and Shelly Drozda (1:57.77) will both swim in the C Final of the 200 backstroke after posting a pair of NCAA B cut. Katherine Keller finished 46th overall with a time of 2:01.56.
100 Freestyle
Holly Spears will lead a pair of IU swimmers in the B Final of the 100 freestyle after posting a NCAA B cut time of 49.62. Joining her will be freshman Maria Paula Heitmann, who qualified 16th overall after touching the wall in a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 49.76. Heitmann entered the race seeded 66th.
Shelby Koontz earned a spot in the C Final with a personal-best and NCAA B cut mark of 49.78. With their times, Heitmann is ranked 14th all-time at IU, while Koontz comes in at No. 15 on the list.
Delaney Barnard just missed qualifying for the C Final by 0.01 seconds, finishing 25th with a time of 50.06.
200 Breaststroke
Defending NCAA and Big Ten champion Lilly King will be the No. 2 seed for tonight’s Championship Final of the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall with a NCAA B cut time of 2:07.67. King, who was also the No. 2 seed at last year’s conference championships, posted the ninth-best time in IU history in prelims.
Joining King in the A Final will be Laura Morley, who qualified eighth overall with a personal-best and NCAA B cut time of 2:11.50. With her mark, Morley ranks as the ninth-best performer in the event in program history.
Mackenzie Atencio placed 28th overall, tying her personal-best time with a mark of 2:16.28, maintaining her spot as 18th-best all-time at Indiana. Hope Hayward placed 33rd with a time of 2:18.01, while Taylor Truex took 50th with a mark of 2:26.77.
200 Butterfly
Three-time defending Big Ten champion Gia Dalesandro will be the No. 1 seed for the A Final of the 200 butterfly after touching the wall with a NCAA B cut time of 1:56.26. Joining Dalesandro in the Championship Final will be Bailey Pressey, who qualified seventh with a NCAA B cut time of 1:56.93.
After tying for 16th in the prelims with a NCAA B cut time of 1:59.10, Reagan Cook won a swim-off to take the final spot in the B Final with a personal-best time of 1:57.32. Olivia Barker will swim in the C Final for the Hoosiers after posting a 1:59.68.
Platform Dive
Jessica Parratto had a tremendous prelim session, earning the No. 1 seed for Saturday night’s Championship Final of the platform dive with a NCAA qualifying score of 322.50.
Parratto hit for two dive over 70 points – 75.00 and 72.00 – in the second and third round to get to the head of the pack. Parratto then hit for 62.70 and 67.00 in the final two rounds to earn the top spot.
In 2015, Parratto won both the Big Ten and NCAA Championships in the platform dive.
The Hoosiers will wrap up the 2017 Big Ten Championships on Saturday evening with the finals of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle. The action gets underway at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
200 Backstroke
Kennedy Goss – 1:52.02 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Rachel Matsumura – 1:55.28 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – B Final)
Ali Rockett – 1:56.93 (NCAA B cut – C Final)
Shelly Drozda – 1:57.77 (NCAA B cut – C Final)
46. Katherine Keller – 2:01.56
100 Freestyle
Holly Spears – 49.62 (NCAA B cut – B Final)
Maria Paula Heitmann – 49.76 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – B Final)
Shelby Koontz – 49.78 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – C Final)
25. Delaney Barnard – 50.06
200 Breaststroke
Lilly King – 2:07.67 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Laura Morley – 2:11.50 (Personal Best, NCAA B cut – A Final)
28. Mackenzie Atencio – 2:16 28 (Tied Personal Best)
33. Hope Hayward – 2:18.01
50. Taylor Truex – 2:26.77
200 Butterfly
Gia Dalesandro – 1:56.26 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Bailey Pressey – 1:56.93 (NCAA B cut – A Final)
Reagan Cook – 1:59.10 (NCAA B cut – B Final; 1:57.32 in swim-off – Personal Best)
Olivia Barker – 1:59.68 (C Final)
25. Christine Jensen – 2:00.09 (Personal Best
33. Sam Lisy – 2:02.04 (Personal Best)
Platform Dive
Jessica Parratto – 322.50 (NCAA Qualifying score)
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