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• June 03, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team earned some pretty special recognition Monday morning as 10 members of the VU club earned Academic All-Conference honors for the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC). These athletes finished the year with an overall GPA above 3.5 to be recognized for this honor. The VU honorees are;

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• May 05, 2024

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.).

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• April 25, 2024

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.

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• April 17, 2024

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.).

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• March 24, 2024

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.

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• March 23, 2024

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.

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• March 19, 2024

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.

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• March 16, 2024

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.

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• March 10, 2024

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.

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• March 06, 2024

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.

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• March 03, 2024

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.

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• March 03, 2024

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.).

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• February 27, 2024

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.

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• February 25, 2024

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.

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• February 23, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team opened a busy weekend slate of games at Jerry Blemker Field under the lights Friday night against Morton College from Cicero, Ill. The Blazers battled early but the game got away late as the Panthers came away with an 18-6 victory over Vincennes. VU got off to a great start Friday night, with sophomore starting pitcher Logan Medsker (Marshall, Ill.) setting the tone by striking out the final two batters of the first inning.