“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 7 SCORES
ADAMS CENTRAL 55, SOUTHERN WELLS 0
ALEXANDRIA 42, FRANKTON 28
BATESVILLE 65, GREENSBURG 16
BEECH GROVE 28, CARDINAL RITTER 27
BEN DAVIS 58, CARMEL 30
BISHOP CHATARD 39, ANDREAN 14
BLOOMINGTON NORTH 28, COLUMBUS EAST 20
BOONE GROVE 47, WHITING 28
BREBEUF JESUIT 83, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 65
BROWNSBURG 66, ZIONSVILLE 28
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 42, MADISON 14
CARROLL (FLORA) 45, CLINTON CENTRAL 6
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 31, HOMESTEAD 10
CASCADE 41, NORTHVIEW 14
CASTLE 14, JASPER 13
CATHEDRAL 49, CENTER GROVE 45
CENTERVILLE 61, UNION COUNTY 8
CHESTERTON 17, LAKE CENTRAL 16
CHURUBUSCO 34, CENTRAL NOBLE 0
CINCINNATI LASALLE (OHIO) 28, RONCALLI 17
CLINTON PRAIRIE 48, TAYLOR 7
CLOVERDALE 26, GREENCASTLE 21
COLUMBUS NORTH 32, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 14
CONCORD 49, GOSHEN 0
CORYDON CENTRAL 49, CHARLESTOWN 43
COVINGTON 41, SEEGER 14
CRISPUS ATTUCKS 50, SHORTRIDGE 0
CROWN POINT 42, LAPORTE 0
CULVER ACADEMY 31, BREMEN 7
DECATUR CENTRAL 44, GREENWOOD 7
DEKALB 47, NORWELL 21
DELTA 27, PENDLETON HEIGHTS 26
EAST CENTRAL 62, CONNERSVILLE 6
EAST NOBLE 35, COLUMBIA CITY 14
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 28, TRI-CENTRAL 6
EASTERN GREENE 28, RED HILL. (ILL.) 12
EASTERN HANCOCK 52, MONROE CENTRAL 14
EASTSIDE 38, FREMONT 7
ELKHART 7, PENN 3
EVANSVILLE HARRISON 48, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 6
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 49, EVANSVILLE BOSSE 0
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 47, EVANSVILLE REITZ 7
EVANSVILLE NORTH 28, VINCENNES LINCOLN 12
FLOYD CENTRAL 48, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 20
FRANKLIN CENTRAL 22, FISHERS 13
FRANKLIN COUNTY 41, SOUTH DEARBORN 7
FW BISHOP DWENGER 8, FW BISHOP LUERS 0
FW NORTH 6, FW SOUTH 0
FW SNIDER 49, FW NORTHROP 14
GARRETT 42, FAIRFIELD 12
GIBSON SOUTHERN 39, WASHINGTON 10
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 51, CLARKSVILLE 14
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 26, TWIN LAKES 16
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 28, NOBLESVILLE 21
HAMMOND MORTON 42, HAMMOND CENTRAL 14
HARRISON (W.L.) 52, ANDERSON 0
HERITAGE 51, BLUFFTON 20
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 40, LAPEL 21
HERITAGE HILLS 55, MT. VERNON (POSEY) 6
INDIAN CREEK 44, TECH 7
KNOX 41, JIMTOWN 28
KOKOMO 57, RICHMOND 29
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 35, TIPTON 13
LAVILLE 17, JOHN GLENN 7
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 42, NORTH CENTRAL 7
LAWRENCE NORTH 33, WARREN CENTRAL 7
LAWRENCEBURG 38, RUSHVILLE 6
LEBANON 56, CRAWFORDSVILLE 7
LEO 34, HUNTINGTON NORTH 20
LINTON-STOCKTON 48, NORTH KNOX 0
LOGANSPORT 28, WEST LAFAYETTE 14
LOWELL 27, KANKAKEE VALLEY 14
LUTHERAN 49, MONROVIA 14
MACONAQUAH 42, LEWIS CASS 21
MADISON-GRANT 20, EASTBROOK 14
MANCHESTER 35, WHITKO 14
MARTINSVILLE 41, PERRY MERIDIAN 21
MCCUTCHEON 20, MUNCIE CENTRAL 14
MERRILLVILLE 35, VALPARAISO 7
MISSISSINEWA 58, ELWOOD 0
MOORESVILLE 24, WHITELAND 21
MT. VERNON 45, NEW CASTLE 21
MUNSTER 41, HIGHLAND 21
NEW HAVEN 50, BELLMONT 9
NEW PALESTINE 35, SHELBYVILLE 0
NEW PRAIRIE 42, MISHAWAKA MARIAN 28
NORTH DECATUR 54, NORTH DAVIESS 6
NORTH HARRISON 24, SILVER CREEK 21
NORTH JUDSON 48, WINAMAC 6
NORTH MIAMI 63, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS0 20
NORTH POSEY 42, FOREST PARK 7
NORTH PUTNAM 56, WEST VIGO 22
NORTH VERMILLION 37, PARKE HERITAGE 18
NORTH WHITE 26, SOUTH NEWTON 20
NORTHEASTERN 42, SHENANDOAH 20
NORTHRIDGE 44, WAWASEE 15
NORTHWESTERN 40, WABASH 6
PAOLI 62, CRAWFORD COUNTY 7
PERRY CENTRAL 16, WEST WASHINGTON 0
PERU 28, SOUTHWOOD 14
PHALEN ACADEMY 58, IRVINGTON PREP 0
PIKE 42, GUERIN CATHOLIC 3
PIKE CENTRAL 22, TELL CITY 0
PIONEER 38, CULVER 6
PLAINFIELD 34, FRANKLIN 13
PLYMOUTH 14, NORTHWOOD 10
PORTAGE 9, MICHIGAN CITY 7
PROVIDENCE 35, MILAN 21
RIVER FOREST 35, HAMMOND NOLL 0
RIVERTON PARKE 59, ATTICA 0
ROCHESTER 42, NORTHFIELD 7
SALEM 37, EASTERN (PEKIN) 7
SCOTTSBURG 56, MITCHELL 7
SEYMOUR 44, JENNINGS COUNTY 0
SHERIDAN 21, DELPHI 7
SOUTH ADAMS 34, JAY COUNTY 14
SOUTH BEND ADAMS 49, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 20
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 29, SOUTH BEND RILEY 0
SOUTH PUTNAM 59, BROWN COUNTY 6
SOUTHRIDGE 48, SOUTH SPENCER 12
SPEEDWAY 29, COVENANT CHRISTIAN 0
SPRINGS VALLEY 55, TECUMSEH 0
SULLIVAN 54, EDGEWOOD 0
SWITZERLAND COUNTY 26, SOUTH DECATUR 6
TERRE HAUTE NORTH 50, SOUTHPORT 13
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 31, WESTERN 14
TRI 64, KNIGHTSTOWN 46
TRI-WEST 70, NORTH MONTGOMERY 0
TRITON 42, CASTON 0
TRITON CENTRAL 19, SCECINA 16
UNION CITY 41, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 8
WARSAW 21, MISHAWAKA 13
WES-DEL 72, PARK TUDOR 45
WEST CENTRAL 42, FAITH CHRISTIAN 3
WEST NOBLE 35, LAKELAND 0
WESTERN BOONE 36, SOUTHMONT 6
WESTFIELD 45, AVON 13
WHEELER 43, CALUMET 8
WINCHESTER 28, HAGERSTOWN 21
WOODLAN 42, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0
YORKTOWN 21, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
WEEK 6
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
HARVARD 28, NEW HAMPSHIRE 23
JACKSONVILLE STATE 63, KENNESAW STATE 24
HOUSTON 30, TCU 19
NO. 6 OREGON 31 MICHIGAN STATE 10
SYRACUSE 44 NO. 25 UNLV 41 OT
SATURDAY, OCT. 5
UCLA AT NO. 7 PENN STATE | 12 P.M. | FOX
NO. 9 MISSOURI AT NO. 25 TEXAS A&M | 12 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
SMU AT NO. 22 LOUISVILLE | 12 P.M. | ESPN
PURDUE AT WISCONSIN | 12 P.M. |BTN
MASSACHUSETTS AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
PITTSBURGH AT NORTH CAROLINA | 12 P.M. | ESPN 2
WAKE FOREST AT NC STATE | 12 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
NAVY AT AIR FORCE | 12 P.M. | CBS
ARMY AT TULSA | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
TULANE AT UAB | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT BALL STATE | 2:00 P.M. | ESPN+
AUBURN AT NO. 5 GEORGIA | 3:30 P.M. | ABC/ESPN+
IOWA AT NO. 3 OHIO STATE | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
NO. 12 OLE MISS AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
NO. 23 INDIANA AT NORTHWESTERN | 3:30 P.M. | BTN
TEMPLE AT UCONN | 3:30 P.M.| CBSSN
VIRGINIA TECH AT STANFORD | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
APPALACHIAN STATE AT MARSHALL | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
MIAMI (OH) AT TOLEDO | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
BOWLING GREEN AT AKRON | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
EAST CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPNU
RUTGERS AT NEBRASKA | 4 P.M. | FS1
WEST VIRGINIA AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 4 P.M. | ESPN 2
NO. 1 ALABAMA AT VANDERBILT | 4:15 | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO STATE AT OREGON STATE | 6:30 P.M | THE CW NETWORK
NO. 15 CLEMSON AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN
UTAH STATE AT NO. 21 BOISE STATE | 7 P.M. | FOX
OLD DOMINION AT COASTAL CAROLINA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
JAMES MADISON AT UL MONROE | 7 P.M. | ESPNU
LOUISIANA AT SOUTHERN MISS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NO. 4 TENNESSEE AT ARKANSAS | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NO. 10 MICHIGAN AT WASHINGTON | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NO. 11 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT MINNESOTA | 7:30 P.M. | BTN
BAYLOR AT NO. 16 IOWA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | FOX
NEVADA AT SAN JOSÉ STATE | 7:30 P.M. | TRUTV
UCF AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
DUKE AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
KANSAS AT ARIZONA STATE | 8 P.M. | ESPN 2
HAWAI’I AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 8 P.M. | CBSSN
TEXAS TECH AT ARIZONA | 10 P.M | FOX
NO. 8 MIAMI (FL) AT CALIFORNIA | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
INDIANA HOOSIERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
INDIANA 31 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 7
INDIANA 77 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3
INDIANA 42 UCLA 13
INDIANA 52 CHARLOTTE 14
INDIANA 42 MARYLAND 28
OCTOBER 5 AT NORTHWESTERN TBA
OCTOBER 19 VS. NEBRASKA TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. WASHINGTON TBA
NOVEMBER 2 AT MICHIGAN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 9 VS. MICHIGAN TBA
NOVEMBER 23 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 30 VS. PURDUE TBA
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
OREGON STATE 38 PURDUE 21
NEBRASKA 28 PURDUE 10
OCTOBER 5 AT WISCONSIN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT ILLINOIS TBA
OCTOBER 18 VS. OREGON 8:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTHWESTERN TBA
NOVEMBER 9 AT OHIO STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 16 VS. PENN STATE TBA
NOVEMBER 22 AT MICHIGAN STATE 8:00
NOVEMBER 30 AT INDIANA TBA
NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
NOTRE DAME 23 TEXAS A&M 13
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 16 NOTRE DAME 14
NOTRE DAME 66 PURDUE 7
NOTRE DAME 28 MIAMI OH 3
NOTRE DAME 31 LOUISVILLE 24
OCTOBER 12 VS. STANFORD 3:30
OCTOBER 19 AT GEORGIA TECH TBA
OCTOBER 26 AT NAVY 12:00
NOVEMBER 9 VS. FLORIDA STATE 7:30
NOVEMBER 16 VS. VIRGINIA 3:30
NOVEMBER 23 AT ARMY 7:00 (YANKEE STADIUM)
NOVEMBER 30 AT USC TBA
BUTLER BULLDOGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BUTLER 40 UPPER IOWA 7
BUTLER 19 MURRAY STATE 17
BUTLER 53 HANOVER 0
BUTLER 63 VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY-LYNCHBURG 0
OCTOBER 5 VS. MOREHEAD STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 12 AT DRAKE 1:00 CT
OCTOBER 19 VS. DAYTON 1:00
OCTOBER 26 AT DAVIDSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. STETSON 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT VALPO 1:00 CT
NOVEMBER 16 VS. ST. THOMAS 1:00
NOVEMBER 23 AT PRESBYTERIAN 1:00
BALL STATE CARDINALS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
BALL STATE 42 MISSOURI STATE 34
MIAMI FL 62 BALL STATE 0
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 37 BALL STATE 34
JAMES MADISON 63 BALL STATE 7
OCTOBER 5 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN TBA
OCTOBER 12 AT KENT STATE TBA
OCTOBER 19 AT VANDERBILT TBA
OCTOBER 26 VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS TBA
NOVEMBER 5 VS. MIAMI OH TBA
NOVEMBER 12 AT BUFFALO 7:00
NOVEMBER 23 VS. BOWLING GREEN TBA
NOVEMBER 29 AT OHIO TBA
INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
PURDUE 49 INDIANA STATE 0
EASTERN ILLINOIS 27 INDIANA STATE 20
INDIANA STATE 24 DAYTON 13
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 27 INDIANA STATE 24
OCTOBER 5 AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2:00
OCTOBER 12 VS. MURRAY STATE 1:00
OCTOBER 19 AT MISSOURI STATE 3:00
OCTOBER 26 VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1:00
NOVEMBER 2 VS. NORTH DAKOTA 1:00
NOVEMBER 9 AT SOUTH DAKOTA 2:00
COLTS SCHEDULE
HOUSTON 29 INDIANAPOLIS 27
GREEN BAY 16 INDIANAPOLIS 10
INDIANAPOLIS 21 CHICAGO 16
INDIANAPOLIS 27 PITTSBURGH 24
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
WEEK 5 SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
NEW YORK JETS VS MINNESOTA VIKINGS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT CHICAGO BEARS (1:00P FOX)
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P CBS)
BUFFALO BILLS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:05P FOX)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:25P CBS)
NEW YORK GIANTS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 7
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 6 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 13
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS CHICAGO BEARS (9:30A NFL NETWORK, TOTTENHAM)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P FOX)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1:00P FOX)
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P CBS)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:05P CBS)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:05P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (4:25P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT DALLAS COWBOYS (4:25P FOX)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 14
BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P ESPN)
WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
DENVER BRONCOS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9:30A NFLN, WEMBLEY)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
HOUSTON TEXANS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (1:00P FOX)
DETROIT LIONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (4:05P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (4:05P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (4:25P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 21
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (8:15P ESPN)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (9:00P ESPN+)
WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 24
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, OCT. 27
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
TENNESSEE TITANS AT DETROIT LIONS (1:00P FOX)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS (1:00P CBS)
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1:00P FOX)
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1:00P FOX)
NEW YORK JETS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1:00P CBS)
ATLANTA FALCONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (4:05P FOX)
BUFFALO BILLS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:05P FOX)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (4:25P CBS)
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT DENVER BRONCOS (4:25P CBS)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4:25P CBS)
DALLAS COWBOYS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, OCT. 28
NEW YORK GIANTS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (8:15P ESPN/ABC)
WEEK 9 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 31
HOUSTON TEXANS AT NEW YORK JETS (8:15P PRIME VIDEO)
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
DALLAS COWBOYS AT ATLANTA FALCONS (1:00P FOX)
DENVER BRONCOS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (1:00P CBS)
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS (1:00P CBS)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (1:00P CBS)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (1:00P FOX)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1:00P CBS)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1:00P CBS)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (1:00P FOX)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT TENNESSEE TITANS (1:00P FOX)
CHICAGO BEARS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (4:05P CBS)
DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (4:25P FOX)
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4:25P FOX)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (8:20P NBC)
MONDAY, NOV. 4
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8:15P ESPN)
MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
WILD CARD SERIES
(ALL TIMES ET)
DIVISION SERIES
SATURDAY, OCT. 5
ALDS GAME 1, DET @ CLE, 1 P.M. ET (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
NLDS GAME 1, NYM @ PHI, 4 P.M. (FOX)
ALDS GAME 1, KC @ NYY, 6:30 P.M. (TBS, MAX)
NLDS GAME 1, SD @ LAD, 8:30 P.M. (FS1)
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
NLDS GAME 2, NYM @ PHI, 4 P.M. ET (FS1)
NLDS GAME 2, SD @ LAD, 8 P.M. (FS1)
MONDAY, OCT. 7
ALDS GAME 2, DET @ CLE, 4 P.M. ET (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
ALDS GAME 2, KC @ NYY, 7:30 P.M. (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
TUESDAY, OCT. 8
LAD @ SD, GAME 3 (FOX/FS1)
PHI @ NYM, GAME 3 (FOX/FS1)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
NYY @ KC, GAME 3 (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
CLE @ DET, GAME 3 (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
LAD @ SD, GAME 4^ (FOX/FS1)
PHI @ NYM, GAME 4^ (FOX/FS1)
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
NYY @ KC, GAME 4^ (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
CLE @ DET, GAME 4^ (TBS, TRUTV, MAX)
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
SD @ LAD, GAME 5^ (FOX/FS1)
NYM @ PHI, GAME 5^ (FOX/FS1)
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
KC @ NYY, GAME 5^ (TBS, MAX)
DET @ CLE, GAME 5^ (TBS, MAX)
(^IF NECESSARY)
WNBA SCORES
MINNESOTA 90 CONNECTICUT 81
LAS VEGAS 95 NEW YORK 81
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
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LEQUINT ALLEN’S 4TH TD LIFTS SYRACUSE OVER NO. 25 UNLV IN OT
LeQuint Allen powered into the end zone in overtime for the decisive touchdown — his fourth score of the game — as Syracuse nipped No. 25 UNLV 44-41 on Friday in Las Vegas.
Ranked for the first time in program history, the Rebels (4-1) had to settle for a 41-yard Caden Chittenden field goal on the first possession of overtime. They then appeared to force the Orange (4-1) into a long field-goal attempt, but a roughing-the-passer call gave the visitors new life.
Three plays later, Allen took a handoff and lowered his shoulder into Jackson Woodard before driving him into the end zone for the winning 1-yard score. Allen finished with 19 carries for 71 yards and two TDs and added two receiving scores from Kyle McCord (40 of 63, 355 yards, three touchdowns, one interception).
UNLV quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams went 21 of 25 for 227 yards with three touchdowns and an interception while adding 53 yards and a score on the ground. Ricky White III racked up 10 catches for 135 yards and a TD and also recorded a key punt block for UNLV.
With the game tied at 31-31 midway through the fourth quarter, Woodard intercepted a McCord pass in the red zone. Shortly thereafter, Williams threw a go-ahead 9-yard TD strike to White with 2:58 to go.
The Orange drove back down the field, cashing in on McCord’s 6-yard, back-shoulder TD pass to Jackson Meeks with 23 seconds to play. Allen broke a tackle on a fourth-and-1 run to keep the drive alive.
Syracuse jumped out to a quick start, as Allen found the end zone on each of the Orange’s first two drives. Williams answered with consecutive TDs — a 6-yard pass to Kaleo Ballungay and then a 3-yard TD run to draw the hosts even 14-14.
The Rebels then stuffed Orange punter Jack Stonehouse deep in Syracuse territory, bringing him down before he could release the kick. Two plays later, Williams found Casey Cain for a 9-yard score.
Syracuse responded with 17 straight points, including a 6-yard hookup from McCord to Allen early in the third quarter and a 21-yard TD rumble by Yasin Willis to put the Orange up 31-21 midway through the third.
However, UNLV rebounded to score the next 17 points. In the last minute of the third quarter, White blocked a punt by Stonehouse. The ball bounced 45 yards all the way to the end zone, where Charles Correa landed on it for the tying touchdown, setting up the exciting finish.
NO. 6 OREGON ROUTS MICHIGAN STATE TO STAY UNBEATEN
Dillon Gabriel threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns and Jordan James ran for a career-high 166 yards and a touchdown Friday as No. 6 Oregon beat Michigan State 31-10 in Eugene, Ore.
Despite throwing two interceptions in the red zone, Gabriel completed 20 of his 32 passes and also had a rushing TD for the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten), who now can turn their attention to an Oct. 12 home showdown against No. 3 Ohio State.
The Friday win improved Oregon to 43-3 at home since the start of the 2017 season.
Michigan State (3-3, 1-2) was thrashed by a top-10 opponent for the second straight week, as the Spartans lost 38-7 to the Buckeyes last week. The Spartans — led by former Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith — have not won a regular-season, non-bowl game on the West Coast since a 19-0 victory over Cal in October 1957.
The Ducks dominated the Spartans on offense and defense throughout the game. Michigan State, which was held to 59 rushing yards, was outgained 477-250 overall.
Both teams had excellent scoring opportunities in the first quarter. On its first possession, Michigan State drove to the Oregon 2-yard line, but Aidan Chiles’ fumble was recovered in the end zone by Jordan Burch. It was the Spartans’ 14th turnover on the season.
The Ducks responded by driving to the Spartans’ 1-yard line before Gabriel’s pass was intercepted by Malik Spencer in the end zone.
Gabriel put Oregon ahead 7-0 on the hosts’ next drive, running for a 9-yard touchdown with 22 seconds left in the first quarter.
James, who had 151 yards rushing in the first half, pushed the lead to 14-0 on a 3-yard scoring run with 5:26 remaining in the second quarter. The Ducks went ahead 21-0 with five seconds left in the half when Gabriel connected with Evan Stewart on a 9-yard touchdown pass.
Oregon added a 50-yard field goal from Andrew Boyle late in the third quarter and a 2-yard touchdown pass from Gabriel to Tez Johnson with 11:18 left in the game to increase the lead to 31-0.
The Spartans’ lone scores came on a 1-yard run by Kay’ron-Lynch Adams with 8:27 to go and a 42-yard field goal by Jonathan Kim with 25 seconds left.
NFL NEWS
JETS’ RODGERS INSISTS THERE’S NO RIFT WITH SALEH AND RESPONDS TO RUMORS OF POTENTIAL ADAMS REUNION
WARE, England (AP) — Aaron Rodgers talked some football but mostly relationships — those with coach Robert Saleh and former teammate Davante Adams, in particular — after the New York Jets landed in London on Friday.
The four-time NFL MVP even tossed in some local lingo, saying “knackered” and “gobsmacked” during his 11-minute session with reporters ahead of Sunday’s game against the undefeated Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Rodgers denied he and Saleh have any sort of rift, saying “there’s some driving force” outside the Jets’ facility trying to “put a wedge between Robert and I.”
Pre-snap penalties in a 10-9 loss to Denver last week led Saleh to question “whether or not we’re good enough or ready to handle all the cadence ″ that Rodgers uses to confuse defenses. Saleh later clarified he meant the entire operation of the offense, not specifically Rodgers’ cadence. He said the Jets are “always going to push the envelope” with cadence because of Rodgers’ success with it.
“Cadence has been a weapon,” Rodgers said at the team’s hotel north of London. “I think he kind of went in and got a chance Monday to kind of respond to all of that.”
The 40-year-old quarterback also made it clear he and Saleh are not at odds.
“We’re really good friends,” he said. “We enjoy each other. We spend time almost every day, I’m in his office talking about things, talking about the energy of the team, the focus of the team, what we need to get done, how I can help him out, how he can help me out.
“So we’ve got a great relationship.”
Another hot topic this week has been the status of the frustrated Adams, who could be available in a trade after reportedly requesting the Las Vegas Raiders to deal him. The Jets have been mentioned as a potential destination because of the relationship between Adams and Rodgers, who were teammates in Green Bay for eight seasons.
Rodgers prefaced his comments on Adams by saying he wasn’t sure how much he could say because of the NFL’s tampering rules. But he clearly indicated his preference when it comes to a potential reunion.
“I still have a close friendship with him,” Rodgers said. “We spend a lot of time in the offseason together. He’s a great guy and a great player. The rest of that is out of my hands.”
When asked about how a player might benefit from a change of scenery, Rodgers responded: “The grass is green where you water it. … You can make a special situation out of being anywhere.”
Rodgers, who was sacked five times and hit 14 times by the Broncos, said he feels “a little banged up” but overall “pretty good” and was off the team’s injury report Friday.
He received treatment this week on a sore left knee, but was a full participant at practice Thursday at the team’s facility in Florham Park, New Jersey, and again Friday after being listed as limited Wednesday when he didn’t join his teammates during stretching.
Bucket list
Rodgers might be 40, but he’s embracing the NFL’s aggressive international push. Brazil hosted its first NFL game this season. Spain gets its first in 2025.
“Spain would be fun,” Rodgers said when asked about where else he’d like to play. He didn’t stop there, though: “Mexico, France, Italy.”
“We know the reach that we have,” Rodgers said of the league. “It’s great to be over here, be a part of it. Love that we’re branching out, love how we can grow the game.”
Two years ago in London, Rodgers and the Packers lost 27-22 to the New York Giants.
“I definitely want to win in London, for sure,” he said.
Staying put
The Jets will skip the long commute to their Saturday walkthrough this time around.
Several people fell asleep on the team’s hour-plus ride to the stadium in 2021 when they discovered London traffic is as bad as the bridge and tunnel scenes in New York. The Jets went on to lose 27-20 to the Atlanta Falcons after having fell behind 17-0 by early in the second quarter.
“We’re not doing that commute,” Saleh said. “The science says don’t nap, and that was a recipe for napping.”
The coach says at 2-2 the Jets are “in the thick of it” and at a turning point: “This is the part of the season where teams start figuring out exactly who they are. You’re either climbing up the hill or staying at the bottom.”
What pressure?
The Jets haven’t won a lot — but that’s still the goal for a team that has missed the postseason the last 13 years.
“You’ve got to win — it’s New York,” Saleh said. “The expectation is to win. When you win, you’re going to the Super Bowl. When you lose, fire everybody. That’s the world we live in, that’s the world we embrace.
“We’re made for it, we’re built for it.”
Injuries
LB C.J. Mosley (toe) and DL Leki Fotu (hamstring) were listed as doubtful for the game after being limited at practice this week. … RT Morgan Moses (knee) was previously ruled out.
MALIK NABERS TO MISS GIANTS GAME AT SEATTLE WITH CONCUSSION
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The NFL’s leading receiver Malik Nabers is out this week against Seattle, Giants coach Brian Daboll said Friday.
Nabers, who has 35 catches in his rookie season to top the league, remains in concussion protocol and won’t play when the Giants (1-3) face the Seahawks (3-1) on Sunday.
Nabers was making progress, Daboll said, “but he’s not going to make it.”
Nabers was hurt in the fourth quarter of New York’s loss to Dallas on Sept. 26. He missed practices on Wednesday and Thursday. Nabers must be cleared by an independent neurologist before he could return to the field.
Nabers, the No. 6 overall pick in the draft, has been the focal point of the offense. His 386 yards receiving are second in the NFL and he’s tied for third with three touchdown receptions.
“You take those concussions very seriously,” Daboll said. “He’s made progress, but not to the point where he can go out there and play. But his safety, his well-being is first and foremost.”
Nabers’ absence could open the way for Jalin Hyatt to get more playing time. Hyatt is a second-year speedster out of Tennessee who has had a quiet season so far with only three targets in the first four games.
Hyatt is averaging roughly 13 plays, which is what Nabers is averaging in targets.
VIKINGS TE T.J. HOCKENSON (KNEE) RETURNS TO PRACTICE
The Minnesota Vikings on Friday opened the 21-day practice window for Pro Bowl tight end T.J. Hockenson, who has been on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list since the start of training camp.
The Vikings have 21 days to activate Hockenson to the 53-man roster and could wait until the Week 8 game at the Los Angeles Rams on Oct. 24. He is expected to participate in Friday’s practice in London, where Minnesota (4-0) plays the New York Jets (2-2) on Sunday.
Hockenson tore the ACL and MCL in his right knee on Dec. 24 in a 30-24 loss to his former team, the Detroit Lions. The 27-year-old Hockenson had surgery on Jan. 29. He is a two-time Pro Bowl selection (2020, 2022).
Entering his sixth NFL season, Hockenson was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Lions, who traded him to Minnesota in November 2022. In 72 career games (60 starts), Hockenson has 3,547 receiving yards and 23 touchdowns.
Before the injury last season, Hockenson had 95 catches on 127 targets for 960 yards and five TDs.
BILLS WR KHALIL SHAKIR, DT ED OLIVER OUT VS. TEXANS
Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir, defensive tackles Ed Oliver and Austin Johnson and safety Taylor Rapp have been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the host Houston Texans, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott announced Friday.
Shakir (ankle), Johnson (oblique) and Rapp (concussion protocol) did not practice all week after sustaining their respective injuries in the Bills’ 35-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday. Oliver, however, sustained a hamstring injury during practice on Thursday.
Shakir leads the Bills in catches (18), receiving yards (230) and receiving touchdowns (two). Tight end Dalton Kincaid has 13 catches for 132 yards and wideout Keon Coleman has eight and 126, respectively.
Rookie Cole Bishop is expected to be elevated into a starting role opposite safety Damar Hamlin with Rapp sidelined. Bishop is a second-round pick out of Utah.
WEEK 5 NFL CAPSULES
New York Jets (2-2) vs. Minnesota Vikings (4-0) in London
The Vikings are 4-0 for the first time since 2016 and own a 3-0 record in international games. Minnesota has won three games in a row against the Jets, who arrive frustrated by a 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos last week. Standing in their way of a get-happy game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is Sam Darnold, the No. 3 pick in the 2018 draft by the Jets who is thriving under Kevin O’Connell in Minnesota. Darnold leads the NFL with 11 touchdown passes and a passer rating of 118.9. He said he won’t shy away from the Jets’ confident secondary, including Sauce Gardner, when looking for No. 1 receiver Justin Jefferson. Jefferson is shooting for his sixth consecutive game with a TD catch. Rodgers plays the Vikings for the 30th time in his career and has more passing yards — 7,157 — against Minnesota than any other team.
Carolina Panthers (1-3) at Chicago Bears (2-2)
Teams entangled by their draft and quarterback decisions the past two years measure up in Chicago, where the Bears are 2-0 this season with close wins over the Titans and Rams. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams hasn’t always looked comfortable or confident, but head coach Matt Eberflus does sense improvement. On the other hand, the Panthers are trying to bounce back from a 34-24 home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4. They are finding far more positives with former Bears quarterback Andy Dalton, who replaced Bryce Young as Carolina’s starter after an 0-2 start. Young was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2023 — Carolina acquired the pick from the Bears in a deal that included the slot Chicago would use to select Williams. Among Williams’ top targets is receiver DJ Moore, who’s in his second season with the Bears after five years with Carolina. Dalton, a former starter with the Bengals, has thrown five touchdowns across the past two games.
Baltimore Ravens (2-2) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-3)
Baltimore has won three of the past four meetings in this AFC North rivalry and has a chance to get to the top of the division standings after an 0-2 start depending on the outcome of the SNF game (Steelers-Cowboys). Bengals QB Joe Burrow has eyes on a rebound from another sluggish start to the season. He has seven touchdowns and one interception in three career home starts in this series. Burrow said this week he’ll need to be close to perfect to beat Baltimore. That’s partly because the Ravens found an explosive running game featuring Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson, who’ve combined for 788 rushing yards in four games. Jackson is 8-1 in nine career starts against the Bengals.
Buffalo Bills (3-1) at Houston Texans (3-1)
Stefon Diggs reunites with the Buffalo Bills, who traded the four-time Pro Bowl receiver to the Texans to shed his salary and abrasive personality. Diggs is thriving in Houston as a co-No. 1 receiver with Nico Collins. Collins starred last week with a career-high 12 receptions for 151 yards and a touchdown. Diggs has 25 catches for 233 yards and two touchdowns while adding a rushing score, well on his way to matching or bettering the numbers he put up all four seasons he played with the Bills. Diggs’ old team took its first loss last week, getting routed 35-10 in Baltimore. Buffalo was outrushed 271 yards to 81. It was a striking result for the AFC’s highest-scoring offense (30.5 points per game), as the Bills managed only 236 total yards (to the Ravens’ 427) and picked up only 12 first downs to Baltimore’s 22. The Bills’ defense also took a hit off the field Wednesday when linebacker Von Miller drew a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. The active leader among NFL players in sacks with 126.5, Miller is tied for the team lead this season with three.
Indianapolis Colts (2-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (0-4)
Everything is fine and we’re close to a breakthrough. That’s the common refrain in Jacksonville, where head coach Doug Pederson argues he hasn’t lost the locker room and QB Trevor Lawrence hasn’t won a start in his last nine tries. The stars might be aligning for the Jaguars with the Colts limping in with a 1-4 record in their last four tries against Lawrence. Colts QB Anthony Richardson (hip) was ailing all week after being replaced by Joe Flacco in the Week 4 win. The 1992 San Diego Chargers are the lone 0-4 team to recover and reach the playoffs. That team started slowly while adjusting to new coach Bobby Ross and had strong leadership from Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau. Lawrence’s completion percentage of 53.3 is second worst in the NFL among qualifiers — only Richardson (50.6) is lower. Richardson played high school and college football about 75 miles down the road in Gainesville and hopes to be on the field Sunday.
Miami Dolphins (1-3) at New England Patriots (1-3)
Points are next to impossible to come by for these AFC East clubs riding three-game losing streaks since winning Week 1. Quarterbacks are the root cause of consternation on each side. Tua Tagovailoa was placed on injured reserve with a concussion suffered Week 2. Miami has tried to replace him a few different ways and starts Tyler Huntley for a second game in a row. Huntley ran for a TD, the only Dolphins’ trip to the end zone in 10 quarters, in a lopsided loss to the Titans last week. Without the threat of the deep ball, defenses aren’t giving Miami the running lanes that made the Dolphins’ offense a wrecking ball last season. The Dolphins are averaging 11.3 points per game and the Patriots are one slot better among the NFL’s 32 teams at 13 points per game (31st). Jacoby Brissett is New England’s starter with rookie Drake Maye waiting in line. Brissett isn’t blessed with a Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle or Odell Beckham Jr. at wide receiver and New England relies on a ground-and-pound approach that strains its own defense with a non-existent margin for error.
Cleveland Browns (1-3) at Washington Commanders (3-1)
The drumbeat grows in Washington around rookie QB Jayden Daniels, the first player in NFL history with a completion percentage of 85 percent or better in consecutive games. Daniels leads the NFL in completion percentage and has accounted for four rushing touchdowns along with three TD passes and one interception. While Brian Robinson wasn’t full strength in the lead up to Week 5, the Commanders cleared veteran RB Austin Ekeler to return. He has five touchdowns in his last two games against the Browns. Cleveland’s stout defense might have better luck getting Washington’s offense off the field. The Commanders are averaging 30.3 points per game and have punted only once per game (four total) this season. Protecting QB Deshaun Watson is a sore subject for the Browns. Watson has been sacked 19 times with two fumbles and three interceptions. Injuries wrecked the offensive line the first month of the season. In obvious passing situations, Watson has been a sitting duck. Cleveland’s third-down conversion rate of 20.8 percent is last in the NFL.
Las Vegas Raiders (2-2) at Denver Broncos (2-2)
Of all the problems percolating around the Raiders, the one thing that hasn’t been much trouble for the franchise is beating the Broncos. They’ve won 10 of 11 from Denver and are 8-0 in the matchup since moving to Las Vegas. By holding three consecutive opponents under 14 points, the Broncos are flexing their muscles defensively as rookie QB Bo Nix inches forward with an offense still searching for its identity. Head coach Sean Payton wants to be a run-first team and made inroads down that path in September without a bell-cow ball-carrier. He might be in for a bit of good news Sunday with the Raiders allowing 5.1 yards per carry and 550 rushing yards in four games. Las Vegas survived apparent infighting and a trade request from wide receiver Davante Adams to beat the Browns in Week 4. They arrive in Denver going for a third consecutive win in the series, hopeful that pass rusher Maxx Crosby can get back on the field. He missed last week’s game with an ankle injury.
Arizona Cardinals (1-3) at San Francisco 49ers (2-2)
Brock Purdy and Jordan Mason are becoming a dynamic duo as the 49ers evolve without RB Christian McCaffrey (Achilles). Mason had 160 yards from scrimmage last week and is the only player in the NFL with three 100-yard rushing games. Purdy is second in the NFL with 1,130 passing yards and had four TD passes in his last shot at the Cardinals. Arizona enters knowing it will need more offense than the back-to-back games with no more than 14 points in losses to the Lions (20-13) and Commanders (42-14). Finding a way to push Purdy to get rid of the ball before he’s ready is part of the plan, but opposing quarterbacks have completed 78.6 percent of their passes vs. Arizona this season. Cardinals rookie WR Marvin Harrison Jr. liked his first taste of NFC West football with four catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns against the Rams. He leads Arizona with four TD grabs.
Green Bay Packers (2-2) at Los Angeles Rams (1-3)
Could the Packers be 4-0 this season? Pretty easily, had the late fourth-quarter sequences in Brazil (vs. Eagles) and last week in a near miraculous rally against the Vikings gone differently. Head coach Matt LaFleur’s offense continues to show flashes of potency, averaging 410 yards and 26 points per game. The Packers begrudge the No. 1 receiver label but Jayden Reed put up 7-139-1 last week and is one of two NFL players (Nico Collins) with two 135-yard-plus receiving games this season. Getting the ground game going at a consistent level is a focus for the Packers. RB Josh Jacobs is averaging 4.6 yards per carry but looking for his first rushing touchdown this season. The Rams fell to the Bears last week and played three of their first four games on the road. Back home Sunday, QB Matthew Stafford hopes another playmaker emerges behind RB Kyren Williams, who has six of the Rams’ seven touchdowns this season.
N.Y. Giants (1-3) at Seattle Seahawks (3-1)
Giants rookie WR Malik Nabers had a career-high 12 catches for 115 yards in a Week 4 loss to the Cowboys, but spent the week in concussion protocol. Without Nabers, the Giants are in a pickle with few playmakers to help Daniel Jones survive the noisy torture chamber that is Lumen Field. WR Wan’Dale Robinson had 11 receptions last week but operates almost entirely out of the slot, where he benefits from coverage shaded to slow Nabers. The Seahawks lost for the first time this season at Detroit despite 395 passing yards from Geno Smith and three touchdowns from RB Kenneth Walker III. WR DK Metcalf has three 100-yard games this season. Sunday’s matchup could be big for Seattle’s shot at challenging for a playoff spot under rookie coach Mike Macdonald. Up next is a short week, primetime home game with the 49ers, a trip to Atlanta to face the Falcons (3-2) and a visit from the Buffalo Bills (3-1).
Dallas Cowboys (2-2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1)
A high injury toll ushers the Cowboys to Pittsburgh for a primetime date with the Steelers. T.J. Watt has three of the Steelers’ 11 sacks and one of Pittsburgh’s five takeaways through four games. The Cowboys face a challenge of generating pressure while containing dual-threat QB Justin Fields, the type of passer that has given Dallas fits in the past. Fields has three touchdown passes and three rushing TDs, operating a conservative passing attack that thrives on play-action. Six targets have 20-plus yard gains and top receiver George Pickens (14.2 yards per catch) had chances for multiple big plays called back due to penalty. Fields could get comfortable with Dallas dealing with injuries to Micah Parsons (ankle) and DeMarcus Lawrence (foot). The Cowboys are still searching for the right mix at running back. Rico Dowdle leads the team with 34 carries for 134 yards. Ezekiel Elliott has averaged 3.4 yards per carry and his longest run covered 9 yards.
New Orleans Saints (2-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (4-0), Monday night
Undefeated two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City has a perfect record despite a flawed start to the season. The Chiefs have won four one-score games but might need to find retro mojo to dispatch the Saints, who are tied for largest scoring margin in the NFL. New Orleans lost late leads in both losses. The Chiefs are without RB Isiah Pacheco (fibula), WR Hollywood Brown (back) and WR Rashee Rice, leading head coach Andy Reid to bring back Kareem Hunt and utilize rookie first-round pick Xavier Worthy in the lead receiver role. Patrick Mahomes is on pace for 18 interceptions while working through the novelty of revolving personnel. He did reconnect with TE Travis Kelce (7-89) last week to defeat the Chargers. Saints QB Derek Carr has been mostly efficient and RB Alvin Kamara leads the NFL with 536 yards from scrimmage to drive the Saints’ offensive resurgence (31.8 points per game). Thanks in part to being No. 7 in scoring defense (18.0), Kansas City has sparred with all four opponents into the fourth quarter before landing the decisive blow. New Orleans took a lead with 2:03 left before a loss to the Eagles and scored in the final minute last week only to fall 26-24 to the Falcons on a decisive field goal.
BASEBALL NEWS
UNDER MLB’S NEW PLAYOFF FORMAT, A LITTLE REST ISN’T ALWAYS THE BEST
Shohei Ohtani has mashed 100 mph fastballs for homers, stolen bases against some of the game’s best catchers and recently wrapped up one of the best regular seasons in Major League Baseball history.
Now the Japanese superstar and his Los Angeles Dodgers have to face something that’s arguably even more daunting.
A five-day break.
Since MLB’s most recent 12-team playoff format took effect in 2022, five of the eight top seeds have lost in the Division Series, unable to capitalize on the supposed reward of earning a bye through the Wild Card Series.
This year, the Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies have the top two seeds in the National League, while the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians are in the same position in the American League. That’s given all of them five days to prepare for the best-of-five Division Series that begin Saturday.
Sure, a few days to heal bumps and bruises while other teams fight it out is nice. But there’s also a downside.
“It’s not a vacation,” Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott said following a workout earlier this week.
Maybe more than any other professional sport, baseball is one that relies on rhythm and routine. MLB squeezes 162 regular-season games into 187 days over six months, meaning teams are playing games almost daily from April to September. Other than the All-Star break in July, there’s never two scheduled days off in a row.
Five days is a relative eternity. And it hasn’t always been a good thing.
“It’s a trade-off,” said Chris Antonetti, Cleveland’s president of baseball operations. “The benefit is you get time off. The downside is you’re not in the major league environment facing live major league pitching in the normal cadence that you would be during the season.
“But on balance, I think I’d still take the trade-off and want the bye.”
The Guardians have played simulated games the past three days to keep fresh. On Wednesday, they played in an empty Progressive Field with crowd noise piped in, giving it the same aura as the pandemic-marred 2020 season.
“What we’ve tried to do is be really deliberate this week about the environments we’re creating to keep our guys ready and ready to compete on Saturday,” Antonetti said.
The Yankees are one of the teams that have had success under the current playoff format, winning their 2022 Division Series against the Guardians following a five-day layoff. Manager Aaron Boone said last week that part of his plan was to bring some of the organization’s minor leaguers to New York so there were fresh arms for hitters to face while they wait for Saturday.
“We’ll do our best to prioritize taking advantage of the rest, which I’m sure several guys at this time of the year will benefit from,” Boone said. “But we’re also trying to make sure we keep that mental edge and keep guys as sharp as we possibly can with live looks.”
The Dodgers are the poster child for what can go wrong following a long break in October. They were the top NL seed in 2022 but lost in four games to the San Diego Padres. Last season, they also earned a bye before getting drilled by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game sweep.
Now Los Angeles is back in the same position. The Dodgers are in a good spot in many ways — they’ve got one of the game’s best offensive lineups with Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, and have clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs thanks to a 98-64 record in the regular season.
They’ve also tweaked their routine during the five-day break compared with the previous two years, getting some swings against high-velocity pitching machines that mimic MLB pitchers. A few of the team’s players also have organized watch parties for the wild-card games in an effort to keep up camaradarie.
But one thing they won’t have on Saturday is momentum.
They’ll have to create it fast.
“I see some more hunger, I see some more edge. I like that,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Not to say that guys weren’t prepared or trying or cared, but there’s a different level of intensity.”
TWINS PART WAYS WITH GENERAL MANAGER THAD LEVINE
The Minnesota Twins parted ways with Thad Levine on Friday after eight years as the club’s senior vice president and general manager.
A team press release said Levine, 52, was leaving “to pursue new challenges and opportunities, both inside and outside of baseball.”
Levine joined the Twins in November 2016 and helped the club capture three American League Central division titles (2019, 2020 and 2023) and four postseason berths. Minnesota finished 82-80 in 2024, missing the playoffs.
“Thad’s impact on the Minnesota Twins cannot be overstated,” team president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said. “He has been a true partner and leader, always striving to elevate the organization and care for the people around him. Thad helped create a strong team culture, one focused on excellence and collaboration, that will continue well into the future. While we will miss his leadership, we are equally excited to see the next chapter of his journey unfold, and we wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors. I want to personally thank him for everything he has done to help us get better every day.”
Before joining the Twins, Levine worked in the front offices of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998), Colorado Rockies (1999-2005) and Texas Rangers (2006-16).
“I am grateful to the Pohlad family, Derek Falvey and Dave St. Peter for providing me with such a comprehensive leadership opportunity spanning the last eight years of my career,” Levine said. “The time is right for me to pursue my next enriching, professional challenge. I will forever cherish the friendships that I have made in the Minnesota Twins organization and throughout Twins Territory.”
REPORT: RHP TOMOYUKI SUGANO LEAVING JAPAN FOR MLB
Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano is coming to Major League Baseball this summer as an international free agent, ESPN reported Friday.
Sugano, who turns 35 on Oct. 11, has played for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball since 2013.
The eight-time All-Star is having a resurgent season with a 1.67 ERA and a 15-3 record over 24 starts for the Central League champions.
He owns a 136-75 career record with a 2.45 ERA. Sugano is a two-time Central League MVP (2014, 2020) and two-time winner of the Sawamura Award (2017, 2018), the equivalent of the Cy Young Award.
Players in NPB earn the right to international free agency after nine seasons. Sugano is in his 12th campaign with the Giants and faces no restrictions on signing with an MLB team.
WNBA NEWS
A’JA WILSON HELPS ACES STAVE OFF ELIMINATION VS. LIBERTY
A’ja Wilson had 19 points and 14 rebounds and Jackie Young added 24 points as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces kept their season alive with a 95-81 victory over the visiting New York Liberty in Game 3 of their WNBA semifinal series.
Kelsey Plum scored 20 points, Tiffany Hayes had 11 and Chelsea Gray added 10 as the Aces extended their home playoff winning streak to a WNBA record 12 games. Wilson’s double-double was the 20th of her career in the playoffs.
Game 4 of the best-of-five series will be Sunday in Las Vegas.
Breanna Stewart scored 19 points, while Jonquel Jones added 11 for the Liberty, who lost for the first time in five playoff games this year. Leonie Fiebich had 10 points for New York.
The Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu, who averaged 24.5 points over the first four playoff games, was held scoreless through three quarters and finished with four points on 1-of-7 shooting.
The Liberty lost to the Aces for the first time in their past six regular-season and playoff games.
After the Aces took a 52-49 lead at the break, it was all Las Vegas in the third quarter. The Aces outscored the Liberty 21-6 in the third by going on a 17-0 run to take a 73-53 lead.
New York was 2-of-14 (14.3 percent) from the floor in the third quarter and made just one 3-pointer in seven attempts.
The Aces opened the fourth quarter on a 5-0 run to push their advantage to 78-55 before Ionescu finally made a free throw with nine minutes remaining. Her lone field goal came on a 3-pointer with 8:08 left.
The Aces won while playing without Kiah Stokes (concussion) for the second consecutive game. Alysha Clark started in her place and scored five points with five rebounds in 29 minutes.
NAPHEESA COLLIER, LYNX BEAT SUN TO MOVE ONE GAME AWAY FROM FINALS
Napheesa Collier collected 26 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx cruised to a 90-81 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night in Uncasville, Conn., in Game 3 of a WNBA semifinal series.
With the win, Minnesota grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five set and will have a chance to punch its ticket to the WNBA Finals when the teams meet again on Sunday in Uncasville for Game 4.
Collier went 11-for-19 from the field and was one of the many beneficiaries of a fluid Lynx offense that dished out 22 assists. Courtney Williams chipped in 16 points and eight of those helpers, while Kayla McBride finished with 13 points and Bridget Carleton scored 12.
All five Connecticut starters scored in double figures, with Brionna Jones (21 points) leading the way. DeWanna Bonner contributed 16 points, and Marina Mabrey netted 14 but hit just 1 of 11 triples. Triple-double threat Alyssa Thomas supplied 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
Minnesota outshot the Sun 57.4 percent to 41.1 percent overall.
Mabrey finally got going in the third quarter for Connecticut, scoring seven points in the opening 4:16 of the frame. Her three-point play trimmed the Sun’s deficit to 54-47, but she immediately gave those points back, fouling Carleton on a 3-point attempt.
Carleton’s perfect trip to the free-throw line made it a 10-point game, and Minnesota led by at least eight for the rest of the third before taking a 68-54 cushion into the fourth.
Bonner converted an and-one with 1:20 left in the game to trim the hosts’ deficit to 86-79. However, Williams and Carleton quickly answered with jumpers to put the contest out of reach.
Collier knocked down 4 of 5 shots in the first quarter, posting eight points to lift Minnesota to a 23-16 lead after 10 minutes of action.
Connecticut soon fell into a nine-point hole but used a 6-0 spurt to pull within 26-23 with 7:37 left in the second quarter.
The rest of the first half belonged to the Lynx, though. They went up by as many as 14 at 46-32, when Alanna Smith split a pair of free throws with 1:56 to go to polish off a game-changing 20-9 run. Minnesota settled for a 48-36 advantage at the break.
NHL NEWS
NHL SEASON-PREVIEW CAPSULES: METROPOLITAN DIVISION
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Head coach: Rod Brind’Amour (seventh season)
Last season: 52-23-7, 111 points, second place in Metropolitan Division
This season: A perennial top-tier club, the Hurricanes swung for the fences last season and were bounced from the Stanley Cup playoffs in the second round for the third time in four seasons. Carolina had some turnover but should make a push again. Even so, that championship window appears to be closing.
What’s new: Forwards William Carrier and Jack Roslovic and defensemen Sean Walker and Shayne Gostisbehere were brought in to fill big holes with the departures of forwards Jake Guentzel, Teuvo Teravainen and Stefan Noesen and defensemen Brett Pesce and Brady Skjei.
Players to watch: Goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov has claimed the No. 1 spot and must be a rock while the new-look Hurricanes come together with the new faces and players in increased roles.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Head coach: Dean Evason (first season)
Last season: 27-43-12, 66 points, eighth place in Metropolitan Division
This season: The death of star forward Johnny Gaudreau along with his brother Matthew on the eve of training camp will be an overriding black cloud over the club. The season was going to be challenging even with the talented Gaudreau. It pales in the big scheme of life, but a playoff berth will be an even bigger challenge.
What’s new: It’s yet another new beginning in Columbus with a new coach. On the ice, the club signed free agent Sean Monahan in the hopes he could re-ignite his career alongside Gaudreau. Now Monahan will be counted on to guide the team’s young players. The Blue Jackets also signed James van Riemsdyk and acquired defenseman Jordan Harris in the deal that sent Patrik Laine to Montreal.
Players to watch: With an eye on the future, much of this season will be about the development of young forwards such as Kent Johnson, Adam Fantilli, Cole Sillinger and Yegor Chinakhov and defenseman David Jiricek.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Head coach: Sheldon Keefe (first season)
Last season: 38-39-5, 81 points, seventh place in Metropolitan Division
This season: Last season was a disaster, beset by key injuries and sub-standard goaltending. The Devils should not only be back in the playoff picture, but they should be a force — if all things come together.
What’s new: The big quest was goaltending, and the Devils made a huge move by acquiring Jacob Markstrom from the Calgary Flames. The key moves did not end there. Forwards Stefan Noesen, Paul Cotter and Tomas Tatar were added, as were defensemen Brett Pesce and Brenden Dillon.
Players to watch: The defense will be without Luke Hughes (shoulder) to start the season, but Dougie Hamilton will return after missing most of last season due to injury, which will provide another jolt for the Devils.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Head coach: Patrick Roy (second season)
Last season: 39-27-16, 94 points, third place in Metropolitan Division
This season: The Islanders likely will be in a similar spot as last year, in the playoff mix but never really a top-echelon squad. New York has plenty of excellent players, including an especially underrated defense corps, but will need to scratch and claw to make the playoffs. It will surprise nobody if the Islanders make it.
What’s new: In an attempt to add much-needed speed, the Islanders signed Anthony Duclair in the offseason and drew Maxim Tsyplakov to the NHL from Europe.
Players to watch: The Islanders’ biggest issue is goal-scoring. Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal are capable of point-per-game seasons, and Duclair will have a golden chance to click with them. At issue is the scoring depth, with the likes of Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri and Anders Lee counted on to add.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Head coach: Peter Laviolette (second season)
Last season: 55-23-4, 114 points, first place in Metropolitan Division
This season: A team that lost to the Cup-champion Panthers in the Eastern Conference finals and won the regular-season title with a franchise-record 55 wins, the Rangers should again be a Cup contender with a team loaded with stars in all positions.
What’s new: Not much. There was understandably very little turnover in the summer beyond adding forwards Reilly Smith and Sam Carrick. Maybe a bigger surprise was the fact neither veteran defenseman Jacob Trouba nor young forward Filip Chytil was traded. Then again, the Rangers likely will be loading up at the deadline, and they may be willing to deal away Chytil or Kaapo Kakko if they want to cash out a big chip.
Players to watch: Goaltender Igor Shesterkin, in the equation as the league’s best, is in the final season of his contract and due to be an unrestricted free agent. Odds are he will re-sign, but it is an overriding storyline.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Head coach: John Tortorella (third season)
Last season: 38-33-11, 87 points, sixth place in Metropolitan Division
This season: The Flyers missed the playoffs by only four points, but wisely they have resisted the urge to go for a quick fix in their rebuild. If everything goes right, they may just make the playoffs. If everything goes wrong, it could mean a step back.
What’s new: It was a quiet offseason, but not without big intrigue. Matvei Michkov, the uber-talented 2023 first-round draft pick, is making the jump to the NHL sooner than many expected (one reason he fell to seventh in the draft). The 19-year-old Russian forward is a front-runner for the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie.
Players to watch: Whether the Flyers play Michkov on a line with Sean Couturier or Morgan Frost will be worth following. Philadelphia has a thin roster beyond those players, Travis Konecny and Owen Tippett, and there are a slew of question marks on defense and in goal.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Head coach: Mike Sullivan (10th season)
Last season: 38-32-12, 88 points, fifth place in Metropolitan Division
This season: After missing the playoffs for consecutive seasons, the Penguins are holding out hope veteran stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson have one more playoff push in them. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t.
What’s new: After a trade-deadline sell-off, the Penguins managed to fill holes with the likes of forwards Kevin Hayes, Blake Lizotte, Anthony Beauvillier, Cody Glass and Rutger McGroarty and defenseman Matt Grzelcyk. McGroarty was a highly touted prospect who was acquired after he refused to sign with the Winnipeg Jets, giving the Penguins at least one new, young player for the future.
Player to watch: Karlsson was awful last season in his first campaign for Pittsburgh after being acquired from the San Jose Sharks. Not only did he fail to provide the dynamic offense expected, but the Penguins surprisingly had the league’s third-worst power play.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Head coach: Spencer Carbery (second season)
Last season: 40-31-11, 91 points, fourth place in Metropolitan Division
This season: After a surprising trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Capitals keep trying to remain relevant as Alex Ovechkin shoots to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record of 894. Ovechkin sits at 853.
What’s new: Doing some aggressive work to remain a playoff team, the Capitals added Andrew Mangiapane and Pierre-Luc Dubois — a pair of veteran forwards needing to reignite their careers — as well as defenseman Jakob Chychrun and goaltender Logan Thompson.
Players to watch: Beyond Ovechkin’s quest for the record books? Really, there are not many beyond seeing how Dubois rebounds from a dreadful season with the Los Angeles Kings and whether No. 1 goaltender Charlie Lindgren can build on a fantastic campaign in which he backstopped the Capitals to the postseason.
NHL SEASON-PREVIEW CAPSULES: ATLANTIC DIVISION
BOSTON BRUINS
Head coach: Jim Montgomery (third season)
Last season: 47-20-15, 109 points, second place in Atlantic Division
This season: The Bruins should be in the playoff mix led by forwards David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle and defensemen Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm and Brandon Carlo.
What’s new: Boston landed a big fish, Elias Lindholm, via free agency, inking the center to a seven-year contract. The Bruins, who watched Jake DeBrusk leave via free agency, also added hulking defenseman Nikita Zadorov.
Players to watch: The biggest question will be goalie Jeremy Swayman, whose contract stalemate kept him out of training camp and became acrimonious at times. The Bruins will rely heavily on goalie Joonas Korpisalo to man the pipes until Swayman is up to speed. As well, forward Fabian Lysell is being counted on to take a second-line role.
BUFFALO SABRES
Head coach: Lindy Ruff (first season of second stint with Buffalo)
Last season: 39-37-6, 84 points, sixth place in Atlantic Division
This season: Can the Sabres snap their NHL record for most seasons without reaching the Stanley Cup playoffs? They have fallen short in 13 consecutive campaigns.
What’s new: Ruff, the winningest coach in franchise history who guided the team last time they made the playoffs as recently as 2011 but was fired in 2013, will be tasked to get a young team to the next level.
Players to watch: Buffalo has an exciting offensive squad with the likes of forwards Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn, plus a very good defense corps. The key will be for those players and goaltenders Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, James Reimer and youngster Devon Levi to keep pucks out of the net.
DETROIT RED WINGS
Head coach: Derek Lalonde (third season)
Last season: 41-32-9, 91 points, fifth place in Atlantic Division
This season: The Red Wings last season came so close to clinching a playoff spot for the first time since 2015-16, losing out due to a tiebreaker. They have a shot of snapping that drought, but they must have plenty of pieces fall into place.
What’s new: After a huge changeover in the summer of 2023, the Red Wings were relatively quiet this summer. The key additions were two-time Stanley Cup champion forward Vladimir Tarasenko and goaltender Cam Talbot.
Players to watch: Do not be surprised if the Red Wings grab a wild-card playoff spot, thanks to a solid forward crew and youngsters in Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider breaking out, but the key will be the goaltending brigade and whether one of Talbot, Ville Husso or Alex Lyon can backstop them to success.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Head coach: Paul Maurice (third season)
Last season: 52-24-6, 110 points, first place in Atlantic Division and Stanley Cup champions
This season: After claiming the first Cup in franchise history, the Panthers will experience life as the hunted squad. They also will do it without a bevy of players who departed via free agency, notably key defensemen Brandon Montour and Oliver-Ekman Larsson and forwards Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan Lomberg.
Players to watch: We know what to expect from Florida’s forward group led by Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart and their goaltending duo of Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight. At question is the defense corps beyond Aaron Ekblad. Gustav Forsling played phenomenally during the playoffs, but slotting Niko Mikkola and Nate Schmidt as a second pairing raises questions.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Head coach: Martin St. Louis (fourth season)
Last season: 30-36-16, 76 points, eighth place in Atlantic Division
This season: The Canadiens are likely to finish well down the standings again, but expect them to take a step forward with their young group of forwards featuring Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Juraj Slafkovsky and key summer acquisition Patrik Laine, who sustained a knee sprain in the preseason and is expected to miss the first couple of months.
What’s new: Other than Laine? More young players are likely to step in as full-time NHLers, among them defenseman Lane Hutson and forward Joshua Roy.
Players to watch: Samuel Montembeault and Cayden Primeau are not slam-dunk, star-of-the-future goalies, but they will be counted on to keep the Canadiens out of the bottom of the standings.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Head coach: Travis Green (first season)
Last season: 37-41-4, 78 points, seventh place in Atlantic Division
This season: After a dismal campaign in which there was constant issues, controversy and injury woes, the Senators have reset and believe they can push for a playoff spot.
What’s new: After goalie Joonas Korpisalo failed to turn Ottawa’s fortunes last season, his first upon being acquired in free agency, the Senators switched gears in a big way by trading him and a first-round draft pick to Boston for Linus Ullmark. It is unlikely Ullmark will be in the Vezina Trophy discussion as he was while in Boston, but he should stabilize the net.
Players to watch: In Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Josh Norris and Shane Pinto, the Senators have a solid young nucleus of forwards, guided by veterans Claude Giroux and free agent acquisition David Perron. Key will be the defense, led by up-and-coming Jake Sanderson, and the team’s ability to keep pucks out of its net.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Head coach: Jon Cooper (13th season)
Last season: 45-29-8, 98 points, fourth place in Atlantic Division
This season: After all those great seasons, including a couple of Stanley Cup championships, the Lightning are slowly sliding down. They will be hard-pressed to keep a playoff spot.
What’s new: It is worth first noting the key departures: long-time captain and franchise face Steven Stamkos exited via free agency and key defenseman Mikhail Sergachev was traded to Utah. The Lightning will try to fill those holes with the likes of forwards Jake Guentzel and Cam Atkinson and blueliners Ryan McDonagh and J.J. Moser.
Players to watch: With forwards Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point, defenseman Victor Hedman and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Lightning still have a shot at making the playoffs. But much will depend on contributions from Guentzel and Atkinson.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Head coach: Craig Berube (first season)
Last season: 46-26-10, 102 points, third place in Atlantic Division
This season: Toronto’s core-four star forwards Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares have fallen short of claiming Toronto’s first Cup since 1967, and patience is running out. The Leafs are a playoff team, but the real test is what happens in the Cup chase.
What’s new: The summer’s focus was defense, and Toronto filled a couple of big needs by acquiring Chris Tanev and Oliver-Ekman Larsson. The Maple Leafs also added goalie Anthony Stolarz from the Cup-champion Panthers in the hopes of solidifying a puck-stopping crew that includes Joseph Woll and Matt Murray.
Players to watch: Marner is a pending unrestricted free agent after this season, and his contract status will be a huge story, especially if the Maple Leafs fail to make a playoff run.
GOLF NEWS
BEAU HOSSLER TAKES NARROW LEAD AT SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Beau Hossler drained a long eagle putt down the stretch on his way to an 8-under-par 64 Friday, earning himself a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.
Hossler is 15-under 129 through two rounds at the Country Club of Jackson, with Daniel Berger on his tail after carding back-to-back rounds of 65.
Englishman David Skinns, who shot a 60 Thursday after narrowly missing a chance for a 59, settled for a 1-under 71 in the second round. He’s tied for third at 13 under with Jacob Bridgeman (66) and Keith Mitchell (64).
Hossler bogeyed his opening hole of the day, the par-3 10th, before immediately making up for it with three straight birdies and five in all on the back nine. After converting another birdie at No. 3, he reached the green in two at the par-5 fifth hole and drained his 31-foot look at eagle. One last birdie, a 15-footer at No. 8, got him to 15 under.
Berger is bogey-free through 36 holes and rolled in five birdies on his last eight holes Friday to charge up the leaderboard. The four-time winner on tour was ranked as high as No. 12 in the world but hasn’t won a title since 2021 and missed extensive time to rehab a back issue.
The projected cut line as players finished up Friday was 6 under par. Notable names expected to miss the cut included Zach Johnson (2 under), Matt Kuchar (2 under), Harris English (even par) and Colombia’s Camilo Villegas (1 over).
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
INDIANA FEVER
FEVER NAME AMBER COX GM, REASSIGN LIN DUNN
The Indiana Fever restructured the front office on Friday, appointing Amber Cox as chief operating officer and general manager and reassigning Lin Dunn from her GM role to a new position.
Cox officially will join the team on Oct. 28. Dunn will become a senior advisor to Fever basketball, a new position for the WNBA organization.
“I have known Amber for over 20 years and have watched her successfully build teams both on and off the court,” said Kelly Krauskopf, the Fever’s president for business and basketball operations. “She brings a wide range of executive experience to our leadership team. I look forward to working with her as we build the Fever franchise into the next era of growth.”
Cox previously served as COO for the Dallas Wings, overseeing ticket sales, partnerships, marketing, communications, broadcasting and community efforts.
She was the vice president of sports for the Connecticut Sun from 2016-21 and worked for the Phoenix Mercury from 2004-13, rising to the roles of COO and team president. The Mercury won WNBA titles in 2007 and 2009.
Cox also has worked in professional soccer, leading business operations for the NWSL’s Kansas City Current and serving as the chief marketing officer for the Houston Dynamo of MLS and the NWSL’s Houston Dash.
“I am excited to be joining the Fever during this historic time in the WNBA, and I am grateful to Kelly, Fever ownership, and Mel Raines for this opportunity,” Cox said. “From the top down, there is a commitment to invest in the Fever to ensure the team’s continued growth and success, and I look forward to contributing to a world-class experience for our fans, as well as our players, both on and off the court.”
As GM, Dunn oversaw the drafting of No. 1 overall picks Aliyah Boston in 2023 and Caitlin Clark in 2024. The Fever made the playoffs this season for the first time in eight years. Dunn, 77, previously was head coach of the Fever from 2008-14, leading them to a championship in 2012.
“I can’t thank Lin enough for the years she gave this franchise, coming out of coaching retirement and returning to oversee the basketball operation at such a pivotal time of transition,” Krauskopf said. “I have such gratitude and respect for her.”
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
FIRST BIG TEN VICTORY IN THE BOOKS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Volleyball team (8-5, 1-2 B1G) rode the high of a big blocking night and another efficient hitting contest from junior opposite Avry Tatum, winning its first Big Ten game of the season.
The Hoosiers battled back in the fourth set to finish off visiting Michigan State 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22) on Friday (Oct. 4) evening at Wilkinson Hall. The win over the Spartans was the fourth-straight win in a Big Ten home opener, extending an already program-record streak.
Tatum (19) and junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles did the heavy lifting, combining for 36 of IU’s 53 careers. Tatum has had a double-digit kill effort in four-straight matches. She’s hit over .300 in three of those contests and is averaging 4.82 kills per set in conference play.
Head coach Steve Aird and assistant coach Kevin Hodge strategically broke up the Michigan State offense from the end line, helping the Hoosiers to 13 total team blocks. Junior middle blocker Madi Sell matched a career high with seven blocks (two solo). Sophomore middle blocker Ava Vickers had a hand in six.
The Hoosiers got at least four digs from six different players, led by 17 from sophomore Ramsey Gary. Graduate student defensive specialist Delaynie Maple continued her fine form with nine digs and a pair of aces. Senior setter Camryn Haworth had 45 assists.
IU has now won five-straight matches over Michigan State, including four in the last three seasons. The five-match winning streak by Aird and the team over the Spartans is the longest in program history.
An important home contest awaits the Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Wilkinson Hall. Ohio State, one of IU’s three double play opponents this year, comes to Bloomington for a matinee (1:00 PM) match.
Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Michigan State 21
Led by the voice of the home crowd, the Hoosiers stormed out to a dominant offensive set in game one. Camryn Haworth dished out 13 assists while Candela Alonso-Corcelles and Avry Tatum provided a combined 11 kills. Five service errors kept Michigan State in the set but three team blocks from IU helped seal the 25-21 win.
• Haworth set the tone with an ace on the opening point as IU jumped out to an early advantage. Tatum terminated on a kill as the Hoosiers went up 6-3 in the first part of the set.
• Michigan State took a brief lead at 8-7 but IU responded with four-straight points, polished off on a kill by Madi Sell. Alonso-Corcelles scored the first point out of a Spartan timeout to take a 12-8 advantage.
• A handful of self-inflicted errors let the Spartans back into the match, eventually pulling even at 14-all and 17-all. Needing a spark, Tatum and Alonso-Corcelles provided kills on either side of an attacking error from Akasha Anderson.
• The Hoosiers never let the lead get smaller than two the rest of the way, capping off the 25-21 set victory with a big swing from Tatum.
Set 2: Indiana 25, Michigan State 21
A late comeback, sparked by the service run of Delaynie Maple, allowed the Hoosiers to work back into the set and take the 2-0 lead in the match. IU had four blocks in game two and got eight important kills from Alonso-Corcelles. Michigan State committed eight attacking errors to give IU the set victory.
• After exchanging points in the early going, Michigan State pulled away on ace from Nalani Iosia to go up 12-9. The visitors maintained a three-point advantage at the media timeout following a kill from Zuzanna Kulig.
• The Hoosiers sided out following an attacking error from Michigan State’s Anderson to send Maple back to the service line. The graduate student responded with an 8-0 run of serve to put IU in front. The visitors called both timeouts during the run and substituted two players into the match. Alonso-Corcelles had a trio of kills to send IU up 22-18.
• Michigan State closed the deficit to one (22-21) but IU scored all three points following a timeout from head coach Steve Aird. Taylor Preston soared a ball long as the Hoosiers finished off a 25-21 win.
Set 3: Michigan State 25, Indiana 19
With a chance to finish off the sweep, IU fell apart in the third set and opened the door for the Spartans to get back in the match. Michigan State hit .400 (13-1-30) in game three while IU committed eight attacking errors and three service errors. Alonso-Corcelles struggled (-.186, 1-4-16) after a brilliant first two sets. Michigan State won set three 25-19.
• A block from Kulig and an attacking error off the hands of Alonso-Corcelles propelled Michigan State to an early 9-5 lead. Aird called his first timeout (5-9) and quickly had to use his second (10-16) just 12 points later.
• Mady Saris terminated on a kill, going high off hands to trim the deficit (15-19) but IU would never get closer than four points the rest of the way. She was aced later in the set as Michigan State pulled away to win 25-19.
Set 4: Indiana 25, Michigan State 22
Both teams could see some fatigue set in down the stretch but IU was able to close the match in the red zone. The Hoosiers barely outhit their visitors (.083-.062) with both teams getting five total blocks in game four. Tatum had six kills in the final set while Ava Vickers was responsible for three blocks.
• IU responded nicely from a poor third set, jumping out to a 9-5 lead. Sell and Saris each had kills before Michigan State’s Anderson sailed a ball long. Right when it looked like it would pull away, IU succumbed to a trio of mistakes as the visitors pulled level at 10-all.
• Michigan State’s lead was extended on service runs from Julia Bishop and Taylah Holdem but IU would get it back on an ace from Maple to take a 20-19 lead. Back-to-back errors from the Spartans and a massive kill from Tatum handed IU its first set point. Alonso-Corcelles finished off the set and match with her 17th kill of the night.
Top Hoosier Performers
#13 Tatum, Avry
19 kills, .351 hitting percentage, 3 blocks
#1 Sell, Madi
7 blocks, 3 kills, .429 hitting percentage
#11 Vickers
6 blocks, 4 kills
Notes to Know
• IU extended its winning streak in Big Ten home openers to a program-record four games. The Hoosiers beat Michigan State in 2021 and 2024 with additional victories over Iowa (2022) and Illinois (2023) in between.
• The Hoosiers have won five-straight games over Michigan State, extending its program-record streak against the Spartans. Head coach Steve Aird is 6-2 against Michigan State, winning all five contests since 2021.
• Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum is on an incredible run of form since Big Ten play began, averaging 4.82 kills per set in three conference games. She’s hitting .311 in league play and leads the Hoosiers with 177 kills on the year.
• Junior middle blocker Madi Sell matched a career-high seven blocks. She last achieved the mark in 2022 while at Missouri. As part of a big blocking night, sophomore middle blocker Ava Vickers had six kills. IU reached double digits in blocks for the fourth time this season.
• IU’s off to a 6-0 start at Wilkinson Hall this season, its best home start since the 2013 campaign. The Hoosiers could make program history with a win over Ohio State on Sunday. They’ve never won their first seven home games in a season in school history.
INDIANA FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES VS. NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA NOTES:
SETTING THE SCENE
• For the first time since the 2019 season and the 83rd time in program history, Indiana will play Northwestern in Evanston on Saturday afternoon
at 3:30 ET at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium (12,023) on the Big Ten Network.
• Indiana enters the matchup with a national ranking in the AP and Coaches Poll for the first time since Week 1 of the 2021 season.
• The matchup will mark the first time the two teams have played in Evanston since the 2016 season.
• Northwestern owns the advantage in the all-time series, 47-35-1. Indiana won the last matchup in 2019, but Northwestern has won five of the
last six meetings.
• In the 2019 matchup, the Hoosiers bested the Wildcats, 34-3, to push Indiana’s record to 7-2 on the season.
NEWS & NOTES
• Indiana enters the game with a 5-0 record after defeating Maryland (9/28), 42-28, in Week 5. This is Indiana’s third time in program history
starting a season 5-0 (2024, 1967, 1910).
• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 5-0 record.
• The Hoosiers won a game with four turnovers against Maryland, the first victory in a game with four turnovers since 2016 against Purdue (26-24).
• Scoring has come in bunches for Indiana as it has scored 40-plus points in four-straight games for the first time since 2015 (Week 11-13, bowl).
• The Hoosiers have accounted for three games with 500-plus yards of offense in 2024 (703, Western Illinois; 510, Charlotte; 510, Maryland). The
most in a season since 2020 (four games).
• Senior running back Justice Ellison scored on a 19-yard run in the third quarter in Week 5 against Maryland (9/28). Ellison has notched a rushing
touchdown in four consecutive games dating back to Week 2 versus Western Illinois (9/6).
• Junior wide receiver Elijah Sarratt moved his consecutive games with a catch streak to 30 straight games with his 9-yard reception in the first
quarter against Maryland. Sarratt enjoyed a seven-catch day for 128 yards and one touchdown. It was his ninth-career 100-yard receiving game.
• Junior linebacker Aiden Fisher tied a season-high 12 tackles against Maryland and has logged eight-plus tackles in each of the first five weeks of
the season. It was his sixth career double-digit tackle game and second of his IU tenure.
• Redshirt senior James Carpenter had a career-high 2.0 sacks against Maryland which also contributed to the Hoosiers’ 8.0 tackles for loss against
the Terrapins.
• Sophomore defensive back D’Angelo Ponds charted a career-high 10 tackles against Maryland.
• Indiana is tied for the ninth-fewest returning players in the FBS and tied for the third-fewest returning scholarship players.
• Of Indiana’s 28 transfers, the list includes 11 defensive players, 15 offensive players, and two specialists. There are 28 players from Division I,
including 28 from the FBS and one from the FCS.
• The 10 on-field assistants for the Hoosiers rank No. 4 in the FBS and No. 2 in the Power 4 in average age at 38.2 years old. Only Georgia Tech (33.2)
has a younger group of assistant coaches.
Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to begin his head coaching tenure with a 5-0 record. Indiana’s five-game winning streak is the longest streak since a five-game during the 1987 season (Week 3-7). The Hoosiers posted back-to-back games with 500-plus yards of offense for the first time since 2015 (Rutgers, 557; at Maryland, 520). Indiana logged its fourth game with 8.0 tackles for loss in 2024 to mark the most since posting four such games in 2018.
NORTHWESTERN NOTES:
Northwestern, which has won six of its last eight games dating back to last season, welcomes Indiana to Evanston for the first time since 2016 for the first of two Big Ten Conference games inside Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium this season. The Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 B1G) are entering Saturday’s tilt against the Hoosiers coming off a bye after falling in their conference opener at Washington 24-5 on Sept. 21. LB Xander Mueller was all over the field, posting 8 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and a fumble recovery. The grad student leads the team in tackles (28), tackles for loss (3.0) and passes broken up (4). He is the only player in the country to post at least 28 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and four passes broken up this season. Northwestern’s offensive line has surrendered just three sacks this season, which ranks tied with Ohio State for the best mark in the Big Ten and t-9th nationally. The Wildcats last allowed three or fewer sacks over the season’s first four games in 2015 (3). On the defensive side of the ball, Northwestern ranks in the top 25 nationally in both scoring defense and rushing yards allowed per game. Northwestern is 10th in FBS allowing 79.3 rushing yards per game and 23rd in scoring defense (15.8 ppg). The last time Northwestern allowed fewer points per game over the season’s first four games was when the 2020 Big Ten West Division champion defense allowed just 14.0 ppg. The defense has allowed just one rushing touchdown this year, Northwestern’s fewest over the season’s first four games since at least 2000. The ‘Cats have totaled 12 sacks this season with their average of 3.0 sacks per game ranking 17th nationally. Northwestern 12 sacks over the season’s first four games is its most since posting 12 in 2014. The Wildcats are 47-35-1 all-time against Indiana and have won five of the last six meetings and nine of the last 11. Northwestern has won eight straight at home, last losing on Oct. 23, 1993.
RECAPPING WASHINGTON Northwestern dropped its Big Ten Conference opener on the road at Washington 24-5 on Sept. 21 in Seattle, and scored exactly five points in a game for the second time in the last 115 years. The Wildcats were only able to muster 112 yards of offense playing without RB Cam Porter, and scored points on a safety and an 18-yard Jack Olsen field goal. LB Xander Mueller led the way defensively posting 8 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and a fumble recovery. The defense posted three sacks, with Mueller being joined by Anto Saka and Aidan Hubbard in the backfield. WR A.J. Henning led the way among receivers, making five grabs for 41 yards. CAT SACKS Through three games this season, Northwestern has recorded 12, which ranks t-17th most in FBS (per game). The Wildcats have posted their most sacks through four games since recording 12 sacks in 2014. Nine different players have recorded at least 0.5 sacks, including seven defensive linemen. DL Anto Saka leads the team with 2.5 sacks, while DL Aidan Hubbard and LB Mac Uihlein are tied for second with 2.0 apiece.
DEFENSIVE NOTES Northwestern’s defense is surrendering 79.3 yards per game on the ground, which ranks 10th-best in FBS. For the first time since at least 2000, the Wildcats have allowed just one rushing touchdown over the first four games of a season. Since at least 2000, Northwestern’s 173 rushing yards allowed this season is the fewest over a season’s first three games and the fewest yards per carry (2.3). The Wildcats have recorded four interceptions this season, which ranks 15th in the nation. DBs Devin Turner, Theran Johnson, Robert Fitzgerald and Evan Smith each have recorded a pick. Northwestern is allowing an average of 15.8 points per game, which ranks 23rd nationally. It is the fifth-fewest points per game Northwestern has allowed over the season’s first four games since 1990.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
WOLLARD SHINES AT NORTHWESTERN
EVANSTON, Ill. – After dropping Set 1, the No. 10 Purdue Boilermakers (11-3, 2-1 Big Ten) stormed back for the 3-1 victory at Northwestern (3-8, 1-2 Big Ten) behind 23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 29-27 set scores.
After an errorless performance at Minnesota, where she posted seven kills on 15 swings for a .467 clip, right side Kenna Wollard picked up where she left off to lead the team to victory at Northwestern. In her second straight match hitting above .400, the sophomore ended the day with a team-leading 18 kills on a .438 clip. Not only was it a career-high in kills, it was the first time she has led the team. Finding her groove in Big Ten play, the Boilermaker went seven consecutive sets without an attack error, which came to a close in Set 3 of the night.
The Boilermakers snagged Set 4 despite the Wildcats’ efforts to push the match to five, including having set point at 26-27. Wollard took set point away on her 18th kill before Purdue forced a pair of attack errors to seal the victory. Eva Hudson and Wollard each recorded six kills in the final set.
Setter Taylor Anderson and Hudson each produced double-doubles in the outing. Anderson totaled 47 assists, 13 digs, one block solo and an ace while Hudson totaled 13 kills, a season-high tying three aces alongside 16 digs. She was one dig shy of tying her career-high.
Middle blocker Raven Colvin totaled 14 kills on a .458%, committing just three attack errors in 24 swings in addition to adding three blocks (1-2).
Self-inflicted errors nagged the Boilermakers throughout Set 1, leading to six service errors and two reception errors. The Boilermakers had the lead, 22-20 thanks to a 4-1 run, however Northwestern returned the favor by outscoring Purdue 1-5 to win the set. The Boilermakers responded with a night’s best .300 attack % in Set 2 and a night’s best 70% sideout in Set 3.
Overall, Purdue out-hit Northwestern, .287% vs. .183% despite the Wildcats leading the blocking effort, 7-11.
Purdue will be back on Sunday night in Holloway Gymnasium to take on Michigan State. The October break match is set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES VS WISCONSIN
PURDUE NOTES:
• Kicking off the month of October, Purdue Football hits the road and travels north to face Wisconsin. Kickoff from Camp Randall Stadium is set for 12 p.m. ET on BTN. • The Boilermakers are in the midst of a stretch that features three road games over four contests. That ends next week at Illinois to cap consecutive weeks away from home. • Tight end Drew Biber (Cedarburg) and offensive lineman Marcus Mbow (Milwaukee) are the only two Boilermakers from the state of Wisconsin. • Purdue has the nation’s most efficient special teams unit, ranking No. 1 in ESPN’s College Football Power Index. • The Boilermakers blocked a pair of field goals in the first half last weekend against Nebraska, bringing their blocked kicks total to three on the season to lead the nation. It marked the first time Purdue blocked two field goals in a game since Sept. 3, 2011 against Middle Tennessee. • Kydran Jenkins ranks second in the Big Ten in sacks (0.88 per game) and ranks 16th nationally. The senior linebacker also ranks fourth in the conference with 1.4 tackles-for-loss per game. • In last year’s matchup against the Badgers, Jenkins recorded team highs in total tackles (9) and solo tackles (7). • Against Nebraska, Devin Mockobee moved to 11th on Purdue’s all-time rushing list (2,096 yards) by passing legendary Boilermaker running back Leroy Keyes (2,094). • Purdue boasts the nation’s 20th-best passing defense, allowing only 156.8 yards per game through the air. The Boilermakers have only allowed three touchdown passes by opposing quarterbacks this season. • Tight end Max Klare leads the Boilermakers in receptions (13), receiving yards (193) and receiving touchdowns (2). • After recording five receptions for 33 yards through the first three games of the season, sophomore Jaron Tibbs caught five passes for 46 yards versus Nebraska to lead Purdue and set new career highs. • One of the nation’s leading tacklers as an All-American a season ago, sophomore Dillon Thieneman ranks third in the Big Ten in total tackles (8.5 per game) and solo tackles (5.3 per game) this year. The 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year has recorded 23 tackles over the last two games. • Purdue has produced four All-Americans over the past three seasons (Dillon Thieneman – 2023, Charlie Jones – 2022, David Bell – 2021, George Karlaftis – 2021), the most in three years since 1967-69. • Joseph Jefferson has recorded 19 tackles over the last two games. Jefferson made three tackles through his first 14 games as a Boilermaker, dating back to the 2022 season. • Purdue is one of six Big Ten teams to win at least 15 conference games over the past three seasons (Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin). The Boilermakers finished second in the Big Ten West in 2021 before capturing the Big Ten West title in 2022. Last season, Purdue tied for fourth in the final year of divisional play. • The Boilermakers have only one first down by opponents’ penalties this season.
Purdue’s series with Wisconsin is one of its oldest running matchups, starting back in 1892. • The Badgers have controlled the series over the last 17 meetings, winning all of them. • The last two Purdue wins came back in 2000 and 2003, both matchups took place in Madison when Drew Brees and Kyle Orton were under center for the Boilermakers, respectively. • Purdue’s last win at home against Wisconsin was back in 1997.
LAST MATCH-UP: Three Wisconsin touchdowns on the opening three drives proved too much for Purdue to overcome, as the Boilermakers dropped a 38-17 decision to the Badgers at Ross-Ade Stadium. • As a team, Purdue ran for 194 yards on 31 carries (6.3 average), tallying two rushing scores from Hudson Card and Tyrone Tracy Jr. • Tracy was the team’s leading rusher, logging a then-career-high 84 yards on eight attempts, an average of 10.5 yards per carry. • The Boilers scored touchdowns on both drives in the third quarter, amassing 150 yards of offense. • They outgained the Badgers with 233 total yards to 185 in the second half, but the 21-3 deficit from the first 30 minutes was too large to surpass. • Purdue quarterback Hudson Card was 21-of-38 passing for 202 yards and a then-career-high with 50 yards on 13 carries, notching his third rushing score of the season.
NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL
IRISH FALL TO NO. 19 GEORGIA TECH IN FIVE SETS
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell in a tough five-set battle to the No. 19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at home on Friday night (25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 17-25, 13-15).
Morgan Gaerte finished with a career-high 18 kills, followed by Sydney Palazzolo with 15 kills and 14 digs. Lucy Trump, Anna Bjork, and Phyona Schrader each tallied eight kills a piece and Grace Langer finished with a team-best five blocks.
The Irish had their strongest offensive production in set one to start things off, hitting .333 and recording 17 kills as a team led Notre Dame to a 25-22 win in the first set. Tied at 18-all, the Irish would take a 22-18 advantage to force a Yellow Jacket timeout. Georgia Tech responded with a 3-0 run to force a Notre Dame timeout in return, but kills from Schrader and Trump coupled with a block from the freshman duo of Gaerte and Bjork secured the win.
It was back and forth between the Irish and Yellow Jackets in set two as there were nine ties and three lead changes. With Georgia Tech in front 18-17, the Irish were working to close the gap, but the Yellow Jackets would even the playing field at 1-1 as they took the second set 25-21.
Notre Dame recorded another strong offensive set in the third, tallying another 16 kills as a team and hitting at a clip of .325. Posting a lead of 17-10, the Irish forced a Georgia Tech timeout, but the Yellow Jackets responded as they closed the gap to three at 20-17 and forced an Irish timeout in return. Gaetre sent home another kill to seal the deal on set three as Notre Dame took a 2-1 advantage by winning the third 25-20.
It was another close start in the fourth as the Yellow Jackets led by just one at 10-9 before going on a 6-0 run to extend their lead 16-9. The Irish closed the gap to three at 17-14, but Georgia Tech would close it out with an 8-3 run to take it to a fifth set.
With Georgia Tech up 7-5 in the final set, the Irish called a timeout and responded with a 5-1 run to take the lead 10-8 and force the Yellow Jacket timeout. With Notre Dame leading 12-9, the Yellow Jackets strung together four straight points to make it 13-12 as the Irish called their second timeout. A kill from Trump tied it up at 13-all, but the ranked Georgia Tech squad would score the final two points to take the last set 15-13.
The Irish are back in action on Sunday as they host the Clemson Tigers at 1:00 pm at Purcell Pavilion.
BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
BUTLER LOSES LEAD, FALLS TO ST. JOHN’S
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler men’s soccer team held a lead for nearly 30 minutes but conceded a pair of goals to St. John’s, falling by a final of 2-1. The Bulldogs (3-6-2, 0-3-0 BIG EAST) scored in the 21st minute and held the 1-0 lead at the half. The Red Storm (4-4-3, 2-1-0 BIG EAST) leveled the match five minutes after the break and then scored the go-ahead goal with 14 minutes to play.
Key Moments
21′ | Josemir Gomez sends a ball from the left side to Ryan Hannosh at the arc. Hannosh keeps the ball moving to the right and finds an open Henri Kumwenda, 18 yards out. Kumwenda strikes a ball that hits the upper-right 90, putting the Bulldogs up, 1-0.
HALFTIME
50′ | St. John’s serves a ball forward from its own end, and a surging attacker touches it first –past Caleb Norris, who has charged out of the goal to the right corner of the area. The ball carries in front of the open goal, and a sprinting Augustine Boadi is able to tap it in to level the score.
76′ | The Red Storm’s Nigel Griffith carries the ball nearly 50 yards up the middle of the field. He is able to evade several defenders and send a shot past Norris, scoring what would prove to be the game-winning goal.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Henri Kumwenda
ASSISTS: Josemir Gomez, Ryan Hannosh
Bulldog Bits
Henri Kumwenda’s goal was his third of the season and the sixth of his career.
The assist from Josemir Gomez was his second of the season and the seventh of his collegiate career.
The assist from Ryan Hannosh was his fourth of the season and seventh of his career.
Up Next
Butler stays in Indianapolis but travels to Michael A. Carroll Stadium for a non-conference match with IU Indy on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The Bulldogs then travel to Seton Hall for a BIG EAST contest on Saturday, Oct. 12.
BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
BUTLER LOSE HARD FOUGHT BATTLE TO NO. 6 CREIGHTON
INDIANAPOLIS — The Bulldogs battled against No. 6 ranked Creighton inside Hinkle Fieldhouse Friday night, but the Blue Jays ultimately took the match in three sets (25-19, 25-15, 25-11).
Creighton 25-19
The Bulldogs used a kill and block from Abby Maesch to start at 4-4 against the Blue Jays. Creighton would slowly take a 11-7 lead before Butler came storming back using an insane behind the back pass by Maesch to bring the score back within a point. The Blue Jays then found some momentum using a 4-0 lead to jump to 17-12. A late rally by the Bulldogs cut the lead back to 22-19, but the Blue Jays would then eventually close out the first set at 25-19. Maesch and Alaleh Tolliver each collected four kills in the set.
Creighton 25-15
Maesch and Laiya Ebo earned early kills for the Bulldogs in Set 2, but Creighton began the set on top 4-2. The Blue Jays then went on a 7-0 spurt to take a 11-3 lead. Kills from Tolliver and Sawyer Jones helped bring the score back within five points 19-14. However the Blue Jays would eventually take Set 2 at 25-15.
Creighton 25-11
Butler started from behind again in Set 3 after an early 4-0 run gave Creighton a 8-2 lead. The Blue Jays would then go on a 10-2 run to extend their lead to 16-5. Creighton would hold onto the lead until the end of the set to win the match.
Stats of the Match
Freshman Alaleh Tolliver extended her streak of having nine or more kills to five matches after recording nine kills against Creighton. She has also led the team in kills throughout the last four matches with her total kills reaching 51 this season.
Inside The Box Score
Cora Taylor recorded 15 assists and four digs
Kaylee Finnegan added 10 assists and six digs
Tolliver led the team with nine kills and four digs
Maesch recorded eight kills and and five digs
Up Next
The Bulldogs will hit the road to Milwaukee to face off against Marquette on Sunday afternoon beginning at 2 PM.
IU-INDY MEN’S SOCCER
JAGS TOPPLE TITANS FOR FIRST #HLMSOC TRIUMPH
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s soccer team earned its first Horizon League victory Friday (Oct. 4) night, defeating Detroit Mercy, 1-0. Ethan Vermillion tallied the match’s lone goal in the 36th minute, and the Jaguar defense stood tall in the second half to hold onto the lead. After not facing a shot on goal in the opening ’45, Mason Taylor turned away five shots in the second stanza for his second straight shutout. The keeper received lots of help from his defenders with a plethora of shots being blocked inside the box.
“This wasn’t a must-win game, but it felt like it,” declared the goal scorer following the match. “These three points put us up to four in the conference, it’s huge. The last month has been a little rough for us (results-wise) and we are looking to turn that around, and today was the start of that.”
The Titans (1-7-2, 0-2-2) looked to get off to a fast start, earning a corner kick in the opening minute of the game that led to a shot that was blocked inside the 18. Under a minute later, the visitors were awarded their second corner that was claimed by Taylor who came off his line to collect the ball—something he did often throughout the match.
“We knew that the throw ins would all be long throw ins, so we set up in a way where we want Mason to come out and get the ball,” explained head coach Sid van Druenen. “If you’re not comfortable coming off your line and being strong in the air you are going to struggle, and I think that is one of Mason’s strengths.”
After the early action from Detroit Mercy, IU Indy (4-4-2, 1-2-1) controlled the possession and created more quality scoring chances over the next 15 minutes. Jose Antonio Herrera and Gijs Velings both had shots end up just on the wrong side of the bar that kept the scoreline even. The visitors, however, added a couple chances of their own in the middle of the opening half, with a shot being blocked and another sailing high in the 23rd minute.
The tally that broke the deadlock came with just under 10 minutes remaining in the half. The play began on the left side of the field with great hold-up play by Cameron Radeke. A cheeky back-heel pass gave Liam Zimmerman lots of space to run into, and he lobbed a terrific ball over the back line to the feet of Vermillion, who made no mistake with the finish. The junior’s second mark of the year would end up being his first career game-winning goal.
Detroit Mercy were the aggressors to start the second period, putting the hosts on their heels early. The intensity only picked up as time went on. As the clock inched closer to full time, the visitors threw even more numbers forward in search of an equalizer, leaving themselves vulnerable at the back. IU Indy was unable to capitalize on a couple different chances towards the end of the match, leaving the door open for the visitors, who battled to the final whistle. Despite having multiple free kicks and a corner kick in the final two-plus minutes of play, the IU Indy defense stood tall to earn a crucial conference win.
“That’s the part of the team that brings back the most returners, and it has been pretty steady,” said van Druenen of his team’s defense following a second straight clean sheet. “We knew (they would be connected), and they confirmed that again today.”
The Jaguars have a quick turnaround, playing crosstown rivals Butler on Tuesday (Oct. 8) at Michael A. Carroll Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. with the match being streamed on ESPN+.
BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL TAKES DOWN MAC-LEADING CENTRAL MICHIGAN
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – – Redshirt sophomore outside Aniya Kennedy came up with perhaps her biggest kill so far this season at 14-14 in the fifth, and followed with a block assist to help the Ball State women’s volleyball team earn a 3-2 (25-23, 17-25, 25-22, 18-25, 16-14) victory over Central Michigan Friday night at McGuirk Arena.
“We picked up a huge win tonight,” head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said. “Playing CMU is always a battle because they are so tough defensively. It felt great to finish with a win.”
In a battle of the league’s top two attacking teams, the Cardinals (8-6; 1-2 Mid-American Conference) saved their best for last, hitting .450 (11-2-20) in the fifth set hand the Chippewas (12-4; 3-1 MAC) its first league loss of the season.
While Kennedy combined with sophomore middle Gwen Crull for the match-winning block, graduate middle Aayinde Smith came up with a huge one of her own a few points earlier, giving Ball State the first match point at 14-13.
Overall, the Ball State defense produced a season-high 14.0 total blocks to help limit the CMU offense to its lowest rate of success in league play so far this season at .190. Crull would lead the way with six total blocks, while Smith chipped in five. Overall, eight different Cardinals registered at least one block in the win.
Aided by a match-high 23 kills from freshman outside Carson Tyler and 17 from Kennedy, it was enough for Ball State to walk away from McGuirk with its first #MACtion victory of the season.
Tyler, who smashed 20+ kills for the fifth time this season, also led the Ball State offense with a .327 (23-5-55) hitting mark, while the team connected for a .201 rate of success. CMU entered the night ranked seventh nationally by limiting opponents to a .136 hitting percentage.
The setting effort was split tonight, with senior Megan Wielonski seeing action in four of the five sets, while sophomore Lindsey Green set most of the third and all of the fourth. Wielonski would collect 34 assists in the win, while Green finished the night with a career-high 19.
“We needed everyone tonight and everyone who came in made a major impact in our victory,” Phillips continued. “Lindsey really was the spart we needed in set three. We just couldn’t get things flowing early and her presence and energy gave us the boost we needed.”
In the backcourt, freshman libero Sophie Ledbetter once again paced the Ball State backcourt, collecting 17 digs. Junior defensive specialist Josie Bloom was second with nine, while Wielonski added eight and Kennedy chipped in a career-high seven.
It was Ledbetter’s service ace which would secure the opening set for the Cardinals, as BSU rallied off six of the final seven points in the frame. An 8-0 Ball State run turned a 15-10 deficit into an 18-15 advantage in the third, while Kennedy helped secure the final two points of the fifth to give BSU the match victory.
Natalia Rejment led four CMU players in double figures with 15 kills, while Hannah Langton collected a match-high 30 digs.
The Cardinals and Chippewas will square off again Saturday afternoon with a 4 p.m. first serve at McGuirk Arena.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
SYCAMORES FALL IN OPENER OF FOUR-MATCH ROAD TRIP
MURRAY, Ky. – Emma Kaelin and Curry Kendall combined for 16 kills Friday night, but homestanding Murray State defeated Indiana State in three sets (25-16, 25-22, 25-20) inside Racer Arena.
Kaelin led the Sycamores with nine kills and also added eight digs. Kendall tallied seven kills, while Ella Scott had six kills and a match-high seven blocks. Macy Lengacher led the Blue and White with 10 digs.
Kills from Scott and Kaelin, along with a Lengacher dig kill off a serve, kept the Sycamores all square with the home side early, but a 10-1 run for Murray State changed that quickly. A block solo from Kendall along with another kill from Scott gave the Trees some momentum, but Murray State kept its foot on the gas to maintain its significant advantage. Emily Weber got in on the action with a kill and Kaelin added a late ace, but the Sycamores dropped the opening set 25-16.
Kendall and Scott got the Trees off to a good start in set two with kills, with Lily Mueller adding a kill to maintain the strong start. Murray State went on another scoring run, but a kill from Kendall along with multiple Racer errors kept the Sycamores within striking distance. The Racers built up an eight-point lead late in the set, but the Sycamores clawed their way back starting with another Lengacher kill and a block assist from Mueller and Weber. Kills from Kendall and Scott, along with an ace from Weber, pulled the Trees within four at 23-19, and Kaelin and Scott later helped fend off a set point with a block. Indiana State found itself in a hole, though, as Murray State won the second set 25-22.
Two kills each in the early stages of set three from Kaelin and Kendall, along with a block from Scott and Weber, had the Sycamores off to a strong start in the third set. Indiana State took an 11-10 lead on back-to-back kills from Kaelin, and the score continued to go back-and-forth in the set. Murray State used a run to take a 19-14 lead. Kills from Hannah Baudin and Kaelin pulled the Sycamores closer, and a block party later ensued for the Sycamores. Scott started the rally with a block solo and teamed up with Kaelin for a pair of block assists as Indiana State got within 22-19 late. Kaelin added another kill, but the Racers claimed the set 25-20 to close out the match.
News and Notes
All of Curry Kendall’s seven kills came in the last two sets.
Indiana State hit .207 for the match, with just nine attack errors in 92 attempts.
Indiana State tallied 11 blocks in Friday’s match, the Sycamores’ most in a three-set match this season.
More than half of Indiana State’s kills in Friday’s match came from freshmen and sophomores.
Indiana State had four different players – Emma Kaelin, Ella Scott, Lily Mueller and Emily Weber – with three or more blocks.
Up Next
Indiana State’s road trip continues Saturday when the Sycamores face Belmont at 6 p.m.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
RILEY ROSNECK RECORDS CAREER-HIGH 16 KILLS IN LOSS AT GREEN BAY
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball team dropped a tight three-set Horizon League match at Green Bay on Friday night (Oct. 4) 25-23, 25-23, 25-22, despite Riley Rosneck’s career-high 16 kills.
Green Bay led 17-11 in set one before the Mastodons mounted a comeback to eventually take a 22-21 lead after an ace from Rosneck. From there, however, the home team had a 4-1 push back to take set one.
Neither team led by more than three in set two until the Phoenix had a 22-18 lead late. The Mastodons responded with a 5-1 run that included two kills from Rosneck and one from Abby Stratford. This tied up the set at 23, put Green Bay shoved back with the last two points of the set.
Rosneck continued her solid performance early in set three with the first two kills of the frame. The ‘Dons built up a 12-8 lead before a Green Bay timeout. The Phoenix responded well out of the timeout, tying up at 14. Purdue Fort Wayne pushed back to go up 18-15, but GB had a 6-2 run down the stretch to end the night early.
Rosneck’s 16 kills led the Mastodons. LonDynn Betts (18) and Becky Barrett (11) had double-digit digs.
Katie Schulz had 18 kills for the Phoenix.
Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 9-8 and 2-2 in the Horizon League. Green Bay improves to 6-10, 3-1 in the HL. The two teams will square off again on Saturday (Oct. 5) at 3 p.m. ET.
EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN WEEKEND OPENER
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Giulia Cardona recorded 23 kills in just three sets as the University of Evansville volleyball team fell in the weekend opener at Belmont.
Cardona hit .300 and had nine digs and an ace to go along with her 23 kills. Three Purple Aces finished the night with four kills. Making her first appearance since the first weekend of the season, Kora Ruff picked up 28 assists and five digs. Ainoah Cruz led all players with 18 digs. Lucy Kay led the Bruins with 12 kills.
Game 1 – Belmont 25, UE 18
Kora Ruff opened the match with an ace before setting up Giulia Cardona for the kill. Belmont responded with four in a row to take their first lead.
With the Bruins up 9-8, they went on a run to push the lead to 14-10. UE rallied once again, cutting the deficit in half as a kill by Angelica Gonzalez helped her team make it a 19-17 game. Belmont had the response, completing the set on a 6-1 run to take a 1-0 lead.
Game 2 – Belmont 25, UE 21
Both teams had the lead in the early moments of the second frame, but with the score tied at 7-7, Belmont scored three in a row to take the lead for good. The 3-0 spurt was the start of a 10-3 run that put them in front by a 17-10 score.
Despite the deficit, the Aces kept fighting. Trailing 22-14, UE outscored the Bruins by a 6-1 margin to cut the deficit to 23-20. Madisyn Steele had a kill during the stretch before the Bruins regrouped to take a 2-0 match lead.
Game 3 – Belmont 25, UE 14
Another close game ensued as the squads dueled to a 6-6 score. Four in a row by the Bruins set them up with another lead they would not relinquish. They clinched the match with a 25-14 decision.
UE will look for the weekend split on Saturday with a 6 p.m. match at Murray State.
SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
EAGLES SWEEP PANTHERS LEAVING CHARLESTON WITH AN OVC WINNING RECORD
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball (8-9, 3-2 OVC) brought the energy on Friday afternoon completing the two-game sweep of Eastern Illinois University (4-10, 0-4 OVC) in three sets (25-23, 25-20, 25-16). USI finished with a season high .310 attacking percentage with 12 service aces as ten different Eagles contributed points on only 14 errors.
Set 1: USI 25, EIU 23
Graduate senior Jasmine Green, senior Carly Sobieralski, junior Bianca Anderson, and sophomore Leah Coleman all tallied kills giving the Eagles an early 7-5 lead. More Eagles got involved as senior Abby Weber, junior Keira Moore, sophomore Ashby Willis, freshman Kerigan Fehr manufactured five service aces as USI led 20-18. Coleman finished her third kill to extend the lead to 23-20 and Willis finished the job with an emphatic cross court kill to clinch the set. USI used their depth once again to tame the Panthers in set one as eight different Eagles earned points.
Set 2: USI 25, EIU 20
The Eagles forced EIU into calling two early timeouts leading 10-5. Green added another kill giving the Eagles a six-point lead after Moore recorded a highlight reel dig. Willis fired home her sixth kill hitting .500 along with another service ace to make it 21-16. Willis helped clinch the set as she continued her outstanding weekend leaving the Panthers with no answer leading the Eagles with nine kills.
Set 3: USI 25, EIU 16
USI’s energy was electric on Friday as Anderson fired a kill through the middle as the Eagles continued to beat the Panthers to the net at 5-2. Willis converted her ninth kill from only 19 attempts expanding the Eagles lead to 12-8. Coleman was also extremely efficient swatting a cross court kill for her ninth kill and a three-point USI lead. Anderson was determined to finish this match in three sets with two straight kills making it 22-16. USI was relentless finishing the Panthers on a five-point run to clinch the weekend sweep.
The win marks the fifth Ohio Valley Conference sweep for the Eagles in the past two years and the first against the Panthers. The Eagles are now back in the thick of things in the OVC regular season race at 3-2.
Willis finished with a signature weekend as a Screaming Eagle leading both nights as she finished with 11 kills on Saturday. Sobieralski set up 34 Eagles finishing the three-game week with 134 assists. Moore led in digs all week as well with 15 on Friday afternoon. Weber finished a season high four service aces, while Green and Anderson both swatted three blocks.
As a team, USI finished with 45 kills, 41 assists, 35 digs, 12 aces, five blocks, and a .310 attacking percentage. The Panthers earned 35 kills, 31 assists, 34 digs, three aces, seven blocks, and a .261 hitting percentage.
Next up for the Eagles
USI is back on the road next weekend at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
VALPO VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL PUSHES MVC FAVORITE UNI TO THE BRINK FRIDAY
Taking on the MVC preseason favorites at the ARC Friday night to open a busy Homecoming Weekend of athletic events, the Valpo volleyball team took the first two sets from UNI, but the Panthers came back to win each of the final three frames to deal the Beacons a 3-2 (20-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-23, 15-11) defeat.
How It Happened
The fourth set presented the best opportunity for Valpo to close out the match and was the most back-and-forth frame of the night, featuring 10 ties and four lead changes.
UNI led by four points approaching the halfway mark with an 11-7 edge, but it was Valpo which surpassed the halfway point in front, as the Beacons reeled off a 6-1 run to take a 13-12 lead.
The teams battled for control up to 17-17, at which point UNI scored three in a row to seemingly take control with a 20-17 lead. The Beacons responded with five of the next six points, capped by an Ava Helming (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) which gave Valpo the 22-21 lead.
A kill from UNI was answered by a termination by freshman Lilly Merk (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo), as Valpo closed to within two points of finishing the victory. But the Panthers’ Kira Fallert racked up kills on each of the next three points to force the fifth set.
After trailing 3-1 early in set five, Valpo scored four points in a row, with a block from Merk and junior Sam Warren (Kentland, Ind./South Newton) giving the Beacons a 5-3 lead.
Valpo maintained the two-point edge at 6-4 before back-to-back Panthers points tied the set at 6-6. The Beacons sided out at both 6-6 and 7-7 to keep UNI from regaining the edge, but following the changeover at 8-7, the Panthers went on a 6-1 run and then traded sideouts to close the match.
It was an inauspicious start to the opening frame for the Beacons, as UNI opened the night with a 4-0 run. Valpo responded with four in a row, but was unable to pull in front, as the Panthers held the lead for most of the set.
With UNI leading 19-16, Helming and Jessica Pickett (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) combined on a block to regain the serve, and the Beacons went on a run with Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) at the service line, taking Valpo all the way to set point at 24-19. On the second chance to close the opening frame, senior Elise Swistek (LaPorte, Ind./New Prairie) picked up a kill to give the Beacons the opener.
It would take an even bigger late push for Valpo to claim set two, as after a battle for control early, UNI led through the middle stages and pushed its lead to seven points at 20-13.
Merk picked up a kill to set up a service run from freshman Mia Liberti (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute), as the Beacons racked up the next four points in a row on her serve to close to within 20-18.
An error briefly slowed the Valpo momentum, but Warren picked right back up with a kill and then it was time for sophomore Mara Thomas (Bogart, Ga./Athens Academy) to go on a service run of her own. Pickett picked up a pair of blocks during the run and Thomas delivered a pair of aces, the second of which completed the 11-1 run and gave Valpo set point at 24-21. On the second chance, a UNI attack error sent the Beacons into intermission with the 2-0 lead.
UNI came out with the best of the third set, starting the set on an 11-3 run and never letting Valpo approach the lead for the remainder of the frame.
Inside the Match
Valpo’s performance Friday came against a UNI program which not only was picked to win the MVC in this season’s preseason poll, but is 38-1 in MVC regular season action since the start of the 2022 campaign and has won the last two MVC tournament titles.
After winning their first two five-set matches of the year, the Beacons have dropped their last four, including two over the last two weekends in Valley play.
Valpo limited UNI to .081 hitting over the first two sets, but the Panthers came back to hit .270 over the final three frames.
Despite playing five sets, no Beacon had more than 13 kills, with Swistek leading the squad in that category.
It was a balanced attack for Valpo Friday, as all six attackers finished between six and 13 kills. Warren joined Swistek in double figures, tallying 11 kills on .242 hitting, while Pickett notched seven kills on .316 hitting.
Valpo tallied 13 team blocks, its sixth time in double figures in the category this season and third-most by a UNI opponent this year. The latter placement is impressive considering UNI’s nonconference schedule included five top-25 opponents and another opponent which was receiving votes nationally.
The freshmen led the way on the block for the Beacons, as Merk and Helming each set season bests with seven and six rejections, respectively. Pickett added five blocks as well, her seventh time this year with at least five blocks.
Hickey led the way in the back row with a match-best 34 digs, her 10th career effort of at least 30 digs. Kadence Brumitt (Niles, Mich./Brandywine) flew past her previous season best with a 16-dig night, while Swistek added 12 digs for the 32nd double-double of her career.
Next Up
Valpo (9-6, 1-2 MVC) faces another tough test on Saturday in a five-day stretch of challenging matchups, as Drake — which was picked third in the MVC preseason poll and sits at 3-0 in Valley play — visits the ARC. First serve is slated for 6 p.m.
UINDY VOLLEYBALL
GREYHOUND TRIO SET CAREER HIGHS AGAINST JEWELL
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy women’s volleyball team defeated William Jewell in a five-set showdown in Ruth Lilly on Friday evening. For the first time since the 2018 season, the Greyhounds started 3-0 in conference play. The Hounds also bump up their win streak to 12, the last time that happened was in 2012.
Redshirt junior Claire Morris had a monster night on the floor. Morris picked up 61 assists during the contest, a career-high. The redshirt junior also picked 11 digs and an ace.
INS & OUTS
The Greyhounds and Cardinals traded sets leading to a thriller of a fifth set. The two teams traded the lead four times, with the score ting seven times. During the deciding set UIndy hit .400 and held WJC to only .115.
The Greyhounds had nine kills in the final set, four of which came from senior Sophia Parlanti. Although freshman Madeline Lynch had the final two kills that won the match for the Hounds.
Parlanti also picked up a new career high during the match, tabbing 24 kills. The senior hit for.259. Parlanti grabbed five digs, four block assists, and one solo block as well.
Sophomore Maddie Berger was the third Greyhound to have a career night. Berger hit an impressive .515 with 19 kills. The sophomore only two errors during the contest out of 33 attempts.
On defense freshman Kelsey McKenney had a career-high of nine block assists. Libero Ellie Spang led the team in digs with 16.
INSIDE THE BOX
– Freshman Madeline Lynch picked up 16 kills, a career high. She hit .216 while also getting two block assists.
– As a team, the Greyhounds hit for .285 with 72 kills.
– Senior Lauren Peal tabbed 15 digs during the five-set battle. Sophomore Macy Bruton had 12 digs.
– Five different Hounds picked up aces during the match – sophomores Mia Moser and Riley Laine, Bruton, Spang, and Lynch.
MORE NOTES
UIndy still remain undefeated against William Jewell in the all-time series at 13-0 … Cardinal Bella LePorta had 29 kills during the contest, hitting .323. She also had a team-high 18 digs.
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds return to Ruth Lilly Fitness Center tomorrow for a match-up against Rockhurst. Action is slated for 3 p.m.
UINDY MEN’S SOCCER
UINDY BATTLES THEIR WAY TO A 2-2 DRAW AGAINST DRURY
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s soccer team came back twice to earn a hard-fought 2-2 draw on the road against Drury.
This is the first time in 25 all-time meetings these two foes have ended in a tie. The Greyhounds also outshot the Panthers for the eighth consecutive time, recording 18 shots compared to the Panthers 10.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UIndy fell behind early when Joe Loughnane’s in-swinging corner kick found Carson Morgan on the back post to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead inside the first five minutes.
The Hounds almost responded in the 16th minute when Bobby Turner’s header inside the six yard box forced a big kick save from Drury’s Camden Meyer, to keep the score 1-0.
August Abrahamsen got the Hounds level in the 27th minute on a low curling left footed shot that beat Meyer’s diving attempt.
With two seconds left in the first half, the Panthers scored off another corner kick goal from Morgan as his header beat Ionas Giovanidis, to give Drury the 2-1 lead going into half time.
The Hounds comeback efforts took a hit when Bobby Turner received a straight red card in the 65th minute, leaving the Hounds a man down the rest of the way.
But the red card did not deter the Hounds, as Lucas Bedleg scored in the 77th minute with a curling right footed shot from outside the box to secure the 2-2 draw against Drury.
INSIDE THE BOX
– For the third straight game, August Abrahamsen scored at least one point after his goal tonight.
– Brandon Johnson picked up his first assist of the season tonight.
– Lucas Bedleg led the team in shots with five; it’s the second time this season he’s recorded at least five shots in a single game.
– Jakob David tied for his season high in shots tonight with three.
UP NEXT
The Hounds will look to get back into the win column on Sunday Oct. 6, when they travel to take on Southwest Baptist.
UINDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
GREYHOUNDS STIFLED BY DRURY IN 1-0 DEFEAT
INDIANAPOLIS – Friday, Oct 4th, the University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team fell to Drury University in a 1-0 bout that saw two hydration breaks due to high temperatures. Despite the stellar goalkeeping from Jenna Taghikhani, the Greyhounds’ offense was never able to establish themselves against a sound Panthers’ defense.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds started the match by stringing together a pair of valuable possessions in their offensive third, earning two corner kicks within the first 15 minutes. Drury’s stout defense on the back line held UIndy’s offense at bay in both corners, as the Hounds couldn’t register a shot from either set piece.
Just minutes later, the Panthers went on the attack and tallied three total shots within three minutes, but Taghikhani shut down the only chance on target. Drury’s offensive pressure persisted, eventually leading to a Kourtney Tucker goal in the 21st minute. Both teams went back and forth for the rest of the first, and Drury went into halftime with a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the Hounds’ defense held off two Drury corners within the first 10 minutes. Shortly after the consecutive defensive stands, Stephanie Brady was awarded a penalty shot in the 57th minute after taking a hard foul in the box from Andrea Camargo. Brady’s attempt was denied by Drury’s Katy Fitzler, for her first save of the match. The Hounds were unable to register any further shots from this point, while the Panthers drove six shots on Taghikhani to no avail.
IN THE BOX
Jenna Taghikhani made a career-high 11 saves
Zy’Aire Parker played a full 90 minutes for the seventh time this season, leading all players in the field in minutes.
Drury’s Katy Fitzler recorded her sixth clean sheet of the year, leading the conference in shutouts.
UP NEXT
The Hounds will travel to Bolivar, MO, for a 1 pm match against Southwest Baptist.
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
10 – 5 – 14 – 8 – 27 – 9 – 99 – 29 – 25 – 23 – 51 – 82
October 5, 1908 – Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh beats Detroit Tigers, 6-1, his 40th victory of the MLB season. This win forces AL pennant race to go to the final day of the season.
October 5, 1915 – Detroit Tigers speedster Ty Cobb steals his 96th base of the season in 5-0 loss to Cleveland Indians. This total stood as an MLB record until 1962 when Maury Wills, broke the barrier with 104.
October 5, 1932 – With new ownership Detroit Falcons officially change name to Detroit Red Wings, and the Winged Wheel is introduced; previous names Cougars (1926-30), Falcons (1930-32)
October 5, 1941 – Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen, Number 10 dropped a 3rd called strike and Tom Hendrick reached 1st base safely for Yankees for a famous Baseball World Series error. This failed K would have been the last out, instead Yankees score 4 and win 7-4 and eventually won the series, 4-1
October 5, 1947 – Brooklyn outfielder Al Gionfriddo wearing Number 18 made his famous catch of Yankee Number 5, Joe DiMaggio drive to the outfield in Game 6 of Baseball World Series. The Dodgers beat the Yankees, 8-6 as the catch inspired the now famous sportscaster “back-back-back” expression
October 5, 1950 – Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown & coach Red Auerbach draw lots out of hat for 3 members of defunct Chicago Stags franchise; hit jackpot with future 6-time NBA champion, Bob Cousy, who would wear Number 14 for the Celtics
October 5, 1956 – Catcher Yogi Berra, Number 8 in pinstripes became the 4th NY Yankee to hit a Baseball World Series grand slam in Game 2 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; Dodgers win, 13-8 but lose series, 4-3
October 5, 1963 – At the 17th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs tie All Stars, 3-3. MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs, LW who wore Number 27
October 5, 1982 – First regular season NHL game is played in New Jersey (Newark; NJ Devils play a 3-3 tie against Pittsburgh Penguins at Brendan Byrne Arena. Don Lever, Number 9 scores first Devils’ goal
October 5, 1983 – Edmonton super star Wayne Gretzky, Number 99 scored a goal and assist in 5-4 win over Toronto in the Oilers season opener; starts NHL record 51-game scoring streak; ends 28/1/84
October 5, 1986 – Rams running back Number 29, Eric Dickerson runs for an NFL overtime record 42-yard touchdown as LA defeats Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-20 at Anaheim Stadium
October 5, 1990 – Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Number 25, Kevin Stevens had 2 goals & 4 assists in 7-4 opening-night win against the Washington Capitals at Capital Centre to set NHL record for most points in a season opener (6)
October 5, 1994 – The NBA shortens the 3-point distance to a uniform 22 feet in attempt to help offensive players score more. Chicago Bulls guard, Number 23, Michael Jordan set career highs in 3-point attempts & converted 3-point field goals, nearly double previous statistics
October 5, 1996 – New York center fielder Number 51, Bernie Williams homers from each side of the plate as the Yankees beat Texas, 6-4 to win the AL Division Series, 3 – 1
October 5, 2001 – Barry Bonds, Number 25 of the San Francisco Giants hits his 71st and 72nd home runs in 11-10 loss v LA Dodgers at Pacific Bell Park; breaks Mark McGwire’s MLB single season HR record
October 5, 2003 – Kansas City wide receiver Dante Hall, wearing Number 82 scored on a game winning 93-yard punt return in Chiefs 24-23 victory v Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium; returns for score in an NFL-record 4th straight game
FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 5, 1907 – Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) plays its first game as Montreal defeats Toronto, 17-8 in Montreal, Quebec. The IRFU, also known as the Big 4 and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936) merged in 1958 to form the Canadian Football League.
October 5, 1985 – Legendary Grambling State University Head Coach Eddie Robinson notches a record 324th win in a football game. Coach ended up being the headman at Grambling for a total of 56 years and eventually ended his coaching career totaling a whopping 408 victories!
October 5, 1924 – The NFL’s Kansas City Blues (later in 1925 to be known as the Cowboys) played the franchise’s first game, a 3-0 loss to the Milwaukee Badgers per the Sportsencylopedia.com.
October 5, 1935 – Per princetontigersfootball.com/history-of-the-program/ Princeton head coach Herbert O. “Fritz” Crisler introduced to his team a black leather helmet with three stripes along its length and triangular “wings” meant to represent the folded-back ears of a tiger. The bold color combinations and distinctive design helped quarterbacks more easily identify receivers downfield. Crisler would later take this design with him to the University of Michigan after leading the Tigers to two of its record 28 National Championships.
October 5, 1986 – A new NFL overtime rushing record is reached, when Eric Dickerson of the LA Rams, sprints for a 42 yard touchdown run to lead the Rams over the Tampa Bay Bucs 26-20 in Anaheim Stadium.
October 5, 1991 – An NCAA record is tied when Fresno State reeled off 49 points in the 2nd quarter against New Mexico at home in Bulldog Stadium. The Bulldogs routed their guests 94-17 in the contest.
October 5, 2003 – Prolific return specialist Dante Hall of the Kansas City Chiefs returned a punt 93 yards to paydirt to help lead his team to a 24-23 victory over rival Denver. The game winner was the fourth consecutive return that Mr. Hall had taken a kick all the way back!
Hall of Fame Birthdays for October 5
October 5, 1911 – Bill Corbus was a guard from Stanford University. The website footballfoundation.org tells the story that the 1933 Stanford Cardinal lineup consisted of nine sophomores who were referred to as the “Vow Boys”, since they took an oath to not lose to USC during their playing days at Stanford. They were true to their word as the Cardinal ripped off wins against their rival the Trojans those three straight years. The 1933 victory of the Vow series can be directly attributed to the accolades of Bill Corbus as he booted two second-half field goals to lift the Cardinal to a 13-7 win over Southern Cal. Bill was described by many as having cherub-like facial features and his 5-11, 195 pound frame, but he had the ferocity of a wolf in a chicken-coop when placed on the gridiron. Bill’s low center of gravity allowed him to get under opponents and knock them off balance, giving him a great advantage against larger opposition. Corbus was voted in as an Al-American in his final two seasons of collegiate football and in the classroom, he excelled with honors. Corbus was the student body president and he graduated magna cum laude from Stanford. Bill was hired by the A&P grocery chain after graduation and he clambered the organizational ladder to the rank of vice- chairman before his career with the chain was over. Bill was honored by the Stanford Athletic Board with their Distinguished Achievement Medal in 1978. His high school in Vallejo, California, named a stadium for him. The National Football Foundation voted Bill Corbus into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
October 5, 1921 – Bill Willis was a tackle from Ohio State University. Bill joined the Cleveland Browns in 1946 and entered into the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s museum of legends in 1977.
October 5, 1958 – Ken Margerum was a two-time Consensus All-American wide receiver from Stanford University. When he graduated in 1980, MArgerum was the all-time leader in Cardinal history with 41 receptions for 2,430 yards and 30 touchdowns per the National Football Foundation’s website. Ken was a 1980 Second-Team Academic All-American and tied a Pac-10 Conference record when he had four TD receptions in one game. He was honored with the Pop Warner Memorial Trophy for being the West Coast’s most valuable senior player in 1980 and entered into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
October 5, 1977 – Sean Brewer was a defensive tackle from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Sean is the only Division III defensive lineman to have ever reached the First-Team All-American Honors status in three different seasons according to the website footballfoundation.org. Sean finished his outstanding career with 435 tackles, 332 of them of the solo variety and a whopping 52 sacks of the quarterbacks! In recognition of his outstanding career, the Division III Defensive Lineman of the Year Award was named the Sean Brewer Award in 2013. The National Football Foundation voted Sean Brewer into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2015. After graduation Sean went into educational vocation and at last look was serving as the principal at Rosa Scott High School in Madison, Mississippi.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1906 The Cubs post their 116th victory when they beat Pittsburgh at Exposition Park, 4-0. Chicago, who sets a major league mark for wins, completes the season with an astounding .763 winning percentage.
1916 Reds right-hander Christy Mathewson faces Mordecai Brown of the Cubs in the career finale for each pitcher, marking the first time two future Hall of Famers have made their final appearance in the same game. Both Cooperstown-bound hurlers go the distance in Cincinnati’s 10-8 victory at Chicago’s Weeghman Park.
1924 A smiling Calvin Coolidge, becoming the first U.S. President to attend a World Series opener, shakes hands with Bucky Harris and hands him a baseball that the Washington skipper places in Senator’s starter Walter Johnson’s glove. In the Griffith Stadium contest, the Giants edge the hometown team in 12 innings, 4-3.
Manager Stanley Harris presents President Coolidge with the baseball used to open the World Series. Photo retrieved from the Library of Congress.
1925 For the first time in the 50-year history of the franchise, the Cubs end the season in last place. The team, managed by Bill Killefer (33-42), Rabbit Maranville (23-30), and George Gibson (12-14), compiles a 68-86 record and finishes 27.5 games behind the first-place Pirates.
1925 Player managers Ty Cobb and George Sisler face one another as mound opponents, marking the first time both sides use a position player to pitch in relief in the same game, an oddity not occurring again until 2012. In the season finale, the Georgia Peach throws a perfect final frame for the Tigers’ 11-7 victory over the Browns in the Sportsman’s Park contest, with ‘Gorgeous George’ facing only seven batters in his two scoreless innings.
1932 After his skipper compiles a 350-264 (.570) record in four seasons at the helm, Senators owner Clark Griffith, hinting that he may name himself as the club’s next skipper, announces Walter Johnson will not be returning to manage the team next season. Joe Cronin, who will lead the club to an American League pennant next year, replaces the Washington legend.
1948 Joe DiMaggio becomes the first major leaguer to appear on a Time Magazine cover for a second time, featured in an article titled The Big Guy, which details the center fielder’s injury woes during the final week of the American League pennant race. During his rookie season, the Yankee Clipper first appeared on the popular news magazine cover on July 13, 1936.
1948 In a one-game playoff, the Indians, behind the five-hitter tossed by 28-year-old rookie southpaw Gene Bearden, beat the Red Sox for the AL flag, 8-3. The complete-game victory marks the young knuckleballer’s 20th victory of the season.
1950 In the World Series opener at Shibe Park, the Yankees beat the Phillies and Jim Konstanty, 1-0, thanks to Jerry Coleman’s fourth-inning sac fly, plating Hank Bauer, who had doubled to open the frame. The Bronx Bombers’ victory over the Whiz Kids marks the last time the Fall Classic begins without a person of color on either team’s roster.
1951 During Game 1, Giants outfielder Monte Irvin becomes the first player to steal home in a World Series contest since 1928. Twenty-three years ago, Bob Meusel of the Yankees swiped the dish in a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals during the sixth inning of Game 3.
1951 In Game 1 of the World Series, the first all-black outfield in major league history appears when Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson take the field for the Giants at Yankee Stadium. In a curious move, Leo Durocher replaces the previously injured right fielder Don Mueller with Hank Thompson, a third baseman by trade, using veteran outfielder Bobby Thomson at the hot corner.
1953 In the third inning of an eventual 11-7 victory in Game 5, Mickey Mantle blasts a Russ Meyer pitch into the upper deck of Ebbets Field, a rare occurrence for a left-handed batter, becoming the fourth player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The Yankees slugger joins teammate Gil McDougald (1951), Elmer Smith (1920), and Tony Lazzeri (1936) in accomplishing the feat.
1955 After over half a century of futility, the Dodgers finally win a World Championship, thanks to Johnny Podres’ 2-0 shutout of the Yankees in the Bronx. The turning point of the historic contest proves to be an outstanding catch by defensive replacement Sandy Amoros in the sixth inning that robs Yogi Berra of an extra-base hit with two on, resulting in a rally-robbing double play.
1958 With his 3-for-4 performance in Game 3, Hank Bauer establishes a major league record by collecting at least one hit in 17 consecutive World Series games. The Yankee outfielder set the mark playing in three straight Fall Classics from 1956 to 1958.
1959 Fred Haney, wanting to spend more time with his family, resigns as the Braves’ manager. During his three-and-a-half-year tenure in the Milwaukee dugout, the 64-year-old embattled skipper compiled a 341-231 (.596) record, resulting in two second-place finishes, two pennants, and a World Championship.
1962 When Willie Mays scores on a surprise bunt by Jose Pagan in Game 1, Whitey Ford sees his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak end at 33.2 innings. However, Clete Boyer’s seventh-inning home run helps Ford win a record 10th and his final Fall Classic victory as the Yankees defeat the Giants, 6-2.
1964 Thirty minutes after their 9-2 loss to Chicago on the last day of the season, the Giants fire manager Alvin Dark, rumored to be on the chopping block at the start of the season, and then name Herman Franks, a coach on the team, to be his successor. The controversial skipper complains about the number of black and Hispanic players on his team in a Newsday article printed in August, telling Stan Issacs, “they are just not able to perform up to the white player when it comes to mental alertness.”
1969 The Orioles defeat Minnesota in Game 2 of the ALCS, 1-0, with the lone run coming from a Mark Belanger single, two groundouts, and a bunt single by Paul Blair in the bottom of the 11th inning at Memorial Stadium. Dave McNally goes the distance in the longest complete-game shutout in postseason history.
1969 The Mets beat the Braves, 9-5, in the first-ever National League Championship Series playoff game. The eventual World Champions will sweep Atlanta in the best-of-five-game series before confronting the Orioles in the Fall Classic.
1972 At Montreal’s Parc Jarry, the Mets end the 1972 campaign beating the Expos, 3-1. Although New York finishes ten games over .500, they will become the first club in baseball history to finish a season without any player collecting 100 hits.
1980 The 17-1 thrashing of the Twins become a historic day for Willie Wilson. The Royals outfielder becomes the first big-league player credited with 700 at-bats in one season, sets the American League record for singles in a season with 184, and joins Garry Templeton, becoming the second switch-hitter in history to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate.
1981 The Reds blank the Braves, 3-0, finishing with the best record in the National League strike-shortened season (66-42) but will not participate in the postseason because the Dodgers and Astros posted better records for the first half (pre-strike) and the second half (post-strike). The plan, instituted midseason by Giants executive Al Rosen to salvage the season, eliminates the Western Division team from the first-ever NLDS.
1986 Thanks to Darryl Boston’s misadventures in the Metrodome’s center field, Greg Gagne hits two inside-the-park home runs in the Twins’ 7-3 victory over the White Sox. The light-hitting Twins shortstop becomes the 18th modern major leaguer to accomplish this rare feat.
1986 The Yankees sweep a doubleheader from the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 5-3 and 3-1. New York closer Dave Righetti saves both ends of the twin bill, finishing the season with 46 saves, breaking the major league record shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter.
1987 Toronto drops a 1-0 decision to the Tigers to finish the campaign with seven consecutive losses, including three straight in the season-ending series at Tiger Stadium. The Blue Jay’s defeat, which allows Detroit to clinch the American League East title, completes one of the greatest collapses in baseball history.
1987 On the last day of the season at Arlington Stadium, Charlie Hough and the Rangers lose to the Mariners, 7-4. The Texas knuckleballer is the last pitcher to start 40 games in a season.
1992 The Dodgers lose to the Astros, 3-0, ending the season with a 63-99 record, 35 games behind the division-leading Braves. Tom Lasorda’s club is the first in franchise history to finish in last place since 1905 when the team was called the Superbas and played in Brooklyn’s Washington Park.
1992 At 22 years, 11 months, and 19 days old, Rangers slugger Juan Gonzalez becomes baseball’s youngest home run champion. ‘Juan Gone,’ who went deep 43 times during the season, is 46 days younger than Joe DiMaggio, who won the crown playing with the Yankees in 1937.
1995 At Jacobs Field, the Red Sox drop their twelfth consecutive postseason decision, losing 4-0 to the Indians in Game 2 of the ALCS. The dubious streak, which started with the 1986 Bill Buckner game and will be extended to 13 when Cleveland sweeps the series, surpasses the Phillies’ dozen straight defeats that began with the 1915 World Series and ended in Game 1 of the 1977 NLCS.
1996 After three consecutive second-place finishes, the Astros fire manager Terry Collins, whose first-place team collapsed down the stretch. The 47-year-old skipper leaves the position with the best winningest percentage in franchise history, compiling a 224-197 (.532) record during his three-year tenure with Houston.
1999 On the last day of the season, Rey Ordonez extends the major league record to 100 errorless games at shortstop, handling 411 chances flawlessly during this span for the Mets. The New York infielder will add another game to the streak on Opening Day next season before committing an error the next day at the Tokyo Dome.
1999 In a one-game playoff for the NL wild card, the Mets beat the Reds at Cinergy Field, 5-0. New York southpaw Al Leiter goes the distance, limiting Cincinnati to only two hits.
2001 Barry Bonds ties Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record established three years ago as he hits his 70th round-tripper. The historic homer, a shot to right-center at Enron Field, is given up in the ninth inning by Astro rookie hurler Wilfredo Rodriguez in a Giant 10-2 victory.
2001 With his third-inning home run, Rickey Henderson breaks Ty Cobb’s mark to become the leading run-scorer in baseball history. The 42-year-old Padres outfielder slides into home to punctuate scoring his record-breaking 2,246th run.
2001 Alex Rodriguez, scoring the lone run in the Rangers’ 16-1 loss to Seattle, hits his 52nd home run, becoming only the fourth major leaguer to hit 50 home runs and 200 hits in the same season. The 26-year-old shortstop joins Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (1921), Hack Wilson (1930), and Jimmie Foxx (1932) in accomplishing the rare feat.
2002 The A’s become the first team in postseason history to hit consecutive home runs to start a game. Leadoff man Ray Durham (an inside-the-park round-tripper) and Scott Hatteberg hit the back-to-back dingers off Rick Reed in the team’s eventual 6-3 victory over the Twins in Game 3 of the ALDS at the Metrodome.
2002 Commissioner Bud Selig apologizes to St. Louis fans for the late playoff start time for the Cardinal and Diamondback Game 1 of the NLDS and promises it will not happen again. The 10 p.m. CDT start was due to many playoff teams coming from the west and baseball’s desire not to have two games occurring simultaneously.
2003 The Cubs win their first postseason series victory since 1908 when the franchise won the World Series. In front of a Turner Field standing-room-only crowd, Chicago beat the Braves in Game 5 of the NLDS, 5-1.
2003 At Pro Player Stadium, Jeff Conine’s perfect peg to catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who holds onto the ball after a collision at home, advances the Marlins to the NLCS. The Florida outfielder’s throw to the plate nails J.T. Snow trying to score on Jeffrey Hammonds’ single for the final out of the team’s 7-6 victory over the Giants in Game 4 of the NLDS.
2003 The Red Sox avoid a 0-3 deficit in the ALDS when Trot Nixon’s pinch-hit 11th-inning walk-off homer beats Oakland, 3-1. The Boston outfielder’s accomplishment marks the fifth time in the postseason that a round-tripper ends a game and the first by a pinch-hitter since Kirk Gibson’s historic homer off Dennis Eckersley to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
2005 Two-time National League Manager of the Year (1990 and 1992 Pirates) Jim Leyland is named to replace Alan Trammell, who was fired as the Tigers’ manager yesterday. The sixty-year-old, who guided the Marlins to a World Championship eight seasons ago, has not managed since 1999 after resigning as the Rockies skipper.
2005 With John Hart’s resignation yesterday, the Rangers name his assistant, Jon Daniels, as the team’s general manager. The 28-year-old, ten months younger than BoSox boss Theo Epstein, becomes the youngest GM in big-league history.
2006 Citing the need for a different kind of communicator in the dugout, Jon Daniels fires veteran skipper Buck Showalter one year after becoming the youngest GM in big-league history. The Ranger manager compiled a 319-329 record during his four-year tenure in Texas.
2006 At Shea Stadium, Russell Martin’s double kills a promising two-on and none-out rally as both Dodgers runners become outs at home in the Mets’ eventual 6-5 victory in Game 1 of the NLDS. Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew try to score, but the relay from right fielder Shawn Green to second baseman Jose Valentin to Paul Lo Duca allows the catcher to tag each runner during their headfirst slides into the plate.
2008 The Dodgers complete a three-game NLDS sweep of Chicago with a 3-1 victory, winning their first postseason series since 1998. The stunning loss in the playoffs extends the World Series drought for the Cubs into another century.
2009 In the team’s 10-2 victory at Tampa Bay On the last day of the season, the Yankees break a franchise record, thanks to Alex Rodriguez’s three-run blast in the ten-run sixth inning, by hitting their 243rd homer. In the same frame, A-Rod goes deep again, this time with the bases loaded, to extend the club’s mark, and the third baseman sets a new American League record, collecting seven RBIs in one inning.
2009 On the last day of the campaign, Miguel Tejada hits a fourth-inning double off Nelson Figueroa in the Astros’ 4-0 loss in New York to finish the season with 46, the most in the National League. The Astros’ shortstop topped the AL with 50 two-baggers playing for the Orioles in 2005, becoming the first player in baseball history to have led both leagues in doubles.
2010 A day after the season ends, the last-place Pirates fire John Russell, who equaled a franchise record for most losses by a manager in three seasons, compiling a 186-299 record. The other Buc skipper with as many defeats in the same time frame was Fred Haney, posting a 163-299 record from 1953-55.
2010 The Mets dismissed manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya a day after the team completed its fourth consecutive disappointing season. Assistant GM John Ricco will be the head of baseball operations on an interim basis until a new GM selects the team’s next manager.
2010 Major League Baseball approves a change in the ground rules for Tropicana Field, making a batted ball that rebounds off the A-and B-ring catwalks a dead ball, with the pitch not counting, instead of being in play as in the past. The Rays requested the change for implementation in the upcoming ALDS after Jason Kubel’s two-out, ninth-inning pop-up hit off one of the catwalks, driving in the go-ahead run in Minnesota’s eventual 8-6 victory over the home team.
2010 On a day three managers lose their jobs, the Reds give their skipper, Dusty Baker, a two-year contract extension through 2014. Cincinnati is making its first playoff appearance in 15 years.
2010 The Indians name Chris Antonetti as the team’s new general manager, with former GM Mark Shapiro moving into his new position as team president. The transition has been developing over the past few years, with Antonetti gradually being given a more significant role in Cleveland’s day-to-day operations, giving Shapiro more time to run the franchise’s business.
2010 Diamondbacks give interim manager Kirk Gibson the permanent job, agreeing to a two-year deal with a team option for 2013. After being hired midseason to replace A.J. Hinch, the former hard-nosed major leaguer compiled a 34-49 record for the last-place team.
2012 A day after the regular season ends, the Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine, just ten months into his tenure as their manager. In their worst campaign since 1965, the team finishes last with a 69-93 record.
2014 The Giants take six hours and 23 minutes to defeat Washington at Nationals Park, 2-1, making Game 2 of the NLDS the longest contest in postseason history. San Francisco scores the eventual winning run in the top of the 18th thanks to Brandon Belt’s solo home run off Tanner Roark, hours after the team had sent the game into extra innings by scoring the tying run with two outs in the top of the ninth.
2015 Clayton Kershaw strikes out Melvin Upton to end the third inning of LA’s 6-3 victory over the Padres at Chavez Ravine, becoming the 34th pitcher to record 300 strikeouts in a season, joining Sandy Koufax, who accomplished the feat three times the 1960’s, as the only the second Dodger to reach the mark. The 27-year-old southpaw is the first pitcher in 13 years to achieve the milestone since Diamondback teammates Curt Schilling (316) and Randy Johnson (334) surpassed the plateau in 2002.
2015 Appearing in relief in the eighth inning, Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki records three outs, allowing one run on two hits in the team’s 7-2 season finale loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The 41-year-old Japanese native’s 18-pitch performance features an 87-mph fastball and at least one slider.
2015 MLB schedules all games to start simultaneously at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time to add more drama to the regular season’s final day. The scheduling, similar to the English Premier League’s “Survival Sunday,” also evens the playing field by limiting teams’ ability to rest potential playoff starters based on the results of contests played earlier in the day.
2015 In front of a full house, the team’s 408th consecutive sellout, the Giants lose the season finale when the Rockies scored seven runs in the ninth in the team’s 7-3 loss at AT&T Park. George Kontos, Cody Hall, and Yusmeiro Petit, who set a major league record as the 11th pitcher used by one team in a nine-inning game, could not contain Colorado’s offensive outburst in the final frame of the campaign.
2019 In Game 1 of the ALDS in the Bronx, the Twins drop a 10-4 decision to the Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to a major league record 14 consecutive contests. Minnesota previously shared the dubious mark with the Red Sox, who lost 13 straight playoff encounters from 1986-1995, starting with the Bill Buckner game against the Mets at Shea Stadium.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Oct. 5
1900 — Britain’s Harry Vardon wins the U.S. Open golf title, beating J.H. Taylor with a 313 total at the Chicago Golf Club.
1985 — Eddie Robinson becomes college football’s winningest coach as Grambling beats Prairie View A&M 27-7. It’s Robinson’s 324th career victory, one more than Paul “Bear” Bryant had before he retired from Alabama after the 1982 season.
1991 — Fresno State ties an NCAA record for most points in a quarter, with 49 in the second period as it pounds New Mexico 94-17. Fresno State’s Derek Mahoney ties an NCAA record with 13 extra points.
1994 — The NBA shortens the 3-point distance to a uniform 22 feet.
1996 — Byron Hanspard rushes for 287 yards, his fifth straight 200-yard game this season, to lead Texas Tech to a 45-24 win over Baylor.
2001 — Barry Bonds sets a new mark for home runs in a single season, hitting Nos. 71 and 72, but San Francisco is eliminated from the playoffs with an 11-10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2001 — The Mariners win their 115th game of the year to become the winningest team in American League history, passing the record the Yankees set three years earlier.
2004 — 7-time All-Star and 6-time NBA Champion forward Scottie Pippen announces his retirement from the NBA and the Chicago Bulls.
2005 — Daniel Alfredsson scores twice in the final 6 minutes of regulation and once during the first shootout in NHL history, leading Ottawa to a 3-2 win over Toronto.
2006 — Brendan Shanahan of the New York Rangers becomes the 15th player with 600 goals in the NHL when he scores twice in a 5-2 win over Washington.
2008 — Peyton Manning turns a colossal collapse by the Houston Texans into a stunning victory for the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts score 21 points in a late span of 2:10 — two touchdowns thanks to fumbles by Sage Rosenfels — then intercepts Rosenfels’ last-ditch comeback attempt for a 31-27 win.
2013 — Eighth-ranked Florida State stays undefeated in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 63-0 victory over No. 25 Maryland. Maryland matches the largest losing margin by a ranked team. UCLA beat No. 11 Texas 66-3, on Sept. 13, 1997.
2013 — Marcus Mariota throws five touchdown passes and runs for two scores as No. 2 Oregon routs Colorado 57-16. The Ducks reach the 50-point plateau for a school record fifth straight time. Oregon have scored at least 55 points in all of its games under first-year coach Mark Helfrich.
2014 — Brian Hoyer’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin with 1:09 left rallies the Cleveland Browns from a 25-point deficit to beat the Tennessee Titans 29-28. It’s the largest comeback in league history by a road team.
2014 — Denver’s Peyton Manning was 31 of 47 for a career-high 479 yards with four TDs, including the 500th of his career, along with two interceptions to help the Broncos beat Arizona 41-20.
2015 — San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres is hit with the longest suspension in NHL history when the league banned him for the first 41 games of the season for an illegal check to the head of Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg during an Oct. 3 preseason game.
2017 — Connor McDavid, Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Saad each record a hat trick in his team’s season opener. It’s the first time four different players score at least three goals in his season opener in 100 years, since the NHL’s first two games back in 1917.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| ALDS Game 1: Detroit at Cleveland | 1:08pm | TBS MAX |
| NLDS Game 1: NY Mets at Philadelphia | 4:08pm | FOX |
| ALDS Game 1: Kansas City at NY Yankees | 6:38pm | TBS MAX |
| NLDS Game 1: San Diego at LA Dodgers | 8:38pm | FS1 |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| New Jersey vs Buffalo | 10:00am | NHLN MSGSN MSG-BUF |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| SMU at Louisville | 12:00pm | ESPN/2 |
| UCLA at Penn State | 12:00pm | FOX |
| Wake Forest at NC State | 12:00pm | The CW |
| Army at Tulsa | 12:00pm | ESPNU |
| Boston College at Virginia | 12:00pm | ACCN |
| Missouri at Texas A&M | 12:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Navy at Air Force | 12:00pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Pitt at North Carolina | 12:00pm | ESPN/2 |
| Purdue at Wisconsin | 12:00pm | BTN |
| UMass at NIU | 12:00pm | CBSSN |
| Tulane at UAB | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Western Michigan at Ball State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Tennessee at Arkansas | – | ESPN or ABC |
| Clemson at Florida State | – | ESPN or ABC |
| Iowa at Ohio State | 3:30pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Virginia Tech at Stanford | 3:30pm | ACCN |
| Temple at UConn | 3:30pm | CBSSN |
| Miami (OH) at Toledo | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Ole Miss at South Carolina | 3:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Indiana at Northwestern | 3:30pm | BTN |
| East Carolina at Charlotte | 3:30pm | ESPNU |
| Bowling Green at Akron | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Auburn at Georgia | 3:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Appalachian State at Marshall | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Rutgers at Nebraska | 4:00pm | FS1 |
| West Virginia at Oklahoma State | 4:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Alabama at Vanderbilt | 4:15pm | SECN |
| Colorado State at Oregon State | 6:30pm | CW |
| Utah State at Boise State | 7:00pm | FS2 |
| South Alabama at Arkansas State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Louisiana at Southern Miss | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| James Madison at ULM | 7:00pm | ESPNU |
| Baylor at Iowa State | 7:30pm | FOX |
| Michigan at Washington | 7:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Nevada at San Jose State | 7:30pm | truTV Max |
| USC at Minnesota | 7:30pm | BTN |
| UCF at Florida | 7:45pm | SECN |
| Duke at Georgia Tech | 8:00pm | ACCN |
| Hawaii at San Diego State | 8:00pm | CBSSN |
| Kansas at Arizona State | 8:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Miami (FL) at California | 10:30pm | ESPN |
| Texas Tech at Arizona | 11:00pm | FOX |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| FIM: Japanese Grand Prix Sprint | 1:00pm | truTV |
| Xfinity: Xfinity Series Race at Talladega | 3:30pm | NBC |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: Alfred Dunhill Links | 7:00am | GOLF |
| PGA: Sanderson Farms Championship | 4:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| EPL: Crystal Palace vs Liverpool | 7:30am | USA Peacock |
| La Liga: Espanyol vs Mallorca | 8:00am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Udinese vs Lecce | 9:00am | CBSSN Paramount+ |
| Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs Holstein Kiel | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Bochum vs Wolfsburg | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Union Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Werder Bremen vs Freiburg | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| EPL: West Ham United vs Ipswich Town | 10:00am | USA Peacock |
| EPL: Arsenal vs Southampton | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Leicester City vs AFC Bournemouth | 10:00am | Peacock |
| EPL: Manchester City vs Fulham | 10:00am | Peacock |
| La Liga: Getafe vs Osasuna | 10:15am | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Saint-Étienne vs Auxerre | 11:00am | beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Atalanta vs Genoa | 12:00pm | Paramount+ |
| EPL: Everton vs Newcastle United | 12:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| La Liga: Real Valladolid vs Rayo Vallecano | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Las Palmas vs Celta de Vigo | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Bayern München vs Bayer Leverkusen | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Lille vs Toulouse | 1:00pm | beIN Sports |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Torino | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Real Madrid vs Villarreal | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Rennes vs Monaco | 3:00pm | beIN Sports |
| MLS: Toronto FC vs Inter Miami | 4:00pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Canadian Premier League: Pacific vs Cavalry | 5:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Liga MX: Atlético San Luis vs Monterrey | 7:00pm | VIX |
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul vs Necaxa | 7:00pm | VIX |
| MLS: Atlanta United vs New York RB | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Charlotte vs CF Montréal | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Cincinnati vs Orlando City SC | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: New England vs DC United | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Minnesota United | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Bay FC | 7:30pm | ION Tubi |
| MLS: Sporting KC vs Los Angeles FC | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: Toluca vs Pumas UNAM | 9:00pm | Vix |
| Liga MX: Guadalajara vs Atlas | 9:05pm | Peacock Telemundo Universo |
| MLS: Colorado Rapids vs Seattle Sounders FC | 9:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: Pacific vs Cavalry | 10:00pm | ION Tubi |
| MLS: LA Galaxy vs Austin | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: SJ Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Liga MX: León vs América | 11:00pm | VIX |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Beijing: WTA Semifinals; Shanghai: ATP Early Rounds | 12:30am | TENNIS |
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| NFL REGULAR SEASON | Time ET | TV |
| NY Jets vs. Minnesota (England) | 9:30am | NFLN |
| Carolina at Chicago | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Baltimore at Cincinnati | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Buffalo at Houston | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Indianapolis at Jacksonville | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Miami at New England | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Cleveland at Washington | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Las Vegas at Denver | 4:05pm | FOX |
| Arizona at San Francisco | 4:05pm | FOX |
| Green Bay at LA Rams | 4:25pm | CBS |
| NY Giants at Seattle | 4:25pm | CBS |
| Dallas at Pittsburgh | 8:20pm | NBC Peacock |
| MLB PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| NLDS Game 2: NY Mets at Philadelphia | 4:08pm | FS1 |
| NLDS Game 2: San Diego at LA Dodgers | 8:03pm | FS1 |
| WNBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| Semifinals Game 4: Minnesota vs Connecticut | – | – |
| Semifinals Game 4: New York vs Las Vegas | – | – |
| NBA PRESEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Milwaukee vs Detroit | 8:00pm | ESPN |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| NASCAR Cup: YellaWood 500 | 2:00pm | NBC |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: Alfred Dunhill Links | 6:30am | GOLF |
| PGA: Sanderson Farms Championship | 3:30pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Juventus vs Cagliari | 6:30am | Paramount+ |
| Women’s Super League: Chelsea FC vs Manchester United | 7:00am | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Girona vs Athletic Club | 8:00am | ESPN+ |
| EPL: Aston Villa vs Manchester United | 9:00am | USA Peacock Fubo |
| EPL: Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest | 9:00am | Peacock Fubo |
| Serie A: Bologna vs Parma | 9:00am | Paramount+ |
| Serie A: Lazio vs Empoli | 9:00am | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais vs Nantes | 9:00am | Fanatiz USA beIN SPORTS |
| Women’s Super League: Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool | 9:15am | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Heidenheim vs RB Leipzig | 9:30am | ESPN+ |
| La Liga: Deportivo Alavés vs Barcelona | 10:15am | ESPN+ |
| Ligue 1: Strasbourg vs Lens | 11:00am | Fanatiz USA beIN SPORTS |
| EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur | 11:30am | USA Peacock Fubo |
| Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayern München | 11:30am | ESPN+ |
| Serie A: Monza vs Roma | 12:00pm | Paramount+ |
| La Liga: Sevilla vs Real Betis | 12:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Bundesliga: Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim | 1:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Canadian Premier League: Valour vs Forge | 2:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Serie A: Fiorentina vs Milan | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| Ligue 1: Nice vs PSG | 2:45pm | Fanatiz USA beIN SPORTS |
| La Liga: Real Sociedad vs Atlético Madrid | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| NWSL: Orlando Pride vs Washington Spirit | 5:00pm | ESPN2 ESPNt+ |
| Canadian Premier League: York United vs Atlético Ottawa | 5:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| Liga MX: Santos Laguna vs Juárez | 10:05pm | TUDN |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Beijing: WTA Final; Shanghai: ATP Early Rounds | 12:30am | TENNIS |