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CHICAGO, Ill. –  University of Evansville junior second baseman Kip Fougerousse blasted a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, and junior closer Nate Hardman slammed the door shut in the bottom half of the frame to earn his 10th save of the year to help the Purple Aces rally past the UIC

Roberts breaks UE’s single season home run record, in loss at UIC

CHICAGO, Ill. –  Ed Kothera’s single-season home run record has stood at the University of Evansville since the conclusion of the 1987 season.  On Friday night, UE graduate outfielder Eric Roberts broke the single-season record with his 21st home run of the year in the top of the fourth inning at UI

Aces win series opener at UIC, behind Roberts’ Grand Slam & Cycle

CHICAGO, Ill. –  In one of the top individual games in school history, University of Evansville graduate outfielder Eric Roberts hit for the cycle on Thursday night, including launching a grand slam to tie UE’s single-season home run record, to power the Purple Aces past the UIC Flames, 9-8, at Curt

EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  A ninth-inning rally fell short on Tuesday night, as the University of Evansville baseball team dropped a 6-2 decision to the homestanding Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. “A tough one tonight,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll.  “I thought that our

NORMAL, Ill. –  Illinois State outfielder J.T. Sokolove snapped a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, and the homestanding Redbirds added four insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings to salvage the series finale of a three-game Missouri Valley Conference series w

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville junior shortstop Simon Scherry (Santa Claus, Ind./Heritage Hills) has been named to the prestigious Brooks Wallace Award Watch List by the College Baseball Foundation.  The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to the nation’s top shortstop in collegi

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – University of Evansville junior starter Donovan Schultz tossed seven shutout innings on Sunday, and fifth-year first baseman Chase Hug and sophomore outfielder Ty Rumsey launched home runs, as the Purple Aces downed the host Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders, 5-3, to win the

What has become the norm over the last two weekends, the University of Evansville baseball team scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to walk-off Illinois State, 4-3, and