(IceMen goal in final minute forces overtime, as IceMen fall to Allen in a shootout.)

 

Records:  Evansville: 29-33-7-3; Allen: 41-24-3-4

Goalies:  ALN – Hildebrand (W), 5-1-0-0, 26 saves, 2 GA

EVN – Bengtsberg (SOL), 11-13-4-2, 36 saves, 2 GA

Scoring:

1^st Period:  1. EVN – Wideman 15 (unassisted, 3:24); 2. ALN – Asuchak 4 (Carr, Hanson, 7:54); 3. ALN – Makowski 17 (Costello, Pierro-Zabotel, 8:58)

2^nd Period:  No Scoring

3^rd Period:  4. EVN – Fawcett 22 (Rutkowski, Rumble, 19:11)

Overtime: No Scoring

Shootout:  EVN – Wideman (save), Fawcett (save), Leonard (save); ALN – Hanson (save), Steffes (goal)

ALLEN, TX – The Evansville IceMen were not ready to put an end to an era in 60 minutes Saturday in the team’s final game. Trailing 2-1 with under a minute left in the third period, the IceMen scrambled to tie the game to force overtime, ultimately falling 3-2 in a shootout to the Allen Americans at the Allen Event Center.

The IceMen struck first, when Alex Wideman circled the Allen net and snuck a wrist shot from the right circle past the left shoulder of Allen goaltender Jake Hildebrand 3:24 into the game. The Americans tied the game when Spencer Asuchak buried a rebound in front of Evansville goalie Christoffer Bengtsberg. Allen took the lead 1:04 later when David Makowski blasted a shot from the point through a screen. The Americans led 2-1 after one period.

Allen outshot Evansville 12-5 in the second period, as both teams failed to convert on two second period power plays. Bengtsberg stopped all 12 shots to keep the IceMen within a goal heading into the third.

Evansville desperately tried to keep the season alive a few minutes longer in the third period, and with Bengtsberg pulled for an extra attacker,Tyson Fawcett tipped a Troy Rutkowski shot past Hildebrand with 48 seconds left to force overtime.

After a scoreless overtime, Gary Steffes recorded the only goal in a shootout to pick up the extra point for the Americans. Bengtsberg stopped 36 shots in the overtime loss. Hildebrand made 26 saves in the win.

The IceMen finish the regular season 29-33-7-3 and will sit out the 2016-17 season in preparations for the organization’s move to Owensboro, KY in 2017-18.                      

FINAL JERSEY AUCTION

The final chance to bid on game-worn player jerseys will be in a live auction Monday, April 11 at 6pm at Beef O’ Brady’s in Newburgh. Following the team’s final three games in Allen, Texas on April 6, 8 and 9, all of the Evansville IceMen players will sign their jerseys for the winning bidders.

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team defeated McKendree University, 9-0, Friday afternoon at the Evansville Tennis Center. The team’s seventh straight win moves the 45^th-ranked Screaming Eagles to 12-3 in dual-matches and 2-0 in Great Lakes Valley Conference competition.

All three doubles tandems increased their win streaks in the sweep of the Bearcats. Junior Aaron Barris(Marietta, Georgia) and freshman James Hardiman (Blackwell Bristol, United Kingdom) remain undefeated on the year with an 8-0 record. The senior team of Jack Joyce (Bournemouth, England) and Joel Stern(Mjoelby, Sweden) picked up an 8-3 win to move their record together on the year to 7-0. At number-one doubles, sophomore Samuel Kiladejo (London, England) and Paul Forichon (Nimes, France) earned their sixth-consecutive win to improve their season record to 7-2. In total, USI has won 21-consecutive doubles matches, dating back to March 9.

Three Eagles have built impressive winning streaks in singles competition also. Joyce earned the win at number-two, 6-2, 6-2, to increase his streak to a team leading seven straight matches. Hardiman and Forichon picked up wins at three and five singles to increase their win streaks to five a piece. During USI’s current seven match win streak, the Eagles have a record of 41-4 in singles competition.

USI will take to the road next Friday when the team head to Louisville, Kentucky for a GLVC match-up with Bellarmine University at 1 p.m. On Saturday, the Eagles return to the USI Tennis Courts for an afternoon contest with Saint Joseph’s College at 11 a.m.

University of Southern Indiana Women’s Tennis
McKendree University vs Southern Indiana (Apr 08, 2016)

#45 Southern Indiana 9, McKendree University 0
Apr 08, 2016 at Evansville, Indiana (Evansville Tennis Center)

(Moon extends point streak to seven, Leveille sets single-season IceMen ECHL goals record.)

Records:  Evansville: 29-33-7-2; Allen: 40-24-3-4

Goalies:  ALN – Gill (L), 13-12-1-0, 19 saves, 3 GA

EVN – Bengtsberg (W), 11-13-4-1, 35 saves, 2 GA

Scoring:

1^st Period:  1. ALN – Neuber 1 (LaFontaine, 2:47); 2. ALN – Arseneau 14 (Costello, King, 18:48)

2^nd Period:  3. EVN – Moon 16 (Leveille, 13:21)

3^rd Period:  4. EVN – Leveille 24 (Moon, 4:11); 5. EVN – Rutkowski 6 (Leonard, 9:28)

ALLEN, TX – The Evansville IceMen erased a two-goal deficit Friday with three unanswered goals in a 3-2 win over the Allen Americans at the Allen Event Center. The two teams meet one more time Saturday night in the final game of the regular season.

Allen scored 2:47 into the game, when J.P. LaFontaine won a faceoff in the right circle, and Kyle Neuber fired a quick shot past IceMen goalie Christoffer Bengtsberg. The Americans made it 2-0 late in the period, when Vincent Arseneau cut to the net and lifted a shot into the top of the net with 1:12 left in the first period.

Seconds after a fight between IceMen rookie Matthew Zay and Americans’ forward Dyson Stevenson, Evansville cut the Allen lead in half, when Nathan Moon snapped a shot past Americans’ goaltender Riley Gill. The goal extended Moon’s point streak to seven games, which matches a career-high. Allen carried the 2-1 lead into the second intermission.

Evansville tied the game 4:11 into the third period, when Daultan Leveille skipped a shot past Gill from the left circle. It was Leveille’s 24^th goal of the season, which sets a single-season IceMen record since the team joined the ECHL in 2012-13. Troy Rutkowski completed the comeback and provided the game winning goal for the IceMen, when he picked off an Allen pass at the Evansville blue line and raced the length of the ice before beating Gill with a wrist shot on a 2-on-1.

Bengtsberg stopped 11 shots in the third period and 35 in the game for his 11^th win. The rookie goaltender has wins in back-to-back starts, after stopping 48 shots last Sunday in a 5-4 overtime win at Fort Wayne.

The IceMen finish the regular season Saturday at 7:05pm against the Americans. The game will be broadcast on www.evansvilleicemen.com and ECHL TV, with pregame coverage starting at 6:50pm. Saturday will be the last Official Viewing Party out at Bar Louie in Evansville, the headquarters for IceMen away games.

REMAINING GAMES

Sat. 4/9 – Evansville at Allen (7:05pm) – Allen Event Center (Allen, TX)                   

FINAL JERSEY AUCTION

The final chance to bid on game-worn player jerseys will be in a live auction Monday, April 11 at 6pm at Beef O’ Brady’s in Newburgh. Following the team’s final three games in Allen, Texas on April 6, 8 and 9, all of the Evansville IceMen players will sign their jerseys for the winning bidders.

Jonathan Ramon picked up his eighth home run of the season late on Friday night, but the three-run blast would prove too little, too late for the University of Evansville baseball team as the Purple Aces dropped a 6-5 decision to visiting Wichita State in the Missouri Valley opener at Charles H. Braun Stadium.

“We didn’t play good enough baseball to win tonight,” UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “A lot of little things just started to add up to a one-run loss. Walks and errors helped them to four runs, and then we weren’t able to capitalize on our chances, which is what you have to do to win on Friday nights in this conference.”

The Aces (15-13, 0-1 MVC) were unable to cash in on scoring opportunities in the early goings, stranding six runners through the opening three frames, but it would be a different story for the visitors from Kansas as a first inning infield single and sacrifice fly scored two. The Shockers (11-19) went on to add one more in the second with another sac fly before a Jeff Christen groundout put UE on the board in the bottom half of the frame.

Trey Vickers and Dayton Dugas each scored twice in the game to lead WSU, and Mikel Mucha logged a pair of runs batted in despite finishing 0-for-3 at the plate.

The Shockers added another run in the fourth and two more in the sixth before Ramon’s home run put UE back on the board. The rally would keep going as Josh Jyawook singled and Korbin Williams followed up with a walk, but WSU reliever Tyler Jones was able to limit the damage to just one run to keep the Aces from leveling.

Ramon finished the day 2-for-4 with a pair of scores and Boomer Synek ended 3-for-5 as the Aces out-hit WSU 10-6.

Willie Schwanke picked up the win for the Shockers to improve to 5-3 on the year, and Patrick Schnieders saw his streak of four straight quality starts upended after allowing all six runs (four earned) on five hits and five walks.

UE and WSU will both return to action at Braun Stadium on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

NOTES: With eight home runs, Jonathan Ramon has the most for an Aces player since current assistant Cody Fick hit nine in 2011 … Overall the Aces have 28 homers this season, the most for any UE team since 2010 … Since 1978, UE is 27-57 against Wichita State … Last season, the Aces were swept in Wichita, but UE picked up two out of three in the Shockers’ last trip to Evansville in 2014 … The first meeting between the two squads was in 1995, the first year that UE was in the MVC … UE dropped three of four games that season before eliminating the Shockers from the Valley tournament … The first series win for UE was in 2005 … Since 1978, the first season that UE participated in NCAA Division I baseball, WSU is the only team from Kansas that the Aces have played … All-time, the Aces are 8-14 in MVC openers and 32-37 in MVC opening series … This weekend marks the third time that UE started conference play with WSU … Previously, the Shockers took three out of four in both 1995 and 2002.

The University of Evansville Women’s Tennis Team (8-13, 0-1) was in action on Friday night when they played host to Indiana Wesleyan.  The Aces were able to defeat the Wildcats by a score of 4-3.  The match starts a weekend that will feature three matches in three days.  The Aces will be in action tomorrow at Illinois State and on Sunday at Bradley.

After securing the doubles point against the Wildcats, the Aces were able to take victories at flight one, five, and six singles.  At flight one, Andjela Brguljan was able to defeat Katie Wilson at flight one by a score of 6-2, 6-0.  This marks another win at the flight one slot for Brguljan as she continues to play strong tennis from the one position.

Head Coach Jayson Wiseman said on the match, “It was nice to finally have our whole team healthy and to get a win at home.  Indiana Wesleyan is an excellent team, and a perennial NAIA power house, so this was great preparation for our MVC matches this weekend.  Our team did a great job of picking up their play in clutch situations and winning critical deuce points.  Our freshman Marisha Darzyan and Doreen Crasta deserve a lot of credit for saving four match points to win #1 doubles, it made the difference between winning and losing today.”

Singles Competition

1. Andjela Brguljan (UE) def. Katie Wilson (IWU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Lucia Solis (IWU) def. Katie Delgado (UE) 6-2, 6-1
3. Rachel Bottorff (IWU) def. Marina Moreno (UE) 6-3, 6-4
4. Alex Mella (IWU) def. Doreen Crasta (UE) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0
5. Marina Darzyan (UE) def. Mikayla Marazzi (IWU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Kennedy Craig (UE) def. Marissa Klein (IWU) 6-2, 6-2

 

Doubles Competition 

1. Marina Darzyan/Doreen Crasta (UE) def. Katie Wilson/Lucia Solis (IWU) 7-6
2. Rachel Bottorff/Alex Mella (IWU) def. Kennedy Craig/Katie Delgado (UE) 6-3
3. Marina Moreno/Andjela Brguljan (UE) def. Kelsey Vessels/Ellen Hornett (IWU) 6-0

The match tomorrow against Illinois State is slated for a 4:00 p.m. CST start and the match on Sunday against Bradley will being at 10:00 a.m. CST.   On April 16^th the Aces will play host to Drake.  This will mark their first home conference match of the year.  They will follow that up with a home match against UNI the next day.