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Baseball team joins effort with fraternity

Chris Procacina March 26, 2014

The Sigma Pi fraternity is giving the USI men’s baseball team an extra incentive to swing for the fences this season. Through the fraternity’s Altruistic Campus Experience (ACE) program, every home...

Q&A with Logan Osborne

Shannon Hall March 26, 2014

Senior sociology major Logan Osborne has played 49 rounds of golf since coming to USI. From 2011 to 2013, he averaged 75.5 strokes per match. He placed 31st individually at the NCAA Division II Midwest/Central...

Bruce Pearl set to take the reigns at Auburn

Chris Procacina March 18, 2014

Former University of Southern Indiana and Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl was hired Tuesday morning as the new head basketball coach at Auburn University. Pearl's contract is set for six...

Eagles win GLVC tourney but fall short in NCAA tourney

Chris Procacina March 17, 2014

Last Saturday, the 14th ranked USI men’s basketball team fell in the first round of NCAA Division II Midwest Regional to Michigan Tech University by a score of 75-70. Despite the loss, the season concluded...

Men’s basketball team moves on in tournament

Chris Procacina March 7, 2014

After edging out Maryville University 86-78 last Sunday, the #20 ranked USI men’s basketball team will now take on Lewis University in the quarterfinal round of the GLVC Tournament. Complimenting...

Coach with cancer goes to tourney in Las Vegas

Coach with cancer goes to tourney in Las Vegas

Chris Procacina March 5, 2014

USI women’s golf coach Don Bisesi is currently living the mind over body philosophy. About a month ago, Besesi was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. But despite the daily radiation and weekly chemotherapy,...

Multi-sport USI athlete travels around the world

Multi-sport USI athlete travels around the world

Dennis Marshall March 5, 2014

Former USI soccer player Julia Kohnen said she will run cross country and track while she gets her Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) this fall. “It's something completely new to me. I'm...

Womens basketball moving on in GLVC Tournament

Women’s basketball moving on in GLVC Tournament

Chris Procacina March 3, 2014

For the USI women's basketball team, Sunday’s first round game of the GLVC Tournament shut the door on a decade of disappointment. The Lady Eagles (19-9, 13-6 GLVC) defeated the Miners of Missouri...

13 players take court for last home game of regular season

Chris Procacina February 26, 2014

The USI men's and women's basketball teams will close out their regular seasons on Thursday against Bellarmine University.  With both teams already clinching home court for the first round of the GLVC...

Varsity Club helps athletes with scholarships

Roberto Campos February 26, 2014

Cream-colored paint covers the 200 walls and a ledge that overlooks a multi-purpose basketball court in Physical Activities Center (PAC) 200. But a step closer, blue-double doors with a sign on top...

Womens golf faces difficult challenge

Women’s golf faces difficult challenge

Chris Procacina February 22, 2014
The women's golf team faces an enormous challenge entering their season. With coach Don Bisesi falling ill, the team has been limited in practice and has many questions about moving forward.

Women’s team wears pink for breast cancer

Shannon Hall February 19, 2014

The Physical Activities Center was packed with pink, and both the men and women’s coaches wore either a pink shirt or sported a pink accessory. The women’s basketball team sported its pink jerseys...

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