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Aces women’s soccer alum Georgia Katsonouri continues career professionally

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The Purple Aces’ former goalkeeper plays with one of the top clubs in Cyprus
LIMASSOL, Cyprus – University of Evansville alum Georgia Katsonouri (’24) has continued her career in goal at the highest level in her home country of Cyprus.
After a four-season career with the Purple Aces, goalkeeper Georgia Katsonouri is continuing her soccer journey with Apollon Ladies FC in Limassol, Cyprus. Katsonouri returned to her home country in the summer of 2024 after graduating from UE with a degree in exercise science. She joined Apollon in mid-July, helping the team to a 2024 Cypriot Super Cup win, the club’s 10th since its founding in 2007. Apollon Ladies FC also completed the treble in 2024, winning the Cypriot Championship, Cup, and Super Cup.
Along with her work on the field with Apollon Ladies FC, Katsonouri was called up to international play with the Cyprus National Team in February. With the national team in the UEFA Women’s Nations League, Katsonouri helped the team in two games against Malta and Georgia. Cyprus won both games by a goal each as Katsonouri got time in goal for the Whites and Blues. She will also be on the roster for Cyprus’ upcoming matches in May and June.
Katsonouri has had to persevere during her time away from Evansville, as she came back from a chronic groin injury that happened when she was an Ace. She says, “I’ve been through a lot of pain and setbacks with my injury. But my perseverance and the fact that I was showing up every day, no matter how I felt, got me back on the field doing what I love the most and inspiring others.”
When not in goal, Katsonouri works for AZ Sports Scholarships, a Greek company that helps student-athletes earn scholarships to attend school in North America. She is the Cyprus college recruiting representative for AZ to help students combine their passion for sports with their studies.
In her four years with UE, Katsonouri played in seven games with five starts for 534 minutes in goal. Her career average at Evansville was 0.340 goals against, 3.86 saves, .931 save percentage and 10 shots faced a game. Katsonouri collected three shutouts during her college career and had an overall record of 2-1-2.

USI hosts EIU for three-game OVC series

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Friday’s series opener moved up to 4 p.m.​​​​​​​

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Southern Indiana Baseball resumes Ohio Valley Conference action this weekend when it hosts Eastern Illinois University for a three-game series beginning Friday. The first pitch Friday has been moved up to 4 p.m. due to rain in the forecast.

Following the series opener Friday, the series will continue at 3 p.m. Saturday before concluding Sunday at 1 p.m. Saturday is USI Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at the USI Baseball Field with free admission to all University staff members.

USI (19-22, 8-7 OVC) starts the weekend in fifth in the OVC standings, while EIU (21-17, 9-5 OVC) is third. The top eight teams in the OVC advance to the conference tournament at the end of the season. There are four weeks left in the 2025 OVC regular season, including this weekend.

Following the series with EIU, the Eagles return to the road for the next four games. USI will play a non-conference matchup at Illinois State University April 30 and visit the University of Tennessee at Martin for a three-game OVC series May 2-4.

Crawford named Horizon League Men’s Tennis Coach Of The Year

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.– University of Southern Indiana Men’s Tennis Head Coach Chris Crawford has been named the 2025 Horizon League Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year.

 
Crawford earned his third career Coach of the Year award – the previous two in the Great Lakes Valley Conference – in his 17th season at the helm of the Screaming Eagles. USI saw a historic third season in Division I, making the Horizon League Conference Championship for the first time since transitioning.
 
As the all-time winningest men’s tennis coach in USI history, Crawford oversaw a two-and-a-half game conference improvement. USI went to 2-2 in 2025 following a 0-5 2024 Horizon campaign. In April, the Eagles’ duo of junior Axel Sabourin and freshman Jy Hibbert earned the school’s first Horizon League Doubles Team of the Week.
 
STAY TUNED
The Eagles make their Horizon League Conference Championship debut in the quarterfinals Friday at 2 p.m. CT in Ann Arbor, Michigan, against Youngstown State University.

Schedule updated for weekend series at Bradley

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Schedule updated for weekend series at Bradley

Aces open play with Saturday doubleheader

 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – An updated weekend schedule is on tap this weekend when the University of Evansville softball team travels to Bradley.  With inclement weather in the forecast on Friday, the teams will open the series with a 12 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.  Sunday’s third game will begin at its originally scheduled time of 12 p.m.  All three games are set to be carried on ESPN+.

Last Time Out

– A tough road series at Murray State saw the Purple Aces drop its three contests by a total of six runs as the Racers scored six of their 15 runs over the weekend in either the 6th or 7th innings

– In Saturday’s finale, UE held an early 3-0 lead before MSU scored four runs in the final three innings to take the 4-3 decision

– Taylor Howe went 1-2 with a triple in the contest

Power Play

– Morgan Adams continues to rack up the home runs as she hit #14 of the season in the home win win over Indiana State

– Adams’ 14 homers is the second-most in a single season in program history and ranks in a tie for the MVC lead while sitting in a tie for 47th in the nation

– Her 36 RBI is tied for the Valley lead and is on the cusp of one of the five highest single-season tallies in UE program history

On a Streak

– Over the last six games, Taylor Howe has recorded a hit in each contest while batting .428 (9-for-21)

– Her 30 runs in 2025 is tied for 7th in the league while her tally of 12 doubles is tied for second

– In total this year, Howe is batting .296 with seven home runs and 28 RBI

– Howe recorded two hits in each of the final two games at Murray State

Still Going Strong

– Scoring 34 runs on the season, Jess Willsey is tied for third in the MVC

– Her season total of 11 doubles is tied for 4th in the Valley, her 8 homes runs are tied for 8th while her 28 RBI ranks in a tie for 10th

– Willsey is batting .262 on the season over the course of 147 at-bats (T-3rd in the conference)

– Her double in the 8th inning of game two at Valparaiso proved to be the game winner

UE baseball makes final MVC trip to Missouri State

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The Purple Aces will look to pick up their fifth series win this weekend
 
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Purple Aces baseball team returns to the road for Missouri Valley Conference play against the current conference leaders
The Purple Aces are looking to continue their good week of Valley play in their final trip to Springfield and Hammons Field. The Missouri State Bears will join Conference USA in the 2025-26 academic year, making it their final year to pick up a potential seventh MVC Regular Season Title and a sixth MVC Tournament Championship. The Bears are in a good position to take the regular season title as they currently lead the Valley by a game over Murray State and Southern Illinois.

Missouri State is looking to get back ahead by multiple games in conference play. The Bears dropped their first MVC series of the season at UIC, only winning the middle match-up against the Flames 10-8. Missouri State is led on the field by outfielder Jake McCutcheon with a .369 batting average, 58 hits, 11 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, 37 RBIs, and 43 runs scored. The Bears have three players with 12 home runs on the season as they lead the conference in long balls while being 10th in the nation in the stat. Missouri State also has four other batters hitting above .300, along with McCutcheon, with less than a month of the regular season left.

UE took a 2-1 series win against Indiana State at German American Bank Field in dramatic fashion over the weekend with two walk-off wins. Evansville did struggle in its midweek game at Western Kentucky, dropping its second game with the Hilltoppers 14-4. The Aces did have a bright spot on Tuesday evening as freshman infielder Drew McConnell hit his second home run of the season and first in two months for UE’s first grand slam of the year. After Evansville loaded the bases early in the seventh inning, McConnell fought through a seven-pitch at-bat to put the ball past the right field bullpen at Nick Denes Field to score four runs.

The Aces’ defense had a big weekend against the Sycamores at home. UE turned four double plays on Friday, April 18, in its 6-5 win over Indiana State. Evansville hadn’t made four double plays on defense in a game since the 2022 season. The Aces had five double plays in total against the Sycamores and currently have 25 on the season. Indiana State is the MVC leader in double plays with 34, but was below their average of 2.5 in three games, as they only had one against UE.

Evansville’s regular Friday night starter, LHP Kenton Deverman, has returned to form after some injury struggles early in the season. Over the month of April, the left-hander has averaged 5.2 innings pitched, seven hits, 2.6 earned runs, 0.6 walks, and five strikeouts a game. Against Indiana State last Thursday, Deverman had his second game of the year, not allowing a single walk to 28 batters. He now leads the MVC in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.14) and walks per nine innings (1.32). Deverman is also nationally in the Top 30 in both categories, as he’s 30th in strikeout-to-walk ratio and 11th in walks per nine innings.

Block-by-Block Postponed Due to Rain

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I wanted to drop a quick line that today’s  Block by Block event has been postponed due to the inclement weather forecast. We will announce the rescheduled date as soon as possible.

We will share this via social media, but any help you can offer in getting the word out to the public would be appreciated.

IT’S OURS! THUNDERBOLTS DEFEAT KNOXVILLE IN OVERTIME TO WIN FIRST PRESIDENT’S CUP TITLE  

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Evansville, In.: The Thunderbolts’ incredible run through the President’s Cup Playoffs came to a victorious end on Thursday night at Ford Center, with Aidan Litke’s overtime goal completing the sweep of the Knoxville Ice Bears in the final series, as the Thunderbolts captured their first-ever President’s Cup Championship.
                Late in the first period, the Thunderbolts grabbed the game’s first lead as Logan vande Meerakker scored on the rush on a power play at 19:14 from Nolan McElhaney.  Following a relatively low-event second period, the Ice Bears tied the game 1-1 as Brendan Dowler scored 2:25 into the third period of play.  In overtime, unlike Wednesday night’s Game One in Knoxville which required double overtime, it took only 1:30 for Litke to score the golden goal, as Ethan Price fed Litke with a pass from the near corner to the net-front, where Litke sniped the puck over Knoxville goaltender Stephen Mundinger to finish the climb to the top of the mountain, with captain Matthew Hobbs fittingly earning a secondary assist on the goal as well.  After losing Game One of the first round of the playoffs at Huntsville in overtime, the Thunderbolts did not lose again, finishing the postseason with an astounding 6-0-1 record, the 6-game win streak also being their first since 2019-20, coming in the best possible time of the year.  In goal for every game of the playoffs and finishing with an astronomical .962% save percentage, Cole Ceci was awarded Playoff MVP Honors.
Vande Meerakker and Litke finished with one goal each, while Ceci finished with 29 saves on 30 shots.  There will be a special rally on the Ford Center Plaza on Tuesday, April 29th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm to celebrate the Thunderbolts’ President’s Cup Championship.

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Hoosier Healthcare Monopoly: Terre Haute hospital merger would likely drive up costs, reduce access 

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Attorney General Todd Rokita announces opposition to consolidated healthcare monopoly, which would stifle healthcare industry innovation

APRIL 25, 2025

Attorney General Todd Rokita’s Office opposes a proposed merger of two Vigo County hospitals, he has informed Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) officials.

IDOH must soon decide to either deny the merger or permit the consolidation and monopolization of Terre Haute’s only two hospitals.

“We all understand that hospitals face distinct challenges, but consolidation at the expense of free-market competition is not the way to address those challenges in this case,” Attorney General Rokita said. “In fact, the creation of a regional monopoly would impose a negative impact on Hoosiers in the area seeking quality health care and affordable costs.”

In 2021, the Indiana General Assembly passed Indiana’s Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) statute allowing certain health care entities to merge with antitrust immunity. The condition is that IODH must find that the merger will “benefit the population’s health outcomes, healthcare access, and quality of care” in excess of any detriment felt by reduced competition.

No such benefits would materialize from this proposed merger, Attorney General Rokita said.

Hospital officials first filed their application for a COPA in September 2023 but withdrew it after more than a year — just days before IDOH was set to make its decision. The hospitals reapplied in February 2025.

The consolidation of Union and Terre Haute Regional hospitals, Attorney General Rokita wrote in a letter to IDOH officials, would “lead to the monopolization of Terre Haute hospital systems that (would) be unchecked in raising healthcare costs, stifling innovation, suppressing wages, and reducing access to care for the citizens of Terre Haute and the surrounding community.”

The Department of Health will host a town hall on May 1, 2025, at the Ivy Tech campus in Terre Haute to discuss the implications of this merger on the Wabash Valley Community. Attorney General Rokita encourages all impacted and concerned citizens to attend the town hall and welcomes all comments regarding the anticompetitive effects of this merger.

“Rural healthcare presents unique problems and concerns for Indiana,” Attorney General Rokita wrote. “The quality of care and travel distances are obstacles to our rural residents receiving consistent, quality healthcare.  Additionally, most rural hospitals face considerable challenges recruiting skilled professionals to less populated areas.”

He added, however, that those challenges do not justify consolidation in this case because such a step would not help alleviate them.

“The solution is competition between strong competitors that fosters efficiency, ingenuity, and technological advancement,” Attorney General Rokita wrote.

The full letter is attached here.

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