“THE SCOREBOARD”
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
ANDERSON (0-3) AT KOKOMO (0-2)
AVON (1-2) AT BROWNSBURG (3-0)
BATESVILLE (3-0) AT RUSHVILLE (2-1)
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (0-3) AT NEW ALBANY (2-1)
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (2-1) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (2-1)
BOONVILLE (0-3) AT NORTH KNOX (1-2)
BREBEUF JESUIT (2-1) AT GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-0)
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (3-0) AT SALEM (1-2)
BYRON CENTRAL (MICH.) AT HAMMOND MORTON (0-3)
CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT BOONE GROVE (1-2)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-2) AT NORTHEASTERN (3-0)
CARROLL (FLORA) (3-0) AT DELPHI (2-1)
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (1-2) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (1-2)
CASTLE (2-1) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-3)
CENTER GROVE (2-1) AT BEN DAVIS (1-2)
CENTRAL NOBLE (0-3) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (2-1)
CHESTERTON (2-1) AT LAPORTE (0-3)
CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (1-1)
CHURUBUSCO (0-3) AT EASTSIDE (1-2)
CLARKSVILLE (0-3) AT PROVIDENCE (3-0)
CLINTON PRAIRIE (2-1) AT TRI-CENTRAL (1-2)
CONCORD (3-0) AT NORTHRIDGE (1-2)
CORYDON CENTRAL (0-3) AT SCOTTSBURG (1-2)
COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (2-1) (INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST)
COVINGTON (2-1) AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (0-3)
CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-3) AT SOUTH DECATUR (1-2)
CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-1) AT NORTH PUTNAM (3-0)
CULVER (1-2) AT WINAMAC (1-1)
CULVER ACADEMY (3-0) AT FAIRFIELD (1-2)
DECATUR CENTRAL (1-1) AT MARTINSVILLE (3-0)
DEKALB (2-1) AT EAST NOBLE (2-1)
DELTA (3-0) AT YORKTOWN (2-1)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-3) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-2)
EASTBROOK (1-2) AT ALEXANDRIA (3-0)
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (0-3) AT TAYLOR (2-1)
EASTERN HANCOCK (2-1) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (2-1) (INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST)
EDINBURGH (0-3) AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (2-1)
ELKHART (2-1) AT SOUTH BEND RILEY (1-1)
ELWOOD (1-2) AT BLACKFORD (1-2)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (3-0) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (3-0) (INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (3-0) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (1-2)
FISHERS (2-1) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (3-0)
FLOYD CENTRAL (1-1) AT SEYMOUR (1-2)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (2-1) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (1-2)
FORT WAYNE SNIDER (2-1) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (0-3)
FORT WAYNE WAYNE (1-1) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (2-1)
FRANKLIN (2-1) AT WHITELAND (1-1)
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1-1) AT ZIONSVILLE (1-2)
FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-1) AT EAST CENTRAL (1-2)
FREMONT (0-3) AT PARK TUDOR (3-0)
FRONTIER (2-0) AT FAITH CHRISTIAN (1-1)
GREENSBURG (0-3) AT LAWRENCEBURG (2-1)
GREENWOOD (1-2) AT MOORESVILLE (1-2)
HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-3) AT DANVILLE (2-1)
HAMMOND CENTRAL (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-1)
HAMMOND NOLL (1-2) AT WHEELER (1-2)
HANOVER CENTRAL (2-1) AT LOWELL (1-2)
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (1-2) AT RICHMOND (0-3)
HIGHLAND (1-2) AT CALUMET (2-1)
HOMESTEAD (1-2) AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-2)
HUNTINGTON NORTH (2-1) AT COLUMBIA CITY (3-0)
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (3-0) (INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-1) AT SPEEDWAY (2-1)
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-1) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (3-0)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (1-2) AT BEECH GROVE (1-2)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS TECH (1-1)
IRVINGTON PREP (0-2) AT BROWN COUNTY (2-1)
JASPER (1-2) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-3)
JAY COUNTY (2-1) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (2-1)
JENNINGS COUNTY (0-3) AT COLUMBUS EAST (1-2)
JIMTOWN (1-2) AT JOHN GLENN (1-1)
KANKAKEE VALLEY (2-1) AT HOBART (1-2)
KNIGHTSTOWN (3-0) AT UNION CITY (0-3)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (3-0) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (0-3)
LAKE CENTRAL (2-1) AT CROWN POINT (3-0)
LAKE STATION (0-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (1-1)
LAKELAND (3-0) AT GARRETT (3-0)
LAPEL (3-0) AT INDIAN CREEK (1-2)
LAVILLE (1-2) AT BREMEN (2-1)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-2) AT WARREN CENTRAL (3-0)
LEBANON (1-2) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (1-2)
LEO (3-0) AT NEW HAVEN (0-3)
LEWIS CASS (2-1) AT NORTHWESTERN (3-0)
LOGANSPORT (2-1) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-3)
LOUISVILLE FERN CREEK (KY.) AT JEFFERSONVILLE (2-1)
LOUISVILLE TRINITY (KY.) AT CARMEL (2-1)
MACONAQUAH (2-0) AT WHITKO (0-3)
MADISON (1-2) AT CARROLL COUNTY (KY.)
MARION (2-1) AT MCCUTCHEON (1-2)
MERRILLVILLE (2-1) AT PORTAGE (2-1)
MILAN (1-2) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (3-0)
MISSISSINEWA (3-0) AT FRANKTON (0-3)
MITCHELL (0-3) AT EASTERN GREENE (0-3)
MUNSTER (0-3) AT ANDREAN (1-2)
NEW CASTLE (1-2) AT SHELBYVILLE (1-2)
NEW PALESTINE (2-0) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (0-3) (INDIANASRN.ORG BROADCAST)
NEW PRAIRIE (2-1) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (0-3)
NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL AT PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD (0-3)
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-3) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (3-0)
NORTH DAVIESS (2-1) AT PRINCETON (0-3)
NORTH HARRISON (2-1) AT CHARLESTOWN (1-2)
NORTH MIAMI (3-0) AT NORTH JUDSON (3-0)
NORTH POSEY (3-0) AT TELL CITY (3-0)
NORTH WHITE (1-2) AT TRI-COUNTY (1-2)
NORTHVIEW (3-0) AT WEST VIGO (1-2)
NORTHWOOD (2-1) AT MISHAWAKA (2-1)
NORWELL (0-3) AT BELLMONT (0-3)
OAK HILL (2-1) AT MADISON-GRANT (3-0)
OWEN VALLEY (0-3) AT EDGEWOOD (1-2)
PARKE HERITAGE (0-3) AT ATTICA (0-3)
PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-1) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (3-0)
PERRY CENTRAL (1-2) AT PAOLI (3-0)
PERU (1-2) AT WABASH (0-3)
PIONEER (2-1) AT CASTON (0-3)
PLAINFIELD (3-0) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (2-1)
PLYMOUTH (1-2) AT GOSHEN (0-3)
RIVER FOREST (2-1) AT GARY WEST (3-0)
RIVERTON PARKE (2-1) AT SEEGER (2-1)
ROCHESTER (2-1) AT MANCHESTER (1-2)
SHENANDOAH (2-1) AT NORTH DECATUR (2-1)
SHERIDAN (1-2) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (2-1)
SILVER CREEK (2-1) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-2)
SOUTH ADAMS (1-2) AT HERITAGE (3-0)
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (2-1) AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN (1-2)
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-3) AT PENN (2-1)
SOUTH DEARBORN (2-1) AT CONNERSVILLE (2-1)
SOUTH NEWTON (2-1) AT NORTH NEWTON (1-2)
SOUTH PUTNAM (1-2) AT GREENCASTLE (1-2)
SOUTH SPENCER (1-2) AT HERITAGE HILLS (2-1)
SOUTH VERMILLION (3-0) AT NORTH VERMILLION (3-0)
SOUTH WARREN (KY.) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (3-0)
SOUTHERN WELLS (0-3) AT WES-DEL (0-3)
SOUTHMONT (1-2) AT FRANKFORT (0-3)
SOUTHPORT (0-3) AT PIKE (2-1)
SOUTHRIDGE (2-1) AT PIKE CENTRAL (2-1)
SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT CLOVERDALE (2-1)
SOUTHWOOD (0-3) AT NORTHFIELD (0-3)
SULLIVAN (1-2) AT LINTON (2-1)
TECUMSEH (0-3) AT FOREST PARK (2-1)
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (1-2) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (0-2)
TIPPECANOE VALLEY (3-0) AT KNOX (1-2)
TRI (2-1) AT MONROE CENTRAL (2-1)
TRITON (2-1) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-2)
TRITON CENTRAL (2-1) AT MONROVIA (2-1)
TWIN LAKES (2-1) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (2-0)
UNION COUNTY (0-3) AT HAGERSTOWN (1-2)
VALPARAISO (2-1) AT MICHIGAN CITY (1-2)
VINCENNES LINCOLN (1-2) AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-2)
WARSAW (2-1) AT WAWASEE (0-3)
WASHINGTON (3-0) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (2-1)
WEST CENTRAL (2-1) AT CASCADE (3-0)
WEST LAFAYETTE (2-1) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (1-2)
WEST NOBLE (3-0) AT ANGOLA (1-2)
WEST WASHINGTON (2-1) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (2-1)
WESTERN (0-3) AT TIPTON (2-1)
WESTERN BOONE (3-0) AT TRI-WEST (2-1)
WESTFIELD (3-0) AT NOBLESVILLE (2-1)
WHITING (2-1) AT GRIFFITH (3-0)
WINCHESTER (0-3) AT CENTERVILLE (3-0)
WOODLAN (1-2) AT BLUFFTON (3-0)
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL REPORTED SCORES
COVENANT CHRISTIAN 3 MONROVIA 1
CHESTERTON 3 PORTAGE 1
LAPORTE 3 MERRILLVILLE 2
CROWN POINT 3 VALPARAISO 0
LAWRENCEBURG 3 S. DEARBORN 2
COMMUNITY BAPTIST 3 HERITAGE HALL CHRISTIAN 1
VINCENNES RIVET 3 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 1
NORTH JUDSON 3 TRITON 0
BENTON CENTRAL 3 W. LAFAYETTE 0
DALEVILLE 3 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 0
MANCHESTER 3 COLUMBIA CITY 1
WINCHESTER 3 MONROE CENTRAL 0
LAKE CENTRAL 3 MICHIGAN CITY 0
NORTH WHITE 3 TWIN LAKES 2
TRI-WEST 3 SOUTHMONT 0
CRAWFORDSVILLE 3 N. VERMILLION 1
FOREST PARK 3 NORTHEAST DUBOIS 0
COVINGTON 3 PARKE HERITAGE 0
FAIRFIELD 3 GARRETT 0
KOUTS 3 TRI-TOWNSHIP 1
KNIGHTSTOWN 3 UNION CITY 0
NEW ALBANY 3 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 1
FORT WAYNE SNIDER 3 HUNTINGTON NORTH 1
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 3 GRIFFITH 0
DANVILLE 3 WESTERN BOONE 2
WHITING 3 HAMMOND MORTON 0
ANDREAN 3 LOWELL 0
BROWNSBURG 3 LEBANON 0
WARSAW 3 NORTHRIDGE 0
PIONEER 3 OREGON DAVIS 0
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3 LAFAYETTE JEFF 0
FORT WAYNE CARROLL 3 FORT WAYNE NORTHRUP 0
RIVERTON PARKE 3 ATTICA 0
BELLMONT 3 HOMESTEAD 1
HAMMOND NOLL 3 MUNSTER 0
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 3 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 1
SHERIDAN 3 TAYLOR 0
FRANKLIN COUNTY 3 CENTERVILLE 2
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 3 YORKTOWN 1
EASTERN HANCOCK 3 UNION 0
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 3 SEVEN OAKS 0
SOUTH NEWTON 3 N. NEWTON 0
LAKELAND 3 W. NOBLE 1
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 3 AUSTIN 0
FRANKLIN 3 WHITELAND 0
EASTERN 3 OAK HILL 1
MOORESVILLE 3 GREENWOOD 0
ADAMS CENTRAL 3 HERITAGE 1
WAPAHANI 3 HAGERSTOWN 0
ANGOLA 3 WESTVIEW 0
JENNINGS COUNTY 3 GREENSBURG 0
FAITH CHRISTIAN 3 UNIVERSITY 0
FORT WAYNE DWENGER 3 NORWELL 0
COLUMBUS NORTH 3 SOUTHPORT 1
ELKHART 3 ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0
DELTA 3 PENDLETON HEIGHTS 2
NORTH POSEY 3 MOUNT VERNON 0
INDIANA BOYS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
FLOYD CENTRAL 2 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 0
CHICAGO CHRISTIAN 2 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 1
MUNCIE BURRIS 10 SETON CATHOLIC 0
MANCHESTER 3 ROCHESTER 0
GRIFFITH 9 RIVER FOREST 0
SPEEDWAY 3 SCECINA 1
WESTERN 4 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0
SHOALS 2 BARR REEVE 1
MORGAN TWP. 2 ANDREAN 0
GIBSON SOUTHERN 4 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 2
HERITAGE HILLS 6 TELL CITY 0
CONNERSVILLE 7 KNIGHTSTOWN 1
SHAWE MEMORIAL 2 MILAN 1
IMSAN 5 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 1
FRANKFORT 1 FAITH CHRISTIAN 1
HENRYVILLE 3 JENNINGS COUNTY 1
SEVEN OAKS 3 BROWN COUNTY 0
BREMEN 4 LAVILLE 0
JASPER 7 VINCENNES LINCOLN 1
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 2 SHORTRIDGE 1
SOUTHRIDGE 2 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 1
CORYDON CENTRAL 6 LANESVILLE 2
ARGOS 3 GLENN 0
WARSAW 9 MISHAWAKA 0
WARREN CENTRAL 4 GREENWOOD 1
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 3 WESTERN BOONE 1
ANDERSON 10 DALEVILLE 1
MITCHELL 7 AUSTIN 1
NORTHWOOD 2 WAWASEE 1
CHARLESTOWN 3 SILVER CREEK 1
SALEM 6 N. HARRISON 1
TAYLOR 6 EASTERN 1
COLUMBIA CITY 4 DEKALB 0
EVANSVILLE REITZ 2 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 1
HARRISON 2 LAFAYETTE JEFF 2
CONCORD 5 GOSHEN 3
NOBLESVILLE 2 WESTFIELD 0
SOUTH KNOX 7 PIKE CENTRAL 3
EASTBROOK 0 YORKTOWN 0
NEW PALESTINE 8 NEW CASTLE 0
LEO 3 E. NOBLE 1
CENTER GROVE 6 WHITELAND 0
LAWRENCE NORTH 1 CARMEL 0
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 1 N. CENTRAL 0
BOONE GROVE 4 DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 0
CATHEDRAL 2 BREBEUF 1
HERITAGE 5 LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN 2
COLUMBUS EAST 1 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 0
EASTERN GREENE 0 WASHINGTON CATHOLIC 0
MARTINSVILLE 4 SEYMOUR 1
MCCUTCHEON 6 KOKOMO 4
FORT WAYNE NORTHRUP 8 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 1
HUNTINGTON NORTH 2 BELLMONT 0
HERRON 3 RITTER 1
GUERIN CATHOLIC 5 RONCALLI 4
BATESVILLE 3 SHELBYVILLE 2
BEN DAVIS 1 PIKE 1
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 2 MISHAWAKA MARIAN 0
ELKHART 3 SOUTH BEND RILEY 0
BALLARD 1 PROVIDENCE 0
ZIONSVILLE 2 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 1
LOGANSPORT 4 TIPTON 0
BROWNSBURG 3 AVON 0
WASHINGTON 4 FOREST PARK 0
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 5 BENTON CENTRAL 1
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 5 FRANKLIN 0
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1 FISHERS 1
WHITE RIVER VALLEY 3 BLOOMFIELD 2
DELTA 4 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 1
TRI-WEST 4 MOORESVILLE 2
FORT WAYNE LUERS 5 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 1
COLUMBUS NORTH 1 PERRY MERIDIAN 0
MUNCIE CENTRAL 2 RICHMOND 1
BROWNSBURG 3 AVON 0
INDIANA GIRLS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
EASTBROOK 0 YORKTOWN 0
VICTORY CHRISTIAN 9 N. WHITE 0
VINCENNES RIVET 1 S. KNOX 1
MADISON 8 SOUTHWESTERN 0
WHITE RIVER VALLEY 14 BLOOMFIELD 0
ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 8 BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 1
SOUTH ADAMS 9 NEW HAVEN 0
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 3 DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 0
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 2 EVANSVILLE NORTH 1
NORWELL 5 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 0
LAWRENCEBURG 6 BATESVILLE 0
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 6 COVINGTON 1
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 2 TIPTON 0
NORTH POSEY 4 BOONVILLE 0
WHEELER 3 MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 0
LAKE CENTRAL 3 PORTAGE 1
SOUTH DEARBORN 2 FRANKLIN COUNTY 0
NORTH KNOX 2 OWEN VALLEY 0
FORT WAYNE SOUTH 3 FORT WAYNE LUERS 3
CULVER 9 ROCHESTER 0
TRINITY 8 LALUMIERE 0
RICHMOND 13 MUNCIE CENTRAL 1
MANCHESTER 5 WABASH 0
SPEEDWAY 5 TRITON CENTRAL 1
WESTERN 5 EASTERN 3
BREMEN 2 LAVILLE 0
LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN 4 ANGOLA 3
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 4 SHORTRIDGE 0
LEO 5 E. NOBLE 1
WESTVIEW 3 CENTRAL NOBLE 0
MISSISSINEWA 2 N. MIAMI 0
SALEM 3 SCOTTSBURG 3
MUNSTER 4 ANDREAN 0
FOREST PARK 7 TELL CITY 1
JIMTOWN 8 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0
UNIVERSITY 3 NORTHWESTERN 2
SOUTHMONT 10 FRANKFORT 4
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 4 MONROVIA 3
COLUMBUS EAST 3 BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 0
CHRISTEL HOUSE 1 TAYLOR 1
NORTH PUTNAM 3 W. VIGO 3
GLENN 4 ARGOS 3
HIGHLAND 2 ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 1
WEST LAFAYETTE 2 LAFAYETTE JEFF 0
CHESTERTON 11 MERRILLVILLE 0
DEKALB 6 COLUMBIA CITY 2
CROWN POINT 10 LAPORTE 0
NORTHWOOD 3 CONCORD 0
LOWELL 3 KANKAKEE VALLEY 1
FORT WAYNE NORTHRUP 5 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 0
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7 BEN DAVIS 3
SILVER CREEK 2 NEW ALBANY 0
HENDERSON COUNTY 2 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN 0
PENDLETON HEIGHTS 4 SHELBYVILLE 0
HANOVER CENTRAL 4 HOBART 0
CENTER GROVE 5 RONCALLI 1
BELLMONT 3 HUNTINGTON NORTH 0
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 2 GIBSON SOUTHERN 0
PARK TUDOR 2 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 1
PROVIDENCE 5 FLOYD CENTRAL 1
INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
TRI-WEST 197, DANVILLE 222, UNIVERSITY 227
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 3
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12
7:30 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN STATE AT SOUTH ALABAMA | ESPN
7:30 P.M | ARIZONA STATE AT TEXAS STATE | ESPN+
FRIDAY, SEPT. 13
7 P.M. | UNLV AT KANSAS | ESPN
8 P.M. | NO. 20 ARIZONA AT NO. 14 KANSAS STATE | FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14
12 P.M. | NO. 4 ALABAMA AT WISCONSIN | FOX
12 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT NO. 17 MICHIGAN | BIG TEN NETWORK
12 P.M. | NO. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | ESPN2
12 P.M. | NO. 16 LSU AT SOUTH CAROLINA | ABC
12 P.M. | LOUISIANA TECH AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK
12 P.M. | CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT ILLINOIS | PEACOCK
12 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT FLORIDA STATE | ESPN
12 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT MIAMI (OH) | ESPNU
12 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT TEXAS TECH | FS1
12 P.M. | CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE AT SAINT FRANCIS (PA) | NEC FRONT ROW
12 P.M. | LEHIGH AT LIU | NEC FRONT ROW
12 P.M. | NORTH GREENVILLE AT THE CITADEL | ESPN+
12 P.M. | MERCYHURST AT ROBERT MORRIS | ESPN+
12:30 P.M. | MARIST AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+
12:45 P.M. | NO. 24 BOSTON COLLEGE AT NO. 6 MISSOURI | SEC NETWORK
1 P.M. | MASSACHUSETTS AT BUFFALO | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
1 P.M. | DELAWARE AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | STONY BROOK AT FORDHAM | ESPN+
1 P.M. | WESTERN ILLINOIS AT ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | GEORGETOWN AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+
1 P.M. | VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG AT PRESBYTERIAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | COASTAL CAROLINA AT TEMPLE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT RICHMOND | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | HOLY CROSS AT BRYANT | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | IDAHO STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
2 P.M. | DUQUESNE AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | STETSON AT FURMAN | ESPN+
3 P.M. | WAGNER AT DELAWARE STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT MONTANA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MOREHOUSE AT HOWARD | CNBC
3:30 P.M. | NO. 18 NOTRE DAME AT PURDUE | CBS
3:30 P.M. | NO. 9 OREGON AT OREGON STATE | FOX
3:30 P.M. | BALL STATE AT NO. 10 MIAMI | ACC NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | TULANE AT NO. 15 OKLAHOMA | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | VMI AT GEORGIA TECH | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | TEXAS A&M AT FLORIDA | ABC
3:30 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT MICHIGAN STATE | BIG TEN NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | NEVADA AT MINNESOTA | BIG TEN NETWORK
3:30 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | PEACOCK
3:30 P.M. | WEST VIRGINIA AT PITTSBURGH | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | MORGAN STATE AT OHIO | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | MONMOUTH AT MAINE | FLOSPORTS
3:30 P.M. | TOWSON AT VILLANOVA | FLOSPORTS
4 P.M. | TROY AT IOWA | FS1
4 P.M. | APP STATE AT EAST CAROLINA | ESPNU
4 P.M. | HAMPTON AT NORFOLK STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | UALBANY AT IDAHO | ESPN+
4 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA AT PORTLAND STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | UAB AT ARKANSAS | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | NO. 12 UTAH AT UTAH STATE | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
5:30 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT ETSU | ESPN+
6 P.M. | UCONN AT DUKE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | VIRGINIA TECH AT OLD DOMINION | ESPN+
6 P.M. | FIU AT FAU | ESPN+
6 P.M. | UTEP AT LIBERTY | ESPN+
6 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | ESPN+
6 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AT NORTH CAROLINA | ESPN+
6 P.M. | COLGATE AT AKRON | ESPN+
6 P.M. | GARDNER-WEBB AT CHARLOTTE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | CAMPBELL AT RHODE ISLAND | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | WILLIAM & MARY AT WOFFORD | ESPN+
6 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT ELON | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | STONEHILL AT NEW HAMPSHIRE | FLOSPORTS
6 P.M. | WEST GEORGIA AT EASTERN KENTUCKY | ESPN+
6 P.M. | MERCER AT CHATTANOOGA | ESPN+
6 P.M. | DAYTON AT INDIANA STATE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | MERRIMACK AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+
6:30 P.M. | NO. 5 OLE MISS AT WAKE FOREST | THE CW NETWORK
6:30 P.M. | BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | UTSA AT NO. 2 TEXAS | ESPN
7 P.M. | VANDERBILT AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | JACKSONVILLE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | KENNESAW STATE AT SAN JOSÉ STATE | TRUTV/MAX
7 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | HAWAI’I AT SAM HOUSTON | ESPN+
7 P.M. | SOUTH FLORIDA AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | AUSTIN PEAY AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | LINDENWOOD AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT MURRAY STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | AUGUSTANA (SD) AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | INCARNATE WORD AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE AT SAMFORD | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT TENNESSEE STATE | HBCUGO
7 P.M. | SOUTHERN AT JACKSON STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | EDWARD WATERS AT ALCORN STATE | SWAC DIGITAL NETWORK
7 P.M. | NORTH ALABAMA AT UT MARTIN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | GRAMBLING STATE AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+
7 P.M. | WEBER STATE AT LAMAR | ESPN+
7 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA | ESPN+
7 P.M. | GEORGETOWN (KY) AT ALABAMA A&M | SWAC DIGITAL NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | NO. 1 GEORGIA AT KENTUCKY | ABC
7:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO AT AUBURN | ESPN2
7:30 P.M. | TOLEDO AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | ESPNU
7:30 P.M. | INDIANA AT UCLA | NBC/PEACOCK
7:30 P.M. | NORTHERN IOWA AT NO. 23 NEBRASKA | BIG TEN NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT BAYLOR | FS1
7:30 P.M. | COLORADO AT COLORADO STATE | CBS
7:30 P.M. | UCF AT TCU | FOX
7:30 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT NORTHWESTERN | BIG TEN NETWORK
7:30 P.M. | INDIANA WESLEYAN AT VALPARAISO | ESPN+
7:45 P.M. | KENT STATE AT NO. 7 TENNESSEE | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | MARYLAND AT VIRGINIA | ACC NETWORK
8 P.M. | RICE AT HOUSTON | ESPN+
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8 P.M. | WESTERN OREGON AT CAL POLY | ESPN+
8 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT MCNEESE | ESPN+
9 P.M. | BYU AT WYOMING | CBS SPORTS NETWORK
9 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT UTAH TECH | ESPN+
9 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT SACRAMENTO STATE | ESPN+
10:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT CALIFORNIA | ESPN
10:30 P.M. | NEW MEXICO STATE AT FRESNO STATE | TRUTV/MAX
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
SEPTEMBER 14 AT UCLA 7:30
SEPTEMBER 21 VS. CHARLOTTE TBA
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. MARYLAND TBA
OCTOBER 5 AT NORTHWESTERN TBA
OCTOBER 19 VS. NEBRASKA TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. WASHINGTON TBA
NOVEMBER 2 AT MICHIGAN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 9 VS. MICHIGAN TBA
NOVEMBER 23 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 30 VS. PURDUE TBA
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. NOTRE DAME 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 AT OREGON STATE 8:30
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. NEBRASKA 12:00
OCTOBER 5 AT WISCONSIN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT ILLINOIS TBA
OCTOBER 18 VS. OREGON 8:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTHWESTERN TBA
NOVEMBER 9 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 16 VS. PENN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 22 AT MICHIGAN STATE 8:00
NOVEMBER 30 AT INDIANA TBA
NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
NOTRE DAME 23 TEXAS A&M 13
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 16 NOTRE DAME 14
SEPTEMBER 14 AT PURDUE 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 VS. MIAMI (OH) 3:30
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. LOUISVILLE 3:30
OCTOBER 12 VS. STANFORD 3:30
OCTOBER 19 AT GEORGIA TECH TBA
OCTOBER 26 AT NAVY 12:00
NOVEMBER 9 VS. FLORIDA STATE 7:30
NOVEMBER 16 VS. VIRGINIA 3:30
NOVEMBER 23 AT ARMY 7:00 (YANKEE STADIUM)
NOVEMBER 30 AT USC TBA
BUTLER BULLDOGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BUTLER 40 UPPER IOWA 7
BUTLER 19 MURRAY STATE 17
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. HANOVER 6:00
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 1:00
OCTOBER 5 VS. MOREHEAD STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 12 AT DRAKE 1:00 CT
OCTOBER 19 VS. DAYTON 1:00
OCTOBER 26 AT DAVIDSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. STETSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT VALPO 1:00 CT
NOVEMBER 16 VS. ST. THOMAS 1:00
NOVEMBER 23 AT PRESBYTERIAN 1:00
BALL STATE CARDINALS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BALL STATE 42 MISSOURI STATE 34
SEPTEMBER 14 AT MIAMI FL 3:30
SEPTEMBER 21 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN TBA
SEPTEMBER 28 AT JAMES MADISON TBA
OCTOBER 5 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT KENT STATE TBA
OCTOBER 19 AT VANDERBILT TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS TBA
NOVEMBER 5 VS. MIAMI OH TBA
NOVEMBER 12 AT BUFFALO 7:00
NOVEMBER 23 VS. BOWLING GREEN TBA
NOVEMBER 29 AT OHIO TBA
INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
EASTERN ILLINOIS 27 INDIANA STATE 20
SEPTEMBER 14 VS. DAYTON 6:00
SEPTEMBER 28 VS. HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 1:00
OCTOBER 5 AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2:00
OCTOBER 12 VS. MURRAY STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 19 AT MISSOURI STATE 3:00
OCTOBER 26 VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTH DAKOTA 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT SOUTH DAKOTA 2:00
COLTS SCHEDULE
HOUSTON 29 INDIANAPOLIS 27
SEPT. 15: AT GREEN BAY, 1 P.M., FOX
SEPT. 22: VS. CHICAGO, 1 P.M., CBS
SEPT. 29: VS. PITTSBURGH, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 6: AT JACKSONVILLE, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 13: AT TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS
OCT. 20: VS. MIAMI, 1 P.M., FOX
OCT. 27: AT HOUSTON, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 3: AT MINNESOTA, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 10: VS. BUFFALO, 1 P.M., CBS
NOV. 17: AT N.Y. JETS, 8:20 P.M., NBC PEACOCK
NOV. 24: VS. DETROIT, 1 P.M., FOX
DEC. 1: AT NEW ENGLAND, 1 P.M., CBS
DEC. 15: AT DENVER, 4:25 P.M., CBS
DEC. 22: VS. TENNESSEE, 1 P.M., CBS
DEC. 29: AT N.Y. GIANTS, TBD
JAN. 5: VS. JACKSONVILLE, TBD
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
PITTSBURGH 6 MIAMI 4
DETROIT 11 COLORADO 0
PHILADELPHIA 9 TAMPA BAY 4
ATLANTA 12 WASHINGTON 0
KANSAS CITY 5 NY YANKEES 0
TORONTO 6 NY METS 2
BALTIMORE 5 BOSTON 3
CLEVELAND 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0
MINNESOTA 10 LA ANGELS 5
CINCINNATI 3 ST. LOUIS 0
OAKLAND 4 HOUSTON 3
SAN DIEGO 7 SEATTLE 3
ARIZONA 6 TEXAS 0
MILWAUKEE 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2
CHICAGO CUBS 6 LA DODGERS 3
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 13 ROCHESTER 3
WNBA SCORES
MINNESOTA 76 ATLANTA 64
NEW YORK 105 DALLAS 91
CONNECTICUT 86 LOS ANGELES 66
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 15
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (1:00P FOX)
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CHICAGO BEARS AT HOUSTON TEXANS 7:20P (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 16
ATLANTA FALCONS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:15P ESPN)
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 23
NEW YORK GIANTS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1:00P CBS)
DENVER BRONCOS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:25P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P FOX)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P FOX
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MONDAY, SEPT. 24
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT BUFFALO BILLS (7:30P ESPN)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (8:15P ABC)
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 26
DALLAS COWBOYS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P CBS)
DENVER BRONCOS AT NEW YORK JETS (1:00P CBS)
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WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:25P CBS)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
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MONDAY, SEPT. 30
TENNESSEE TITANS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (7:30P ESPN)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT DETROIT LIONS (8:15P ABC)
WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
NEW YORK JETS VS MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
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BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
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DALLAS COWBOYS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 7
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
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DENARD ROBINSON AND BRAYLON EDWARDS ARE AMONG FORMER MICHIGAN PLAYERS SUING NCAA AND BIG TEN NETWORK
Former Michigan football stars Denard Robinson and Braylon Edwards are suing the NCAA and Big Ten Network with other former Wolverines players, claiming they lost out on more than $50 million during their college careers because of the association’s now-lifted ban on athletes being compensated for name, image and likeness.
The federal class-action antitrust lawsuit, dated Monday, was filed in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of all Michigan football players who played before 2016. It also includes former Wolverines players Mike Martin and Shawn Crable as plaintiffs.
The NCAA and major college conferences are in the process of trying to settle three antitrust lawsuits related to athlete compensation for name, image and likeness. They have a settlement agreement in place to pay $2.78 billion in damages to hundreds of thousands of college athletes, dating back to 2016.
The NCAA changed its rules in 2021 to allow athletes to cash in on their fame through sponsorship and endorsement deals after decades of prohibition.
At a hearing last week, the federal judge overseeing those cases declined to grant preliminary approval of the deal and kicked it back to attorneys to address her concerns with certain aspects of the agreement.
The Michigan lawsuit aims to recoup what notable stars such as Robinson and Edwards were denied when they played, and it claims the players should be compensated for the highlights and replays of their exploits that are still used by television networks.
“These iconic moments have been repeatedly shown and replayed on BTN (Big Ten Network) and related networks, helping continue the fascination and passion of the sport. They have significantly contributed to the revenue generated by the NCAA and its partners,” the lawsuit said.
The NCAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
Robinson was a record-breaking quarterback for Michigan from 2009-12 who was given the nickname Shoelace because he played with untied cleats. He was also depicted on the cover of the last EA Sports NCAA video game before the series was discontinued for a decade because of the first lawsuit targeting the NCAA’s ban on NIL compensation. The game returned this year as College Football ’25, with players being paid to have their names and likenesses used.
“They made hundreds of millions off the Michigan brand. The Michigan brand, I’d argue, is the most valuable in college sports. They made hundreds of millions of dollars, BTN made millions, and these guys didn’t get any of it,” Michigan-based attorney Jim Acho told the AP. “That’s just wrong, and it’s not just wrong it’s unlawful.”
Robinson recently had worked as a football staffer for the school but was let go in May after an arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Edwards played from 2001-04 and is considered one of the greatest receivers in school history. He was an All-American who went on to become a first-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns.
Martin played defensive line for the Wolverines from 2008-11. Crable played linebacker from 2003-07.
Acho said it is too speculative to know if approval of the NCAA’s settlement agreement will impact this new lawsuit.
“And it’s too speculative for me to hold off on filing,” he said.
NFL NEWS
NFL TRIES TO TACKLE TACKLING WITH A NEW NEXT GEN STATISTIC
Every offensive play in the NFL provides a trove of statistics accounting for the yards gained or lost on every throw or run.
Quantifying defensive performance has always been a more difficult proposition outside of splash plays like sacks and takeaways. The official tackle stats tracked by statisticians with binoculars in the press box can’t account for the quality of the play and tackles that are missed.
That led the NFL Next Gen Stats department to seek a new measurement based on the loads of data generated by tracking equipment to quantify nearly every aspect of the tackle.
“When you look at our toolbox of metrics that can contextualize and tell the stories of the games within the game, we feel like tackling is an area that really hasn’t been analyzed in good enough stats beyond a tackle was made or it wasn’t made,” said Mike Band, the senior manager of research and analytics for NFL Next Gen Stats.
“We can now leverage the (data) to get stats like missed tackles, group tackles, evaluate the quality of tackles. We think we can take tackling quantitatively to an entirely new level of analysis.”
The NFL Next Gen Stats group has teamed up with machine learning engineers from Amazon Web Services to develop an advanced stats model focused on which players are best at making tackles and which are best at breaking them.
Building on the work the NFL has done with AWS with player-tracking data to quantify statistics like completion percentage over expectation, rushing yards over expectation, yards after catch over expectation and defensive coverage classification, it now is doing the same on making and breaking tackles.
“There are 300 million points of data we’re collecting per season for NextGen Stats,” said Julie Souza, the global head of sports at AWS. “We’re only limited by our imagination of what we can ask of it. … Helping people understand what can be a complicated game and bringing new fans into the fold is a great byproduct of this initiative.”
By tracking the location and speed of all 11 defensive players every one-tenth of a second on each play through player tracking data gathered by chips in the players’ pads, the model can measure the probability that a tackle is made.
The stats from 2023 showed that the No. 2 leading tackler last season, Zaire Franklin of Indianapolis, led the NFL with 24 missed tackles, while safety Kevin Byard was the most efficient tackler with a 96.8% success rate.
On the offensive side, Travis Etienne (105), Christian McCaffrey (95) and Kyren Williams (88) were the best at breaking tackles with running backs having the most touches and opportunities. San Francisco’s Deebo Samuel led all receivers with 38 missed tackles, while Lamar Jackson was tops among QBs with 27.
On a per-play basis, the top tackle-breakers among players with at least 100 touches were Pittsburgh’s Jaylen Warren (38.1%), Miami’s De’Von Achane (36.2%) and Tennessee’s Tyjae Spears (34.2%).
The best tackling team in Week 1 headed into the Monday night game was the New England Patriots, who had a 94.3% efficiency rate in their upset win over Cincinnati.
The NextGen Stats group can go beyond missed and broken tackles and use other machine learning stats it has developed with AWS like the expected yards models to measure how many yards over expectation a defensive player saved or gave up on each tackle attempt with the same for offensive players.
While Azeez Al-Shaair and Alex Singleton both ranked in the top five in made tackles, their misses last year were costly with Al-Shaair’s costing Tennessee an estimated 203 extra yards and Singleton’s costing Denver 200 extra yards.
Other stats that can be tracked will be how often teams swarm to the ball with more than three defenders on a tackle and which defenders excel or struggle at different types of tackles like open-field ones, to chase down tackles to downhill tackles with defenders crashing toward the line of scrimmage.
“Any story that unfolds on the field, we want data to be able to help support that story,” said Josh Helmrich, the vice president of football technology for the NFL. “If it’s an offensive story, a defensive story, a running story, a passing story, we want stats that help quantify whatever the result was. So we continually do that. You can only do so much every year, but we try to chip away so that we have a very well-rounded toolkit.”
TOMLIN: STEELERS PREPARING TO START FIELDS VS. BRONCOS
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Justin Fields is in line to start again in Week 2 against the Denver Broncos over Russell Wilson.
“As I sit here today, we’re preparing as Justin Fields is our QB,” Tomlin said, according to team reporter Missi Matthews.
Wilson – who was named the starter before the season – missed Week 1 while dealing with a calf injury. Tomlin said the veteran passer is feeling better but won’t practice until Thursday at the earliest, per Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
With Fields under center, Pittsburgh defeated the Atlanta Falcons 18-10 on Sunday thanks to six Chris Boswell field goals. Fields was 17-for-23 passing with 156 yards, no touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also rushed for 57 yards and suffered a fumble. Tomlin declined to name a starter postgame after being asked if Fields’ performance versus Atlanta could’ve impacted Wilson’s status as QB1.
The matchup versus the Broncos would mark a revenge game for Wilson, who was released by Denver this past offseason before signing a one-year deal with Pittsburgh. The 35-year-old played two seasons with the AFC West club but was only 11-19 as a starter.
Fields also joined the Steelers this year as part of an offseason trade from the Chicago Bears. The 2021 first-rounder flashed his potential in Chicago – mostly because of his rushing ability – but lacked consistency as a passer, which resulted in the Bears moving him before drafting Caleb Williams first overall.
49ERS’ MASON ‘MAD’ AFTER BEING ASKED ABOUT CMC’S INJURY STATUS AGAIN
Jordan Mason put on a show in his first career start on Monday Night Football, but the San Francisco 49ers running back expressed frustration postgame after being asked multiple times about when he knew he’d be starting versus the New York Jets.
Mason originally told ESPN in an on-field postgame interview that he found out he was going to start for an injured Christian McCaffrey “maybe Friday night.” However, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan later said that San Francisco didn’t decide anything until Monday.
When reporters asked Mason about the situation again, he responded, “That question right there is why I’m mad,” according to Kevin Krueger of The Krueg Show.
“That’s why I don’t like talking to the media. Because you say one thing wrong and then … I don’t know, just skip that question.”
McCaffrey was ruled out prior to Monday’s game with calf and Achilles injuries. The star running back said Friday he expected to face the Jets in Week 1. San Francisco listed him as questionable Saturday after he was a limited participant at practice last week.
“I never told Jordan he was going to start,” Shanahan said Monday postgame, according to The 33rd Team. “I told him he had to be ready a bunch, but that might have been (running backs coach) Bobby (Turner) or somebody trying to pump him up. But I knew he was going to have to play a lot.”
Shanahan added: “McCaffrey didn’t have a setback. It was on and off throughout the week. He was able to practice throughout the week, it was always bothering him to a degree. … Today it was bothering him a little too much to where we didn’t feel good about it.”
The 49ers could be penalized if the NFL decides that they were untruthful when reporting McCaffrey’s injury. According to the league’s rulebook, teams must provide “clubs and fans with an accurate description of a player’s availability for the club’s next game” on their game status report.
There’s reportedly a strong possibility that McCaffrey won’t be available for Week 2 against the Minnesota Vikings.
Mason went off against the Jets in the 32-19 victory, carrying the ball 28 times for 147 yards and one touchdown. The 25-year-old originally joined the 49ers as an undrafted rookie in 2022. Prior to Monday, he had never posted more than 11 rushing attempts in a game throughout his NFL career.
REPORTS: RAIDERS SIGNING EX-JAGS LB K’LAVON CHAISSON
The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to sign former Jacksonville Jaguars outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson, per multiple reports Tuesday.
Chaisson, 25, was a first-round pick (20th overall) by the Jaguars in the 2020 NFL Draft. He recorded five sacks and 73 tackles in 57 games (11 starts) with the team from 2020-23.
Chaisson signed a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers during the offseason but was released on Sept. 3.
The Raiders are dealing with knee injuries to edge rushers Tyree Wilson and Malcolm Koonce. Koonce was placed on injured reserve prior to the season opener, while Wilson was hurt during Sunday’s season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
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COMMANDERS SIGN K AUSTIN SEIBERT
The Washington Commanders signed kicker Austin Seibert to a contract on Tuesday.
The move comes one day after fellow kicker Cade York was released. York missed two field goals and saw a kickoff sail out of bounds during Washington’s 37-20 loss at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
York’s release came three weeks after the Commanders traded a conditional seventh-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the second-year kicker.
“I think it just really goes to show we have really high standards,” Commanders coach Dan Quinn said at his Monday press conference.
Seibert, 27, has made 45 of 56 field-goal attempts in 31 career games with the Browns (2019-20), Cincinnati Bengals (2020), Detroit Lions (2021-22) and New York Jets (2023).
Also on Tuesday, Washington signed rookie offensive tackle Anim Dankwah to its practice squad.
The Commanders host the New York Giants (0-1) on Sunday.
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REPORT: VIKINGS DT HARRISON PHILLIPS AGREES TO 2-YEAR EXTENSION
Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Harrison Phillips has agreed to a two-year contract extension worth up to $19 million with more than $13 million guaranteed, NFL Network reported on Tuesday.
Phillips, 28, has started all 35 games in which he has played since signing a three-year contract with the Vikings in 2022. He is now locked in with the team through the 2026 season.
Phillips recorded a sack and five tackles during Sunday’s season-opening 28-6 win against the New York Giants.
A 2023 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee, Phillips has totaled 263 tackles, seven sacks and four fumble recoveries in 80 career games (46 starts) with the Buffalo Bills (2018-21) and Vikings.
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REPORT: GIANTS ADDING FB JAKOB JOHNSON
The New York Giants are signing fullback Jakob Johnson to a contract, ESPN reported on Tuesday.
The Giants released the versatile veteran during roster cuts on Aug. 27. He was then signed to — and subsequently released from — the practice squad.
Johnson, who plays both tight end and fullback, appeared in 13 games (five starts) last season with the Las Vegas Raiders.
A native of Stuttgart, Germany, Johnson has totaled 19 catches for 105 yards and a touchdown in 67 career games (34 starts) with the New England Patriots (2019-21) and Raiders (2022-23).
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BROWNS HOLDING TE AUDITIONS AFTER DAVID NJOKU INJURY
The Cleveland Browns plan to audition several free agent tight ends on Tuesday with David Njoku expected to miss multiple games with a high ankle sprain, ESPN reported.
Irv Smith, Tommy Sweeney and Geoff Swaim are among the candidates reportedly heading to Cleveland for interviews and workouts.
Njoku, 28, was injured in the third quarter of Sunday’s season-opening 33-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The 2023 Pro Bowl selection finished with four catches for 44 yards.
Veteran Jordan Akins, 32, is the only other tight end on the Browns’ depth chart. He had three catches for 27 yards against the Cowboys, raising his career totals to 169 receptions for 1,914 yards and eight touchdowns in 91 games (30 starts) with the Houston Texans (2018-22) and Browns.
Smith, 26, has 109 catches for 973 yards and 10 TDs in 49 games (21 starts) with the Minnesota Vikings (2019-20, 2022) and Cincinnati Bengals (2023). He was a second-round pick by Minnesota in 2019.
Sweeney, 29, was a seventh-round pick by Buffalo in 2019 and caught 18 passes for 165 yards and one score in 24 games (four starts) with the Bills (2019, 2021-22).
Swaim, 30, was a seventh-round selection by Dallas in 2015 and has 110 receptions for 846 yards and six TDs in 100 games (65 starts) with the Cowboys (2015-18), Jacksonville Jaguars (2019), Tennessee Titans (2020-22) and Arizona Cardinals (2023).
–Field Level Media
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB ROUNDUP: MANNY MACHADO BECOMES PADRES’ HOMER KING
Manny Machado jumped atop the Padres’ all-time home run list as San Diego defeated the host Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Tuesday.
Fernando Tatis Jr. also homered and Yu Darvish earned his first victory since May 19 for the Padres, who snapped a two-game skid. Darvish (5-3) tossed five innings of two-run ball. Robert Suarez got the final four outs for his 32nd save.
Machado smacked a two-run shot to center field off George Kirby in the sixth inning, marking his 164th home run with the Padres and giving San Diego a 5-2 lead in the process. Nate Colbert was the Padres’ previous home run leader, going deep 163 times for the franchise from 1969-74.
Cal Raleigh and Luke Raley went deep for the Mariners, who lost for just the second time in their past six games. Kirby (11-11) gave up five runs in five-plus innings.
Cubs 6, Dodgers 3
Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in two runs to go along with spectacular defense in center field and visiting Chicago took advantage of three Los Angeles errors in the eighth inning to rally for a victory.
The Cubs scored five times in the eighth, when the Dodgers had throwing errors from catcher Austin Barnes and center fielder Tommy Edman as well as a fielding error from Enrique Hernandez.
Chicago starter Shota Imanaga (13-3) allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings. Edman hit two home runs and Yoshinobu Yamamoto had eight strikeouts in four innings during his return from a shoulder injury for the Dodgers.
Phillies 9, Rays 4
Cal Stevenson delivered a go-ahead double as part of a wild eighth inning and Kyle Schwarber hit his major-league-record 14th leadoff homer of the season as host Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay.
Trea Turner added two home runs and Bryce Harper contributed three doubles for the Phillies. Schwarber exited in the fourth inning due to what the team called left elbow discomfort.
Junior Caminero had three hits while Christopher Morel and Josh Lowe each registered two hits for the Rays, who lost for the fourth time in six games.
Tigers 11, Rockies 0
Rookie right-hander Keider Montero recorded a shutout, Parker Meadows homered and drove in three runs and host Detroit rolled past Colorado.
Montero (5-6) held the Rockies to three hits and didn’t walk a batter while recording five strikeouts. Riley Greene had a three-run triple, while Matt Vierling and Andy Ibanez drove in two runs apiece for the Tigers.
Bradley Blalock (1-3) was charged with five runs (four earned) on five hits in four innings for the Rockies. Blalock walked five and fanned four.
Pirates 6, Marlins 4
Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer to help lift Pittsburgh past visiting Miami.
Bryan Reynolds had two hits, two runs and an RBI and Isiah Kiner-Falefa added two hits and a run for the Pirates, who have won the first two games of the three-game series. Reliever Joey Wentz (1-2) got the win, and Aroldis Chapman earned his eighth save.
Jhonny Pereda had three hits, an RBI and a run and Kyle Stowers had two doubles, an RBI and a run for the Marlins. Adam Oller (1-3) allowed six runs on seven hits in five innings.
Brewers 3, Giants 2
Garrett Mitchell homered, the Milwaukee bullpen provided 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief and the Brewers held on for a road victory over San Francisco.
Brewers starter Aaron Civale (6-8) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. William Contreras collected three singles and Willy Adames had a pair for the Brewers.
Giants starter Landen Roupp (0-1) worked five innings and yielded two runs and five hits. Mike Yastrzemski homered for San Francisco.
Athletics 4, Astros 3 (12 innings)
Daz Cameron, Max Schuemann and Nick Allen parlayed successive bunts into a two-run rally in the top of the 12th inning, helping Oakland escape with a win over Houston.
The Athletics rallied against Astros reliever Hector Neris (9-5). Oakland left-hander JP Sears had his start bumped up one day after scheduled starter Osvaldo Bido was placed on the injured list due to right wrist flexor tendinitis. Sears worked six shutout innings.
Astros rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti allowed two runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings. Jose Altuve went 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Orioles 5, Red Sox 3
Cedric Mullins hit two home runs as visiting Baltimore ended a three-game losing streak by beating Boston.
Mullins belted a solo shot in the first inning, then socked a two-run homer in the third. Adley Rutschman drove in two runs for Baltimore. Albert Suarez (8-5) pitched six innings and held Boston to one run on four hits.
Red Sox starter Kutter (8-14) gave up three runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Boston has lost the past five times Crawford has taken the mound.
Braves 12, Nationals 0
Michael Harris II homered twice, Orlando Arcia and Sean Murphy also went deep and visiting Atlanta routed Washington.
Harris, Matt Olson and Ramon Laureano had three hits each for the Braves. Atlanta starter Reynaldo Lopez left the game after one inning due to right shoulder soreness. Jesse Chavez (2-2) threw three scoreless innings, and four Braves pitchers combined for a three-hitter.
Jose Tena had two doubles for the Nationals. Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (8-12) gave up seven runs, but only two earned, on six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Guardians 5, White Sox 0
Lane Thomas had two hits, including a three-run homer, and seven Cleveland pitchers combined on a five-hitter for the visiting Guardians, who maintained a 3 1/2-game lead on Kansas City atop the American League Central.
Cleveland starter Ben Lively pitched just two innings, exiting the game after being struck on the outside of the right thigh by a comebacker. Pedro Avila (6-1) threw two innings and was credited with the win.
Andrew Vaughn had two hits for the White Sox, who have lost a franchise-worst 14 straight home games. Jonathan Cannon (3-10) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Reds 3, Cardinals 0
Rhett Lowder earned his first career big-league victory for visiting Cincinnati.
Lowder (1-1) held St. Louis to five hits in five innings. He struck out three and did not issue a walk. Four relievers pitched an inning each to complete the shutout.
TJ Friedl drove in two runs for the Reds, who won for the seventh time in nine games. St. Louis lost for the third time in four games as Andre Pallante surrendered three runs and walked five in five innings.
Royals 5, Yankees 0
Seth Lugo struck out 10 in seven outstanding innings as Kansas City ended a six-game road losing streak with a victory over New York.
Lugo (16-8) yielded three hits and no walks in his 105-pitch outing. He tied Atlanta’s Chris Sale and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal for the major league lead in wins and became Kansas City’s first pitcher to win 16 games since Jason Vargas went 18-11 in 2017.
The Yankees were blanked for the eighth time this season and only the second time since the All-Star break. Aaron Judge (0-for-4) went homerless for the 14th straight game as New York tied a season low with three hits.
Twins 10, Angels 5
Matt Wallner doubled, homered and drove in three runs and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Los Angeles in Minneapolis.
Kyle Farmer finished 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez (15-8) won his fourth start in a row. He allowed four runs, all of which were unearned, on eight hits in seven innings.
Zach Neto went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and three RBIs to lead the Angels.
Blue Jays 6, Mets 2
Chris Bassitt struck out eight in six innings, Davis Schneider had a two-run triple and Toronto defeated visiting New York.
Bassitt (10-13) allowed one run, five hits and one walk to go 2-0 in his career against his former team, the Mets.
New York left-hander David Peterson (9-2) allowed five runs (four earned), eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. The Mets dropped into a tie with the Braves for the third National League wild-card spot.
Diamondbacks 6, Rangers 0
Christian Walker belted two homers and Joc Pederson hit one as Arizona beat Texas in Phoenix.
Pavin Smith and Jose Herrera added RBI doubles for the Diamondbacks, who remained a half-game behind the Padres for the National League’s top wild-card spot.
Wyatt Langford had two of the Rangers’ three hits. Langford also stole two bases. Texas lost for just the fourth time in 14 contests.
–Field Level Media
WNBA NEWS
MARINA MABREY SCORES 26 OFF BENCH AS SUN EASE PAST SPARKS
Marina Mabrey came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points Tuesday night as the visiting Connecticut Sun scored a two-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Sparks with an 86-66 victory.
Mabrey canned 9 of 13 shots, including 6 of 8 from the 3-point arc, as Connecticut upped its record to 26-10 and stayed a game behind the Minnesota Lynx for the second-best record in the WNBA. Brionna Jones added 19 points and eight rebounds, while DiJonai Carrington netted 14 points.
Alyssa Thomas came within three points of her second triple-double in as many games and fourth of the year, finishing with seven points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds. The Sun canned 53.2 percent of their shots from the floor and earned a 26-10 advantage in fastbreak points.
Four players reached double figures for Los Angeles (7-29), led by rookie Rickea Jackson with 16 points. Dearica Hamby added 12, while reserve Crystal Dangerfield scored 11 points. Azura Stevens collected 10 points and a game-high 17 rebounds.
The Sparks made only 38.8 percent of their shots from the floor and committed 15 turnovers that Connecticut cashed in for 22 points.
Los Angeles got off to a fast start, using a 7-0 run to establish an 18-10 lead at the 3:15 mark of the first quarter on Odyssey Sims’ layup. But Connecticut coach Stephanie White used a timeout and her team responded with six straight points to end the period.
In the second quarter, the Sun erupted for 27 points. They held the Sparks scoreless for more than a five-minute span that bridged the periods and built the advantage as high as 16 before settling for a 43-32 cushion at halftime.
Connecticut pushed the lead to as many as 19 points in the third, but Los Angeles edged within 53-43 on two foul shots by Li Yueru with 2:51 left in the quarter. However, Connecticut put it away with an 11-2 burst that DeWanna Bonner capped with two foul shots to make it 64-45 going to the fourth quarter.
–Field Level Media
BREANNA STEWART SCORES 27 AS LIBERTY ROLL PAST WINGS
Breanna Stewart poured in 27 points, 19 of them in the first half, as the visiting New York Liberty rolled to a 105-91 win over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday in the first of two games between the teams in three nights in Arlington, Texas.
The Liberty (30-6), who own the best record in the WNBA, won their fourth straight game and moved a step closer to clinching the top spot in the playoffs. New York remains three games in front of Minnesota in the standings with four regular-season games to play.
New York never trailed in the game and built a 17-point advantage in the second quarter on the way to a 15-point advantage at halftime. Dallas clawed to within eight points in the third quarter before the Liberty flexed their muscles and ran off a 13-0 spurt that all but cemented the contest.
Jonquel Jones added 19 points for New York. Leonie Fiebich finished with 16 points off the bench, Sabrina Ionescu racked up 14 points and 11 assists and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton scored 10 in the win.
Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points, Natasha Howard tallied 21, Teaira McCowan had 11 points and Jacy Sheldon and Maddy Siegrist added 10 points each for the Wings (9-27), who lost their fifth straight game. Dallas has already been eliminated from postseason consideration.
The Liberty set the pace early on, Jones and Laney-Hamilton hit back-to-back 3-pointers to help New York snap a 5-5 tie and assume a six-point advantage at the 7:52 mark of the first quarter. New York expanded its lead to 10 points when Ionescu hit a driving layup with 2:55 to play in the period and led 28-18 at the end of the first.
An 8-0 run, capped by two free throws by Jones, pushed the Liberty’s lead to 38-22 with 7:48 to play in the second quarter. Dallas trimmed its deficit to nine points on Sheldon’s 3-pointer with 2:13 left in the period but the Liberty finished the half with a 9-3 run and carried a 58-43 advantage to the break.
Stewart led all scorers with 19 points before halftime while Jones added 10 for New York. Howard paced the Wings with nine points as Dallas was 4-of-14 from beyond the arc in the half.
–Field Level Media
LYNX STAY HOT BY KNOCKING OFF DREAM, 76-64
Kayla McBride scored a team-high 15 points while Napheesa Collier and Bridget Carleton chipped in 14 apiece, leading the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 76-64 win over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night.
Courtney Williams added 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Lynx (27-9), who won their fourth straight.
Atlanta (12-24) was led by Allisha Gray’s 17 points, followed by Rhyne Howard’s 14. Tina Charles tallied 13 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for the Dream, who lost their second in a row.
After trailing by three at halftime, Atlanta scored the first four points of the second half, and a pair of Gray free throws gave the Dream their first lead since the 4:39 mark of the first quarter.
After Howard tied the game at 50 with a triple, Minnesota responded with a 10-2 run, stamped by Myisha Hines-Allen’s layup with 1:13 left in the third quarter. Howard stopped the bleeding with a mid-range jumper, but McBride’s 3-pointer on the next possession put Minnesota up 63-54 — a lead it held entering the fourth quarter.
From there, the Lynx’s lead ballooned to 68-56 on Collier’s 8-footer with 8:26 left. A pair of free throws from Gray cut Minnesota’s lead to 68-60 with 7:01 remaining, but Alanna Smith’s triple on the ensuing possession pushed the Lynx’s lead back to double digits. Carleton’s 3-pointer then extended Minnesota’s advantage to 74-60 at the 3:49 mark, icing the game for the Lynx.
In the first quarter, Atlanta’s early 6-4 lead was answered with an 11-3 Minnesota run that was capped by Smith’s layup at the 1:59 mark of the frame.
After trailing 22-14 a minute into the second quarter, the Dream cut their deficit to one, 22-21, with 7:53 left in the first half thanks to Maya Caldwell’s trey and back-to-back 2-pointers from Howard and Charles.
Gray’s buzzer-beating layup pulled Atlanta within 41-38 at the break. Carleton led all scorers with 11 points in the first half.
–Field Level Media
GOLF NEWS
GOLF GLANCE: FEXED CUP FALL BEGINS; SOLHEIM CUP; LIV TITLE ON LINE
Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Tour Championship (Scottie Scheffler)
THIS WEEK: Procore Championship, Napa, Calif., Sept. 12-15
Course: Silverado Resort, North Course (Par 72, 7,123 Yards)
Purse: $6M (Winner: $1.08M)
Defending Champion: Sahith Theegala
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday: 6-9 p.m. ET; Friday-Saturday: 6:30-9:30; Sunday: 6-9 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 6:30-9:30 p.m. ET; Friday: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
X: @ProcoreChamp
NOTES: This is the first of eight events on the FedEx Cup Fall schedule, which finalizes the top 125 players who will retain exempt status for 2025. Nos. 126-150 after the fall will retain conditional status. Players who finished Nos. 51-70 in the FedEx Cup have secured their tour cards, but are competing for spots in the first two signature events after the season-opening The Sentry. Theegala will defend his title, but at No. 3 in the FedEx Cup he has already secured his exempt status into all signature events in 2025. … Top-ranked amateur Luke Clanton is in the field on a sponsor exemption. He has already posted three top-10 finishes in six PGA Tour events this year. Other sponsor exemptions include Neal Shipley, the low amateur at this year’s U.S. Open, along with Wenyi Ding, the fourth-ranked amateur in the world.
BEST BETS: Theegala (+1200 at DraftKings) is defending his maiden title on tour, having won by two shots over S.H. Kim. … Wyndham Clark (+1200) has six top-15s in his past seven starts, including a T8 at the Tour Championship. … Corey Conners (+1400) is coming off a T22 at the BMW Championship in his most recent start and is one of the most accomplished players in the field. … Max Homa (+2200) hasn’t posted a top-10 since May, but is a two-time event champion (2021-22) and finished seventh last year.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Presidents Cup, Montreal, Sept. 26-29
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: FM Championship (Haeran Ryu)
THIS WEEK: The Solheim Cup, Gainesville, Va., Sept. 13-15
Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Par 72, 6,706 Yards)
Defending Champion: Team Europe
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV/Streaming: Thursday: 4-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 4:30-5:15 p.m. (NBC Digital); Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (GC/International); 6-6:30 p.m. (GC); Saturday: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. (GC/International); 3-6 p.m. (NBC/Peacock/International); 6-6:30 p.m. (GC); Sunday: 8:45 a.m.-12 p.m. (GC/International); 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (NBC/Peacock/International); 3-4 p.m. (GC-Closing Ceremony)
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Team Europe retained the Solheim Cup with a 14-14 tie in Finca Cortesin, Spain, last year after having won the previous two Cups. The Americans last won the Cup in Iowa in 2017. Team USA’s roster owns a combined 20-37-17 Solheim Cup record with a total of 37.5 points earned, compared to a 71-55-16 combined record and 79 points earned for the Europeans.
FORMAT
Scoring: Win = 1 Point, Tie = 1/2 Point for each team, Loss = 0 Points
Foursomes: Two-player teams, with each team playing one ball and hitting alternate shots until the hole is completed.
Four-ball: Each member of the two-player teams plays her own ball on each hole. The lowest score from each team is counted.
Singles: One player from each team will compete against a player from the other team in match play.
SCHEDULE
Friday: 7:05-7:41 a.m. ET — Foursomes (Four matches, 12-minute intervals); 12:05-12:50 p.m. — Four-ball (Four matches, 15-minute intervals)
Saturday: 7:05-7:41 a.m. — Foursomes (Four matches, 12-minute intervals); 12:05-12:50 p.m. — Four-ball (Four matches, 15-minute intervals)
Sunday: 8:50-10:40 a.m. — Singles (12 matches, 12-minute intervals)
ROSTERS
UNITED STATES: Stacy Lewis (captain); Allisen Corpuz, Lauren Coughlin*, Ally Ewing, Megan Khang, Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Alison Lee, Andrea Lee, Sarah Schmelzel*, Lexi Thompson, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang
TEAM EUROPE: Suzann Pettersen (captain): Celine Boutier, Carlota Ciganda, Linn Grant, Georgia Hall, Esther Henseleit*, Charley Hull, Leona Maguire, Anna Nordqvist, Emily Pedersen, Madelene Sagstrom, Maja Stark, Albane Valenzuela*
*Solheim Cup Rookie
X: @TheSolheimCup
NOTES: Team Europe has Team Europe has the advantage in terms of experience with a roster that has played in a combined 37 Solheim Cups and averages 28.75 years old, compared to 22 Solheim Cups and an average age of 27.33 for the Americans.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Queen City Championship, Maineville, Ohio, Sept. 19-22
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Ascension Charity Classic (Y.E. Yang)
THIS WEEK: Sanford International, Sioux Falls, S.D., Sept. 13-15
Course: Minnehaha Country Club (Par 70, 6,747 Yards)
Purse: $2.1M (Winner: $315,000)
Defending Champion: Steve Stricker
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Saturday, 4-6:30 p.m. ET; Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
X: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: Els holds a lead of only $31,168 over Stephen Ames for the top spot in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Yang moved up to sixth place with his win last week.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Pure Insurance Championship, Monterey Peninsula, Sept. 20-22
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LAST TOURNAMENT: Greenbrier (Individual: Brooks Koepka; Team: Smash GC)
THIS WEEK: Chicago, Bolingbrook, Ill., Sept. 13-15
Course: Bolingbrook Golf Club (Par 70, 7,131 Yards)
Individual Purse: $20M (Winner: $4M)
Team Purse: $5M (Winners: $3M)
Defending Champions:
2024 Leaders: Players: Jon Rahm; Team: Crushers GC
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday: 1:15 p.m. ET (CW App, Liv Golf Plus); Saturday: 1:25 p.m. (CW Network, CW App, LIV Golf Plus); Sunday: 1:05 p.m. (CW Network, CW App, LIV Golf Plus)
X: @livgolf_league
NOTES: This is the final of 13 individual events, which will be followed by next week’s Team Championship. The top 3 teams after this week earn first-round byes at Dallas. Crushers GC and Legion XIII have secured byes, with Ripper GC, Smash GC and Torque GC competing for the final bye. … Joaquin Niemann, who won two events earlier this year and led the season-long standings until after LIV Golf Greenbrier, trails Rahm by only 2.97 points. Rahm needs to finish ahead or equal to Niemann in the top 15 this week to secure the individual title. If Niemann finishes 16th or 17th, then Rahm must finish inside the top 24 players who receive points. Both players are guaranteed to finish first or second in the standings. Five players are still mathematically alive to catch Tyrrell Hatton for third place: Sergio Garcia, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith and Brooks Koepka. … The top 24 players in the standings after this week will secure their spots for next season. After Chicago, players with expiring contracts who are within Nos. 25-48 will become free agents with the opportunity to be re-signed by their team or picked up by another team. Those in 49th or below will finish in the Drop Zone and be relegated out of the league, although they can earn their way back in at the LIV Golf Promotions tournament.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Team Championship Dallas, Carrollton, Texas, Sept. 20-22
–Field Level Media
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLTS PLACE CB JUJU BRENTS ON INJURED RESERVE, SIGN CB CHRIS LAMMONS TO 53-MAN ROSTER FROM PRACTICE SQUAD
Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts today signed cornerback Chris Lammons to the 53-man roster from the practice squad and placed cornerback JuJu Brents on the Injured Reserve list.
Lammons, 5-10, 190 pounds, was originally signed by Indianapolis as a free agent on July 27, 2023. He has played in 47 career games (one start) in his time with the Colts (2023-24), Kansas City Chiefs (2019-22), Miami Dolphins (2018-19), New Orleans Saints (2018) and Atlanta Falcons (2018). Lammons has compiled 22 tackles (11 solo), four passes defensed, one interception, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 10 special teams stops. He has also appeared in three postseason contests and has registered two special teams tackles. In 2024, Lammons saw action in Week 1 vs. Houston.
Brents, 6-3, 198 pounds, has played in 10 games (nine starts) in two seasons (2023-24) with the Colts and has totaled 49 tackles (33 solo), six passes defensed, one interception, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one special teams stop. He was selected by the team in the second round (44th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Kansas State. In 2024, Brents started Week 1 vs. Houston and recorded seven tackles (three solo).
COLTS RELEASE UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART FOR WEEK 2 GAME VS. GREEN BAY PACKERS
OFFENSE
- WR: Michael Pittman Jr., Ashton Dulin
- LT: Bernhard Raimann, Blake Freeland
- LG: Quenton Nelson, Danny Pinter OR Tanor Bortolini
- C: Ryan Kelly, Danny Pinter OR Tanor Bortolini
- RG: Will Fries, Dalton Tucker
- RT: Braden Smith, Matt Goncalves
- TE: Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree
- TE: Kylen Granson, Will Mallory
- WR: Josh Downs, Anthony Gould
- WR: Alec Pierce OR Adonai Mitchell
- QB: Anthony Richardson, Joe Flacco, Sam Ehlinger
- RB: Jonathan Taylor, Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson
- Alec Pierce had a career game in Week 1 against the Houston Texans, with three receptions on three targets for 125 yards, setting career-highs in receiving yards and longest reception (60 yards). He scored the Colts’ first touchdown of 2024 on a 60-yard pass from Anthony Richardson.
- Richardson finished Sunday’s game with nine completions on 19 attempts for 212 yards, and became one of just six quarterbacks in the last 10 seasons to complete multiple passes that traveled at least 55 yards past the line of scrimmage (the 60-yard touchdown pass to Pierce and 57-yard heave to Pierce in the third quarter).
DEFENSE
- DE: Kwity Paye, Laiatu Latu
- DT: DeForest Buckner, Adetomiwa Adebawore
- NT: Grover Stewart, Taven Bryan, Raekwon Davis
- DE: Tyquan Lewis, Dayo Odeyingbo, Isaiah Land
- WLB: E.J. Speed
- MLB: Zaire Franklin, Segun Olubi
- SAM: Jaylon Carlies, Grant Stuard
- CB: JuJu Brents, Dallis Flowers
- FS: Nick Cross, Rodney Thomas II, Trevor Denbow
- SS: Julian Blackmon
- N: Kenny Moore II
- CB: Jaylon Jones, Samuel Womack III
- Segun Olubi made an impact on special teams in the Colts’ loss to the Texans, blocking a punt which the Colts then turned into a Jonathan Taylor touchdown on the next play. In doing so, Olubi became one of four Colts linebackers to have a blocked punt in his career.
- The Colts recorded four sacks against the Texans, thanks to DeForest Bucker, Kwity Paye, Tyquan Lewis and Dayo Odeyingbo.
SPECIALISTS
- P: Rigoberto Sanchez
- PK: Matt Gay
- H: Rigoberto Sanchez
- LS: Luke Rhodes
- KR: Anthony Gould OR Dallis Flowers, Josh Downs
- PR: Anthony Gould, Josh Downs, Dallis Flowers
INDIANA SWIMMING
USA SWIMMING ANNOUNCES 2024-2025 U.S. NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER PRESENTED BY TOYOTA
USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced its 2024-2025 U.S. National Team presented by Toyota. The roster is comprised of 106 swimmers from across the nation, based on results from the Paris Olympic Games 2024 and times from January 1, 2024 through August 24, 2024.
“As we start the LA 2028 quad, we are thrilled to announce a roster of athletes who genuinely embody the best aspects of our sport,” said USA Swimming Interim Chief Executive Officer Shana Ferguson. “This team features a strong mix of veteran presence and emerging talent certain to showcase their USA Swimming club teams and universities at the highest levels of international competition.”
Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Maryland/Gator Swim Club) and Ashley (Twichell) Wall (Fayetteville, N.Y./TAC Titans) both qualify for their 13th U.S. National Team roster, surpassing Allison Schmitt and Olivia Smoliga for the most National Team selections by a woman. Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Calif./California Aquatics) and Chase Kalisz (Baltimore, Md./Longhorn Aquatics) also qualify for their 13th U.S. National Team.
Twenty-one athletes make their USA Swimming National Team debut, headlined by Paris Olympians Luke Whitlock (Noblesville, Ind./Fishers Area Swimming Tigers) and Keaton Jones (Gilbert, Ariz./California Aquatics), as well as 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships standouts Audrey Derivaux (Haddonfield, N.J./Jersey Wahoos) and Rylee Erisman (Windermere, Fla./Laker Swim).
The full roster features 106 athletes from 33 states and 24 universities. Texas is the most-represented state (9), and the University of Texas is the most-represented university (14).
Click here for a complete list of athlete bios for the 2024-2025 U.S. National Team. Additional information and National Team resources can be found here.
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
INDIANA TO HOST MIAMI AND BALL STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Field Hockey’s is set to stay in Bloomington for two more games at Deborah Tobias Field this week. The Hoosiers will start with a mid-week game against Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday, Sep. 11 and then will take on Ball State on Friday, Sep. 13.
WEEKEND REWIND:
-Indiana Field Hockey will look to gain momentum after a busy first week of the season.
-The Hoosiers started the season playing three games in four days. They opened with a win at Kent State but fell short in close games against No. 11 Liberty and Maine.
-Indiana beat Kent State, 3-1, to start the season off strong. Everyone got involved as ten different Hoosiers recorded a shot in the game.
-The Hoosiers had a strong game against Kent State where they had the largest margin of victory against the Golden Eagles since 2012 (5-3).
– All three goals were scored by different Hoosiers, including the first goal of Mijntje Hagen’s collegiate career.
-In a defensive battle, Indiana lost to No. 11 Liberty. 2-1, in double overtime. IU was able to hold Liberty scoreless and to five shots through the first three quarters.
-Both teams scored their first goal in the fourth quarter, with Indiana scoring in the final seconds of regulation on a penalty corner with Hagen finding the back of the cage.
-The Hoosiers fell 4-2 in the home opener after two late goals by Maine.
NEW AND RETURNING PRODUCTION:
-Indiana has had strong early showings from their returning talent and newcomers.
-Sophomore Inés Garcia Prado and freshman Mijntje Hagen currently lead the Hoosiers in scoring with two goals apiece.
-Senior Sofia Arrebola Garcia leads the team in assists with two.
-Both of Hagen’s goals have come from her only two shots she has taken on the season.
-Senior Arabella Loveridge has continued to be a defensive anchor in the cage for the Hoosiers. She has recorded 12 saves thus far with a season high of seven against Liberty.
QUICK STATS:
-Four different Hoosiers have scored a goal this season: Inés Garcia Prado, Yip van Wonderen, Sydney Keld and Mijntje Hagen.
-Garcia Prado and Hagen lead the way with two goals each while van Wonderen and Keld each have one.
-As a team, 11 Hoosiers have taken a shot. Garcia Prado leads all players with eight shots, followed by van Wonderen (7), Meghan Dillon and Sofia Arrebola Garcia (6). Twenty-three of the 45 shots have been on goal (51%).
-Sofia Arrebola Garcia is currently the team leader in assists with two. Van Wonderen and Lara Mortz each have one assist, as well.
-Loveridge has made 12 saves on the season. Seven of those saves came in a neutral site match against Liberty.
-Arrabella Loveridge passed Noelle Rother to become No. 4 in career saves in program history. She reached the mark in the Liberty game.
-Indiana has drawn 19 penalty corners this season, outdrawing their competition, 19-17.
-The Hoosiers are also earning more shot opportunities than the competition. Indiana is averaging 15 shots per game compared to their opposition’s 9.7 shots per game.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION:
-Indiana will face two MAC teams coming off of losses in Miami (Ohio) and Ball State.
-Miami has a 2-1 record with home wins over Bucknell and Saint Francis and a shutout loss at Iowa.
-Indiana and Miami met at the start of the season for an exhibition in Bloomington on Aug. 18. No team score was kept for the scrimmage.
-Miami’s Claudia Negrete Garcia, Paula Pena Martinez and Reese Wearren all lead the team with two goals each while Charlie Servis has one goal on the season.
-Indiana currently leads the all-time series, 17-8, while winning the previous three matchups against the Redhawks.
-Ball State comes to Bloomington with an 0-2 record on the season, after dropping games to Saint Francis (Pa.) and Stanford. The Cardinals will face Saint Louis on Wednesday prior to Friday’s game.
-Ball State’s Emma van Hal has recorded both of the teams goals for the season. Both scores came in the loss to Saint Francis.
-Rachel Bohn also recorded the lone assist for Ball State this season.
-Indiana currently leads the all-time series 20-6-1 against the Cardinals, going 8-2 in the last ten matchups.
OVERTIME TIDBITS:
-Indiana’s Inés Garcia Prado, Yip Van Wonderen and Sydney Keld were named to the Big Ten’s preseason Players to Watch list.
-Indiana’s 2023 team captains of Jemima Cookson and Sydney Keld are both team captains again in 2024. Senior Sofia Arrebola Garcia and junior Emma Thompson were voted in as team captains in the spring, as well.
-Indiana’s roster features a trio and pair of former high school teammates who are now playing together again. Maggie Carter, Javi Baeza, and Charlotte Glasper played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio). Meredith Lee and Hannah Riddle played together at Assumption High School (Kentucky).
PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF
FRESHMAN SAMANTHA BROWN’S UNDER-PAR ROUND LEADS BOILERS ON MOVING DAY IN MINNESOTA
LAKE ELMO, Minn. – Playing just her fifth round of college golf, Samantha Brown made six birdies on her way to her first under-par round as a Boilermaker. The freshman fired a 1-under 71, besting her previous low round by four strokes, to lead Purdue Women’s Golf in the second round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
As a team, the Boilermakers shaved 14 strokes off their opening round to shoot 294 (+6) Tuesday. That was good enough for the sixth-best score of the day. After managing only seven birdies as a squad in the first round, Purdue made 15 birdies as a team throughout the second round. Through 36 holes, the Boilermakers ranked third in the field with 114 pars.
On moving day, Brown moved up 14 spots and into a tie for 39th at 5-over. She improved seven strokes from her first round, thanks in large part to her team-high six birdies. The Westfield, Indiana, native bounced back from a double bogey on the opening hole to play the final 17 holes 3-under par. Brown caught fire with a birdie on the par-4 15th. After a par on No. 16, she rattled off three straight birdies to get into red figures. The birdie at the first was followed by a double bogey at No. 2, but the freshman was resilient again and got through the final seven holes bogey free. She added birdies at No. 4 and then No. 9 to complete her under-par round and best performance as a Boilermaker.
Natasha Kiel carded an even-par 72 that featured four birdies, four bogeys and 10 pars. She bogeyed her first hole, the par-4 10th, before immediately getting the shot back with a birdie on No. 11. She made three more birdies to card a 33 (-3) on the opening nine. However, three bogeys over the final four holes prevented the senior from finishing the day under par.
Momo Sugiyama added a 75 (+3), recovering from a difficult start to play the final 16 holes even par. Jocelyn Bruch’s 76 (+4) contributed to the team’s score, as the senior ended her round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth.
The Boilermakers wrap up play at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate Wednesday morning. Purdue (+20) is paired alongside UCLA (+12) and Clemson (+14).
For updates throughout Wednesday’s final round, follow Purdue Women’s Golf on X @PurdueWGolf.
BOILERMAKERS
T29. Natasha Kiel: 76-72—148 (+4)
T29. Momo Sugiyama: 73-75—148 (+4)
T39. Samantha Brown: 78-71—149 (+5)
T45. Jocelyn Bruch: 75-76—151 (+7)
T55. Jasmine Kahler: 78-77—155 (+11)
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. South Carolina: 276-281—557 (-19)
2. Wake Forest: 276-298—574 (-2)
T3. Oregon: 290-287—577 (+1)
T3. Duke: 291-286—577 (+1)
5. Cal: 291-291—582 (+6)
6. Arizona State: 294-289—583 (+7)
T7. Minnesota: 286-298—584 (+8)
T7. Iowa State: 282-302—584 (+8)
9. UCF: 291-296—587 (+11)
10. UCLA: 293-295—588 (12)
11. Clemson: 294-296—590 (+14)
12. Purdue: 302-295—597 (+21)
PURDUE MEN’S GOLF
BOILERMAKERS WRAP UP PLAY AT INVERNESS
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Purdue men’s golf team posted its best round of the tournament, but fell two spots to finish 10th at the Inverness Intecollegiate hosted at the elite Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
Purdue tallied a 54-hole total of 24-over par 852 (288-283-281) to finish 10th, 26 shots behind champion Virginia. The Boilermakers were just two shots out of a top-8 finish, as Wake Forest finished eighth at 22-over par, while host Toledo was ninth at 23-over par.
Auburn was second, while Vanderbilt, Oklahoma and Texas Tech rounded out the top five.
Nels Surtani led the Boilermakers, finishing 12th at 1-over par 208 (71-70-67). Surtani recorded five birdies in his final round after having three in his first two rounds.
Jenson Forrester tied for 43rd at 8-over par 215 (71-71-73). Supapon Amornchaichan was tied for 50th at 9-over par 216 (75-70-71), while Kent Hsiao tied for 66th at 12-over par 219 (72-77-70). Sam Easterbrook was tied for 73rd at 13-over par 220 (74-72-74).
Playing as an individual, Yilin Sun was tied for 82nd at 17-over par 224 (71-75-78).
Purdue’s next tournament comes on Sept. 22 and 23, hosting the Purdue Fall Classic at the Kampen-Cosler Course.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
AFTER ‘LOWEST OF LOWS,’ NO. 18 NOTRE DAME BIDS TO TURN BACK PURDUE
A week after suffering a humiliating home-field loss to Northern Illinois, No. 18 Notre Dame will look to regain its footing when it visits Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.
Notre Dame (1-1) tumbled 13 spots in the AP Top 25 poll after losing to the Huskies, who entered last weekend’s matchup as a four-touchdown underdog. The Fighting Irish dropped a 16-14 decision after kicker Mitch Jeter’s last-gasp, 62-yard field goal attempt was blocked as time expired.
Now the Fighting Irish turn their attention to Purdue (1-0), which cruised to a 49-0 win over Indiana State in its season opener.
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman will try to keep his players focused on the task ahead as they take on the Boilermakers. Just recently, Freeman was celebrating his team after a road win against Texas A&M.
“It’s disappointing,” Freeman said. “You go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a tale of two weeks. But we’ve got to own this thing. As coaches and players, we’ve got to own it, and we’ve got to fix it.
“We’ve been here before, right? We’ve been here before. Now it’s time to get it fixed. We’ve got to get it fixed and get back to playing football the way we know how to play, (the way) we’ve played before. And we can, and we will.”
On the other side of the field, Purdue coach Ryan Walters also senses an opportunity with Saturday’s showdown. The Boilermakers had a bye last week, which gave them extra time to prepare for an in-state rival that long has landed top recruits and dominated headlines in the region.
Walters knows Purdue stands much to gain from an upset win.
“Yeah, I definitely think there is an element of proving it or earning respect,” Walters said. “You know, I would be lying to you if I didn’t say this game was circled on my calendar. So we’re excited.”
Purdue quarterback Hudson Card completed 24 of 25 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns in his season debut. Max Klare was the top target with five catches for 71 yards and a touchdown, while Devin Mockobee led the ground game with 11 carries for 89 yards.
On defense, Purdue edge rusher Will Heldt tallied a pair of sacks.
The Notre Dame player in the brightest spotlight will be quarterback Riley Leonard, who has completed 38 of 62 passes for 321 yards and two interceptions this season. He also has rushed for 79 yards and a score.
Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love could help to take some of the burden off Leonard and the rest of the offense. Love has scored in back-to-back games, and he has 25 carries for 170 yards to lead the team.
Howard Cross III leads Notre Dame with one sack, and Xavier Watts and Adon Shuler have one interception apiece.
Walters said he expected Notre Dame to be motivated at kickoff.
“We’re going to err on the side of thinking they’re going to be an angry football team,” he said. “Any time you’re top five in the country and lose the home opener, that’s going to leave a bad taste in your mouth. I know Coach Freeman will have those guys fired up and ready to play.”
–Field Level Media
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH SCHEDULE SET FOR PLAYERS ERA FESTIVAL
VEGAS – The Players Era Festival has officially announced its schedule, matchups and TV designations on Tuesday morning, with Notre Dame men’s basketball set to compete in the first-of-its-kind event. The Fighting Irish will be 1-of-8 teams invited to come to Las Vegas during the week of Thanksgiving.
The Players Era Festival will be played as two separate four-team round-robin tournaments, with Notre Dame playing against Alabama, Houston and Rutgers in the Impact Tournament. The Power Tournament features Oregon, San Diego State, Creighton and Texas A&M.
It’ll be an early season test for this young and talented Irish squad. In ESPN’s Way Too Early Top-25 rankings, Alabama is No. 2, Houston is No. 4 and Rutgers is No. 25.
The schedule for the Impact Tournament is as follows:
Tuesday, November 26
Houston vs. Alabama – 8:00 PM (EST) | TBS
Rutgers vs. Notre Dame – 10:30 PM (EST) | TBS
Wednesday, November 27
Rutgers vs. Alabama – 10:00 PM (EST) | TBS
Thursday, November 28
Notre Dame vs. Houston – 12:30 AM (EST) | TBS
Saturday, November 30
Alabama vs. Notre Dame – 1:00 PM (EST) | truTV
Rutgers vs. Houston – 3:30 PM (EST) | truTV
For each distinct Tournament, in the event teams finish with the same record, tie breakers will be used to determine final standings, including head-to-head record, total point differential, points scored, points allowed and, lastly, pre-Tournament NET ranking.
The 2024 Festival introduces an entirely new structure for early season competition, coinciding with the opportunity for athletes on each participating team to engage in more than $1 million in NIL opportunities outside of competition.
All-time Series Records
Notre Dame leads the series, 4-2, against Alabama, with a 2-2 record at neutral sites. The Irish defeated Alabama, 78-64, in San Diego, in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Notre Dame and Houston are tied 4-4 in the overall series. The two haven’t clashed on the hardwood since Feb. 10, 1990.
ND leads the overall series with Rutgers, 21-13, with a 6-2 record on neutral courts. The last meeting between the two was a memorable one – an 89-87 double-overtime victory at the First Four round in Dayton to propel the Irish into the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
#23/8 IRISH AND #22 DUQUESNE BATTLE TO 1-1 DRAW
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The No. 23/8 Fighting Irish men’s soccer team battled No. 22 Duquesne to a 1-1 draw at Alumni Stadium on Tuesday night, as both teams remained unbeaten on the season.
Notre Dame outshot the Dukes by a margin of 21-3 on the evening.
The Fighting Irish goal came from Nolan Spicer, scoring his first of the season off the feed from Bryce Boneau.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Irish were on the front foot all half, dominating possession and the run of play over the opening 45 minutes of play. However, neither side was able to find the breakthrough goal in the first half, as it was scoreless at the intermission.
Matthew Roou forced a diving save from the Dukes’ keeper in the 32nd minute and then had the ball in the back of the net right before the half but it was judged to have gone off an arm by VAR to keep the match at 0-0.
The Irish kept the pressure on the Duquesne backline coming out of the break. Roou nearly scored the opener in the 57th minute but his headed effort off a corner from KK Baffour was tipped over the bar by the goalkeeper.
Eight minutes later the attacking onslaught paid off. Spicer and Boneau played a 1-2 on the edge of the area which resulted in Spicer burying his effort inside the far post to break the deadlock and put the Irish in front at 1-0 in the 65th minute.
Notre Dame nearly doubled its lead in the 77th minute. Baffour found space on the right side of the area and fired an effort on frame but the Duquesne goalie made a leaping save to keep it a one-goal advantage.
Completely against the run of play, Duquesne found the equalizer in the 86th minute, as the Dukes were awarded a penalty and Dakota Jonke converted from the spot to level the match at 1-1.
The Irish tried to find the winner in the final stages of play but time ran out before they could find the winner as the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
McFARLAND FAMILY MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH CHAD RILEY’S TAKE
On the match…
“Disappointed with the draw but credit Duquesne, they were committed, defended really well and were organized. Then they seized on a moment at the end to earn the tie. I think there are a lot of things to be happy with about our performance. On another night we put a few more goals in.”
On the patience of the attack…
“Scoring the opening goal after creating many chances was one of the positives. We kept our composure even after having a goal called back in the first half. It can be very easy to be frantic in those moments but the guys stayed calm and continued to do the things we do all the time and were rewarded with a goal. Then their keeper made a couple of great saves to keep us at one.”
ND NOTES
All six goals from the Irish have come from six different players this season
Spicer’s goal is his first of the season and second of his career
Boneau’s assist is the 12th of his career and second of the season
Will Schroeder made the first start of his career on Tuesday evening
UP NEXT
The Irish continue their homestand at Alumni Stadium with a ranked showdown against No. 3 Stanford at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 14.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
BUTLER NETS FOUR IN WIN OVER VISITING ACES
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler men’s soccer team got back into the win column with a 4-1 victory over Evansville on Tuesday evening at the Sellick Bowl. The Bulldogs (3-1-2) scored a pair of goals before the break, then added one more before the Aces (4-2-0) scored their first. The final goal of the match, in the 85th minute, provided the three-goal winning margin for the Dawgs.
Key Moments
9′ | Ryan Hannosh has the ball on the right side and sends it into the area. Josemir Gomez settles in a crowd and attempts to set up a shot. The ball deflects off an Evansville defender, to the left, and José Angel Luna sends it to the back of the net. The Dawgs lead early.
35′ | Luca Raso plays a short ball forward, in the area, to Gomez. Gomez immediately hits a square ball in front of the goal, and Palmer Ault uses his left foot to give Butler a two-goal lead.
HALFTIME
55′ | Hannosh takes a shot in front of the goal that is blocked back to him. He volleys a shot right past the keeper. The Bulldogs lead, 3-0.
69′ | Evansville serves a diagonal ball into the area that is headed into the air by a Butler defender. The Aces’ Samuel Owusu, with his back to the goal, turns on the ball to his left and volleys it just inside the left post. The Bulldogs are still up two goals, 3-1.
85′ | Nick Okoro passes from the right side toward the center of the field. Peter Tolkin receives it and sends a square ball to an unmarked Luca Raso. Raso fakes left and begins moving to the right. He evades a pair of defenders and hits a shot from 20 yards out, between a pair of defenders, and just inside the right post. The lead is again three, at 4-1.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: José Angel Luna, Palmer Ault, Ryan Hannosh, Luca Raso
ASSISTS: Josemir Gomez, Luca Raso
Bulldog Bits
· José Angel Luna’s goal was the first of his career.
· Palmer Ault’s goal was his second of the season and 18th of his career.
· The goal by Ryan Hannosh was his third of the season and the fifth of his career.
· Luca Raso’s goal was the first of his collegiate career, as was his assist.
· The assist from Josemir Gomez was his first the season and the sixth of his collegiate career.
Up Next
Butler heads to Columbus, Ohio, to face the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, September 13.
IU-INDY MEN’S GOLF
MEN’S GOLF CLOSES SEASON’S FIRST TOURNAMENT AT BRYAN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
BROWNS SUMMIT, N.C. – The IU Indianapolis men’s golf team wrapped up its first tournament of the 2024-25 campaign on Tuesday (Sept. 10) at the Bryan National Collegiate, hosted by UNCG. The Jaguars carded a final round 306 and finished tenth overall. Freshman Daymian Rij, playing as an individual, carded an even par 72 on Tuesday and Colten Girgis paced the Jaguars’ lineup at 1-over 73.
Girgis finished the tournament tied for 22nd of 67 players at 4-over 220 (73-74-73) for the week while Rij tied for 26th at 221 (73-76-72). Junior Noah Kirsch, also playing as an individual, ended his tournament at 222 (74-74-74), tied for 31st overall.
Girgis had three birdies on his final day and Rij made a pair of birdies and 14 pars for the day.
Sophomore Brady Schier carded a final round 77 to close at 9-over 225 (74-74-77) and Sam McWilliams finished at 8-over 224 (74-72-78). Morgan Tournemire posted a countable round of 78 on Tuesday and Titus Boswell closed with a round of 81.
Host UNCG earned the team title at 854, edging second-place Delaware by two shots and third-place Boston College by eight strokes. UNCG’s Kelvin Hernandez collected medalist honors at 8-under 208 and BC’s Markus Lam was second at 7-under 209.
The Jaguars will return to action this weekend when they compete at the Golden Grizzlies Intercollegiate, hosted by Oakland University on Sept. 14-15.
BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
CALDWELL NAMED MAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Delaney Caldwell has been named the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
The forward scored game-winning goals in Ball State’s 2-1 triumph at Austin Peay last Thursday and in the 7-1 decision over Queens on Sunday. Caldwell added three assists against the Royals for seven total points on the week.
The junior out of Chelsea, Mich., increased her team-leading goals total to five with the pair of scores. Caldwell ranks in the Top 30 in NCAA Division I in goals (No. 29) and points (13, No. 25) so far this season while ranking in a tie for third in the MAC in both categories.
This is Ball State’s first weekly recognition of the season and Caldwell’s initial MAC Player of the Week honor.
Caldwell and the Cardinals carry a 4-2 record into Thursday’s match against IU Indy.
BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL
FORMER BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL POWERHOUSE SET TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2024 MIVA HALL OF FAME
MUNCIE, Ind. — Former Ball State men’s volleyball powerhouse, Greg Romano will be inducted into the MIVA Hall of Fame on November 2 in Columbus, Ohio.
Alongside Romano, a member of the 1979 Ball State men’s volleyball team, Pete Hanson will be inducted into the MIVA Hall of Fame in honor of his incredible coaching career at Ohio State. As a player, Hanson was a four-time All-MIVA First Team selection.
Romano, class of 1995, was a highly successful competitor for the Cardinals. He was tabbed to the All-MIVA Tournament Team three times (1992, 1994, 1995) as well as a three-time All-Midwestern Volleyball Association First Team honoree (1993, 1994, 1995). The back-to-back Asics/Volleyball magazine All-American Honorable Mention recipient (1994 & 1995) helped guide Ball State to the 1994 and 1995 MIVA Tournament Championship title and two trips to the NCAA Tournament.
As a senior, Romano ranked second in the MIVA with 4.96 kills per set and fourth in digs with 2.31. He finished his career 12th in the NCAA history (fourth at BSU) with 775 career digs. Romano also finished in the top five in Ball State history for career kills (1,603), blocks (403), aces (94) and attack percentage (.351).
After graduation, Romano had a fruitful professional career in Greece, France, Germany and Italy. He also competed at the World University games and was a participant at the US Olympic Festival while also being selected to the US Junior National Team.
In 2022, Romano was inducted into the Ball State Hall of Fame and honored for his outstanding career as a Cardinal.
BALL STATE FOOTBALL
BALL STATE TRAVELS TO MIAMI TO BATTLE 10TH-RANKED HURRICANES
MUNCIE, Ind. – Traveling to face an AP Top 10 team for the ninth time in program history, the Ball State Cardinals venture to South Florida this week to face the No. 10-ranked Miami Hurricanes.
** The 100th season of Ball State football continues Saturday with a top-ten test against Miami, who moved up to No. 10 in the AP Top 25 poll following a 56-9 win last week over Florida A&M. It will be the ninth time Ball State will line up against a Top-10 opponent.
** Ball State enters the contest following a 42-34 win over Missouri State in which the Cardinals dominated time of possession and held a two-touchdown cushion through most of the fourth period. It reflected the most points by a Ball State team in its season opener since a 42-6 win in 2018 over Central Connecticut.
** The 100th anniversary of Ball State’s first season in 1924 coincides with the 100th season on the field, given that the Cardinals didn’t field a team in 1943 due to World War II. Season-long celebrations of the 100th season will be displayed at Scheumann Stadium this season.
** Redshirt freshman QB Kadin Semonza starred in last Saturday’s opener, completing four passes for touchdowns among 262 passing yards. He was 28-of-39 through the air, with just one interception. His 71.8% completion percentage was the best by a Ball State quarterback with more than 30 throws in a season opener since at least 2000. He threw four touchdown passes and ran for another, accounting for five touchdowns overall – the most by a Ball State QB since Drew Plitt had five agianst Central Michigan in 2020.
** Ball State’s defense limited the Bears to just 62 net rushing yards, and just six first downs through three quarters (1 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd). Missouri State possessed the ball for just over six minutes by halftime and only 12 minutes through three periods. Linebackers Joey Stemler and Keionte Newson paced Cardinals tacklers with seven and six stops, respectively. Stemler added an interception and Newson had a pair of TFL.
WHAT A WIN MEANS:
** The Cardinals will begin the season 2-0 for the first time since 2013 when the Cardinals beat Illinois State and Army to start the year.
** Ball State will defeat an AP Top 10-ranked opponent for the first time in its history.
** The fifth winningest coach in Ball State football history, Mike Neu will capture his 39th victory as head coach of his alma mater to move within one victory of tying Dwight Wallace (40) with the fourth-most wins in Cardinals history.
BY THE NUMBERS:
5 – Kadin Semonza threw for four TDs and ran for another vs. Missouri St. His 5 TDR were the most by a Cardinals player since 2020.
6 – Six times in the past two seasons, Ball State has limited its opposition to less than 100 rush yards. Missouri State had 62.
100 – The 100th year of Ball State football coincides with the 100th anniversary of its first season in 1924. The all-time record: 477-456-32.
149 – Transfer RB Braedon Sloan made his Cardinals’ debut with 149 all-purpose yards (103 rushing, 46 receiving).
BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
KUNTZ TIES FOR THIRD PLACE TO LEAD CARDINAL GOLFERS IN GREENSBORO
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Braxton Kuntz shot sub-par golf for the third straight day and tangled with tournament leaders all the way through the final hole Tuesday, finishing in a third-place tie with Valparaiso’s Anthony Delisanti. Kuntz and Delisanti both fired 2-under-par rounds of 70 during their final trip along the 7,276-yard track at Bryan Park near Greensboro, finishing at 210 for the tournament – one shot behind Markus Lam of Boston College, and two strokes behind champion Kelvin Hernandez from UNC Greensboro.
Kuntz shot 71-69-70—210 over the three-day event that marked the opening of the fall season for Ball State. He was in seventh-place following Round 1, but rose into contention during Round 2 and was as high as second place during parts of Tuesday’s final round.
His final round was marked by six birdies that countered three holes of bogey. In a shotgun start in which he began play on the sixth hole, Kuntz shot bogey on the par-4 fifth hole, costing him a tie with Lam for second place.
As a team, Ball State matched its opening round, shooting 10-over par and slipping from seventh to eighth place. Kash Bellar (75-74-76—225) was second on the Cardinals’ leaderboard, followed by Ali Khan (76-76-74—226). Avery Mahoney (79-72-79—230) sandwiched a round of par on Monday around two rounds at +7, to finished tied with Carter Smith (76-76-78—230). Griffin Hare (78-77-74—229), playing as an individual, saved his best round for the final round, finishing at 2-over par.
Ball State coach Mike Fleck was particularly pleased with Kuntz’ effort, while turning his focus to next week’s Golfweek individual tournament at Delaware Country Club in Muncie: “I’m really proud of the consistent and competitive week Braxton displayed. Being under par all three rounds allowed him to get off to a great start to the fall season. We will now get some of our guys ready for the individual event coming up this weekend.”
Ball State Individual Results, through Round 3
No. 1 Braxton Kuntz (210): 36-35—71 | 34-35—69 | 36-35—71 (-6, 3rd)
No. 5 Kash Bellar (225): 37-38—75 | 38-36—74 | 40-36—76 (+9, 38th)
No. 2 Ali Khan (226): 37-39—76 | 32-44—76 | 38-36—74 (+10, 42nd)
No. 4 Avery Mahoney (230): 41-38—79 | 36-36—72 | 40-39—79 (+14, 56th)
No. 3 Carter Smith (230): 38-38—76 | 38-38—76 | 37-41—78 (+14, 56th)
Individual Griffin Hare (229): 42-36—78 | 35-42—77 | 35-39—74 (+13, 53rd)
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
SYCAMORES MAKE 2024 HOME DEBUT SATURDAY AGAINST DAYTON
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State welcomes Dayton to Memorial Stadium on Saturday evening are set to make their home debut on Saturday, September 14. Kickoff between the Sycamores and the Flyers is set for 6 p.m. and will carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
2014 Football Team Recognition
Indiana State will recognize and honor the 2014 Sycamore football team in an on-field ceremony during Saturday night’s contest. The Sycamores welcome back the 2014 football team that posted an 8-6 overall record and advanced to the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 1984.
The Sycamores would beat five Top 25 teams throughout the course of the 2014 season on their way to finishing the season ranked No. 19 in The Sporting News poll and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll. The on-field recognition is scheduled to take place between the first and second quarters.
Quick Notes
Dayton at a Glance
Dayton enters the weekend with a 1-0 record after topping St. Francis in their 2024 opener back on Aug. 31. The Flyers were led by linebacker Gideon Lampron’s FCS National Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting 11 tackles, 3.0 TFL, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and a safety in the win. Gavin Lochow had a hand in both of Dayton’s touchdown drives against St. Francis hauling in a 12-yard touchdown catch, while also throwing a 27-yard touchdown pass. Dayton’s defense limited St. Francis over the season opener holding the Red Flash to just 13 first downs and 247 yards of total offense.
Dayton was picked sixth overall in the Pioneer Football League’s preseason poll. The Flyers have won 12 league titles over the PFL’s 31 seasons. Two Dayton players earned All-PFL accolades including center Dylan DeMaison and linebacker Aiden McKinley. The Flyers returned 17 starters from the 2023 team that posted a 4-7 record overall on the field.
About the Matchup
Dayton leads the all-time series with Indiana State holding the 2-1 edge over the three games played to date. All three games in the series have been held in Terre Haute, including the inaugural contest held back in 1975.
The Sycamores took the first game between the two teams in convincing fashion winning 56-14 in 1975. Dayton won the rematch between the two programs the following season, 20-14, also in Terre Haute.
The series took a 40-plus year hiatus before Indiana State and Dayton took on the field for the third time in the 2019 season. The contest between the programs was also Indiana State’s home opener as the Sycamores rallied back late against the Flyers before falling, 42-35.
Indiana State’s run game took center stage in the contest as Peterson Kerlegrand went for a career-high 194 yards and two touchdowns against the Flyers, while Ryan Boyle added 103 rushing yards on 17 carries as the Sycamores outgained Dayton 358-176 on the ground. Chris Childers added 52 yards and two rushing touchdown.
Sycamore senior kicker Jerry Nunez broke the school record for career PAT’s in the game after the second touchdown, breaking a record that was set in 1985 by Scott Bridges (87 PAT’s).
On This Date
Indiana State opens the 2024 home schedule this Saturday against Dayton at Memorial Stadium. The Sycamores have lined up nine times at home in program history on the date according to current records on hand with a 6-3 overall record. Indiana State is 4-0 at home on the date including recent wins over Quincy (2013) and Eastern Kentucky (2019).
1966 – at Eastern Illinois – W, 32-0
1968 – at Eastern Illinois – W, 23-0
1974 – vs. Eastern Illinois – W, 21-6
1985 – at Eastern Illinois – L, 39-7
1991 – vs. Central Missouri State – W, 35-6
1996 – at Eastern Illinois – L, 35-16
2002 – at Ball State – L, 23-21
2013 – vs. Quincy – W, 70-7
2019 – vs. Eastern Kentucky – W, 19-7
Welcome Home – Game Three
Indiana State is set to make its 2024 home debut this weekend as the Sycamores welcome Dayton to Memorial Stadium. It marks the latest Indiana State has held a home game since the 2013 season when the Sycamores hosted Quincy back on September 14. It’s also the third time Indiana State has not held its home debut until the third week of the season since 2004.
The Sycamores entered their third week, home openers with an 0-2 mark in each of their last five chances dating back to 1981 and rebounded to win four of the five games, including a 41-6 win over New Mexico State back (1981), as well as a 70-7 victory over Quincy (2013).
1951 – Oct. 13 vs. St. Joseph’s – L, 13-0
1953 – Oct. 3 vs. Evansville – W, 31-13
1955 – Oct. 1 vs. St. Joseph’s – L, 27-0
1966 – Oct. 1 vs. Illinois State – W, 25-6
1973 – Sept. 23 vs. Evansville – W, 28-6
1977 – Sept. 24 vs. Western Carolina – L, 15-14
1981 – Sept. 19 vs. New Mexico State – W, 41-6
1992 – Sept. 19 vs. Illinois State – W, 12-7
2004 – Sept. 18 vs. Murray State – W, 28-21
2006 – Sept. 16 vs. Murray State – L, 59-40
2013 – Sept. 14 vs. Quincy – W, 70-7
Home Openers
Indiana State heads into its seventh home opener under Coach Curt Mallory in the 2024 season as the Sycamores welcome the Flyers to Memorial Stadium this weekend. The Sycamores have a .500 record in their home openers in Mallory’s tenure posting a 3-3 overall mark including falling to Dayton in the start of the 2019 season. The Sycamores are most familiar with Eastern Illinois taking on the Panthers three times in Mallory’s history in their home opener.
2017 – Aug. 31 vs. Eastern Illinois – L, 22-20
2018 – Aug. 30 vs. Quincy – W, 49-0
2019 – Sept. 7 vs. Dayton – L, 42-35
2021 – Aug. 28 vs. Eastern Illinois – W, 26-21
2022 – Sept. 1 vs. North Alabama – W, 17-14 (OT)
2023 – Aug. 31 vs. Eastern Illinois – L, 27-0
MVFC Newcomer of the Week
Elijah Owens put together the best performance of his collegiate career on Saturday evening as the redshirt freshman quarterback went 30-of-37 through the air for 260 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions. The Jacksonville, Ill. native completed passes to nine different receivers in the game with touchdown passes to Rashad Rochelle, Plez Lawrence, and Zavion Taylor, while adding a team-high 44 rushing yards in the loss.
His 30 completions marked the most by an Indiana State quarterback since Isaac Harker went 35-for-52 for 344 yards back on October 1, 2016, against Missouri State. His three touchdown passes were the most by an ISU quarterback since Cade Chambers threw three touchdowns against Youngstown State back on October 15, 2022.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
HECTOR SOTO AND FRED MALCOLM TO BE INDUCTED TO THE MIVA HALL OF FAME
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – IPFW alumni Fred Malcolm (1988-91) and Hector Soto (1997-00) will be inducted into the fifth MIVA Hall of Fame Class, the conference announced on Tuesday (Sept. 10).
Malcolm was a four-time First Team All-MIVA honoree and earned two spots on the AVCA All-America Second Team in 1990 and 1991. When he graduated from IPFW, he held the single-season kills record with 684 and still ranks second. He led the Mastodons to two MIVA regular titles and a tournament championship in 1991. He led the ‘Dons to a third-place finish in the NCAA tournament after topping Penn State in the third-place match. Malcolm was the MIVA Player of the Year in 1991.
The all-time kills leader in Mastodon history, Soto finished his career in Fort Wayne with 2,193 kills. He also owns the single-match (51) and single-season (705) kills records. Soto was a four-time All-MIVA First Team selection and was an AVCA All-American in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He led the Mastodons to the 1999 MIVA regular season and tournament titles and a berth to the NCAA tournament. He was inducted into the Mastodon Hall of Fame in 2007.
The newest inductees will join Mastodon greats Arnie Ball, Lloy Ball and Jay Golsteyn in the MIVA Hall of Fame. Former Fort Wayne News Sentinel writer and current Purdue Fort Wayne News Center Director Blake Sebring is also a member of the distinguished group.
The Hall of Fame introduction ceremony will take place in Columbus, Ohio on November 2 following a tournament featuring MIVA members Ohio State, Ball State, Loyola Chicago and Lewis.
The fifth MIVA Hall of Fame class will also include:
Suguru Furuichi – Ohio State
Pete Hanson – Ohio State
Angel Aja – Ohio State
Dave Jandasek – Ohio State
John Loftus – Ohio State
Greg Romano – Ball State
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
PARTY TIME! MEN’S SOCCER HOSTS IU EAST ON WEDNESDAY
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The fifth annual Party at the Pitch presented by Army ROTC is Wednesday at the Hefner Soccer Complex. The Mastodon men (1-2-1) host IU East at 7 p.m. with the women playing Central Michigan at 4 p.m. There will be student giveaways, food trucks and a beer tent (21+). Tickets are $5 with Purdue Fort Wayne students/faculty/staff free with university ID. One ticket grants admission to both games.
Game Day Information
Who: IU East (3-1)
When: Wednesday, September 11 | 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Complex
Live Stats:Link
Watch: ESPN+
Tickets:Link
All-Time Record: This is the first ever meeting between the Mastodons and Red Wolves.
Know Your Foe
The NAIA Red Wolves are 3-1 on the season with wins over Taylor, Pikeville and Concordia (Mich.). Their lone loss was a 8-1 setback at Georgetown (Ky.). IU East will play Earlham and Marian (Ind.) before starting River Stats Conference play at Shawnee State on Oct. 3.
Party at the Pitch History
The Mastodon men are 1-1 all-time in Party at the Pitch contests.
2019
women def. Valparaiso 2-0
men def. Belmont 2-1
2021
women def. UIC 2-0
2022
men lose to Western Michigan 3-0
2023
women def. Robert Morris 2-0
Defense, Defense
After allowing four goals to now No. 1 West Virginia to open the season, the ‘Dons have given up just one goal in the last three games. The Mastodon opponents have taken only seven combined shots on goal in the three games.
About Last Week
The ‘Dons picked up a 0-0 draw at Marquette. The ‘Dons had a goal in the first half overturned after review called the ‘Dons offside.
90-Minute Men
Andrew Hollenbach and Daniel Tareke have played all 360 minutes this season.
#HLMSOC DPOTW X2
Goalkeeper Nic Diana had four saves against Marquette to pick up the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week honor. It was the second consecutive week a Mastodon earned the honor. Andrew Hollenbach picked it up after playing all 180 minutes vs. Eastern Illinois and Bradley, giving up just two shots on goal in the two games.
Life Goals
Five different Mastodons have scored a goal: Abe Arellano, James Maxwell, Seth Mahlmeister, Marcos Soria, Marco Valencia.Arellano and Maxwell both have an assist on the season to have a team-best three points.
For Starters
Abe Arellano, Marco Valencia, Christian Leon, Felipe Medina, Aidan Antcliff, Andrew Hollenbach, Adrian Renteria, Juan Romero and Daniel Tareke have started all three games this season.
No. 1
The ‘Dons opened the season with a 4-2 loss at West Virginia. The Mountaineers were ranked No. 3 when the ‘Dons played them, now West Virginia is ranked No. 1 in the nation.
Up Next
The ‘Dons open league play on Saturday (Sept. 14) vs. Milwaukee. Kick at the Hefner Soccer Complex is set for 4 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
IT’S A PARTY AT HEFNER! WOMEN’S SOCCER HOSTS CENTRAL MICHIGAN
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The fifth annual Party at the Pitch presented by Army ROTC is Wednesday at the Hefner Soccer Complex. Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer (5-2-1) hosts Central Michigan at 4 p.m. and the Mastodon men host IU East at 7 p.m. There will be student giveaways, food trucks and a beer tent (21+). Tickets are $5 with Purdue Fort Wayne students/faculty/staff free with university ID. One ticket grants admission to both games.
Game Day Information
Who: Central Michigan Chippewas
When: Wednesday, September 11 | 4 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Complex
Watch:Link
Live Stats: Link
Tickets: Link
Know Your Foe
Central Michigan has started their season 1-4-1, with their lone win coming against Horizon League’s Green Bay. The Chippewas have shared the ball well through the early portion of the season, having a different goal scorer on all three of their goals. Allison LaPoint is the seasoned goal keeper for Central Michigan, starting every game last season.
Series History
The Chippewas have swept the series history against the Mastodons, leading 9-0. The two teams played last season in Mount Pleasant, Mich., resulting in a 2-1 Central Michigan victory.
Party at the Pitch History
The Mastodon women are 3-0 all-time in Party at the Pitch games.
2019
women def. Valparaiso 2-0
men def. Belmont 2-1
2021
women def. UIC 2-0
2022
men lose to Western Michigan 3-0
2023
women def. Robert Morris 2-0
Home Sweet Hefner
The Mastodons have a 73.5 % winning percentage at home since joining the Horizon League in 2020 (20-4-10). Purdue Fort Wayne remains undefeated at home this season (4-0-1).
The Mastodons Are The Most
The Mastodons’ five wins are the most in the Horizon League.
Defense, Defense
The ‘Dons have given up only seven goals on the season through eight games, the best mark in the league. The ‘Dons have four shutouts on the season.
Mastodon Starters
Four Mastodons have started every game this season: Chloe Mariotti, Allison Adams, Lizzie Haub and Bella Reitano.
Freshman Starters
Purdue Fort Wayne freshmen Maci Toporcer, Sam Christle, Maddy Kopala and Hailey Hoskins have recorded starts for the Mastodons this season.
Mastodon Masterclass
Morgan Gallagher and Allison Adams swept the second week of Horizon League Player of the Week Rewards. Gallagher earned Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week following a victory against Tiffin (Aug. 22), posting a career-high three points off the bench, an assist and scoring the last goal of the game. Adams played 143 of the 180 available minutes on the defensive line that gave up just one goal. Both players earned their first Horizon League Player of the Week, respectfully.
Freshman Contributors
Three key freshmen carried the Mastodons to a win over Eastern Illinois (Aug. 25). Hailey Hoskins scored the game winning goal on her first shot collegiate shot attempt, Sam Christle earned a shutout in her collegiate debut and finished the match with eight saves. Maci Toporcer took back-to-back shots on goal in the first half.
Touching Up The Record Book
Bella Reitano sits in 10th place for career goals per game in the Purdue Fort Wayne record book. Reitano is just two goals and two assists away from placing top 10 in both career record books.
‘Dons Wear Prada
Gigi Ricciardi did a fashion industry internship based in Florence, Italy this summer.
#OneHL Member
Gigi Ricciardi represents the athletic department on the Horizon League’s #OneHL group. #OneHL is a subset of the Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and seeks to bring about meaningful change and action to social issues across the League. #OneHL initiatives include the annual Coach John McLendon Celebration, a partnership with Athlete Ally and civic engagement. #OneHL meets throughout the 2024-25 academic year via video conference.
Coming Up
The Mastodons begin Horizon League play and finish out their five game homestand next Thursday (Sept. 19) against Cleveland State at 7 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S GOLF
JUSTIN HICKS TIES FRESHMAN SCORING RECORD IN FIRST COLLEGIATE EVENT
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Justin Hicks of the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s golf team tied the Mastodon freshman 54-hole scoring record on Tuesday (Sept. 10) after turning in a 72-72-67-211 at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational.
Hicks, a Fort Wayne native, shot a final round of 67 to vault up the leaderboard at Marshall’s event. He is just the third freshman in Mastodon history to shoot a 67 or better (Eric Brinker, 2017 and Nick Holder, 2023). His 67 also ties the fourth-best third round by any Mastodon. Hicks’ third round of the week featured five birdies and just one bogey. He birdied holes one, eight, 11, 14 and 18. He was bogey-free on the back nine for a 3-under 32.
Holder had an even round of 71 for his last of the week, which moved him up even more, a slight 22 spots, to a 39th-place finish. He finished with a 77-71-71-219, which put him in a tie with teammate Brock Reschly. Holder had a stretch of seven pars in a row on the front nine and a bogey-free back nine that included three pars. He birdied 11, 14 and 18. Reschly shot 72-74-73-219. The sophomore had six birdies in round three, coming on holes one, five, 11, 14, 17 and 18.
Freshman Julian Dugan tied with Holder and Reschly for 39th as well, as he turned in a two-day total of 72-75-72-219. Dugan was steady on the front nine, carding six pars and two birdies for a 1-under 35. He added seven pars on the back nine.
AJ Agnew shot 74-73-76-223 to tie for 67th. Agnew had a pair of birdies on four and eight and got seven pars to drop on the back nine.
One shot behind Agnew, Cody Coleman’s final round of his 78-74-72-224 was highlighted by an eagle on hole eight. He was one of four players in the 86-player field to eagle hole eight. He also had birdies on holes three, 10 and 18 to pave the way for his 1-over effort.
As a team, the Mastodons shot 290-290-283-863 for ninth place in the 13-team field. The Mastodons finished 17 shots ahead of Horizon League foe Youngstown State. Marshall won its own even with a three-round total of 824.
Purdue Fort Wayne will take the course again this weekend (Sept. 14-15) at the Golden Grizzlies Invitational, where they will see seven of the other nine Horizon League teams.
VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
WADE NAMED MVC GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
Valpo freshman goalkeeper Hailey Wade (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Week after racking up 17 saves over two appearances last week.
Wade opened the week by coming on at halftime against #15 Xavier and slowed down the Musketeers’ attack, making six saves in her 45 minutes of work. Coming off of that performance, Wade received her first career starting nod on Sunday at Wright State and responded by stopping 11 shots in a 2-1 victory — the most saves by a Valpo goalkeeper since Oct. 8, 2018.
For the week, Wade posted an .850 save percentage in her 135 minutes of action. She is the second Beacon to earn a weekly award from the MVC office this fall, as Addy Joiner was tabbed Player of the Week Aug. 27.
EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER
OWUSU SCORES SECOND GOAL IN LOSS TO BUTLER
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Evansville men’s soccer team suffered its second loss in a row in a 4-1 match against the Butler Bulldogs.
Graduate forward Sami Owusu (Denver, Colo. / Dayton) found the back of the net for the second time this season in the 69th minute, but it was too little too late to rally the Purple Aces on Tuesday night. UE got off to a quick start, putting up the first shot of the night. But it was Butler who struck first in the ninth minute on a solo shot from the left side of the 18 from freshman Jose Angel Luna.
Momentum shifted to the Bulldogs, but Evansville found its offense again in the 15th minute. The Aces took four shots in under two minutes, coming close but not quite finding the back of the net. The pace of play evened out between the two teams until Butler broke through for a second goal in the 35th minute. UE headed into the second half staring down a two-goal deficit, looking to break through on offense after leading in shots through the first 45 minutes.
Evansville came out of the half with a new energy, firing off four shots in the first seven minutes of the second half. But yet again the Bulldogs found a way to get to the back of the net in the 55th minute to make it a three-goal deficit for the Aces. UE wouldn’t let themselves be shut out of the match as Owusu scored in the 69th minute on a wide-arching right-footed shot off a defensive Butler play.
The goal gave Evansville some new life late in the game as forward Kai Phillip (Diego Martin, Trinidad, and Tobago) had a chance inside the attacking third two minutes later. While midfielder Jose Vivas (Teurel, Spain) had a shot ring off the post, coming just inches from his second goal in as many games. The Aces surging comeback was stymied by the Bulldogs in the final eight minutes as the Bulldogs added a fourth and final goal in the 85th minute.
Owusu was UE’s only player to register a point on the night while forward Nacho Diaz Barragan (Almeria, Spain) led the team with five shot attempts and three landing on goal. Evansville returns home to begin Missouri Valley Conference action on Saturday night. The Aces welcome a different Bulldog team to town in the Drake Bulldogs on Sept. 14th. Kick-off from Arad McCutchan Field is set for 7 p.m.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S GOLF
MEN’S GOLF EARNS TOP-10 FINISH AT SIUE DOLENC INVITATIONAL
MADISON, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf placed 10th in the Dolenc Invitational hosted by Ohio Valley Conference rival Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Monday and Tuesday. This was the third time USI has competed in this event, previously finishing as high as seventh last fall.
As a team, USI shot a three-round 867 (285-289-293) for the tenth slot. The Eagles had two golfers finish in the top 15 for the entire tournament. Senior Jason Bannister (Laguna Niguel, California) finished in a tie for 11th place following a score of 209 (66-72-71) for the tournament. Junior Carter Goebel (Breese, Illinois) finished the tournament only one stroke behind with a score of 210 (70-66-74), earning him a tie for 15th place.
Round 1
The Screaming Eagles finished the first round of the invitational in a tie for 10th place with Bellarmine University at a team score of 285.
Bannister led the flock shooting 66 (-5) in the first round, putting him in fourth place for the round. Goebel finished in the top 25 for the first round shooting 70 (-1).
Round 2
Two Eagles found improvement in the second round. Goebel lowered his score by four strokes going from 70 to 66 for the round, finishing the second round in 11th place overall and first on the team. Senior Sam Vertanen (Ames, Iowa) also made a four-stroke increase in the second round improving from 77 to 73.
USI finished the second round falling to 11th place with a team score of 547 overall and 289 for the round. The Eagles sat two strokes behind 10th-place Weber State University.
Round 3
USI earned 10th place in the final round with a 293 (+9) performance, one stroke behind ninth-place Weber State.
UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES
USI will play in the Grover Page Classic hosted by University of Tennessee at Martin September 16-17. This will be the first time that the Eagles will be competing in this event.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S GOLF FINISHES 12TH AT THE PAYNE STEWART MEMORIAL
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf opened its 2024-25 season in the Payne Stewart Memorial hosted by Missouri State University this week. The Screaming Eagles competed for a 12th-place finish in the tournament with a team score of 967 (319-322-326).
Round 1
In the first round, freshman Brianna Kirsch (Lancaster, Wisconsin) and Fernanda Vera (Lambare, Paraguay) led the way for the Eagles shooting a team low 76 (+5).
USI finished the first round in a tie for 11th place with Ohio Valley Conference rival Western Illinois University. Both teams posted a score of 319 for the round and only seven strokes away from scratching the top 10.
Round 2
The second round saw USI grab sole possession of 11th place from WIU with a team score of 322 (+38).
Kirsch again led the Eagles for the round with a 77 (+6), but Vera and freshman Jade Blakeley (Kingston, Jamaica) were not far behind both shooting a 78 (+7).
Round 3
USI slipped back to 12th in the final round with a tournament-low 326 (+42). While Kirsch finished the tournament with a round team-best 77 (+6), sophomore Alexis Wymer (Bridgeport, Illinois) improved her second-round performance by eight strokes to earn her tournament-best 81 (+10).
UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES
USI will return to The Velvet hosted by Murray State University next Monday and Tuesday. This will be the Eagles’ second consecutive year competing following last year’s 11th-place finish.
VALPO MEN’S GOLF
DELISANTI FINALIZES TOP-3 FINISH AT BRYAN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
Senior Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) finished out a top-three finish on Tuesday at the Bryan National Collegiate, hosted by UNCG at the par-72, 7276-yard Bryan Park in Browns Summit, N.C. Delisanti concluded his steady performance during the third and final round of the 54-hole event.
How It Happened
Delisanti went two under for the third straight day, carding a 70 on Tuesday to finish the tournament at 210 (-6). He tied for sixth in program history in 54-hole score in relation to par.
Delisanti finished one stroke away from Boston College’s Marcus Lam for individual runner-up honors and two away from UNCG’s Kelvin Hernandez for medalist honors. Delisanti had four birdies and two bogeys in the third and final round.
Two Beacons shot even par in Tuesday’s third round – sophomore Elliot Lee (Tillamook, Ore. / Tillamook) and redshirt senior Sam Schmidt (College Station, Texas / College Station [Southern Nazarene]). Lee trimmed 10 strokes off his Round-2 score, while Schmidt, golfing as an individual, finished with a 54-hole score of 220 (+4), the second-best by a Beacon.
Freshman Rodrigo Garcia Teruel (Puebla, Mexico / Modern Academy) had his best round of the tournament with a 73 (+1) on Tuesday. The entire Valpo starting lineup went 74 or better in Round 3.
The Beacons moved up to seventh on the team leaderboard, finishing the event at 882 (+18). The team bounced back nicely from a rocky first round with solid play on Monday and Tuesday, including a 289 (+1) in the final round, the squad’s best score of the tournament.
Host UNGC won the team title at 854 (-10), edging Delaware by two strokes.
Thoughts from Head Coach Dave Gring
“This was the second consecutive round where our shot execution was much improved, versus Round 1. The team averaged hitting two-thirds of our greens in regulation and we were much more accurate off of the tee. Our club-face control was better today, so we didn’t have as many errant shots and big numbers. The guys seemed to settle into the rhythm of their rounds well in both Rounds 2 and 3. We seemed to be overly excited and even tentative in Round 1 to get the season started, but they made good adjustments in the last two rounds.”
“We still had a lot of struggles on the Bermuda greens with our reads and making birdie putts. It’s really challenging when you’re trying to build some momentum in a round, you hit a lot of good shots close to the pin on challenging holes and you can’t make the putt. We could never get comfortable on the greens, so we left a lot of shots out there during all three rounds. We didn’t have a lot of 3-putts and the speed of our putts was good. This will be an area that we will continue to monitor and improve as we’re getting the season started.”
“I was very pleased with the improvement in team score in each round. I was also pleased with our consistent scoring in our final round. We always want to finish tournaments strong, and the guys demonstrated that today. Anthony was very consistent for us in the tourney and his ball-striking was excellent. He left an awful lot out there on the greens. Sam Booth, Sam Schmidt and Adam also had a good tournament with their ball-striking. Rodrigo had two solid rounds to finish his first college tournament as a freshman. We have a few days of quality practice ahead of us, and then we will look forward to our next tournament at Colorado State next week.”
Up Next
Valpo will participate in the Ram Masters Invitational, hosted by Colorado State at Fort Collins CC in Fort Collins, Colo., beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 17. A link to live scoring will be available on ValpoAthletics.com.
VALPO FOOTBALL
VALPO FOOTBALL TO OPEN HOME SEASON UNDER SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Indiana Wesleyan (2-0, 1-0 MSFA)
at Valparaiso (0-2, 0-0 PFL)
Game #3 Saturday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. CT
Brown Field (5,000) – Valparaiso, Ind.
This Week in Valpo Football: The Valparaiso University football program will welcome in the home portion of the 2024 season with a rare night game at Brown Field as Indiana Wesleyan comes to town for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The “Welcome Back Party” game will feature fireworks, a kids zone and food trucks as part of the fan experience.
Previously: Valpo outscored Youngstown State 25-21 in the second and third quarters combined, but the No. 25/23 Penguins held a 38-0 advantage in the first and fourth quarters to beat the Beacons 59-25 in Week 2 at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio. QB Caron Tyler came off the bench to provide a spark, going 8-of-17 passing for 160 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 120 yards and two scores on 15 carries. One of his rushing TDs was an impressive leap over two defenders, acrobatically flipping into the end zone after taking off from the five-yard line. True freshman Gary Givens III had a big day with three receptions for 71 yards and a score.
Series Notes: This will be the fourth all-time matchup between Valpo and Indiana Wesleyan and the home team has won every game in this series with the Wildcats prevailing 28-10 in 2021 and 24-22 last season and the Beacons taking the 2022 matchup 20-17 at Brown Field. Last season, Tytus Ragle made a 14-yard touchdown grab from Michael Appel Jr. with seven seconds remaining that gave Valpo an opportunity to tie the game with a 2-point conversion. Appel completed the pass to Ryan Mann on the 2-point try, but Mann was tripped up just shy of the goal line. The last time Valpo hosted Indiana Wesleyan, Brian Barthlomew drilled a career-long 50-yard field goal in the final two minutes to account for the difference in the game in front of a large crowd at Brown Field.
Following the Beacons: Saturday’s game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Tom Byrne (analyst). In addition, the radio broadcast featuring Jack Hutter and Eli Conklin on the call will be available on WVUR, 95.1 FM Valparaiso, ValpoAthletics.com and the TuneIn Radio app.
Head Coach Landon Fox: Landon Fox (17-37) is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Valparaiso University football program in 2024. Over the last four seasons, Fox has led Valpo to 14 Pioneer Football League victories, the most in a four-year period in program history. This stretch marks Valpo’s most league wins in a four-year period in any conference since 1961-1964. Fox finished the 2023 season with 17 victories as Valpo head coach, tied for the seventh most in program history. He coached his 2023 team to a 3-2 record at Brown Field, the group’s highest home win total since 2017. Fox’s teams continued to thrive academically in 2023 as well, led by PFL Scholar-Athlete of the Year Evan Annis, who became the first Beacon to earn that honor. He was part of a group of five Academic All-PFL selections, tied for the most in the league and the program’s most since 1998. During the 2022 campaign, Valpo had 64 PFL Honor Roll members, the most in program history. After spending the previous 11 seasons as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the University of Dayton, Fox was named the head football coach at Valpo prior to the 2019 season. He helped the Flyers finish with 10 winning seasons in his 11 years on staff and guided a defensive backfield that produced one All-American, four Academic All-Americans, two PFL Special Teams Players of the Year and three corners who were invited to NFL Rookie Minicamp. Prior to joining Dayton’s staff, Fox served as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Wayne State University in Detroit from 2005-2007. He also spent time as a defensive graduate assistant at Ball State University (2004), Dayton (2002-2003) and Lakeland College (2001). Fox began his coaching career as an assistant varsity coach at Preble Shawnee High School in Camden, Ohio during the 2000 season. During his playing days, Fox was a team captain and all-conference performer at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio from 1995-1999 and graduated with a degree in physical education and health in May 2000 before earning his master’s degree in education from Lakeland in May 2002.
Acrobatics & Tumbling
Caron Tyler leaped over several Youngstown State defenders and sailed his way into the endzone to complete a seven-yard touchdown run on Sept. 7 at Youngstown State. The redshirt freshman quarterback took off from the five-yard line with the incredible leap.
The play was featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays, ranking No. 2 on the iconic ESPN countdown that evening.
Earlier in that edition of SportsCenter, Tyler’s leap was highlighted during the “two-minute drill” segment as the Most Acrobatic Play of the Day in college football.
Tyler also received praise from ESPN’s College Football Final, checking in at No. 4 on that show’s Plays of the Day.
The play was also highlighted on the NCAA FCS Football X account and was shared by Bleacher Report on TikTok.
Welcome Home
Valpo started the season with back-to-back road games for the eighth time in the last 16 years. For the seventh straight season in which Valpo has started with back-to-back road tilts, the Beacons enter the home opener at 0-2.
Valpo will look to start the home docket with a win for just the second time in the last eight years. Valpo is 1-6 in its last seven home openers with the lone win during that stretch coming 20-17 over Indiana Wesleyan in 2022.
Saturday Night Lights
Home night games have been a rarity for the Valpo football program. This will mark the second such game in the last decade, joining the 20-17 win over Indiana Wesleyan to open the 2022 season.
Prior to 2022, Valpo had not played a home night game since Sept. 6, 2014 vs. Saint Joseph’s College, the first home game of the Dave Cecchini Era, which preceded the Landon Fox regime.
Valpo also played a home night game in 2012 vs. Saint Joseph’s, 2011 vs. Franklin and 2010 vs. Saint Joseph’s. This will mark the sixth home night game in program history.
UINDY WOMEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S GOLF FINISHES 6TH AT MIDWEST LADIES COLLEGIATE
PERU, Ind. – The UIndy women’s golf team kicked off their 2024-25 season at the Midwest Ladies Collegiate placing 6th. The competition took place at Rock Hollow Golf Cub with Missouri-St. Louis acting as the host.
INS & OUTS
The field included 16 teams including UMSL, Findlay, and Ashland, who competed against the Greyhounds at the national championship last May. Five other teams qualified for the 2024 NCAA DII East Regional.
Junior Ava Ray led the Hounds, finishing at T-16, completing the tournament at +13 (79-78-71) and hitting -1 in the final round. Ray secured an eagle in the final round on the fifth hole and added two birdies during the final 18 holes.
Freshman Lexi Stuart placed T-25 in her first collegiate tournament, shooting +16. Junior Macey Brown was two strokes behind Stuart at +18, grabbing a share of 29th place.
Freshman Abby Stone finished at +20 and sophomore Caroline Whallon settled at +26. Senior Ellen Caton competed as an individual at the event, shooting +29.
“Our first tournament showed stretches of good golf but overall not near what we’re capable of as a group,” said head coach Andy Serketich. “I was proud of our attitudes and fight…we will only get better from here. Quick turnaround as we are back in action this weekend down in Dallas! We are excited to head down there and compete in a very strong, national field.”
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will travel to Denton, Texas for the DBU Classic. Hosted by Dallas Baptist, the three-day event will begin on Sunday, Sept. 15 and last through Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Wildhorse Gold Club.
MARIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER
NICOLE WILKINSON EARNS FIRST CAREER CROSSROADS LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jackson, Mich. – For the first time in her Marian career, Nicole Wilkinson of the Knights volleyball team has been tabbed as the Crossroads League Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league on Tuesday, September 10. Wilkinson is the Marian volleyball player to earn CL Player of the Week honors this season.
Wilkinson controlled the net for No. 24 Marian in its wins over Spring Arbor and Saint Francis. The senior middle hitter tallied 11 total blocks and nine kills in the two wins, while hitting .318. The redshirt-junior had six block solos in Marian’s win over the Saint Francis Cougars on Saturday.
Marian returns home after playing their last 10 matches on the road, hosting Bethel on Wednesday, September 11.
MARIAN’S OFFENSE SHINE IN 5-0 SHUTOUT OF SAINT FRANCIS
INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian women’s soccer team rebounded from their draw on Saturday with a strong 5-0 shutout performance on Tuesday night against the University of Saint Francis (Ill.). The rebound win off the scoreless draw pushes Marian to a 5-1-1 record on the season.
Marian dominated possession from the opening kick, attacking the Saint Francis net early and often. Katie Koger took the game’s opening shot, and led to an attack near the net with four Kiley Jones corner kicks and another pair of shots in the first eight minutes. Koger and Marian Corro Celma took the first shots on goal of the night in the ninth minute but to no avail, as the Saints net-minder Krystal Rodriguez made a pair of strong saves.
The strong attack on the net finally paid off in the 18th minute of the match, as Naomi Walters collected a pass from Erin Kelly, and made a pair of moves before striking the net for the game’s first goal. After another series of shots, Marian put away their second goal of the night with Koger finding Layla Brown, who put in her sixth goal of the season in the 32nd minute to put her team on top 2-0. The score would hold entering halftime, with Marian adding to their shot total before the break.
After a reset and halftime adjustments, Marian pieced together a strong 45 minutes as they scored three goals. Three minutes into the second half, Gretchen Mallin scored from distance on a pass from Katie Koger, increasing the team’s lead to three. Like the first half, possession was dominated by Marian, with the Saints setting up their first set piece of the game in the 57th minute.
Marian was able to rotate their lineup throughout the second half, limiting the Saints to three shot attempts as their defensive line controlled the touches. In the 67th minute, Marian tacked on their fourth goal of the night in the form of Koger, who slashed the net off a Layla Brown pass to make the score 4-0. Koger would assist on the final goal of the night, finding Kaitlyn Lavezzi in the 81st minute as the sophomore headed down the fifth goal of the night.
The 5-0 score held as the final mark on the scoreboard, as the Knights recorded fifth shutout of the season and fourth consecutive clean sheet. Marian held a 21-3 advantage in shot attempts, with an 11-0 edge in shots on goal. Lily Ames moved to 3-0-1 on the year in goal with the win, marking her third shutout win. Koger led the team in points with five in the match, scoring once while adding three assists. Walters, Brown, Lavezzi, and Mallin each scored once, with Erin Kelly and Brown each recording one assist each.
The Knights will return action on Saturday afternoon, hosting Cumberland University at 12:00 p.m.
MARIAN MEN’S GOLF
KNIGHTS START FALL SEASON AS RUNNER-UPS AT THE ROHRMAN INVITE
West Lafayette, Ind. – The Marian men’s golf team started off their 2024-25 season Monday and Tuesday this week. The Knights competed at the 54-hole Rohrman Invitational, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan at Purdue University’s Brick Boilermaker Golf Complex. Marian finished as runner-ups to Indiana Wesleyan by five strokes. The Knights were led individually in the tournament by Brandon Heffner.
Marian finished as runner-ups in their season opener by five-strokes, carding 905 over three rounds. Marian finished round one and two off with final scores of 302 and round three with a score of 301. Host Indiana Wesleyan finished first overall, while Campbellsville finished behind the Knights by six-strokes, Cumberland was the next to finish in fourth place overall. Indiana Wesleyan’s B team finished in fifth whille Midway finished in sixth and Cumberlands finished in seventh.
Brandon Heffner was the highest placement for Marian in the tournament claiming third place overall and shooting two-strokes over par. Heffner was beat by two players from the host team, Indiana Wesleyan. Heffner claimed a score of 218 for the three rounds played. Auggie Mann was the next Knight to place in the top-10 with a ninth place finish shooting eight-strokes over par. Mann tallied up a final score of 224 over the two days of play.
Luke Beetz finished in a tie for 15th with Mason from Midway shooting 16-strokes over par. Beetz had a final score of 232. Lane Zedrick placed in a tie for 18th place with Jantratit from Cumberlands with, 18-strokes over par. Zedrick claimed a final score of 234. Weston Ogden was the last to finish for the Knights in a tie in 24th place with Boczmak from Campbellsville with a final score of 237 over three rounds of play which was 21 over par.
Nolan Potter competed individually during the tournament claiming a final score of 222 to place in a three-way tie for sixth place. Potter shot six-strokes over par throughout the tournament. Jacob Paine also competed as an individual with a final placement of 20th in a tie with Mitchell from Midway. Paine’s claimed 19-strokes over par with a final score of 235 over three rounds.
Marian will look to bounce back with a win in their next tournament, taking a trip to Illinois for the NAIA Midwest Invitational hosted by St. Ambrose at TPC Deere Run GC on September 23rd-24th.
MARIAN WOMEN’S GOLF
MARIAN OPENS FALL SLATE AS WINNERS AT ROHRMAN INVITE
West Lafayette, Ind. – The Marian women’s golf team picked up right where they left off in their 2023-24 season on Tuesday afternoon, completing a 54-hole victory at the Rohrman Invitational, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan on Purdue University’s Brick Boilermaker Golf Complex. The Knights earned a comfortable 16-shot win over Dalton State, and were led individually by tournament champion Keara Eder.
The Knights won their season opening tournament by 16-strokes, carding a 935 total over three rounds of golf. Marian fired a 305 in round one and a 310 in round two, grinding through the second set on Monday with a 321 score. Marian scored the lowest total in two of the three rounds in the tournament. Host Indiana Wesleyan finished third overall, while Cumberland finished fourth and the Cumberlands finished fifth. Midway placed sixth overall, and the Wildcats’ secondary team finished seventh.
Marian’s individual leader in the field was Keara Eder, who won the tournament by two shots over Caroline Gibson of Indiana Wesleyan. Eder shot a 228, finishing 12-over par in the first tournament of the year. Mackendzie Dresbaugh placed third in the field of 40, shooting a 231 total for the three rounds. Dresbaugh shot a blistering two-under in round one, ending the week with a respected +15 on the scorecard.
Maria Kennard tied for sixth in her collegiate debut, firing a 236 over the two-days. Kennard rebounded from a round one score of 85, firing a 76 and 75 in rounds two and three. Jordan Adam also cracked the top-ten in her collegiate debut, shooting a 238, with round scores of 77, 79, and 82. Hailey Kirkland finished 15th overall with a score of 242, as she shot an 81, 82, and 79, and Emma Weiler finished 16th, going with round scores of 83, 81 and 79 in her total of 243.
Marian will look to win yet again in their next tournament, taking a trip to Florida to play in Dalton State’s Invite at Innisbrook, taking place in Palm Harbor, Florida. The tournament is played over Monday September 23 and Tuesday September 24.
WABASH MEN’S SOCCER
ESCALANTE NAMED NCAC MEN’S SOCCER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Wabash College junior midfielder Jose Escalante earned North Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week honors for his performance in three victories for the Little Giants.
Escalante scored three goals and one assist for the week, including two goals in the final match of the 2024 Robbie Dreher Classic to secure the event’s championship and a 4-0 start for the Wabash College soccer team.
Escalante scored the game-winning goal in final match of the Dreher Classic against Bluffton University in the 15th minute of play. The junior tallied a second goal four minutes later to provide a 2-0 lead for the Little Giants. He also added an assist in the 3-1 victory over Alma on Saturday on the first day of the Classic. Escalante scored in the 29th minute of Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Rose-Hulman, helping the Little Giants earn their first win over their in-state rival since 2015.
WABASH FOOTBALL
RINGER EARNS NCAC FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS
Wabash College junior linebacker Samuel Ringer earned North Coast Athletic Conference Football Defensive Athlete of the Week honors for his efforts in the Little Giants’ opening game Saturday against St. Norbert.
Ringer broke the North Coast Athletic Conference record for the longest fumble return with a 100-yard return to end the first half of Saturday’s 31-0 victory by Wabash over St. Norbert.
Ringer scooped up the loose ball in the end zone after teammate Cooper Jarvis forced the fumble. Ringer raced the length of the field to score while breaking the former Wabash fumble return record of 93 yards set by BJ Hammer in 2000 and the school record for a fumble return for a touchdown of 75 yards set by Ethan Buresh in 2015. Ringer’s return eclipsed the former NCAC record of 99 yards set by Cisco Brooks-Church from Oberlin in 1994 against Wittenberg.
Ringer finished the game with three total tackles, including two solo stops in addition to the fumble return for a touchdown. He helped Wabash record its first defensive shutout since 2019.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 29 – 20 – 26 – 43 – 38 – 32 – 14
September 11, 1912 – Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics’ 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field
September 11, 1923 – After a single, Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 New York Yankee batters
September 11, 1926 – New York Yankees’ Bob Meusel tied a record with 3 sacrifice flies
September 11, 1927 – Yankees slugger (Eventual Number 3) Babe Ruth hit his 50th home run during his MLB record 60 HR season in New York’s 6-2 loss to St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium
September 11, 1928 – In his last career at-bat, legend Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
September 11, 1936 – It was not a good outing on the mound for the A’s pitcher Horace Lisenbee, Number 29 gave up 26 hits in a game
September 11, 1956 – Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson, wearing Number 20 tied a rookie record with his 38th HR
September 11, 1956 – New York Yankees Yogi Berra, Number 8 tied a career record for home runs by a catcher when he bombed the 236th of his career against the Kansas City A’s in a 9-5 Yanks victory.
September 11, 1959 – Baltimore starter Jerry Walker, Number 38 pitched all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
September 11, 1966 – Johnny Miller, Number 26 became the first New York Yankee to hit a home run on his 1st MLB at-bat only to have his second career home run come on his final MLB at-bat in 1969 as a member of the LA Dodgers wearing Number 43
September 11, 1983 – Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris, Number 32 runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards. The Steelers announced on September 7, 2022 that they were retiring Franco’s Number 32 jersey.
September 11, 1985 – Pete Rose, Number 14 of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb’s record
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History for September 11
September 11, 1983 – Franco Harris becomes the 3rd player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 career yards or more. Harris’s 118 yards in the Pittsburgh Steelers 25-21 victory at Green Bay Packers put him over the distinctive yardage mark.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for September 11
September 11, 1897 – Stan Keck was a former guard and tackle for Princeton University. Stan was selected as an All-American in 1920 and 1921 for his great line play. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrined him in 1959 after a National Football Foundation vote. After his playing days Keck ended up getting into coaching and he served as the head coach at Waynesburg University from 1947 through the 1950 season.
September 11, 1924 – Tom Landry the former Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 29 seasons. When one thinks of Coach Landry the image of a well-dressed, poised man in a fedora pacing the sidelines comes to mind. He had a demeanor unlike most coaches, he rarely showed emotion from the sideline, neither in anger nor in exuberating. Landry was from Mission, Texas and he attended the University of Texas where he played football for the Longhorns. Landry was a pretty talented player at that and well-rounded as he played, cornerback, punter, quarterback, and halfback. Most people don’t realize that he played professionally as well, being drafted 128th overall in the All-American Football Conference’s 1948 Draft by the New York Yankees. Tom played with the Yanks and then after the AAFC folded in 1949 he switched to the NFL to play with the New York Giants who had drafted him in the 1947 NFL Draft and held his league rights. Landry received his first glimpse of coaching as a Giant when Head Coach Steve Owen asked the young Landry to explain the 6-1-4 defense to his teammates. He stayed with the Giants for multiple seasons and was voted in as an All-Pro in 1954. In 1954 and 1955 with Steve Owen out as coach Landry served as a player/assistant coach under new headman Jim Lee Howell. Landry was the defensive coordinator while a man named Vince Lombardi was in charge of the Giants offense. Coach Landry ended his career after the 1955 season with 32 interceptions in a mere 80 games played. Early in 1960 before they even officially existed, Tom Landry was hired as the Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The first year coach had some tough sledding as his team went 0-11-1. The Cowboys owner, Clint Murchison Jr., had faith in Landry though as he promptly signed him to a 10 year extension. The patience paid off as the team improved and in 1966 the team won 10 games and earned the right to play Lombardi’s Packers in the NFL Championship game. His tenure as the Dallas head man lasted an amazing record of 29 years. He developed the 4-3 defense while in New York creating the position of middle linebacker, brought the use of the shot gun offense out of mothballs, innovated the flex defense and trained his running backs to run through any open space, not to a specific hole opened up by design. He taught his players to fully concentrate on their tasks and so as not to lose focus he trained them in almost mechanical shifts and player sets during the offensive cadence. He was to have said that since he and his players were so busy concentrating on doing their jobs that they had no time to be emotional. Landry coached teams in Dallas made the Super Bowl 5 times, winning two of them and he was a Bart Starr QB sneak in the Ice Bowl away from a sixth. 1990 Coach Landry was selected to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
September 11, 1978 – Ed Reed was a former Safety for the University of Miami Hurricanes. The prolific safety was drafted as the 24th overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, and Reed played his entire 12 year career there. Reed started all 16 games as a rookie, ended up being the 2004 Defensive Player of the Year and played in 6 Pro Bowls. Ed was a ball hawk as he had 64 interceptions in 167 games played scoring 7 touchdowns. Ed Reed was selected to enter both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Sept. 11
1912 — Eddie Collins set a major league record with six stolen bases for the Philadelphia Athletics in a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. Collins stole six more in a game on Sept. 22.
1918 — The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 behind the three-hit pitching of Carl Mays to win the World Series in six games. This was Boston’s third championship in a four-year stretch — 1915, 1916 and this season.
1936 — Hod Lisenbee of the Philadelphia A’s tied a major league record for hits allowed, giving up 26 in a 17-2 rout by the Chicago White Sox.
1949 — The New York Yankees sent 18 men to the plate in the third inning of the first game of a doubleheader against Washington. In the 50-minute half-inning the Senators walked a major-league record 11 batters as the Yankees went on to a 20-5 win. New York won the second game 2-1 in one hour and 22 minutes.
1959 — The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4, putting an end to reliever Roy Face’s 22-game winning streak. It was his only loss of the season as he finished with an 18-1 record.
1974 — It took the St. Louis Cardinals 25 innings — seven hours, four minutes — to beat the New York Mets. A record 202 batters went to the plate, Felix Millan and John Milner had 12 appearances apiece.
1985 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the all-time hit leader with his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb’s record. Rose lined a 2-1 pitch off San Diego pitcher Eric Show to left-center field for a single in the first inning. It was the 57th anniversary of Ty Cobb’s last game in the majors.
1987 — New York Mets third baseman Howard Johnson, with 34 homers, became the first National League infielder to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. His 30th stolen base came in the fourth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1996 — San Diego’s Ken Caminiti broke his own major league record by homering from both sides of the plate in a game for the fourth time this season. In a 6-5 win over Pittsburgh, Caminiti homered left-handed in the fifth inning, hitting a two-run shot. Batting right-handed in the seventh, he hit a solo shot to break his record set last year.
2008 — Albert Pujols drove in his 100th run with a sixth-inning double in the Cardinals’ 3-2 loss to the Cubs, becoming only the third player in major league history to reach the milestone in his first eight seasons. Pujols also extended his major league-record streak of reaching 30 homers and 100 RBIs in his first eight seasons, two more than any player in history.
2014 — Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton sustained multiple facial fractures, dental damage and cuts that needed stitches after being hit in the face by a pitch. Stanton was hit under the left eye by a fastball from Milwaukee’s Mike Fiers in the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss.
2021 — Corbin Burns and Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers throw a combined no-hitter to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0. It was the record ninth no-hitter of the season.
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Sept. 12
1932 — Brooklyn’s Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
1947 — Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit two home runs — his seventh and eighth in four games — for a major league record.
1962 — Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators set a record by fanning 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning game, which he won 2-1.
1976 — Minnie Minoso singled in three at bats as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. At 53, he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.
1979 — Carl Yastrzemski got his 3,000th hit — a ground single off Jim Beattie — as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2.
1984 — Dwight Gooden broke the rookie strikeout record, fanning 16 Pittsburgh Pirates to give him 251, six more than Herb Score had in 1955. Gooden broke the record by striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning.
1996 — Seattle’s Alex Rodriguez set a major league record for a shortstop with his 88th extra base hit in an 8-5 win over Kansas City.
2002 — Chicago out hit Cincinnati 22-17 but lost to the Reds 15-12. The last major league team to get 22 hits and lose a nine-inning game was Oakland on April 27, 1980. The Athletics lost that game 20-11 at Minnesota.
2006 — Atlanta’s streak of 14 consecutive division titles ended when the New York Mets rallied to beat Florida 6-4.
2008 — Jorge Cantu hit his 25th homer in Florida’s 2-1 victory over Washington, making the Marlins the first team in Major League history to have four infielders hit at least 25. Mike Jacobs (32), Dan Uggla (30), Hanley Ramirez (29) and Cantu have accounted for 116 of the Marlins 188 homers this season.
2015 — David Ortiz homered twice to become the 27th player in major league history to reach 500 homers, and Boston beat Tampa Bay 10-4. Ortiz reached the milestone when he lined a shot to right-center on a 2-2 pitch from Matt Moore leading off the fifth. He connected for No. 499 in the first. It was the 50th multi-homer game in his a 19-year career.
2017 — The Cleveland Indians extended their winning streak to 20 games and matched the AL mark held by the 2002 Oakland Athletics, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-0.
2017 — The Minnesota Twins became the first team in major league history to hit a homer in each of the first seven innings in a 16-0 rout of the San Diego Padres. Brian Dozier, Jorge Polanco, Jason Castro, Eddie Rosario, Castro again, Eduardo Escobar and Kennys Vargas all went deep to set a Target Field record.
2018 — The Boston Red Sox reached 100 wins for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II in the 1946 season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 as David Price won his sixth straight decision and Craig Kimbrel earned his 39th save.
2022 — Mike Trout homers for the seventh straight game, off Konnor Pilkington of the Guardians, but in something that is typical of their season, the Angels still lose, 5 – 4. Trout is one away from the record of 8 games, held by Dale Long, Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey Jr. and has 35 homers, second in the AL behind runaway leader Aaron Judge in spite of playing in just 100 of his team’s 141 games so far this year.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Sept. 11
1886 — The Mayflower defends the America’s Cup by beating Britain’s Galatea in two straight heats.
1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm in five sets to win his first U.S. Open men’s singles title. Budge wins 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
1964 — ABC television cancels Fight of the Week, ending 18 years of regularly scheduled prime-time boxing on U.S. broadcast network television.
1976 — In the third race at Latonia, jockey John Oldham and his wife, Suzanne Picou, become the first husband and wife riding team to compete in a parimutuel race. Oldham finishes second aboard Harvey’s Hope and Picou rides My Girl Carla to an 11th-place finish.
1977 — In the last U.S. Open match played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-0, for the men’s singles title
1982 — Chris Evert wins her sixth U.S. Open singles title, defeating Hana Mandlikova, 6-3, 6-1.
1982 — In a 23-16 loss to Illinois, Rolf Mojsiejunko of Michigan State kicks a 61-yard field goal in his first collegiate attempt.
1983 — Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become the only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards.
1985 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the all-time hit leader with his 4,192nd hit, breaking Ty Cobb’s record. Rose lines a 2-1 pitch off San Diego pitcher Eric Show to left-center field for a single in the first inning. It’s the 57th anniversary of Ty Cobb’s last game in the majors.
1988 — Mats Wilander wins the longest men’s final in U.S. Open history, edging Ivan Lendl, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
1994 — Andre Agassi wins the U.S. Open with a three-set victory over Michael Stich and becomes the first unseeded player to beat five seeded players in a Grand Slam and the first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966. Andre wins 6-1, 7-6, 7-5.
1999 — U.S. Open Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title; beats World #1 Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6.
2001 — Sports comes to a standstill after terrorism in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, with major league baseball postponing a full schedule of regular-season games for the first time since D-Day in 1944.
2010 — James Madison, a top team in the Football Championship Subdivision, beats No. 13 Virginia Tech 21-16. The last time Virginia Tech lost to a I-AA team was 1985, when Richmond beat the Hokies 24-14 at Lane Stadium.
2010 — The Penn State women’s volleyball team has its record winning streak ends at 109 matches with a 28-26, 25-12, 25-18 loss to Stanford in a tournament at Florida. Penn State’s streak is the second-longest in Division I team sports, behind the 137 straight wins by the Miami men’s tennis program from 1957-1964.
2011 — Carolina’s Cam Newton becomes the first rookie to throw for more than 400 yards in his NFL opener in a 28-21 loss to Arizona. Newton, the No. 1 draft pick playing on the same field where he led Auburn to the BCS championship in January, completes 24 of 37 passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns with one interception.
2015 — Roberta Vinci stuns Serena Williams to end her Grand Slam bid in one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. The 43rd-ranked Italian wins 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the U.S. Open semifinals.
2021 — Milwaukee Brewers throw a combined no-hitter to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0. It was the record ninth no-hitter of the season.
TV SPORTS WEDNESDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Miami at Pittsburgh | 12:35pm | MLBN Bally Sports Florida ATTSN-PIT |
| Cleveland at Chi. White Sox | 2:10pm | MLBN NBCS-CHI Bally Sports Great Lakes |
| NY Mets at Toronto | 3:07pm | MLBN SNY Sportsnet |
| Texas at Arizona | 3:40pm | Bally Sports Southwest YurView |
| Colorado at Detroit | 6:40pm | Ruko Bally Sports Detroit Rockies.TV |
| Tampa Bay at Philadelphia | 6:40pm | Bally Sports Sun NBCS-PHI |
| Atlanta at Washington | 6:45pm | MLBN MASN2 Bally Sports South |
| Kansas City at NY Yankees | 7:05pm | MLBN YES Bally Sports Kansas City |
| Baltimore at Boston | 7:10pm | MASN NESNo |
| LA Angels at Minnesota | 7:10pm | Bally Sports West Bally Sports North |
| Cincinnati at St. Louis | 7:45pm | Bally Sports Ohio Bally Sports Midwest |
| Oakland at Houston | 8:10pm | NBCS-CA SCHN |
| San Deigo at Seattle | 9:40pm | FS1 Padres.TV ROOT |
| Milwaukee at San Francisco | 9:45pm | Bally Sports Wisconsin NBCS-BAY |
| Chi. Cubs at LA Dodgers | 10:10pm | MARQ SNLA |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Las Vegas vs Indiana | 7:00pm | SSSEN MeTV Indianapolis |
| Washington vs Chicago | 8:00pm | The U MNMT |
| Seattle vs Los Angeles | 10:00pm | Spectrum Prime-Seattle |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: 1C vs 3ABF | 5:30pm | FS2 Fubo |
| FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: 1B vs 3ACD | 5:30pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| USL Championship: Birmingham Legion vs Tampa Bay Rowdies | 8:00pm | CBSSN Fubo |
| FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: 2A vs 2C | 9:00pm | FS2 Fubo |
| FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: 1A vs 3CDE | 9:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Guadalajara: WTA Early Rounds; Davis Cup Finals Group Stage | 8:00am | TENNIS |