The University of Evansville Women’s Tennis (8-19, 0-7) finished up their regular season on Saturday morning when they paid a visit to the 22-3 Wichita State Shockers.  The Shockers, who came into the matched ranked #26 in the nation according to the ITA, defeated the Aces handedly by a score of 4-0.

The match marked the end of the regular season for the Aces who fought hard but were not able to get anything going against a very tough Wichita State team.  In the match, the Shockers were able to wrap up the doubles point promptly with wins at both flight one and two.  Flight three went unfinished but the Aces were represented well as Marina Moreno and Andjela Brguljan had the match tied at 4-4 before the match was called because the Shockers had secured the doubles point.

In singles play, Wichita State was able to secure victories at flight two, four, and five to wrap up the match.  The other three singles matches went unfinished.

Singles Competition

1. Julia Schiller (WSU) vs. Marina Moreno (UE) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
2. Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Andjela Brguljan (UE) 6-3, 6-0
3. Aleks Trifunovic (WSU) vs. Marina Darzyan (UE) 6-0, 4-3, unfinished
4. Abby Stevens (WSU) def. Katie Delgado (UE) 6-0, 6-0
5. Tanaporn Thongsing (WSU) def. Doreen Crasta (UE) 6-3, 6-0
6. Summer Schlotterback (WSU) vs. Kennedy Craig (UE) 2-6, 1-5, unfinished

Doubles Competition

1. Aleks Trifunovic/Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSU) def. Marina Darzyan/Doreen Crasta (UE) 6-1
2. Abby Stevens/Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Katie Delgado/Kennedy Craig (UE) 6-4
3. Julia Schiller/Summer Schlotterback (WSU) vs. Marina Moreno/Andjela Brguljan (UE) 4-4, unfinished

 

The Aces will wrap up their season this coming weekend when they travel back to Wichita State for the MVC Tournament which is slated to take place April 29^th-May 1^st.

The University of Southern Indiana women’s golf team sits in fourth place after round two of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship. The three round even is being held at Annbrair Golf Course in Springfield, Illinois for the second consecutive year.

After the score of 316 in the opening round, the Screaming Eagles answered with a 308 in round two. In fourth place, USI trails the tournament leader and defending national champion, University of Indianapolis who has the top two scoring individuals through the first two rounds. The University of Missouri-St. Louis sits in second with a combined 39-over-par. Leading USI by one stroke, the University of Illinois Springfield has a two round total of 623 and sits in third.

Two Eagles sit in the top ten after Saturday’s second round. Junior Allison Koester (Wadesville, Indiana), the 2015 GLVC Individual Champion is tied for sixth after a 76 in the second round. Koester went two-over on both nines today to bring her tournament total to 152. Sophomore Taylor Howerton (Evansville, Indiana) played the back-nine at plus-five, but played her second nine holes at one-under-par. The sophomore sits in a tie for ninth with a two round total of 154.

Rebounding from yesterday’s 81, senior Anastasia Carter (Granger, Indiana) was two-under for her first four holes. Carter carded a 76 for the round and sits in 16^th with 157 stokes.

Seniors Brittanie Garrison (Evansville, Indiana) and Molly English (Martinsville, Indiana) matched each other’s scores again today. Yesterday. On Friday, the two carded scores of 81’s. After today’s round, the seniors sit in a tie for 22nd with scores of 161.

The third and final round of the GLVC Championship will tee-off Sunday morning at 8 a.m. at Annbriar. The Eagles will be paired with Lewis University and Drury University for their final 18 holes. After tomorrow’s round, a GLVC Championship team will be crowed, as well as the all-conference and individual awards. Links for live stats and video coverage for tomorrow’s final round can be found below.

Deciding game set for Sunday

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Three home runs in the second game saw the University of Evansville softball team split a doubleheader with Indiana State on Saturday at Price Field.

Indiana State (14-28, 8-9 MVC) opened the day with a 6-0 win before the Purple Aces (21-21, 9-10 MVC) were able to regroup and earn a strong 11-2 win in the second game, deciding it in five innings.

“I am so proud of the way the girls responded in game two.  We know adversity will strike, but what defines you is how you respond,” Aces head coach Mat Mundell said.  “Today the team stepped up and gave themselves a chance at another series win.”

Three Aces homered in the 11-2 win in game two as Danielle Freeman started it off.  Freeman led off the second inning with a solo shot to right, giving the Aces the lead for good.  The majority of the offensive output came in a 6-run second inning.  With two runners on and one out, Morgan Florey hit her fifth long ball of the season, making it a 4-0 game.

With two outs, Hayli Scott walked and would score on a Morgan Lambert double.  Michal Luckett and Susan Norris also had RBI hits in the inning.

Evansville tacked on four more runs in the top of the fourth as Scott had an RBI double and Lambert followed it with a 3-run shot, her fourth homer of the season, to give UE an 11-0 lead.  The Sycamores scored two in the bottom of the fifth, but the Aces grabbed the 11-2 win.  Florey went the distance in the circle, giving up two runs on five hits en route to her 14^th win of the year.

ISU pitcher Taylor Lockwood was the story in the first game.  The senior threw a 6-hit shutout as the Sycamores opened the day with a 6-0 win.  The Sycamores posted three runs in the second and two in the third to take a 5-0 lead before adding one more in the fifth to earn the win.

Six Aces recorded hits in the game, including doubles from Chandra Parr and Hayli Scott.  It was the tenth of the year for each.  Florey pitched the first four innings for UE before Emily Lockhart went the final two frames.

Tomorrow, the third and deciding contest will begin at 11 a.m. CT.

The University of Southern Indiana women’s tennis team was defeated by the University of Indianapolis, 9-0, Saturday afternoon at Venter Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana. The Screaming Eagles finish the regular season with a 7-12 record in dual matches along with 3-3 mark in conference play.

After USI was defeated in all three doubles matches, sophomore Haley Jones (Fort Branch, Indiana) gave her Indy opponent a challenge at number-six singles. Jones narrowly gave up the first set, 7-5 before being swept in the second 6-0.

With the regular season coming to an end, the Eagles now look towards the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament. USI secured a spot in the tournament with their two wins last weekend, but with two losses this weekend, the Eagles earn the number-four seed in the GLVC East Division. Unofficially, USI will play the top seed in the West Division, Drury University in the first round of the tournament in Romeoville, Illinois.

Check back to GoUSIEagles.com or follow the Eagles on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using the handle @USIAthletics for updates on the official bracket release for the 2016 GLVC Tennis Tournament.

University of Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana vs Indianapolis (Apr 23, 2016)

#27 Indianapolis 9, Southern Indiana 0
Apr 23, 2016 at Greenwood, IN (Center Grove High School)

 It was another one of those nights for the Purple Aces offense on Friday night, as the high-scoring University of Evansville baseball team took its potent line-up on the road to pick up a 14-5 victory over 16^th-ranked Missouri State at Hammons Field.

The Aces scored early and often on the night, pushing three runs across in the second inning, five in the third and six more over the game’s final six frames. The win moved UE to 22-14 overall, including a 5-2 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play.

One of the early storylines for the Bears (27-9, 2-4 MVC) in the contest involved fielding miscues, highlighted by a Jeremy Eierman throwing error in the second inning. The play put two runners on base with one out, and Jonathan Ramon, who was making his return to the line-up after not playing in the last three contests, followed up with a single through the right side to plate the opening score.

Jeff Christen followed up with a walk to load the bases, and Shain Showers lined the second pitch he saw into right center to make it 3-0.

“Shain had a wonderful game for us tonight, and a performance like this is big for him,” UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “He had a great approach at the plate with great balance, and for him to deliver like he did to get us rolling was really nice to see. Hopefully, it’s a sign of things to come because we’re going to need him as we hit this final stretch of the season.”

Another error haunted the Bears in the third, with a wild pitch on a swinging strike three allowing a run to score, and Josh Jyawook followed up with a single to left to make it 5-0. Ramon hit into a would-be double play before an off-target throw limited the play to one out. The Aces would once again exploit the mistake as Showers and Nelson earned back-to-back walks to bring in another, and Eric McKibban followed up with a two-run single to run the total to 8-0.

MSU ended the day with four errors.

The UE quintet of seniors proved invaluable on the night as Ramon, Jyawook, Showers, McKibban and Boomer Synek combined for eight of UE’s 14 hits while scoring eight runs and knocking in another nine.

“This could be our last season playing baseball, and we have the mentality to come out and play like it,” Jyawook explained. “We try to come out like that every weekend. We try to provide the energy and the leadership, and the team really feeds off of it. That’s what works for us. I think all of us were dialed in tonight.”

From there, a pair of home runs in the third and fourth innings from Jake Burger and Eierman, respectively, cut the deficit back to five.

UE responded with three more runs over the course of the fifth and sixth frames to re-establish the lead, and it would not be seriously challenged down the stretch.

Starting pitcher Patrick Schnieders was credited with the win for UE, moving his season record to 4-2 overall. He allowed three runs on three hits over 5.2 innings, and Ryan Brady and Forrest Herrmann combined to pick up the final 10 outs.

Meanwhile, Jordan Knutson picked up the loss, allowing 10 runs (four earned) over four innings. He struck out eight.

Both UE and MSU will return to action on Saturday afternoon as the two teams are set to square off once again at Hammons Field. First pitch is slated for 2:05 p.m.

NOTES: Friday marked the highest scoring game in an MVC game for the Aces since a 14-2 win over Southern Illinois in Carbondale on May 14, 2010 … Since 1978, the first season that UE competed at the NCAA Division I level, UE is 37-48 vs. MSU … The Aces are 85-66 all-time against Missouri schools … Last season, the Aces were swept by Missouri State at Charles H. Braun Stadium.

Tournament to be played on Monday and Tuesday

This weekend, the University of Evansville men’s golf team heads west to Hutchinson, Kan. to take part in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s golf championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club.

Set for Monday and Tuesday, the teams will play 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 on Tuesday.  The Purple Aces were picked to finish seventh in the event with Wichita State being tabbed as the favorite going into the event.  Nine conference schools are set to participate.  The only school in the MVC that does not have men’s golf is Indiana State.

In the final regular season tournament, sophomore Tyler Gray was the low shooter in the final day as they Aces took seventh place in the Big Blue Invitational at Hermitage Golf Club.

Gray recorded a 74 in the final round to come home in a tie for 22nd place overall.  His final score was a 149.  Rick Voyvodic was the top finisher for the UE.  After carding a 73 on Monday, he came back with a 75 in round two.  He tied for 17th with his final score of 148.

Tying for 31st was Wil Pahud.  He notched a 77 in the final round to finish the tournament with a 151.  Following him was Will Knights.  The senior tied for 38th on the charts with his score of 153.  His rounds finished at 75 and 78.  Austin Carmack had a great improvement in round two, improving by 15 strokes.  He recorded an 81 after his opening-round total of 96.