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Aces to begin preparations for MVC Tournament
CHICAGO – Three runs crossed the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning as Loyola came from behind to defeat the University of Evansville softball team, 4-3, in Sunday’s regular season finale.
The Purple Aces finish the regular season with a 24-25 mark and 12-14 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The 12 victories in conference play marks the most since the 2007 campaign when UE also had 12 wins. Taking the 6th seed, UE has clinched its best MVC finish since taking the same spot in the 2008 campaign. This weekend also capped off an unbelievable turnaround that saw the squad more than double its wins from a season ago.
UE will be the #6 seed for the MVC Tournament and is set to face #7 Illinois State in the first round on Thursday at 1:34 p.m. This year’s tournament is being hosted by Southern Illinois in Carbondale.
“When we met at the start of the season we talked about our goals; our number 1 goal was to go out and compete. I think we did that in every game we played this regular season,†UE head coach Mat Mundell said. “To go from 10 wins to 24 is a testament to the girls buying in to what we’re are trying to build here in Evansville. I think we have changed a lot of opinions about Purple Aces Softball.”
Morgan Florey registered three hits as Evansville’s designated player on Sunday. She also recorded an RBI and scored once. Courtney Land and Hayli Scott posted two hits apiece. Land notched an RBI while Morgan Lambert knocked in the other UE run. In the circle, Emily Lockhart threw the full six innings. Just one of Loyola’s four runs were earned.
Evansville got to work very fast in the first inning as Land and Florey each notched one-out singles. That brought Lambert to the plate, who singled to center to give UE a 1-0 lead. After the Ramblers (21-18, 5-19 MVC) tied it up in the second, the game went scoreless until the top of the fifth.
That is when Florey hit her eighth home run of the season to put the Aces back on top. The difference in the contest game in the Ramblers’ half of the fifth as a triple off the bat of Katy LaCivita saw two runs score. They added one more to take a 4-2 lead. The Aces scored in the top of the seventh on a Land home run, but Loyola closed out the game and the 4-3 win.
DALLAS, Texas – Two three-run blasts in the top of the second put the University of Evansville baseball team on the front foot early, but it would only prove temporary as Dallas Baptist scored all but two of the ensuing frames to pick up a 12-8 victory over the Purple Aces on Sunday at Horner Ballpark.
“We didn’t have a great weekend on the mound, and we just didn’t have the kind of performances that we needed to succeed,†UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “I was very proud of our effort at the plate today. We had quality at-bats, with eight runs with 11 hits, that is usually good enough for a win.â€
The loss secured a series sweep for DBU as the Patriots improved to 32-14, including an 11-3 mark in conference play. UE dropped to 25-21 and 7-8, respectively.
The Aces hopped on Patriots starter Jordan Martinson in the second as Jeff Christen opened the scoring with his second homer of the year to make it 3-0, and Trey Hair followed up later in the frame with his second homer of the weekend to make it 6-0.
However, the Patriots would respond with nine runs over the next four innings to go ahead for good.
UE cut the deficit back to two with a Josh Jyawook double in the seventh, but it would be wiped out almost immediately with a Trooper Reynolds single in the ensuing half-inning, and Darick Hall added to the advantage with a towering two-run shot to right to make it 12-7.
Shain Showers followed up with a solo homer in the eighth to round out the game’s scoring.
The Aces finished the day with 11 hits in the contest, and Alex Weigand was dealt his first loss in conference play after allowing six runs over the opening 3.2 innings.
Meanwhile, David Martinelli led the way for DBU, coming up a homer short of the cycle with a pair of walks, and Dalton Higgins was lights out on the mound for the Patriots, allowing four hits over 5.1 innings of relief to improve to 6-3 on the year.
UE will be back in action later this week as the Aces will play host to Austin Peay on Wednesday.
NOTES: Sunday marked the fifth time this season that the Aces have hit at least three homers … All but one UE hitter this season has logged a home run … The last time 12 different UE players registered a homer was during the 2001 season. … This weekend marked the 14th, 15th and 16th meetings between the Patriots and the Aces … Dating back to 1978, the first year that UE participated in Division I baseball, UE is 5-11 versus Dallas Baptist … Last season, the Aces dropped two out of three to the Patriots in Evansville … UE last visited DBU in 2014, winning a pair of games at Horner Ballpark on the way to hoisting a conference title … Since 1978, the Aces are 7-16 all-time against opponents from the state of Texas.
On Saturday, May 07, 2016 at 1:44am an off-duty Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office confinement officer apprehended a suspect trying to break into his personal vehicle.
The confinement officer had been preparing to go into work and was in full uniform when he heard the sound of someone shutting the door to his truck. The officer’s truck was parked outside his residence, which is located in the County Club Manor subdivision on Evansville’s north side.
The officer exited his home to investigate the noise and located a suspect (later identified as Mr. Justin Andrew Reising) sitting inside his truck. The officer identified himself and attempted to take Mr. Reising into custody, but Mr. Reising attempted to flee. Mr. Reising resisted arrest and damaged the garage door of the home during the struggle. Mr. Reising attempted to strike the officer before being wrestled to the ground and restrained. The Evansville Police Department arrived and assisted the officer in handcuffing Mr. Reising. The officer sustained scratches to his hands from the struggle, but was otherwise uninjured.
At the time of his arrest Mr. Reising was released on bond for charges stemming from a May 05, 2016 arrest in which he was apprehended by the Evansville Police Department after breaking into vehicles in the parking lot of Bob Walter’s Golf and Fun.
ARRESTED (Evansville Police Department):
Pictured above: Justin Andrew Reising, 18, of Evansville. Battery on a Public Safety Official as Level 6 Felony, Theft from a Motor Vehicle as a Level 6 Felony, Possession of Methamphetamine as a Level 6 Felony, Possession of a Scheduled Substance as a Class A Misdemeanor
 The No. 39 University of Southern Indiana men’s tennis team was defeated by No. 41 Drury University, 5-4, in their opening match of the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Tournament.
The Eagles earned their first win of the contest at number three doubles. With an 8-3 win, junior Aaron Barris (Marietta, Georgia) and freshman James Hardiman (Blackwell Bristol, United Kingdom) tied the USI all-time record for consecutive doubles victories with 17. The mark ties the 22-year-old record set by Tony Bacon and Chad Higgins. The duo finishes the 2015-16 season undefeated.
Sophomore Samuel Kiladejo (London, England) and junior Paul Forichon (Nimes, France) fell just short of a victory at number-one, 9-7. The duo dropped their match to a Panther team made up of this year’s Great Lakes Valley Conference Player and Freshman of the year. At number-two, senior Jack Joyce(Bournemouth, England) and sophomore Anthony Van Rompay (Schilde, Belgium) were defeated 8-2.
Moving into singles competition, USI quickly made up the deficit winning the first three singles matches. Barris was able to sweep his opponent at six with consecutive 6-0 wins. Forichon put the Eagles ahead in the match with his 7-6, 6-3 at number-five.
Joyce was able to temporarily cushion the Eagles’ lead with his win at number-two. The senior picked up a 6-4, 6-1 win to finish the season with a 21-5 singles mark. Joyce finished his USI career with 158 combined win putting him in third place in the USI record book.
Despite the 4-2 lead, the Eagles would drop the final three matches at one, four, and three singles. USI end’s there season with a 17-6 overall record that was highlighted by a 10-match win streak during the year and an appearance in the GLVC Championship.
LIBERTY, Mo.—Sophomore Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) recorded a pair of top-three finishes to lead the University of Southern Indiana women’s track & field team to a 10th-place finish at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Outdoor Championships this weekend.
Roberts finished third in the 1,500 meters and second in the 5,000 meters Saturday to earn second-team All-GLVC honors and account for 14 of the Screaming Eagles’ 42.5 points. She also had the Eagles’ lone NCAA II provisional qualifying time with her mark on the weekend with her mark of four minutes, 32.29 seconds in the 1,500 meters.
Junior Cathryn Peter (Tell City, Indiana) was third in the steeplechase to aid the Eagles, while freshman Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) was fourth in the 10,000 meters.
The Eagles earned a total of 11 points in the steeplechase, with sophomores Kate Duty (Owensboro, Kentucky) and Jessica Lincoln (Palatine, Illinois) placing fifth and eighth, respectively, in the event. Junior Bailey Knable (New Albany, Indiana) added a sixth-place finish in the 10,000 meters, while junior Crystal Blair (Bloomington, Indiana) and sophomore Jenna Martin (Evansville, Indiana) were sixth in the pole vault and long jump, respectively.
Senior Jamie Adkins (Owensboro, Kentucky) was seventh in the 5,000 meters and eighth in the 1,500 meters, while freshman Hilary Paxson (Liberty Center, Indiana) was eighth in the hammer throw to round out the Eagles’ scorers. Paxson also broke her own school record with her toss of 143 feet, 10.00 inches in the hammer throw.
Lewis University won the team title as the Flyers collected 213 points, 111 ahead of second-place Bellarmine University.
USI returns to action Thursday and Friday when it competes at the Dr. Keeler Invitational in Naperville, Illinois. The NCAA II Outdoor Championships are May 26-28 in Bradenton, Florida.
Gavel Gamut
By Jim Redwine
(Week of 09 May 2016)
VISIT POSEY COUNTY INDIANA
Take your iPhone or laptop and go to www.visitposeycounty.com. This new website was launched May 05, 2016. Mike Webster designed and developed the site with the input from a knowledgeable committee of seven community volunteers. Mike also took many of the marvelous photographs which appear throughout the site.
Mike along with Posey County businessman and owner of New Harmony Soap Company, Jim Spann, and Connie Weinzapfel who is the Director of Historic New Harmony, introduced the site at a reception held in the New Harmony Atheneum. The Red Geranium Restaurant hosted the event.
Posey County’s Board of Commissioners and County Council enacted an Innkeepers Tax in July 2014. The 5% tax has already raised over $170,000 to promote tourism in Posey County. Some of those monies were used to develop the new website.
According to Jim Spann the Committee’s goal was to promote tourism in Posey County by having readily available Internet information that shows the whole county in depth. If you pull up the site and click on any of the topics, you will find the Committee has succeeded. Take lodging for example. If tourists are looking for hotel lodging, they can click on places to stay, then hotels. The Cox family Four Seasons Motel in Mt. Vernon is one of the businesses that comes up with a full description and photographs.
Should tourists be looking for a bed and breakfast, a family could find Cook’s on Brewery Bed & Breakfast in New Harmony. Many places to stay throughout the county are easy to find. With full descriptions and many links to the businesses’ own websites there is no need for guesswork.
Even those of us who are privileged to live in Posey County will be overwhelmed with the number of places to eat and the variety of fare. Brain sandwiches at New Harmony’s Yellow Tavern or, soon, locally brewed beer at Sara’s Bistro and Wine Bar less than a block from The Yellow. Perhaps one might want a homemade ice cream creation at Bliss in Mt. Vernon or homemade pie at the Depot Diner in Griffin. Of course, Posey County’s German heritage is found from Weinzapfel’s Tavern in St. Philip to the Silver Bell in St. Wendell. One can even find Cajun cuisine at the Red Wagon in Poseyville.
There is a comprehensive, countywide events calendar and maps are provided to locate each event. It is surprising and exciting to see the numerous and diverse activities available each month of the year in Posey County.
Posey County’s unique and fascinating history is showcased throughout the website. One could easily write a report or even a newspaper colu
