Aces ran at NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Friday

MADISON, Wisc. – The 2016 season officially came to a close for the University of Evansville cross country teams as they ran at the NCAA Great lakes Regional at the Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisc.

Both the men and women ran some of the top times in the NCAA race over the last several years.  The women’s team saw its top 6-kilometer times run in three years while the men also competed well in the 10-K.

Leading the way for the ladies was Sienna Crews.  She crossed the line in a time of 22:51.9 to take 153^rd out of the 221 runners.  Crews’ time was the best for a UE runner since Kelby Jenkins ran a 22:21 as a senior in 2013.  Hannah Welsh continued to run well in her inaugural campaign.  Her time of 22:57.9 was second on the squad, just seconds behind Crews.

Michelle Karp took third for the Aces.  She ran a time of 23:49.7, besting her time from two years ago in the NCAA’s when she notched a 25:17.  Ashton Bosler and Anna Loef completed the top five for UE.  Bosler ran a 24:35.4 in her first 6K college race while Loef ran a 25:12.7.  Kylie Hasnour was the 6^th runner for UE with a 25:44.2 while Katie Beaber completed the squad with a 26:12.0.  As a team, the Purple Aces finished 29^th on the list.

Ricky Hendrix ran a 35:05.7 for the men.  His inaugural 10-K race at UE saw him finish in 189^th place out of 205 runners.  Ross Frondorf crossed the line second for UE in a time of 35:43.5.  Stanley Chepchieng was next up for the Aces as his time of 34:43.5 saw freshmen take two of the top three spots.

Ben Woolems as 4^th for the Aces, posting a time of 36:19.9 while Tucker Dawson was the #5 runner for UE.  Dawson’s time finished up at 36:37.3.  Paul Schwartz and Aaron Cochran were the final two runners to cross the line for Evansville.  Schwartz ran a 37:10.6 while Cochran finished in 38:04.4.

 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Hoosiers completed their second full-team sweep of the season with men’s and women’s victories over the Cincinnati Bearcats. The No. 2 men’s team triumphed with a 195-102 win, and the No. 13 women’s team secured a 187-106 victory. Each team earned 12 event wins in the dual meet.

The men and women started the dual meet with relay wins in the 200 medley. The women’s team of Marie Chamberlain, Lilly King, Christie Jensen, and Ali Rockett won their heat with a time of 1:42.56. The men’s team, including Wilson Beckman, Blake Pieroni, Max Irwin, and Sam Lorentz, topped their heat at 1:30.89.

The women took the top two finishes in the following 1000 freestyle race, which ended with Stephanie Marchuk in first and Cassy Jernberg in second. Marchuk’s time of 10:00.14 was nearly seven seconds faster than the rest of the field.

Success continued for the women in the 100-yard backstroke, as Indiana earned four of the top five finishes in the heat. Rockett led the pack with her first of two individual wins, posting a time of 55.95 seconds. Chamberlain earned second at 56.19 seconds, followed by Rachel Matsumura in third and Katie Keller in fifth.

Marwan Elkamash paced the field in the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:38.23, and Jackson Miller touched the wall just 0.21 seconds later.

Beckman topped a 1-2-3 finish for the men in the 100-yard backstroke heat, ending the contest in 50.91 seconds. Following Beckman was Wes Duke in second, and Wyeth Brock in third. Laura Morley took home a win in the women’s event, recording a 1:05.23 finish.

Reagan Cook and Olivia Barker put two seconds between themselves and the field in their 1-2 finish of the women’s 200 butterfly. Cook touched the wall first at 2:02.10, followed by Barker at 2:02.73. On the men’s side, Irwin secured his first of two individual wins, hitting a season-best at 1:48.65

Lorentz led Indiana’s top three sweep in the 50-yard freestyle race, clocking in at 20.64 seconds. Oliver Patrouch touched the wall .04 seconds after Lorentz, and Joshua Romany finished third at 20.89 seconds.

Indiana’s divers executed a decisive win on both teams. Taylor Pamplin won the one-meter competition with a final score of 299.33 before taking the three-meter event with a score of 285.15. James Connor earned first in the men’s three-meter with a score of 425.48, and claimed the one-meter victory with a 433.88 score. Joshua Arndt came in second in both competitions, posting a 303.83 score at three meters and a 408.53 score at one meter. All of the scores for Pamplin, Connor, and Arndt were above the NCAA standard marks.

Lorentz kept things rolling after the break with another individual win in the men’s 100 freestyle heat, touching the wall in 45.47 seconds. Elkamash took second with a time of 46.14 seconds, and Duke earned fourth-place after a 46.54 second race.

Matsumura secured a big win in the women’s 200-yard backstroke race, winning in 2:01.32 after a quick start. Shelly Drozdatook second with a time of 2:02.47. The men also earned a 1-2 finish in their event, as Beckman crossed at 1:52.66 followed by Brock in second.

The women earned the top two times in the 200-yard breaststroke race, led by Morley at 2:20.04 with a runner-up finish by Mackenzie Atencio at 2:21.37.

The distance swimmers retook the pool for the 500-yard freestyle races, and the women emerged with the top three places. Marchuk came back after a 1000-yard win to take the event win at 4:54.51, followed by Jernberg in second and Drozda in third. Elkamash won his 500-yard freestyle race after putting a six second gap between him and the field, touching the wall at 4:25.72.

The Hoosiers took the top two finishes in both the men’s and women’s 100-yard butterfly races. The women’s heat featured Jensen’s first-place finish in 55.26 seconds, followed by Cook in second at 56.93 seconds. Irwin won the men’s race in 49.87 seconds, and Patrouch earned second with a time of 50.19 seconds.

Indiana closed the dual with two event wins down the stretch. Samantha Lisy delivered a win in the 400-yard individual medley, posting a time of 4:21.92. The Hoosiers ended on a high note with their victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of Elkamash, Romany, Lorentz, and Patrouch touched the wall at 3:03.26.

Fans will only have to wait until tomorrow for the Hoosiers’ next action, this weekend’s USA College Challenge at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The two-day event will pit current and former Hoosiers against one another in a Big Ten vs. USA Swimming challenge.

Competing for the Big Ten will be Gia Dalesandro, Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Bailey Pressey, Brooklynn Snodgrass, Ian Finnerty, Bob Glover, Ali Khalafalla, Vini Lanza, Blake Pieroni, Anze Tavcar and Cody Taylor.

Competing for USA Swimming in the short-course yards meet will be IU alum Cody Miller, as well as Indiana post-grad swimmer Zane Grothe. Indiana’s 14 participants in the event are the most of any school.

 

Aces back in action on Monday evening

A huge run to end the first half was the difference as 13^th-ranked Louisville defeated the University of Evansville men’s basketball team by a final of 78-47 on Friday evening at the KFC Yum! Center.

Jaylon Brown was the top performer for the Purple Aces (0-1) as he registered 19 points.  He knocked down five of his 13 attempts while matching his career mark with three triples.  Ryan Taylor, Christian Benzon, Dru Smith and Sergej Vucetic each notched five points apiece.

“We got off to a nice start tonight and were able to get the momentum early on, but give Louisville credit, they battled back and were able to take control later in the game,” UE head coach Marty Simmons said.  “They are a very good team.  What I am focusing on is our team, we are a far better team than what we showed tonight and we’ll get back in the gym and be ready for Monday.

Evansville played extremely well in giving the Cardinals everything they had.  After missing their first three shots, the Purple Aces got on the board with a Ryan Taylor triple after the Cardinals (1-0) scored the first four points of the night.

David Howard‘s layup at the 16:57 mark gave the Aces their first lead of the night at 7-5.  UE remained within a possession and was able to extend its lead later in the half.  Back-to-back triples by Jaylon Brown saw Evansville go up 26-20 with nine minutes remaining in the half.

At that point, Louisville buckled down.  They scored the next 20 points while holding the Aces scoreless for 7 minutes and 48 seconds as a Brown free throw put UE back on the board.  The Cardinals took a 43-27 lead into the halftime break.

Out of the half, the Cardinals continued to roll.  Their run extended from the first half and finished out at 27-1 before Duane Gibson hit UE’s first shot in 10:03.  Louisville added to the advantage from that point before taking the 78-47 triumph.

Jaylen Johnson matched Brown’s game high tally of 19 points.  He also led everyone with 14 rebounds.  Donovan Mitchell had 15 points while Anas Mahmoud finished with ten.  The Cardinals shot 47.6% on the night and finished with a 52-29 edge on the boards.

David Howard was UE’s top rebounder with 7 while Ryan Taylor hauled in five.

Monday night will mark the home opener for the Aces as they welcome Alcorn State to the Ford Center.  Game time is set for 8 p.m. and will be a doubleheader with the UE women’s basketball team, who faces Eastern Illinois at 5 p.m.  Fans can get into the women’s game with their ticket to the men’s contest.