Men’s Golf Takes 7th At MVC Championship

Gushrowski and Rohleder pace UE in the third round

APRIL 24, 2024

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. – Nicholas Gushrowski and Isaac Rohleder posted rounds of 74 on Tuesday to help the University of Evansville men’s golf team come home in 7^th place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship at The Golf Club at Porta Cima.

Gushrowski and Rohleder finished the day at 2-over par to lead the Purple Aces.  Completing the three rounds with a 233, Gushrowski tied for 38^th while Rohleder was three behind with a 236.  He tied for 43^rd.

Carson Parker recorded the top finish for the Aces.  Posting a 75 or lower in all three rounds, Parker scored a 224 on his way to a 26^th place finish.  He carded a 75 in Tuesday’s final round.  Daniil Romashkin was two behind him with a 226. Romashkin finished round three with a 78 but had Evansville’s lowest round of the tournament with a 71 on Sunday.

Next up was Caleb Wassmer.  His round of 78 on Tuesday gave him a 230, tying him for 34^th.  His low score was a 3-over 75 on Monday.  Gushrowski tied for 38^th with his 233 while Rohleder came home in a tie for 43^rd with a 236.

As a team, Evansville improved in each of the three rounds before earning a 7^th-place finish.  UE’s 301 in the final round secured the finish with a final total of 905 strokes.  The Aces edged Illinois State by two while coming in six shots ahead of Bradley.

Southern Illinois took top team and individual honors.  The Salukis’ 856 finished eight in front of Missouri State and 12 on top of Valparaiso.  Edouard Cereto of the Salukis was the medalist with a 209.  His tally was two in front of Valpo’s Caleb VanArragon.

Aces in Terre Haute for 3 p.m. CT game

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Another series will be decided on Wednesday when the University of Evansville softball team travels to Terre Haute to face Indiana State in a 3 p.m. CT game at Price Field.  ESPN+ will have the live coverage of the game.

First Two Games

– The Purple Aces and Sycamores met in Evansville on March 12-13 with each team picking up a victory

– ISU opened with a 9-0 victory before the Aces rallied to take a 6-5 win in eight innings in the second contest

– Lacy Smith was the start of the victory, picking up the game-tying and game-winning hits in the come-from-behind win

Last Time Out

– UE earned a series win over Murray State over the weekend, taking two out of three games in Evansville

– Hannah Hood had the game-winning hit in the 8th inning of Friday’s 4-3 walk-off win

– Sunday’s game saw UE take a 5-2 victory to clinch the series as Hood was a perfect 3-for-3

– Sydney Weatherford earned both wins for the Aces, finishing with a 1.87 ERA in 15 innings of work

Finishing Strong

– Hannah Hood enjoyed a strong weekend against Murray State as she batted .500 with hits in each of the three games

– She picked up the game-winning hit in the 8th inning on Friday before going 1-3 in Saturday’s game

– Hood finished the weekend on a strong note, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI in Sunday’s 5-2 triumph

– Batting .500 on the weekend, Hood saw her average rise from .231 to .257

Back on Track

– Jess Willsey entered the Murray State series on an 0-for-10 skid at the plate but a strong weekend saw her go 5-for-9 while batting .556

– Following a 1-4 game on Friday, she went 2-3 on Saturday before a 2-for-2 game in Sunday’s win while adding two runs

– Willsey has recorded a hit in 12 of the last 17 games and is second on the team with a .283 average and 20 RBI

Evansville’s Ace

– Sydney Weatherford got back on track with two strong efforts against Murray State

– Weatherford went 2-0 while posting a 1.87 ERA in 15 innings of work

– Friday’s 8-inning win saw her go the entire distance allowing three runs on six hits; in Sunday’s win, she allowed two runs, just one being earned

– In 8 appearances between March 15 and April 6, she gave up just eight earned runs in 50 innings

in the West Lafayette, Indiana area on Tuesday, the University of Evansville baseball game at Purdue has been moved to Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. central time.  Now, the streaking Purple Aces will put its eight-game winning streak on the line on Wednesday against the Big Ten’s Purdue Boilermakers.

Evansville will enter Wednesday’s game with a 22-17 overall record after sweeping Bradley in a three-game Missouri Valley Conference series over the weekend.  UE enters the week tied for the nation’s second-longest winning streak, as the Purple Aces have won eight-straight games, and 12 out of 13 games overall.  It marks the fourth year in a row in which the Purple Aces have put together an eight-game winning streak during the course of the season, something that has never happened before in program history.

Pitching has helped power UE’s current eight-game winning streak, as over the last eight games, UE’s pitching staff has posted a 3.31 ERA.  Freshman left-hander Kevin Reed (3-0, 7.50 ERA) will get the start in Wednesday’s contest.  Reed is coming off of one of his best outings of the year last time out, as he allowed just three runs (two earned) over 5.0 innings of work at Indiana in the Purple Aces’ 5-4 win.  Reed has been at his best this year against big-time competition, as he has posted a combined 1-0 record and 4.82 ERA in two starts against Indiana and Kentucky.

Offensively, Evansville continues to rank among the nation’s leaders in doubles, as UE currently ranks fifth in the country with 102 doubles.  The Purple Aces are just five doubles shy of the national lead, and five different Purple Aces already have double-digit doubles totals on the year.  Senior infielder/outfielder Kip Fougerousse and junior outfielder Harrison Taubert are currently tied for the team lead, and rank second in the Missouri Valley Conference with 14 doubles this season.

Purdue will enter Wednesday’s game at 25-15 overall.  The Boilermakers boast one of the nation’s top freshman hitters in redshirt freshman Luke Gaffney.  Gaffney will bring a .403 batting average into Wednesday’s game, and he has already set a new Purdue freshman record with 54 RBI this season.  Gaffney provides the power in the Boilermaker lineup as well, as he has launched a team-leading 10 home runs, while also knocking 13 doubles and two triples.  Overall, the Boilermakers are tied for second in the Big Ten in scoring at 8.4 runs per game.

All-time, Purdue holds a slim 20-19 edge in the series with Evansville, after the Purple Aces won three series meetings last year, including a 12-10 victory at Purdue’s Alexander Field.  Wednesday’s game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 F