Evansville Purple Aces

Illinois State has to feel a little ripped off. Here they are hosting this event and they’ve been delayed an hour and a half in primetime for their game on Wednesday, then had 53 degree temperatures for their start last night. Crowds have been...

Bradley outfield Mike Tauchman and Redbirds’ ace Chris Razo highlight the 2013 MVC all-conference baseball teams, being tabbed Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. Illinois State's Mark Kingston has been named the Dan Callahan Coach of...

Despite giving up three home-runs, Wichita State was able to take advantage of miscues by Evansville and went on to beat the Purple Aces 6-5 on Sunday afternoon.  The win gives the Shockers the series victory, 2-1. Drew Palmer started strong for Wichita...

The Wichita State baseball team fell 6-3 to Evansville on Saturday afternoon at Eck Stadium. A.J. Ladwig took the loss for the Shockers, pitching eight innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits and striking out four. Tanner Dearman went 3-for-5 at the plate...

Cale Elam moved his record to 5-1 on the season as Wichita State defeated Evansville 5-4 on Friday night at Eck Stadium Elam pitched 7.2 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and striking out six. Garrett Bayliff went 2-for-3 at the plate with two...

For the first time in 20 years the Missouri Valley Conference is adding an institution, as the MVC President’s Council unanimously voted to extend a membership invitation to Loyola University Chicago, and the Ramblers will begin full participation...

Creighton fans purchased about 5,000 tickets to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, blowing away the old record for a single school. Wichita State has sold about half that so far - still an excellent showing for a school 450 miles from here. But...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

“Everyone’s been saying that we’re completely healthy since Carl got back, but we still had our starting two guard and small forward on the sideline.  We haven’t been healthy since the eighth game of the season.” Wichita...

Illinois State 73, Northern Iowa 65: Tyler Brown scored a game-high 28 points as the Illinois State Redbirds recorded a 73-65 win over the Northern Iowa Panthers in the second round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Scottrade Center. Brown,...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer—Premier League, Manchester United at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, New England at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball—Florida at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (CBS); Syracuse at Georgetown, 11 a.m....

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