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• May 18, 2022

NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers face an uphill battle the rest of the weekend after falling in the first game of the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) Tournament Wednesday morning in Normal. The fifth-seeded Blazers fell to No. 4-seed Danville Area 6-3 in a back-and-forth battle. The Jaguars got on the board early to begin the conference tournament, striking big in the first with a two-out three-run home run to take the lead.

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• May 13, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team opened their final Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series of the regular season Friday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field against John Wood Community College. Vincennes earned a spot in the MWAC Conference postseason tournament next week with a game one 7-2 win and continued to better their chances of getting a higher seed with a 5-1 game two win. John Wood got on the board first in game one in the third inning, taking an early 1-0 lead over the host Trailblazers.

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• May 09, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their road Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) season with a doubleheader at Parkland College Monday afternoon. The Trailblazers fell behind early in both games and were unable to recover as the Cobras took game one of the day 15-4 and game two 10-2. Game one of the day got off to a shaky start for the Blazers as Parkland put up a big five-run inning in the second and tacked on another run in the third to take an early 6-0 lead.

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• May 08, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team opened their four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series Sunday afternoon by splitting the first two games with Parkland College at Jerry Blemker Field. The Trailblazers took game one over the Cobras 7-4 behind yet another really great pitching performance behind sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.). Parkland battled back to take game two in comeback fashion, winning 7-5 over Vincennes.

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• May 02, 2022

ALTON, Ill. – VU sophomore center fielder Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) broke a 7-7 tie in game four of Vincennes’ four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Lewis & Clark with a solo home run in the eighth inning to help give VU a 9-7 win to close out the series. Vincennes fell in the first game of the day 5-0 before battling back to take game two 9-7 and coming home with a 2-2 series split. Lewis & Clark wasted little time in game one of the day, scoring three runs in the first and adding another run in the second to take a 4-0 early lead.

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• May 01, 2022

ALTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team opened their four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference series Sunday afternoon against the Lewis & Clark CC Trailblazers. The series was pushed back a day after the rain in the forecast for Saturday and was moved to nearby Lloyd Hopkins Field in Alton, Ill. Vincennes took game one of the series 17-7 before host Lewis & Clark battled back to take game two 11-4.

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• April 23, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team closed out their weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Illinois Central College Saturday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field. Vincennes took game one of the day after falling behind 10-4 in the sixth inning before rallying back to win 11-10. ICC took game two of the day to close out the weekend 9-1. Illinois Central grabbed the momentum early to begin game one, scoring four runs in the first inning.

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• April 22, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University game one starter sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) pitched a gem of a game Friday afternoon, pitching four and two-thirds innings of no-hit baseball to help Vincennes earn a Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) doubleheader split, taking game one 11-3 and dropping game two 5-4. Vincennes got the scoring started early in game one of the day, with leadoff hitter freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) reaching on a bunt single and advancing to second on a throwing error. Burdette would later score the first run of the game on a double steal attempt.

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• April 19, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team bounced back strong after a tough conference weekend by picking up a walk-off win over NJCAA Division I Lincoln Trail College 5-4 Tuesday night in 10 innings. The Statesmen got on the board early, scoring a run in the top of the first. Vincennes responded in the second to even the game after a single by freshman Jordan Roth (Delphi, Ind.) and an RBI single by sophomore Josiah Sizemore (Cambridge City, Ind.).

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• April 16, 2022

NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers fell Saturday afternoon in the final two games of their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) road doubleheader at No. 17 Heartland CC. Vincennes began the day strong at the Corn Crib with lead-off hitter freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) reaching base on an error to begin game one. Burdette would come around to score on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio) to give Vincennes a 1-0 early lead.

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• April 12, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team finished off their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) bye week with a showdown against NJCAA Division I Kaskaskia College at Jerry Blemker Field Tuesday night and dropped the nine-inning game 13-6. The Trailblazers looked to get a few players back from injuries and get their bullpen ready for a four-game conference series against Heartland College this weekend. The Blue Devils jumped out to a big early lead after scoring three runs in the first, three runs in the second and two in the third to take an 8-0 lead.

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• April 09, 2022

FAIRFIELD, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers are taking advantage of their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) bye week with four straight games against NJCAA Division I opponents, beginning with a two-game set with Frontier Community College. VU traveled to Fairfield, Ill. Saturday afternoon to take part in a single nine-inning game as part of a two-game home-and-home series with the Bobcats. The host Bobcats got off to a hot start, scoring four runs in the first inning, including getting three runs in the first three pitches of the game.

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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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• April 01, 2022

DANVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team began their first split four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series of the season Friday afternoon at Danville Area Community College. The Trailblazers fell in the first two games of the four-game weekend series by the score of 8-3 and 6-1. Vincennes began the weekend series with a bang, scoring two runs in the first inning on back-to-back RBI singles by freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) and sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.).

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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 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 20, 2022

CANTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team began their Mid-West Athletic Conference play Sunday afternoon with a doubleheader at Spoon River College in Canton, Ill. The Trailblazers fell behind early and battled back to take game one 8-6 over the host Snappers. Game two of the doubleheader was suspended after the fifth inning due to darkness, with Vincennes holding a 14-9 lead. The game will be resumed tomorrow, March 21, before the scheduled doubleheader at 11 a.m. eastern.

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• March 16, 2022

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The VU Trailblazer bats had a big day as the Blazers came away with the 16-3 win at Rose-Hulman JV Wednesday night. The heart of the VU order came through big for Vincennes Wednesday, with the two through six batter in the order coming up with 16 hits and 12 RBI’s in the game. Vincennes got on the board in the third inning with a two out rally started by a triple by sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.).

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• March 09, 2022

GALLATIN, Tenn. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers picked up a big win over an NJCAA Division-I baseball team Wednesday afternoon as the Blazers took advantage of seven walks to come away with a 4-1 win at Volunteer State. VU wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as lead-off hitter freshman Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) reached base on a bunt single and sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) followed him with a walk. An RBI single by freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) drove in Burdette as Long scored on a throwing error later in the inning to give Vincennes an early 2-0 lead.

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• March 02, 2022

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball season is getting into full swing at Jerry Blemker Field as the Trailblazers hosted Morton College and Joliet Junior College Sunday, Feb. 27 and Monday Feb. 28. Vincennes came away with a 1-2 record over the three-game set, after dropping the first two 10-5 and 10-3 to Morton and Joliet on Sunday, before coming back Monday to win 7-2 over Joliet. The three-game home weekend started with the Trailblazers hosting Morton College from Cicero, Ill.

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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.