Women’s basketball team to walk for a cure
Emma Corry, Special to The Shield
September 25, 2018
Filed under Sports
Alex Davidson described the Race for the Cure as moving and empowering. The women’s basketball team will walk with the university team for the 2018 Komen Evansville Tri-State Race for the Cure Sunday at the Eastland Mall. Susan G. Komen is an organization focused on raising funds for loc...
Women’s tennis gears up for great season
Rachel Lowhorn, Sports Editor
September 17, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Briefs
In her 28th year as head coach, Keely Porter has a strong team to lead in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Porter’s goal for the group is to “become individually more skilled.” This year’s team has four freshman, one sophomore and two juniors. “We have a competitively young group,”...
High hopes for men’s basketball season
Rachel Lowhorn, Sports Editor
September 17, 2018
Filed under Sports
As the Men’s Basketball team is preparing for the season, Rodney Watson begins his 9th year as head basketball coach. Coach Watson is 203-65 overall in his eight years with the team. Watson and the team constructed a 20 game winning streak making them 20-11 in the 2017 season. The Shield sits down ...
Lady Eagles stay humble after National Championship win
Austin A. Lewis, Sports Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under Sports
The University of Southern Indiana’s Women’s Softball team is digging their talons into a new season. After soaring high from last season with a national championship, the team isn’t letting the win get to their heads or determine how things will go this time around. “Our kids are very ...
Where’s the accountability?
Riley Guerzini, Community Engagement Manager
August 27, 2018
Filed under Sports
The Ohio State Board of Trustees failed their university. They failed their students, they failed their employees, but most importantly they failed Courtney Smith. The university suspended its head football coach Urban Meyer Aug. 22 for three games after an investigation into his mishandling of do...
Reynolds named men’s golf coach
Austin A. Lewis, Sports Editor
August 24, 2018
Filed under Sports
The men’s golf program is starting the 2018-19 year off with more than just a fresh start, but with fresh leadership as well. Mike Reynolds is coming on as the seventh head coach in the program’s history. Reynolds is a Morehead State University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in university studi...
More than just a president
Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 24, 2018
Filed under Sports
The Shield When President Linda Bennett stepped in as the university’s president in July 2009, she was met with unfortunate circumstances. The athletic department, reeling from the recent resignation of head basketball coach Rick Herdes just two months before, became part of Bennett’s responsi...
Back to the basics
Austin Lewis, Staff Writer
April 17, 2018
Filed under Sports
Taylor Howerton sees golf as more of a lifestyle than a sport. The senior sports management major was a multi-sport athlete growing up and played basketball and volleyball for fun. However, Howerton could see herself playing golf for the rest of her life and wanted to make a career out of it. ...
Finding a new groove
Sarah Rogers, Features Editor
April 17, 2018
Filed under Sports
Coming off the success high of last season, the university softball team was ready to be just as successful this season. However, the season started rocky and left the team confused and discouraged. Caitlyn Bradley said she and her teammates asked themselves why they weren’t doing as well a...
Screaming Eagles baseball: the team that plays together, wins together
Austin Lewis, Staff Writer
April 10, 2018
Filed under Sports
Jordan Auker This past weekend, the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles men’s baseball team played against the Lewis University Flyers in a four-game, back-to-back, doubleheader over the weekend. On Friday, the Eagles started off the series with a 4-2 run win and wrapped up the second game came 5-3. As the...
Relieved to see Tiger Woods return
Austin Lewis, Staff Writer
April 10, 2018
Filed under Sports
Flickr Recent sports headlines have featured stories of Tiger Woods’ highly anticipated return to the Masters this weekend. “Tiger Woods has returned and far surpassed anyone’s lofty expectations of what he’d be able to do this quickly,” Jim Nantz, CBS lead broadcaster said. “I've ha...
USI Men’s Track & Field finishes eighth at WashU invitational
Noah Alatza, Community Engagement Manager
April 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
The men’s track and field team finished eighth at the Washington University in St. Louis Invitational over the weekend. Though his specific place was not known as of press time, Senior James Cecil said he probably placed somewhere in the teens. “We had people at different meets and at NC State ...