Aces take 7^th at Butler Invitational

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kayla Katterhenry finished just one stroke shy of her second win in a row, tying for second as the University of Evansville women’s golf team took 7^th at the Bulldog Florida Invitational at Windsor Parke.

Katterhenry fired off a 76 on Thursday as she finished the event just one behind Ball State’s Kelsey Sear, who was the medalist.  Katterhenry posted a 75 in the first round.

Tying for 26^th was freshman Maria Pickens.  After her 78 on Wednesday, Pickens shot an 87 in the final round to tally a 165.

Maggie Camp was third on the squad.  Improving by seven shots in the final round, Camp recorded an 84 to finish with a 175.  She came home one ahead of Giulia Mallmann, who finished the event with a 176.  Madison Chaney carded an 88 on Thursday and finished with a 180.

Both of UE’s individuals finished the tournament with scores of 183.  Rachel Marchi posted a 92 in the first round and a 91 in the second while Carly Waggoner opened with a 91 and carded a 92 in the final round.

Evansville finished in seventh place in the tournament with a 666.  They were eight shots out of the top five.  Western Michigan and Ball State tied for the team win with scored of 631.

Up next for the Aces is a trip to Sevierville, Tenn., for the Tennessee Tech Invitational on March 21-22.

Aces finish in 2^nd place as a team

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – University of Evansville senior Rick Voyvodic finished a dominant tournament atop the leaderboard as he shot a 1-under 71 to earn medalist at the Butler Invitational at Windsor Parke.

Voyvodic registered a 74 on Wednesday to lead by one before finishing his final round under par to defeat Butler’s Joey Arcuri by five shots.  Voyvodic’s final tally finished with a 145.

His performance helped the Purple Aces take second in the team tournament, just two behind Butler.  The Aces posted a 623 while the Bulldogs clinched the win with a 621.

Second for Evansville was Tyler Gray.  Rounds of 75 and 82 saw him tie for 10^th place with a 157.  Behind him was Will Knights, who carded a 78 on Thursday to finish with a 162, tying for 17^th.  Joseph Addante matched that total.  Addante improved by four shots in the final round as he notched a 79.  Wil Pahud made the largest jump on the squad.  Pahud followed up his first round of 85 with a 79 on Thursday, improving by six strokes.

Pacing UE’s three individuals was Jon Pick.  Pick tied for 10^th place with a 157 after his round of 77.  Noah Reese posted scores of 82 and 81 as his 163 tied for 21^st.  Austin Carmack tied for 26^th with his final tally of 169.

Up next for the Aces is a trip to Sevierville, Tenn., for the Tennessee Tech Invitational on March 21-22.

Evansville and South Carolina swap defensemen before 3pm EST ECHL Trade Deadline.

The Evansville IceMen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and the AHL’s Binghamton Senators, and Head Coach Al Sims announced Thursday the IceMen traded defenseman Spencer Humphries to the South Carolina Stingrays in exchange for defenseman Brendan Ellis. The trade comes ahead of Thursday’s 3pm EST ECHL Trade Deadline.

Humphries, 23, had two goals and 16 assists in 54 games for the IceMen. The Delta, BC native scored the game-winning goal February 21 in Evansville’s 2-1 win at Missouri. He was traded to Evansville last season from Greenville at the deadline and played the last 15 games of the 2014-15 season with the IceMen.

Ellis, 27, skated in 49 games for the Stingrays this season, where he recorded 25 points (6 goals, 19 assists) and a plus-3 rating. The Kelowna, BC native signed with South Carolina in March 2014 after completing his senior season at Merrimack College, where he totaled 58 points (7 goals, 51 assists) in 133 college games. Ellis has one career AHL game, which was with the Manchester Monarchs in late-March 2014.

The IceMen travel to Indy Friday for a 7:35pm EST meeting with the Fuel, before returning home Saturday to host the Fuel in the rematch at 7:15pm CST at the Ford Center. Evansville wraps up the weekend Sunday against Quad City at 5:15pm in Evansville.

COCOA BEACH, Fla.- The University of Southern Indiana women’s tennis team defeated Bloomsburg University, 9-0, Thursday morning in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The Screaming Eagles move to 3-7 on the year as they conclude their spring break trip to Florida with the win.

USI dominated doubles play winning all three matches by a combined score of 24-2. The duo of Elizabeth Wilm<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2455> (Evansville, Indiana) and Brenna Wu<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2456> (Evansville, Indiana) did not allow their Bloomsburg opponents to take a single set, winning 8-0.

Moving into singles play, two Eagles did not drop a set in their matches. Kymberly Brannon<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2451> (Louisville, Kentucky) picked up the win at number four singles with her 6-0, 6-0 win. Jennifer Mizikar<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2452> (Batavia, Illinois) also did not drop a set getting the 6-0, 6-0 win at number five singles. Kelsey Shipman<http://gousieagles.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2454> (Olney, Illinois) and Wu were nearly as dominant with both only dropping one set a piece in their wins.

After having four matches and an exhibition in five days, the Eagles now get more than a week off. USI will be in action again Saturday, March 19 in St. Louis, Missouri where the Eagles will take on the University of Missouri-St. Louis in a non-conference match.

University of Southern Indiana
Bloomsburg University vs Southern Indiana (Mar 10, 2016)
Southern Indiana 9, Bloomsburg University 0
Mar 10, 2016 at Cocoa Beach, Florida

Singles competition
1. Elizabeth Wilm (USI) def. Gabriele Bachinski (BLOOM) 6-4, 6-4
2. Kelsey Shipman (USI) def. Catherine Garrity (BLOOM) 6-1, 6-0
3. Brenna Wu (USI) def. Cassandra Wentz (BLOOM) 6-0, 6-1
4. Kymberly Brannon (USI) def. Siena Cerra (BLOOM) 6-0, 6-0
5. Jennifer Mizikar (USI) def. Meredith Endy (BLOOM) 6-0, 6-0
6. Haley Jones (USI) def. Anna Newcomer (BLOOM) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Elizabeth Wilm/Brenna Wu (USI) def. Anna Newcomer/Gabriele Bachinski (BLOOM) 8-0
2. Kelsey Shipman/Kymberly Brannon (USI) def. Cassandra Wentz/Catherine Garrity (BLOOM) 8-1
3. Jennifer Mizikar/Haley Jones (USI) def. Meredith Endy/Siena Cerra (BLOOM) 8-1
Match Notes
Bloomsburg University 0-3
Southern Indiana 3-7

 EVANSVILLE – After reeling off six straight victories for the first time since 2010, the University of Evansville baseball team will be looking to extend its impressive run into the weekend as the high-scoring Purple Aces will play a pair of games apiece against Central Connecticut and Liberty.

The Aces, who enter the weekend with a 7-4 record, are off to their best start since 2007, thanks in large part to an offense that has scored a Missouri Valley Conference-best 100 runs in just 11 games. Overall, UE is hitting .303 on the year with 12 home runs, but over the last six games, the Aces own a .381 batting average to go along with a .488 on-base mark.

Two different UE players are hitting .400 so far this season, with Korbin Williams carrying the most steam into the weekend after going yard twice in the Aces’ record-setting 29-9 thumping of UT Martin on Tuesday. The other .400 hitter, Trey Hair, has been a primary power source all year with a pair of homers and a team-best six doubles. Williams and Hair have combined to score 20 runs while knocking in another 19.

Meanwhile, Boomer Synek and his .348 average has been the main run-producer in the line-up as the Northbrook, Ill., native has a team-best 16 runs batted in.

On the mound, the Aces will turn to Patrick Schnieders once again on Friday night. In last week’s start against Northern Illinois, the junior allowed just one run on four hits over 6.0 innings of work before leaving the game with a no-decision. It was the second straight start that the right-hander had tossed five-plus innings while allowing just one run, and he enters the weekend with a 3.78 earned run average over 16.2 innings of work.

Connor Strain, who allowed a pair of earned runs over five innings at South Alabama last month, will return to the mound for Saturday’s game at Liberty. The senior right-hander went down with an injury after that USA start, and he owns a 3.60 ERA and an 0-1 record.

Brandon Gomer (0-2, 12.34 ERA) and Austin Allinger (2-0, 5.27 ERA) round out the rest of the Aces probable starters.

UE is slated to open up the weekend with Central Connecticut State (4-3) at 1 p.m. Eastern on Friday before continuing play with Liberty (7-6) at the same time on Saturday. The Aces and CCSU will square off again on Saturday, and play will wrap up for UE on Sunday with a showdown against Liberty. Both games are slated for 5 p.m.

NOTES: UE’s six-game winning streak is the longest since April 13-20, 2010 … A win on Friday would give the Aces their longest streak since another seven game stretch March 13-23, 2007 … The Aces have come back from three or more runs to win in three of their last five games … UE’s 29 runs last time out tied a nearly 20-year-old record for most runs in a game … The Aces have hit 12 home runs this season over 11 games. Last season, it took 25 games to hit 11 homers … This weekend will mark the first-ever contests between UE and both Central Connecticut and Liberty … Since 1978, the Aces are 2-0 against schools that hail from the state of Connecticut and 2-8 versus those from the state of Virginia.