The hosts of a party at the Lincolnshire Apartments where a 15-year-old drank excessively and later died of alcohol poisoning were in court Wednesday on charges of reckless conduct and delivery of alcohol to minors.

Timothy D. Whitmore and Patrick B. Ryan, both 20, of the 1800 block of Union Street, pleaded innocent to the misdemeanor charges in relation to the death of Sarah Purcell. The pretrial hearing is set for April 4.

Purcell, of Greenup, attended a party at the residence of Whitmore and Ryan on Nov. 10 and drank a lethal combination of vodka, beer and Everclear. Purcell was brought by friends to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center after passing out at the party and was later transferred to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana where she died.

The state’s attorney filed charges against Whitmore and Ryan on Jan. 29 because of the magnitude of events that happened at the party, State’s Attorney Steve Ferguson previously said.

Ferguson could not bring Whitmore and Ryan up on the felony charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor because they are not 21.