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Winter, Whitfield lift Eagles over Northwood
Senior middle blocker Abbey Winter (Germantown, Illinois) and sophomore middle blocker Te’Ayla Whitfield (Fort Wayne, Indiana) combined for 22 kills, seven blocks, and a .460 attacking percentage to lead the University of Southern Indiana volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-20, 25-20 sweep over Northwood University in the opening match of the Midwest Region Crossover Friday.
Winter hammered down 15 kills and finished with a .400 attacking percentage, while Whitfield contributed seven kills, a .583 attacking percentage, and five blocks.
The Screaming Eagles (12-7) rallied from a four-point deficit late in the opening set to earn the three-point win. Winter tallied five kills and hit .333 as the Eagles took the early lead in the match. USI was hitting just .048 midway through the frame, but hit .539 in its final 13 attacks to finish the opening stanza with a .211 attacking percentage.
USI used an 11-4 run midway through the second frame to extend its match lead to 2-0 over the Timberwolves. The Eagles racked up four blocks and three service aces en route to the five-point win.
In the final frame, the Eagles benefitted from a seven-kill effort from Winter to close the match with a five-point win. Winter hit .667 in the third set as the Eagles posted their second sweep of the Timberwolves this season.
For the match, the Eagles hit .211 and had seven blocks to go along with six aces. Senior right side hitter Erica Oberbroeckling (Westfield, Indiana) added four blocks and three aces to her five kills, while freshman setter Erika Peoples (Bloomington, Illinois) finished with 30 assists. Sophomore libero Shannon Farrell (Munster, Indiana) had 11 digs to lead the Eagles’ back row.
The Eagles, who have won four straight matches at the Crossover to improve their all-time record at the event to 10-12, return to action Saturday at 10 a.m. when the face Wayne State University. USI concludes the 36-team Crossover Saturday when it plays Lake Superior State University at 4 p.m.
Harper Students to Get Help from UE on Community Service Project
Monday, Oct. 19 and Friday, Oct. 23
2 – 3 p.m.
Harper Elementary School, 21 S. Alvord Blvd.Â
Third grade students in Autumn Neigbors’ class at Harper Elementary School have been working on a project that will help students half a world away – in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. On Monday, Oct. 19 and Friday, Oct. 23, the third grade students will get some help from students from the University of Southern Indiana.
The third graders have a theme this year of, “Be the Change,†based on the quote by Mahatma Ghandi, “Be the change you wish to see in this world.â€Â As a part of that theme Neighbors decided to partner with a school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras that works with kids who live and work in the garbage dump. AFE, the school, is trying to break the cycle of poverty in children’s lives by providing them with an education and striving to meet their holistic needs. (Currently 40% of the students who graduate from AFE do not have to return to the garbage dump, but are able to find more stable jobs elsewhere.)
To help, Harper students are working to fill a total of 18 backpacks to send to children who attend AFE. The backpacks will be given to students at AFE over Thanksgiving and will include items brought in by students including old clothes or shoes, Spanish books, school supplies, etc.
Students from the University of Evansville heard about the project and wanted to help. So, on Monday and Friday UE students will travel to Harper to help the third graders write a letter that will be included with each backpack and to help translate the letter into Spanish.
Neighbors will personally be delivering the backpacks over Thanksgiving break and is planning on creating a slideshow video of the entire process, including her visit, upon her return.
Fuel Stymie IceMen in Home Opener
For the first time in five years of hockey at the Ford Center, the Evansville IceMen dropped its home opener after falling 3-1 Saturday to the Indy Fuel to open the 2015-16 season.
Indy’s goaltending stole the show for the second straight night, after the Fuel opened up its season at home Friday night with a 3-2 shootout win over Toledo. Mac Carruth stopped 33 IceMen shots one night after Shane Own turned away 29 attempts. Joe Zarbo score Evansville’s only goal with two seconds left on the sixth IceMen power-play of the night, with 4:56 to play in regulation to cut Indy’s lead in half at the time.
However, the comeback fell just short as the Fuel added an empty net goal in the waning second to seal the victory. Alex Lavoie started the scoring with a one-timer from low in the slot on a feed from Daniel Ciampini midway through the second period. Then Kyle Stroh made it 2-0 on the power-play early in the third.
Zarbo’s goal was a nifty backhander under the crossbar for his fourth career IceMen goal after scoring three times in nine games at the end of 2014-15. Chris Carlisle picked up his first professional point with one of the two assists.
Jonathan Carlsson and Vincent Dunn provided excitement for the 6,915 in attendance with fights in the first and second periods, respectively, but Evansville struggled to solve Carruth all night in the defeat.
The IceMen next play Saturday, October 24, when Evansville hosts the Toledo Walleye at 7:15pm. It’s “Back to the Future Night†at the Ford Center and the team will be donning special jerseys to commemorate the year Marty McFly travelled into the future during the second installment of the movie trilogy. Tickets are available at the Ford Center box office or on www.ticketmaster.com.
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Adopt A Pet
 9-yr-old female Persian cat! Came from a very loving home, owner was getting elderly. Front-declawed! $50 fee incl. spay, microchip, vaccines, & more. www.vhslifesaver.org or (812) 426-2563.
Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will Have Executive Meeting
The Board of School Trustees of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation will meet in executive session at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015, in the John H. Schroeder Conference Centre at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut, IN 47713, Evansville, IN. The session will be conducted according to Senate Enrolled Act 313, Section 1, I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1, as amended. The purpose of the meeting is for discussion of collective bargaining, (2)(A); initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, (2)(B); purchase or lease of property, (2)(D); and job performance evaluation of individual employees, (9).
The regular meeting of the School Board will follow at 5:30 p.m. in the EVSC Board Room, same address.
