NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball season came to an abrupt end Friday evening as the Trailblazers fell in their two games to start the 2024 NJCAA Division II Region 24 Pod A Tournament hosted by Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill.
The Blazers fell to host and defending National Champion Heartland C.C. 10-9 on a walk-off sac fly, before falling to Spoon River 11-8 in the very next game.
VU got off to a great start to the day in game one against Heartland Community College, opening up the scoring in the fourth with four big runs.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2024 Vincennes University Spring regular season came to a close Sunday evening as the Blazers headed up to Champaign for the final two games of their four-game split Mid-West Athletic Conference series with Parkland College.
The Trailblazers held early leads in both games Sunday but came out on the wrong end of a 9-3 final score in game one and a 10-6 final score in 11 innings in game two.
The day got off to a pretty good start for the Trailblazers, with sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) leading off the game with a single and later scoring the first run of game one on an RBI single by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out the home portion of their regular season at Jerry Blemker Field Saturday afternoon, dropping the first two games of their Mid-West Athletic Conference series to Parkland College 6-0 and 4-0.
Parkland broke open the scoring on the day in game one with a run in the second inning.
Vincennes managed to get a lead-off single by sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) in the first and a one-out single by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) in the second but were unable to move those runners into scoring position.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) weekend series with John Wood Community College Sunday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field and while playing behind for most of the day, were able to battle back late in both games.
Unfortunately for the host Trailblazers, the late comebacks were not enough as John Wood took game one of the day 13-12 before closing out the series in game two 8-7.
Vincennes had an uphill battle from the beginning Sunday afternoon, with John Wood opening game one of the day with a run in the first, four runs in the second and a run in the third to take an early 6-0 lead.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team returned home to begin their Mid-West Athletic Conference weekend series with John Wood Community College Saturday afternoon.
The Trailblazers came up on the wrong side of an 8-0 score in game one before dropping game two of the day 14-4 to John Wood.
Vincennes had to play from behind early in game one, with John Wood breaking onto the scoreboard with a run in the second and two runs in the third to take an early 3-0 lead.
ROBINSON, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team got off to an excellent start Thursday evening at Lincoln Trail College, holding a 5-1 lead after four innings.
But the Trailblazers were unable to keep the Statesmen down as Lincoln Trail scored two in the seventh and two in the eighth to complete a late comeback and take the game 6-5 over Vincennes.
VU wasted little time getting started Thursday at Lincoln Trail, with the second batter of the game, sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) hitting a single, followed by a big two-run home run by sophomore Blake Heyerly (Monroe, Ind.), his third home run of the season and third career home run.
CANTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Spoon River College Sunday afternoon.
The VU offense produced plenty of runs, but unfortunately came out on the wrong end of an 11-9 final in game one and an 18-8 final in game two.
The day got off to a rough start for the Blue and Gold as Spoon River opened the scoring in the first inning with four runs.
CANTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team opened their weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Spoon River College Saturday afternoon with an excellent pitching performance by freshman Carson Allen (Louisville, Ky.).
Allen would throw a nine-inning complete game in game one of the doubleheader to guide the Trailblazers to a 9-3 win.
This is the first nine-inning complete game for the Trailblazers since May 2, 2021, when Sam Steimel threw a nine-inning shutout at Parkland College.
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team snapped their losing streak Wednesday afternoon on the road in a midweek showdown with Franklin College JV.
VU took advantage of two seven run innings to come away on top by the final score 14-5.
Vincennes broke open the scoring in a big way in the second inning at Franklin JV with freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) leading off the inning with a single and coming around to score from first on an RBI double by sophomore Bryan Kohlmeyer (Paris, Ill.).
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team battled Sunday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field in the final two games of their four-game weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with No. 15-ranked Lincoln Land Community College.
The Trailblazers closed out the weekend dropping the Sunday doubleheader 10-5 in game one and 17-6 in game two.
Vincennes got off to an excellent start Sunday afternoon with sophomore Blake Heyerly (Monroe, Ind.) coming through in the bottom of the first with a double to start a two-out rally.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team fell victim to a pair of big innings Saturday evening in the first two of their four-game weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with No. 15-ranked Lincoln Land.
The Blazers dropped the first two games of the series 10-4 and 10-0 at Jerry Blemker Field.
VU got off to an excellent start to the day, with freshman Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.) leading off the first inning with a single, then moving around the bases on a bunt single and a throwing error and later scoring on a bases loaded walk by freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) to give the Blazers and early 1-0 lead.
NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series Tuesday afternoon against the defending National Champion Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill.
The Blazers unfortunately came up short in the final two games of this four-game series, falling 7-0 and 12-4 in Tuesday’s doubleheader.
Vincennes fell behind early in game one of the day to the highly rated Hawks, surrendering a run in each of the first three innings to trail 3-0.
NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University tough baseball schedule continued Monday afternoon with the Trailblazers jumping back into their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) schedule on the road at defending National Champions and No. 10-ranked Heartland Community College.
The Blazers battled with the Hawks throughout but ultimately came out on the wrong end of an 8-4 and 14-4 final scores.
Vincennes got off to a slow start against the Hawks, with Heartland getting on the scoreboard with a run in the bottom of the first.
MT. CARMEL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the field for the first time in a full week Friday afternoon, heading down to nearby Wabash Valley College for a single nine-inning game.
The Blazers found themselves in another close ballgame with a tough NJCAA Division I program and unfortunately came out on the wrong end of a 2-0 final score.
The VU offense was held in check by some really good pitching by the Warriors, with VU getting their first base runner in the third on a walk by sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.).
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team put on a good show Friday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field, facing NJCAA Division I No. 17-ranked John A. Logan College and falling by the final score of 12-6.
VU battled throughout and held a 4-1 lead over the Volunteers heading into the sixth inning, but a pair of big innings for the Vols ultimately flipped the game.
The Trailblazers got off to a great start Friday afternoon, scoring two runs in the first after sophomore Kade Hinton (Fort Wayne, Ind.) reached on a walk and came around to score on an RBI double by redshirt freshman Holden Clifton (Louisville, Ill.).
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers returned to Jerry Blemker Field Tuesday night for a single game against Olney Central College and were able to score early and often to come away with a big 16-12 victory over the Blue Knights.
The Blazers got off to a quick start Tuesday night after Olney Central scored a pair in the first, VU answered back with six runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning.
Eight of the first nine VU batters reached base safely and the Blazers were able to score on an RBI single by sophomore Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.), a walk pitch and back-to-back RBI singles by freshmen Reed Drabant (Columbia, Ill.) and Jaydon Bradbury (Terre Haute, Ind.).
DANVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the road Sunday afternoon for the final two games of this weekend’s four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Danville Community College.
The series shifted to Danville, Ill. after the first two games were played yesterday at Jerry Blemker Field.
VU got off to a tough start to the day, falling in game one 10-2 before closing out the weekend strong and taking game two of the day 16-7.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team resumed their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) schedule Saturday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field, playing host to Danville Area Community College in the first two games of a four-game weekend set.
The Blazers fell behind early and came up on the wrong end of a 10-5 and 9-6 final scores in the conference doubleheader.
The day got off to a rocky start for the Trailblazers, with the Jaguars breaking the scoreless tie first with three runs in the second and adding another run in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.
FAIRFIELD, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team hit the road Tuesday evening for another single midweek game, this time heading to Fairfield, Ill. to take on Frontier Community College.
The Blazers played from behind after a pair of early big innings for the Bobcats and came away on the wrong end of a 14-4 final score.
Vincennes looked to be off to an excellent start to begin the game Tuesday evening, with freshman leadoff hitter Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.) drawing a walk and sophomore Jack Robinson reaching with a single.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball closed out the weekend Sunday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field with the final two games of their four game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with the Cougars of Illinois Central College.
The Trailblazers unfortunately came up on the wrong end of a 7-0 game one and an 11-5 final in game two Sunday.
VU did not get off to a great start at Jerry Blemker Field, with the Cougars quickly taking control of game one with a pair of runs in the first and second innings to take an early 4-0 lead.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team returned to Jerry Blemker Field Saturday afternoon to play the first two games of their four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference series with Illinois Central College.
The Blazers got off to a rocky start and fell in game one 7-3 before falling in game two to the Cougars 9-4.
The weekend conference series did not get off to a great start for the Blazers as Illinois Central opened game one of the day by scoring three runs in the first inning.
OLNEY, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the dirt again Tuesday afternoon against nearby Olney Central College in Olney, Ill.
The Blazers were looking to get some players action in different spots on the field and unfortunately came out on the wrong end of a 15-5 final score to the Blue Knights.
Olney Central got the scoring started Tuesday afternoon with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, which were immediately answered with a pair of runs by VU in the second.
GODFREY, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out the opening weekend of Mid-West Athletic Conference play Sunday afternoon in style, falling in game one 5-3 before taking game two at Lewis & Clark Community College 12-1 thanks to a big eight-run second inning.
Vincennes got off to a bit of a rocky start Sunday afternoon in game one of the day, with Lewis & Clark getting on the scoreboard first with a run in the first inning.
VU would answer back however in the second inning after freshman Corbin Napier (Indianapolis, Ind.) reached on a hit by pitch and moved up to second on a wild pitch, sophomore Jace Parnin (Fort Wayne, Ind.) drove him in on an RBI double to even the score at 1-1.
GODFREY, Ill. – The wind was blowing out for most of Saturday afternoon as the Vincennes University baseball team opened Mid-West Athletic Conference play at Lewis & Clark Community College and the Trailblazer bats took full advantage, clubbing four home runs and scoring 25 runs over two games.
VU got the afternoon started with a big late comeback win in game one over L&C 17-9 before closing out the day by winning game two 8-5.
The Vincennes bats got off to a slow start Saturday, with Lewis & Clark jumping on the scoreboard first with a run in the second.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team headed back to Jerry Blemker Field Wednesday afternoon for their final game before the start of the Mid-West Athletic Conference schedule this weekend against Lake Land College from Mattoon Ill.
The Blazers got off to a great start, opening the scoring in the first after sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) reached base on a dropped third strike.
Redshirt freshman (Louisville, Ill.) Holden Clifton would follow that with a single before freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) grounded into a fielder’s choice and sophomore Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) drove in Robinson with an RBI single to give VU an early 1-0 lead.
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team ended a very productive weekend on a bad note Sunday morning at Jerry Blemker Field.
The Blazers hosted a rematch against the No. 12-ranked Kellogg Community College Bruins and came up on the bad end of some big innings to fall 26-8 to end the weekend.
VU got off to a fast start Sunday morning, breaking open the scoring in the bottom of the first with an RBI single by redshirt freshman Holden Clifton (Louisville, Ill.) and a two RBI single by freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.).
VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University Head Baseball Coach arrived at Jerry Blemker Field Saturday morning two wins shy of 400 career wins as Trailblazers Head Coach and his team gave him exactly two wins on the day.
The Trailblazers picked up the doubleheader sweep thanks to some sixth inning comebacks to win 5-3 over Lincoln Trail College and 17-14 over Glen Oaks Community College.
VU began their day against NJCAA Division I opponent Lincoln Trail College.
VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University sophomore starting pitcher Logan Medsker (Marshall, Ill.) wasted little time breaking his new career-high in strikeouts from last weekend, coming out Friday night against the No. 12-ranked Kellogg Community College Bruins and setting a new career-high with 11 strikeouts on the game.
Medsker’s excellent pitching performance helped guide the Trailblazers to a 2-1 upset victory over the Bruins to kick off another busy weekend of Junior College baseball at Jerry Blemker Field.
The game began as another pitcher’s duel for the Trailblazers, with both offenses held scoreless through the first three innings.
OAKLAND CITY, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team got back in the win column Tuesday night when the Blazers traveled to Oakland City University to take on the Mighty Oaks JV squad.
The Trailblazers picked up some big hitting, including solo home runs by sophomores Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) and Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) as the Blazers came away with the 7-2 victory.
Vincennes broke open the scoring in a big way in the second inning, with Brandon Juarez leading off the inning with a solo home run, the first of his VU career, to put the Blazers on top 1-0.
VINCENNES Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team closed out another busy weekend of NJCAA baseball at Jerry Blemker Field Sunday afternoon, falling to Morton College from Cicero, Ill. 13-4.
The VU pitching staff allowed six walks in the game and hit an additional five batters Sunday, which the Panthers pounced on with the help of some timely two out hitting.
Morton College got the scoring going early, breaking the game open in the second with five runs before adding another run in the fourth to increase their lead to 6-0.
VU baseball season ends after pair of tough losses in Region tournament
May 10, 2024NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball season came to an abrupt end Friday evening as the Trailblazers fell in their two games to start the 2024 NJCAA Division II Region 24 Pod A Tournament hosted by Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill. The Blazers fell to host and defending National Champion Heartland C.C. 10-9 on a walk-off sac fly, before falling to Spoon River 11-8 in the very next game. VU got off to a great start to the day in game one against Heartland Community College, opening up the scoring in the fourth with four big runs.
