“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 2
ANDERSON (0-1) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (0-1)
ANDREAN (0-1) AT VALPARAISO (0-1)
ARIZONA COLLEGE PREP AT CROWN POINT (1-0)
ATTICA (0-1) AT TRI-COUNTY (0-1)
BATESVILLE (1-0) AT MILAN (1-0)
BEECH GROVE (0-1) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (0-1)
BEN DAVIS (0-1) AT AVON (0-1)
BLACKFORD (0-1) AT FREMONT (0-1)
BLOOMINGTON NORTH (0-1) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (0-1)
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (1-0) AT MARTINSVILLE (1-0)
BLUFFTON (1-0) AT MANCHESTER (0-1)
BREBEUF JESUIT (0-1) AT TRI-WEST (1-0)
BRONSON (MICH.) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (1-0)
BROWNSBURG (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (1-0)
CALUMET (1-0) AT RIVER FOREST (1-0)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-1) AT UNION COUNTY (0-1)
CARMEL (1-0) AT WESTFIELD (1-0)
CARROLL (FLORA) (1-0) AT RIVERTON PARKE (1-0)
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (0-1) AT CENTER GROVE (0-1)
CASTLE (1-0) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (1-0)
CHARLESTOWN (0-1) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (1-0)
CHESTERTON (1-0) AT HAMMOND MORTON (0-1)
CINCINNATI MOELLER (OHIO) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (0-1)
CLARKSVILLE (0-1) AT WEST WASHINGTON (0-1)
CLOVERDALE (0-1) AT EDINBURGH (0-1)
COLUMBIA CITY (1-0) AT PLYMOUTH (1-0)
COLUMBUS EAST (0-1) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (1-0)
CONCORD (1-0) AT JIMTOWN (0-1)
CONNERSVILLE (1-0) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (1-0)
CORYDON CENTRAL (0-1) AT PAOLI (1-0)
COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-1) AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (0-1)
COVINGTON (1-0) AT SOUTH NEWTON (1-0)
CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-1) AT BROWN COUNTY (1-0)
DECATUR CENTRAL (0-1) AT NEW PALESTINE (1-0)
DELPHI (1-0) AT TWIN LAKES (0-1)
DELTA (1-0) AT NORWELL (0-1)
EAST CENTRAL (1-0) AT HARRISON (OHIO)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-1) AT GARY WEST (1-0)
EAST NOBLE (1-0) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (0-1)
EASTERN GREENE (0-1) AT NORTH KNOX (0-1)
EASTERN HANCOCK (1-0) AT NORTH DECATUR (1-0)
EASTSIDE (1-0) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (0-1)
EATON (OHIO) AT RICHMOND (0-1)
EDWARDSBURG (MICH.) AT JOHN GLENN (1-0)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (0-1) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-1)
EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-1) AT JASPER (0-1)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (1-0) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (0-1)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (1-0) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (1-0)
FAITH CHRISTIAN (1-0) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (1-0)
FLOYD CENTRAL (0-1) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (0-1)
FOREST PARK (1-0) AT PERRY CENTRAL (0-1)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (1-0) AT EASTBROOK (0-1)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-1) AT NEW HAVEN (0-1)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-0) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (1-0)
FORT WAYNE SOUTH (0-1) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (0-1)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (0-1) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (1-0)
FRANKFORT (0-1) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (0-1)
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-0)
GALLATIN COUNTY (KY.) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (1-0)
GARRETT (1-0) AT DEKALB (1-0)
GREENSBURG (0-1) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-0)
GRIFFITH (1-0) AT MUNSTER (0-1)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (1-0) AT LEBANON (1-0)
HAGERSTOWN (0-1) AT CENTERVILLE (1-0)
HAMMOND CENTRAL (1-0) AT THORNTON FRACTIONAL SOUTH (ILL.)
HANOVER CENTRAL (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (1-0)
HERITAGE (1-0) AT FAIRFIELD (1-0)
HERITAGE HILLS (1-0) AT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (KY.)
ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL (ILL.) AT LAKE STATION (0-1)
INDIAN CREEK (0-1) AT GREENWOOD (0-1)
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (0-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS TECH (0-1)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (1-0) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-0) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (0-1) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-0) AT MACONAQUAH (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-0) AT PARK TUDOR (1-0)
JEFFERSONVILLE (0-1) AT SEYMOUR (1-0)
KANKAKEE VALLEY (1-0) AT WHEELER (0-1)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (1-0) AT MICHIGAN CITY (0-1)
LAKE CENTRAL (1-0) AT GRAND RAPIDS CATHOLIC (MICH.)
LAKELAND (1-0) AT CHURUBUSCO (0-1)
LAPEL (1-0) AT FRANKTON (0-1)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (0-1) AT ZIONSVILLE (0-1)
LAWRENCE NORTH (1-0) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (1-0)
LEO (1-0) AT ANGOLA (0-1)
LEWIS CASS (0-1) AT NORTHFIELD (0-1)
LOGANSPORT (1-0) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (0-1)
LOWELL (0-1) AT LAPORTE (0-1)
MADISON-GRANT (1-0) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (0-1)
MERRILLVILLE (1-0) AT HOBART (0-1)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (0-1) AT CULVER ACADEMY (1-0)
MISSISSINEWA (1-0) AT MARION (1-0)
MITCHELL (0-1) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (1-0)
MONROE CENTRAL (1-0) AT UNION CITY (0-1)
MONROVIA (1-0) AT LINTON (0-1)
MOORESVILLE (1-0) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-1)
MOUNT CARMEL (ILL.) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (1-0)
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (0-1) AT FRANKLIN (1-0)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (0-1) AT YORKTOWN (1-0)
NEW CASTLE (0-1) AT JAY COUNTY (1-0)
NEW PRAIRIE (1-0) AT GOSHEN (0-1)
NOBLESVILLE (1-0) AT HOMESTEAD (0-1)
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (0-1) AT NORTH DAVIESS (0-1)
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-1) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (1-0)
NORTH JUDSON (1-0) AT LAVILLE (0-1)
NORTH MONTGOMERY (0-1) AT CASCADE (1-0)
NORTH NEWTON (0-1) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (0-1)
NORTH PUTNAM (1-0) AT SOUTHMONT (1-0)
NORTH WHITE (0-1) AT CASTON (0-1)
NORTHEASTERN (1-0) AT TRI (1-0)
NORTHRIDGE (0-1) AT ELKHART (0-1)
NORTHVIEW (1-0) AT GREENCASTLE (0-1)
NORTHWESTERN (1-0) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (0-1)
OAK HILL (1-0) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-1)
PARIS (ILL.) AT NORTH VERMILLION (1-0)
PENN (1-0) AT MISHAWAKA (1-0)
PERU (0-1) AT WHITKO (0-1)
PHALEN ACADEMY AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-1)
PIKE (1-0) AT FISHERS (1-0)
PIKE CENTRAL (1-0) AT TECUMSEH (0-1)
PIONEER (1-0) AT KNOX (0-1)
PLAINFIELD (1-0) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (1-0)
PORTAGE (1-0) AT NORTHWOOD (1-0)
PRINCETON (0-1) AT NORTH POSEY (1-0)
PROVIDENCE (1-0) AT LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSS (KY.)
PURDUE POLY ENGLEWOOD (0-1) AT DANVILLE (0-1)
ROCHESTER (1-0) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (1-0)
SALEM (1-0) AT SILVER CREEK (1-0)
SCOTTSBURG (0-1) AT NORTH HARRISON (0-1)
SEEGER (0-1) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-1)
SHELBYVILLE (1-0) AT RUSHVILLE (0-1)
SHERIDAN (0-1) AT NORTH MIAMI (1-0)
SOUTH ADAMS (0-1) AT BELLMONT (0-1)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (1-0) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (1-0)
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-0) AT BOONE GROVE (0-1)
SOUTH DEARBORN (1-0) AT MADISON (1-0)
SOUTH DECATUR (0-1) AT SHENANDOAH (1-0)
SOUTH SPENCER (1-0) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (0-1)
SOUTH VERMILLION (1-0) AT SULLIVAN (1-0)
SOUTHPORT (0-1) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (0-1)
SOUTHRIDGE (0-1) AT BOONVILLE (0-1)
SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (0-1)
SPEEDWAY (0-1) AT OWEN VALLEY (0-1)
TAYLOR (1-0) AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (0-1)
TAYLOR (OHIO) AT LAWRENCEBURG (0-1)
TELL CITY (1-0) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-0)
TIPTON (1-0) AT ELWOOD (1-0)
TRITON (1-0) AT BREMEN (0-1)
TRITON CENTRAL (0-1) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-1)
WABASH (0-1) AT ALEXANDRIA (1-0)
WARSAW (1-0) AT WARREN CENTRAL (1-0)
WASHINGTON (1-0) AT EDGEWOOD (1-0)
WES-DEL (0-1) AT TRI-CENTRAL (0-1)
WEST CENTRAL (0-1) AT CULVER (1-0)
WEST LAFAYETTE (0-1) AT MCCUTCHEON (0-1)
WEST NOBLE (1-0) AT WAWASEE (0-1)
WEST VIGO (0-1) AT PARKE HERITAGE (0-1)
WESTERN (0-1) AT WESTERN BOONE (1-0)
WHITELAND (1-0) AT KOKOMO (0-1)
WHITING (1-0) AT HIGHLAND (0-1)
WINAMAC (1-0) AT FRONTIER (1-0)
WINCHESTER (0-1) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (1-0)
WOODLAN (0-1) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (0-1)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL REPORTED SCORES
BISHOP CHATARD 3 GUERIN CATHOLIC 1
WESTVILLE 3 KNOX 2
NEW PRAIRIE 3 SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 0
NORTH JUDSON 3 OREGON DAVIS 0
CROWN POINT 3 LAPORTE 1
LAKE CENTRAL 3 CHESTERTON 2
SOUTH-CENTRAL 3 HEBRON 0
FRANKLIN 3 TRINITY LUTHERAN 1
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST 2 FORTUNE ACADEMY 0
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 3 SOUTH BEND RILEY 0
MADISON 3 CHARLESTOWN 1
HAGERSTOWN 3 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 0
UNION COUNTY 3 UNION CITY 0
CRAWFORDSVILLE 3 SEEGER 0
SHAKAMAK 3 BLOOMFIELD 0
CRAWFORDSVILLE 3 SEEGER 0
SHOALS 3 WHITE RIVER VALLEY 0
WESTERN 3 CLINTON CENTRAL 0
NORTH WHITE 3 WINAMAC 1
SOUTHWOOD 3 PERU 0
LAWRENCEBURG 3 OLDENBURG ACADEMY 0
NORTHWOOD 3 JIMTOWN 0
NEW ALBANY 3 SCOTTSBURG 1
BARR REEVE 3 LINTON STOCKTON 0
WINCHESTER 3 ALEXANDRIA MONROE 0
DELTA 3 DALEVILLE 0
MANCHESTER 3 NORTHWESTERN 0
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 3 FLOYD CENTRAL 1
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 3 PARK TUDOR 0
MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 3 WHITING 0
FORT WAYNE CARROLL 3 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 0
LOWELL 3 HOBART 2
MUNSTER 3 HANOVER CENTRAL 1
BREMEN 3 GOSHEN HOMESCHOOL 0
CULVER ACADEMIES 3 ROCHESTER 0
BROWNSBURG 3 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 1
TECUMSEH 3 WOOD MEMORIAL 0
FREMONT 3 BRYAN 0
SCECINA 3 SPEEDWAY 1
NORTHVIEW 3 EDGEWOOD 0
PARK HERITAGE 3 N. CENTRAL 0
SEYMOUR 3 BLOOMINGTON NORTH 1
ASSUMPTION 3 PROVIDENCE 0
HARRISON 3 S. NEWTON 0
INDIAN CREEK 3 GREENWOOD 0
BELLMONT 3 S. ADAMS 1
CASTLE 3 EVANSVILLE REITZ 0
DANVILLE 3 N. MONTGOMERY 0
NORTH DAVIESS 3 CLAY CITY 1
NORTHEASTERN 3 MONROE CENTRAL 0
MEDORA 3 SEVEN OAKS 0
EAST NOBLE 3 GARRETT 0
FRANKFORT 3 DELPHI 0
BENTON CENTRAL 3 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0
WOODLAN 3 NORWELL 0
RONCALLI 3 COLUMBUS NORTH 0
FISHERS 3 ZIONSVILLE 1
MOUNT VERNON 3 S. SPENCER 1
WESTFIELD 3 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 2
NORTHFIELD 3 HUNTINGTON NORTH 2
SOUTH KNOX 3 ROBINSON 1
SOUTHPORT 3 TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 1
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 2 N. WHITE 0
MUNSTER 2 LOWELL 1
NEW PRAIRIE 8 NEW BUFFALO 0
MUNCIE CENTRAL 0 RUSHVILLE 0
ROCHESTER 1 LAKELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0
MANCHESTER 3 WABASH 0
CRAWFORDSVILLE 2 SOUTHMONT 1
EASTBROOK 9 DALEVILLE 0
BENTON CENTRAL 3 WESTERN BOONE 0
CARROLL 5 TWIN LAKES 2
CHESTERTON 10 HOBART 0
SHOALS 2 EDGEWOOD 1
LAVILLE 2 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 3 N. PUTNAM 3
ANGOLA 10 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 1
HERITAGE HILLS 3 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 1
WARSAW 1 PLYMOUTH 0
HENRYVILLE 8 SALEM 0
JAY COUNTY 4 DELTA 3
MARION 8 MISSISSINEWA 4
CENTERVILLE 7 UNION CITY 0
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 4 TRINITY LUTHERAN 0
NEW ALBANY 9 CORYDON CENTRAL 0
EVANSVILLE HARRISON 3 JASPER 1
GOSHEN 3 WESTVIEW 1
CONCORD 7 PENN 2
YORKTOWN 2 GREENFIELD CENTRAL 0
NOBLESVILLE 5 BREBEUF 0
SWITZERLAND COUNTY 9 RISING SUN 0
COLUMBIA CITY 3 BELLMONT 1
WHEELER 4 HAMMOND NOLL 1
COLUMBUS NORTH 3 COLUMBUS EAST 0
BROWNSBURG 1 HARRISON 1
FORT WAYNE NORTHRUP 5 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 0
FORT WAYNE CARROLL 2 FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 0
ELKHART 1 SOUTH BEND ADAMS 0
ARGOS 8 WINAMAC 0
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 4 NEW PALESTINE 2
FISHERS 1 MOUNT VERNON 1
WASHINGTON 4 SOUTHRIDGE 2
BLOOMINGTON NORTH 2 SEYMOUR 1
TERRE HAUTE NORTH 2 AVON 1
INDIANA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER REPORTED SCORES
EAST NOBLE 6 HUNTINGTON NORTH 2
CULVER COMMUNITY 4 DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN 2
VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 16 RIVER FOREST 0
HERITAGE HILLS 8 SOUTHRIDGE 0
MERRILLVILLE 7 WESTVILLE 2
KOUTS 2 LAPORTE 2
LAVILLE 10 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 0
PIKE CENTRAL 5 N. KNOX 0
FOREST PARK 1 PRINCETON 0
WABASH 3 PERU 1
TRI-WEST 5 WESTERN BOONE 0
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 10 VINCENNES LINCOLN 1
DEKALB 13 NEW HAVEN 0
GIBSON SOUTHERN 7 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 0
GLENN 5 BREMEN 4
MUNSTER 3 PORTAGE 2
BENTON CENTRAL 2 LOGANSPORT 0
SILVER CREEK 7 AUSTIN 0
EDGEWOOD 1 CASCADE 0
FAITH CHRISTIAN 12 ROSSVILLE 0
BATESVILLE 5 GREENSBURG 0
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 2 LOWELL 1
LEBANON 3 LAFAYETTE JEFF 0
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 1 JASPER 0
NEW PALESTINE 7 NEW CASTLE 0
PENN 3 SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 0
LEO 5 FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 1
MISHAWAKA MARIAN 11 SOUTH BEND RILEY 0
HIGHLAND 2 KANKAKEE VALLEY 0
WARSAW 2 NORTHWOOD 0
JIMTOWN 4 ARGOS 1
CASTLE 6 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 0
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 5 PLYMOUTH 0
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
LA ANGELS 3 DETROIT 0
MILWAUKEE 6 SAN FRANCISCO 0
TEXAS 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
ST. LOUIS 4 SAN DIEGO 1
MIAMI 12 COLORADO 8
NY METS 3 ARIZONA 2
CINCINNATI 10 OAKLAND 9
PHILADELPHIA 5 ATLANTA 4
TORONTO 2 BOSTON 0
HOUSTON 6 KANSAS CITY 3
LA DODGERS 6 BALTIMORE 3
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 10 LOUISVILLE 6
GREAT LAKES 6 SOUTH BEND 4 (12)
LANSING 6 FORT WAYNE 2
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
COLTS SCHEDULE
SEPT. 8: VS. HOUSTON, 1 P.M., CBS
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
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES/SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, AUG. 29
RUTGERS 44, HOWARD 7
VILLANOVA 24, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 17
MOREHEAD STATE 17, CENTRAL STATE (OHIO) 10
CARSON-NEWMAN 50, REINHARDT 7
MINNESOTA DULUTH 35, NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7
WAKE FOREST 45, NORTH CAROLINA A&T 13
UCF 57, NEW HAMPSHIRE 3
NO. 24 NC STATE 38, WESTERN CAROLINA 21
BUFFALO 30, LAFAYETTE 13
BOWLING GREEN 41, FORDHAM 17
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 66, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 10
DELAWARE 48, BRYANT 17
WILLIAM & MARY 41, VMI 7
MERCER 63, PRESBYTERIAN 10
WOFFORD 21, GARDNER-WEBB 20
DELTA STATE 47, MARS HILL 16
WEST TEXAS A&M 42, SUL ROSS STATE 21
ARKANSAS 70, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 0
TOLEDO 49, DUQUESNE 10
QUINCY AT DRAKE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+ (CANCELLED)
NO. 11 MISSOURI 51, MURRAY STATE 0
COLORADO 31, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 26
NO. 22 KANSAS 48, LINDENWOOD 3 (IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS)
COASTAL CAROLINA 55, JACKSONVILLE STATE 27
TULANE 52, SE LOUISIANA 0
TULSA 62, NORTHWESTERN STATE 28
SOUTH DAKOTA 45, NORTHERN STATE 3
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 77, NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 0
COLORADO MESA 16, TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 13
MIDWESTERN STATE 18, MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE 11
NO. 12 UTAH 49 SOUTHERN UTAH 0
TULANE 52 SE LOUISIANA 0
LOUISIANA MONROE 30 JACKSON STATE 14
NORTH CAROLINA 19 MINNESOTA 17
ILLINOIS 45 EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
SAN JOSE STATE 42 SACRAMENTO STATE 24
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
LEHIGH AT ARMY | 6 P.M. | CBSSN
TEMPLE AT NO. 16 OKLAHOMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN
FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT MICHIGAN STATE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
COLGATE AT MAINE | 7 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
ELON AT DUKE | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT WISCONSIN | 9 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
TCU AT STANFORD | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
NO. 14 CLEMSON VS. NO. 1 GEORGIA (IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA) | 12 P.M. | ABC
VIRGINIA TECH VS. VANDERBILT (IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE) | 12 P.M. | ESPN
ILLINOIS STATE AT NO. 25 IOWA | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
AUSTIN PEAY AT LOUISVILLE | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
INDIANA STATE AT PURDUE | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
KENT STATE AT PITT | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
BUCKNELL AT NAVY | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
UCONN AT MARYLAND | 12 P.M. | FS1
NO. 8 PENN STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | FOX
DAVIDSON AT GEORGETOWN | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN+
CHATTANOOGA AT NO. 15 TENNESSEE | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
UPPER IOWA AT BUTLER | 1 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NO. 17 OKLAHOMA STATE | 2 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
TOWSON AT CINCINNATI | 2:30 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT WASHINGTON STATE | 3 P.M. | CW NETWORK
NO. 19 MIAMI (FLA.) AT FLORIDA | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
COLORADO STATE AT NO. 4 TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
EASTERN MICHIGAN AT UMASS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT INDIANA | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
EAST TENNESSEE STATE AT APPALACHIAN STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH DAKOTA AT IOWA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
OHIO AT SYRACUSE | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
KENNESAW STATE AT UTSA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
MERRIMACK AT AIR FORCE | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
UTEP AT NEBRASKA | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
WESTERN ILLINOIS AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
AKRON AT NO. 2 OHIO STATE | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MIAMI (OHIO) AT NORTHWESTERN | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 4 P.M. | ESPNU
LINCOLN (CA) AT NORTHERN ARIZONA | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
OLD DOMINION AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
STONY BROOK AT MARSHALL | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
UC DAVIS AT CAL | 5 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX
NORTH TEXAS AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
VALPARAISO AT UNI | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+
CAMPBELL AT LIBERTY | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
RICHMOND AT VIRGINIA | 6 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX
NORFOLK STATE AT EAST CAROLINA | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
SAMFORD AT WEST GEORGIA | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT FLORIDA A&M | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
DELAWARE STATE AT SACRED HEART | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT TENNESSEE STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
THE CITADEL AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY AT STETSON | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT OREGON STATE | 6:30 P.M. | CW NETWORK
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NO. 5 ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN
FURMAN AT NO. 6 OLE MISS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+
CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT ARKANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TARLETON STATE AT BAYLOR | 7 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
UNLV AT HOUSTON | 7 P.M. | FS1
UT MARTIN AT NO. 18 KANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
TENNESSEE TECH AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SAM HOUSTON AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NEVADA AT TROY | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH ALABAMA AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
HOLY CROSS AT RHODE ISLAND | 7 P.M. | FLOSPORTS
NORTHERN COLORADO AT UIW | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TEXAS SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ALABAMA A&M AT AUBURN | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+
NO. 7 NOTRE DAME AT NO. 20 TEXAS A&M | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
FRESNO STATE AT NO. 9 MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
IDAHO AT NO. 3 OREGON | 7:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
UCLA AT HAWAI’I | 7:30 P.M. | CBS
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT TEXAS TECH | 7:30 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
SOUTHERN MISS AT KENTUCKY | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT BYU | 8 P.M. | BIG 12/ESPN+
GEORGIA STATE AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT SMU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX
GRAMBLING AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
NICHOLLS AT LOUISIANA TECH | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
JAMES MADISON AT CHARLOTTE | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
LAMAR AT TEXAS STATE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 8 P.M. | TRUTV
SOUTHERN AT MCNEESE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT MONTANA | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
NEW MEXICO AT NO. 21 ARIZONA | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
MONTANA STATE AT UTAH TECH | 10 P.M. | ESPN+
WYOMING AT ARIZONA STATE | 10:30 P.M. | FS1
WEBER STATE AT WASHINGTON | 11 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
SUNDAY, SEPT. 1
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL VS. ALABAMA STATE (IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPN
NO. 23 USC VS. NO. 13 LSU (IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
BOSTON COLLEGE AT NO. 10 FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUGUST 31 VS. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 3:30
SEPTEMBER 6 VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS 7:00
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
AUGUST 31 VS. INDIANA STATE 12:00
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
AUGUST 21 AT TEXAS A&M 7:30
SEPTEMBER 7 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3:30
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
AUGUST 31 VS. UPPER IOWA 1:00
SEPTEMBER 7 AT MURRAY STATE 6:00 CT
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
SEPTEMBER 7 VS. MISSOURI STATE 2:00
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
AUGUST 31 AT PURDUE 12:00
SEPTEMBER 7 AT EASTERN ILLINOIS 7:00
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
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
NFL NEWS
REPORT: EAGLES’ JAMES BRADBERRY (LEG) OUT 6-8 WEEKS
Philadelphia Eagles veteran defensive back James Bradberry is expected to miss approximately six-to-eight weeks after sustaining a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s practice, NFL Network reported.
Per Thursday’s report, Bradberry will not require surgery, however the injury involves a tendon.
It was not immediately known how the former Pro Bowl cornerback sustained the injury.
Bradberry, 31, willingly shuffled from cornerback to safety this summer under new Eagles coordinator Vic Fangio after a poor season in coverage.
Bradberry was a second-team All-Pro and scored the top coverage grade under Pro Football Focus evaluations in 2022. He had his worst year in the NFL in 2023, however, giving up a career-high 11 touchdown passes and a 114.3 passer rating when targeted. He allowed two TD passes and a QB rating under 50 in 2022.
Bradberry has totaled 478 tackles, 19 interceptions, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 125 career games (124 starts) with the Carolina Panthers (2016-19), New York Giants (2020-21) and Eagles.
–Field Level Media
REPORT: 49ERS, AIYUK AGREE TO 4-YEAR, $120M EXTENSION
Brandon Aiyuk isn’t going anywhere after all.
The All-Pro receiver – who requested a trade from the San Francisco 49ers in July – has agreed to terms on a four-year, $120-million contract extension that includes $76 million guaranteed, sources told NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
The offer accepted by Aiyuk is the same deal that’s been on the table since Aug. 12 before the wideout started to hold in at training camp, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Aiyuk missed practice multiple times throughout the offseason while negotiating a new deal with the 49ers, who were reportedly close to trading him earlier this year. San Francisco apparently negotiated trade frameworks with the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, and Pittsburgh Steelers. However, the 26-year-old reportedly didn’t want to play in Cleveland or New England.
San Francisco negotiated an Aiyuk trade with the Steelers and wanted them to include a wide receiver as part of the deal. Pittsburgh lacks depth at the position, though. The Niners were only willing to move on from Aiyuk if they could add a high-profile replacement, notes The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, who adds they offered a third-round pick to the Denver Broncos for wideout Courtland Sutton. San Francisco reportedly would’ve sent Aiyuk to Pittsburgh if Denver had accepted the offer.
The 49ers also shopped Aiyuk – as well as fellow teammate Deebo Samuel – during the 2024 NFL Draft but eventually kept their two playmakers. San Francisco added a new first-round receiver to the mix by selecting Ricky Pearsall 31st overall in April.
Aiyuk, who had just one year left on his rookie deal, is now under contract for five more seasons. He’s the sixth wideout with an average annual salary of at least $30 million, joining Justin Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, A.J. Brown, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Tyreek Hill. Jefferson tops all wide receivers with an annual salary of $35 million. In addition to the Minnesota Vikings star, Lamb, Brown, and St. Brown signed their lucrative extensions in 2024.
Aiyuk earned a second-team All-Pro nod in 2023 after catching 75 passes for a career-high 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns in 16 games. His 17.9 yards per reception ranked second in the NFL among eligible pass-catchers. He’s recorded two 1,000-yard seasons since San Francisco drafted him 25th overall in 2020 out of Arizona State.
With Aiyuk now signed to a long-term contract, the Niners can focus solely on reworking Trent Williams’ contract. The All-Pro left tackle has been holding out while looking for a pay bump from San Francisco.
REPORT: CHARGERS TO ACQUIRE QB TAYLOR HEINICKE FROM FALCONS
The Los Angeles Chargers are set to acquire quarterback Taylor Heinicke from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a conditional sixth-round draft pick, The Athletic reported.
Heinicke will battle Easton Stick to become the backup to Chargers star QB Justin Herbert. He would have been the emergency third quarterback in Atlanta behind Kirk Cousins and rookie Michael Penix Jr.
Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million contract with the Falcons at the start of free agency, and Atlanta selected Penix with the eighth overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Heinicke, 31, was 1-3 as the starter in his first season with Atlanta in 2023, completing 54.4 percent of his passes for 890 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions.
He is 13-15-1 overall with 6,635 passing yards, 39 TDs and 28 interceptions in 38 games (29 starts) with the Houston Texans (2017), Carolina Panthers (2018), Washington (2020-22) and Atlanta.
–Field Level Media
REPORT: S LEWIS CINE JOINING BILLS, REBUFFS JETS
Safety Lewis Cine will be joining the practice squad of an AFC East franchise in New York — just not the one that previously was reported.
ESPN reported on Thursday that the former first-round draft pick plans to sign with the Buffalo Bills instead of the New York Jets.
Cine’s former position coach at the University of Georgia, Jahmile Addae, is now a secondary coach with the Bills.
Cine, 24, was waived by the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday after efforts to trade him were unsuccessful.
The Vikings selected Cine No. 32 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. He suffered a compound leg fracture in Week 4 of his rookie season. He returned in 2023 and played in seven games, mostly on special teams. He has played just 10 defensive snaps in 10 games (zero starts) across two seasons.
–Field Level Media
VIKINGS SIGN BRETT RYPIEN, WAIVE FELLOW QB JAREN HALL
The Minnesota Vikings signed Brett Rypien and waived fellow quarterback Jaren Hall on Thursday.
Rypien will be the third-string quarterback for the Vikings, behind Sam Darnold and Nick Mullens.
Rypien, 28, had signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears on March 13 before being released Wednesday.
Rypien has made four NFL starts since entering the league as an undrafted free agent in 2019 with the Denver Broncos. He has passed for 950 yards, four touchdowns and nine interceptions in 10 games.
Last season, Rypien started for the Rams in a 20-3 loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 9. He was 13 of 28 for 130 yards and one interception and was released two days later.
He had brief stints with the Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets later in the season.
Rypien played college football at Boise State and holds the Mountain West career passing yardage record of 13,578. He is the nephew of Mark Rypien, who played 11 NFL seasons (1988-97, 2001) for five teams and was MVP of Super Bowl XXVI for Washington.
Hall, 26, completed 13 of 20 passes for 168 yards and an interception in three games (two starts) last season. He was selected by Minnesota in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of BYU.
The Vikings lost rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy, their 2024 first-round draft pick (10th overall), to a season-ending knee injury in the preseason.
–Field Level Media
REPORTS: BROWNS RESTRUCTURE QB DESHAUN WATSON’S CONTRACT
The Cleveland Browns restructured quarterback Deshaun Watson’s contract in a move that created $35.832 million in salary cap space, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.
Per the reports, the Browns converted $44.79 million of Watson’s $46 million base salary this season into a signing bonus. The move gives the Browns more than $62 million in cap space.
Also on Thursday, multiple outlets reported that Cleveland was expected to release quarterback Tyler Huntley. That would leave the Browns with Watson, Jameis Winston and Dorian Thompson-Robinson in the quarterback room ahead of the season opener against the visiting Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 8.
The Browns adjusted Watson’s NFL-record $230 million fully guaranteed deal prior to the start of free agency in 2023, clearing approximately $36 million in cap space.
Watson, 28, will have cap hits of $72.9 million in the 2025 and 2026 seasons, with $172 million and $99 million in dead cap hits, respectively.
Watson has played just 12 games for the Browns over two seasons since they acquired him from the Houston Texans. He served an 11-game suspension to begin the 2022 season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, in connection to lawsuits from more than two dozen female massage therapists alleging sexual harassment and assault.
Then, multiple injuries limited Watson to six games in 2023, when he threw for 1,115 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions while completing 61.4 percent of his passes.
Watson, a three-time Pro Bowler during his time with Houston, has thrown for 16,756 yards, 118 touchdowns and 45 interceptions in 66 games (65 starts) since entering the league in 2017. He has a 36-29 record as a starter.
Huntley signed a one-year, $1.29 million contract with the Browns in March.
Huntley, 26, spent four seasons as a backup to Lamar Jackson with the Baltimore Ravens. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2022 after completing 67.0 percent of his passes for 658 yards and two TDs in six games (four starts).
Huntley has thrown for 1,957 yards with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions in 20 games (nine starts) with the Ravens. He signed with Baltimore in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of Utah.
–Field Level Media
PATRIOTS PICK QB JACOBY BRISSETT TO START OVER DRAKE MAYE
Jacoby Brissett is the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots.
Head coach Jerod Mayo said Thursday the organization was on the same page making the decision to go with the 31-year-old with 48 career starts over rookie No. 3 pick Drake Maye.
“We have decided, I have decided Jacoby Brissett will be our starting quarterback this season,” Mayo said Thursday. “As an organization we are 100 percent behind Jacoby. There is no, ‘You’ve got a guy right here, there’s a guy right there.’ We’re 100 percent behind Jacoby. I had an opportunity to talk to Drake separately and Jacoby together and organizationally we’re all on the same page.”
Maye was 21 of 34 for 192 yards and a touchdown in the preseason, when he totaled seven carries for 32 yards with one touchdown. Brissett was 5 of 14 for 36 yards, threw a red-zone interception and posted a QB rating of 14.6.
In discussing the potential move Wednesday, Mayo hinted that if Maye begins the season as Brissett’s backup on Sept. 8 at Cincinnati, nothing is set in stone and performance would be a factor moving forward.
“I would say one thing: I think it’s important to remember, what’s good for the team today may not be good for the team weeks down the line,” Mayo said.
–Field Level Media
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BOBBY PETRINO’S NEW ID, QB AT ARKANSAS
Bobby Petrino rides back into the SEC and returns to Arkansas this weekend, a reminder that college football is stranger than fiction.
Petrino, 63, has this habit of resurfacing at old haunts.
Heading up the Razorbacks’ offense and coaching quarterbacks feels more significant than previous boomerang missions out of — then back to — employment opportunities at Carroll and Louisville.
But to Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman, there was no reason not to entertain pulling Petrino back to Fayetteville. Pittman could be coaching for his job, and his sole motive is winning. That will require a more flammable offense than the 2023 iteration.
“When I got on the phone with him, his passion about coming back to Arkansas and leaving it a better way than what he did before was very important to him,” Pittman said last month at SEC Media Days. “I wanted his expertise in calling plays. I knew that he knew alumni. I knew that could help us in NIL. I knew that he knew our state with our (high school) coaches. I knew that he knew Texas and California. There were so many benefits.”
Petrino literally crashed out of his last chance with Arkansas, but he’ll be back on the headset calling plays — from the sidelines — Thursday night when the Razorbacks and Arkansas-Pine Bluff kick off the 2024 season in Little Rock.
Petrino said he hasn’t had much time to think about what it will be like to be involved in a game setting in Fayetteville again. He’ll have some time. Arkansas gets a major test at No. 17 Oklahoma State next week before its true home opener Sept. 14 against UAB.
“We’re still working on parts of the identity,” Petrino said of where his offense stands entering Week 1.
A flashback of sorts for the Arkansas offense might be welcomed. The Razorbacks were 13th in the SEC in total offense in 2023, averaging 326.5 yards per game.
Fans of a recent age will remember there were pretty good times when Petrino last called Arkansas home, finding success behind quarterbacks Tyler Wilson, and Ryan Mallett, and later at Louisville with a current Baltimore-area resident, Lamar Jackson. In 2016, when Jackson won the Heisman Trophy, Louisville averaged 532.7 yards per game. They were even better the next season (Jackson finished third in Heisman voting).
Much of his new identity rests in the shared mission with Petrino’s latest prized pupil this season, Boise State transfer quarterback Taylen Green. He gives a hang about any past-life sins or judgments against Petrino and like Pittman, has zeroed in only on how the relationship can help today and tomorrow.
“Being coached by him, it’s crazy just how much knowledge and how much understanding that I got just from talking to him and just taking everything in,” Green said.
Here are a few other familiar faces you’ll see in college football on opening weekend:
–Miami (Fla.) TE Cam McCormick
No NCAA football player has more seasons at the college level than McCormick, who enrolled at Oregon in 2016 in the same freshman class as current Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. Northern Illinois linebacker Kyle Pugh (2015-22) played eight seasons.
A redshirt season and devastating injuries threatened to derail McCormick’s career. He missed two full seasons (2019, 2020) at Oregon with a broken leg that limited him to two games in 2018, and hurt his foot in 2021 at the outset of his sixth season.
He would eventually transfer to Miami to rejoin Mario Cristobal, current Miami head coach, and had eight catches in 13 games last season.
McCormick, 26, is expected to suit up for his 37th career game Saturday when the Hurricanes play Florida.
“Work hard, compete. Things are going to get hard,” he said of his mentality at the start of fall camp. “Every day is not going to be a great day. How are you going to move on from that and process that?”
–Miami has another name most college football fans recognize in quarterback Cam Ward, a transfer from Washington State who was a popular portal target after finishing fourth in the nation with 311.3 passing yards per game, tops among all returning quarterbacks.
He’s become even more popular with the Hurricanes. Cristobal said in April that Ward was spending “every waking moment” in the football office to deepen bonds with teammates and master the offense at an above-and-beyond level coaches hadn’t experienced.
“Trust and confidence is earned. It’s not just given away,” Cristobal said. “What he has done, he has earned — earned — the trust of the people around him because of his time invested and the fact that he’s an alpha. And your quarterback needs to be an alpha.”
–One pass rusher Ward won’t have to dodge is Ole Miss edge Princely Umanmielen, a transfer from Florida expected to make a big impact.
Umanmielen had 7.5 sacks last season and was considered a top-five player in the portal alongside another defensive line addition, former Texas A&M defensive tackle Walter Nolen.
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said he’s excited to see his defensive linemen perform this season and eventually check them out on Sundays in the NFL.
“It is a really big year for me,” Umanmielen said of his NFL outlook. “I just come every day, show up and go to work. Try to be consistent and try to be a pro every single day to make sure I’m not taking any of these days for granted.”
–Field Level Media
SANDERS CAN’T BLUNT CRITICISM ONCE PRIME TIME BEGINS
The question 11 months ago wasn’t whether Deion Sanders would leave Colorado for the head coaching job at a powerhouse college program; it was whether he’d leap straight to the NFL.
Forget Alabama or Oklahoma. Would Jerry Jones bring Sanders in to run the Dallas Cowboys?
It wasn’t even that wild of an idea (though it was a little wild). Colorado went 1-11 the season before Coach Prime arrived, added a bunch of dazzling recruits (including two of his sons), and led the Buffs to a 3-0 start in 2023. Those early wins included an upset over TCU and a huge comeback victory over Colorado State in a prime-time game for which the major TV networks brought their studio shows to Boulder.
A story in The New York Times polled 10 NFL executives, seven of whom thought Sanders would be a valuable commodity in the league’s next round of coaching hires.
But things haven’t gone super well since then. Once Colorado got through the nonconference part of the schedule, it went 1-8 in the Pac-12. Most memorably, the Buffaloes went to Oregon while still riding high off that Colorado State comeback and were crushed 42-6. Cold bucket of water, meet face.
Once the season ended and four-win Colorado was nowhere near a bowl game, Sanders found his ability to recruit using his star power alone much less effective. It presumably also didn’t help that he cut a remarkable 53 players upon arriving at Colorado, not long after giving a get-to-know-you speech in which he encouraged all of them to transfer somewhere else. “The more of you jump in” the transfer portal, Sanders said, “the more room we make.” (That speech was recorded and posted on Coach Prime’s social media channels just to let everyone know what was what.)
The combination of that underwhelming first season in Colorado and Sanders’ brash ruthlessness hasn’t led a bounty of prospects to knock at his door. Many of his early high-profile recruits changed their minds and went elsewhere. One ranking of the 2024 recruiting class placed Colorado in 95th, right behind Eastern Michigan and Appalachian State. (And 25 spots behind Colorado State.)
All this has emboldened Sanders’ critics, and, hoo boy, he doesn’t like critics. He barred a Denver Post columnist from asking questions at his press conferences – technically, he’s just refusing to answer them – and has sniped with various media members. Sanders also refused to answer questions from a local CBS reporter, citing an unspecified beef with the broader network. “They know what they did,” he explained. (What they did remains unclear.)
The media fights created a new cycle in which Sanders’ unwillingness to engage critics was debated. Was he a loudmouth who could dish it out but not take it? Was he merely recognizing his own leverage, a star in his own right who doesn’t have to play the usual media games?
Wherever one might land on those questions, Sanders’ self-created media storm has drawn much of the attention away from his actual work with the team, which is where things should get interesting. After college football’s massive offseason realignment, the Buffaloes now play in the 16-team Big 12. (Don’t ask.) Their new home doesn’t have the top-end might of, say, last year’s Oregon and Washington teams, but it also has a lower floor. And five of Colorado’s last seven games this season are against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25. The Buffaloes are very much unranked.
Part of Sanders’ crankiness seems to stem from the fact that he’s always had doubters. As good as he was as a cornerback and kick returner in his playing days, some said he needed to shelve his desire to also play on offense. (He got his way, but only briefly.) Sanders was similarly told to give up on pro baseball but managed to play parts of nine MLB seasons, even if he was never Bo Jackson-level good at it.
Aside from the on-field stuff, Sanders has never lacked critics willing to complain about his style and attitude: the jewelry, the sunglasses, the confidence-slash-arrogance. Just last year, his Colorado State counterpart took a jab at him for wearing caps and shades to press conferences. (For the record, many coaches wear hats while speaking to reporters. Sunglasses, much less so.) The pearl-clutching about Sanders’ cockiness has always been a little overwrought, and it’s fair if he’s annoyed by it. But people have every right to criticize a 4-8 team, especially one whose coach has put himself at the center of the operation and loudly proclaimed that they’d win by doing things his way.
If Sanders feeds off his doubters, in other words, he should have plenty of fuel.
Scott Stinson is a contributing writer for theScore.
TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NO. 11 FOOTBALL BLANKS MURRAY STATE IN SEASON OPENER, 51-0
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The 11th-ranked University of Missouri football team shut out Murray State in the season opener for both teams, cruising to a 51-0 victory in front of a sold-out crowd of 62,621 fans at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium.
It was Mizzou’s 17th consecutive home victory against a non-conference opponent and the Tigers’ 24th season-opening win in the last 28 years. Additionally, it was Missouri’s first shutout since a 41-0 home victory over Vanderbilt in 2020 and first season-opening blanking since defeating Bowling Green, 37-0, in 1998.
The Tigers scored four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of the game, earning an early 28-0 lead and never looked back.
Mizzou outgained the Racers 489-85 and had a 29-5 edge in first downs. Murray State ran just one play from scrimmage on the Tigers’ end of the field. The last time a Mizzou team held an opponent to under 100 yards of total offense was in 2019 when it limited Southeast Missouri to just 94 yards.
The home side scored on its first possession, recovering an onside kick and moving 42 yards in six plays. Preseason All-American Luther Burden III took a pass from quarterback Brady Cook and spun out of a shoestring tackle and high stepped 16 yards into the endzone for the Tigers’ opening score. Blake Craig added the extra point – the first of his career.
The Missouri defense stuffed the Racers on a fourth-and-inches play moments later, and in three plays running back Nate Noel swept around the right side for a nine-yard touchdown, his first as a Tiger, to increase the lead to 14-0.On the next drive another newcomer, this time cornerback
Toriano Pride Jr., intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown with 9:41 left to play in the first quarter, marking the fastest by which any Missouri team had scored its first 21 points. Pride’s touchdown came seven seconds after Noel’s, the third smallest interval between Mizzou scores in school history.
The Tigers then tied the school record for points in the first quarter of an opening game when running back Marcus Carroll went in from one yard out, capping a 70-yard drive – his first touchdown in a Mizzou uniform.
With one second left in the first half, Cook ran a quarterback draw from the 3-yard line to extend the Tigers’ edge to 35-0. It marked the 12th time in his career that the St. Louis, Missouri, native had recorded a rushing and passing score in the same game, tying him with James Franklin for the second most in Mizzou annals.
Craig made it 38-0 with 8:50 to play in the third quarter after kicking a 39-yard field goal. The boot closed out a 76-yard drive that featured a 49-yard pass from Cook to Mookie Cooper.
Moments later, tackle Chris McClellan forced a fumble at the Murray State 10-yard line that was recovered by Joe Moore. Redshirt freshman RB Jamal Roberts then converted the turnover into a touchdown with a two-yard run for his first career score. Four different Tigers had rushing touchdowns marking the most since five Tigers turned the trick against Louisiana Tech in 2022.
The defense forced another three-and-out and backup quarterback Drew Pyne came on to lead a 14-play, 76-yard drive that led to a 22-yard field goal by Craig. The Kansas City, Missouri, native closed out the scoring with a 27-yard field that came at the end of an 84-yard drive also orchestrated by Pyne.
UP NEXT
The Tigers remain at home for their next game when they host Buffalo on Saturday, Sept. 7, for a 6 p.m. kick at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised on SEC Network+/ESPN+. Buffalo’s athletic director, Mark Alnutt, lettered as a linebacker and tight end at Mizzou from 1993-95, and served in several administrative roles at Missouri from 2000-12.
#12 UTAH FOOTBALL SOARS PAST SOUTHERN UTAH, 49-0
SALT LAKE CITY – It was a historic night in Rice-Eccles Stadium as new traditions were introduced, records were broken and the Utah Football program claimed its first win of the 2024 season as Big 12 Conference members. The Utes beat Southern Utah 49-0 in front of 52,210 fans, the second-largest crowd in school history.
The theme for the night was the “return” for several Utah standouts, including seniors Cameron Rising (QB) and Brant Kuithe (TE) that returned to the gridiron for the first time in over 600 days. The duo was also joined by Utah great Alex Smith, who became the Utes first-ever inductee into the Utah Football Ring of Honor at halftime.
The Utes wrapped up the game with 513 yards of total offense, holding Southern Utah to just 150 with the shutout being the first for the Utes since 2019. Utah racked up 328 passing yards and 185 on the ground with the Utes averaging 19.3 yards per catch and 4.7 yards per rush.
GAME LEADERS
Rising was reliable from the second he stepped on the field, going 10-for-15 passing (67%) for 254 yards, scoring a career-high five passing touchdowns in less than two full quarters. It was his 15th career game with 200-or-more passing yards with his five touchdowns moving him into fourth all-time in career passing touchdowns (51) and total touchdowns (63), passing Smith in both.
His two favorite targets in the game were Kuithe and running back Dijon Stanley with the pair combining for four of the five receiving touchdowns in the game. Kuithe caught a career-best three touchdowns for 69 total yards to become the first tight end in Big 12 recorded history to score three in the first half while Stanley racked up a career-high 150 receiving yards on three catches (50.0 ypc) with two touchdowns.
On defensive side of the ball, sophomores Smith Snowden (CB) and Keanu Tanuvasa (DT) tied for the team-lead with four tackles each with Snowden adding 2.0 TFL to his stat line. Senior Van Fillinger (DE) added three tackles that included 2.0 sacks with a pass breakup while Johnathan Hall also contributed three stops (1.0 TFL) and a pass breakup in his debut at linebacker.
STANDOUT STATS
Tonight’s game was the 84th consecutive sellout of Rice-Eccles Stadium, dating back to the 2010 season opener vs. Pitt. The attendance figure of 52,210 ranks sixth all-time in the facility.
The Utes won the time of possession battle, 31:15 to 28:45. Dating back to last season, it is the fourth straight game and eighth game in the last nine that Utah has had the upper hand in TOP.
Rising became the first Utah quarterback to throw five touchdown passes in a game since Travis Wilson vs. Fresno State on Sept. 6, 2014. The last Utah quarterback to throw five TD in a half was Brian Johnson vs. San Diego State in 2008.
Stanley’s 64-yard touchdown pass on the Utes’ opening drive of the game was the first Utah touchdown of the Big 12 era, his first career receiving TD and Rising’s first TD pass since Jan. 2, 2023.
Stanley finished the game with 184 all-purpose yards (150 receiving, 34 rushing); it included two touchdowns on just three catches. He became the first Utah running back to have a 100-yard receiving game since Devontae Booker (110) vs. Oregon in 2014, and his receiving total was the most by a Utah running back since at least 1996.
Utah held the Thunderbirds to 150 yards of total offense and nine first downs; both were the fewest since since Nov. 4, 2023 vs. Arizona State (83 total yards; six first downs).
Defensive end Van Fillinger recorded his second sack during the third quarter; it was his most since recording a career-best 3.0 sacks in the Washington State game in 2021.
UP NEXT
The Utes remain at home on Saturday, Sept. 7 when they take on the Baylor Bears in Rice-Eccles Stadium. The game is being played as a non-conference game with a 1:30 p.m. MT start.
NO. 22 KANSAS DOMINATES LINDENWOOD, 48-3, IN SEASON OPENER
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — No. 22 Kansas scored 27 second quarter points en route to a 48-3 victory against Lindenwood in its season opener at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas Thursday night.
Donning powder blue uniforms for the first time since the 2022 season, a crowd of 20,829 saw Kansas amass 523 yards total offense, holding Lindenwood to 202. Dating back to last season, the Jayhawks have scored 48 or more points and amassed 500 or more yards total offense in each of their last three games. Additionally, Lindenwood’s 202 yards total offense was the second lowest by a KU opponent under head coach Lance Leipold.
Two Kansas standouts only played in the first half but put up big numbers as KU led 34-0 at halftime. Senior running back Devin Neal paced KU rushing for 112 yards on eight carries with two touchdowns. Redshirt-junior quarterback Jalon Daniels was 9-for-15 for 148 yards and one touchdown passing in his 2024 season debut. KU senior wide receiver Luke Grimm had six receptions for the contest with one touchdown, a 58-yarder from Daniels in the second quarter to make the score 27-0.
After holding Lindenwood to a three-and-out, Kansas marched 65 yards in nine plays to score the first touchdown of the contest on a Neal five-yard touchdown run up the middle. It marked Neal’s 34th touchdown of his career. On the drive, Kansas converted a fourth down and three when connected with Grimm for 16 yards to the Lindenwood 20 yard line.
On the following possession Kansas halted a Lindenwood drive when redshirt-junior defensive end Dean Miller recorded an eight-yard sack. Kansas led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Early in KU’s 27-point second quarter, Neal would score his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard rush over the left side capping a seven-play, 85-yard drive. On the ensuing drive, Mello Dotson intercepted a Lindenwood pass and raced 33 yards to paydirt giving Kansas a 20-0 lead with 8:42 before halftime. The pick-six was Dotson’s third of his career, marking the KU school record for most in a career.
Dotson and redshirt-senior Cornell Wheeler paced KU with five tackles each for the contest.
Forcing another Lindenwood punt, Kansas needed just three plays to go 66 yards with Daniels connecting with Grimm on a 58-yard over-the-top touchdown to make the score 27-0.
Kansas would then stall a Lindenwood drive and a Lions punt would pin the Jayhawks on their own five yard line. KU then marched 95 yards in 10 plays, eating up 3 minutes capping drive on a redshirt-junior Daniel Hishaw Jr. one-yard touchdown plunge. Hishaw gained the final 39 yards of the drive as KU took a 34-0 lead into intermission. Hishaw ended the night with 66 yards rushing on nine carries.
Just in the first half, Neal posted his 13th career 100-yard rushing game rushing for 112 yards. The 13 career 100-yard game ties Neal Jayhawk greats June Henley (1993-95) and Laverne Smith (1973-76) for the third-most in school history.
Redshirt-freshman Cole Ballard took over quarterback duties to start the second half and orchestrated two second-half touchdown drives.
Kansas opened the second half like it ended the second quarter marching 85 yards in 11 plays and eating up more than six minutes on the clock. Redshirt-junior running back Sevion Morrison carried the ball the final seven plays of the drive, including a one-yard plunge to make the score 41-0.
Kansas concluded an 11-play, 90-yard drive to take a 48-0 lead with 13:22 to play in the fourth quarter. Ballard connected on redshirt-junior wide receiver Doug Emillien for a touchdown pass on a fourth four. Lindenwood would add its only score of the game on a 34-yard field goal with 7:04 to play.
UP NEXT
Kansas will make its first road trip of the season when it plays at Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 7. Kickoff from Memorial Stadium will be at 6 p.m. CT and will be televised on FS1.
CONCEPCION’S BIG NIGHT LEADS PACK TO 38-21 VICTORY OVER WESTERN CAROLINA
RALEIGH, NC – KC Concepcion picked up where he left off last season as he helped lead NC State to a 38-21 victory on opening night from Carter-Finley Stadium Thursday.
Concepcion’s big night included nine receptions for 121 yards and three touchdowns. He is the first Wolfpack wide receiver since Thayer Thomas in 2020 to bring in three scores in a game.
He is only the fourth sophomore in program history to have a three-touchdown reception game, joining Tramain Hall vs. Duke (2003), Jericho Cotchery vs. Clemson (2001), and Koren Robinson vs. Georgia Tech (2000)
Multiple newcomers for the Wolfpack suited up for the first time tonight, with running back Jordan Waters running for 123 yards on 20 attempts and two touchdowns. His 50-yard run late in the fourth quarter sealed the game. Quarterback Grayson McCall went 26-40 for 318 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception.
McCall becomes the fourth ever 300+ yard QB debut for the Pack joining Matthew McKay, Harrison Beck, and Phillip Rivers.
Justin Joly and Noah Rogers also shined in their debuts, with Joly hauling in five catches going for 75 yards, while Rogers caught three passes for 43 yards.
Western Carolina’s 21 points are the most given up by the Wolfpack in series history. The previous high was 20 points in 2003. The Wolfpack move to 8-0 against the Catamounts.
It was Western Carolina striking first after capitalizing on a 51-yard interception return to the Wolfpack’s eight-yard line in which they scored on the next offensive play to take the early lead over NC State.
Tied going into halftime, with the first two touchdowns from Concepcion, the Wolfpack came out on the second half’s opening drive and put up points with a 46-yard field goal from Kanoah Vinesett to give the Wolfpack a 17-14 lead. It was his first FG with the Wolfpack.
The Catamounts would retake the lead with a six-play 75-yard drive to make it 21-17 late in the third quarter after Branson Adams rushed it in for a score.
The third touchdown for Concepcion was a 35-yard catch that gave the Wolfpack a 24-21 lead for good.
The defense stepped up when needed. Davin Vann and Brandon Cleveland combined for a sack to force a third-and-long that the Catamounts would not convert, punting the ball back to the Wolfpack offense. Aydan White, Donovan Kaufman, and Jayland Parker led the defense with seven tackles each. The Wolfpack outscored their in-state opponent 21-0 in the fourth quarter.
The offense drove down the field again, chewing valuable time off the clock, and capitalized with Waters scoring his first TD in a Wolfpack uniform from seven yards out to widen the NC State lead. Waters is the first NC State running back to rush for over 100 yards since Zonovan Knight, ran for 104 against Furman in 2021.
From Dave Doeren – Post Game Press Conference
“Proud of how we finished. Obviously, I would love to have been playing better in the first half, but I’m not going to apologize for winning either. I think Western Carolina played a hard-fought game. I thought defensively, we didn’t tackle well in the first half, and we gave up some third downs that we usually don’t do defensively. We didn’t convert on some drives, but we went for it on fourth down twice and didn’t get it. And so there was some frustration there. We came into the fourth quarter and really loved how we responded.”
“I thought KC had a great game offensively, and that sparked this win. I was proud of Jordan Waters responding because I don’t think he played well in the first half and responded, and that was great to see. And that’s what you look for in veteran players; Davin Vann made a big play. You know, lean on guys when you need them. And it’s good to see Grayson in there. Getting tackled for the first time in a year probably felt good for him. But, you know, winning is hard, and being 1-0 is great, having a couple of days to recover and prepare to play in Charlotte against Tennessee.”
NC State Players Post Game Press Conference
From Western Carolina Head Coach Kurwin Bell
“We did exactly what we wanted to do and what we’ve been coaching them do, which is, you know, everybody talks about the upset; there’s no upset unless you play well early and unless you stay in the game and play good, consistent football and took care of the football; and we did that. We just found a way to stay in it. We didn’t give them a lot of big plays, and, you know, at halftime, we thought we were in this thing.
“Offensively, we are who we think we are. We were number one in the nation last year in yards total offense. We’ve got a veteran quarterback who’s playing at a higher level than last year. I think our line’s just as good. We need to stay healthy on that side of the ball. I think the receivers that will grow every week they’re getting are young, but they’re very talented, so it all comes down to the defense. I think tonight you’ve seen just a sneak preview of what we could do defensively, and I think that’s going to carry us over the top to be able to go win a championship.”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TJ FRIEDL HITS A GAME-ENDING SINGLE AS THE REDS RALLY PAST THE A’S FOR A 10-9 WIN
CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl capped Cincinnati’s three-run ninth inning with a two-run single, and the Reds beat Lawrence Butler and the Oakland Athletics 10-9 on Thursday.
Tyler Stephenson and Will Benson homered for Cincinnati, which had lost five of six. Stephenson finished with three hits and two RBIs.
Butler hit three homers for Oakland and drove in four runs. It was his second three-homer game of the season after he also went deep three times in an 18-3 win at Philadelphia on July 14.
Butler opened the ninth with his 19th homer, a drive to right off Alexis Díaz that tied it at 7. Brent Rooker then walked and JJ Bleday doubled ahead of Seth Brown’s tiebreaking two-run single.
The struggling Díaz was replaced by Emilio Pagán (4-4), who retired his only three batters.
NETO HOMERS, ROOKIE KOCHANOWICZ PITCHES 6 SHUTOUT INNINGS AND ANGELS BEAT TIGERS 3-0
DETROIT (AP) — Zach Neto homered, rookie Jack Kochanowicz pitched six shutout innings and the Los Angeles Angels ended a seven-game losing streak with a 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
Los Angeles had lost 12 of 14 and were 1-8 going into the last game of their road trip. Detroit had won six straight, but left 10 runners on base.
Kochanowicz (2-3) was spectacular in his sixth major-league start, allowing five hits in six innings. He struck out four without walking a batter.
Three Angels relievers finished, with Ben Joyce getting the final four outs for his third save.
Tigers starter Keider Montero (4-6) allowed three runs on five hits and three walks in five innings.
The Angels took a 1-0 lead on Mickey Moniak’s RBI double in the fourth, but he was thrown out trying for third.
Neto made it 3-0 in the fifth with a two-run homer — his 20th of the season.
Detroit had runners on the corners with one out in the sixth, but Kochanowicz got Jace Jung to hit into a 4-6-3 double play.
Tigers reliever Joey Wentz had a tough seventh, getting hit by two hard comebackers in a span of three pitches. With two out, Mike Stefanic hit a 95-mph hopper up the middle that bounced off Wentz’s pitching wrist for an infield single.
Wentz stayed in the game after throwing some warmup pitches, but Ward hit a 96-mph grounder off Wentz’s shin that knocked him to the ground. Dillon Dingler fielded the carom and got the out at first — a 1-2-3 putout — and Wentz was able to walk off the field after more attention from the Tigers training staff. Will Vest replaced him for the eighth.
The Tigers got runners on the corners again with two out in the seventh, but Roansy Contreras got Dingler to ground into a force at second.
Detroit then loaded the bases with two out against José Quijada in the eighth, but Joyce came out of the bullpen to strike out Spencer Torkelson.
UP NEXT
The Angels return home for a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners. RHP Carson Fuller (0-5, 4.15) will start Friday’s opener against RHP George Kirby (9-10, 3.48).
Detroit remains home for three games with the Boston Red Sox. RHP Tanner Houck (8-9, 3.23) will start for Boston on Friday, while the Tigers are expected to activate RHP Casey Mize (2-6, 4.23) from the 60-day injured list.
NBA NEWS
WARRIORS SIGN CURRY TO 1-YEAR, $62.6M EXTENSION
The Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry agreed to a one-year, $62.6-million extension that keeps him under contract through the 2026-27 season, his agent told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
It was the longest deal the Warriors could offer the four-time NBA champ, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN.
Curry, 36, is guaranteed to receive $178 million over the next three years of his contract, adds Wojnarowski.
Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. expressed optimism in July that the team would extend Curry this summer.
“That guy can get whatever he wants. … I think that stuff will get figured out, and he’ll be a Warrior for life,” Dunleavy said.
Curry is coming off a memorable performance at the Olympics. He scored 36 points in Team USA’s comeback win over Serbia in the semifinal and added another 24 points to help the Americans hold off France in the gold-medal game.
Curry averaged 26.4 points, 5.1 assists, and 4.5 boards over 74 appearances last season. He also earned his 10th career All-Star nod and won Clutch Player of the Year honors.
Golden State drafted Curry with the No. 7 overall pick in 2009. He’s spent his entire career in the Bay Area and is the Association’s all-time leader in 3-pointers. The 10-time All-NBA selection was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
GOLF NEWS
SCHEFFLER SURGES TO 7-SHOT LEAD AFTER ROUND 1 OF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round at 6-under 65 to build a seven-shot lead and take a huge step toward the FedEx Cup title.
Scheffler had five birdies over his last seven holes on a sweltering afternoon at renovated East Lake to pull away from Xander Schauffele and everyone else.
He made birdie from the bunker on the par-5 18th hole with an 8-foot putt and took his spot in the PGA Tour record book with an asterisk. No one has ever led by seven after 18 holes as far back as the tour keeps such records.
The asterisk is because he was only one shot better than Collin Morikawa and four others who each had a 66.
This is the sixth year of the “starting strokes” format at the FedEx Cup finale. Scheffler was the No. 1 seed based on his six PGA Tour victories, which includes the Masters and The Players Championship. He started the tournament at 10-under par and with a two-shot lead over Xander Schauffele, the double major winner and No. 2 seed.
This is the third straight year Scheffler has started with the lead. He has yet to win the FedEx Cup and its $25 million bonus. And by the sound of it, that wasn’t on his mind.
“I wasn’t thinking about the lead out there today. There’s no reason to. It’s the first day of the tournament. It’s 72 holes. It’s a long time out there to be playing with a lead,” Scheffler said. “I was just focused on staying in my own world and continuing to just try to execute.”
He got a quick reminder that a two-shot lead on Thursday — or even on a Sunday — is nothing to celebrate. Schauffele made up that deficit on the opening hole with an 8-foot birdie, while Scheffler made his lone bogey by having to play short of the green from behind a tree.
Scheffler, on the strength of a 35-foot birdie putt at No. 7, led by one when they made the turn and then left his fellow Olympic gold medalist in the dust.
Schauffele missed an 8-foot birdie chance at No. 10 and a 5-foot par putt on No. 11. Scheffler made birdie on the next three holes as Schauffele couldn’t find a fairway, which led to him not having any reasonable birdie chances.
“I think I scored OK actually for how bad I hit it,” said Schauffele, who headed for the range when his round was over. “Overall it was kind of a ‘meh’ day. Wasn’t something I was proud of or disgusted by.”
The difference between golf’s best two players this year was clear — Scheffler was able to control his distance from the fairway, Schauffele was guessing on shots out of the rough.
“Scottie was almost in every fairway, it looked like,” Schauffele said. “It looked like he was going through wedge practice while he was out there.”
Indeed, Scheffler missed only two greens and putted for birdie or better on his last 14 holes. The world’s No. 1 player poured it on at the end, and with the head start, he was 16-under par.
But this chase for the $25 million bonus is far from over, and Scheffler is proof of that. He was the top seed and led by five shots after the first round of the 2022 Tour Championship. That also was the year he took a six-shot lead into the final round and lost to Rory McIlroy.
Only one other top seed led after the first day since this format began in 2019. That was Patrick Cantlay, who led by two and went on to win the FedEx Cup by one shot.
Morikawa has a history of great starts. He made up a nine-shot deficit in one round last year with a 61. On this day, he ran off six straight birdies on the back nine, and his 66 will put him in the final group with Scheffler on Friday.
Morikawa and Schauffele (70) were at 9-under par. Another shot back was a large group that included Adam Scott (66), Hideki Matsuyama (70) and Keegan Bradley, who went from No. 50 to No. 4 by winning the BMW Championship last week.
Scoring was not terribly low on the new-look East Lake, with its heavily contoured greens, closely mown areas instead of thick rough and the absence of trees. But then, only one player was over par — Billy Horschel at 73.
Schauffele at least extended his astonishing streak at East Lake even with the redesign. He lost a lot of ground on the back nine, but his 70 was the 26th time in 29 rounds that he was under par. He has never shot over par.
That wasn’t good enough to keep pace with Scheffler.
MARINA ALEX OUT IN FRONT AT INAUGURAL FM CHAMPIONSHIP
Marina Alex carded a bogey-free, 4-under-par 68 to take the lead after one round of the inaugural FM Championship on Thursday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.
After she started her round on the back nine, Alex’s final birdie came at the par-5 seventh hole, breaking her out of a nine-way tie at 3 under. She finished her day with two pars to maintain that one-stroke edge at a course that formerly hosted PGA Tour events.
“I really like the course,” Alex said. “Playing the practice rounds, I felt like it set up well for my golf game, and it’s dried out a little bit even from Tuesday and yesterday, so that’s kind of helping me off the tee just get a little bit more distance.
“Just felt like it wasn’t so long that I was hitting long clubs in. I’m not the longest hitter, so being able to hit wedges and short irons despite the firmness of greens was helpful, and I managed my game really well today.”
The 34-year-old from New Jersey is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour, hoisting trophies in 2018 and 2022. She has slipped to No. 121 in the world rankings and has missed four cuts in her past six starts.
“It’s just kind of really trying to be patient and waiting for the opportunity to show up,” Alex said. “A lot of times you’re trying to force it, make that good round happen every week, every day. That’s the goal. You want to play good. Sometimes trying to hit a perfect shot or trying to do things when maybe you should just be accepting of par is better than forcing the issue.”
The eight players left at 3-under 69 included Allisen Corpuz and Lauren Coughlin, who were recently confirmed as members of the upcoming U.S. Solheim Cup team. Early in the day, Coughlin shot 4-under 32 on her front nine and stayed right at 4 under until bogeying the par-5 closing hole.
“Disappointing bogey there at the last, but overall played really well,” Coughlin said. “Made a lot of really good putts on the front nine. Greens were getting really firm and some of them aren’t very deep, and so was kind of glad I got some on the front nine down and done in the beginning of the day.”
Coughlin will be one of just two Solheim Cup rookies on the U.S. team. She qualified on the back of her breakout 2024 season, which has featured two LPGA tournament titles this summer in Canada and Scotland.
“I remember after Canada I was like, ‘I want to do it again,’ so I was just thinking, ‘Keep doing what I’m doing, don’t change anything,’” Coughlin said. “That’s kind of been my whole thing.”
Of the eight players at 3-under 69, only Robyn Choi of Australia went bogey-free. Also tied there are Yealimi Noh, Haeran Ryu of South Korea, Nicole Broch Estrup of Denmark, Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand and Yuri Yoshida of Japan.
Lexi Thompson and Sarah Schmelzel — named two of Stacy Lewis’ captain’s picks for the Solheim Cup team earlier this week — shot 2-under 70, as did Megan Khang, a Boston-area native. Khang recovered from one early bogey and posted three birdies, including on two of her final three holes.
“Starting out it’s always a little nerve-wracking playing in front of a home crowd, but trying to take that nervous energy to excited to hopefully give the home crowd something to root for,” Khang said.
–Field Level Media
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
COLTS SIGN 4 PLAYERS TO PRACTICE SQUAD
Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts today signed defensive tackle McTelvin Agim, defensive end Titus Leo, tight end Sean McKeon and guard Atonio Mafi to the practice squad.
Agim, 6-3, 300 pounds, re-joins Indianapolis after spending time with the team from 2022-23. He has played in 18 career games in his time with the Houston Texans (2023-24), Colts (2022-23) and Denver Broncos (2020-21). Agim has compiled 14 tackles (four solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.5 sacks and two passes defensed. He was originally selected by Denver in the third round (95th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Arkansas. His last name is pronounced UH-geem.
Leo, 6-3, 245 pounds, participated in the Colts’ 2024 offseason program and training camp. As a rookie in 2023, he spent the entire season on the team’s Injured Reserve list. Leo was originally selected by Indianapolis in the sixth round (211th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. Collegiately, he saw action in 38 career games (33 starts) at Wagner (2018-22) and totaled 234 tackles (140 solo), 40.0 tackles for loss, 13.0 sacks, four passes defensed, one interception, six forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three blocked extra points. Leo was named NEC Defensive Player of the Year two times (2020-21), First Team All-NEC three times (2020-22) and earned FCS First Team All-America recognition (2021).
McKeon, 6-5, 255 pounds, most recently participated in the Detroit Lions’ 2024 offseason program and training camp. He played in 45 games (three starts) in four seasons (2020-23) with the Dallas Cowboys and caught six passes for 38 yards and one touchdown. McKeon also registered four special teams tackles. He saw action in three postseason contests and tallied two special teams stops. McKeon was originally signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020, out of Michigan. His last name is pronounced muh-CUE-in.
Mafi, 6-3, 330 pounds, participated in the New England Patriots’ 2024 offseason program and training camp. As a rookie in 2023, he played in all 17 games (five starts at left guard) for the Patriots. Mafi was originally selected by New England in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft out of UCLA. His last name is pronounced MA-fee.
COLTS ANNOUNCE 8 TEAM CAPTAINS FOR 2024 SEASON
Colts head coach Shane Steichen on Thursday announced eight team captains for the 2024 season.
The eight players were voted captains by their teammates. They are:
Defensive tackle DeForest Buckner
Years as captain: 6 (2018-2019 with 49ers, 2021-2024 with Colts)
Both on and off the field, Buckner is the epitome of a consistent, productive and professional NFL player. The 30-year-old is a three-time Pro Bowler, including in 2023, and he’s one of five players with at least seven sacks in each of the last five seasons. But Buckner’s standout play doesn’t happen by accident: His meticulous routine to get his mind and body ready for gameday are an example for all of his teammates to follow.
Linebacker Zaire Franklin
Years as captain: 5 (2020-2024 with Colts)
Franklin is the vocal leader of the Colts, with the veteran linebacker’s message resonating not just on defense, but on offense and special teams. His perspective and wisdom are invaluable to the Colts’ locker room; he’s also a tremendous example of how far hard work can take a player. A 2018 seventh-round pick, Franklin worked his way to becoming a special teams captain, earning a second contract and then a role on defense, setting a franchise record for tackles and then breaking his own record the next year and then this offseason, earning another contract extension from the Colts.
Center Ryan Kelly
Years as captain: 2 (2023-2024 with Colts)
The Colts’ longest-tenured player debuted in 2016 and is coming off a Pro Bowl season in 2023, the fourth of his career. Along with fellow captain Quenton Nelson and right tackle Braden Smith, Kelly helps set a high standard for the Colts’ offensive line room – one which continues to be met by younger players like Bernhard Raimann and Will Fries. And that high standard permeates not only the offensive line, but the rest of the Colts’ locker room.
Cornerback Kenny Moore II
Years as captain: 3 (2022-2024 with Colts)
Moore, like Franklin, is a shining example for any overlooked player. After being claimed off waivers on roster cut-down day from the New England Patriots in 2017, Moore set about building an outstanding career – and legacy – for himself in Indianapolis. A 2021 Pro Bowler and Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, Moore has played in 103 games (89 starts) since joining the Colts eight seasons ago; last year, he became the first player in franchise history with two pick-sixes in a game.
Guard Quenton Nelson
Years as captain: 4 (2021-2024 with Colts)
Nelson’s no-nonsense physicality and high standards for both himself and his team set an important tone within the Colts’ locker room, pointing to the left guard being a team captain for four consecutive years now. The 2018 first-round pick has been a Pro Bowler in every year of his career, and he’s only missed three games in his six seasons in the NFL.
Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr.
Years as captain: 1 (2024 with Colts)
Not many No. 1 receivers relish blocking a linebacker on a run play like Pittman does. He blend of brawling physicality with standout production (109 receptions, 1,152 yards in 2023) raises the level of play for all his teammates: If Pitt’s doing it, I should be too.
Quarterback Anthony Richardson
Years as captain: 2 (2023-2024 with Colts)
The Colts have seen Richardson continue to grow into a leadership role over his two seasons in Indianapolis, and it’s a testament to the 22-year-old’s personality that he’s been voted a team captain in both of his seasons as a pro. You won’t find anyone in the Colts’ locker room who isn’t riding with Richardson this season, with the 2023 No. 4 overall pick inspiring confidence in his teammates through his play on the field and actions off it.
Running back Jonathan Taylor
Years as captain: 2 (2022, 2024 with Colts)
The Colts are expecting big things from Taylor in 2024 not just with the ball in his hands, but through the leadership he brings to the locker room and sideline. The 25-year-old Taylor finished the 2023 season strong, with a 30-carry, 188-yard, one-touchdown showing against the Houston Texans.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
GORSKI SLUGS INDIANS TO RECORD-SETTING 10TH CONSECUTIVE WIN AT VICTORY FIELD
INDIANAPOLIS – A two-run single by Billy Cook in the fourth inning broke a 2-2 tie and the Indianapolis Indians poured on four additional runs in the seventh inning – capped by Matt Gorski’s second two-run knock and fourth hit of the night – to defeat the Louisville Bats 10-6 on Thursday at Victory Field. Indy has now won 10 consecutive games at the Vic, the longest such streak in ballpark history.
With the win, the Indians are now .500 on the season with a 63-63 record. The last time they were at least .500 was on May 10 (17-17) during a six-game series at Louisville Slugger Field.
The two offenses got started early, trading pairs of runs in the first inning. Following a sacrifice fly by Levi Jordan and RBI single by Davis Wendzel in the top of the first, Jack Suwinski launched his third home run in his last nine games to knot the contest at 2-2. The Indians (30-23, 63-63) then took the lead on a two-run homer by Gorski in the second before Wendzel tied the game again with a two-run double in the top of the third.
Following a leadoff walk to Malcom Nuñez in the fourth, Indianapolis strung together Gorski’s second hit of the night and a walk to Andrés Alvares with two outs to load the bases. Billy Cook then slapped a ground ball into left field against Patrick Weigel (L, 0-1) to give the Indians a 6-4 lead.
Six of the first seven Indians batters in the bottom of the seventh inning reached base safely to put the game out of reach. With the bases loaded, Edward Olivares lined a single into center field to plate two. Another bases-loaded knock, this time a double by Gorski, plated two more.
Louisville (57-71, 19-35) chipped away at the lead with one run in the eighth inning and a solo home run by Ivan Johnson in the ninth.
Thomas Harrington (W, 3-1) fanned seven batters across 5.0 four-run innings and has now earned the win in each of his last three outings. Pirates rehabber Ryan Borucki tossed 1.0 hitless inning as the first of three relievers out of the bullpen for Indianapolis.
Gorski led the club, going 4-for-4 with a double, home run and four RBI. His four hits set a new season high.
The Indians will look to continue their winning ways on Friday night at 7:05 PM ET in the fifth of seven games against the Bats this week. RHP Jose Acuna (0-0, -.–) will take the mound for Louisville while Indianapolis has yet to name a starter.
INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
INDIANA, NOTRE DAME PLAY TO ANOTHER DRAMATIC DRAW
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Thursday (Aug. 29) night’s top-15 matchup between No. 12-ranked Indiana men’s soccer and No. 8 Notre Dame lived up to its billing as four goals hit the back of the net on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
The Hoosiers (0-1-1) and Fighting Irish (0-0-2) battled to a 2-2 draw in front of a crowd of 4,573 at Armstrong Stadium, the venue’s largest crowd since the two teams battled in the 2018 Elite Eight. IU punched back after going a goal down late in the first half, responding with two goals between 35 seconds of game time in the second half. Moments later, Notre Dame bookended the scoring from a free-kick, and the game ended in a tie.
Indiana had the better of the chances, firing 18 shots and 10 on goal. Notre Dame freshman goalkeeper Blake Kelly saved eight of those. The Hoosier allowed six shots, four on frame.
KEY MOMENTS
• 16′ – A cross from senior forward Samuel Sarver found senior forward Tommy Mihalic in the box. Mihalic’s header to the back post looked on its way into the top corner, but a diving save from Kelley kept it out.
• 43′ – Against the run of play, Notre Dame took the lead just in front of halftime. Senior midfielder Bryce Boneau’s pass from his own defensive third found sophomore forward Jack Flanagan in a one-on-one with IU senior defender Jansen Miller downfield. Flanagan took Miller on and released from the top of the 18 as soon as he could create separation. The Hoosiers went into the half with a 6-2 shot advantage but a 1-0 deficit.
• 68′ – Freshman forward Michael Nesci opened his collegiate account with an assist from fellow first-year and defender Josh Maher, making his collegiate debut. Maher’s line-breaking pass through the midfield found Nesci, who took his space and hammered a shot into the bottom corner.
• 69′ – Half-a-minute later, the Hoosiers took the lead from another screamer, this time from Mihalic. Notre Dame defenders couldn’t clear senior JT Harms’ free-kick from IU’s 18-yard box, and Mihalic seized the ball in space and finished into the bottom corner.
• 70′ – Moments later, controversy ensued as the Hoosiers were called for a handball in their defensive third. Claiming to have heard a whistle, senior midfielder Patrick McDonald handled a throw-in to concede a free-kick. Notre Dame junior midfielder played the ball in, and senior defender Kyle Genenbacher headed the Irish back level.
NOTABLES
• Indiana welcomed its largest crowd since 2018 with an announced attendance of 4,573 at Bill Armstrong Stadium Thursday night.
• The last three matchups between Indiana and Notre Dame have results in draws, all three coming within the last two seasons.
• Indiana moved to 32-10-10 all-time in home openers and 34-10-6 all-time against Notre Dame. The Hoosiers have not suffered a straight defeat to Notre Dame in nine matches, owning a 6-0-3 record since 2017.
• Nesci scored his first-career goal, which also represented Indiana’s first goal of the 2024 season.
• Mihalic registered his 15th-career goal while opening his season account.
• Maher is the seventh Hoosier to debut in two matches this season, starting at left center-back Thursday.
UP NEXT
Indiana stays home for a Sunday matchup with Yale, which has yet to record a result this season. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER ROUTS RAIDERS, 6-0
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After facing four weather delays, the Indiana women’s soccer team routed the Wright State Raiders (0-3), 6-0, at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Thursday evening.
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana (3-0) got on the board in the 10th minute with a goal from freshman forward Layla Sirdah. She scored her first career goal with a big strike from way outside the box.
• The Hoosiers saw their first delay, but that didn’t hinder their focus as they took a 2-0 lead behind a penalty goal from sophomore defender Piper Coffield. She converted on a foul in the box that was drawn my sophomore midfielder Elle Britt to extend the lead.
• With 10 minutes left to go in the first half, graduate defender Avery Snead took a long range shot from the middle, launching it deep into the net. She gave the Hoosiers a 3-0 lead heading into the half.
• The Raiders saw their only opportunity in the 41st minute, but the attempt would go off target as the Hoosiers took a 3-0 lead at the half.
• Indiana saw back-to-back goals from senior midfielder Hope Paredes and junior forward Marisa Grzesiak. Paredes found a loose ball in the 59th minute from header inside the box. She kept the ball on the ground and sent it straight back to the bottom right of the net, just past the Raiders goalie.
• In the 60th minute, a minute before subbing into the game, Grzesiak was able to put one away on a great cross from junior midfielder Natasha Kim. The ball went straight to the running Grzesiak to flying over the keepers’ head for the fifth goal on the night.
• The sixth and final goal on the night came in the 84th minute from sophomore midfielder Krista Murphy off a corner kick. Freshman defender Bella Haggerty took the corner for Hoosiers, as Murphy saw an opportunity with a header before knocking it in to the top-left of the net just outside the six-yard box.
HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Layla Sirdah (10′), Piper Coffield (28′), Avery Snead (36′), Hope Paredes (59′), Marisa Grzesiak (60′), Krista Murphy (84′)
ASSISTS: Sydney Masur, Natasha Kim, Bella Haggerty
NOTABLES
• IUWS is now 3-0 to start the season and hold a 4-0 record against Wright State.
• Sirdah scored her first career goal. She now leads the Hoosiers with five points, six shots, four shots on goal and three assists this season.
• In addition to Sirdah, 10 other Hoosiers have recorded at least one point this season.
• Murphy also found the back of the net for her first career goal.
• Haggerty also earned her first career point with her first assist this season.
• IU held the Raiders to one shot leading 19-1 and 11-0 in shots on goal.
• The Hoosiers also led 12-2 in corners.
• Senior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg earned her 25th career victory, ranking third all-time. She trails former teammate Bethany Kopel with 30 and Merit Elzey with 35.
• 26 Hoosiers saw the field in the 6-0 win against Wright State with Arianna Rose, Murphy, Haggerty, Grzesiak, Mary Kate Sullivan, Shea O’Malley and Josie Pratl making their first appearances this season.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will head to the east coast for a match up with Ivy League’s Brown on Sunday, Sept. 1. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY TO OPEN SEASON AT KENT STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Field Hockey’s 2024 campaign gets off to a fast start this weekend as it will play three games in four days. The Hoosiers will start the season with two games on the road, playing at Kent State (Aug. 30) and against No. 11 Liberty (Aug. 31) in Kent. Indiana will then come home for their home opener on Labor Day against Maine.
NEW YEAR, NEW TEAM:
-Indiana Field Hockey is ready to bounce back in the 2024 season after finishing 6-13 in the 2023 campaign.
-The team fought through a difficult schedule last season that included 10 games against Top 20-ranked opponents. Seven of those games were against Big Ten foes.
-Indiana will look to improve off of last season with several returning players and their talented newcomers. The Hoosiers have ten seniors and nine newcomers on this year’s roster.
THE 2024 HOOSIERS:
-Indiana returns 20 players from last year’s team while losing eight from a season ago.
-Indiana returns three of their top four scorers from 2023 (Ines Garcia Prado 2, Yip Van Wonderen 2, Meghan Dillon 2).
-Indiana welcomes seven new Freshmen and two transfers to Bloomington for the 2024 season.
-The Freshmen include Keke Sluiter, Morgan Qualls, Josie Naeger, Charlotte Glasper, Mijntje Hagen, Sadie Canelli and Iman Aicha Tabbai Marzocca.
-Sluiter, Hagen and Tabbai Marzocca come to Bloomington from other countries. Sluiter and Hagen are from the Netherlands while Tabbai Marzocca is from Argentina.
-Glasper went to Shaker Heights (Ohio), the same high school that produced Hoosier teammates Javi Baeza and Maggie Carter.
-The two transfers include sophomore back Elen Nicholls from Delaware and graduate goalkeeper Brooke Ross from Holy Cross.
-Nicholls played in 17 games in 2023 and made three starts.
-Ross made 34 career starts in the cage during her time at Holy Cross. During the 2023 season she recorded a career-high 140 saves and a single-game high of 18 saves against Brown.
-Ross was named the 2023 Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team.
CURRENT IN COACHING:
-Indiana University recently announced the IU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024 which included head coach Kayla Bashore.
-Bashore was recognized for her outstanding career at IU, where she became the most decorated player in program history.
-Among her numerous accolades, Bashore was the 2005 Big Ten Player of the Year and a three-time First-Team All-Big Ten honoree. She also earned All-America honors multiple teams, being named First-Team All-American in 2005 and Second Team in the 2003 season.
-Bashore will be officially inducted with Kevin Berry, Danny O-Rourke, Victor Oladipo, Max Skirvin and Jody Kim on Sept. 20 and recognized at halftime of the Indiana-Charlotte football game the next day.
-Indiana assistant coach Sasha Elliott is in her first season on the Hoosier staff and her first collegiate coaching stop.
-Elliott played as a goalkeeper for VCU (2018-21) and at Louisville (2022).
-Elliott played 61 career games during her time at VCU and was the starting goalkeeper during her four seasons there. She would lead the Rams to an Atlantic 10 title in the spring 2021 season and was named the Atlantic 10 Championship’s Most Outstanding Player.
– Elliott brought her talents to Louisville where she was named All-ACC First Team. She led the ACC in saves percentage (.775) and goals against average (1.44).
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION:
-The Hoosiers open the 2024 season with two games in Kent, Ohio, starting off with Kent State before a neutral site game with No. 11 Liberty.
-The Golden Eagles finished the 2023 season with an 8-11 record. This was their second consecutive season finishing with eight wins (8-10 in 2022).
-This will be the first time Indiana will play at Kent State for the season opener since 2012. Kent State won that matchup, 5-3. The last time These teams played in a season opener was in Bloomington in 2022 where Indiana won 1-0 in overtime.
-IU will stay in Kent, Ohio for a neutral site game against No. 11 Liberty who finished 17-3 in 2023. The Flames have finished the past six seasons with double-digit wins, including a 2021 national runner-up finish.
-Indiana’s matchup with Liberty will mark the third consecutive year of playing against the Flames. Last year, Indiana lost in Lynchburg, 2-1, in overtime. In 2022, Liberty won 2-0 in Bloomington.
-IU will travel back home to play Maine at 11:30 a.m. on Labor Day at Deborah Tobias Field.
-The Black Bears finished the 2023 season with an 8-12 record.
-This will be the third-ever meeting between Indiana and Maine with the record split at 1-1 all time.
OVERTIME TIDBITS:
-Indiana’s Ines 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).
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HOOSIERS TO FACE COLUMBIA AT 2024 BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana women’s basketball program will face Ivy League foe Columbia to open action at the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Imperial Arena in Paradise Island. The game will tip at 1:30 p.m. ET and will air on FloHoops.
The two teams will meet for the first time in the Bahamas, with Baylor and Southern Miss waiting on the other side of the bracket. Columbia earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament last season where they finished 23-7 overall.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
PURDUE HOPING FAST START AGAINST INDIANA STATE PUTS IT ON ROAD TO DEFY LAST-PLACE PROJECTIONS
Indiana State at Purdue, Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (BTN)
BetMGM College Football Odds: Purdue by 33 1/2.
Series record: Purdue 6-0.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
With six losses in their last eight season-openers, slow starts have become the norm at Purdue. The Boilermakers have gotten through their first four games with only one winning record over the last seven seasons. And if they want to prove the prognosticators’ last-place predictions wrong, they need to keep their perfect record intact against an in-state, FCS foe. The Sycamores, meanwhile, have won fewer games in three successive seasons since going 5-6 in 2021. A win at Purdue could change everything for the program.
KEY MATCHUP
Indiana State QB Elijah Owens vs. Purdue’s secondary. Owens appeared in just four games last season, successfully preserving his redshirt year while showing enough promise to become the projected starter this year. But poor quarterback play last season doomed Indiana State to a 1-10 record. And they’ll need to be better against a Purdue defense that features preseason All-American S Dillon Thieneman but lost 2023 Big Ten sacks champ Nic Scourton in the transfer portal.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Indiana State: DB Maddix Blackwell. What Thieneman does for Purdue, Blackwell does for the Sycamores. He’s coming off a season in which he led the Sycamores in tackles (107), fumble recoveries (three), interceptions (two) and forced fumbles (two). Now the first-team preseason all-conference honoree will get to test himself against a Big Ten foe.
Purdue: QB Hudson Card. While Thieneman is always worth watching, the Boilermakers need Card to improve. Last year, he completed just 58.9% of his throws with 15 TDs and eight interceptions in his most extensive college action. His completion percentage needs to be closer to 70% and he needs to protect the ball better, too.
FACTS & FIGURES
A Purdue victory would give Purdue the seventh 7-0 series start against a team, six of those being Indiana schools. … Indiana State has been outscored 253-76 in the first six contests in West Lafayette, including a 56-0 loss in 2022. … The Boilermakers led the Big Ten with 184.6 yards rushing in conference games last season. … Sycamores coach Curt Mallory has deep coaching roots in the state, with his late father, Bill, still holding the title of winningest coach in Indiana Hoosiers history. … Thieneman broke Purdue’s freshman record with 74 solo tackles last year, becoming the Boilermakers fourth All-American in three seasons. … Indiana State is one of three in-state Purdue faces this season. No. 7 Notre Dame visits Ross-Ade Stadium on Sept. 14, and the Boilermakers will close the regular season at rival Indiana.
PURDUE WOMEN’S SOCCER
BOILERS DOWN DEPAUL
CHICAGO – A season-high three goals and a second consecutive clean sheet propelled the Purdue soccer team to a 3-0 victory at DePaul in Chicago on Thursday, August 29.
Under a cloudless sky on a hot late afternoon at Wish Field, the Boilermakers (3-1-1) took a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute and never looked back. The visitors added to their advantage in the 37th minute and made it 3-0 in the 58th. Purdue did not allow a shot on goal and picked up its third clean sheet in five games and second consecutive. The Boilermakers beat the Blue Demons (0-3-1) to remain unbeaten in their last three contests.
Senior midfielder Abigail Roy scored the first goal, her second in as many games, and senior midfielder Lauren Meeks made it 2-0 with her first goal as a Boilermaker just five minutes after entering the contest. Senior forward Gracie Dunaway added the second-half insurance goal, her second score of 2024.
Dunaway assisted on Roy’s goal and junior forward Chiarra Singarella had the assist on Meeks’, both of which came off corner kicks.
Purdue had seven shots to DePaul’s six, though the Boilermakers posted a 5-0 advantage in shots on target. The visitors earned 11 corners and limited the Blue Demons to four.
Dunaway and Singarella each had two shots and were two of five Boilermakers with a shot on goal. With the help of her defense, sophomore goalkeeper Emily Edwards did not need to make a save in the contest. DePaul’s starting keeper made two saves in 79 minutes.
With the victory, Purdue improved to 9-0-0 all-time against DePaul and 4-0-0 on the road in the series. This was the first matchup since 2019. Seven of the nine all-time meetings have been shutout victories for the Old Gold and Black.
Senior forward Lexi Fraley had the game’s first shot in the third minute, a chance that was saved at the near post off a shot from a tight angle on the left side.
The Boilermaker defense then blocked a shot and forced one wide in the 10th and 17th minutes before Roy gave Purdue a 1-0 lead.
Off a corner kick on the left side, Dunaway delivered a perfectly-placed free kick into the center of the six-yard box. As the ball bounced around and avoided the grasps of DePaul’s goalkeeper, Roy was there to tap the ball across the goal line.
The goal at 18:44 is Roy’s second in 32 minutes of game action, with the other coming late in Purdue’s last game against UIC on August 25. It is the third goal of Roy’s career and second game-winner, along with one in 2021, three years ago to the day. Dunaway’s assist is her second in 2024 and 11th of her career.
Singarella had a great chance to make it 2-0 in the 25th minute, but the DePaul keeper made a leaping save to poke the ball up and over the crossbar.
Another corner kick came in the 37th minute, and the Boilermakers again converted to double their lead. The cross in from the right side came from Singarella and found Meeks in front of the goal. There, Meeks converted a right-footed shot to beat the Blue Demon goalkeeper.
At 36:38, Meeks scored her first goal as a Boilermaker in her second game. It is her sixth career goal and came five minutes after she entered the game off the bench. The assist for Singarella also is her first in the Old Gold and Black.
The first half ended with a shot wide right by Singarella in the 40th minute.
Purdue had five shots, four on goal, and DePaul had two shots, none on target, in the opening 45 minutes. The Boilermakers held a 6-1 advantage in corners.
Dunaway had a shot blocked to begin the second half before she found the back of the net in the 58th minute to give Purdue a 3-0 lead.
A pass from senior defender Sydney Boudreau found Dunaway, where she advanced the ball up-field on the right side. Inside the penalty area near the end line, Dunaway scored with her right foot on a tight-angled shot, over the DePaul keeper and into the far corner of the net.
Scoring at 57:52, Dunaway’s goal is her second this season and 12th of her career. She leads the team with six points. Dunaway has a goal and an assist in a game for the second game in her career, along with another three-point day in 2022.
Down 3-0, DePaul looked to find a late goal, but the Boilermaker defense prevented a shot on frame. The home side had four chances in the final 16 minutes, but two went wide, one was blocked and another hit off the post.
The Blue Demons had a 4-2 advantage in shots in the second half, though Dunaway’s goal was the only one on target. Purdue earned five corner kicks and DePaul had three.
Purdue is back home to conclude weekend No. 3 of the season against Dayton on Sunday, September 1, at 1 p.m. ET. It is Senior Day and Alumnae Reunion Weekend at Folk Field, and admission is free for all fans.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL TO BEGIN SEASON WITH THE STACEY CLARK CLASSIC
STACEY CLARK CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Friday, August 30
3 p.m. ET | UC Davis vs. UMBC | B1G+
7 p.m. ET | #8 Purdue vs. K-State | B1G+
Saturday, August 31
4:30 p.m. ET | K-State vs. UC Davis | B1G+
7 p.m. ET | #8 Purdue vs. UMBC | B1G+
Sunday, September 1
11 a.m. ET | UMBC vs. K-State | B1G+
2 p.m. ET | Purdue vs. UC Davis | B1G+
West Lafayette, Ind. – The 2024 volleyball season has arrived as the Purdue Boilermakers open the year at home with the Stacey Clark Classic. The three-day tournament running Friday through Sunday will feature Kansas State, UMBC and UC Davis with every match streamed on B1G+.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Purdue was picked #8 in the AVCA preseason poll, its highest-ever preseason nod, and #4 in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll.
Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine were named to the Big Ten preseason team.
THE 2024 TEAM AT A GLANCE
Purdue returns nearly its entire 2023 starting lineup except for libero Maddie Schermerhorn, who led the Big Ten last season in digs per set.
Three freshmen (DS Ryen McAlear, S Allie Shondell, and DS Sienna Foster) and one senior transfer (OH/RS Raven Gray) join the team.
The roster is one of the most talented and decorated in program history: returning all three 2023 All-America recognized players: Hudson, Chicoine, Colvin.
Of Purdue’s record-tying six Big Ten postseason honors, five are returning for the coming season.
Hudson and Chicoine enter 2024 as the top-rated offensive duo in the nation, leading all of Division I (kills and points).
For the last two consecutive seasons, All-America Honorable Mention and First Team All-Big Ten middle Raven Colvin has posted some of the most blocks in program history, ranking #2 for her 2022 season (151) and T-#3 in 2023 (148 blocks).
One of the best freshman setters in Purdue history, Taylor Anderson led the entire Big Ten in five separate weeks and was the most productive blocker among all Big Ten setters (.89 blocks per set). Additionally, she guided Purdue to a pair of its best offensive productions in the last five years.
TOP OFFENSIVE DUO IN THE NATION: HUDSON & CHICOINE
The Boilermakers’ offensive arsenal includes the top-ranked offensive duo in the nation: Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine.
No other program in the country has two players ranked as high in both kills and points last year.
CONSISTENTLY UNDERRATED: AVCA PRESEASON POLL HISTORY
For six of the last seven years, Purdue has finished higher in the AVCA poll than predicted in the preseason voting.
This includes 12 times under HC Dave Shondell: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2005.
SCOUTING K-STATE
The Wildcats enter the season receiving votes in the AVCA preseason poll.
K-State is coming off its first year with head coach Jason Mansfield and five top-25 takedowns, including two top-10 opponents: the national champions Texas and #8 BYU.
Graduate outside hitter Aliyah Carter and senior setter Izzi Szulczewski received Big 12 preseason honors while the team was picked to finish seventh in the league’s poll.
Carter is a 2023 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and three-time First Team All-Big 12 selection and the program’s rally-scoring era leader in kills per set, averaging 3.79.
K-State picked up LSU transfer Ella Larkin, a defensive specialist/libero in May.
SCOUTING UMBC
UMBC is the four-time defending America East champion and was voted as the league’s favorite for 2024.
Senior Mia Bilusic and grad student Aysia Miller were voted to the inaugural preseason all-conference team.
Bilusic is a three-time first team all-conference selection and 2021 Rookie of the Year while Millier is a three-time second team all-conference honoree at multiple positions and the Spring 2021 Setter of the Year and 2022 Defensive Specialist of the Year.
UMBC’s grueling schedule includes eight 2023 NCAA tournament teams this season.
UMBC earned a #3 seed for the NCAA Tournament last year and drew new Big Ten member USC for its first round matchup.
SCOUTING UC DAVIS
The team returns four starters for the season, including Big West preseason coaches team honoree Olivia Utterback, a fifth-year senior opposite.
Setter Mia Starr returns for her sophomore campaign after leading the team as a freshman with 648 assists and 5.45 assists per set.
UC Davis added grad transfer Allie Merz from LIU to add depth to the setter position.
The team picked up wins vs. Arizona and North Carolina last season and clinched a spot in the Big West Tournament in 2023.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
The schedule features six non-conference matchups vs. 2023 NCAA Tournament teams.
A total of 12 matches this fall will come against teams ranked or receiving votes in the 2023 AVCA final poll.
For five consecutive matches in non-con play, Purdue will face teams ranked in the top-28 of last year’s RPI: at No. 17 Utah State (9/7), vs. No. 28 Houston (9/13), at No. 24 SMU or vs. No. 7 Kentucky (9/14), at No. 14 Kansas (9/19) and vs. No. 9 Creighton (9/20).
Purdue will play two matches in its historic Mackey Arena: vs. Indiana (10/19) for the Monon Spike trophy match and the following week vs. Wisconsin (10/26).
The 2024 season will mark the most road matches in non-conference action since 2008, with Purdue at home for two matches in the month of September.
For the first half of the season (August through mid-October), Purdue will have 12 away matches and five home matches.
A rigorous end to the regular season will see three of the last four matches vs. top-25 teams: at No. 12 Penn State (11/21), vs. No. 24 USC (11/23) and at No. 7 Oregon (11/27).
PURDUE XC
CROSS COUNTRY SEASON COMMENCES AT VALPARAISO
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The 2024 Purdue cross country season will begin at the Winrow Valparaiso Open on Friday, August 30, at Sunset Hill Farm County Park in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Due to inclement weather expected in the area in the afternoon, the meet has been moved up seven hours. The women’s 5k is now at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT, and the men’s 6k is at 11:45 a.m. ET / 10:45 a.m. CT. Updates can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
Along with Purdue and host-Valparaiso, the Winrow Open field includes Notre Dame, Ball State, Butler, UIC, Western Michigan, IU Indianapolis and Goshen College. Nine women’s teams and five men’s teams will race in the season-opening event.
Twenty-three Boilermakers will race at Valparaiso, 12 women and 11 men. Four runners will be making their collegiate or Purdue debuts at Sunset Hill Farm County Park.
Friday is the 35th edition of Valparaiso’s season-opening home meet. It was named the Winrow Open beginning in 2021, in memory of former Valpo head cross country coach Ed Winrow, who passed away in March, 2020.
BACK TO VALPARAISO
Purdue is back at the Winrow Open for the fourth consecutive season. A year ago, the Boilermaker men were victorious and the women were second as a team. In 2021, the women won the team event and the men placed second, while the women were runners-up and the men were third in 2022.
On September 1, 2023, then-sophomore Douglas Buckeridge finished fifth overall to pace the men and then-freshman Elise Peckinpaugh placed sixth overall to lead the women. Both Buckeridge and Peckinpaugh’s performances came as they made their Boilermaker debuts.
NEXT UP: HEADING SOUTH TO TERRE HAUTE
Following a weekend off, the Boilermakers travel to Savoy, Illinois, for the Fighting Illini Big Ten Preview on September 13. The meet is hosted by Illinois at the site of the 2024 Big Ten Cross Country Championships, and will give Purdue an early look at the postseason course.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S HOOPS RELEASES 2024-25 NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The 2024-25 Notre Dame women’s basketball non-conference schedule is here, and it will provide several high-profile tests before the Irish head into ACC play. On Thursday, the program announced a slate that includes three teams that finished in the top 10 of last year’s final NET Rankings: UConn (No. 2), Texas (No. 3) and USC (No. 10). Notre Dame finished No. 8.
Following an October 30 exhibition at home against Davenport, Notre Dame will begin the season at Purcell Pavilion on a Monday night with a Nov. 4 matchup against Mercyhurst. The Lakers finished last season with a record of 18-11, and 2024 will be the Pennsylvania school’s first year in Division I. Notre Dame and Mercyhurst have never played each other.
On Nov. 10, the Irish will head 120 miles south to Purdue to finish out a home-and-home series that started last season. Notre Dame won that matchup, 76-39, and has emerged victorious in the last nine meetings between the in-state foes. Purdue has made one NCAA Tournament under head coach Katie Gearlds (2023).
A second home game follows, as James Madison will travel to South Bend for the first time in program history. Like the Boilermakers, the Dukes last made the NCAA Tournament in 2023. The group went 22-12 last year.
The Irish will then head on the road for the next four games, starting with Lafayette. The game is a homecoming for Irish guard Olivia Miles, who hails from just across the river in Phillipsburg, N.J. Notre Dame and Lafayette played last season, and this matchup is a make-up game from 2022 when the contest was canceled because of health and safety protocols.
Notre Dame starts a tough stretch with its next game, as the Irish will head to Los Angeles for a game against USC. The Trojans were the No. 2 team in the nation in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25, and Lindsay Gottlieb’s group is coming off of a Pac-12 Tournament championship and an appearance in the Elite Eight. It will be a battle between last year’s two freshmen standouts, Hannah Hidalgo and JuJu Watkins, and both teams are loaded from top to bottom.
For the Thanksgiving break, Notre Dame heads to the Cayman Islands Classic for a pair of games on November 29 and November 30. Those opponents have not yet been announced.
Next, the Irish have back-to-back home games against likely top-10 opponents in Texas (Dec. 5) and Connecticut (Dec. 12). The former game will be a part of this year’s SEC-ACC Challenge and will feature reigning Big 12 Co-Player of the Year Madison Booker. The guard is a good friend of Hidalgo’s, as the two have played USA Basketball together.
Notre Dame topped UConn in Storrs in January and has beaten the Huskies in back-to-back seasons. UConn has AP All-America guard Paige Bueckers back for another year and added 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year Kaitlyn Chen to its roster this offseason.
The Irish will close out the non-conference slate with a pair of home games against Eastern Michigan and Loyola Maryland on Dec. 15 and 22, respectively. Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey has not faced either team as a head coach.
Series Records
Mercyhurst — First meeting
Purdue — Series tied 14-14 // Last Meeting: Dec. 17, 2023
James Madison — Dukes lead 2-0 // Last Meeting: Dec. 29, 1988
Lafayette — Irish lead 1-0 // Last Meeting: Dec. 6, 2023
Southern Cal — Irish lead 8-2 // Last Meeting: Nov. 25, 2011
Texas — Series tied 1-1 // Last Meeting: March 17, 1997
Connecticut — Huskies lead 39-15 // Last Meeting: Jan. 27, 2024
Eastern Michigan — Irish lead 4-0 // Last Meeting: Dec. 2, 2009
Loyola Maryland — Irish lead 3-0 // Last Meeting: Nov. 8, 2019
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
IRISH AND HOOSIERS BATTLE TO 2-2 DRAW
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Fighting Irish men’s soccer team renewed its intrastate rivalry with Indiana on Thursday evening, playing the Hoosiers to a 2-2 standstill at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
The Irish goals came from Jack Flanagan and Kyle Genenbacher. On the other end Blake Kelly put in a great performance in goal, making eight saves.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both sides grew into the match with neither side creating chances in the opening stages of play. Freshman goalkeeper Blake Kelly was called into action in the 16th minute, making a diving save off an Indiana header for his first career save to keep the match scoreless at 0-0.
The Irish then tested the Hoosiers in the 22nd minute, as Matthew Roou fired a shot from just inside the box but the keeper made a diving stop to keep the Irish off the board.
With just minutes left in the first half, Bryce Boneau spring a counter by playing Flanagan into space. The sophomore’s strike from the right side of the top of the box rocketed inside the far post to give Notre Dame the 1-0 lead in the 43rd minute, which they took into the halftime break.
The hosts threatened to level in the first 15 minutes of the second half and then managed to score two goals in the span of less than a minute in the 68th and 69th minutes to take a 2-1 lead.
Notre Dame showed its resiliency and instantly responded. The Irish won a free kick in the final third and Genenbacher rose up to nod in the delivery from KK Baffour to even the scoreline at 2-2 in the 70th minute.
The Irish created a couple of quality looks in the final 10 minutes of play but neither effort found the back of the net, resulting in a 2-2 draw on th\=
McFARLAND FAMILY MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH CHAD RILEY’S TAKE
On the match…
“There were some good moments and also some moments we could have handled better but credit to IU, playing down here is always going to be tough. They made it difficult. I love the team’s response after going down a goal to get one back and then showing the grit and determination to grind it out. In the last 10 minutes we had two really good looks at goal that we didn’t score on.
“All in all I think it was a decent performance. I’m happy with the result. Indiana is always going to be a tough game and a tough place to play so I think we are proud of the group. I think the young guys that came in were fantastic tonight.”
On the team’s resiliency…
“Hopefully it means you aren’t going to be rattled easily. But again, you would always like to get the second goal when you are in the lead instead of responding.”
On Blake Kelly’s performance…
“I thought he was great. He made a couple of really big saves from distance and then also some from close and around him. Even outside of that his command and control of taking crosses and set pieces was excellent. He looked like a veteran out there.”
ND NOTES
Flanagan’s goal was the first of his career in only his second collegiate match
Genenbacher now has four career goals from the right back position
Baffour and Boneau each picked up the 11th assist of their career, as the two were tied for the team lead last season with seven apiece
Kelly’s eight saves represent a career-high in his young college career
Ian Shaul made his collegiate debut, earning the start as a forward
UP NEXT
The Irish remain on the road, traveling to Louisville to open up ACC play against the Cardinals at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 6. The match will be streamed on ACCX.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER
ANN ARBOR – The No. 9 Notre Dame women’s soccer team (3-1-0) turned it on in the second half to rain on Michigan’s (0-4-0) Senior Night parade on Thursday night in a 2-0 victory. Sophomore Charlie Codd and freshman Grace Restovich scored six minutes apart to give the Irish their third straight win of the young season.
Charlie Codd continued her hot start to the season. Entering tonight she was 3-for-3 in games with an assist, but now she added a game-winner to the 2024 resume. Codd scored in the 57th minute to push through the tiebreak, then six minutes later Grace Restovich added insurance.
Restovich now has two goals and two assists on the season. The freshman ranks second on the team in points with six.
Fellow freshman Sonoma Kasica started in net and earned her first collegiate win. Kasica picked up six saves to record her first career shutout. For the backline of Sophia Fisher, Abby Mills and Abby Gemma, it was their third consecutive shutout.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first half was a feeling out process and pretty level. Both teams had seven shots at the midway point, but Michigan at five on goal and Notre Dame had zero.
Freshman Sonoma Kasica got the start in net and was really the first half storyline for the Irish. In fact, her final save of the half was a diving stop to her left.
Junior Laney Matriano led with two shots in the first half and had the best look in the 25th minute, missing just outside of the left post.
Irish fans drew their collective breaths in the 55th minute after Kasica made another solid save but the ball deflected to the foot of a Notre Dame defender. Her touch took the ball toward the goal line but it was saved in the knick of time.
However, just two minutes later, the Irish breakthrough occurred. Ellie Ospeck dribbled the ball deep down the left side and crossed it into the middle of the box. There, Charlie Codd hit a shot on her left foot on her second touch, and it was a beauty. The shot was buried into the left corner of the goal for the 1-0 lead.
Then just six minutes later in the 63rd minute, the Irish put the exclamation mark on the lead and sucked the air out of the Michigan stadium. Morgan Roy crossed the ball deep into the six-yard box and Izzy Engle headed it backwards to Grace Restovich. The St. Louis native one-timed the shot to the left post and in for the 2-0 lead.
UP NEXT
The Irish will take their three-match win streak south to Indy where they will challenge Butler on Sunday, September 1. That match will kick off at 7 p.m. ET.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
PREVIEW: BULLDOGS HOST OAKLAND ON FRIDAY
The Butler men’s soccer team continues its season-opening home stand this week, hosting Oakland on Friday evening.
The Bulldogs (1-0-1) are coming off an opening week that saw a win and a draw in a pair of home matches. The Bulldogs defeated Southern Indiana, 2-1, and then tied Western Illinois, 1-1.
Oakland (0-2), out of the Horizon League, opened its season with losses to Omaha and Michigan.
Butler vs. Oakland
DATE/TIME: Friday, August 30 / 7PM
LOCATION: Indianapolis // Sellick Bowl
LIVE VIDEO: FloSports
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
TICKETS: butlersports.com
Bulldog Bits
After scoring the game-winning goal vs. USI and the game-tying goal vs. WIU, Josemir Gomez was recognized by the BIG EAST on the Weekly Honor Roll.
With 87 total saves in 2023, Caleb Norris led the BIG EAST and finished 5th nationally. He finished 2nd in the conference with an average of 5.80 saves per match (4th nationally) and a .777 save percentage (32nd).
Palmer Ault’s average of 1.27 shots on goal per game in 2023 was fifth in the BIG EAST (55th nationally), and his six goals ranked 7th in the conference.
Palmer Ault was chosen as BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by the conference’s coaches. This is his second season receiving the recognition. The team was selected in the fourth spot in the Midwest Division, behind Akron, Xavier, and Creighton.
Palmer Ault returned to Butler for the 2024 season after being selected last December by the Colorado Rapids in 2024 MLS SuperDraft. He was selected as the fifth pick in the second round (36th overall) but delayed his signing with the club until a future date. Ault is the second Bulldog to be drafted in the past two seasons, joining Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. who was selected by the Chicago Fire in the 2023 SuperDraft.
The Bulldogs’ 2024 roster – which features 10 newcomers – includes players from 11 different states and seven total countries. Topping the list are four players from Michigan and three players from England.
The Butler coaching staff has added alumnus Joe Moulden ’19 as an assistant coach. Moulden was a defender for the Bulldogs beginning in 2015 and served as captain during his senior season in 2018. During his time as a student-athlete, the Bulldogs won two BIG EAST titles (2016 & 2017) and made two NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2017. Moulden earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors as a junior in 2017, and was also named Third-Team Great Lakes All-Region by the United Soccer Coaches. The native of Bolton, England comes to Butler after serving as an assistant coach with the Georgia Southern Eagles men’s soccer program from 2020-2023.
BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER
BULLDOGS NET THREE, SHUT OUT BALL STATE
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s soccer team scored one before the half and added two before the final buzzer for a 3-0 shutout of Ball State. In a match delayed 60 minutes by lightning, the Bulldogs’ (3-0-1) defensive line held the visiting Cardinals (1-2-0) to only three shots on goal.
Key Moments
40′ | At midfield, Abigail Isger sends a ball to the left side and finds Alana Wood. Wood touches once and then serves past her defender, to the six-yard line. Alexie Whittaker slides for the ball, attracting the Ball State keeper, but the ball bounces past both. Sara Trandji is there and is able to redirect the ball into the goal. Dawgs lead, 1-0.
HALFTIME
54′ | Sara Trandji takes a pass in the middle of the field and sends the ball to the right side to Norah Jacomen. Jacomen sends it back in, just above the six-yard line, and Léa Larouche taps it in. Butler takes a two-goal lead.
87′ | On the right side, Sydney Longo one-touches a pass forward to Emily O’Malley, and O’Malley passes it forward to Talia Sommer. Sommer carries toward the center and splits two defenders with a left-footed shot. The keeper leans right but the ball goes the other way, just inside the near post, for Butler’s final tally.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Sara Trandji, Léa Larouche, Talia Sommer
ASSISTS: Abigail Isger, Alana Wood, Norah Jacomen, Sara Trandji, Sydney Longo, Emily O’Malley
Bulldog Bits
· Sara Trandji’s goal was her first of the season and the third of her career. Her assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
· Léa Larouche’s goal was the first of her career.
· Talia Sommer’s goal was her third of the season and the 14th of her career.
· Abigail Isger’s assist was her first of the season and the 19th of her career.
· Alana Wood’s assist was her first of the season and the sixth of her career.
· Norah Jacomen’s assist was her first of the season and the second of her career.
· Sydney Longo’s assist was a career first.
· Emily O’Malley’s assist was her second of the season and the fourth of her career.
· Anna Pierce made three saves to preserve her second shutout of the season. It was the ninth of her career.
Up Next
Butler hosts No. 9 Notre Dame on Sunday, September 1. Scheduled kickoff is 7 p.m.
BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
BULLDOGS TO OPEN 2024 SEASON IN NASHVILLE
The Butler volleyball team will participate in the Lipscomb Invite over opening weekend. Action gets underway Friday afternoon with a match against #17 Arizona State. Belmont will take on Butler midday Saturday and the finale puts the Bulldogs up against the Bison.
2024 Lipscomb Invite Schedule
Friday, August 30 – Butler vs. Arizona State – 4 PM ET | 3 PM CT
Saturday, August 31 – Butler vs. Belmont – 12:30 PM ET | 11:30 CT
Sunday, September 1 – Butler at Lipscomb – 4 PM ET | 3 PM CT
Bulldog Bits
– Butler was picked fifth in the 2024 BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll
– The Bulldogs are 0-2 all-time against Arizona State
– BU is 1-0 all-time against Belmont with a 3-0 win over the Bruins in the 2019 Bulldog Brawl
– Sunday’s tilt at Lipscomb will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs
– Mariah Grunze heads into the season with 1,140 career points (3.39 points per set)
– Grunze would need 315 kills this year to move into the BU Record Book; she had 351 in 2023
– Abby Maesch averaged 2.95 kills per set in her first season at BU after transferring from Georgia
– Cora Taylor heads into her junior season with 2,136 career assists
– Taylor’s next service ace will give her 50 in her BU career
– Elise Ward led Butler with 28 service aces in 2023
– Grace Boggess had more blocks last year (101) than he first two BU seasons combined (69)
– Boggess needs 10 kills to reach 300 in her career; 30 blocks will get her to 200
– BU went 3-0 in the 2023 Bulldog Brawl to signal the start of the season
– The tournament field was made up of Kent State, Fresno State and UC San Diego.
– Abby Maesch and Mariah Grunze made the 2023 Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team after opening weekend.
Watch the Bulldogs
All three BU volleyball matches this weekend will stream on ESPN+.
Guess Who’s Back
Butler returns 12 of 13 players from last year’s roster. Mariah Grunze, Abby Maesch and Elise Ward highlighted the offense in 2023, combining for 899 of Butler’s 1459 kills (61%). Cora Taylor is back to setup the offense, while Grace Boggess and Destiny Cherry highlight the defense as top-notch middle blockers.
Moving in the Right Direction
Butler went 4-6 over their final 10 matches of the 2023 season. They posted wins over DePaul, UConn, Providence and Xavier. Four of their six setbacks came in five sets; the other two were against Marquette and Creighton.
Year Two
Kyle Shondell enters his second season at the helm of the Butler volleyball program. The Bulldogs went 13-16 last year with a 7-11 mark in the BIG EAST.
2024 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship
The 2024 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship will take place November 27-30 at D.J. Sokol Arena on the campus of Creighton University. Six teams will compete for a BIG EAST title, with the top-two seeds earning a first-round bye. First round action will begin Wednesday, Nov. 27 with the No. 3 seed and No. 6 seed squaring off, along with the No. 4 seed taking on the No. 5 seed. The pair of winners will advance to the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 29. The championship game will then air on FS2 on Saturday, Nov. 30.
Up Next
Butler will play at IU Indy on Sept. 4 before hosting Indiana State in their home opener on Friday. The weekend will come to a close the next night with the Sycamores hosting BU at 5 PM.
IU-INDY XC
MEN’S XC PICKED 2ND; WOMEN PEGGED 4TH IN #HLXC PRESEASON POLLS
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s cross country team has been picked to finish second in the league according to the #HLXC Preseason Polls, released on Thursday (Aug. 29). The women’s squad has been picked to finish fourth.
Head coach Justin Roeder’s team collected three of the 10 first-place votes to finish second to Youngstown State and was trailed by Oakland and Purdue Fort Wayne. On the women’s side, Oakland garnered eight first-place votes for the top spot, followed by Milwaukee, Purdue Fort Wayne and the Jaguars. The 2024 Horizon League Cross Country Championships will be held Nov. 2 in Green Bay, Wisc.
The men’s team is coming off back-to-back runner-up finishes and finished among the league’s top two for five straight seasons. The squad returns key veterans Mitchell Gits, Nate Kaiser, Matt Mitsch and Grant Moon and an incoming class of 13 rookies. Kaiser collected a pair of individual wins last season as the team’s top performer.
The women’s team has finished fourth at the league championships each of the past two years and return a core that includes all-league performers Ellie Cates and Julie Smith. Senior Laci Provenzano provides another solid option and sophomore Grace Bragg emerged late last season.
Both teams will open the season this Friday (Aug. 30) with the women at Valparaiso and the men at Northern Kentucky.
The full results of this year’s #HLXC Preseason Polls is below.
2024 Under Armour Men’s #HLXC Preseason Poll
Place. Team (First Place Votes) – Points
1. Youngstown State (7) – 97
2. IU Indianapolis (3) – 92
3. Oakland – 71
4. Purdue Fort Wayne – 70
5. Green Bay – 52
6. Milwaukee – 46
7. RMU – 41
8. Northern Kentucky – 40
9. Wright State – 31
10. Detroit Mercy – 10
2024 Under Armour Women’s #HLXC Preseason Poll
Place. Team (First Place Votes) – Points
1. Oakland (8) – 116
2. Milwaukee (3) – 105
3. Purdue Fort Wayne – 100
4. IU Indianapolis – 86
5. Youngstown State – 82
6. Northern Kentucky – 56
7. Wright State – 53
8. RMU – 42
9. Green Bay – 41
10. Detroit Mercy – 30
11. Cleveland State – 15
IU-INDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S SOCCER’S COMEBACK BID FALLS SHORT AT IDAHO
MOSCOW, Idaho – The IU Indianapolis women’s soccer team took a major step forward in game one of a two-game western road trip on Thursday night (Aug. 29), falling at Idaho, 2-1. The Jaguars conceded a pair of first half goals, but were more aggressive and more spry in the attack after intermission, albeit in defeat. Senior Cassie Rodriguez scored her third career goal on a free kick in the opening stages of the second half and Charlotte-transfer Emily Keck was brilliant in goal, making five saves in her 45 minutes of action.
The Jaguars (0-3-1) continued to put the heat on Idaho (3-2) in the closing minutes of the game, forcing goalkeeper Paula Flores into five saves, all in the second half.
“It feels great to get some momentum. I think we can build on the energy from tonight,” Keck said. “I was so proud of the team and we put up a good effort for a comeback. No one gave up and we fought to the final whistle. We’re hoping to capitalize on that in the upcoming games.”
Junior Emma Frey had multiple attempts from distance that tested the Idaho netminder while Maia Ransom and Caroline Kelley formed a strong attacking tandem on other occasions.
Idaho opened the scoring in the sixth minute when Hannah Alfaro scored on a header, setup by Kate Sprink and Karli Yoshida-Williams. In the 24th minute, Margo Schoesler blasted a drive past Ashton Kudlo to make it a 2-0 score in short order.
Offensively, the Jaguars mustered little in the opening half as they were outshot 8-0 and earned just one corner kick, which was quickly recycled by the Idaho defense. Head coach Chris Johnson’s club ramped up the pressure from the outset of the second half and earned a scoring opportunity when Caroline Kelley drew a foul in the attacking third, setting up Rodriguez’s free kick. On the ensuing restart, Rodriguez’s ball bounced to the left of Flores and into the lower-right corner of the net, befuddling the Idaho back line.
Ransom moved into an attacking role for much of the second half and was able to create havoc with her speed and work rate. She finished with two shots while Frey had a team-high three, all on target.
Defensively, the group was lifted by the return of Kailyn Smith and Keck’s strong second half. Keck recorded a cast of saves, including a pair of stops against Idaho’s Maddie Lasher to keep the Jags in the game. Shannon Ott also had a key defensive play down the stretch, making a tackle to stop a breakaway in the 86th minute, keeping hope alive.
Idaho closed with a 17-9 margin in shot attempts and 8-6 edge in shots on goal.
The Jags will close out the trip at Montana on Sunday (Sept. 1) at 3:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
BALL STATE XC
CROSS COUNTRY OPENS THE 2024 SEASON IN VALPARAISO
The Ball State cross country team will open its season at the Winrow Valparaiso Open in Valparaiso, Indiana on Friday morning. The women’s race is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. CT.
Ball State will meet eight other teams at their season opener, including UIC, Purdue, Notre Dame, Goshen, IU Indianapolis, Butler, Valparaiso and conference foe Western Michigan.
Following last season, the team is hoping to build success under new distance coach, Rachel Nichwitz. They are coming off a 23rd-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Madison, Wisconsin where Sarah Mahnensmith led the team.
Friday will be two athletes’ first time representing the Cardinals on the cross country course, including sophomore Evie Noel and freshman Tori Jackson.
Looking ahead at the team’s schedule, they will compete at home on the new Ball State Cross Country Course Saturday, September 14. This will be a preview of the MAC Championships as Ball State is this year’s host team.
BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL
WVB OPENS SEASON FRIDAY AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC INVITATIONAL
VOLLEYBALL IS BACK: The Ball State women’s volleyball team begins its 53rd season of play Friday when it battles Seton Hall (10 a.m.) and Bryant (4:30 p.m.) on the opening day of the Florida Atlantic Invitational … The Cardinals close the tournament Saturday with a 1 p.m. match up versus host FAU.
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Fans unable to make their way to Baldwin Arena this weekend will have several ways to follow the action from home … Both Friday matches will be broadcast live on FloSports, while Saturday’s showdown will be covered live on FAUSports.TV … Live stats will be available for all three matches courtesy of Florida Atlantic … Live updates from the matches will also be provided on the team’s X feed: @BallStateWVB.
MAC PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATION: With no divisions for the first time since the 1996 season, the Ball State women’s volleyball team received 98 points in the league’s annual coaches poll, trailing only Western Michigan (121) and Bowling Green (102) … With coaches unable to vote for their own teams, WMU earned 11 of the 12 votes to win the MAC regular season title, with BGSU claiming the other … The Broncos, who also received votes in the 2024 AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll, was also selected as the favorite to win the MAC Volleyball Championship with nine votes, followed by the Falcons (2) and the Cardinals (1).
PRESEASON HONORS: In addition to the team rankings, the MAC announced its annual Preseason All-MAC Team … Representing Ball State are senior setter Megan Wielonski and redshirt sophomore outside Aniya Kennedy … Wielonski earns Preseason All-MAC honors for the third consecutive season after claiming All-MAC First Team accolades for the third straight year … Kennedy earns a nod on the Preseason All-MAC team for the first time in her career after a stellar 2023 campaign which saw her claim both First Team All-MAC and MAC Freshman of the Year honors.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES: Ball State will be meeting both Seton Hall and Bryant for the first time in women’s volleyball … Saturday’s match with Florida Atlantic will mark just the second showdown between the two programs, with Ball State winning the only previous meeting by a score of 3-0 (30-28, 25-21, 25-17) on Sept. 4, 2015, as part of the Lipscomb Invitational.
SCOUTING BALL STATE:
• Ball State finished the 2023 season with a 17-15 (13-5 MAC) record, earning a bid into the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) … The Cardinals picked up a first-round victory over host Middle Tennessee, before falling in the round of 16 to Clemson.
• The Cardinals return 11 players from last season’s squad, including five who were in the starting rotation at the end of the year … Two of them are returning All-MAC First Team honorees in senior setter Megan Wielonski and redshirt sophomore outside Aniya Kennedy.
• Wielonski was one of the nation’s top setters, ranking 13th nationally with 1,269 assists in 2023 … The effort helped the Cardinals rank 54th nationally with a .245 team attack percentage.
• Kennedy played a big part of that as well, ranking 32nd nationally with a 4.12 kills-per-set average … Her 470 total kills were 31st nationally.
SCOUTING SETON HALL:
• The Pirates finished the 2023 season with a 14-15 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in Big East play.
• Led by fourth-year head coach Shannon Thompson, Seton Hall was picked to finish seventh among the 11 teams in the Big East Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Last season, the Pirates were one of the top blocking teams in the Big East, ranking fourth in the league and 143rd nationally with a 2.10 blocks-per-set average … Junior middle blocker Asli Subaslil led the way last season, ranking third in the league and 157th nationally at 1.04 blocks-per-set.
SCOUTING BRYANT:
• The Bulldogs have finished each of the last two seasons with 19-12 overall records, including 6-4 marks in America East play.
• Led by 29th-year head coach Theresa Garlacy, Bryant was selected to finish fourth among the league’s six teams in the Big East Preseason Poll with senior outside hitter Aubrey LaPour earning Preseason All-Conference honors.
• LaPour lead the Black and Gold, and ranked second in the conference, with 387 kills last season and earned First Team All-America East honors.
• Bryant was one of the nation’s toughest serving teams, last season ranking sixth nationally with 1.98 aces per set … Junior outside/opposite Arianna Ugolini led the way with 48 aces and a 0.42 aces-per-set average which ranked 70th nationally.
SCOUTING FLORIDA ATLANTIC:
• The Owls finished the 2023 season with a 20-13 overall record, including a 12-7 mark in American Athletic Conference play … It was the program’s seventh all-time 20-win season.
• Under the direction of 13th-year head coach Fernanda Nelson, Florida Atlantic was selected to finish fifth among the 13 teams in the AAC’s Preseason Coaches Poll with senior outside hitter Valeria Rosado earning Preseason All-Conference honors.
• Rosado earned Second Team All-Conference honors last season after she led FAU with 10 double-doubles and ranked second on the squad with 275 kills.
• Last season, FAU ranked 38th nationally with 1,616 total kills, including 256 from senior outside/opposite Katelynn Robine.
BALL STATE QUICK HITS:
• Megan Wielonski, who currently ranks sixth in program history with 4,022 career assists, has proven to be one of the nation’s elite setters … She has ranked in the top 15 nationally in assists in each of her first three seasons: second (1,394) in 2021, fourth (1,359) in 2022 and 13th (1,269) in 2023 … At the end of last season, she was 13th among all active NCAA Division I players with her 4,022 career assists.
• In addition to being one of the nation’s top setters, Megan Wielonski is one of the country’s top servers with 144 career aces … The total currently ranks fourth in program history … As a freshman, she ranked eighth among all NCAA Division I players with 58 aces, including a career-high seven vs. Ohio (Sept. 30, 2021) … Her 58 aces in 2021 tied as the sixth most in a single season in Ball State history and were a single season record for a BSU setter, topping Amber Seaman’s total of 51 in 2018 … In 2022, she ranked 55th nationally with 46 service aces, while she had a team-leading 40 aces last season.
• Megan Wielonski has also shined in the backcourt over her Ball State career, becoming just the 21st player in program history to register over 1,000 career digs in BSU’s NIVC victory at Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30) … She enters her senior season ranked 20th in program history with 1,021 career digs … Overall, she has accumulated double-digit digs in 54 career matches which is tied for 13th in program history and gives her 54 career assist/dig double-doubles.
• Aniya Kennedy finished her first season with the Cardinals ranked 32nd nationally with a 4.12 kills-per-set average … She was even better in league play, with a 4.56 kills-per-set average … She smashed double-digit kills in 26 matches, while leading the team in kills in 23 outings … In BSU’s four-set win over Akron (Oct. 13), Kennedy was credited with a career-high 25 kills, a mark she later tied at Western Michigan (Nov. 3).
• In fact, Aniya Kennedy’s 25 kills versus Akron (Oct. 13) and at WMU (Nov. 3) were the most for a Ball State player in a match since Kia Holder (2017-20) logged 27 at Eastern Michigan on March 27, 2021 … In addition, the 25 kills tied as the 10th-most by a MAC player in a match last season and were the fourth-best total by a league attacker in a four-set match … Kennedy was the first Ball State player to register multiple 20+ kill matches in the same season since Natalie Risi (2019-22) had two as a freshman in 2019 … In fact, her eight matches with 20-or-more kills last season were the eighth-most in a single season in program history and were the most since Sarah Obras (2002-05) registered seven in 2004.
• Madison Buckley made a big impact from the attack line last season, ranking third on the squad at 2.42 kills per set … Her biggest match came when she blasted a career-high 16 kills versus NIU (Nov. 11) … She scored 15 kills versus Bowling Green (Nov. 18) in the MAC Championship quarterfinals, while adding 14 at then-No. 20 Creighton (Sept. 1), versus UIC (Sept. 9) and at Buffalo (Oct. 20) … Buckley also made her presence felt at the net, ranking second on the team with an 0.80 blocks-per-set average … She had a team-best 96 total blocks last season, including five solo blocks and 91 block assists.
• Freshman Camryn Wise found a home in the middle of the court over the final 12 weeks of the 2023 season, boasting a team-leading 1.09 blocks-per-set average … The mark also ranked second among all league players and 116th nationally … She earned at least two blocks in 21 of the 23 matches she has played, including a career-high nine in four-set wins over Akron (Oct. 14) and Ohio (Oct. 28) … Wise also aided from the attack line, with 95 kills and a .348 hitting percentage, including a career-high 11 kills at Buffalo (Oct. 21).
• Freshman outside attacker Kendall Barnes found her grove of the final few weeks of the season, smashing double digit kills in five of BSU’s last seven matches … She scored a career-high 17 kills in the NIVC first-round victory at Middle Tennessee (Nov. 30), while finishing the season with 13 in the NIVC second-round loss to Clemson (Dec. 1) … Even more impressive, she hit a career-best .552 (17-1-29) in the win over the Blue Raiders.
• With the loss of fifth-year middle Marie Plitt (2019-23), who finished her career ranked first in program history with a .362 career hitting percentage, the Cardinals needed a boost in the middle this season … Cue graduate transfer Aayinde Smith who joins the squad after helping guide Towson to an 85-14 record over the past four seasons … A two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association Second Team selection, Smith finished the 2023 campaign ranked second in the CAA with a 1.18 blocks-per-set average, while ranking ninth in the conference with a .322 hitting percentage … The effort included 10 matches hitting .500-or-better … She finished her junior season with the Tigers with the 10th-best season hitting percentage in program history at .362, while also averaging 1.18 blocks per set.
• With the loss of last season’s libero Havyn Gates (2021-23) to graduation, the Cardinals will also be looking to replace a key backcourt position this season … Among returning players, junior Paige Busick ranked third on the squad with 193 digs last season, while senior Kendall Seimet was not far behind at 187.
• Also looking to get into the mix in the backcourt are freshmen Sophie Ledbetter and Elizabeth Tabeling … Ledbetter helped guide Hamilton Southeastern to back-to-back IHSAA Class 4A State Volleyball Championships as a junior and senior … The Royals posted a perfect 33-0 mark in 2023, after going 34-1 in 2022 … Ledbetter finished her career with 1,008 digs for the Royals, including 433 her senior campaign … Tabeling helped guide her St. Henry squad to a pair of KHSAA state championship matches, including winning the title her sophomore season … She helped guide the Crusaders to an 88-33 record over her career, accumulating 1,293 career digs.
• For the team’s solid work in the classroom, Ball State was one of a record number of more than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball teams to earn the 2023-24 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT … The Cardinals, who claimed the honor for the eighth straight season and the 14th time overall, finished the 2023-24 academic year with a 3.63 team GPA … Of Ball State’s 18 countable student-athletes, 17 maintained at least a 3.07 GPA during the academic year.
BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
CARDINALS FALL SHORT AT BUTLER AFTER LIGHTNING DELAY
INDIANAPOLIS – The Ball State soccer team was in a scoreless stalemate for the first 40 minutes of its match on Thursday night at Butler but ultimately fell 3-0 at the Sellick Bowl.
The Cardinals (1-2) got a shot on goal by Emily Roper and another good look from Kaelyn Valleau in the opening period but couldn’t cash in as the host Bulldogs (3-0-1) scored the only goal of the first half in the 40th minute.
A lightning delay pushed the start of the match back an hour to 8 p.m., in Ball State’s first road and night match of the regular season. Kaitlyn Fraser and Valleau had shots on goal in the second half that were saved by Butler goalkeeper Anna Pierce, and the Bulldogs scored in the 54th and 87th minutes to pull away and remain undefeated.
Fraser led the visitors with three shots while Audrey Goodyear, Delaney Ahearn and Maya Millis played the full 90 minutes for the Cardinals.
Grace Konopatzki was in goal for the first 45 minutes and made two saves while Kate Pallante took over in the second half for her first collegiate action near her hometown of Westfield and collected one save.
Ball State’s next scheduled match is at Michigan on Sunday at 1 p.m. It will be streamed on B1G+.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL TO PLAY FOUR MATCHES IN HULMAN CENTER
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State will play regular season volleyball matches inside Hulman Center for the first time in nearly 20 years in 2024, as Director of Athletics Nathan Christensen announced Thursday that four Sycamore home contests will be moved from ISU Arena to Hulman Center.
“Through conversations with both Coach Pritchard and our volleyball student-athletes, it was evident competing in the Hulman Center would create a great experience,” Christensen said. “The Hulman Center is a first-class facility, and we are thrilled to give our student-athletes this opportunity. A huge thank you to Fred Clark and his staff for the collaboration to make this happen.”
Indiana State’s conference-opening weekend against UIC (Sept. 27) and Valparaiso (Sept. 28), along with the Sycamores’ Senior Weekend against Belmont (Nov. 8) and Murray State (Nov. 9), will take place inside Hulman Center. The Sycamores’ six remaining home matches will stay inside ISU Arena, where Indiana State played to near-capacity crowds in 2023.
“I am so excited to bring volleyball back to the Hulman Center,” Head Volleyball Coach Ashlee Pritchard said. “The popularity of the sport is at an all-time high and I am excited for our student-athletes to have this wonderful opportunity. The Hulman Center is one of the best venues in the Missouri Valley Conference and we could not be more thrilled to be able to showcase this amazing sport. I want to thank Nathan Christensen and Fred Clark for this opportunity, and we cannot wait to see everyone in the Hulman Center this fall.”
The four matches mark the first time since the 2007 season that a regular season volleyball match will be played in Hulman Center and the first time in the 25-point era that a volleyball match will be contested inside the venue. Indiana State went 1-1 that season in Hulman Center, defeating Chicago State in four sets and falling to Illinois State in three sets. Hulman Center was also the site of the 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championship, in which Indiana State reached the quarterfinals.
Admission will remain free for the matches played inside Hulman Center, and fans will enter through the west entrance (8th Street entrance). Further details on the Hulman Center matches, including matchday promotions, will be announced at a later date.
Indiana State opens its 2024 season Friday with a doubleheader at the GSU Invitational in Atlanta, as the Trees take on Georgia State at 1:30 p.m. and Florida A&M at 4:30 p.m. The Sycamores’ home opener is September 7 at 5 p.m. against in-state foe Butler.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
KENT SCORES AS SYCAMORES RECORD FIRST LOSS OF 2024 SEASON AGAINST UT MARTIN
MARTIN, Tenn. – Indiana State (3-1-0) battled host UT Martin (1-1-2) on Thursday evening, where the winning streak ended at three as the Sycamores competed in their first road matchup of the 2024 season.
UT Martin outshot Indiana State 26-15 and held the 7-6 edge in corner kicks.
How it happened:
The Skyhawks broke the scoreless match late in the first half in the 37th minute with a goal by Unni Wolfe. UTM controlled the action for the majority of the first half, where they outshot the Sycamores 15-1.
Alexa Mackey records the lone shot taken by the Sycamores in the first half, which came in the 23rd minute of play as it was saved by UTM goalkeeper, Mac Titus.
Indiana State connected on the first three shots of the second half right off the jump with two shots by Tesny and one by Woods. Woods nearly connected on her second corner kick goal of the 2024 season, but the ball was deflected off the post.
Senior Mackenzie Kent answered for Indiana State when she found the back of the net for the second consecutive game to tie up the match 1-1 in the 54th minute of the contest.
UT Martin regained the lead 17 seconds after Kents equalizer goal for the Sycamores in the 55th minute, as Cook fed Robinson up the right sideline and sent the ball past Alexander to make it UTM 2-1.
Kent led the Sycamores with a goal scored and two shots on goal in the match, while Woods and Tesny also recorded two on target goals for the Sycamores. Fairfax, Famulak, and Mackey each recorded a shot on goal in the contest against the Skyhawks.
Maddie Alexander recorded 11 saves in Thursday evening’s contest as the the Battle Creek, Mich. native was between the pipes for the full 90 minutes. Alexander limited the Skyhawks to two goals as she was tested from start to finish, but kept the contest a one-goal-game while ISU’s defense blocked or redirected several attempts throughout the match where UT Martin had 13 shots on goal.
News & Notes:
The Sycamores have 17 goals in four games this season, which is the most since the 2021 season, which was 25 goals in 17 games played.
Mackenzie Kent recorded her second goal of the 2024 season, ninth of her career.
Maddie Alexander recorded 11 saves for the Sycamores, highest this season. Alexander now has 268 career saves in the Blue & White.
Chloe Tesny made her first debut of the 2024 season against UT Martin, where she took three shots, with two on target.
Up Next: The Sycamores continue on the road this weekend as they head to Cape Girardeau, Mo. with a matchup against Southeast Missouri State, on Sunday, September 1 at 2 p.m ET.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
PURDUE FORT WAYNE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL OPENS SEASON AT SKYHAWK INVITATIONAL
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball opens the 2024 regular season this weekend at Stonehill’s Skyhawk Invitational. The Mastodons will play Stonehill, Siena and Holy Cross.
Skyhawk Invitational Information
Who: Stonehill, Siena, Holy Cross and Purdue Fort Wayne
When: Friday-Saturday August 30-31
Where: North Easton, Mass. | Merkert Gymnasium
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link
Mastodon Schedule
Friday, August 30, 4 PM – Purdue Fort Wayne at Stonehill
Saturday, August 31, 11 AM – Purdue Fort Wayne vs. Siena
Saturday, August 31, 2 PM – Purdue Fort Wayne vs. Holy Cross
Know Your Foes
• Stonehill was 3-29 and 3-11 in the Northeast Conference last season, but return three of their top five hitters from a year ago. Mia Berardino is a junior that averaged 1.80 kills per set last year. Top setter Amaya Parnell is back for her sophomore season.
• Siena was 2-26 and 2-16 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference last year. The Saints’ top two pins are back from 2023: Sara Wagner (2.81 k/s) and Olga Sawinska (1.92 k/s). Both of their primary setters, Oliwia Majtyka and Claire Isaksen, are also back for this season.
• Holy Cross is coming off a 4-21, 1-15 Patriot League campaign last season. Two of the top three pin hitters are back from last season, but the Crusaders lost their best outside, Rachel Johnson. Abbie Lane (2.85 k/s) and Lauren Halverson (1.36 k/s) return to lead Holy Cross.
Series Histories
This is the first meeting between Purdue Fort Wayne and Stonehill, Siena and Holy Cross.
Panna-tastic
Panna Ratkai is one of five players from the 12-player All-Horizon League First Team back for 2024. Ratkai, the 2023 Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year, and Oakland’s Emily Wichmann (Defensive Player of the Year) are the only returning major award winners.
Fresh Faces
The Mastodons have five freshmen on the roster for 2024: Meg Berkland, Mya Plemons, Riley Rosneck, Jaelyn Hall and Miona Dimitric.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne played Xavier in an exhibition contest.
Next Time Up
The Mastodons will visit Macomb, Illinois on September 6-7 to play former league foes UIC (Horizon, 2020-21), Western Illinois (Summit, 2007-19) and South Dakota State (Summit, 2007-19).
PURDUE FT. WAYNE XC
CROSS COUNTRY SQUADS SELECTED IN TOP HALF IN PRESEASON POLL
INDIANAPOLIS – The 2024 Under Armor Horizon League Cross Country Preseason Poll has been released, and both Mastodon squads have been picked in the top half of the league.
The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s team placed third on the 11-team poll with 100 points. Oakland (116) was selected as favorites on the women’s side, with Milwaukee (105) following.
The men’s team earned fourth place, out of 10, with 70 points. The Mastodons trail only one point behind Oakland (71), IU Indy (92) and Youngstown State (97).
The Mastodon women finished second in last year’s Horizon League Championship, the program’s best finish in history. The ‘Dons return two runners that finished top-10 in the Horizon League Championship. Graduate student Brooke Neal earned a spot on All-Horizon League First Team after placing fourth. Junior Riley Tate earned a place on All-Horizon League Second Team after finishing 10th.
The Mastodon men finished fourth in last season’s Horizon League Championship, tying the second-best Horizon League finish in program history. Junior Harrison Niswander placed 22nd in the championship.
Purdue Fort Wayne opens the season on Friday, September 6 at the Phoenix Open in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
‘DONS BLANK EIU 3-0
CHARLESTON, Ill. – A stout Purdue Fort Wayne backline lifted the Mastodons to a 3-0 non-league men’s soccer victory at Eastern Illinois on Thursday (Aug. 29) evening.
The ‘Dons held a 7-0 edge in shots on goal in the contest. Nic Diana got the shutout for visiting Mastodons. The last time the ‘Dons prevented an opponent from taking a shot on goal was Nov. 3, 2012 in a 1-0 victory over IUPUI.
Multiple shots off the woodwork for the ‘Dons in the game kept it a scoreless contest until the 74th minute when Seth Mahlmeister scored his first goal of the year. He now has 15 goals in his Mastodon career. This would have been enough for the victory, but the Mastodons were not finished.
Abe Arellano made it 2-0 in the 86th minute on a goal assisted by James Maxwell. Arellano provided his trademark flip celebration following the score. With just a second on the clock the ‘Dons made the final 3-0 as Maxwell found the back of the net, assisted by Arellano. It stands as Maxwell’s first career goal after recording four assists last season.
Eastern Illinois falls to 1-2. The ‘Dons improve to 1-1. Purdue Fort Wayne is at Illinois State on Saturday.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
MASTODONS FALL SHORT AT EASTERN MICHIGAN 1-0
YPSILANTI, MICH. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer fell 1-0 to an undefeated Eastern Michigan club on Thursday (Aug. 29).
Eastern Michigan capitalized on an early opportunity, as Maddie O’Farrell dribbled her way around a charging Jordan Imes to find an open net just 15 minutes into the game. Purdue Fort Wayne had a scoring opportunity in the 30th minute after a Malia Velker attack, resulting in a pass that was just ahead of two teammates. The Eagles lived in the corner during the first half, taking six corner kicks. While the Mastodons were held without a corner in the half.
Audriana Rhyner had Purdue Fort Wayne’s best chance for an equalizer 15 minutes into the second half, as she launched a shot attempt that was stopped by the crossbar. Zoe Greenhalge took one last attempt for the ‘Dons with a line drive shot off a free kick, which was saved by the keeper in the 65th minute.
Eastern Michigan ended with six shots on goal in 13 total shots. Purdue Fort Wayne finished with three shots on goal from 10 total shots.
Purdue Fort Wayne drops to 2-2-1 and Eastern Michigan remains a perfect 4-0. The Mastodons host SIUE on Sunday (Sept. 1) at 1 p.m.
EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL OPENS 2024 SEASON FRIDAY IN PUERTO RICO
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – In a homecoming for many who are part of the University of Evansville volleyball program, the Purple Aces are set to open the 2024 season on Friday in Puerto Rico.
Friday’s opener will pit the Aces against Akron at 6:30 p.m. CT before a Saturday contest against the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras. That match is set for a 6 p.m. CT start. Sunday’s final match versus Providence will begin at 3 p.m. CT. Each match will take place at Mario Morales Coliseum.
Melanie Feliciano, Ainoah Cruz, Angelica Gonzalez Maltes, and Josdarilee Caraballo are natives of Puerto Rico. Evansville head coach Fernando Morales along with assistants Jonathan Vila and Michelle Nogueras are also from the island.
While this will be a special trip for those who call Puerto Rico home, the weekend tournament opens what is setting up to be a promising campaign for the Aces. Led by reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and All-American Giulia Cardona, UE returns a talented nucleus in the floor.
Cardona led the nation last season in kills per set, points per set, and attempts per set and will team up with Feliciano, who is a former All-MVC player back for her sixth season with the program. While Cardona paced the NCAA with 5.34 kills per frame, Feliciano was second on the team with an average of 3.64/set. Kora Ruff excelled in setting up the offense, totaling 1,039 assists in her sophomore season.
Madisyn Steele got the job done both offensively and defensively. Her average of 1.17 kills was third on the team while her totals of 24 solo blocks, 67 block assists, and 91 total blocks were all team highs in 2023. Another defensive star for UE last season was Ainoah Cruz. As a freshman, she paced the team with 4.49 digs per frame.
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ACES WOMEN’S SOCCER EARNS FIRST WIN AGAINST LINDENWOOD
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Two second half goals powered the University of Evansville women’s soccer team to its first win of the 2024 season.
The Purple Aces offense came alive in the second half on Thursday night in a 2-1 win over the Lindenwood Lions. Forwards Amy Velazquez (Avon, Ind. / Avon HS) and Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati / Seaton HS) goals in the 72nd and 77th minutes helped UE to the win along with strong defense from the backline and goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich. / Laingsburg HS).
“It felt good to get the first win,” said Head Coach Chris Pfau. “I thought we did some really good things the first half. Things we have been working on in training. I thought it was important too that we got on them a little bit in the first half.
“Especially after Western Kentucky, because I thought the first half of WKU we did well, but we hit the wall a little bit. We weren’t as sharp with 10 days off; we didn’t do the little things. So to come out and not be shell shocked, still have the confidence to play and do some things was important. Getting the win with two freshmen playing center back in a big game and getting the explosiveness we did in the second half is huge. Getting two goals is also a bonus for us at this point.”
It was a quiet first half offensively for Evansville as the team didn’t register a shot in the first 45 minutes. But the Aces defense stood strong against Lindenwood’s attack, blocking three shots while Danek made her first of five saves in the 23rd minute.
UE’s offense came out fast and furious in the final 45 of the match starting with a corner kick in the first minute. Which was quickly followed up by Evansville’s first shot on goal from sophomore midfielder Ella Hamner (Evansville, Ind. / Memorial HS). The Lions took over on the offensive side of the ball for the next 15 minutes.
But it was the Aces who broke through first in the 72nd minute as sophomore midfielder Ashlyn Koutsos (Cumming, Ga. / West Forsyth HS) brought the ball up the middle of the field. Koutsos sent a cross to Velazquez on the left side who ran forward into the penalty box and nailed a left-footed shot that went off Lindenwood’s goalkeeper’s hands into the top left corner of the goal.
UE added an insurance goal from Autenrieb in the 76th minute as she chased down her own rebound off the post. Autenrieb cleared the goalkeeper on the initial shot and found the back of the net with a strike on the right side. The Lions did break the shutout in the 88th minute but Evansville locked things down in the final 90 seconds to secure the 2-1 win.
The Aces finished the match with nine shots as 44% landed on goal. Koutsos picked up her first point of the season with an assist on Velazquez goal in the 72nd minute while it was both goal scorers first of the season. UE is back in action on Sunday evening in Louisville with kickoff set for 6 p.m.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
EAGLES HURT BY HUSKIES’ SECOND-HALF CHARGE
DEKALB, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer suffered a 6-1 setback against Northern Illinois University late Thursday afternoon in DeKalb, Illinois, as the Huskies used a big second half to pull away from the Screaming Eagles.
Not long after the opening kickoff, USI (0-3-1) entered the attacking half in the early minutes to earn a pair of corner-kick opportunities. However, Northern Illinois (2-0-1) scored the game’s first tally in the seventh minute to take a 1-0 advantage after winning a ball out of the air and slipping a through-ball across the goal line.
The Screaming Eagles made a run in the back half of the first 45 minutes, starting with a shot from freshman midfielder Josie Pochocki (LaGrange Park, Illinois) that was blocked inside the box and out for a USI corner kick. A few minutes later, junior forward Payton Seymour (Louisville, Kentucky) laced a shot that was blocked away by NIU’s goalkeeper for another USI corner. Southern Indiana’s first-half efforts paid off in the 43rd minute when junior midfielder Emerson Grafton (Camas, Washington) got a takeaway near midfield, ran down the field, and struck a shot from nearly 25 yards out and over the keeper for her first USI goal to tie the match, 1-1.
Out of halftime, Northern Illinois quickly retook the lead, 2-1, with a goal just over a minute into the second stanza. The Huskies scored again a few minutes later and went on to grab a 4-1 lead by the midway point of the second half. Remaining in control, the Huskies continued their big charge by scoring twice more in the last 15 minutes of the contest.
USI took eight shots with six on goal in the match. All four of USI’s shots in the second half were on target. USI also had 10 corner kicks in the game, seven of which came in the first half. Northern Illinois finished with 13 shots and eight on goal.
Southern Indiana returns to Strassweg Field Sunday afternoon when the Screaming Eagles host Wright State University at 1 p.m. Coverage links of the match can be found at usiscreamingeagles.com
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
USI FALLS LATE TO GREEN BAY
GREEN BAY, Wis.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer lost in the final four seconds against the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, 3-2, in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Thursday. The Screaming Eagles fell to 0-3 while Green Bay improved to 1-2.
The USI offense came out of the gate hot and took the lead 4:39 into the match off of a goal by freshman midfielder Ahiro Nakamae (Fishers, Indiana). Nakamae was assisted by junior forward Jackson Mitchell (Newburgh, Indiana), allowing the Eagles to take a 1-0 advantage.
The tides turned quickly as Green Bay’s offense struck back at 6:24 to tie the match. Unfortunately, the tie would not last long, as a USI error resulted in an own goal giving Green Bay a 2-1 lead 7:51 into the game.
The 2-1 Green Bay lead would last for over thirty minutes until Nakamae found the back of the net at 41:50 for his second goal of the match and his third of the season. The 2-2 tie would remain for the rest of the first half. Through the first half of the match, USI and Green Bay were even with seven shots each.
In the second half, Green Bay’s offense took control, eventually scoring the game-winner with four seconds on the clock in its 3-2 win. USI was unable to find its offensive footing throughout the second half, being outshot, 9-1. The Eagles’ best scoring opportunity came from junior forward Jaron Frye (Tulsa, Oklahoma), who had a shot on goal that was saved by Green Bay at 62:08.
In goal, sophomore goalkeeper Andrew Klott (St. Charles, Missouri) made five saves and allowed three goals while facing 16 shots.
UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES:
The Eagles continue their season-opening road trip with the Mayor’s Cup against the University of Evansville Sunday evening at 7 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+. The Aces won the Mayor’s Cup last year, 4-0, at Strassweg Field. The first regular-season Mayor’s Cup in 2022 at Arad McCutchan Stadium ended in a 0-0 tie.
VALPO XC
SEASON PREVIEW: BEACONS ON THEIR MARKS AHEAD OF SEASON-OPENING HOME MEET
The Valparaiso University men’s and women’s cross country teams will race into the season on Friday as the Beacons host the 2024 Winrow Valparaiso Open, the program’s annual home meet.
The schedule for Friday has been altered due to the weather forecast, so the women’s 5K will now begin at 10 a.m., followed by the men’s 6K at 10:45. Nine women’s teams and five men’s teams will comprise this year’s field – Ball State (women only), UIC, Purdue, Notre Dame, Western Michigan (women only), Goshen, IU Indianapolis (women only), Butler (women only) and the host Beacons.
This will mark the 35th running of Valpo’s home meet. It served as a season-opening meet for 26 consecutive years prior to a one-year hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19. Prior to the 2021 meet, the event was renamed the Winrow Open in honor of former Valpo head cross country coach Ed Winrow, who passed away in March 2020.
“This is a meet that has really started to grow for us,” Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Vincent Walker said. “It’s gotten to be really competitive, and it’s showing that what we’re doing here is working. People want to come race with us; they want to race on our course. Our course is a very honest course – it’s not super hilly; it’s not super flat. I’m excited to have all of these teams come and see what we’re doing here; there’s always pride when we get people to come to our facilities. It gets our team fired up to start the season off by defending our home course.”
Sophomore Laetitia Raoult (Guingamp, France / Florida International) has joined the program and has been the team’s front runner on the women’s side. She blew away the coaching staff with her time trial at camp. Freshman Kensington Black (Franklin, Ohio / Franklin Senior) is also projected to be a standout. She has handled the transition to the collegiate distance with ease during preseason training.
“I’m really excited about our women’s program,” Walker said. “One thing that has plagued us in the past is our depth. We’ve had one or two standouts up front, but we’ve never been able to find it in the back. Now, we’re getting our numbers up more, and they’re going to be a group to watch out for.”
Junior Alex Valerio (Rockford, Ill. / Boylan Catholic) is a runner to watch this season after the best preseason training of his career. He’ll make an impact alongside strong returners like sophomore Karson Hollander (Crystal Lake, Ill. / Crystal Lake) and junior Joseph Scheele (Mahomet, Ill. / Mahomet-Seymour), who both put in significant work in the summer. Freshman Tim Jochum (Glen Ellyn, Ill. / Glenbard South) is fighting for a spot at the top of the lineup and will make an immediate impact; already exceeding expectations as a rookie.
“Our men are ready to take a really big step forward,” Walker said. “I think a lot of people were worried that we were losing some firepower up front, but to me that’s exciting and we get the chance to see who rises to the occasion. We have a really young team, and once we get experience, this is a team that people in the region are going to be a little scared of, so it’s going to be fun to watch.”
VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
SOCCER HEADS TO OHIO SUNDAY
Valparaiso (2-1-0, 0-0-0 MVC)
Sunday, Sept. 1 – at Ohio (1-1-1) – noon CT
Next Up in Valpo Soccer: The nonconference slate rolls on for the Valpo soccer team with a light week, as the Beacons will take to the field just once, making the trip to Athens, Ohio to face the Ohio Bobcats Sunday afternoon.
Previously: Valpo split a pair of matches last week, falling on the road Thursday afternoon at Eastern Illinois before earning a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Milwaukee in its home opener on Sunday.
Looking Ahead: Valpo returns home to Brown Field to face Xavier next Thursday, Sept. 5 and closes the week with a trip to former Horizon League rival Wright State Sunday, Sept. 8.
Following the Beacons: Sunday’s match at Ohio will have a live ESPN+ broadcast, while live stats will be available as well. All home matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+ as part of The Valley on ESPN, while some road fixtures will also have live video available.
Head Coach John Marovich: Entering his 17th season at the helm of the Valpo program, John Marovich holds a 134-119-48 (.525) record both overall and at Valpo as a head coach. The 2014 Horizon League Coach of the Year and the head of the 2022 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year, Marovich holds Valpo’s all-time records for both victories and winning percentage.
Series Notes: This will be the first meeting all-time between Valpo and Ohio. The Bobcats are one of three MAC opponents on the Beacons’ nonconference slate, as they are scheduled to take on Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois in their final two tune-ups prior to MVC play.
Scouting the Opposition: Ohio enters Sunday’s fixture at 1-1-1 on the season, with a 4-0 win over Northern Kentucky, a 1-1 draw with Butler and most recently a 3-0 loss at Michigan State. The Bobcats went 9-8-5 last season, including a 4-4-3 mark in MAC regular season action, and went on a run as the sixth seed through the MAC Tournament to claim the tournament crown and advance to the NCAA Tournament. Ohio was picked to finish in third place this season in the MAC preseason poll.
Valpo Picked Fifth in Preseason Poll: The Beacons were chosen to finish in fifth place in preseason polling of the MVC head coaches. Valpo tallied 83 points in the poll, coming in just behind UIC (87) and UNI (85). Missouri State was picked to win the conference and garnered seven first-place votes, while Drake was chosen second and picked up three first-place nods. Notably, the program has matched or surpassed its preseason projection in six of its first seven seasons in the Valley, and the only season it didn’t was 2023, when Valpo eventually claimed the MVC Tournament title.
Preseason Honoree: Senior forward Addy Joiner was recognized by the Valley as a preseason First Team All-MVC honoree when the preseason poll was released. Joiner has twice earned postseason recognition, as she was a First Team All-MVC selection in 2022 and picked up Third Team All-MVC accolades in 2023. Joiner netted eight goals last season, tying her for third in the MVC and moving into a tie for ninth on the program’s single-season goals chart. She enters her final campaign tied for sixth in program history with 18 career goals, tied for seventh with 40 points and tied for eighth with six match-winning goals.
Looking Back at Last Season: Valpo claimed its first MVC Tournament championship since joining the Valley in dramatic fashion in 2023, winning four consecutive tournament matches by 1-0 finals to earn the crown and return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014, where it battled #9 Notre Dame to a scoreless first half before eventually falling 2-0. The Beacons finished the season 11-6-6 overall and went 3-3-4 in MVC regular season play, finishing sixth in the regular season standings. Nicole Norfolk was a First Team All-MVC selection, highlighting six Beacons who earned postseason recognition from the Valley, and also picked up Second Team All-Region honors.
Who’s Back: In a rarity in the transfer portal era we live in, all 20 players from the 2023 team who did not graduate are back and on the 2024 roster. That includes five regular starters and 13 of the team’s 27 goals from last season.
Who’s Gone: But the Beacons did graduate a decorated class of nine players who closed their time at Valpo with championships in back-to-back seasons, a group which accounted for 54.2% of the team minutes played in 2023. The four-year seniors who graduated put together maybe the best four-year stretch in program history, posting a 19-7-10 record in MVC play and advancing to four consecutive MVC Tournament semifinals. That group of seniors combined for nine All-MVC selections, 12 MVC weekly awards, 28 goals, 27 assists and 28 shutouts over their four years.
Who’s New: Chomping at the bit to be the next group of Beacons to help keep Valpo among the MVC’s best are 10 newcomers to the roster in 2024. That group includes nine true freshmen and grad transfer Ella Schad, who is utilizing her COVID year of eligibility after playing four seasons at Coastal Carolina.
Brown Field Drama: Down one goal with 20 minutes to play in your home opener against a Milwaukee side which finished last season 36th nationally in RPI? No problem for Valpo this past Sunday, as Sam Gountounas scored in the 72nd minute and Addy Joiner found the back of the net in the 88th minute to give the Beacons the 2-1 victory. It marked the first time Valpo won a match in regulation when trailing after 70 minutes since a 2-1 victory over Murray State Aug. 26, 2005.
Late Match Winner: The second of Sunday’s two goals came off the foot of Addy Joiner and into the net with just 2:36 remaining of the 90 minutes. It was the latest match-winning goal in regulation by a Valpo player since Kelsey Jahn struck with 27 seconds to play in the 2017 MVC opener at Missouri State.
Rallying for the Win: Conceding first has not been a death knell for Valpo’s chances of earning a win in early-season action. The Beacons have surrendered the first goal in each of their two wins, coming from down 1-0 to beat Chicago State 3-1 and Milwaukee 2-1. This comes on the heels of a 2023 campaign during which Valpo was winless (0-5-3) when conceding first.
Who Else?: Of course it was senior forward Addy Joiner with the match-winner against Milwaukee, the 20th goal of her Valpo career – just the sixth player in program history to reach that mark. Joiner is tied with Kendall Brown for fifth place in program history in career goals, just one shy of Emily King in fourth. It was her seventh career match-winning goal as well, also tied for fifth in program history. Joiner, who also tallied the assist on Sam Gountounas’ goal, is tied for sixth with Luisa Desario with 45 career points as well.
Shooting With Accuracy: Joiner’s two goals this year have come on eight shot attempts, a ratio slightly better than her career line of 20 goals on 92 shots. The 92 shots is by far the fewest in the career of any of Valpo’s top-10 career goal scorers, as the next fewest shot attempts was Rachel Hoaglin’s 117. In addition, Joiner’s shooting percentage of 21.7% is easily the best of any of Valpo’s most prolific goal scorers – second-best is Cory Griffith’s 16.6% clip.
Player of the Week: For her multiple goal involvements in the Milwaukee win, Joiner was named the MVC Player of the Week. It was the fifth weekly honor of her career – she earned Freshman of the Week once as a rookie, was Player of the Week twice as a sophomore and then once as a junior. Joiner joins Lori Moore as the only players in program history to earn weekly recognition from the conference office at least once in each of their four seasons.
Sam Scores Again: Joiner wasn’t the first Valpo player this season to score multiple goals, as classmate Sam Gountounas beat her to the punch with her 72nd minute equalizer against Milwaukee. Gountounas previously found the back of the net with the match-winning goal in the opener against Chicago State. After scoring three goals in her first three seasons, Gountounas has two in the first three games of her senior campaign. This marks the first time since 2005 that two Valpo players have scored multiple goals within the season’s first three matches.
Quick Start to the Second Half: Whatever message head coach John Marovich had in his halftime team talk in the season opener at Chicago State, he might want to bottle up and save for a big game. Just 34 seconds into the second half, senior Sam Gountounas delivered the eventual match-winning goal. It was the fastest goal to start a second half in program history, surpassing Lori Moore’s strike against IUPUI 42 seconds into the half on Sept. 29, 2002.
Productive Debuts: Two Valpo rookies had goal involvements in their collegiate debut in the season opener at Chicago State. Landyn Wessels picked up the assist on Sam Gountounas’ goal early in the second half, while Ashley Trippeer closed out the scoring with the late insurance goal.
More Debutants: Wessels and Trippeer were two of a whopping 10 players to make their Valpo debuts in the season opener. Trippeer was joined in the starting lineup by redshirts Kate Sheridan and Carly Stewart, as well as true freshman Maya Tyburowski – all making their collegiate debuts. Transfer Ella Schad came off the bench, as did redshirt Emma Paraskos and true freshmen Alexis Suptela, Kaleigh Shafer and Ashlyn Cohen in addition to Wessels. Most recently, Kate Jeffery made her collegiate debut with a 34-minute run against Milwaukee.
Mixing and Matching: Head coach John Marovich has plenty of options at his disposal this year and has not hesitated with utilizing many of them. The season opener at Chicago State saw right back Ashley Trippeer as the only Beacon field player to play the full 90 minutes – the first time in program history in a season opener that only one field player has gone the full 90. At Eastern Illinois, the entire back line played the full match, as Trippeer was joined by Abby White, Anna Cup and Maya Tyburowski, but then last time out against Milwaukee, it was only White who played the full 90 minutes.
Joiner Leads the Line: Senior forward Addy Joiner enters her final year looking for one more standout campaign to cap her prolific career in the Brown and Gold. Joiner earned First Team All-MVC recognition as a sophomore as she led the team and ranked second in the Valley with seven goals scored. Last year, she was a Third Team All-MVC selection, pacing the Beacons and ranking third in the MVC with eight goals while also chipping in a pair of assists. Joiner entered the 2024 campaign tied for sixth in program history with 18 career goals.
From Newbie to Veteran: It’s not often you’d call a sophomore a veteran presence, but that is exactly what sophomore center back Anna Cup brings to the Beacons’ back line. As a rookie last season, Cup slotted in immediately to the team’s defense, starting in each of her 22 appearances and missing only one match due to injury. Of her 22 starts, she went the distance in 21 of them, while Valpo surrendered one goal or fewer in 18 of her 22 starts. For her defensive efforts, Cup earned a spot on the MVC All-Freshman Team.
Scooter Shines: Senior left back Abby White has been a steady sight running up and down the left side since she stepped on campus in 2021. White, who has accumulated over 4,500 minutes of playing time through her first three seasons, was an MVC All-Freshman Team choice in 2021 and earned Third Team All-MVC honors in 2022. Last season, White came up big in one of the biggest moments, as she scored the match-winning goal in extra time of the Beacons’ MVC Tournament semifinal victory over Missouri State, bending in a corner kick for an Olimpico in the 97th minute. White played all 380 minutes of the tournament run, part of a back line which posted four consecutive clean sheets, and was named to the MVC All-Tournament Team.
Big Shoes to Fill: While the Valpo program graduated a decorated class of seniors following last season, perhaps none was more decorated than Nikki Coryell, the three-time MVC Goalkeeper of the Year and four-time All-MVC honoree. With Coryell’s departure, the Beacons entered this season with a grand total of 0 collegiate regular season minutes at goalkeeper on their roster. A trio of netminders will look to step in and try to take their place in the legacy of strong Valpo goalkeepers: redshirt sophomore Kate Sheridan, redshirt freshman Helen Stegner and true freshman Hailey Wade.
The English Influence: Last season marked the first time in program history Valpo’s roster featured a player from England, as Daisy Boardman arrived on campus from Warrington, Cheshire. This season, the number of players from across the pond doubles, as Kate Jeffery joins the Beacons from Southampton, Hampshire. In addition, Louis Owens – a native of Basingstoke, Hampshire – will work with the goalkeepers as the coaching staff’s graduate assistant this year.
That Tourney Run: It was a magical 11 days in late October and early November last fall, as Valpo embarked on its dramatic run to claiming the MVC Tournament championship. The Beacons won all four of their tournament fixtures by 1-0 finals – the first time in program history Valpo has won four matches in a single postseason, and the first time in program history the team has strung together 1-0 wins in four straight matches. The final three of those four victories came over the top three teams in the regular season standings, including the title match win over host and regular season champion Drake. In three of those four matches, it took the Beacons until after halftime to find their lone goal, including one match that went to extra time scoreless. As the sixth seed in the MVC Tournament, Valpo became the lowest seed ever to win the Valley title and was the first team outside the top-two to claim the championship since 2007.
Conference Success: Valpo has enjoyed consistent success within conference play over the last few seasons. Since the start of the spring 2021 campaign, the Beacons are 19-7-10 within regular season MVC matches – a mark which improves to 19-5-10 with the removal of two matches versus departed conference foe Loyola.
UINDY FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL REVEALS 2024 TEAM CAPTAINS
INDIANAPOLIS – The 16th-ranked UIndy football team continued a tradition nearly as old as the game itself this week by selected its team captains for the 2024 season. Aaron Barnett, Michael Brown, Jon Lewis, Clay Schulte and Gavin Sukup were voted by their peers to assume the team’s official leadership roles this fall.
All five student-athletes were names to the All-GLVC First Team last season, with Sukup headlining the group as the 2023 GLVC Offensive Player of the Year. Now a junior, Sukup racked up more than 2,700 yards and 25 touchdowns through the air while rushing for nearly 300 yards and seven additional TDs.
The Greyhounds will once again enter the fall as the conference favorite after topping the GLVC Preseason Coaches Poll. The reigning champs have grabbed nine of the 12 GLVC championship trophies handed out since the league’s inaugural season in 2012, and own an impressive 74-8 (.902) mark versus GLVC opponents. UIndy is also in search of its third consecutive NCAA playoff berth.
UIndy opens the ’24 season on Sept. 7 with a road trip to Hillsdale—the first of three non-conference opponents. The Hounds will later clash with two GLIAC foes, battling Wayne State on the road in week three before hosting Saginaw Valley a week later for Homecoming. The GLVC schedule kicks off with an early-season matchup with rival Truman at Key Stadium Sept.14. The final seven weeks feature conference opponents, capped by a road game at newly-welcomed full-time-member Lincoln University.
WABASH BASEBALL
LOZER NAMED WABASH COLLEGE ASSISTANT BASEBALL COACH
Former Big Ten pitcher Mac Lozer joins the Wabash College baseball program as the Little Giants’ new assistant coach, head coach Jake Martin announced Thursday.
“Mac’s passion for developing players was evident from our initial conversations with him,” Martin said. “He has a wide range of experience, from the high school to professional ranks, which will be a great resource for our current and future Wabash men. We are excited to welcome him to the baseball program and the Wabash community.
Lozer played four seasons for the University of Michigan Wolverines, earning All-Big Ten Third Team honors as a senior. He ranks second in the program’s history with 100 pitching appearances. Lozer posted a 4-1 record at Michigan with a 2.24 career earned-run average with 94 strikeouts over 76.1 innings pitched.
Lozer was drafted 33rd in the 2017 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, pitching 38 innings in the Mets’ farm system before an injury ended his career. He worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a minor league development coach for one season before being elevated to player development assistant in 2020. Lozer returned to Michigan to serve as a program assistant with the Wolverine’s baseball team in 2021, where he managed program operations, including travel, lodging, and expenses.
Lozer comes to Wabash after working at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory High School in Indianapolis as the Braves’ pitching coach. He helped guide Brebeuf to a 25-win season in 2024 and Class 3A state runner-up honors in the Indiana High School Athletic Association.
Lozer’s grandfather, Alan C. Stanford, is a 1963 Wabash College graduate.
“I’m incredibly grateful and honored to join Coach Martin and the Wabash baseball program,” Lozer said. “The Wabash experience is incredible. I’m excited to compete and help develop our young men on and off the field.”
Lozer begins his duties immediately.
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 – 28 – 21 – 48 – 14 – 34
August 30, 1905 – Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF center fielder Ty Cobb made his MLB debut. The Georgia Peach promptly punched his ticket to the show by doubling off Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders at Bennett Park, Detroit
August 30, 1906 – Hal Chase became the first New York Yankees batter to hit three triples in a game
August 30, 1910 – New York Yankees hurler Tom Hughes pitched 9 no-hit innings but lost to Cleveland 5-0 in 11
August 30, 1912 – St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hit the Detroit Tigers lineup in a 5-1 win from the mound.
August 30, 1922 – Babe Ruth, future Number 3, was thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
August 30, 1939 – New York Yankee Atley Donald, Number 28 pitched a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
August 30, 1941 – St Louis Cardinals player Lon Warneke, Number 21 took the mound and threw a no-hit masterpiece against the Cincinnati Reds, for a 2-0 Cards victory
August 30, 1961 – Baltimore Oriole pitcher Jack Fisher, Number 48 walked 12 LA Angels batters in a 9-inning game
August 30, 1984 – Boston Red Sox legend Number 14, Jim Rice grounded into a record 33rd double play en route to 36
August 30, 1987 – Kirby Puckett, wearing Number 34 for the Minnesota Twins went 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minneapolis to help aid in a 10-6 win over Milwaukee
FOOTBALL HISTORY
August 30, 1939 – At Chicago’s Soldier Field, the NFL defending champions, the New York Football Giants defeated the College Stars by the score of 9-0 at the 6th annual Chicago Charities College All-Star Game in front of over 81,000 fans. The Most Valuable player of the game, always on the College team was none other than Bill Osmanski who was a running back from Holy Cross.
August 30, 1944 – The 11th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game finds the NFL Champion Chicago Bears defending their turf in a thriller over the All-Stars 24-21. The College player who earned the MVP in this game was Tulsa running back Glenn Dobbs.
August 30, 1945 – A crowd of over 92,000 in attendance watched as the Green Bay Packers opened up the defense of their title by dropping the collegians by a score of 19-7 at the 12th annual Chicago College All-Star Game. Charlie Trippi the multi-talented quarterback and halfback from the University of Georgia won the MVP award for the game for the College All-Stars.
August 30, 2001 – Kicker Ashley Martin becomes the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I football game when she successfully converted 3 extra-point kicks for her Jacksonville State team.
Hall of Fame Birthday for August 30
August 30, 1955 – Marvin Powell was a tackle that played for the University of Southern California. He went on to play as pro in the NFL for both the New York Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Marvin Powell is forever enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame since the ceremonies took place installing him in the institution of collegiate pigskin legends in 1994.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1865 The National Base Ball Club of Washington and the Brooklyn Atlantics meet with President Andrew Johnson at the White House, marking the first official meeting between a president and an entire organized baseball team. The 17th commander-in-chief apologized for missing their game due to “urgent business,” promising to attend a contest soon, which he does next season, watching the hometown Washington Nationals lose, 33-28, to the visiting Brooklyn Excelsiors on September 18.
1905 In his first major league at-bat, 18-year-old center fielder Ty Cobb doubles off Jack Chesbro in the first inning of the Tigers’ 5-3 victory over the Highlanders at Detroit’s Bennett Park. The two-bagger is the first of the 4,189 hits the ‘Georgia Peach’ will collect during his 24-year Hall of Fame career.
1910 In the nightcap of a doubleheader at Hilltop Park, Highlander hurler Tom Hughes tosses 9.1 innings of no-hit ball before giving up a single to Naps’ left fielder Harry Niles. The New York right-hander, eventually giving up seven hits, goes the distance, losing the 11-inning contest, 5-0.
1912 At Navin Field, Browns’ hurler Earl Hamilton no-hits the Tigers, 5-1, becoming the first hurler to accomplish the feat without recording a strikeout. Detroit gets on the scoreboard in the fourth inning thanks to a Ty Cobb walk, a two-base error, and a fielder’s choice, ruining the southpaw’s bid for a shutout.
1913 With the Phillies ahead 8-6, umpire William Brennan forfeits the game to the Giants in the top of the ninth inning when the Baker Bowl fans sitting in the bleachers continue to distract New York batters by waving their handkerchiefs and straw hats. After National League president Thomas Lynch reverses the decision, giving Philadelphia the victory, the circuit’s board of directors orders the game, which will end with the same score, to be completed in NY on October 2nd before the start of a scheduled doubleheader between the two clubs at the Polo Grounds.
1916 In the fastest professional baseball nine-inning game ever played, the visiting Winston-Salem Twins beat the Tourists, 2-1, in an astounding thirty-one minutes. The 200 fans at Oates Park, unaware of the agreement to speed up the NC State League contest because both teams had trains to catch, are so upset with the brief game that Asheville owner L.L. Jenkins assures the angry patrons he will refund their price of admission.
1916 At Fenway Park, Boston’s Dutch Leonard no-hits the Browns, 4-0. The 24-year-old Red Sox southpaw, who will finish the season 18-12 for the eventual World Champs, will hurl another no-hitter in 1918 against Detroit’s Tigers.
1918 At Fenway Park, Carl Mays, en route to a 21-13 record this season, tosses two nine-inning complete game victories on the same day. The Red Sox right-hander beats the last-place A’s 12–0 and 4–1, giving up 13 hits and striking out five batters in the twin bill.
1918 At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat the Robins, 1-0, on an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth in a contest that takes fifty-six minutes to complete. Pete Compton’s base hit off Jack Coombs plates Larry Doyle, who had singled to lead off the frame and moved to third on Ollie O’Mara’s errant throw on a sacrifice bunt.
1928 Tris Speaker, in his final major league at-bat, is struck out by Red Sox hurler Red Ruffing. The 40-year-old A’s outfielder known as the ‘Grey Eagle’ ends his 22-year Hall of Fame career with a .345 batting average, sixth-best in major league history.
1939 Yankee freshman Atley Donald, who will win 12 straight games to set an AL record for the most consecutive victories thrown by a rookie, throws a recorded pitch at 139 feet per second (94.7 mph) to establish a new record for a fastball. A speed meter owned by the Indians and the Cleveland Plain Dealer measured the velocity of ‘Swampy’s’ throw.
1949 More than 12,000 fans attend a special night for former Chicago second baseman Jackie Hayes, whose career ended in 1940 due to the sudden loss of sight in his right eye due to glaucoma, leading to total blindness a few years later. The White Sox, showing their appreciation for his nine-year tenure with the club, honor the 43-year-old Birmingham (AL) native, showering him with gifts and cash.
(Ed. Note: Tony Piet paid Jackie Hayes fare to Chicago so his former teammate could attend the Comiskey Park ceremonies. – LP)
1950 When Eddie Stanky gets his fourth base-on-balls off Pirates’ southpaw Lefty Chambers in a 4-0 victory at Forbes Field, the Giants’ leadoff hitter ties a major league record by drawing a walk in seven consecutive plate appearances. The second baseman, called the ‘Brat’ by his teammates, will be the league leader in walks (144) and OBP (.460) this season.
1952 Former nine-time All-Star infielder 40-year-old Arky Vaughn drowns trying to save his friend, who could not swim when an unexpected storm capsized his fishing boat in a volcanic lake near his home in Eagleville (CA). The former shortstop and third baseman, who compiled a .318 batting average and a .406 on-base percentage playing with the Pirates and Dodgers, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.
1953 During the 19-4 win over the Pirates in the opening game of a twin bill, the Braves stroke a big-league record eight home runs, including three from rookie outfielder Jim Pendleton. Boston will add four more homers in the 11-5 nightcap victory to establish the mark for most round-trippers in a doubleheader.
1960 With two doubles and a single in the 3-2 nightcap victory, Pete Runnels collects ten hits in the Red Sox doubleheader sweep of the Tigers at Fenway Park. The 32-year-old infielder, who will win the American League batting crown with a .320 average, went 6-for-7 in the opener, which Boston won in 15 innings, 5-4.
1961 A computer named Casey predicts Roger Maris’ chances of passing Babe Ruth’s record of 60 home runs in 154 games. The IBM 1481 believes the Yankee slugger has a 55 percent chance of hitting 61 round-trippers to establish a new single-season mark for homers.
1965 After recovering from a fractured hip, Casey Stengel announces his retirement as the Mets skipper, ending a 56-year career in baseball as a player, coach, and manager. At an hour-long press conference held at the Essex House, Casey’s New York residence, the “Old Perfessor’ shares his disappointment in the team’s performance during their first four and a half seasons in the National League, and praises his interim replacement, Wes Westrum, the club’s former pitching coach.
1966 In his final decision facing the Mets, Sandy Koufax lasts only two innings, losing to Bob Friend at Shea Stadium, 10-4. The Dodgers Hall of Fame southpaw has compiled a 17-2 record against the lowly expansion team since its inception in 1962.
1972 With the game scoreless in the fifth inning at the Astrodome, Terry Harmon hits his first major league home run in the Phillies’ 5-3 loss to Houston. The Philadelphia infielder, who will hit just four round-trippers in his 10-year career, quickly circles the bases for an inside-the-park round-tripper when right fielder Jimmy Wynn fails to make a shoestring catch, and the ball rolls along the artificial turf before bouncing off the fence.
1972 In different games, Pete Rose of the Reds and Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente tie their club records for hits on the same night. With his two hits at Three Rivers Stadium, the Pirates outfielder equals Honus Wagner’s club mark of 2,970 career hits, and Cincinnati’s ‘Charlie Hustle’ matches Vida Pinson’s total when he singles at Riverfront Stadium to collect his 1,881st hit.
1973 Billy Martin orders his pitchers to throw spitballs to show the umpiring crew that they don’t consistently enforce the rules when Indians right-hander Gaylord Perry is on the mound. The Tiger manager, suspended for three days by American League president Joe Cronin, doesn’t understand being punished for telling the truth about asking his pitchers to throw illegal pitches.
1973 The Mets lose to the Cardinals, 1-0, thanks to a Jose Cruz tenth-inning walk-off single off Tom Seaver at Busch Stadium. The defeat drops the eventual National League champs into last place, 6.5 games behind the first-place Redbirds.
1974 Dave Nelson, leading off in the bottom of the first inning, walks and steals second and third base before completing the stolen base cycle by swiping home. The Ranger second baseman’s thievery doesn’t arrest (pun intended) the team’s eventual 7-3 loss to the Indians at Arlington Stadium.
1975 The Braves replace manager Clyde King with scout Connie Ryan, disappointing some of the fan base who had hoped Billy Martin, recently released by the Rangers, would get the nod before being hired by the Yankees. The 55-year-old former Atlanta skipper stays with the club as a special assistant to executive vice president Eddie Robinson.
1984 Jim Rice grounds into his 33rd double play of the season, establishing a new major league mark. The Red Sox outfielder breaks the 1954 record set by another Boston flycatcher, Jackie Jensen.
1984 When Montreal brings back Jim Fanning to be the skipper of the Expos, the hiring marks the second time Bill Virdon will be fired during the season to be replaced by the manager he succeeded. In 1973, Danny Murtaugh returned to the dugout to replace the bespectacled skipper, who had taken his place two years earlier.
1986 Yankee hurlers Tommy John (43) and Joe Niekro (41) become the first 40-plus-year-old pitchers to start both ends of a doubleheader since 1933 when White Sox hurlers Sad Sam Jones (41) and Red Faber (44) started against the A’s in a twin bill at Shibe Park. John loses 1-0 in the opener, and Niekro pitches five innings of the nightcap for a 3-0 victory over the Mariners.
1987 Texas catcher Geno Petralli is charged with six passed balls in one game, tying an 85-year-old major league record established by Harry Vickers in 1902 while playing for the Reds. Knuckleballer Charlie Hough, who started the Rangers’ eventual 7-0 loss to Detroit at Tiger Stadium, adds to the 27-year-old backstop’s tough day behind the plate.
1987 Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett, in a 10-6 victory over the Brewers, collects six hits and drives in four runs. The future Hall of Famer’s 6-for-6 day at Milwaukee’s County Stadium includes two homers and two doubles.
1990 At the Metrodome, slow-footed Ron Karkovice hits an inside-the-park grand slam off David West which is the difference in the White Sox’s 4-3 victory over the Twins. The catcher’s fourth-inning line drive, just barely out of reach of the shortstop, rolled to the fence, where a slipping Dan Gladden tossed the ball towards fellow outfielder John Moses to start a relay, but the ball went unattended in center field, allowing four runs to score.
1998 Defeating the Marlins 7-5, the Reds hand Florida its 89th loss, the most ever for a reigning World Series champ. The Reds lost 88 games in 1991 after its Fall Classic sweep of the A’s.
1998 Toms River becomes the first American team since 1993 to win the Little League World Series. Chris Cardone hits home runs in consecutive at-bats, including a game-deciding two-run shot, beating Kashima, Japan,12-9.
1998 The Cardinals honor Jack Buck, who broadcasted more than 6,500 games for the team, with a bronze statue created by renowned sculptor Harry Weber, a St. Louis native. The sportscaster’s likeness at Busch Stadium features the ‘Voice of the Cardinals’ sitting in front of a microphone with photos of his 46 years in the Redbirds broadcasting booth in the background.
1999 At the Astrodome, Edgardo Alfonzo becomes the first player in the Mets’ 38-year history to go 6-for-6 en route to scoring six times and driving in five runs. The second baseman hits three homers, two singles, and a double for a team-record 16 total bases in New York’s 17-1 rout of Houston.
2000 Except for hitting his first batter and giving up an opposite-field leadoff single in the ninth, Pedro Martinez is nearly perfect in Boston’s win over the Devil Rays, 8-0. The brawl-filled contest features five fights with eight Devil Rays (five players, the manager, and two coaches) getting ejected and Carl Everett needing a single to hit for the cycle but homers for the second time.
2000 Earning his 1,600th victory, Braves manager Bobby Cox passes former Dodger skipper Tommy Lasorda for managerial career victories. Atlanta’s 5-2 win over the Reds puts the skipper 14th on the all-time list.
(Ed. Note: In 2010, the likable skipper will retire fourth on the all-time managerial list for victories, behind Connie Mack, Tony LaRussa, and John McGraw, after compiling a 2504-2001 (.556) record during his 29 years in the dugout. – LP)
2002 After marathon negotiation sessions to avoid a players’ strike just hours away, Bud Selig announces the players union and owners have agreed on a new four-year CBA without a work stoppage. The settlement, called ‘historic’ by the commissioner, gives the owners the economic restraints they wanted, with the players assured of no contraction of teams until the 2007 season and the gradual implementation of a revenue-sharing plan during the contract.
2004 Chipper and Sharon Jones welcome their second child, a seven-pound, 14-ounce son. As a tribute to the New York ballpark, the couple names the boy Shea after the ballpark where the Braves third baseman has enjoyed tremendous success against the Mets.
2005 In the long tradition of Bronx Bombers, Alex Rodriguez becomes only the second right-handed batter in Yankees history to hit 40 homers in a season. The New York third baseman joins Joe DiMaggio, who hit 46 homers in 1937, the only time ‘Joltin’ Joe’ reached the mark.
2006 The Padres, bolstering their wild-card chances, obtain southpaw David Wells from the Red Sox for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The 43-year-old ‘Boomer,’ who had played for San Diego in 2004, posted a 2-3 record with a 4.98 ERA during an injury-plagued (knee) campaign in Boston.
2006 In the first inning of a 7-2 defeat to the A’s, Red Sox starter Curt Schilling whiffs Nick Swisher swinging to record his 3000th career strikeout. The Alaskan-born right-hander becomes the 14th pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone.
2006 Adam LaRoche’s nine total bases and three RBIs help the Braves beat the Giants at Turner Field, 5-3. The 26-year-old first baseman’s offensive output includes three doubles and a triple.
2010 Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano becomes the first major league hurler to homer in eight consecutive seasons since 1970 when he hits a two-run homer off Brian Burres in the fifth inning of the team’s 14-2 rout of the Pirates at Wrigley Field. Southpaw Gary Peters accomplished the feat for nine straight years, launching at least one round-tripper every season in 1963 while playing for the White Sox.
2011 With a 9-4 victory over Colorado at Chase Field, the Diamondbacks extend their home winning streak to a franchise record-tying 11 games. The consecutive string of successes in the desert equals the mark set by the 2000 and 2003 teams.
2014 After spending parts of 16 seasons of his 18 years in the majors with San Diego and retiring as the all-time saves leader with 601, Trevor Hoffman becomes the ninth person inducted into the Padres’ Hall of Fame. The closer, known for his devastating changeup, joins Buzzie Bavasi, Nate Colbert, Jerry Coleman, Tony Gwynn, Randy Jones, Ray Kroc, Dick Williams, and Dave Winfield enshrined by the team.
2015 The NL’s eventual 2015 Cy Young Award recipient Jake Arrieta, needing just 116 pitches, beats Los Angeles, 2-0, tossing the 12th no-hitter thrown at the Chavez Ravine ballpark and the 14th no-no in Cubs history. The contest marks the second time in ten games the Dodgers have been unable to get a hit after being held hitless by Astros right-hander Mike Fiers on August 21st.
2020 Red Sox’s first baseman Bobby Dalbec homers in his first major league at-bat, becoming the ninth player in franchise history to accomplish the feat. In September, the 25-year-old Boston rookie slugger will go yard in five straight games to equal a club record shared by Jimmie Foxx (1940), Ted Williams (1957), Dick Stuart (1963), George Scott (1977), and José Canseco (1995).
2020 Giants reliever Tony Watson records his only victory of the season but doesn’t get credit for facing a batter. After throwing only four pitches, the southpaw picks Jake Lamb off first base (scored as a caught stealing, 1-3-4), ending the seventh inning in the team’s 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
2020 The Cubs go deep six times en route to routing the Reds at Great American Ball Park, 10-1. Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber, and Jason Heyward each homer twice, marking the first time in MLB history that all three starting outfielders have hit a pair of round-trippers in a game.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 30
1887 — Seven U.S. men’s national tennis championships and Richard Sears captures his seventh title. Sears beats Henry Slocum, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 at the Newport Casino in Newport, R.I. Sears retires with an 18-match unbeaten streak over the 1881-1887 championships.
1905 — Ty Cobb makes his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers doubling off Jack Chesbro in a Tigers 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders.
1926 — Guy McKinney, driven by Nat Ray, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes.
1927 — Helen Wills wins her fourth U.S. women’s tennis singles title, defeating 16-year-old Betty Nuthall of Britain, 6-1, 6-4.
1937 — Joe Louis wins a 15-round unanimous decision over Tommy Farr at Yankee Stadium in the first defense of his heavyweight title.
1961 — Harlan Dean, driven by Jimmy Arthur, wins the Hambletonian Stakes and sets a record for combined time in the two heats at 3:57 2-5.
1979 — Kathy Horvath, five days past her 14th birthday, loses a first round match to Diane Fromholtz, 7-6, 6-2, to become the youngest person to play a match at the U.S. Open. Later in the day, John McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in a match that features Nastase being defaulted by chair umpire Frank Hammond. An 18-minute free-for-all ensues in which fans become uncontrollable and Nastase is reinstated by tournament referee Mike Blanchard. Blanchard replaces Hammond in the chair for the remainder of the match.
1981 — Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win a $1 million race when he rode John Henry to a nose victory over The Bart in the inaugural Arlington Million at Arlington Park.
1986 — Dawn Patrol and Falcon Bret record the fastest dead heat at Roosevelt Raceway at 1:58.1.
1987 — Ben Johnson of Canada sets the world record in the 100 meters bettering Calvin Smith’s 4-year-old mark of 9.93 by 0.10 seconds in the World Track and Field Championships in Rome. Johnson later lost the record because of steroid use.
1991 — Mike Powell smashes Bob Beamon’s world long jump record with a leap of 29 feet, 4½ inches, two inches beyond the record, in the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo. The leap also ends Carl Lewis’ 10-year, 65-meet winning streak.
2001 — Ashley Martin becomes the first woman to play in a Division I football game, kicking three extra points without a miss to help I-AA Jacksonville State hand Cumberland its 18th straight loss, 71-10.
2005 — Andy Roddick has a shocking first-round exit from the U.S. Open against Gilles Muller, a player making his debut in the tournament. Roddick, the champion two years earlier and the No. 4 seed this year, falls 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (1) on his 23rd birthday to the first man from Luxembourg to compete in the Open.
2006 — Curt Schilling becomes the 14th pitcher in major league history to reach 3,000 strikeouts when he fans Oakland’s Nick Swisher in the first inning of the Red Sox’s 7-2 loss to Oakland.
2006 — Greg Mattox wins his 330th career game.
2007 — Tyson Gay completes a sprint double at the world championships when he wins the 200 meters in 19.76 seconds. Gay’s time breaks the meet record of 19.79 set 12 years ago by American Michael Johnson in Goteborg, Sweden. Gay, who beat world record holder Asafa Powell in the 100, joins Maurice Greene (1999) and Justin Gatlin (2005) as the only male athletes to have won sprint doubles at the championships.
2012 — Andy Roddick announces he will retire following the U.S. Open.
2015 — Scott Dixon captures a fourth IndyCar championship by winning the season finale to snatch away the title from Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya led the points from the season-opening race right until the final lap. But he finishes the race in sixth, which allows Dixon to tie him in the standings. Dixon is awarded the title based on wins (3-2).
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Aug. 31
1881 — The first U.S. men’s single tennis championships begin at the Newport Casino, in Newport, Rhode Island.
1895 — The first professional football game is played at Latrobe, Pa., between Latrobe and Jeannette, Pa. Latrobe pays $10 to quarterback John Brallier for expenses.
1934 — The Chicago Bears and the College All-Stars played to a 0-0 tie before 79,432 in the first game of this series.
1950 — Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges ties a major league record by hitting Boston Brave pitching for four homers in the Dodgers’ 19-3 rout. Hodges also added a single for 17 total bases.
1955 — Nashua, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, goes wire-to-wire to defeat Swaps, ridden by Bill Shoemaker in a match race at Washington Park. Nashua’s victory avenges his second-place finish, behind Swaps, in the 1955 Kentucky Derby.
1972 — American super swimmer Mark Spitz wraps up the Olympic butterfly double with a world record 54.27 in the 100m in Munich, having already won the 200m in world record time 2:00.70.
1977 — John McEnroe plays his first U.S. Open match and receives his first Open code of conduct penalty in a 6-1, 6-3 first-round win over fellow 18-year-old Eliot Teltscher.
1979 — Sixteen-year-old Tracy Austin defeats 14-year-old Andrea Jaeger, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round of the U.S. Open Earlier in the day, John Lloyd defeats Paul McNamee, 5-7, 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6, in the longest match by games at the Open since the introduction of the tie-break. The two play 63 of a maximum 65 games in three hours and 56 minutes.
1984 — Pinklon Thomas wins a 12-round decision over Tim Witherspoon in Las Vegas to win the WBC heavyweight title.
1985 — Angel Cordero Jr., 42, becomes the third rider in history behind Bill Shoemaker and Laffit Pincay Jr. to have his mounts earn $100 million, while riding at Belmont Park.
1990 — Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored.
1991 — Houston quarterback David Klingler sets an NCAA record with six touchdown passes in the second quarter as the Cougars pound Louisiana Tech 73-3.
1996 — Oklahoma State becomes the first Division I-A team to win a regular-season overtime game, avoiding an embarrassing loss to Division I-AA Southwest Missouri State, when David Thompson’s 13-yard touchdown run gives the Cowboys a 23-20 win.
1997 — Eddie George rushes for 216 yards, the second best opening-day NFL performance, in helping Tennessee past Oakland 24-21 in overtime.
1999 — The U.S. Open loses two-time defending champion Patrick Rafter because of injury. Rafter, bothered by a right shoulder injury, retires after Cedric Pioline breaks his serve in the opening game of the fifth set. It’s the first time a defending champion — man or woman — loses in the first round in the history of this Grand Slam tournament going back to 1881.
2001 — Pitcher Danny Almonte who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70 mph fastballs is ruled ineligible after government records experts determine he actually is 14, and that birth certificates showing he was two years younger are false. The finding nullifies all the victories by his Bronx, N.Y., team, the Rolando Paulino Little League All-Stars.
2007 — Jeremy Wariner leads an American sweep of the medals in the 400 meters at the track and field world championships. Wariner wins in a personal best 43.45 seconds, with LaShawn Merritt taking silver and Angelo Taylor getting bronze. It’s the first medal sweep for any country in the men’s 400 at the world championships.
2007 — Exactly 28 years to the day, No. 3 Novak Djokovic and Radek Stepanek tie the U.S. Open record for most games played (63 of a maximum 65) in a match. Djokovic outlasts Stepanek 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2), in the four-hour, 44-minute match.
2018 — Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. The All-Pro defensive tackle agrees to a six-year, $135 million deal, which surpasses Von Miller’s contract in Denver as the new benchmark for defenders.
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Sept. 1
1923 — The United States wins its fourth consecutive Davis Cup by beating Australia four matches to one.
1946 — Patty Berg wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title by beating Betty Jameson in the final round.
1971 — John Newcombe becomes the first top-seeded man to lose in the first round of the U.S. Open when he loses to Jan Kodes, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3.
1972 — American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer beats Russian champion Boris Spassky 12.5-8.5 in Reykjavik, Iceland; most publicized world title match ever played; Fischer 1st American to win title.
1973 — George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman at 2:00 of the first round in Tokyo to retain the heavyweight title.
1977 — Renee Richards, the 43-year-old transsexual who fought for more than a year for the right to play in the women’s singles of a major tennis championship, is beaten in the first round by Virginia Wade, 6-1, 6-4. Tracy Austin, at the age of 14 years, eight months, 20 days, becomes the youngest player to play in the U.S. Open, defeating Heidi Eisterlehner, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round. Austin’s mark is broken in 1979 by 14-year-old Kathy Horvath.
1984 — Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State passes for a Division I-AA record 536 yards and nine touchdowns in a 86-0 rout of Kentucky State. Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards and five touchdowns and breaks his own Division I-AA record for receiving yards.
1987 — Fifteen-year-old Michael Chang beats Paul McNamee, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, to become the youngest man to win a match at the U.S. Open.
1989 — Chris Evert becomes the first 100-match winner in 108 years of U.S. tennis championships. Evert, playing her final U.S. Open, beat Patricia Tarabini 6-2, 6-4.
1993 — Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play the longest tie-break in the history of the U.S. Open (38 points). Ivanisevic wins the first-round match 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (18).
1998 — Mark McGwire breaks Hack Wilson’s 68-year-old National League record for home runs in a season, hitting his 56th and 57th in the St. Louis Cardinals’ victory over the Florida Marlins.
2004 — Sexual assault charge against LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant is dropped by the Eagle County District Attorney’s offices in Colorado after the victim decides not to participate.
2007 — Appalachian State 34, No. 5 Michigan 32. Julian Rauch’s 24-yard field goal with 26 seconds left puts the Mountaineers ahead of the Wolverines and Corey Lynch blocks a field goal in the final seconds to seal one of college football’s biggest upsets.
2012 — Eureka (Ill.) College quarterback Sam Durley passes for 736 yards in a 62-55 victory over Knox to break the NCAA single-game passing record. Durley completes 34 of 52 passes and throws for five touchdowns, including two in the final two minutes as the Red Devils close the Division III game with 17 unanswered points.
2014 — Kei Nishikori outlasts Milos Raonic in a five-set marathon that ends a 2:26 a.m., tying the latest finish in U.S. Open history.
2015 — Indiana’s Tamika Catchings scores 13 points, and the Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 81-51 to reach the playoffs for a WNBA-record 11th straight season.
2019 — Justin Verlander, Houston Astros, strikes out 14 batters as he throws his third career no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
2021 — Christiano Renaldo breaks the world record for goals scores in men’s international football with his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland.
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Sept. 2
1901 — Seven-year-old Ogden wins two races in a single day at Sheepshead Bay race track in Coney Island, New York. Ogden edges Cameron by a head in the second race on the card, a six furlong sprint on the main track. In the sixth race, a 1 1-16 mile distance on the turf, Ogden beats Monarka by a length.
1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Bill Lang in the sixth round in Melbourne for his last successful defense of his heavyweight title.
1924 — Bill Tilden wins his fifth straight U.S. men’s singles title with a 6-1, 9-7, 6-2 victory over Bill Johnston.
1940 — Byron Nelson wins the PGA by beating Sam Snead 1-up at the Hershey Country Club in Pennsylvania.
1945 — Frank Parker wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships by beating Bill Talbert. Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz for the women’s title.
1965 — Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in Chicago’s 5-3 win v St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays’ 400th HR in 1963.
1970 — The tie-break debuts in Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open. A total of 26 tie-breaks (the nine-point sudden death tie-break) are played on the first day of the tournament. Bob McKinley and Ray Ruffels both win matches in fifth-set tie-breaks.
1971 — Sixteen-year-old Chris Evert wins the first of her record 101 U.S. Open matches, defeating Edda Buding, 6-1, 6-0, in 42 minutes. Jimmy Connors, playing on 19th birthday, comes back from a two-set deficit to beat Alex Olmedo for his first U.S. Open victory.
1984 — In his first NFL start, Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs rushes for 202 yards and scores two touchdowns as the Falcons beat New Orleans 36-28.
1991 — Jimmy Connors turns 39 years old and rallies from a 2-5 fifth-set deficit to defeat 24-year-old Aaron Krickstein, 3-6, 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6. The fourth-round Labor Day match lasts 4 hours and 41 minutes.
1995 — Frank Bruno wins a heavyweight championship in his fourth attempt registering a unanimous decision over Oliver McCall to take his WBC title in Wembley, England.
2001 — Michael Schumacher becomes the winningest driver in Formula One history, winning the Belgian Grand Prix for his 52nd career victory. Schumacher breaks the mark shared with Alain Prost and clinches his fourth world championship.
2004 — In a second-round match, Sargis Sargsian defeats Nicolas Massu, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, in five hours and nine minutes. It’s the second-longest match on record at the U.S. Open and falls 18 minutes shy of breaking the record for longest match, set in 1992 when Stefan Edberg defeated Michael Chang in 5:26 in the semifinals.
2007 — Clay Buchholz throws a no-hitter in his second career start against the Baltimore Orioles.
2008 — Adrian Beltre goes 5 for 6 and hits for the cycle in a 12-6 Seattle Mariners win over the Texas Rangers.
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Milwaukee at Cincinnati | 12:40pm | Bally Sports Wisconsin Bally Sports Ohio |
| Atlanta at Philadelphia | 6:40pm | Bally Sports South NBC Sports Philadelphua |
| Boston at Detroit | 6:40pm | NESN Bally Sports Detroit |
| Milwaukee at Cincinnati | 6:40pm | MLBN Bally Sports Wisconsin Bally Sports Ohio |
| Chi. Cubs at Washington | 6:45pm | MARQ MASN |
| San Diego at Tampa Bay | 6:50pm | Padres.TV Bally Sports Sun |
| St. Louis at New York | 7:05pm | MLBN YES Bally Sports Midwest |
| Pittsburgh at Cleveland | 7:10pm | MLBN ATTSN-PIT Bally Sports Great Lakes |
| Oakland at Texas | 8:05pm | NBC Sports California Bally Sports Southwest |
| Kansas City at Houston | 8:10pm | Bally Sports Kansas City SCHN |
| NY Mets at Chi. White Sox | 8:10pm | WPIX NBC Sports Chicago |
| Toronto at Minnesota | 8:10pm | Bally Sports North Sportsnet |
| Baltimore at Colorado | 8:40pm | MASN2 Rockies.TV |
| Seattle at LA Angels | 9:38pm | ROOT Bally Sports West |
| LA Dodgers at Arizona | 9:40pm | MLBN SNLA YurView |
| Miami at San Francisco | 10:15pm | MLBN Bally Sports Florida NBC Sports Bay |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Lehigh at Army | 6:00pm | CBSSN |
| Temple at 16 Oklahoma | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| Florida Atlantic at Michigan State | 7:00pm | BTN |
| Elon at Duke | 7:30pm | ACCN |
| Western Michigan at Wisconsin | 9:00pm | FS1 |
| TCU at Stanford | 10:30pm | ESPN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| LPGA: TPC Boston | 6:00am | GOLF |
| Curtis Cup | 8:00am | GOLF |
| PGA: Tour Championship | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Indiana vs Chicago | 7:30pm | ION |
| Phoenix at Atlanta | 7:30pm | ION |
| Minnesota vs Dallas | 7:30pm | ION |
| New York vs Seattle | 10:00pm | ION |
| Atlanta vs Las Vegas | 10:00pm | ION |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Venezia vs Torino | 12:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Bundesliga: Union Berlin vs St. Pauli | 2:30pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Atalanta | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais vs Strasbourg | 2:45pm | Fanatiz USA beIN Sports |
| Primeira Liga: Moreirense vs Benfica | 3:15pm | Fanatiz USA GOLTV |
| Liga MX: Atlético San Luis vs Atlas | 9:00pm | VIX |
| NWSL: Portland Thorns vs Bay FC | 10:00pm | Prime |
| Liga MX: Mazatlán vs Puebla | 10:00pm | VIX |
| Liga MX: Tijuana vs León | 11:05pm | VIX |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| US Open | 11:00am | ESPN+ |
| US Open | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| US Open | 6:00pm | ESPN2 |
| PARALYMPICS | TIME ET | TV |
| Track, Goalball, Basketball | 7:30am | USA |