EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis (1-10) struggled to keep up with Belmont University (4-7) on Saturday afternoon, falling 7-0. This was the first conference matchup this season for the Screaming Eagles in the Horizon League.
 
Singles
Senior Dylan Brown (Evansville, Indiana) and sophomore Mathys Bove (Lyon, France) took their opponent to the wire. However, the Eagles fell in all six singles matchups.
 
Doubles
The Eagles could not muster a doubles victory. Both duos of Axel Sabourin (Marseille, France)/Bove and junior Quinten Gillespie (Whiteland, Indiana)/Brown battled their opponents, but came up just short.

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team resumed their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) schedule Saturday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field, playing host to Danville Area Community College in the first two games of a four-game weekend set.

The Blazers fell behind early and came up on the wrong end of a 10-5 and 9-6 final scores in the conference doubleheader.

The day got off to a rocky start for the Trailblazers, with the Jaguars breaking the scoreless tie first with three runs in the second and adding another run in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.

Vincennes would get on the board in the bottom half of the fourth however after a leadoff walk by freshman Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.), followed by a hit by pitch by sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) and a single by sophomore Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) loaded the bases with one out.

Douglas would come in to score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Kade Hinton (Fort Wayne, Ind.), putting the Blazers on the scoreboard but still trailing 4-1.

Vincennes would continue to cut into the deficit in the sixth after back-to-back walks by Hinton and sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) and a single by sophomore Jace Parnin (Fort Wayne, Ind.) again loaded the bases with only one out.

Sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) would drive in the first run of the inning on an RBI single, followed by a run scoring fielder’s choice put in play by sophomore Bryton Griffy (Louisville, Ill.) put the Blazers within a run of the Jaguars at 4-3.

Danville Area would respond however in the top of the seventh, putting together a big six run inning to take a commanding 10-3 lead.

VU would continue to battle in the bottom of the seventh with a single by redshirt freshman Holden Clifton (Louisville, Ill.), followed by a two-run home run by Brandon Juarez, his third of the season.

This would be as close as the Blazers would get however as the teams traded zeros in the final two innings to give Danville Area the 10-5 victory over VU.

Freshman Carson Allen (Louisville, Ky.) got the start in game one for the Trailblazers, pitching into the seventh inning, allowing five runs, three earned runs, on 11 hits and striking out two.

Freshman JD Bowser (Mt. Carmel, Ill.) came out of the bullpen to throw two and two-thirds innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just a single hit and striking out four in the outing.

VU would look to bounce back in the second game of the conference doubleheader but again quickly found themselves trailing on the scoreboard.

 Evansville, In.:  Despite being forced to settle for the split of the weekend series, the Thunderbolts officially punched their ticket to the President’s Cup Playoffs next month with Knoxville’s loss, as the Thunderbolts were defeated 4-1 by the Rivermen on Saturday night at Ford Center.   The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Friday, April 5^th against the Birmingham Bulls, puck drop at 7:00pm CT.

Penalties cost the Thunderbolts dearly in the first period as the Rivermen built up a 4-0 lead on goals from Jordan Ernst at 3:41, Renat Dadadzhanov at 4:38, Cayden Cahill at 11:45, and JM Piotrowski at 12:32, with all but Dadadzhanov’s coming on the power play.  Between the third and fourth goals, Ty Taylor was swapped out for Cole Ceci, who held the Rivermen scoreless in the final two periods.  Evansville managed to break the Rivermen shutout with a shorthanded goal at 8:42 of the third period, as Lincoln Hatten set up Matt Dorsey on a 2-on-1 rush for Evansville’s second shorthanded goal of the season and second in consecutive weekends, trimming Peoria’s lead down to 4-1.

Dorsey scored Evansville’s lone goal on the night.  In goal, Taylor finished with 6 saves on 9 shots before Ceci finished the game with 22 saves on 23 shots in relief.  The Thunderbolts and Rivermen do not meet again this regular season, however these teams may meet again in the first round of the President’s Cup Playoffs in April.