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• May 20, 2022

NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball season likely came to a close Thursday afternoon at the Corn Crib in Normal, Ill. with the No. 5 seed Blazers falling 6-5 to No. 3-seed Parkland College in an elimination game at the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) tournament. The game Thursday began almost exactly like VU’s opening round game against Danville Area with Vincennes trailing early after Parkland hit a three-run home run in the first inning. VU would get a run back in the second however, after a leadoff triple by sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.). VanLannen would later score on a groundout by freshman Jordan Roth (Delphi, Ind.).

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• April 03, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers closed out their four-game weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Danville Area Sunday afternoon with a grueling 7-6 win, which saw the Trailblazers use 17 players throughout the game. The Jaguars took game one of the day 7-5 before Vincennes closed out the weekend with the 7-6 game two victory. The first game of the day saw Vincennes grab an early lead, with sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) getting a single in the first inning and would later score on a balk to give the Blazers the early 1-0 lead.

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• March 27, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team finished their four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) weekend series with NJCAA Division II No. 14-ranked Lincoln Land College Sunday afternoon. The Loggers picked up the first win of the day, taking game three of the series 13-2 before VU rallied back to finish the weekend by taking game four 4-2 with Vincennes starter sophomore Kestler Harbuck (Brooksville, Fla.) threw seven innings allowing only one hit. Lincoln Land began the day with a bang Sunday afternoon, jumping out to an early lead after scoring three runs in the first inning and two in the second.

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• March 26, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – VU sophomore Connor VanLannen threw a seven-inning complete game Saturday afternoon to help give the Trailblazers a split of the first two games of a four-game series with NJCAA Division II No. 14-ranked Lincoln Land College. The Loggers took game one over Vincennes 12-3 before VU battled back in game two to win 9-5. Game one of this Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) doubleheader got off to a slow start, with neither offense able to get a run across in the first two innings.

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• March 21, 2022

CANTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team finished their four-game road Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Spoon River Monday. The day began by finishing the final two innings of game two yesterday, which was suspended due to darkness. Vincennes finished off the 18-10 win. Vincennes also won game three of the series 10-7 after riding a big first inning.

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• March 05, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their four-game weekend set against NJCAA Division II No. 6-ranked Kellogg Community College and NJCAA Division I No.7-ranked Wabash Valley Saturday at Jerry Blemker Field. The Trailblazers took a tough, extra-inning loss to begin the day against Kellogg CC, falling 9-6 in eight innings. Vincennes closed out the weekend by dropping their second game of the day to Wabash Valley by the score of 13-3.

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• February 22, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team completed the four-game sweep of opening weekend at Jerry Blemker Field Monday by defeating Ancilla College 10-2 and South Suburban 3-1. The Trailblazers began their day against the Ancilla Chargers and wasted little time jumping out to a quick lead in the first inning. Sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) came through with a two RBI single which gave VU the early 2-0 lead.

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• February 21, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team began their Spring 2022 home season at Jerry Blemker Field with a pair of wins over Ancilla and South Suburban. The Trailblazers won 15-5 in six innings over Ancilla before taking game two 8-7 over the South Suburban Bulldogs on a walk-off sac fly by freshman Nick Kapostasy (Cincinnati, Ohio). In the first game of the day, the Ancilla Chargers struck first, scoring in the top of the first on game one starter Braedon Nichols (Sullivan, Ind.)

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• February 13, 2022

CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Vincennes sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) took the mound for Sunday’s game of the Trailblazers three-game weekend set with the Cougars of Cleveland State Community College and did not allow a hit in his five innings of work. The Trailblazers were led by their starting pitching and got some big at-bats at the plate but were ultimately swept in the third-game series 7-4, 4-1, 6-5. The weekend series began Saturday with a doubleheader and VU wasted little time at the plate, with leadoff hitter Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) beginning the season with a single.