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USI 2023-2024 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – this weekend at the Indiana Invitational at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Screaming Eagles will face a trio of opponents starting with the University of New Hampshire and Radford University on Friday, August 25 at noon and 3 p.m. respectively then Indiana University on Saturday, August 26 at 9 a.m.
Game Coverage
Information about USI Volleyball, including live stats, video, and audio broadcasts, is available on USIScreamingEagles.com.
Tickets
For more information about Indiana Invitational ticket prices, follow this link.
Screaming Eagles Headlines:
New Year, New Fortunes. The Screaming Eagles look to improve off last year’s NCAA DI inaugural season, going 1-28 overall and 1-17 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
You Have To #OVCit. The Eagles are in their second season in NCAA Division I and the OVC. USI is looking for their first conference tournament berth in the DI era.
New Faces. USI has added five newcomers to the roster: Leah Coleman, Ellie Marbet, Mariah Minor, Jillian Moonan, and Maeve Moonan. The Eagles also hired first-year head coach Jeffrey Aucoin as the 13th head coach in program history.
Preseason Poll and All-OVC. Senior Leah Anderson scored enough votes to land herself on the Preseason All-OVC Team. The Eagles were picked to finish last out of 11 teams within the conference.
Conference Top 10. The Eagles ended last season with four players ranked in the top 10 within the OVC in five categories. Senior Leah Anderson stood fourth in points/set (3.77), fifth in kills/set (3.24), and 10th in digs/set (2.95). Junior Carly Sobieralski ranked sixth in assists/set (6.32) with junior Paris Downing sitting ninth in blocks/set (0.99). Sophomore Keira Moore kicked off her collegiate career with a 3.87 digs/set average, ranking seventh.
Team Leaders. Senior Leah Anderson led the group with 347 kills, 316 digs, and 28 service aces. Junior Carly Sobieralski took the reins as the setter, earning 512 assists. Junior Paris Downing handled the front lines for USI, tallying 92 total blocks.
All-Conference Selection. Senior Leah Anderson nabbed the program’s first-ever All-OVC honor, securing second-team accolades.
Schedule Forecast. The Eagles’ 2023 campaign will consist of 12 home, 13 away, and four neutral matches. USI will also host a four-team tournament in September. The conference slate will feature nine home and nine away matches including the OVC Championship in late November.
Eagles in the Classroom. 10 Eagles scored OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades after earning a 3.25 or higher GPA during the 2022-23 academic year.
History in Progress. Senior Leah Anderson will look to leave her mark as one of the greatest in USI Volleyball history. She enters the 2023 season ranked No. 3 all-time at USI with 167 career service aces, No. 7 with 1,231 kills, and No. 10 with 1,106 digs. The outside hitter became the 15th player to reach 1,000 kills, the 13th player to reach 1,000 digs, and the fifth player in program history to reach both feats. She has joined an elite group that includes Shannon Wells, Jamie Roth, Danielle Peter, and Leeanne Gross in the 1,000 kills/1,000 digs club.
About New Hampshire. The Wildcats finished last season 19-10 overall with a 6-5 record in the America East Conference. UNH was picked to finish third in the America East Conference. The Wildcats ended the year with 1,208 kills, 1,087 assists, 1,501 digs, 220 blocks, and 183 aces. UNH’s 1.76 aces per set margin ranked 37th in the nation last year. With an opponent attacking percentage of 0.167 in 2022, the Wildcats ranked 21st in NCAA DI. The USI, UNH match will be the first match of the season for both teams.
Leading the Wildcats. Senior Hannah Serbousek returns to the squad after throwing down a team-high 225 kills last season. Senior Jamison White held the second-most assists with 274 while sophomore Avery LePore served up a team-leading 28 aces. Defensively, senior Mia Pagliarini nabbed 294 digs while senior Kelly Kaufmann earned 82 total blocks.
About Radford. The Highlanders look to improve off last season’s 12-16 overall record and 8-8 Big South Conference mark. The team is predicted to finish fourth in the Big South Conference. Radford captured a five-set victory over OVC foe, UT Martin, to kick off 2022. In 2022, the Highlanders earned 1,187 kills, 1,113 assists, 1,632 digs, 171 total blocks, and 128 aces. Radford’s 16 digs per set marked 43rd best in the NCAA while an opponent hitting percentage of 0.185 stood 69th in DI. The USI, Radford match will be the first for the Highlanders in 2023.
Leading the Highlanders. Radford’s top-three attackers from last season are no longer on the roster so junior Sophie Paspal will lead the charge at the net on both ends after tallying 177 kills and 65 blocks in 2022. Senior Shelby Hernandez was a team leader in two categories after securing 420 digs and 25 aces. Sophomore Jackeline Nerro will step up after an impressive 402 assists season, second-most on the squad.
About Indiana. The Hoosiers were split last season, going 16-16 overall and 9-11 in the Big Ten Conference. The team is predicted to finish eighth in the conference. Indiana was able to get the best of OVC rival, Tennessee Tech, in three sets. The Hoosier know how to split the gaps from the line, serving up the 12th most team aces (218) and the 33rd highest ace per set margin (1.77) in the country.
Leading the Hoosiers. Junior Mady Saris returns to the squad after posting the most points on the team and the 67th most points in the NCAA DI (489). Saris secured the most kills on the team with 427, 69th most in the country. Junior Camryn Haworth set the Hoosiers up in the passing game, earning 1,111 assists, good enough for 59th most in the nation. Haworth also nabbed a team-leading 0.40 aces per set while posting the lone triple-double.
Welcome to Division I. USI Board of Trustees voted unanimously in January 2022 to transition to NCAA Division I athletics beginning in the fall of 2022. The Eagles are a full-time member of the OVC and will face Division I opponents during the regular season for just the second time in program history. The Eagles previously spent 42 seasons in NCAA Division II.
More Information. For more information about USI Volleyball and Athletics, go to USIScreamingEagles.com or follow USI Athletics on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
OVC Releases USI 2023-24 Conference Basketball Schedule
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Basketball will tip-off the 2023-24 Ohio Valley Conference schedules December 28 at Southeast Missouri State University. The 2023-24 OVC schedule will feature an 11-team, 18-game slate that will begin on December 28 and conclude on March 2.
In the 2023-24 season, USI will play eight of the 11 OVC teams in a home-and -home series, including new conference member Western Illinois University. The Screaming Eagles will play the University of Tennessee Martin (on the road) and Eastern Illinois University (at home) once this year.
In addition to WIU and SEMO, USI’s portion of the conference round-robin will include Lindenwood University, the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Morehead State University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Tennessee State University, and Tennessee Technological University.
The 2024 OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament is slated for March 6-9 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. It marks the seventh year in a row that the event will be held at the venue.
USI Men’s Basketball finished the 2022-23 campaign with a 16-17 overall record and a 9-9 conference mark, qualifying for the OVC Championship and the College Basketball Invitational. USI Women’s Basketball concluded their first Division I season with a 12-17 overall record and a 6-12 league record, barely missing the conference tournament due to a tie-breaker.
Each OVC school is eligible to compete and win the OVC Tournament Championship, including USI and Lindenwood, who are in their second year of the NCAA reclassification. Should a transitioning school win an OVC Tournament Championship, the automatic qualifier (AQ) shall be awarded to the tournament runner-up. Should the tournament runner-up also be a transitioning school, the AQ representative shall be the highest seed going into the tournament.
All OVC games and home non-conference contests can be seen on ESPN networks, with the majority of games broadcast on ESPN+. Additional linear exposures on ESPNU and ESPN2 that will be announced at a later date.
The USI Men’s and Women’s basketball non-conference games will be announced once the schedules are complete.
2023-24 OVC Basketball Schedule for USI
Thursday, December 28
Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri
Saturday, December 30
Southern Indiana at Lindenwood
Thursday, January 4
Tennessee State at Southern Indiana
Saturday, January 6
Tennessee Tech at Southern Indiana
Thursday, January 11
Southern Indiana at SIUE
Thursday, January 18
Little Rock at Southern Indiana
Saturday, January 20
Morehead State at Southern Indiana
Thursday, January 25
Western Illinois at Southern Indiana
Thursday, February 1
Southern Indiana at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, February 3
Southern Indiana at Tennessee State
Thursday, February 8
Eastern Illinois at Southern Indiana
Saturday, February 10
SIUE at Southern Indiana
Thursday, February 15
Southern Indiana at UT Martin
Saturday, February 17
Southern Indiana at Little Rock
Tuesday, February 20
Southern Indiana at Morehead State
Saturday, February 24
Southern Indiana at Western Illinois
Thursday, February 29
Lindenwood at Southern Indiana
Saturday, March 2
Southeast Missouri at Southern Indiana
VANDERBURGH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HELD GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR BURDETTE PARK PICKLEBALL COURTS
EVANSVILLE, IN – The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners held a groundbreaking
ceremony on Monday, August 21, 2023 for the construction of the new Burdette Park Pickleball Courts, which will be located on the southeast side of the park at 5301 Nurrenbern Road, Evansville, Indiana 47712. In addition to Commissioners Cheryl Musgrave, Justin Elpers, and Ben Shoulders, also in attendance were Vanderburgh County Council President Jill Hahn, Burdette Park Director Zach Wathen, Burdette Park Assistant Director Colton Meyer, and Vanderburgh County Engineer John Stoll.
The $472,470 project will be paid for by funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and will replace the existing four tennis courts with six pickleball courts and two tennis courts. Included is the removal and replacement of the perimeter fence, a full tear-out and replacement of the asphalt playing area with new lines, new LED lights, a new acrylic topcoat, and a new water drainage system to prevent cracks from forming. Project completion is estimated to be November 11, 2023, weather permitting.
Comprised of approximately 170 acres, Burdette Park provides a recreational and educational environment for patrons of all ages. The addition of these new pickleball courts grants our community enhanced playability of one the fastest growing sports in the United States.
Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office secures monumental pro-life Supreme Court decision
Attorney General Todd Rokita released the following statement regarding the Indiana Supreme Court’s opinion:
“My office promised to defend Indiana’s pro-life law, and we have done that every step of the way. Today, the Indiana Supreme Court certified its opinion rejecting a constitutional challenge to Indiana’s pro-life law, which protects the lives of innocent, unborn babies. This is great news for Hoosier life and liberty. We defeated the pro-death advocates who try to interject their views in a state that clearly voted for life.â€
This Week In Indiana History
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This Week at USI
UPCOMING EVENTS
Beginning today, Monday, August 21
Kiwibot, campus dining delivery robots, arrive at USI for the start of the Fall Semester
USI students won’t be the only ones strolling campus sidewalks this semester. Kiwibots, affordable, autonomous food service delivery robots, will be buzzing along campus routes, too, busy serving the University community through the Grubhub app. USI’s fleet of 15 robots launches today, Monday, August 21, coinciding with the first day of the Fall Semester.
SAVE THE DATE
September 8
Fall USI Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium Series to begin September 8
The USI College of Liberal Arts will host its first Faculty Colloquia presentation of the Fall Semester from 3-4:30 p.m. on September 8 in Kleymeyer Hall, located in the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center. The event is open to the public at no charge.
September 18
USI Rechnic Holocaust Series to feature award-winning author, explore Holocaust family history
The USI Foundation is hosting the second annual speaker for the Edward D. and Regina Rechnic Holocaust Series from 7-8 p.m. Monday, September 18 in Carter Hall, located in University Center West on the USI campus.
The presentation, “My Family’s Holocaust Story and the Threats We Face Today,†will feature Margaret McMullan, author of nine award-winning books, followed by a Q&A session with audience members. A reception will follow, and the event is open to the public at no charge.
October 5-7
USI Communal Studies Association Conference to explore communal theory, practice and impact
The Communal Studies Association (CSA) Conference will meet Thursday through Saturday, October 5-7, on the USI campus and in New Harmony, Indiana. The theme for the 2023 Conference is “Communal Theory, Practice and Impact,†in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the CSA.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Released Friday, August 18
USI Romain College of Business Accounting Program receives five-year AACSB accreditation renewal
The USI Romain College of Business has received a five-year extension on its accreditation for its Accounting Program from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the world’s largest and longest-serving accrediting body for business schools.