“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 8
ALEXANDRIA (5-2) AT MADISON-GRANT (7-0)
ANDREAN (3-4) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (6-1)
ANGOLA (3-4) AT GARRETT (7-0)
ATTICA (0-7) AT COVINGTON (4-3)
BATESVILLE (5-2) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (4-3)
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-6) AT MADISON (3-4)
BEECH GROVE (4-3) AT TRITON CENTRAL (5-2)
BELLMONT (0-7) AT DEKALB (3-4)
BLACKFORD (2-5) AT FRANKTON (0-7)
BLOOMINGTON NORTH (6-1) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (6-1)
BLUFFTON (6-1) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (6-1)
BOONE GROVE (4-3) AT LAKE STATION (2-5)
BOONVILLE (3-4) AT WASHINGTON (5-2)
BREBEUF JESUIT (5-2) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (4-3)
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (7-0) AT SILVER CREEK (3-4)
CALUMET (4-3) AT GRIFFITH (7-0)
CARMEL (3-4) AT WARREN CENTRAL (6-1)
CASCADE (7-0) AT GREENCASTLE (2-5)
CASTON (2-5) AT NORTH JUDSON (7-0)
CENTER GROVE (5-2) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (7-0)
CENTERVILLE (6-1) AT UNION CITY (2-5)
CHARLESTOWN (1-6) AT SALEM (2-5)
CHESTERTON (5-2) AT CROWN POINT (7-0)
CHURUBUSCO (4-3) AT WEST NOBLE (6-1)
CLINTON CENTRAL (3-4) AT DELPHI (4-3)
CLINTON PRAIRIE (4-3) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (7-0)
CLOVERDALE (4-2) AT WEST VIGO (2-5)
CONCORD (7-0) AT WAWASEE (1-6)
CONNERSVILLE (2-5) AT LAWRENCEBURG (6-1)
CORYDON CENTRAL (3-4) AT PROVIDENCE (6-0)
COVENANT CHRISTIAN (0-7) AT MONROVIA (5-2)
CULVER ACADEMY (6-1) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (6-1)
DANVILLE (6-1) AT WESTERN BOONE (7-0)
DECATUR CENTRAL (4-2) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (3-4)
EAST CENTRAL (5-2) AT GREENSBURG (0-7)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (1-6) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (2-5)
EAST NOBLE (6-1) AT NEW HAVEN (1-6)
EASTBROOK (4-3) AT MISSISSINEWA (7-0)
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (3-4) AT SHERIDAN (4-3)
EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-6) AT SCOTTSBURG (5-2)
EASTERN GREENE (3-4) AT LINTON (5-2)
EASTSIDE (3-4) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (0-7)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-6) AT CASTLE (6-1)
EVANSVILLE HARRISON (1-6) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (6-1)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (7-0) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (3-4)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (5-2) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-7)
FLOYD CENTRAL (4-2) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (0-7)
FOREST PARK (4-3) AT PIKE CENTRAL (3-4)
FORT WAYNE DWENGER (3-4) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (5-2)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (5-2) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-6)
FORT WAYNE NORTH (4-3) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (3-3)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (1-6) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (5-2)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (3-4) AT NORTH VERMILLION (6-1)
FRANKFORT (0-7) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (2-5)
FRANKLIN (2-5) AT GREENWOOD (2-5)
FRONTIER (6-0) AT WEST CENTRAL (5-2)
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (5-2) AT DELTA (4-3)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-4) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (2-5)
HAGERSTOWN (3-4) AT TRI (4-3)
HAMILTON HEIGHTS (2-5) AT TIPTON (4-3)
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (5-2) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (4-2)
HAMMOND NOLL (3-4) AT GARY WEST (4-3)
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (5-2) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (7-0)
HERITAGE HILLS (6-1) AT PRINCETON (1-6)
HIGHLAND (1-6) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (2-5)
HOBART (4-3) AT HAMMOND MORTON (2-4)
HOMESTEAD (3-4) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (2-5)
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (4-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-3)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (6-1) AT SPEEDWAY (4-3)
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (3-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (4-2)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (2-5) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-5)
INDIANAPOLIS TECH (3-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-5)
IRVINGTON PREP (0-4) AT MONROE CENTRAL (5-2)
JASPER (3-4) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (3-4)
JEFFERSONVILLE (5-2) AT COLUMBUS EAST (4-3)
JIMTOWN (4-3) AT LAVILLE (3-4)
JOHN GLENN (1-5) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (5-2)
KNIGHTSTOWN (5-2) AT NORTHEASTERN (7-0)
KNOX (5-2) AT BREMEN (3-4)
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (6-0) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-7)
LAKE CENTRAL (3-4) AT MERRILLVILLE (6-1)
LAKELAND (5-2) AT FAIRFIELD (2-5)
LAPEL (4-3) AT JAY COUNTY (2-5)
LAPORTE (0-7) AT MICHIGAN CITY (2-5)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (3-4) AT BEN DAVIS (2-5)
LEBANON (5-2) AT SOUTHMONT (3-4)
LEO (6-1) AT COLUMBIA CITY (6-1)
LOWELL (3-4) AT MUNSTER (2-5)
MANCHESTER (4-3) AT LEWIS CASS (3-4)
MARION (3-4) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-6)
MARTINSVILLE (7-0) AT MOORESVILLE (3-4)
MCCUTCHEON (4-3) AT KOKOMO (3-3)
MILAN (4-3) AT SOUTH DECATUR (3-3)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (3-4) AT ELKHART (6-1)
MITCHELL (1-6) AT PAOLI (7-0)
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (4-3) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (5-2)
NEW PALESTINE (6-0) AT NEW CASTLE (4-3)
NOBLESVILLE (2-5) AT BROWNSBURG (7-0)
NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL AT FAITH CHRISTIAN (2-4)
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (2-5) AT SOUTH SPENCER (3-4)
NORTH DECATUR (6-1) AT EDINBURGH (0-7)
NORTH HARRISON (5-2) AT CLARKSVILLE (0-7)
NORTH KNOX (2-5) AT NORTH DAVIESS (5-2)
NORTH MIAMI (5-2) AT CULVER (1-6)
NORTH POSEY (6-1) AT SOUTHRIDGE (5-2)
NORTH PUTNAM (6-1) AT BROWN COUNTY (4-3)
NORTH WHITE (3-4) AT NORTH NEWTON (2-5)
NORTHFIELD (2-5) AT WHITKO (0-7)
NORTHRIDGE (2-5) AT GOSHEN (0-7)
NORTHVIEW (6-1) AT EDGEWOOD (2-5)
NORTHWESTERN (6-1) AT PERU (3-4)
NORWELL (2-5) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (4-3)
OAK HILL (4-3) AT ELWOOD (1-6)
PARKE HERITAGE (1-6) AT RIVERTON PARKE (4-3)
PENN (5-2) AT NEW PRAIRIE (5-2)
PHALEN ACADEMY AT INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (2-4)
PIKE (4-3) AT NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-7)
PIONEER (6-1) AT TRITON (5-2)
PLYMOUTH (5-2) AT MISHAWAKA (5-2)
PORTAGE (3-4) AT VALPARAISO (4-3)
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (3-4) AT FREMONT (2-5)
RICHMOND (0-7) AT ANDERSON (0-7)
RIVER FOREST (4-3) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (2-5)
RUSHVILLE (4-3) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (4-3)
SEEGER (3-4) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (7-0)
SEYMOUR (3-4) AT NEW ALBANY (3-4)
SHELBYVILLE (1-6) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (3-4)
SHENANDOAH (4-3) AT EASTERN HANCOCK (4-3)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (2-4) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-6)
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-7) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (4-3)
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-6) AT WINAMAC (2-4)
SOUTH NEWTON (3-4) AT PARK TUDOR (4-3)
SOUTH PUTNAM (5-2) AT OWEN VALLEY (0-7)
SOUTHERN WELLS (0-7) AT HERITAGE (6-1)
SOUTHSIDE HOMESCHOOL AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (5-2)
SOUTHWOOD (0-7) AT ROCHESTER (6-1)
SPRINGS VALLEY (6-1) AT PERRY CENTRAL (4-3)
SULLIVAN (3-4) AT INDIAN CREEK (3-4)
TECUMSEH (0-7) AT TELL CITY (3-4)
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (1-5) AT SOUTHPORT (0-7)
TRI-CENTRAL (1-6) AT TAYLOR (3-4)
TRI-COUNTY (4-3) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-7)
TRI-WEST (3-4) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-5)
WABASH (1-6) AT MACONAQUAH (7-0)
WARSAW (4-3) AT NORTHWOOD (3-4)
WES-DEL (3-4) AT UNION COUNTY (0-7)
WEST LAFAYETTE (4-3) AT TWIN LAKES (3-4)
WEST WASHINGTON (2-5) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-7)
WESTERN (0-7) AT LOGANSPORT (6-1)
WESTFIELD (6-1) AT FISHERS (4-3)
WHITELAND (3-3) AT PLAINFIELD (6-1)
WHITING (2-5) AT WHEELER (5-2)
WINCHESTER (2-5) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-6)
WOODLAN (4-3) AT SOUTH ADAMS (3-4)
YORKTOWN (5-2) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-5)
ZIONSVILLE (3-4) AT AVON (1-6)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=10/10/2024
INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL REGIONAL BRACKETS
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=10/10/2024
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER SCORES
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=10/10/2024
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
JAMES MADISON 39 COASTAL CAROLINA 7
LOUISIANA TECH 48 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 21
WESTERN KENTUCKY 44 UTEP 17
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
6 P.M. | HARVARD AT CORNELL | ESPN2
7 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT SOUTH FLORIDA | ESPN
8 P.M. | UNLV AT UTAH STATE | CBSSN
8 P.M. | NORTHWESTERN AT MARYLAND | FOX
9:15 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF | ESPN2
10:30 P.M. | NO. 16 UTAH AT ARIZONA STATE | ESPN
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
12 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA AT NO. 7 ALABAMA | ABC/ESPN+
12 P.M. | NO. 21 MISSOURI AT UMASS | ESPN2
12 P.M. | NO. 10 CLEMSON AT WAKE FOREST | ESPN
12 P.M. | WASHINGTON AT IOWA | FOX
12 P.M. | WISCONSIN AT RUTGERS | BIG TEN NETWORK
12 P.M. | GEORGIA TECH AT NORTH CAROLINA | CW NETWORK
12 P.M. | BALL STATE AT KENT STATE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | TOLEDO AT BUFFALO | ESPNU
12 P.M. | UAB AT ARMY | CBSSN
12 P.M. | DAVIDSON AT DAYTON | FACEBOOK
12 P.M. | ST. THOMAS (MINN.) AT MARIST | ESPN+
12 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT YALE | ESPN+
12 P.M. | DUQUESNE AT ST. FRANCIS (PA) | ESPN+
12:30 P.M. | GEORGETOWN AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | UALBANY AT BRYANT | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | MAINE AT DELAWARE | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | BROWN AT RHODE ISLAND | FLOSPORTS
1 P.M. | MISSOURI STATE AT ILLINOIS STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | MURRAY STATE AT INDIANA STATE | ESPN+
1 P.M. | VALPARAISO AT STETSON | ESPN+
1 P.M. | FORDHAM AT HOLY CROSS | ESPN+
1 P.M. | BUCKNELL AT PENN | ESPN+
1 P.M. | SACRED HEART AT HOWARD | ESPN+
1:30 P.M. | VMI AT WOFFORD | ESPN+
2 P.M. | MIAMI (OHIO) AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | NEW HAMPSHIRE AT ELON | FLOSPORTS
2 P.M. | TOWSON AT NORFOLK STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHATTANOOGA AT FURMAN | ESPN+
2 P.M. | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT LINDENWOOD | ESPN+
2 P.M. | BUTLER AT DRAKE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | PRESBYTERIAN AT MOREHEAD STATE | ESPN+
2 P.M. | VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL | ESPN+
2:30 P.M. | THE CITADEL AT WESTERN CAROLINA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT NORTHWESTERN STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
3 P.M. | YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | ALCORN STATE AT GRAMBLING | ESPN+
3 P.M. | MERRIMACK AT MORGAN STATE | ESPN+
3 P.M. | UNI AT SOUTH DAKOTA | ESPN+
3 P.M. | SE LOUISIANA AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 1 TEXAS VS. NO. 18 OKLAHOMA (IN DALLAS, TEXAS) | ABC/ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 PENN STATE AT USC | CBS
3:30 P.M. | STANFORD AT NO. 11 NOTRE DAME | NBC
3:30 P.M. | LOUISVILLE AT VIRGINIA | ESPN OR ACCN
3:30 P.M. | PURDUE AT NO. 23 ILLINOIS | FS1
3:30 P.M. | CAL AT NO. 22 PITT | ESPN
3:30 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT UCF | ESPN2
3:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT WYOMING | CBSSN
3:30 P.M. | OLD DOMINION AT GEORGIA STATE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | AKRON AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT BOWLING GREEN | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | SAMFORD AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+
3:30 P.M. | PRINCETON AT MERCER | ESPN+
4 P.M. | ARIZONA AT NO. 14 BYU | FOX
4 P.M. | OHIO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPNU
4 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+
4 P.M. | UT MARTIN AT WESTERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+
4 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT MONTANA | ESPN+
4 P.M. | STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AT LAMAR | ESPN+
4 P.M. | EASTERN KENTUCKY AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+
4:15 P.M. | MISSISSIPPI STATE AT NO. 5 GEORGIA | SEC NETWORK
4:30 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT COLORADO STATE | TRUTV/MAX
5 P.M. | SOUTHERN MISS AT UL MONROE | ESPN+
5 P.M. | WEST GEORGIA AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS | ESPN+
6 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+
6 P.M. | PORTLAND STATE AT IDAHO STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | FLORIDA AT NO. 8 TENNESSEE | ESPN
7 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT FRESNO STATE | FS1
7 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT TEXAS STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | NORTH TEXAS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | ESPN2
7 P.M. | UTSA AT RICE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTH ALABAMA | ESPN+
7 P.M. | UTAH TECH AT TARLETON STATE | ESPN+
7 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT UIW | ESPN+
7 P.M. | CAL POLY AT UC DAVIS | ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | NO. 2 OHIO STATE AT NO. 3 OREGON | NBC
7:30 P.M. | NO. 9 OLE MISS AT NO. 13 LSU | ABC/ESPN+
7:30 P.M. | OREGON STATE AT NEVADA | CBSSN
7:30 P.M. | APPALACHIAN STATE AT LOUISIANA | ESPN+
7:45 P.M. | VANDERBILT AT KENTUCKY | SEC NETWORK
8 P.M. | NO. 11 IOWA STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA | FOX
8 P.M. | SYRACUSE AT NC STATE | ACC NETWORK
8 P.M. | AIR FORCE AT NEW MEXICO | TRUTV/MAX
8 P.M. | MARSHALL AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | ESPNU
8 P.M. | NORTHERN COLORADO AT WEBER STATE | ESPN+
9 P.M. | MINNESOTA AT UCLA | BIG TEN NETWORK
9 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT SACRAMENTO STATE | ESPN+
10:15 P.M. | NO. 18 KANSAS STATE AT COLORADO | ESPN
10:15 P.M. | IDAHO AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN2
11 P.M. | NO. 17 BOISE STATE AT HAWAI’I | CBSSN
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
INDIANA 41 NORTHWESTERN 24
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
WISCONSIN 52 PURDUE 6
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
BUTLER 40 MOREHEAD STATE 6
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
WESTERN MICHIGAN 45 BALL STATE 42
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
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 21 INDIANA STATE 14
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
JACKSONVILLE 37 INDIANAPOLIS 34
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 SCORES
WEEK 6 SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
SAN FRANCISCO 36 SEATTLE 24
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)
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THURSDAY, OCT. 10
CLEVELAND 5 DETROIT 4
NY YANKEES 3 KANSAS CITY 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 11
SD @ LAD, GAME 5^ (8:08ET FOX/FS1)
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
DET @ CLE, GAME 5^ (TBS, MAX)
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MINNESOTA 95 NEW YORK 93 OT
NBA PRE-SEASON
INDIANA 129 CLEVLAND 117
CHARLOTTE 119 MEMPHIS 94
LA LAKERS 107 MILWAUKEE 102
UTAH 107 DALLAS 102
OKLAHOMA CITY 117 NZ BREAKERS 89
NHL SCORES
LOS ANGELES 3 BUFFALO 1
BOSTON 6 MONTRÉAL 4
OTTAWA 3 FLORIDA 1
TORONTO 4 NEW JERSEY 2
UTAH 5 NY ISLANDERS 4 OT
PITTSBURGH 6 DETROIT 3
DALLAS 4 NASHVILLE 3
MINNESOTA 3 COLUMBUS 2
ST. LOUIS 5 SAN JOSE 4 OT
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BROCK PURDY THROWS FOR 3 TDS AND THE 49ERS BEAT THE SEAHAWKS 36-24 TO MOVE ATOP DIVISION
SEATTLE (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers never trailed in a 36-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.
Deebo Samuel had a 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown and finished with three catches for 102 yards for the defending NFC champions (3-3), who moved into a tie with Seattle (3-3) for first place in the NFC West after an uneven start to the season.
George Kittle added five receptions for 58 yards and two scores for the 49ers, who beat the Seahawks for a sixth straight time. Kyle Juszczyk added a late TD run for the 49ers, and he and Kittle both celebrated their scores by leaping into the stands to embrace their wives, who were sitting together in the first row.
Matthew Wright, who joined San Francisco earlier this week to replace injured kicker Jake Moody, had a trio of first half-field goals from 25, 41 and 35 yards.
Geno Smith passed for 312 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, and the Seahawks lost their third straight after a 3-0 start under new coach Mike Macdonald.
JARED GOFF AND LIONS VISIT COWBOYS WITH QB COMING OFF RECORD 18-FOR-18 GAME
Detroit (3-1) at Dallas (3-2)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, Fox.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Lions by 3.
Against the spread: Lions 3-1; Cowboys 2-3.
Series record: Cowboys lead 19-12.
Last meeting: Cowboys beat Lions 20-19 on Dec. 30, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.
Last week: Lions beat Seahawks 42-29 on Sept. 30; Cowboys beat Steelers 20-17.
Lions offense: overall (3), rush (6), pass (7), scoring (7)
Lions defense: overall (22), rush (4), pass (27), scoring (10)
Cowboys offense: overall (12), rush (31), pass (2), scoring (15)
Cowboys defense: overall (15), rush (24), pass (11), scoring (T23)
Turnover differential: Lions plus-1; Cowboys minus-1.
Lions player to watch
Assuming Jared Goff throws an incompletion against the Cowboys, it will be the first since Sept. 22 for the Lions QB. Goff set an NFL record by completing all 18 of his passes in the victory over Seattle, and the Lions were off last week. Goff’s overall streak is 19 completions, six shy of the NFL record of 25 shared by Nick Foles, Marcus Mariota, Philip Rivers and Ryan Tannehill. Goff faces a pass defense that could be gaining reinforcements with the return of CB DaRon Bland. After setting an NFL record with five interception returns for touchdowns last season, Bland missed the first five games following surgery for a stress fracture in his foot late in the preseason.
Cowboys player to watch
RB Rico Dowdle will try to maintain the momentum of the best game of his career against the Steelers, which was a boost for what was the NFL’s worst rushing offense through four weeks. The undrafted fifth-year player had career highs in carries (20), yards rushing (87) and scrimmage yards (114) against Pittsburgh. Dowdle has clearly taken the lead role from Ezekiel Elliott, a two-time rushing champion with the Cowboys who returned to his original team in the offseason. Dallas is now 31st in rushing after gaining a season-high 109 yards against Pittsburgh.
Key matchup
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott vs. a Detroit pass defense that includes struggling rookie CB Terrion Arnold. Prescott answered a three-turnover game against Pittsburgh by leading the Cowboys on a winning 70-yard drive capped by his 4-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Tolbert with 20 seconds remaining. Prescott was 29 of 42 for 352 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions and a lost fumble. Arnold has been called for pass interference or holding seven times in four games. The 24th overall pick out of Alabama insists he’s confident enough to not get discouraged by the penalty-filled start of his career.
Key injuries
Three-time Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow (pectoral muscle) and S Brian Branch (illness) are trending toward returning for Detroit after being inactive against Seattle. … The Cowboys are expected to be without star pass rusher Micah Parsons for a second consecutive game because of a high ankle sprain. It’s the first time Parsons has missed games with injuries since Dallas drafted him 12th overall in 2021. … In addition to Bland, the Cowboys might get his replacement back. Rookie Caelen Carson has missed the past two games with a shoulder injury. … Cowboys rookie T Tyler Guyton was a full practice participant to start the week after leaving the Pittsburgh game with a knee injury.
Series notes
The Cowboys have a six-game winning streak in the series. They also won six in a row from 1963-77, a streak that included a divisional playoff victory in 1970 by the quirky score of 5-0.
Stats and stuff
These teams meet again about nine months after Detroit had a 2-point conversion incorrectly disallowed by officials with 23 seconds left in a one-point loss at Dallas in Week 17 last season. The loss cost the Lions a shot at the top seed in the NFC, and they lost at San Francisco in the conference championship game. … The Lions have won three of their first four games in consecutive years for the first time since 2013-14. … This is the start of four out of five games on the road for Detroit, which visits NFC North-leading Minnesota next week. … The Cowboys have lost three consecutive home games, starting with a wild-card loss to Green Bay in January and the first two at AT&T Stadium this season. Before the loss to the Packers, the Cowboys had won 16 consecutive games in their retractable-roof home. … The Lions are 7-0 when RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs each have a rushing TD in a game. … Goff has averaged 23 pass attempts in three wins, and threw 55 times in the team’s only loss. He is 36 of 41 over the past two games, an 88% completion rate. … WR Jameson Williams is the franchise’s third player to have multiple 50-yard touchdown receptions over the first four games of a season and the first since 1971. … Detroit allowed Seattle to set an NFL record with 38 first downs in a loss, gave up 516 yards and had 101 yards in penalties. … DE Aidan Hutchinson was the NFC defensive player of the month in September, becoming the first player to win the award for the franchise since LB DeAndre Levy in 2014. … Since 2022, Kerby Joseph leads all NFL safeties with 23 passes defended and is tied for the league league with 11 INTs. … The Cowboys’ Prescott has at least 250 yards passing in 12 consecutive home games. He’s one game shy of Ben Roethlisberger’s streak, the third longest, with Pittsburgh from 2014-16. Drew Brees has the record at 18, which the retired New Orleans star did twice. … Tolbert set career highs in catches and yards for the second time this season against the Steelers. The clutch game-winner was the last of seven catches for 87 yards. … CB Jourdan Lewis, a Detroit native, has intercepted Goff in each of Dallas’ past two victories over the Lions. It’s the only opponent Lewis has intercepted multiple times. … K Brandon Aubrey has at least one kick of 50-plus yards in seven consecutive games, an NFL record.
BILLS TRY TO AVOID FIRST 3-GAME SKID WITH ALLEN AS STARTER AND FACE JETS LED BY INTERIM ULBRICH
Buffalo (3-2) at New York Jets (2-3)
Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, ESPN.
BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 2 1/2.
Series record: Bills lead 69-58.
Against the spread: Bills 2-3, Jets 2-3.
Last meeting: Bills beat Jets 32-6 on Nov. 19, 2023, in Buffalo.
Last week: Bills lost to Texans 23-23; Jets lost to Vikings 23-17.
Bills offense: overall (22), rush (14), pass (24t), scoring (3).
Bills defense: overall (20), rush (26), pass (14), scoring (12t).
Jets offense: overall (27), rush (32), pass (19), scoring (25).
Jets defense: overall (2), rush (14), pass (2), scoring (5t).
Turnover differential: Bills plus-7; Jets even.
Bills player to watch
WR Khalil Shakir. If he returns after missing last week with a right ankle injury, the third-year receiver could help settle the Bills’ passing attack. Shakir has been Josh Allen’s most reliable option, having caught 18 of 19 passes thrown in his direction with a team-leading 230 yards receiving and two touchdowns. If he doesn’t return, the question remains which of Buffalo’s other receivers can step up after the position group combined for four catches on 18 targets last week.
Jets player to watch
QB Aaron Rodgers. The 40-year-old quarterback is dealing with a sprained left ankle and sore hamstring a week after having a sore left knee. A lot of the Jets’ success on offense is tied to how healthy and effective Rodgers can be. The past two weeks, he has been sacked eight times and hit 25 times, so the offensive line needs to help keep Rodgers upright. He’ll face the Bills for the first time since tearing his left Achilles tendon four snaps into the season opener last year, also in a “Monday Night Football” game.
Key matchup
Allen vs. Jets’ passing defense. Allen hasn’t thrown an interception this season, a career-best run, but the Bills have also been in a bit of a rut with their passing game. Their 42 passing first downs through five games are their fewest since having 33 in 2018. And opponents have outscored Buffalo 38-6 in the first half. Now the Bills face a Jets defense that has been stingy against the pass, ranking second in the NFL.
Key injuries
The Bills are getting healthier, though several new players bear monitoring after RB James Cook (foot/toe) and WR Curtis Samuel (foot/toe) didn’t practice Wednesday. … Starting S Taylor Rapp was cleared from concussion protocol after missing one game. … CB Taron Johnson (right forearm) could return after missing four games. … Shakir and DT Ed Oliver (hamstring) are uncertain to play after missing last week. … Jets CB Michael Carter II has a back ailment that was being evaluated through the week. … DL Leki Fotu returned to practice last week after four weeks on IR with a hamstring injury, but wasn’t activated. … RT Morgan Moses (knee) has missed two games in a row and LB C.J. Mosley (toe) three straight.
Series notes
The teams have split the past two season series, with each winning at home during that span. … Buffalo is 15-8 in the past 23 meetings since snapping a six-game skid spanning the 2009-12 seasons.
Stats and stuff
The Jets could move into a tie with the Bills for first place in the AFC East with a victory. … The Bills have never lost three straight with Allen as their starter. The previous time they dropped three in a row was a four-game skid in 2018, which coincided with Allen missing three of those games with an injury to his throwing elbow. The losing streak ended with Matt Barkley starting and beating the Jets 41-10. … Buffalo is 18-6 following a loss since the start of the 2019 season. … Allen hasn’t thrown an interception this season, a career-best run, after being picked off a career-high 18 times last year. His two lost fumbles account for both of Buffalo’s giveaways this year. … Allen is set to play in his 100th game. His 231 touchdowns (passing, rushing and receiving) are tied with Patrick Mahomes for the most by a player in his first seven seasons. … Cook is Buffalo’s first player topping 300 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving through the team’s first five games since Fred Jackson in 2013. … Against Houston, the Bills dropped to 14-3 when topping 100 yards rushing since the start of 2023. … Buffalo has been held under 300 yards three times (including a win over Miami), matching the number of times that has happened since the start of the 2022 season. … Buffalo’s 42 passing first downs through five games are the fewest since having 33 in 2018. … The Jets will play their first game with Jeff Ulbrich serving as the interim head coach after Robert Saleh was fired Tuesday. Ulbrich, who played linebacker for 10 seasons with San Francisco, has been New York’s defensive coordinator since 2021. … Ulbrich replaced offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett with passing game coordinator Todd Downing as the play caller on offense. … Rodgers is coming off his worst game with the Jets after he tied a career worst with three interceptions, including one for a pick-6 in the first quarter and another on New York’s final drive to seal the loss in London. … Rodgers became the ninth player in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards in regular-season games. He now has 60,148. Rodgers also passed Dan Marino for seventh on the NFL’s list for total yards passing in both regular-season and playoff games. … New York’s running game ranks last in the NFL and RB Breece Hall is averaging just 3 yards per carry, far off his career average of 4.5. … After a slow start to the season, WR Garrett Wilson caught a career-high 13 passes for a season-high 101 yards on a personal-best 22 targets last week. No Jets player has had 10 or more receptions in consecutive games since Keyshawn Johnson in 1999. … Edge rusher Will McDonald is tied for second in the NFL with a career-high six sacks to go along with 22 quarterback pressures. He has at least four pressures in four straight games. … The Jets have held four opponents to 300 yards or fewer this season, tied with Miami for the most in the NFL. … New York had six penalties on defense last week, including three on CB Sauce Gardner and two on CB D.J. Reed. … The Jets have recovered a fumble on defense in four straight games, their longest such streak since doing so four consecutive games between Week 17 in 2014 and Week 3 in 2015.
DRAKE MAYE GETS SHOT AS PATRIOTS STARTING QB AGAINST HOUSTON’S TOUGH DEFENSE
Houston (4-1) at New England (1-4)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS
BetMGM NFL Odds: Texans by 7.
Against the spread: Texans 1-3-1; Patriots 1-3-1.
Series record: Patriots lead 9-3.
Last meeting: New England won 25-22 won in Houston on Oct. 10, 2021.
Last week: Texans beat Bills 23-20; Patriots lost 15-10 to Dolphins.
Texans offense: overall (6), rush (23), pass (1), scoring (19).
Texans defense: overall (4), rush (17), pass (3), scoring (19).
Patriots offense: overall (31), rush (8), pass (32), scoring (31).
Patriots defense: overall (24), rush (13), pass (25), scoring (9).
Turnover differential: Texans minus-3, Patriots plus 2.
Texans player to watch
WR Stefon Diggs. The four-time Pro Bowler should be a bigger part of the game plan this week after NFL leading receiver Nico Collins was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury Wednesday. Diggs led the team with six receptions for 82 yards last week and has had at least five catches and 65 yards receiving in each of his past three games. Diggs, who is in his first season in Houston after a trade from Buffalo, has two touchdown receptions and a rushing TD this season.
Patriots player to watch
QB Drake Maye. The No. 3 overall draft pick gets his first NFL start after veteran Jacoby Brissett left them mired in a four-game losing streak. Maye made one previous appearance, completing 4 of 8 passes for 22 yards in mop-up duty against the Jets in Week 3.
Key matchup
Texans pass rush against Patriots OL: The Texans have the highest pressure rate in the NFL at 42% of all drop-backs, according to NFL NextGen stats. The Patriots have used five different offensive line combinations while allowing 19 sacks, second most in the NFL.
Key injuries
Texans: Collins, who was leading the league with 567 receiving yards, was placed on injured reserve this week and must miss at least four games. … RB Joe Mixon will likely be out for a fourth straight game with an ankle injury. … RB Dameon Pierce is expected to return after sitting out the past four games with a hamstring injury. … S Jimmie Ward could miss Sunday’s game after injuring his groin against the Bills. … OT Tytus Howard could miss a second consecutive game with a hamstring injury.
Patriots: S Kyle Dugger missed some practice this week with ankle injury. It could be a big problem, with S Jabrill Peppers on the commissioner’s exempt list after being arrested on charges of beating his girlfriend. … RB Rhamondre Stevenson (foot) also sat out a day. He left Sunday’s game but said he could have gone back in. … C Nick Leverett (ankle) and T Vederian Lowe (knee) also were partial participants in practice. The Patriots are already thin at offensive line with C David Andrews and T Caedan Wallace on injured reserve.
Series notes
The Texans visit for the first time since 2018, with the past three meetings in Houston. … Although New England has a 9-3 edge, they have lost two of the past three matchups. … The teams met twice in the playoffs, with Tom Brady leading the Patriots to victories in both the 2012 and ’16 seasons. … The Patriots and the Houston Oilers played 33 times in the AFL and NFL before the Oilers moved to Tennessee and became the Titans. … … The Texans are one of nine teams never to have won at Gillette Stadium. The five losses match Cleveland for the most of any of those teams.
Stats and stuff
The Texans are off to their best start since opening the 2012 season 5-0. … QB C.J. Stroud had 331 yards passing last week for his sixth career game with at least 325 yards passing, which is tied for the most in the NFL since 2023. He ranks third in the NFL with 1,385 yards passing this season. … RB Joe Mixon has averaged 132 yards of offense in two games against the Patriots. … RB Cam Akers had a career-high 171 yards rushing in his only career game against New England in 2020 with the Rams. … RB Dare Ogunbowale had a career-high six catches last week. … DE Danielle Hunter had a sack in his previous game against the Patriots in 2022 with Minnesota. … DE Will Anderson has a tackle for loss in four of five games this season. … DT Khalil Davis had two tackles for loss and his first sack of the season last week. … LB Azeez Al-Shaair led the team with eight tackles and defended two passes against the Bills. His one career forced fumble came in his only game against New England in 2020 with San Francisco. … CB Derek Stingley had a season-high seven tackles and defended a pass last week. … K Ka’imi Fairbairn was the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time this season Wednesday. He made three field goals against the Bills, capped by the 59-yard game winner as time expired. … The Patriots ran for 151 yards on 19 carries against Miami, an average of 7.95 yards that was the best in franchise history. … DE Keion White has had at least one quarterback hit in each of the first five games of the season. His 10 quarterback hits are tied for third in the NFL. … P Bryce Baringer has a 50-yard punt in 22 straight games, the longest active streak in the NFL. … Is there a Patriots captain jinx? Of the Patriots captains who started the season, C David Andrews and LB Ja’Whaun Bentley are on injured reserve, QB Jacoby Brissett has been benched, S Jabrill Peppers is on the commissioner’s exempt list and S Kyle Dugger is on the injury report.
REPORT: PACKERS GRAB TE JOHN FITZPATRICK OFF FALCONS’ PRACTICE SQUAD
The Green Bay Packers are signing tight end John FitzPatrick off the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad, ESPN reported Thursday.
The Packers (3-2) reportedly will add FitzPatrick to the active roster for Sunday’s game against the visiting Arizona Cardinals (2-3) with tight end Luke Musgrave (ankle) practicing on a limited basis so far this week.
FitzPatrick, 24, was drafted in the sixth round by Atlanta in 2022. He has just one catch for 12 yards in nine games (zero starts), with all of those games coming in 2023. He has played 18 snaps on offense and 83 on special teams, recording three tackles.
Musgrave, 24, did not play in last weekend’s 24-19 road win against the Los Angeles Rams. He has five catches for 22 yards in four games (two starts) this season.
TEXANS RB JOE MIXON (ANKLE) RETURNS TO PRACTICE
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon returned to practice Thursday, raising questions about his availability to play in Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.
Mixon has been sidelined since injuring his ankle during the Texans’ 19-13 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sept. 15.
Mixon, 28, has rushed for 184 yards and a touchdown in two games this season.
A Pro Bowl selection in 2021, Mixon has rushed for 6,596 yards and 50 touchdowns to go along with 289 receptions for 2,183 yards and 13 scores in 99 career games (90 starts) with the Cincinnati Bengals (2017-23) and the Texans. He was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma.
Starting tackles Laremy Tunsil (ankle) and Tytus Howard (hamstring) and starting left guard Kenyon Green (knee) also returned to practice on Thursday.
BEARS G TEVEN JENKINS (ANKLE) SITS OUT PRACTICE
Chicago Bears guard Teven Jenkins sat out practice on Thursday as the team prepares to face the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend in London.
Jenkins was downgraded after being listed as a limited participant in practice on Wednesday because of an ankle injury. He has started all five games this season and recovered a fumble for the Bears (3-2).
Jenkins was not alone as defensive lineman Zacch Pickens (groin) and defensive backs Jaquan Brisker (concussion) and Terell Smith (hip) each sat out their second consecutive practice session. Veteran tight end Marcedes Lewis also sat out on Thursday, one day after he missed that session due to rest.
Cornerback Kyler Gordon was upgraded from limited to a full participant in practice as he deals with a heel injury. Defensive back Tyrique Stevenson was added as a limited participant with a calf injury.
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NO. 16 UTAH HOPING TO HAVE QUARTERBACK CAMERON RISING BACK AGAINST ARIZONA STATE
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Quarterback Cameron Rising could be back for No. 16 Utah for Friday night’s game at Arizona State.
Then again, he could miss another game.
Utes coach Kyle Whittingham, as has been the case the past two seasons, has sparked optimism about his star quarterback’s return without committing to anything.
“We’re crossing our fingers and hoping for the best, as is Cam,” Whittingham said this week. “We’re just seeing how things play out.”
Rising took a star turn with his performance against Ohio State in the 2021 Rose Bowl before suffering a concussion late in the loss. He again was stellar in the postseason the following year, earning MVP honors at the Pac-12 championship game before suffering a severe knee injury at the Rose Bowl.
The Utes had hoped Rising would return last season and Whittingham often expressed optimism, but it never happened. Rising ended up redshirting.
Utah (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) had high expectations in its move back to the Big 12 this season, in part because of Rising’s health.
It lasted until midway through the second game.
Rising dislocated and cut a finger on his throwing hand and has missed the past three games. Utah had a bye last week after losing to Arizona, giving Rising extra time to heal and, possibly, play Friday night.
“Since there is no (injury report) mandate, why would you tip your hand in any way shape or form with injuries,” Whittingham said. “It doesn’t make any sense to give the opponent any more knowledge than they already have.”
Isaac Wilson has thrown for 830 yards and six touchdowns with seven interceptions in place of Rising.
Sun Devils rising
Arizona State (4-1, 1-1) suffered through a difficult first season under coach Kenny Dillingham a year ago, in part due to a rash of injuries to key players.
The Sun Devils appear to be back on track this season, winning three of their first four games for the program’s best start since 2018. Arizona State bounced back from a loss to Texas Tech by outlasting Kansas 35-31 behind Sam Leavitt’s four touchdown passes.
“It’s amazing how just playing hard with passion and caring, you find ways to win,” Dillingham said. “We found a way, and we’re going to play again, and we’ve got to find another way, and it’s going to be a different way. You don’t know how. Just got to keep finding a way.”
Utes defense
While Utah has been forced to play without its top quarterback, the defense has been stellar — as it usually is.
The Utes are third nationally in first downs allowed at 12.6 per game and are fourth at stopping teams on third down, holding opponents to a 24.7% conversion rate. Utah also leads the Big 12 with 2.4 sacks per game and is ninth nationally for fewest penalties with 21.
Skatte-boom!
Leavitt has been solid in his first year as Arizona State’s quarterback, but running back Cam Skattebo is the player who makes the Sun Devils go.
Forced into multiple roles last season due to all the injuries, the Sacramento State transfer has been stellar as Arizona State’s go-to back.
Skattebo runs like he’s trying to bust through a brick wall on every carry, punishing opponents every game. He was The Associated Press player of the week after rushing for 262 yards against Mississippi State — 297 total yards — and ran for 182 yards with a touchdown against Kansas.
NO. 9 OLE MISS AND NO. 13 LSU MATCHUP HEADLINED BY ACCOMPLISHED COACHES AND PROLIFIC QBS
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Brian Kelly seems more amused than anything by Mississippi counterpart Lane Kiffin’s penchant for mocking and trolling opponents.
At least, Kelly didn’t sound offended while offering his impressions of Kiffin as a communicator in advance of Saturday night’s high-stakes clash between the ninth-ranked Rebels (5-1, 1-1 SEC) and the No. 13 Tigers (4-1, 1-0) at LSU’s Death Valley.
Rather, Kelly offered a series of compliments — even if some were of the backhanded variety.
“I just think you have to look at how many followers he has on Twitter,” Kelly said with a grin. “He’s got a blue checkmark, doesn’t he? Isn’t that how you’re regarded?”
Kiffin has about 694,000 followers on what was formerly known as Twitter and is now branded as X. An image pinned at the top of Kiffin’s X page shows a woman in front of a white board that reads: “Lane Kiffin tweets too much. He will probably tweet this too.”
In early September, Kiffin used social media to poke fun at Kelly’s table-pounding news conference following a loss to Southern California.
“Lane has a positive outlook on the game and he certainly has been a central figure in college football,” Kelly said this week. “He can poke fun at himself and others and I think he’s good for college football.
“We like to have fun back and forth,” Kelly continued, noting that his encounters with Kiffin date back more than a decade ago, when Kelly coached Notre Dame and Kiffin coached USC. “When we get on the field, we’re fierce competitors.”
Kiffin, unsurprisingly, has since posted on X about Kelly calling him, “good for college football.”
This year’s meeting — the 114th between the two — has the makings of a passion-filled, high-stakes and high-scoring affair. It features the two most prolific passers in the Southeastern Conference this season — Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart (350 yards per game) and LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier (330.4 yards per game).
“All LSU teams, regardless of who the head coach is, they’re extremely talented,” Kiffin said. “Really explosive on offense. Nussmeier is really talented … so, you’ve got really good players that you’ve got to go play against, and that’s been the case for a long time.”
Big numbers
LSU’s 55-49 loss at Ole Miss last season — when the Rebels racked up 706 yards of offense — became Exhibit No. 1 for why Kelly overhauled his defensive coaching staff after last season and brought in Blake Baker as defensive coordinator.
“You’ve got to make hard changes to be a successful head coach,” Kiffin said, alluding to Kelly’s offseason staff changes. “I’m sure that was challenging for him, but you’ve got to do what’s in the best interest of the team.”
But while redemption might be a motivating factor for LSU’s defense, Kiffin suggested that what happened a year ago, for practical purposes, has no bearing on this week’s game.
“Every year’s independent; every game’s independent of other games,” Kiffin said. “So, I don’t know that there’s much relative to last year, because as you see in college football, you can’t even say what’s relative to a week ago.”
Kelly can only hope Kiffin is right about that.
“Obviously, you’re going to turn on the film from last year, and you’re going to look at it and go, ‘OK, that’s not what we want to be defensively,’” Kelly said. “From a coaching standpoint and a playing standpoint, we’re much further along. That’s not the same defense.”
Wreaking havoc
The Ole Miss defense currently leads the nation with 63 tackles for loss, led by Florida transfer Princely Umanmielen, Jared Ivey and Suntarine Perkins.
The Rebels still piled up six sacks against South Carolina — including two apiece from Walter Nolen and Jared Ivey — with Umanmielen out with a lower body injury.
Health matters
The status of top Ole Miss receiver Tre Harris, whose 885 yards receiving leads the nation, was unclear this week after he left last week’s 27-3 victory over South Carolina with a lower leg injury.
“We’ve got to get the other guys ready,” Kiffin said. “We’ve got to perform better than we did in the second half without him, when we only had three points. … We’re preparing to play without him.”
LSU, meanwhile has listed two receivers — CJ Daniels (knee) and Chris Hilton (ankle) — as questionable. Hilton is a proven deep threat who has yet to play this season. Daniels, a Liberty transfer, has 20 catches for 239 yards without a TD.
Meanwhile, freshman Caden Durham, who has been LSU’s most explosive running back in recent weeks, is listed as probable after injuring his foot during a victory over South Alabama on Sept. 28.
SEC’S NEWEST RIVALRY IS 120TH MEETING FOR NO. 1 TEXAS AND NO. 18 OKLAHOMA AT THE FAIR
DALLAS (AP) — Top-ranked Texas and No. 18 Oklahoma are giving the Southeastern Conference another great rivalry. This one is split by the Red River and played in the middle of the nation’s biggest state fair.
“I’ve been part of some great games, some great rivalries,” said fourth-year Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, who previously was on Alabama’s staff and was head coach at Southern California and Washington. “This one is just so unique.”
When the Longhorns (5-0, 1-0 SEC) and Sooners (4-1, 1-1) meet Saturday under their new conference banner, it will be the first time in 40 years that Texas will play in the rivalry as the nation’s No. 1 team.
While new for the SEC after the past national champions moved from the Big 12 this season, the Longhorns and Sooners will be meeting for the 120th time. They have been playing each other since 1900, and annually at the State Fair of Texas since 1929. Fans in crimson and burnt orange will be split at the 50-yard line inside the historic 92,100-seat Cotton Bowl Stadium.
“This is everything that you want to coach and play for at this level: The pageantry, the emotion, the intensity, the opportunity, all of it,” Sooners coach Brent Venables said.
Sarkisian said Thursday that quarterback Quinn Ewers would start after not playing since an abdomen strain in the second half against UTSA on Sept. 14. He missed two games before returning to practice during last week’s open date. Ewers was out because of a collarbone injury the three games before his first Red River debut, when he threw four touchdowns in an unprecedented 49-0 romp over the Sooners two years ago.
That is the only win by the Longhorns in the series’ last six meetings, a stretch that began with Oklahoma beating them 39-27 in the Big 12 championship game in 2018.
Texas has won all 11 of its regular-season games — and been in the College Football Playoff for the first time — since a 34-30 loss to the Sooners in their last meeting as Big 12 members last October.
Oklahoma will start a true freshman quarterback against the Longhorns for the first time. Michael Hawkins Jr. won his first start in the Sooners’ last game two weeks ago, when they rallied in the fourth quarter at Auburn for their first SEC road win. Now he starts their biggest rivalry game in his hometown.
“Mike’s a very process-driven guy. He’s always been mature beyond his years. I think he’ll do a good job,” Venables said. “I trust and have faith and belief in what I’ve seen, and trust and belief in the guys around him and the calls.”
Goal line
A key moment in last year’s Oklahoma win was the Sooners stuffing the Longhorns on four consecutive plays inside the Oklahoma 5-yard line, and Sarkisian laid some of the blame on himself for the play calling. Texas in fact was terrible in “red zone” situations last season, ranking just 120th nationally in converting those chances into touchdowns. This season, Texas is vastly improved. The Longhorns have scored touchdowns on 24 of 27 trips inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.
On the edge
Oklahoma offensive tackles Michael Tarquin and Jake Taylor have to protect their freshman quarterback from Texas freshman edge rusher Colin Simmons. Hawkins’ quick feet can turn broken plays into touchdowns. He will have to elude Simmons, who is emerging as one of the top freshmen defenders in the country and leads Texas with four sacks.
Turnovers
The Sooners rank fourth nationally in turnovers gained with 13, and it was Kip Lewis’ interception return for a touchdown that keyed the Sooners’ win over Auburn. Oklahoma will be keen to keep punching at the ball to force even more against Texas. Longhorns running back Jaydon Blue lost two fumbles in Texas’ win over Mississippi State.
Coming in No. 1
When Texas was No. 1 in 1984, that rain-drenched game ended in a 15-15 tie.
The Longhorns have never lost to Oklahoma when topping the AP poll. This is the fifth time going into the game in that spot.
Oklahoma entered the Red River rivalry as the nation’s top-ranked team three times since 1984. The Sooners had lopsided wins in 1987 and 2003, but then-No. 5 Texas won 45-35 in 2008 to take over as the No. 1 team.
Bye bye
Texas and Oklahoma are both coming off open dates, marking the first time since they started playing annually in 1929 that both were off the previous week.
SHOWDOWN SET FOR SATURDAY BETWEEN NO. 2 OHIO STATE AND NO. 3 OREGON
No. 2 Ohio State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at No. 3 Oregon (5-0, 2-0), Saturday, 7:30 ET (NBC)
BetMGM College Football Odds: Ohio State by 3 1/2.
Series record: Ohio State leads 9-1.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
After last weekend’s college football chaos, Saturday’s game between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Oregon became one of the most significant matchups of the regular season. The two teams are among just nine undefeated teams among Power Four schools. The game will be the first time that two top-five teams meet at Autzen Stadium. Oregon won the last meeting with the Buckeyes 35-28 in Columbus in 2021, but Ohio State won the nine previous matchups.
KEY MATCHUP
Ohio State leads the nation in total defense, allowing opponents only four touchdowns collectively and an average of just 202.4 yards offense per game. Oregon has been averaging 458.8 offensive yards a game with 20 touchdowns. For the Ducks to have a chance they’ll have to lean on the experience of quarterback Dillon Gabriel, a transfer this season from Oklahoma, who has thrown for 1,449 yards and 11 touchdowns and leads the nation in completion percentage.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Ohio State: Quarterback Will Howard has thrown for 1,238 yards and 12 touchdowns, along with three interceptions. Additionally. Howard’s four rushing scores are the most by a Buckeye QB in five seasons.
Oregon: Defensive end Jordan Burch was named the Big Ten defensive player of the week after he had a career-high 2 1/2 sacks, four tackles and a fumble recovery against Michigan State last Saturday. He’s tied for eighth nationally with a career-high five sacks this season. The Buckeyes have allowed just four sacks all season, tied for 11th nationally.
FACTS & FIGURES
The Buckeyes won the national championship after the 2014 season by beating Oregon 42-20 in the first College Football Playoff title game. … Oregon and Ohio State are both among six teams in the top 25 for both rushing and passing defense. … A win would make the Ducks 6-0 for the first time since 2013. … Ohio State has scored all 21 times it has reached the red zone — 20 TDs and a field goal. … The first meeting between Ohio State and Oregon was in the 1958 Rose Bowl, a 10-7 Ohio State win that capped Woody Hayes’ first national championship.
NO. 4 PENN STATE TRIES TO TAKE A BIG STEP TOWARDS CFP AGAINST REELING USC
No. 4 Penn State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) at Southern California (3-2, 1-2), Saturday 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
BetMGM College Football Odds: Penn State by 5 1/2.
Series record: USC leads 6-4.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Penn State would burnish its resume for a College Football Playoff berth with a win. Only the showdown against No. 2 Ohio State on Nov. 2 would be considered an impediment to the 12-team field for the Nittany Lions looking at their remaining schedule. A playoff spot is a long shot for the Trojans after a loss at Minnesota where their talent deficiencies on the offensive line and defense were exposed. Lincoln Riley is still looking for a signature victory in his third season at USC, and getting it here would give him the credibility to land the recruiting upgrades necessary to truly contend for national titles.
KEY MATCHUP
Penn State DE Abdul Carter vs. USC’s offensive line. Carter is off to a strong start in his third season with eight tackles for loss and three sacks, and he’ll have a good chance to add to those numbers against a shaky front five for the Trojans. They gave up three tackles for loss and one sack to the Golden Gophers, but those numbers don’t reflect the constant pressure QB Miller Moss faced, including on an interception early in the fourth quarter when it looked like USC was going to extend a 17-10 lead.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Penn State: QB Drew Allar has been solid in new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s system, throwing for 1,101 yards and nine touchdowns to one interception. But this is the kind of game, with Big Ten and national championship stakes, where the junior needs to live up to his five-star recruiting ranking and immense potential.
USC: WR Zachariah Branch isn’t generating big plays in his sophomore season, which reflects larger trends for the offense. The Trojans didn’t hit any explosive passes longer than 20 yards against Minnesota’s veteran secondary, and Branch has just three receptions of 20 yards or more this season. He has also struggled as a punt returner, leaving USC to navigate long fields.
FACTS & FIGURES
The most recent meeting between USC and Penn State was in the scintillating 2017 Rose Bowl, when the Trojans scored the last 17 points, including a field goal as time expired, to get a 52-49 win. … USC RB Woody Marks had 134 yards rushing against Minnesota and has topped 100 yards in three of the past four games. … Penn State RB Nicholas Singleton is expected to play after sitting out against UCLA because of an undisclosed injury. The junior is averaging 7.7 yards per carry and has five touchdowns from scrimmage this season. … Moss threw two interceptions versus the Golden Gophers, his first game with multiple picks in six career starts. … The Nittany Lions held UCLA to -9 yards in the third quarter. They have allowed 87 yards and 1.9 yards per play in the third quarter this season.
TEXAS FLIPS 4-STAR WR DAYLAN MCCUTCHEON FROM FLORIDA STATE
Daylan McCutcheon, one of the top wide receiver prospects in the Class of 2025, flipped his commitment from Florida State to Texas on Thursday.
McCutcheon, from Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas, is a four-star prospect ranked No. 107 overall and No. 14 among wide receivers in his class by the 247Sports composite.
He is the fourth player to decommit from Florida State since the season began, following defensive end Javion Hilson, defensive tackle Myron Charles and wide receiver Malik Clark, each of them four-stars. The Seminoles have begun the season a surprising 1-5.
McCutcheon is listed at 5-foot-11 and had 92 receptions for 1,430 yards and 20 touchdowns as a high school junior in 2023, according to ESPN.
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
BEHIND GERRIT COLE, YANKEES ELIMINATE ROYALS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gerrit Cole pitched seven effective innings, and Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton each supplied key hits Thursday night to lead the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals in a decisive Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
After failing to reach the postseason a year ago, the Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series for the second time in three seasons and for the fourth time since 2017. New York won’t learn of its opponent in the ALCS until Saturday, when the Cleveland Guardians are scheduled to host the Detroit Tigers for Game 5 of that ALDS. The Guardians extended their series with a 5-4 victory against the Tigers on Thursday.
The Royals, coming off a 56-106 record in 2023, advanced beyond the wild-card round under manager Matt Quatraro in their first postseason trip since 2015, when they won their franchise’s second World Series. Star shortstop Bobby Witt went 2-for-17 (.118) with a walk in the series.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who came in struggling in the postseason after making himself the favorite to win AL MVP in the regular season, hit a hard double in two at-bats, scored a run, walked twice and stole a base.
Benches and bullpens cleared briefly in the bottom of the sixth inning following a slide into second by the Royals’ Maikel Garcia and Anthony Volpe’s tag for a key double play.
After grinding to a no-decision in the series opener, Cole (1-0) allowed a run and six hits to go with four strikeouts. He kept the Royals off the scoreboard through five innings and pitched out of a jam in the sixth.
New York’s bullpen continued to dominate with Clay Holmes taking the eighth and Luke Weaver finishing in the ninth for his third save of the series. Yankees relievers combined to allow zero runs in 15 2/3 innings in the series.
The Yankees scored quickly against right-hander Michael Wacha who, like Cole, also started Game 1. Three pitches into the first inning, Soto lined an RBI single to right, scoring Torres after he had doubled, to give New York a 1-0 lead.
Wacha (0-1) kept the Yankees from adding more until two outs in the fifth, when Torres lined an RBI single to right, knocking in Alex Verdugo from third. Lucas Erceg then replaced Wacha to put out the rally.
Stanton, who hit the go-ahead home run late in Game 3, came through again with an RBI single in the sixth for 3-0 lead.
The Royals pushed across a run in the sixth when Vinnie Pasquantino hit an RBI double to score Witt with two outs, but strong Yankees defense thwarted KC’s best chance for a bigger inning.
After Garcia led off with a single, first baseman Jon Berti and Volpe turned a Michael Massey grounder into a neat 1-6 double play. Garcia slid hard and Volpe made a dedicated tag for a second out, but Garcia didn’t leave the field immediately. He appeared to jaw with a third Yankees player, which led to a stoppage before heads cooled.
After Pasquantino’s RBI, Salvador Perez popped out to end the inning.
GUARDIANS EKE OUT WIN OVER TIGERS, FORCE GAME 5
DETROIT — David Fry blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning and added a run-scoring sacrifice bunt in the ninth Thursday to help the Cleveland Guardians keep their season alive with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
Relievers Hunter Gaddis (1-0), Tim Herrin and Emmanuel Clase held the Tigers to one run over the last 3 2/3 innings as the Guardians tied the series 2-2 to set up a deciding Game 5 at Cleveland on Saturday.
The winner will face either the New York Yankees or Kansas City Royals in the ALCS beginning Monday in a best-of-seven series.
Cleveland earned its first playoff win when facing elimination since Game 6 of the 1997 World Series at Florida. The Guardians had dropped 11 consecutive postseason elimination games since then, the longest such losing streak in MLB history.
The Guardians — who had 11 hits in the game — snapped a 20-inning scoreless streak in the first inning when Lane Thomas singled to right field and Steven Kwan scored from third base, giving Cleveland a 1-0 lead.
The Tigers loaded the bases in the bottom of the second and tied the game at 1 when Trey Sweeney’s sacrifice fly to center scored Colt Keith.
Jose Ramirez belted his first home run of the postseason in the fifth inning off reliever Tyler Holton to push Cleveland ahead 2-1. Ramirez was hitless in his past 10 at-bats before launching a two-out changeup 418 feet to left field. Holton had replaced Tigers starter Reese Olson, who allowed one run on five hits over four innings.
Detroit’s Zach McKinstry tied the game at 2-2 leading off in the bottom half of the inning when he blasted a 354-foot home run off of Bibee into left field. Bibee, who threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 1, was immediately replaced by Chad Smith after allowing four hits and two runs.
Detroit jumped out front 3-2 in the sixth when pinch hitter Wenceel Perez hit a two-out single to center off of Gaddis that allowed Kerry Carpenter to score from second base.
Fry gave the Guardians a 4-3 lead in the seventh with a two-run home run off of Beau Brieske (0-1) with two outs. Fry’s 382-foot blast to left-center came on 3-2 count, scoring Kwan from second base.
The Guardians added an insurance run in the ninth. With runners at first and second and one out, Fry bunted and reliever Will Vest’s throw at the plate was not in time to tag a sliding Brayan Rocchio.
The Tigers pulled within one in the ninth when Justyn-Henry Malloy doubled, went to third on a groundout and came home on a groundout by Jace Jung. Clase fanned Matt Vierling to send the series back to Cleveland.
REPORTS: BRAVES FIRE HITTING COACH KEVIN SEITZER, TWO OTHERS
The Atlanta Braves fired hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, assistant hitting coach Bobby Magallanes and catching coach Sal Fasano, multiple reports said Thursday.
The rest of the Braves’ coaching staff will be left intact, and the club will replace both hitting coaches but not carry a catching coach going forward, according to the reports.
The Braves went 89-73 and qualified for the National League playoffs on the final day of the season — splitting a doubleheader against the visiting New York Mets on the Monday after the scheduled end of the regular season. The games were postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Helene in late September.
Atlanta made its seventh straight playoff appearance, but it was over quickly as the San Diego Padres swept the Braves 2-0 in the wild-card round.
The Braves were a year removed from having the best-performing offense in the major leagues in 2023. In 2024 — while playing without reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. (knee surgery) for most of the year — the Braves ranked 15th in the majors in batting average (.243) and in runs (704).
Seitzer, 62, had spent the past 10 seasons with the Braves after previous coaching stops with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2007), Kansas City Royals (2009-12) and Toronto Blue Jays (2014). He was a two-time All-Star during his MLB playing career (1986-97).
HOCKEY NEWS
NHL ROUNDUP: ANZE KOPITAR’S 3RD-PERIOD HAT TRICK LIFTS KINGS
Anze Kopitar recorded a third-period hat trick and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 3-1 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
With Los Angeles trailing 1-0, the 37-year-old Kopitar scored 13 seconds into the third period. Then, in the waning seconds of the Kings’ five-on-three power play, Kopitar scored from the low point with 1:38 left in regulation. The veteran added an empty-netter with 42 seconds remaining in the Kings’ triumphant season opener.
Meanwhile, Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves for Los Angeles, which was outshot 27-11 in the first two periods.
Alex Tuch had a goal and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 20 shots for Buffalo, which fell again after losing two versus the New Jersey Devils in Prague last week. The Sabres went 0-for-5 on the power play and have totaled three goals this season.
Utah 5, Islanders 4 (OT)
Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 2:18 of overtime for the Utah Hockey Club, who edged the Islanders in Elmont, N.Y. The contest was the season opener for New York.
Guenther took a pass from Sean Durzi in the slot and sent a shot past Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov, who was screened by teammate Noah Dobson. It was Guenther’s second straight two-goal game, leading to a second straight win to start Utah’s inaugural season.
Maxim Tsyplakov, signed out of Russia’s KHL in May, scored with 2:07 left in regulation for a 4-3 New York lead and his first NHL goal.
Bruins 6, Canadiens 4
Boston turned around a 2-1 deficit with four consecutive goals and held on to defeat Montreal for the Bruins’ ninth consecutive home-opening victory.
Mark Kastelic scored his first pair as a Bruin, including a key insurance marker with four minutes remaining that halted a two-goal Montreal rally. Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves in his first start since signing an eight-year, $66 million extension with the Bruins on Sunday.
Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher scored twice and Cole Caufield tallied a goal. Cayden Primeau (23 saves) lost his season debut.
Senators 3, Panthers 1
Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in his Ottawa debut, Tim Stutzle scored twice and the Senators defeated visiting Florida.
Shane Pinto also scored for the Senators. Ullmark, obtained in a June trade with the Boston Bruins, made 16 saves in the third period.
Gustav Forsling scored for the Panthers, who opened a four-game road trip. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Penguins 6, Red Wings 3
Anthony Beauvillier scored two goals to help lift Pittsburgh to a win at Detroit, spoiling the Red Wings’ season opener.
Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who were coming off a season-opening 6-0 home loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Joel Blomqvist made 29 saves for the win.
Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist for Detroit. Ville Husso stopped 10 of 14 shots before he was replaced by Cam Talbot made 12 saves and yielded two goals.
Maple Leafs 4, Devils 2
Dennis Hildeby made 22 saves in his NHL debut and Toronto scored three times in the first period to beat New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
The result spoiled the home debut of Devils coach Sheldon Keefe, who was the Maple Leafs’ coach the previous four-plus seasons.
Jesper Bratt scored a power-play goal and Timo Meier also tallied for the Devils, who were denied their first 3-0-0 start since 2018-19. The Devils won their first two games in Prague over the Buffalo Sabres.
Stars 4, Predators 3
Mason Marchment scored twice to highlight Dallas’ four-goal second period, fueling the visiting Stars past Nashville in the season opener for both teams.
Roope Hintz scored a goal and set up linemate Jason Robertson’s tally 19 seconds later early in the second period. Logan Stankoven notched three assists and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves for the Stars.
The Predators’ Filip Forsberg scored a power-play goal in the second period to become the first player to record a point in nine straight season-opening games since Vancouver Canucks forwards Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin did so from 2008-09 to 2016-17.
Wild 3, Blue Jackets 2
Matt Boldy scored a goal and tallied two assists as Minnesota held on for a win over Columbus in Saint Paul, Minn., in the opener for both teams.
Joel Eriksson Ek and Mats Zuccarello also scored for the Wild, and Marcus Johansson had two assists. Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson turned aside 31 shots.
Kent Johnson notched a goal and an assist to lead the Blue Jackets, and Zach Werenski also scored. Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves on 26 shots. Before the game, the Wild paid tribute to Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, who were killed by an alleged drunk driver in August while they were on a bike ride in New Jersey.
WNBA NEWS
LYNX RALLY FOR WILD OT WIN OVER LIBERTY IN FINALS OPENER
Napheesa Collier connected on a turnaround, mid-range fadeaway with 8.8 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the host New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday.
New York’s Breanna Stewart, charging through a crowd of Lynx defenders, missed a layup at the buzzer that would have sent the game into a second overtime.
“It’s hard. She’s one of the best players in the world,” Collier said of defending Stewart, her former UConn teammate. “You can’t think about it. This is the Finals. We just had to find a way to push through.”
Collier, the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, had 21 points, eight rebounds and six blocks as the Lynx took a 1-0 lead in a best-of-five series.
Minnesota’s Courtney Williams had 23 points and five assists and connected on a handful of timely shots late, while Kayla McBride added 22 points.
Jonquel Jones led the Liberty with 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Sabrina Ionescu had 19 points, Stewart scored 18 and Leonie Fiebich tallied 17.
The end of regulation was one of the wildest sequences in the history of the WNBA Finals — and that was after the Lynx trailed by 18 points in the first half and by 15 with 5:20 left in regulation.
Williams, double-covered and falling over, nailed an improbable 3-pointer while being fouled by Ionescu with 5.5 seconds to play and then knocked down the ensuing free throw to give the Lynx their first lead of the night. The comeback for the Lynx was tied for the largest in WNBA Finals history.
“She was amazing. Just the aggression from her, the playmaking,” Collier said of Williams. “That’s my point guard right there.”
On the Liberty’s next possession — after a ball was knocked out of bounds and a jump ball was called — Collier blocked Stewart’s first shot attempt before New York got one more chance with one second left.
The ball again went to Stewart, who attempted a close shot in traffic that did not find the rim. As the buzzer was sounding, a referee whistled for a shooting foul on Collier, sending Stewart to the line.
Stewart connected on the first of two free throws to tie the game but missed the second. With 0.5 seconds left, Williams’ final shot attempt of regulation didn’t come close.
The Liberty led for most of the game after opening the game with a 19-8 run that saw Jones score eight points but also featured a key sequence in which New York knocked down three straight 3-pointers — two from Fiebich and one from Stewart.
However, Minnesota closed the fourth quarter with an 18-3 run to ultimately send the game to overtime. Williams scored eight points during that stretch, including the crucial four-point-play.
The Lynx shot 50.7 percent from the floor for the game, while the Liberty finished at 37.8 percent.
In overtime, New York shot 4-for-13 as Minnesota went 5-for-8.
The Lynx are now 4-1 against the Liberty this year.
WNBA FINALS EXPANDING TO BEST-OF-SEVEN IN 2025
The WNBA Finals will expand to a best-of-seven series for the first time in 2025, the league announced Thursday ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 championship series between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx.
The league has never seen a best-of-seven playoff series, but the 2025 Finals will mark the first and utilize a 2-2-1-1-1 format — meaning the higher seed will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 and the lower seed will host Games 3, 4 and 6.
Among other changes on the way for the burgeoning league, the regular season will grow from 40 to 44 games for each team as the expansion Golden State Valkyries begin play.
“We are seeing an incredible demand for WNBA basketball, as reflected in the number of cities pursuing expansion franchises, fans attending games and engaging with our social and digital platforms in record fashion, and game broadcasts and streams being consumed like never before,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. “The incredible demand for WNBA basketball makes this the ideal time to increase the regular season to 44 games per team and expand the (Finals) to a best-of-seven series.
“These changes will create more opportunities to watch the best players in the world compete at the highest level and give our fans a championship series format that they are accustomed to seeing in other sports.”
The league is also tweaking the format of the best-of-three first round of the playoffs. Rather than the higher seed hosting Games 1 and 2, it will be the home team for Games 1 and 3, with the lower seed getting a chance to host Game 2.
“The new 1-1-1 structure for the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google will guarantee a home game for both teams in a series, which was a priority based on discussions with the WNBA’s team presidents, head coaches, general managers and the Competition Committee,” head of league operations Bethany Donaphin said.
The league’s surge in popularity, fueled in large part by Fever phenom Caitlin Clark, helped it land a new media rights deal with ESPN, NBC and Amazon worth $2.2 billion over 11 years. Under the new deal, the semifinals and the WNBA Finals will rotate among Disney, NBC and Prime Video.
GOLF NEWS
ADAM SVENSSON POSTS 60, LEADS INAUGURAL BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP
Canada’s Adam Svensson fired an 11-under-par 60 to grab the lead in the first round of the inaugural Black Desert Championship on Thursday in Ivins, Utah.
Svensson, who started his day on the back nine at Black Desert Resort, holed a 31 1/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 seventh hole to jump to 10 under and have a chance at a 59. After a par at No. 8, Svensson finished at the par-5 ninth and reached a greenside bunker in two shots. His recovery shot missed an improbable eagle by 4 feet, leaving him a birdie tap-in for 60 instead.
Svensson holds a two-stroke lead over Matt McCarty and Sweden’s Henrik Norlander.
The Canadian made five straight birdies at Nos. 15 through 1 to get his round going. He missed a hole-in-one at the par-3 15th by 11 inches. Two holes later, he holed out from a bunker for birdie at another par-3 hole.
Svensson, 30, entered the week No. 76 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings. If he finishes the fall in the 51-60 range, he will qualify for the first two signature events of 2025, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational.
Norlander, 37, hit all 14 fairways and all 18 greens in regulation and sank nine birdies without a bogey.
McCarty, 26, is playing his second PGA Tour event after earning promotion from the Korn Ferry Tour. He eagled the par-4 fifth hole by sinking a 36-foot putt, and he added seven birdies.
Kevin Streelman hit the inaugural tee shot at the new PGA Tour stop, the first in Utah since 1963. Streelman went on to birdie four of his last five holes to shoot a 7-under 64, setting the early pace before winding up fourth on the leaderboard as play wrapped up Thursday evening.
More than two dozen players had yet to complete the round when play was halted due to darkness.
TENNIS NEWS
22-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION RAFAEL NADAL WILL RETIRE FROM TENNIS AFTER NEXT MONTH’S DAVIS CUP FINALS
MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Nadal has competed infrequently the past two seasons because of injuries and said next month’s Davis Cup finals will mark his farewell to the sport. He had hip surgery in 2023 and entered just two of the past eight major tournaments.
“The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two, especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations,” Nadal said in a video message. “It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end.”
Nadal’s unrelenting, physical style of play — every point pursued as though it were his last, sprinting and sliding into place for that high-bouncing bullwhip of a lefty forehand — made him one of the greats of the game and the unquestioned King of Clay.
His record 14 French Open championships are more than anyone, man or woman, won at any one of the four major tournaments, a dominance celebrated by a statue of Nadal near the main entrance to the grounds of Roland Garros and in the shadow of its main stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier.
In a result that symbolized where things stood for his body, and career, he exited in the French Open first round this year, a straight-set loss to eventual runner-up Alexander Zverev.
Nadal returned to that site in southwest Paris for the Summer Olympics, where he lost to old rival Djokovic in the second round of singles and reached the quarterfinals of men’s doubles with Carlos Alcaraz. Nadal hasn’t played since. His goodbye will also come while representing Spain in the Davis Cup at Malaga.
“Your legacy won’t be matched,” Alcaraz, who is widely seen as Nadal’s heir in Spanish tennis, said Thursday. “I have enjoyed you and I will miss you very much when you retire after the Davis Cup.”
Soccer greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé were among stars from the sports world also paying tribute to Nadal.
In addition to his French Open triumphs, Nadal won four trophies at the U.S. Open and two apiece at Wimbledon and the Australian Open, giving him a career Grand Slam.
“It is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined,” Nadal said.
His last pair of major titles arrived in 2022, at Melbourne and Paris, pushing him ahead of Federer, who held the men’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles when he announced his retirement at age 41. Federer bid adieu in late 2022 by teaming with Nadal in a doubles match at the Laver Cup.
Both have since been surpassed by Djokovic, 37, who is up to 24 majors.
So much of Nadal’s success was seen, fairly or not, through the prism of his encounters with Federer and Djokovic. The tennis world, and plenty outside of it, were consumed with the debate over which was most deserving of the “GOAT” — “Greatest Of All-Time” — moniker. The world, tennis or otherwise, was fascinated by their matchups, their differing styles and personalities.
Who among those who witnessed it could possibly forget Nadal vs. Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon final? Or Nadal vs. Djokovic in the 2022 French Open quarterfinals? Or Nadal vs. Djokovic in the 2012 Australian Open final? And so on.
Nadal played Djokovic 60 times, a record for two men in the Open era; Djokovic leads 31-29 overall, while Nadal leads 5-4 in Slam finals.
“You have inspired millions of children to start playing tennis and I think that’s probably (the) greatest achievement anyone can wish for,” Novak Djokovic said on Instagram. “Your tenacity, dedication, fighting spirit is going to be taught for decades. Your legacy will live forever … Thank you for pushing me to the very limit so many times in our rivalry that has impacted me the most as a player.”
Nadal met Federer 40 times; Nadal led 24-16 overall, including 6-3 in Slam finals.
“Thank you for the unforgettable memories and all your incredible achievements in the game we love,” Federer told Nadal via social media.
It’s certainly apt that Nadal’s last major title came at the French Open (beating Djokovic along the way) two years ago, and while getting painkilling injections for chronic pain in his left foot. He repeatedly dealt with, and frequently overcame, various injury issues over the years, and his 2023 and 2024 seasons were both limited because of hip and abdominal muscle problems.
Nadal hurt his hip flexor during a second-round loss at the Australian Open in January 2023, and wound up missing the rest of the year; there was an operation for that in June.
After briefly making a comeback this January during a tune-up event for the Australian Open, he had to pull out of the year’s first major with a torn hip muscle, then was sidelined again until a return on his beloved clay at the Barcelona Open in April.
Dating to late in 2022, when he was beaten in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows by Frances Tiafoe, Nadal is just 14-14, including 12-7 this year.
But his overall resume is unimpeachable: a total of 209 weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings and nearly 18 years’ worth of consecutive weeks in the Top 10; 92 singles titles; 1,080-227 win-loss record; just shy of $135 million in prize money.
“Really, everything I have experienced has been a dream come true,” Nadal said. “I leave with the absolute peace of mind of having given my best, of having made an effort in every way.”
TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
COLTS NEWS
AP SOURCE: MICHAEL PITTMAN JR.’S BACK INJURY ADDS NEW CONCERN TO COLTS GROWING INJURY LIST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts are still in a holding pattern in awaiting the returns of quarterback Anthony Richardson and running back Jonathan Taylor. Now they’re also monitoring receiver Michael Pittman Jr.’s back injury, too.
A person with knowledge of the injury confirmed that it could keep Pittman off the field though it’s unclear for how long. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team has not yet announced details of the injury.
Pittman needs six catches to surpass Hall of Famer Lenny Moore for seventh in franchise history. Moore caught 363 passes. Pittman has 22 catches for 238 yards and one TD this year, his fifth season, after making 109 catches for 1,152 yards — both career highs — in 2023.
If he can’t play Sunday at Tennessee, the Colts could be without their starting quarterback, their best running back and their top receiver. Injuries again limited Richardson’s participation in Wednesday’s practice while Taylor again sat out — just like last week when both missed the game at Jacksonville.
“I feel way better compared to last week,” Richardson said before practice. “I was able to move a little better and able to get going, start running and throwing. So, feeling good about that.”
Coach Shane Steichen was short on details about the likely playing status of his starting quarterback and 2021 All-Pro running back, something that’s not expected to change until closer to game time.
While Richardson went through pregame warmups before he was deactivated, Taylor didn’t practice at all last week and was ruled out Friday.
“He’s working through it, he’s looking good, so we’ll see how the week goes with him,” Steichen said, referring to Taylor. “Hopeful that he’ll be out there. We’ll see.”
The same could be about Richardson, who walked around the locker room without a noticeable limp. Instead, Richardson was his usually upbeat self — even as he faces the possibility of missing his second straight game and the 15th of his two-year career. Naturally, he wants to play so he can dispel the notion he’s injury prone.
But after his limited work last week, the Colts (2-3) decided it would be too risky for Richardson to play because his injured right hip has hampered both his running and throwing.
“Little bit of both, honestly because of the rotation, getting my hips right,” Richardson said. “It’s just putting a lot of torque and stuff on my body. But I’d probably say both (aspects) with the same difficulty. But I’m feeling good with both now, so we’re just going to check it out.”
What Steichen didn’t say, though, was whether Indy’s growing injury list could impact decisions on either Richardson or Taylor against the Titans (1-3).
The stakes are already high for Indy, which is two games behind defending AFC South champion Houston and is already 0-2 in division play after losing to the Texans in the opener and at previously winless Jacksonville last week. The Colts also have lost three straight division games, going back to a playoff-eliminating loss in the 2023 regular-season finale, and are a meager 4-9-1 against the AFC South since 2022.
The good news for the Colts — Pro Bowl center Ryan Kelly could return from his neck injury after missing the past two games. He practiced Wednesday, the first time he’s worked out since initially appearing on the team’s injury report Sept. 26. Right tackle Braden Smith also missed practice Wednesday with knee and ankle injuries.
If Kelly doesn’t play, Indy would likely start two rookies — center Tanor Bortolini, a fourth-round draft pick, and right guard Dalton Tucker, an undrafted rookie who replaced Will Fries during last week’s game. Fries was carted off the field and taken to a Jacksonville hospital where he had surgery on his lower right leg, a procedure that will likely end his season.
Pro Bowl cornerback Kenny Moore II has missed two straight games with a bad hip and starting defensive end Kwity Paye missed the Jaguars game with an injured quadricep. Moore and Paye both did limited work Wednesday.
The Colts also have three defensive starters on injured reserve — cornerback JuJu Brents (knee), All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (ankle) and Samson Ebukam, Indy’s sacks leader in 2023 who suffered a torn Achilles tendon at training camp.
The result: Indy gave up 37 points and nearly 500 yards against a Jaguars offense that had been struggling. But Steichen refused to blame the poor performance on being short-handed.
“A lot of it too is fundamentals and technique, and it’s not just the defense. It’s all three phases,” Steichen said. ”We’ve got to play with fundamentals, technique. We’ve got to be relentless in everything we do. That’s one of the pillars I believe in.”
And if Taylor and Richardson are out again Sunday, Steichen also believes running back Trey Sermon and 39-year-old Joe Flacco will be ready to step in yet again.
Flacco promises he’ll be ready — just as he was in Week 4 when he relieved Richardson and in Week 5 when he made his first start with the Colts.
“This week may be a little bit different than last week,” Flacco said, referring to practicing with the starters last week. “We’ll see how he (Richardson) feels when we go out there, but ultimately it’s the same mindset.”
INDIANA PACERS
GAME REWIND: PACERS 129, CAVALIERS 117 (PRESEASON)
While it was just a rehearsal run, the Indiana Pacers returned to their winning ways on Thursday night against a Central Division foe.
In preseason game No. 2, the Pacers shot 49.5 percent as a team and made 16 3-pointers in a 129-117 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Indiana trailed by a point at intermission before outscoring the Cavs 32-18 in the third quarter to cruise to their first preseason win.
Pacers third-year guard Bennedict Mathurin, who missed Indiana’s final 18 games of the 2023-2024 regular season and the playoffs due to a shoulder injury, looked back to his normal self against the Cavs, pouring in 25 points (8-for-12 shooting, 5-for-8 3-point range) in 19 minutes off the bench.
Indiana’s starting lineup from last year’s 2024 Eastern Conference Finals played on Thursday night while the Cavs rested several players, including star guards Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. Starting center Myles Turner and backup big man Isaiah Jackson returned to the floor for the Blue & Gold after sitting out Tuesday’s matchup in Atlanta .
Indiana mixed its lineups up against the Cavs early, but the Blue & Gold’s starters did not play in the second half.
After Mathurin, Turner and Jarace Walker each scored 12 points, and Aaron Nesmith scored 10 points for the Pacers. Walker had a stellar night overall, making all three of his shot attempts (2-for-2 3-pointers) while also pulling four rebounds in 18 minutes.
All 17 of Indiana’s players who took the floor recorded at least one made basket in the game.
Ty Jerome led the Cavs with 15 points, Terre Haute native Craig Porter Jr. scored 14, and Jarrett Allen added 13. The Cavs shot 50.5 percent as a team and made 12 threes.
The teams traded the lead 14 times in the first half, but the Cavs outshot the Pacers 58.3 to 55.6 percent to lead 70-69 at the break.
Nine of the 10 players that took the floor for the Pacers recorded a basket in the first half, led by 12 points from Turner, 11 by Mathurin, and 10 from Nesmith. Allen topped the Cavs with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Cleveland shot 52.2 percent in the first quarter to lead 31-28.
After falling behind 7-0 to start the game, five points by Turner, 3-pointers from Tyrese Haliburton and Andrew Nembhard, and a dunk from Pascal Siakam gave Indiana its first lead, 13-12, with 6:39 left in the opening frame.
Both teams went on 8-0 runs in the final 4:39 of the period, but the Cavs stayed in front despite five straight points by Mathurin in the final 44 seconds of the opening frame, including a make at the buzzer.
Indiana shot 65.2 percent and scored 41 points in the second quarter, while the Cavs made 64 percent of their shots for 39 points.
The Pacers started the second quarter by making eight of their first 11 shots, building an 18-6 run and 48-43 lead with 6:40 left in the half. During that stretch, Mathurin made a pair of baskets and two free throws while Walker drained a shot from deep.
The Cavs answered late in the second quarter with a 16-6 run to go ahead 63-61 before the teams traded nine straight made baskets.
Five straight points by Isaac Okoro in the last 55 seconds for Cleveland helped the Cavs stay in front by a point at halftime.
Mathurin shot 4-for-6 from 3-point range in the third quarter for 14 points to help the Pacers to their 101-88 lead. The Pacers shot 42.3 percent in the third quarter for 32 points while limiting the Cavs to just 18 points on eight made baskets.
Out of the break, the Pacers went on a 15-5 scoring spree to go up by double figures.
Mathurin buried two 3-pointers, T.J. McConnell hit his first two shot attempts of the second half, Jackson made a jumper and Walker drilled a three to give the Pacers an 84-75 lead with 7:14 left in the third frame.
Mathurin continued pouring it on from deep out of a timeout, making two more 3-pointers to push the Blue & Gold ahead by double digits.
Heading into the fourth quarter, the Pacers led 101-88, and the Cavs never made it a single-digit deficit the rest of the game.
Indiana’s newest Pacer James Wiseman threw down back-to-back dunks to start the final frame, boosting the Blue & Gold lead to 18 points, and Indiana never looked back. Wiseman finished with eight points and 10 rebounds in 11 minutes.
Indiana will conclude its preseason schedule next week at Gainbridge Fieldhouse when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and Charlotte Hornets Thursday. The Blue & Gold will tip off the regular season in Detroit on Oct. 23 and their home opener will be against Philadelphia for Opening Night presented by Kroger on Oct. 27.
Inside the Numbers
Indiana limited Cleveland to 42.2 percent shooting in the second half after the Cavs shot 58.3 percent in the first half.
The Pacers shot 17-for-19 from the free-throw line while the Cavs finished 11-for-17.
Indiana won the rebounding margin 51-34.
The Cavs outscored the Pacers 58-52 in the paint.
There were 15 total lead changes, with 14 of those coming in the first half.
Both teams finished with 12 turnovers.
You Can Quote Me on That
“… Second half, we picked up the intensity. We did some better things. We were more physical at the point of attack. Mathurin got hot. Offensively, we got the ball moving and some good things were happening. We just played with more force.” – Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle on the team’s second half improvements
“He was able to get a rhythm. He has been getting to the gym early – even on the road. Half hour, 45 minutes early and getting shots up and working at getting his rhythm back. The guy missed a lot of games last year. It was good to see.” – Carlisle on Bennedict Mathurin’s performance
“Defensively he was physical and in a good position. Offensively, he was making the right reads and taking the shots that were there. Moving it at the right time and playing within the system, which is what we wanted. Right now, he’s in the midst, in the process, of a position change going from a bigger position to a smaller position, which is very difficult to do in the NBA. Usually it goes the other way. But he’s doing a good job with it, and in the second half he played quite a bit at the four spot. A lot of gradual progress is being made with Jarace Walker.” – Carlisle on Jarace Walker
“Super surreal, super excited to play in front of my family. I won two championships here at Rocket Mortgage. Getting the win today was big. I’m not just playing for myself, I’m playing for these guys. Just trying to make everyone proud.” – Rookie Enrique Freeman on playing in his hometown
“I felt good, I felt like the main thing was just being more aggressive. Just coming in with that mindset, looking for my shot but keeping the main thing the main thing which is finishing with a (win).” – Walker on his performance
“Just going out there and being myself. Playing hard and if I shoot the ball thinking it’s going to go in.” – Mathurin on his performance
Stat of the Night
Bennedict Mathurin shot 4-for-6 from 3-point range in the third quarter for 14 points as the Pacers outscored the Cavs 32-18 in the period.
Noteworthy
Pacers rookie Enrique Freeman was helped off the floor late in the fourth quarter. Postgame, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle and Freeman both said it was a cramp. Freeman, a Cleveland native, had a large group of fans in attendance to see him. He finished with nine points and nine rebounds in 16 minutes.
Bennedict Mathurin’s 25 points are the most by a Pacers player through two preseason games.
Pacers rookie Johnny Furphy, the 35th overall pick from Kansas, missed a second straight game with a sprained ankle.
Cavaliers guard Craig Porter Jr. is a Terre Haute native. After playing two seasons at Vincennes University, helping the Trailblazers to an NJCAA National Championship in 2019, he finished his college career at Wichita State. Porter signed a two-way contract with the Cavs in 2023 before inking a standard contract last February with Cleveland.
Tickets
The Pacers host the Memphis Grizzlies at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for a preseason game on Monday, Oct. 14 at 7:00 PM ET.
INDY ELEVEN
#DETVIND PREVIEW
Indy Eleven at Detroit City FC
Saturday, October 12, 2024 – 4:00 p.m. ET
Keyworth Stadium – Hamtramck, Mich.
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Stream: ESPN+.
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Stats: #DETvIND MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com
2024 USL Championships Records
Indy Eleven: 13-10-8 (+1), 47 pts; 4th in Eastern Conference
Detroit City FC: 13-8-10 (+8), 49 pts; 3rd in Eastern Conference
| IND | DET | |
| 31 | Games | 31 |
| 46 | Goals | 39 |
| 45 | Goals Conceded | 31 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 140 | SOT | 116 |
| 134 | Shots Faced | 106 |
| 8 | Clean Sheets | 10 |
SETTING THE SCENE
Third place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings is on the line when Indy Eleven travels to Detroit City on Saturday late afternoon. The top eight teams in the East qualify for the playoffs that begin the first weekend in November, with the top four teams hosting.
SERIES VS. DETROIT CITY
Saturday will be the sixth all-time meeting between the two sides and the third of 2024, as the teams met in the USLC on March 30 and the U.S. Open Cup on May 22, both at Carroll Stadium.
Indy Leads 3-2-1 (GF, 8 | GA, 3)
Series Meetings
May 22, 2024 | W, 3-0 | Home
March 30, 2024 | L, 2-1 | Home
Sept. 30, 2023 | W, 3-0 | Home
March 25, 2023 | W, 1-0 | Away
Sept. 3, 2022 | D, 0-0 | Away
July 9, 2022 | L, 1-0 | Home
LAST TIME VS. DCFC (U.S. OPEN CUP)
INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, May 22, 2024) – Indy Eleven advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in club history with a 3-0 defeat of USLC rival Detroit City FC.
Indy Eleven opened the scoring by way of a Detroit City own goal off a Ben Ofeimu cross from the right side. The home team would tack on two more in the first half with Douglas Martinez finding Augi Williams (33’) and Aedan Stanley connecting on a corner to Ofeimu (36’).
Scoring Summary
IND – Own Goal 14’
IND – Augi Williams (Douglas Martinez) 33’
IND – Ben Ofeimu (Aedan Stanley) 36’
Discipline Summary
IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 7’
DET – Devon Amoo-Mensah (caution) 61’
IND – Jack Blake (caution) 65’
IND – Max Schneider (caution) 90+1’
LAST TIME VS. DETROIT CITY (USLC)
The teams have already faced each other in league play on March 30, 2024, a 2-1 win for Detroit. Forward Sebastián Guenzatti opened the scoring with his first goal of the season in the 24th minute on an assist from Younes Boudadi.
Scoring Summary
IND – Sebastián Guenzatti (Younes Boudadi) 24’
DET – Ali Coote (Maxi Rodriguez) 55’
DET – Maxi Rodriguez (Yazeed Matthews) 88’
Discipline Summary
IND – Younes Boudadi (caution) 15’
DET – Abdoulaye Diop (caution) 42’
IND – Adrián Diz Pe (caution) 87’
DET – Stephen Carroll (caution) 90’
OFEIMU HOMECOMING
Indy Eleven defender Ben Ofeimu hails from West Bloomfield, Michigan, approximately 20 minutes from Foxworth Stadium in Hamtramck. The 6’3 Ofeimu has started 21 of the past 23 games for the Boys in Blue after being acquired from Miami FC on April 11. The four-time USL Championship Team of the Week honoree just missed his season-high with 11 clearances at Loudoun United on Tuesday. He moved up four spots to sixth in the USLC in that category.
MUSA MAGIC MAKES ROAD VICTORY
Indy Eleven moved up two positions to fourth place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings with a crucial 1-0 road victory at Loudoun United in a rare mid-week contest on Tuesday.
Boys in Blue defender James Musa made his 200th appearance in the USLC memorable with his first goal of the season in the 83rd minute for the only score of the night. Defender Aedan Stanley took a corner kick from the left side and drove it to the goal. Loudoun keeper Hugo Fauroux punched the ball high into the air, where defender Ben Ofeimu headed it down from the corner of the six to Musa, who, with his back to the goal, volleyed it with his left foot high over Fauroux for the game winner. It was Ofeimu’s first assist for the Boys in Blue.
In the 93rd minute, Stanley preserved the win with a sliding save with his left foot to block a close-in shot from Florian Valot.
Goalie Hunter Sulte made three saves to earn his eighth clean sheet this season, including an arm save on a shot by Robby Dambrot from inside the six in the 23rd minute.
Indy got the first scoring chance in the 11th minute when Ben Mines played a long ball to Maalique Foster running down the right side and he fired a shot that Fauroux dove to his right to stop.
A little later, the Boys in Blue had two scoring chances in a three-minute span. Captain Cam Lindley took a free kick in the 17th minute from well outside the area and bent the ball around the wall towards the bottom right corner of the goal, where Fauroux stopped it.
Then in the 19th, Lindley took a corner on the left side and delivered a perfect pass to Ofeimu running diagonally to the far post, but Ofeimu’s header struck the right post.
NEIDLINGER THIRD ACADEMY PLAYER TO SIGN A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT
Indy Eleven signed defender Logan Neidlinger to a professional contract on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Indiana native had been on a USL Academy contract with the club that started on January 30, 2024. Neidlinger is the third Indy Eleven Academy player to sign a professional contract, joining Diego Sanchez (2023) and Alann Torres (2021). Neidlinger arrived in Indy in 2021 and previously played for Columbus Express.
“It is a great feeling to sign a professional contract with my hometown team,” said Neidlinger. “I’ve worked my entire life to become a professional soccer player, and all of the hard work and sacrifices have paid off.”
Neidlinger was on the Indy Eleven professional team’s 18-man roster for three matches this season prior to making his debut on July 13 vs. Loudoun United. He increased his minutes the next two games, earning his first start at Charleston on August 2. Neidlinger started all four USL Championship matches in August, playing the full 90 in the first three.
On August 11, Neidlinger became the youngest player in Boys in Blue history and the first Indy Eleven Academy player ever to score a goal with a strike from inside the box to the far top corner vs. New Mexico United in the 27th minute to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Against Miami on September 28, Neidlinger recorded his first USLC assist, delivering a beautiful cross from just inside the area on the right side that forward Augi Williams finished for the second of his three goals in the match.
Neidlinger made his U.S. Open Cup debut in the semifinal at MLS-side Sporting Kansas City on August 27, starting and playing 77 minutes.
Neidlinger has played 524 minutes in 11 games this season for the Boys in Blue with five starts, one goal, one assist, seven shots (four on target), 22 duels won, 13 clearances, six chances created, five blocks, five interceptions, four tackles won, and four fouls won.
“Indy Eleven has been one of the most competitive teams in the USL Academy system year-in and year-out, and we’re delighted to see Logan Neidlinger turn pro with the club after an impressive campaign with the First Team this year,” said USL Head of Global Football Development & Sporting Director Oliver Wyss. “Indy Academy Director Kiki Wallace and his staff have consistently set players up for success on the field.”
Since 2019, Indy Eleven has signed 22 players to USL Academy contracts, making the club one of the premier player development destinations in the USL Championship. Last November, the Boys in Blue signed Academy-product Diego Sanchez to his first professional contract after spending three seasons (2021-23) on a USL Academy Contract.
This season, the Indy Eleven Pro Academy team has a 7-0-2 regular season record in first place in the USL Academy Great Forest Division, poised to earn a trip to the 2024 Academy League Finals December 5-8 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Indy Eleven has won the USL Academy Cup U-20 Division Championship for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024), and is looking to defend its prestigious national championship again in 2025 to try to turn this accomplishment into a four-peat.
“One of the things we’re trying to produce is more trailblazers,” said Indy Eleven Academy Director Kiki Wallace. “We want all the kids in the Academy dreaming big, and as they get older those dreams might settle down and become a little bit more realistic with where they are and what the next step is, but… we want them dreaming of being professional footballers and breaking through here at Indy Eleven.”
“It’s fantastic to have Logan continuing down that path because just like guys before him fueled the dream he’s now pursuing; he’s now fueling the dream for the next generation coming up behind him.”
GOALS
The Boys in Blue have scored 24 first half goals this season, good for fifth in the USLC. They have 46 goals (6th USL), with at least one tally in 25 of their 31 matches.
Defensively, Indy has held opponents scoreless in the first half in 20 of 31 matches in 2024.
The Boys in Blue scored in 15 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 campaign. The streak, which ended on June 22 against Orange County, is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same season for the club. In total, Indy scored in 18 straight regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023.
INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
INDIANA RESUMES BIG TEN PLAY, HOSTS PENN STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Undefeated in its last four matches, Indiana looks to keep its momentum as it returns to Big Ten Conference play Friday (Oct. 11) night against Penn State on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET. Tickets are on sale online or at any Armstrong Stadium ticket booth on matchday. Fans unable to attend the match can watch on the B1G+ digital platform.
Indiana will give away IU soccer jersey posters to the first 250 fans in attendance as part of retro night at Armstrong Stadium. In addition, Friday is Junior Hoosier Club Night; JHC members that show their credential at an Armstrong Stadium ticket window get in free.
KICKING OFF
• On top of the undefeated streak, IU may have created a season-defining moment in Tuesday’s win over Kentucky. Down 2-0 at the half, the Hoosiers stormed back with three goals in the final 45 minutes, thanks to a Tommy Mihalic brace and an 85th-minute Michael Nesci winner.
• Friday’s meeting is a rematch of the 2023 Big Ten Tournament final, as IU captured its 12th Big Ten Championship double after sharing the regular season title with the Nittany Lions.
• Indiana is undefeated in its last four, scoring 10 goals (2.5 goals per game). Mihalic has scored four of those goals, Oduro has 5 G/A and Sarver has 4 G/A in that stretch.
ABOUT THE NITTANY LIONS
• Penn State is undefeated in its last five with a 3-0-2 record in that span. The Nittany Lions are coming off a 2-1 win over Rutgers on Monday.
• The Nittany Lions are led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Cook, who has compiled a 61-37-19 record during his time in University Park.
• Penn State has scored 19 goals in 12 games (1.7 average). Sophomore midfielder Caden Grabfelder and graduate forward Aboubacar Camara lead PSU with four goals apiece.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana has historically dominated the matchup with Penn State, winning 39 of the 59 matches in the series. Indiana owns an active four-match win streak against the Nittany Lions.
• IU has swept two-game season series each of the last two years, beating Penn State in both the regular season and the Big Ten Tournament. In 2023, an Oct. 7 2-1 victory at PSU kicked off a late season stretch in which the Hoosiers won 12 of their last 14. As Big Ten regular season co-champions, the teams met again in the conference tournament final in Bloomington, where Indiana would win again, 1-0.
• In the series, Indiana is 21-2-3 at home and is undefeated in the last seven matches played in Bloomington (6-0-1) going back to 2014.
INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
INDIANA AND PURDUE TIE IN GOLDEN BOOT GAME
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana and Purdue battled to a 0-0 tie in the Golden Boot game
KEY MOMENTS
In the rivalry game, the two teams battled to a 0-0 tie in the first half with Purdue (6-6-1) mustered up the only shot on goal in the frame while Indiana had two shots.
Graduate student Avery Snead fired the first shot on goal for the Hoosiers (6-5-2) in the 76′ minutes. The Hoosiers’ offense got going in the 85th minute when freshman Layla Sirdah’s shot was saved by the Purdue goalie.
Just five seconds later, Indiana earned a corner kick where the Snead header was off target. It was all the offense either team would put forth as the game ended in a draw.
NOTABLES
Indiana had seven shots including two on goal as Purdue had four shots. The Hoosiers were also awarded three corners.
The Golden Boot remains in Bloomington for the next year.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers welcome Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
INDIANA SWIMMING
NO. 4/6 HOOSIERS SPLIT SQUAD FOR OPENING WEEKEND
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Eight members of the Indiana men’s swimming and diving program will compete in the SMU Classic in Dallas, Texas, Friday through Saturday (Oct. 11-12). The remaining IU men’s and women’s program will participate in the annual Cream and Crimson intrasquad exhibition Friday inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
Seven swimmers and one diver will head west for a meet featuring athletes from No. 10/9 Virginia Tech, No. 12/12 Texas A&M, No. 13/16 Louisville and No. 16/12 Auburn. Friday’s action will begin at 7 p.m. ET Friday, followed by a second day of swimming and diving Saturday at 11 a.m. Fans can watch the meet at smumustangs.com/watch or follow along via live results.
Friday’s Cream and Crimson meet will kick off at 2 p.m. ET. Admission is free for all home meets this season.
The Indiana men’s team is ranked No. 4 in the nation by the CSCAA, while IU also ranks No. 6 in the women’s poll. Both teams are coming off of Big Ten Championship seasons and return the bulk of their squads.
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY
INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY TO FACE NO. 12 IOWA AND MONMOUTH
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– After a weekend in Bloomington, Indiana Field Hockey looks to stay in the win column as they travel for two road tests. The Hoosiers will head to Iowa City to play No. 12 Iowa on Friday, Oct. 11 and will face Monmouth on Saturday, Oct. 12 for a neutral site game at Grant Field.
WEEKEND REWIND:
-Indiana split conference matches last wekend in Bloomington. They lost to No. 5 Maryland, 3-2, on Friday and bounced back with a 4-3 overtime win against Rutgers.
-Against Maryland, the Terrapins pushed early as they scored two quick goals from a penalty corner and penalty stroke in the first half.
-In the second half against the Terrapins, Indiana held them to just five shots.
-Despite the 3-0 loss, Sadie Canelli played well in the cage, recording six saves.
-On Sunday, Indiana found its way to a victory in a 4-3 oertime win against Rutgers.
-Sophomore Inés Garcia Prado shined as she scored three unassisted goals, including the game-winning goal.
-Rutgers scored in each of the first three quarters, but the Hoosiers answered every time.
-Indiana trailed 3-2 heading into the final quarter of regulation and earned a penalty corner halfway through the frame of regulation. Freshman Mijntje Hagen was able to score on the play to tie the game and send it to overtime.
-In overtime, Garcia Prado would find the back of the cage, in the 62nd minute to clinch the win for the Hoosiers.
BIG THREE EFFORT:
-Yip van Wonderen, Inés Garcia Prado and Sydney Keld have been living up to expectations so far as the team’s biggest offensive factors.
-All three were voted as Preseason Big Ten Players to Watch and are currently the top three-point scorers for the Hoosiers. Garcia Prado leads with 12 points, followed by van Wonderen with nine and Keld with six.
-The three have the most shots taken for Indiana, too. They combine for 66 (45%) of Indiana’s 146 shots.
-Garcia Prado has 25 shots taken, followed by van Wonderen with 23 and Keld, who has launched 18.
QUICK STATS:
-Five different Hoosiers have scored a goal this season: Inés Garcia Prado, Yip van Wonderen, Sydney Keld, Mijntje Hagen and Maggie Carter.
-Garcia Prado leads the way with six goals while van Wonderen follows with four goals. Keld and Hagen have three each and Carter has one.
-As a team, 18 Hoosiers have taken a shot. Garcia Prado and van Wonderen lead all players with 25 and 23 shots, respectively, followed by Keld (18), Arrebola Garcia (15), Meghan Dillon (12), and Theresa Ricci (12).
-Eighty-one of the team’s total 123 shots have been on goal (56%).
-Lara Mortz and Arrebola Garcia currently lead the team in assists with three each. Ricci follows with two assists while van Wonderen and Emma Thompson have one each.
-Sadie Canelli has taken over the starting job in the cage for the Hoosiers after making her first career start at Miami (Ohio). In that game, she recorded seven saves and has recorded 28 saves through her first seven appearances.
-The Hoosiers are earning more shot opportunities than the competition. Indiana is averaging 14.6 shots per game compared to their opposition’s 9.5 shots per game.
-Indiana has outdrawn opponents in penalty corners throughout the season, 65-48.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
-Indiana will play its fifth ranked team of the season as Iowa is currently ranked No. 12 in the NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll.
-Iowa is 6-3 with wins against No. 18 Wake Forest and No. 17 Penn State. Their losses have come against No. 2 North Carolina, No. 1 Northwestern and Rutgers.
-Dionne van Aalsum currently leads Iowa with four goals scored. Annika Herbine and Lieve van Kessel follow in the scoring ranks with two goals each.
-Herbine leads Iowa with three assists, followed by Milly Short who has recorded two.
-Saturday’s match with Monmouth will be just the second ever meeting between the two programs.
-Monmouth is 7-4 with wins against Lehigh, VCU, James Madison, Rider, Hofstra, Columbia and Yale. Their losses have come against No. 9 Rutgers, Drexel, Temple and Delaware.
-Sofia Fouces leads Monmouth in goals with six and is tied with Jess Tucker and Johanna Karlhuber in assists with four each.
-Tucker and Milla Frye have recorded five goals each, followed by Anna Moors who has four goals
-Monmouth is outscoring their opponents 34-18 this season while taking less shots than their opponents (174-173).
OVERTIME TIDBITS:
-Indiana’s Inés Garcia Prado, Yip Van Wonderen and Sydney Keld were named to the Big Ten’s preseason Players to Watch list.
-Indiana’s 2023 team captains of Jemima Cookson and Sydney Keld are both team captains again in 2024. Senior Sofia Arrebola Garcia and junior Emma Thompson were voted in as team captains in the spring, as well.
-Indiana’s roster features a trio and pair of former high school teammates who are now playing together again. Maggie Carter, Javi Baeza, and Charlotte Glasper played together at Shaker Heights High School (Ohio). Meredith Lee and Hannah Riddle played together at Assumption High School (Kentucky).
PURDUE WOMEN’S SOCCER
PURDUE BATTLES IU TO SCORELESS DRAW FOR 6TH SHUTOUT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – In a defensive battle that featured just a combined three shots on goal and four corner kicks, Emily Edwards made a clutch save in the 86th minute to preserve Purdue Soccer’s scoreless draw at Indiana on Thursday.
The Boilermakers (6-6-2, 2-4-1 Big Ten) posted their sixth shutout of the season, four of which have come on the road. They remained unbeaten (2-0-3) in Bloomington dating back to 2015.
The Hoosiers (6-5-2, 1-5-1 Big Ten) kept possession of the Golden Boot traveling trophy after regaining it with their victory in West Lafayette last season. In the event of a draw in the rivalry series, the team with possession of the trophy entering the game keeps it for another year.
Edwards deflected a shot by Layla Sirdah over the crossbar in the 86th minute, making the most significant play of a two-minute stretch that began with Purdue’s longest segment of possession inside the 18-yard box. Chiara Singarella and Gracie Dunaway helped create the extended pressure and were both credited with shots in the 84th minute.
The Hoosiers built a counterattack that led to Sirdah’s open look at Edwards, who was in excellent position and reacted quickly to push the shot over the bar. Avery Snead missed wide right with a header on the ensuing corner kick.
There were four video reviews conducted by the referee on the night – two apiece on the defending side. None led to a penalty kick being awarded.
Edwards accounted for the game’s first save in the 48th minute after there were only two shots and one corner kick in the first half.
The scoreless draw was Purdue’s first of the season after playing both Maryland and Penn State to scoreless stalemates last year. It was the first scoreless draw in the rivalry series with IU since the spring of 2021.
The Boilermakers have posted six shutouts for the first time since their 2021 NCAA Tournament team had seven in 22 games. Individually, Edwards has moved into sixth place on Purdue’s single-season list. The four clean sheets on the road are the program’s most since 2019.
Lauren Adam, Gabriela Angulo, Sydney Boudreau, Zoe Cuneio, Cloey Uddenberg and Singarella all went the distance among the Purdue field players. Mackenzie Jones logged 62 minutes to lead the reserves.
The Boilermakers are back in action Sunday when they host No. 8 Ohio State at 1 p.m. ET.
PURDUE TENNIS
GENCER REACHES SINGLES MAIN DRAW AT ITA OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Freshman Ece Gencer punched her ticket to the main draw of the singles event at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional, hosted by Middle Tennessee State.
Gencer downed Elena Malykh from Ball State 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the opening round, before cruising to a 6-2, 6-4 win over Varvara Alexeyeva from Murray State in the next round.
Juana Larranaga won her opening match against Warona Mdlulwa from Tennessee State 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-5, before falling to Conley Raidt from Tennessee in the second round.
The main draw for singles and Carmen Gallardo Guevara will open her regional against Sofia Mazzacuto from Xavier. Fatima Gutierrez will face Lara Schneider from Indiana, and Tara Katarina Milic will square off with a singles qualifier.
Doubles play starts on Friday. Gencer and Larranaga will take on the No. 1 seed and No. 24-ranked Elza Tomase and Catherine Aulia from Tennessee.
Carmen Gallardo Guevara and Tara Katarina Milic are the No. 6 seed and will face Julia Millan and Ksenija Rage from East Tennessee State. Fatima Gutierrez and Ida Clement enter as the No. 9 seed against Li Hsin and Marina Fuduric from Indiana.
SINGLES QUALIFYING
Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Elena Malykh (BSU) – 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Varvara Alexeyeva (MUR) – 6-2, 6-4
Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Warona Mdlulwa (TSU) – 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-5
Conley Raidt (TEN) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-2, 7-5
Lena Peyer (MTSU) def. Ida Clement (PUR) – 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-0
BOILERS GO PERFECT IN DOUBLES ON ITA REGIONAL OPENING DAY
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s tennis team opened hosting duties at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional at the Schwartz Tennis Center on Thursday. The Boilermakers saw all three of its doubles teams and Dan Labrador earned a spot in the singles main draw.
In doubles, the Boilermakers went a perfect 3-for-3 in the win column.
10th-seed Stefan Simeunovic and Henrik Villanger cruised to an 8-4 win over Ian Brady and Sajin Smith from Ball State. The duo will face Andrew Spurck and Marco Penelli on Friday in the Round of 32.
Daniel Labrado and Juan David Velasquez rolled Siddhartha Lama and Riccardo Baldi from Butler in an 8-2 decision. The pairing will face Miguel Cadena Avendano and Enrique Pena from Louisville on Friday.
Mujtaba Ali-Khan and Nour Fathalla bested Roi Sabi and Niklas Von Hellens from Belmont 8-6. The young tandem will meet Matteo Antonescu and Karan Raghavendra from Indiana on Friday.
Daniel Labrador bested Aidan William from Butler over straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in the opening singles qualifying round. Labrador topped Christian Gonzalez from Xavier to move into the main draw with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-0.
Mujtaba Ali-Khan won his opening singles match in the qualifying draw against Govanni Becchis from Austin Peay 7-5, 6-1, before falling to Cortland Grove from Tennessee Chattanooga in the next round 6-3, 6-3.
The Boilermakers will continue with the doubles Round of 32 and the start of the main draw singles on Friday morning.
Admission to the Schwartz Tennis Center is free all weekend. Matches played indoors will be streamed on Purdue’s Playsight page (click here). All draws and results are published on the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Tournament page.
DOUBLES ROUND OF 64
Stefan Simeunovic/Henrik Villanger (PUR) def. Ian Brady and Sajin Smith (BSU) – 8-4
Daniel Labrador/Juan David Velasquez (PUR) def. Siddhartha Lama/Riccardo Baldi (BUT) – 8-2
Mujtaba Ali-Khan/Nour Fathalla (PUR) Sabi Roi/Niklas Von Hellens (BEL) – 8-6
SINGLES QUALIFYING
Daniel Labrador (PUR) def. Aidan William (BUT) – 6-4, 6-2
Daniel Labrador (PUR) def. Christian Gonzalez (XU) – 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) def. Giovanni Becchis (APU) – 7-5, 6-1
Cortland Grove (UTC) def. Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) – 6-3, 6-3
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
PURDUE SET FOR MATCHES AT #2 NEBRASKA, IOWA
Friday, October 11
8:30 p.m. ET | #10 Purdue at #2 Nebraska | BTN | WSHY 104.3 FM
Saturday, October 12
7 p.m. ET | #10 Purdue at Iowa | B1G+ | WSHY 104.3 FM
West Lafayette, Ind. – Riding a three-match winning streak, the No. 10 Purdue Boilermakers (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten) are set for two road matches within 24 hours. First, Purdue will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on No. 2 Nebraska on Friday night at 8:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. Then, the team will head to Coralville, Iowa, for a 7 p.m. ET match on Saturday, which will be streamed on B1G+.
SCHEDULE NOTES
Purdue is wrapping up a stretch this week where the team is on the road for 11 of 13 matches.
Purdue recently wrapped up a stretch of playing five top-16 foes in six matches, which included three straight top-10 showdowns.
The match vs. Nebraska will be Purdue’s fifth top-10 match this season. The Boilers are 1-3 so far in those matches, however all three losses are to teams currently in the top eight in the AVCA pol
LAST WEEK’S NEED-TO-KNOW
Purdue went 2-0 last week, picking up a 3-1 win at Northwestern and a 3-0 sweep vs. Michigan State.
Dave Shondell reached 470 wins at Purdue on Sunday, becoming the all-time winningest head coach in program history.
The team made 71 digs despite just 3 sets of action vs. Michigan State, setting a program record in a three-set match during the current 25-point rally scoring era.
Kenna Wollard led the team last week (at Northwestern and vs. Michigan State) in kills per set (3.71), setting a career-high and team-leading 18 kills at Northwestern while on a .438 clip.
Purdue reached its first double-digit block performance of Big Ten play with 11 vs. Michigan State.
The team held Northwestern to a .183 attack % and Michigan State to .104%.
PURDUE VS. NEBRASKA: HISTORY AT A GLANCE
Last season, #17 Purdue lost in a five sets to #2 Nebraska (25-23, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 12-15). The match saw 37 tied scores over the set, including 21 lead changes in one of the longest matches of the seaosn for either team. In the 5th set, Nebraska out-scored Purdue 4-2 to close the match and win it.
The last win vs. Nebraska came in 2019, when the Boilers took down the #5 Huskers, 3-2 (10/26/19).
Purdue has won two matches at Nebraska: 3-1 on 10/19/13 and 3-0 on 11/6/82.
PURDUE VS. IOWA: HISTORY AT A GLANCE
Purdue has won the last 11 consecutive matches against Iowa and are 22-15 in true away matches.
The last time Purdue played in Coralville was 2022, when the team took down the Hawkeyes, 3-1.
A five-set match has not been played between the two programs at Iowa since 2018 (W, 3-2 on 10/13/18).
ALL-TIME WINNINGEST HEAD COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY
With the sweep vs. Michigan State on Sunday, HC Dave Shondell became the all-time winningest head coach in Purdue volleyball history, surpassing AVCA Hall of Famer Carol Dewey, with his 470th win.
Shondell is one of two active head coaches in the Big Ten with as many wins at their institution (joined by John Cook) and is one of seven among Power 4 programs.
PROGRAM RECORDS FALLING
Since Big Ten play has started, five program records have been set or tied: Most team aces in a 5-set match during the rally-scoring era (17 at then-#16 Minnesota); Most aces by an individual in a 5-set match during the rally-scoring era (7 by Raven Colvin at then-#16 Minnesota); Most aces by a freshman (6 by Ryan McAleer); Most team digs in a 3-set match in the current 25-point rally scoring (71 vs. Michigan State); Most wins in program history (Dave Shondell, 470).
Meanwhile, the program is poised for the home attendance record to fall next weekend with its Mackey match vs. Indiana already sold out.
PURDUE: QUICK HITS
Purdue led all Power 4 programs last week in digs per set (19.57), an effort led by Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week Ali Hornung’ s 5.71 per set.
The team is #11 in the nation in blocks per set (2.89), 16th in kills per set (13.91) and 20th in hitting % (.277).
Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine were named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List.
Three Boilers are averaging 2.5 kills per set or higher: Hudson (4.09), Chicoine (3.28) and Colvin (2.68).
Purdue is 38-15 in sets won this season.
The Boilers are averaging .277 hitting %. To put in perspective, it would rank as #3 in Purdue single-season history if things were to end today.
Raven Colvin is #2 in the nation in blocks and is averaging a .439 hitting %, which would set a program record if the season were to end today. To put in perspective, the current season-record is .409% (First Team All-American Stephanie Lynch in 2008).
Freshman DS Ryan McAleer has recorded a perfect reception % in 10 matches. Moreover, she recorded six aces at #16 Minnesota, tying as the most-ever by a Purdue freshman.
Eva Hudson nearly had an errorless match at now-#8 Kansas, committing just one attack error in the final points of the match. This season, she is averaging 4.09 kills per set and 4.52 points per set this season.
Chloe Chicoine owns a team-leading six double-doubles this season.
SCOUTING THE #2 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS
Nebraska has taken on six top-25 opponents, including four top-10 programs and two top-5. In those matches, the Huskers are 6-0 and have dropped just three sets.
Middle Rebekah Alllick is coming of a shared Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor alongside Purdue’s Ali Hornung. Allick averaged 2.00 blocks per set last week to go with an offensive performance that included a .455 hitting % and 2.17 kills per set during the team’s sweeps of Illinois and Iowa.
Nebraska ranks 7th nationally in hitting % (.298), and 13th in kills per set (14.02).
In the midst of a breakout season, middle Andi Jackson ranks #5 in the nation in hitting % (.475).
A balanced offensive attack includes six players averaging over two kills a set, led by Harper Murray’s 3.12.
SCOUTING THE IOWA HAWKEYES
Saturday’s match vs. Purdue will mark Iowa’s third top-25 matchup in four matches.
Malu Garcia leads the team in points and kills (2.73 kills per set and 3.26 points per set).
Iowa’s strong serving includes a 99 aces this season, good for fourth-most in the league.
As a team, Iowa is hitting .219 on the season and holding opponents to a .221 clip.
Defensively, Joy Galles leads the league in digs (248) while Gracie Gibson ranks #5 in the league in block assists (59).
BIG TEN CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ALI HORNUNG
Libero Ali Hornung received her first career Big Ten weekly honor as Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Over the last three matches, she’s totaled 64 digs and leads the team with 5.33 digs per set.
Posted 18 digs and a perfect reception % after 27 attempts at Northwestern.
Recorded 22 digs vs. Michigan State in the three-set win, a performance that included 10 digs in Set 1 alone.
Knocked on the door of a double-double with 10 digs, 7 assists vs. #10 Kentucky.
Eva Hudson is averaging 3.00 digs per set, second-most on the team.
PURDUE NOTES: LAST 3 MATCHES
The Boilers are averaging a .264 hitting clip while holding opponents to a .181%.
The team is out-digging opponents 18.00 digs per set vs. 15.00.
Four Boilers are hitting over .400: Raven Colvin (.429%), Lourdes Myers (.407%) and Kenna Wollard (.403%).
Kenna Wollard leads the outside hitters in hitting % while averaging 2.75 kills per set (third on the team).
Ali Hornung has racked up 64 digs in three matches, leading the team with 5.33 per set.
Taylor Anderson is averaging 11.50 assists per set, 2.75 digs per set and .58 blocks per set.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
NO. 11 NOTRE DAME RETURNS FROM BYE IN PLAYOFF POSITION AS STANFORD COMES TO TOWN
Stanford (2-3) at No. 11 Notre Dame (4-1), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock)
BetMGM College Football Odds: Notre Dame by 23.
Series record: Notre Dame 23-14.
WHAT’S AT STAKE
Notre Dame returns from its bye week in control of its own playoff destiny. Next up is Stanford on Saturday. With one loss already, the Fighting Irish must defend their home field against a Cardinal squad trying to gain traction during its toughest stretch of the season, following back-to-back losses to then-No. 17 Clemson and Virginia Tech.
KEY MATCHUP
Stanford run defense vs. Notre Dame ground game. It’s a classic strength vs. strength matchup. The Cardinal’s run defense enters the weekend with the nation’s No. 12 run defense and the second-best in the ACC, allowing just 88.2 yards rushing per game. Notre Dame is averaging 214.0 yards rushing per game behind Riley Leonard, whose seven TD runs rank second among power conference quarterbacks; Jeremiyah Love, who averages 6.5 yards per carry; and Jadarian Price, who averages 7.3 yards per carry.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Stanford: RB Running back Micah Ford. He rushed 15 times for 122 yards in the loss to Clemson, and now he faces one of the stingiest run defenses in the nation. The Cardinal needs Ford to play big again to have a chance in this rivalry game.
Notre Dame: Price. The third-year player from Texas seemed to be finding his groove before the bye week, carrying 29 times for 211 yards and two TDs. If Price continues playing that way after the bye, the Fighting Irish will pose challenges for any defense with its three-pronged rushing attack.
FACTS & FIGURES
Notre Dame won a 56-23 victory last year at Stanford, a game in which the Irish committed four turnovers. … Stanford’s opponents have gained more yards than the Cardinal in all fie games this season. … Notre Dame ranks fourth in the FBS in fourth-down conversion defense and ninth in scoring defense (12.6 points). … The Cardinal are 4-3 outside Palo Alto, California, since coach Troy Taylor arrived last season. … Irish S Xavier Watts, who led the nation in with se ven interceptions in 2023, picked off his second pass of the season in Notre Dame’s 31-24 victory over then No. 15 Louisville two weeks ago. Watts also sealed the win with a pass breakup.
NOTRE DAME TENNIS
DOMINKO WINS 3 MATCHES AT M25 LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Junior Sebastian Dominko played the M25 Louisville tournament this week, a professional ITF event beginning on Monday. He started his campaign in the qualifying draw as the 3 seed, needing two wins to make it to the main draw. In the opening round, he got off to a quick start with an early break and hold and kept his distance throughout the match against Breysach, a French player who currently plays at the University of Kentucky. Dominko won 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the final round of qualifying where he took on Chad Kissell, an American tennis player who completed his career at Valparaiso University in 2018. The Notre Dame junior would surrender only 5 games in the match, all in the first set as he won a close 7-5 opener before rattling off 6-straight games to claim the match and a birth in the main draw.
In the first round of main draw action, Dominko lined up across from 3rd seeded Alex Martinez, a Spanish player ranked #575 in the world and a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma. The big lefty from Notre Dame dropped his serve in the opening game of the match and had to play from behind for a majority of the set. But after a break back and then a first set tiebreak, Dominko secured the early set lead with a 7-6(3) win. In the second set that progressed in the exact reverse pattern as the first he Dominko break first and play from ahead before his Spanish opponent evened things up at 4-4. It would take another tiebreak to determine the second set winner and Dominko would seal the match and advance to the second round without dropping a point in the breaker.
Dominko’s run would come to an end in the second round of main draw play at the hands of Johannus Monday. Monday was formerly #1 in college tennis for Tennessee and last summer reached a top-200 ATP ranking. Both lefty players, the Brit would take the match by a 6-2, 6-3 score.
Results
Q1 Dominko(SLO) def. Breysach(FRA) 6-2, 6-3
Q2 Dominko(SLO) def. Kissell(USA) 7-5, 6-0
R1 Dominko(SLO) def. (3)Martinez(ESP) 7-6(3, 7-6(0)
R2 Monday(GBR) def. Dominko(SLO) 6-2, 6-3
NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
MATCH 12 PREVIEW: UNC
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are back in action in a key ACC matchup against UNC at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 11 at Alumni Stadium. The game will air on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME vs. NORTH CAROLINA
Location: South Bend, Ind. | Alumni Stadium
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Game Notes: vs. UNC
THE UNC SERIES
• The Irish and Tar Heels will meet on the pitch for the 14th time on Friday evening in program history.
• The Irish trail in the series with a mark of 3-7-3.
• The two sides battled to a 1-1 draw in Chapel Hill in their only matchup last season.
• Six of the last eight meetings have either been decided by one goal or ended in a draw.
MATTHEW ROOU: THE GOAL SCORING MACHINE
• Senior forward Matthew Roou enters Friday’s match tied for the lead in the country in goals with 11 on the season.
• Roou is in the best form of his career, scoring 10 goals over his last six outings, including back-to-back hat tricks during the stretch.
• The forward became the first Notre Dame men’s soccer player since Kevin Lovejoy in 1979 to record multiple hat tricks in a season.
• The senior is one of six players in the country averaging at least a goal per game.
• Roou came through in the clutch in Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Clemson, scoring the winner in the 86th minute to give the Irish the win.
• The senior is one of two players at the men’s DI level to register two hat tricks during the 2024 season, joining Massachusetts’ Alec Hughes.
• Roou scored a goal from the spot in the season opener against Akron.
• The talisman now has 74 career points off 32 goals and 10 assists.
• Roou is currently 13th on the ND all-time goal scoring list and is one goal away from tying Pat Szanto for 12th (33).
BRYCE BONEAU: 2024 CAPTAIN
• Bryce Boneau is the captain for this year’s Fighting Irish team.
• Boneau is a senior midfielder from Texas and was selected to the 2024 ACC Preseason Watch List.
• The skipper is off to a fast start this season, recording a goal and and a team-high seven assists from the midfield.
• The midfielder has already equalled his assist total from last season with seven, which was his career high.
• Boneau’s average of .64 assists per match leads the ACC and is 10th in the country.
• The senior has recorded a goal or assist in seven of the last 10 games.
• Boneau scored four goals and added seven assists last season as a center midfielder and has four goals and 14 assists in his Notre Dame career.
• Boneau was selected by Nashville SC in the third round of the 2024 MLS SuperDraft with the 75th overall pick.
BALANCED ATTACK
• Ten different players have found the back of the net for the Irish this season (Roou, Flanagan, Genenbacher, Boneau, J. Bartlett, Spicer, Dunphy, Baffour, Shaul, N. Bartlett).
• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point in their Notre Dame career, as the team returned 85 points from last year.
• Ten players that scored a goal during the 2023 campaign are back on this year’s team.
• Senior Matthew Roou is the top returning goal scorer on the 2024 squad after firing in a career-high 10 goals during his junior campaign.
HERE TO ASSIST
• Notre Dame ranks fourth in the ACC in assists per game, averaging 2.09 on the year.
• Bryce Boneau paces the Irish with seven assists while KK Baffour has dished out four and Sebastian Green has added three.
• All three of Green’s assists came in the win over Chicago State, tying the junior for the national lead for most assists in a game at the men’s DI level.
• The Irish dished out 48 assists last season, ranking sixth in the country for total assists.
STRONG STARTS
• Notre Dame has made a habit of jumping out to an early lead this season, as the Irish have scored the opening goal in seven of 11 matches in 2024.
• Four of the seven opening goals came within the first 20 minutes of play.
•The quickest goal to start a match came from Bryce Boneau in the seventh minute in the win over Louisville.
BK THE GK
• Blake Kelly has already made an impact in his freshman season as the goalkeeper of the Fighting Irish.
• Kelly made a career-high eight saves in the draw at Indiana.
• The freshman followed it up with his first career win in the ACC opener against Louisville, making four saves while allowing just one goal.
• The goalie started the season opener, marking the first time a true freshman goalie has started an opener for the Irish in over 30 seasons.
2023 SEASON REWIND
• Notre Dame had one of its most successful seasons in program history last year, finishing with an appearance in the College Cup Final.
• The Irish were dominant in the ACC, claiming the Coastal Division crown and earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament after going undefeated in regular season conference play with a record of 6-0-2.
• Notre Dame finished the season with a record of 13-3-6 but two of the draws resulted in the Irish advancing in the NCAA Tournament in shootouts.
• The Fighting Irish defeated Kentucky (2-0) in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament before moving past Western Michigan (0-0) and Indiana (1-1) to make the College Cup.
• Notre Dame then defeated Oregon State (1-0) in the semifinal before falling to Clemson (1-2) in the final.
NOTRE DAME SWIMMING
NOTRE DAME HOSTS MIAMI (OH) FOR SEASON OPENER
Notre Dame opens its 2024-25 season at Rolfs Aquatic Center on Friday by hosting regional opponent Miami (OH).
The Redhawks finished second at the MAC Championships last season and had a 7-3 record. The losses were to major conference foes Northwestern and Cincinnati plus Akron.
Notre Dame returns its top swimmers from last season in Madelyn Christman and Maggie Graves. Both women made the NCAA Championships last year and were All-ACC First Team performers. Graves ranks second in school history in both the 1000 free (9:45.27) and 1650 free (16:10.82) after last season, while Christman ranks second in the 200 back and third in the 100 back (52.66) and 100 free (49.07).
It will be a bittersweet event on Friday for Irish junior Greta Kolbeck, who transferred to Notre Dame this year after two seasons at Miami. A two-time Miami Athlete of the Week and All-MAC First Team honoree, Kolbeck was the MAC champion in the 500 free last year with a time of 4:47.44.
Another Irish newcomer to watch is Hollie Widdows, who won both the 150 free and 100 IM at the Blue/Gold Meet two weeks ago and is a European junior champion from Tavistock, England.
The opener against Miami will begin on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m.
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TO PLAY ST. JOHN’S AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
The BIG EAST matchup between Butler and St. John’s set for Feb. 16 will be played at Madison Square Garden. The Johnnies made the announcement on Thursday morning roughly two weeks before BIG EAST Media Day on Oct. 23. The 2024-25 Bulldogs will be the first-ever Butler women’s basketball team to play inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena”.
Opening tip at MSG is slated for 5:30 p.m. The time is approximate as the two teams will play in the final leg of a doubleheader following a St. John’s men’s basketball’s contest against Creighton. That game will begin at 3 p.m.
“What an opportunity for our young ladies to compete in what is considered to be the most famous and historic arena in the world,” Head Coach Austin Parkinson said.
Ticket and streaming information for each game of the doubleheader will be available at a later date.
Bulldog fans can also count on seeing their team play on FS1 this year. Butler will face Marquette in Milwaukee on Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. Each BU contest against UConn will air on SNY.
The BIG EAST assigned tip times to all 18 conference contests last week. All non-conference games also have tip times listed on the women’s basketball schedule page.
Butler Ticket Information:
Single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Butler women’s basketball season are on sale now! Fans can buy online at ButlerSports.com/BuyTickets or in person at the Butler Athletics Ticket Office at Hinkle Fieldhouse (which is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.).
Season tickets for the 2024-25 Butler Basketball season remain on sale, providing the best seating locations still available for the upcoming season. Contact the Butler Ticket Office at tickets@butler.edu or 317-940-DOGS (3647) to place your order.
BUTLER WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
BUTLERVB WELCOMES UCONN AND PROVIDENCE TO HINKLE FIELDHOUSE THIS WEEKEND
INDIANAPOLIS — The Bulldogs will welcome UConn and Providence this weekend for two matchups inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Huskies enter with an undefeated non-conference record while the Friars have yet to win a conference match this season.
Bulldog Bits
-The all-time series between Butler and UConn is split at 3-3. The Bulldogs swept the Huskies in the previous matchup at Butler last season
-BU has never lost to Providence holding an impressive 19-0 all-time record.
-The Bulldogs have only lost one set inside Hinkle Fieldhouse to Providence in program history
-Last weekend, Butler will hope to bounce back after being swept in both matches against the top teams in the conference, No. 6 Creighton and Marquette
-Abby Maesch currently ranks seventh in BIG EAST conference matches this season with an average of 3.43 kills per set
-Maesch led the match with 14 kills against Marquette last Sunday while hitting for .289 with just three errors.
-Alaleh Tolliver has led the team in kills during four of the last five matches totaling 43 kills (2.86 per set).
-Jersey Loyer still holds the most digs in a match by a BIG EAST defender this season with 28 digs against Grand Canyon (Sep. 14)
-Grace Boggess sits at fifth in the conference with an average of 1.06 blocks per set.
-Cora Taylor ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with an average of 8.54 assists per set this season
-Taylor is just 22 assists from reaching 500 assists this year
-Lauren Evans holds the eighth-best average of 0.32 serving aces per set with 19 total this season
-Elise Ward needs just one more kill to reach 400 career kills
-Laiya Ebo is 21 kills away from 200 career kills
SCOUTING UCONN
The Huskies were the only team in the BIG EAST to finish the non-conference schedule with an undefeated record. The record of 13-0 included five sweeps, five four-set victories, and three five-set wins against teams that included Dartmouth, Youngstown St., and Buffalo. However, once the BIG EAST play began, UConn was swept in both matches against Creighton and Marquette. The Huskies have bounced back since then beating Georgetown and Seton Hall last week to bring their conference record to 2-2.
Emma Werkmeister is the lone Husky with more than 200 kills as she enters the match as the top offensive weapon with 224 kills (3.93 per set) this season. Doga Kutlu also holds a conference-best eight serving aces (0.62 per set) in conference matches this year.
SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
The Friars join the Bulldogs as the bottom dwellers in the BIG EAST standings as the only two teams still in search of their first conference win. Providence had a winning record in the non-conference play at 7-4 after wins over Brown and Evansville as well as taking a set from Iowa in a 3-1 loss. Since the conference play has started though they have lost the last four straight matches, but nearly stole one from Seton Hall after falling in five sets.
Despite the struggles on offense for the Friars, Kayla Grant has been a bright spot hitting for the third best hitting percentage at .386 with 121 kills this season. Butler will also hope to keep Providence out of system as they have the least amount of assists in the conference.
SERIES DOMINATION
Butler has found success against both UConn and Providence in the program’s history. The Bulldogs are tied with the Huskies all-time with a record of 3-3. However, BU has dominated against the Friars winning all 19 matches dating all the way back to 2002.
Butler has only lost one set of nine matches against the Friars while playing inside Hinkle Fieldhouse.
FLASHBACK TO LAST YEAR
The Bulldogs won both matchups in Hinkle Fieldhouse against the Huskies and Friars last season. They first swept UConn on Nov. 10 before knocking off Providence two days later at 3-1. The Bulldogs outplayed the Friars on offense in their game, nearly doubling the number of kills at 62 to just 33.
Abby Maesch and Elise Ward led both matches in kills with Maesch recording a total of 31 kills while Ward was just behind with 28 kills.
GROWING INTO THE NEW ROLE
With the absence of Mariah Grunze, freshman Alaleh Tolliver has stepped up into a larger role at the outsider hitter position. Tolliver has led the team in kills during four of the last five matches totaling 43 kills (2.86 per set).
FINDING HER GROOVE
Abby Maesch found success last week despite playing against the top two teams in the conference in No. 6 Creighton and Marquette. Maesch totaled 22 kills (3.67 per set) in the matches along with 10 total digs. She led the match with 14 kills against Marquette while hitting for .289 with just three errors.
Maesch currently ranks seventh in BIG EAST conference matches this season with an average of 3.43 kills per set. She also still leads the team with a total of 160 kills (3.27 per set) this season.
CAREER MILESTONES
Lauren Evans earned her 150th career dig last Sunday against Marquette after collecting 15 total digs. Cora Taylor is just 22 assists from reaching 500 assists this season while Grace Boggess is three block assists away from 200 career blocks.
Elise Ward needs just one kill to reach 400 career kills while Laiya Ebo remains 21 kills away from 200 career kills
WATCH: Bulldog fans can purchase tickets to both matches on the Butler Athletics website or tune into the live streams on FloSports on Friday and YouTube on Sunday.
UP NEXT: Butler will play their next two matches of the homestand in Hinkle Fieldhouse against Seton Hall and Georgetown.
The Bulldogs will remain at home to host two matches beginning on Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 PM ET against Seton Hall followed by a match on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 5 PM ET against Georgetown.
IU INDY WOMEN’S SOCCER
WOMEN’S SOCCER ROLLS PAST GREEN BAY, 4-1
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s soccer team scored a season-high four goals and roared past visiting Green Bay in Horizon League play, 4-1, at Carroll Stadium on Thursday night (Oct. 10). Senior Hannah Roberson scored a pair of goals and Emma Frey and Keilah Muldrow also deposited scores in the win.
“It feels really good. Going into this game, we knew we had to go out and get those three points, especially after our last game,” Roberson said. “We came out with energy especially in both halves, so that was really good for our team.
“We came out and maintained our best energy and put our best foot forward and worked as a team collectively.”
The Jaguars (4-7-2, 3-1-1 HL) dominated throughout, outshooting the Phoenix 16-9 and putting 10 attempts on frame. The game turned in the 26th minute when Green Bay goalkeeper Mallorie Benhart was sent off with a red card for a hard foul on Maia Ransom well beyond the penalty box, resulting in a dangerous free kick and a man advantage for the Jaguars.
“I thought the play where Maia went in on their keeper and got taken down, that totally changed the game in our favor,” head coach Chris Johnson said. “We get a set piece out of it and end up scoring on a set piece. I’m glad Maia was okay in that – she really sacrificed her body in that situation and that put them down to 10 men. I think it really gave us a boost we needed to have.”
Frey scored a gorgeous goal on the restart and the Jaguar machine was off and rolling in its most imposing offensive effort of the season.
The Jags tacked on a second goal in the 42nd minute when Roberson hit a left-footed strike past Green Bay’s reserve keeper Alondra Iriarte off a nice assist from Bernadette Wismann. The Phoenix cut the lead in half in the final minute of the half when Aixa Helbringer-Escobar laced a long distance shot just over Ashton Kudlo for her first tally of the season.
However, the Jaguars dominated play in the second half and finally earned a third goal in the 67th minute. The speedy Muldrow got a sliding finish on Abbey Renner’s pass past Iriarte for the first score of her collegiate career. Roberson capped the scoring when Lindsey Castillo funneled a pass into the middle, leading to a composed finish just inside the post.
“She’s relentless,” Johnson said of Roberson. “She never stops working, she follows everything up and keeps making runs and the ball falls in front of her and she puts it away. I’m so proud of Hannah and what she’s kind of developed into for us.”
Castillo, Roberson and Caroline Kelley had a team-high three shots each and Johnson was able to go deep into his bench, playing 21 different players. Ashton Kudlo made three saves in the victory.
The Jaguars will close out the week at Northern Kentucky on Sunday (Oct. 13) at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
SOCCER SECURES FOURTH STRAIGHT SHUTOUT IN WIN OVER CMU
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Addie Chester scored in the 18th minute and the Ball State soccer team’s defense secured its fourth straight shutout to beat Central Michigan 1-0 on Thursday night at the CMU Soccer Complex.
The Cardinals 7-4-2 (2-2-2 Mid-American Conference) got what proved to be the only goal of the match when Chester used her left foot to score from about 18 yards out off an assist from Jordyn Jeffers. Chester increased her season goals total to seven and points total to 20, which both lead the team.
The Chippewas (4-5-4, 2-1-3 MAC) dropped their first conference contest of the year with the setback.
Ball State goalkeeper Grace Konopatzki (4-3-2) earned her first complete game shutout of the year with the clean sheet. The junior faced 13 shots from CMU, including three on goal, while extending her streak of not allowing a goal to more than 240 minutes.
The visitors were credited with seven shots, two being on goal, as Chester and Kaitlyn Fraser had a pair of shots each. Other Cardinals with one look each were Avery Fenchel, Delaney Caldwell and Emily Roper.
Central had more corner kick opportunities (5-2), and Ball State was whistled for more fouls (14-11). Both teams got called offsides twice each.
Ball State returns home to host Ohio at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
SYCAMORES CLOSE ROAD TRIP WITH MATCHES AGAINST REDBIRDS, BRAVES
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State closes a four-match road trip Friday and Saturday in the Prairie State, with the Sycamores squaring off against Illinois State and Bradley.
Friday’s match at Illinois State State is slated for a 7 p.m. first serve, while Saturday’s tilt at Bradley will start at 6 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
| Indiana State Volleyball at Illinois State / Bradley | |
| Date | Friday, October 11 | 7 p.m. ET // Saturday, October 12 | 6 p.m. ET |
| Location // Venue | Normal, Ill. // CEFCU Arena (9,600) | Peoria, Ill. // Renaissance Coliseum (4,200) |
| Preview Info | Indiana State Notes // Illinois State Notes // Bradley Notes |
| Live Stats | vs. Illinois State // vs. Bradley |
| Watch | Friday Stream (ESPN+) // Saturday Stream (ESPN+) |
| Social Media | @IndStVB // @IndStAthletics |
Last Time Out
Indiana State dropped the first two matches of its four-match road trip, falling to Murray State in three sets (25-16, 25-22, 25-20) and Belmont in four sets (25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 25-14).
The Sycamores recorded 11 blocks against Murray State, marking their third match with 11 or more blocks this season. Ella Scott led the way with seven blocks, with four Sycamores recording three or more blocks.
Four Indiana State players had double-digit digs against Belmont, led by season-best totals from Chloe Gilley (17) and Curry Kendall (15). Indiana State’s 64 digs against Belmont was the Sycamores’ second-most digs in a match this season.
Road Trippin’
This weekend’s matches at Illinois State and Bradley wrap up a four-match road trip for Indiana State, the Sycamores’ longest stretch of road matches during the conference slate.
Being on the road is something the Sycamores have become accustomed to, as Indiana State has played just three home matches through the first six weeks of the 2024 season.
Following this weekend’s matches, Indiana State plays seven of its next nine matches at home. Nine of Indiana State’s last 12 regular season matches are in the state of Indiana.
Can You Dig It?
Indiana State registered 64 digs in its last match at Belmont, averaging 16 digs per set against the Bruins. It was the second-most digs for Indiana State in a match this season (69 vs. Eastern Michigan) and the third-highest per-set total for the Sycamores (18.67 vs. Valparaiso, 17.25 vs. Eastern Michigan).
Four different Sycamores recorded 10 or more digs in the match against Belmont. Chloe Gilley had a team-leading and season-high 17 digs, while Curry Kendall also notched a team-high 15 digs against Belmont. Emma Kaelin added 11 digs as part of a double-double, while Macy Lengacher had 10 digs for the Trees.
Block Party
Indiana State recorded its fourth match with double-digit blocks this season against Murray State, with the Sycamores registering 11 rejections against the Racers. The Sycamores’ 3.67 blocks per set was Indiana State’s best per-set average in a match this season.
The Sycamores’ netfront presence was a balanced effort, as four different players had three or more blocks for Indiana State. Ella Scott led the way with seven (two solo, five assist), while Emily Weber (four), Lily Mueller (three) and Emma Kaelin (three) all had three or more block assists.
Milestone Moments
Indiana State has already had multiple athletes reach career milestones this season, with additional career marks also in reach in the opening weeks of conference play
Emily Weber surpassed 1500 assists for her collegiate career during the Sycamores’ opening weekend of play, while both Weber and Cadence Gilley went over the 50-ace mark for their careers during non-conference play.
Six more career milestone marks are within reach for the Sycamores in conference play. Ella Scott is four aces away from reaching 50 for her career, while both Gilley (459) and Macy Lengacher (452) are nearing 500 digs for their collegiate careers. Weber also sits just eight kills away from reaching 200 for her career, 41 digs away from 500 in her career and 106 assists away from 2000 in her career.
Aced It
Indiana State has been lethal from the service line to start the 2024 season, as the Sycamores rank among the MVC leaders in both total aces (102) and aces per set (1.73). The Trees enter the weekend ranked first in the conference in aces per set and third in total aces.
Indiana State’s success from the service line has been a balanced effort, as five different Sycamores have already registered double-digit aces this season. Ella Scott, Cadence Gilley and Emma Kaelin all rank in the top 12 in the MVC in aces per set, while Emmy Sher also ranks in the top 20 in the conference.
As a team, Indiana State already has a trio of matches with double-digit aces this season after having just four such matches in all of 2023. The Sycamores had 12 aces against Georgia State and 10 against both South Dakota State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Heavy Hitter
Indiana State freshman Curry Kendall has led the Sycamores’ attack through the first two weekends of conference play. Kendall ranks in the top 20 in the MVC with 2.69 kills per set against conference foes, totaling 35 kills over the last four matches.
Kendall tallied a match-high 12 kills in the Sycamores’ three-setter against Valparaiso, with her .320 hitting percentage against the Beacons representing her best output of the season. In addition, she also registered a season-high 15 digs in the Sycamores’ last match at Belmont.
This Weekend’s Opponents At A Glance
Winners of three straight, Illinois State enters the weekend at 8-9 overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Redbird attack is led by preseason all-conference selection Aida Shadewald, who has 250 kills and averages 3.47 kills per set. Caitlyn Little (2.95) and Khenedi Guest (2.22) also average more than two kills per set, while Mekaila Aupiu has dished out 680 assists. Sammi Bunch leads the team with 242 digs, while Guest has a team-high 50 blocks.
Bradley enters at 8-8 overall and 3-1 in conference play after splitting on the road at Southern Illinois and Missouri State. Iva Popovic leads the Braves’ attack with 221 kills, while Silan Demirkol has added 176. Maria Drapp (338 assists) and Corrie Brown (278) have split the setting duties, while Irene Mostardini hasa a team-leadin 306 digs. Beste Ayhan leads Bradley with 61 blocks.
Series History vs. This Weekend’s Opponents
Indiana State is 10-67 all-time against Illinois State, and the Redbirds have a commanding 36-2 advantage in matches played in Normal. Illinois State has won each of the last four matches in the series, though Indiana State’s last win in the series came in Normal during the 2021 season.
Indiana State is 34-47 all-time against Bradley, with the Braves sporting a 31-9 record against the Sycamores in matches played in Peoria. The Sycamores’ last win in the series came in the 2022 conference opener in Terre Haute, with Indiana State’s last win in Peoria coming in 2017.
Up Next
Indiana State plays three home matches in a four-day span, with Missouri State (Oct. 18), Southern Illinois (Oct. 19) and Evansville (Oct. 21) all paying a visit to ISU Arena.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ONE GOAL DECISION GOES TO NKU
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky defeated the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer team 1-0 on Thursday (Oct. 10) in Horizon League action.
The only goal of the game came in the 29th minute when the Norse went up 1-0 and kept the lead the rest of the way.
Gigi Ricciardi earned a pair of shots, including one on goal in the final minute, as the Mastodons looked for the equalizer but was denied in her attempt. Mastodon goalkeeper Jordan Imes had seven saves in the contest.
The ‘Dons fall to 7-6-1 (2-3-0 Horizon League). Purdue Fort Wayne is back in action on Sunday (Oct. 13) at home against Milwaukee.
Northern Kentucky improves to 6-6-1 (3-1-1 Horizon League).
EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ACES WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS TO UIC
CHICAGO – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team didn’t find the back of the net in a 1-0 loss to the UIC Flames.
The Purple Aces defense kept 13 shots at bay through 90 minutes but a goal from UIC in the 76th minute handed UE its third loss of MVC play. Two veterans for Evansville led the way on offense as graduate defender Rachel Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) and senior forward Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati / Seton HS) each put two shots on goal. Fifth-year goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich. / Laingsburg HS) made six saves in the loss.
The Flames controlled early action of Thursday night’s game with five shots in the first 15 minutes. The Aces had their first chance of the night in the 19th minute as junior defender Kaylee Woosley (Evansville, Ind. / North HS) shot just wide of the far post. It was a defensive battle for the rest of the first half as only two shots were taken in the last 20 minutes of the half.
It was a much quicker start in the second half as Autenrieb forced a diving save from UIC’s goalkeeper in the 47th minute. The Flames responded with five straight shots over the next 15 minutes. Danek made two major saves to keep the game scoreless during the offensive onslaught. But UIC broke through in the 76th minute as a shot from the top of the box made it into the top right corner of the net.
UE had two close chances in the following five minutes as both Rosborough and freshman defender Emmy Brenner (Arlington, Tenn. / St. Benedict at Auburndale HS) forced a jumping save and a diving save from Flames goalkeeper Francesca Faraci. Evansville had one final opportunity in the last four minutes as Autenrieb attacked the net a second time for a shot that was pushed up above the crossbar. The Aces couldn’t find the equalizer and dropped a close 1-0 match to UIC.
UE remains on the road for their next match over the weekend. Evansville will visit the Valparaiso Beacons on Sunday, October 13th. Kick-off from Brown Field on Sunday is set for 1 p.m.
EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL SET FOR WEEKEND TRIP TO ILLINOIS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Another road weekend awaits the University of Evansville volleyball team as they travel to Bradley and Illinois State this weekend. Friday’s opener has UE visiting the Braves before they head to Normal, Ill. on Saturday to face the Redbirds; both matches begin at 6 p.m. CT and will be available on ESPN+.
| Weekend Information | |
| UE at Bradley | Friday, October 11 | 6PM CT | Live Stats | ESPN+ |
| UE vs. Illinois State | Saturday, October 12 | 6PM CT | Live Stats | ESPN+ |
| UE Volleyball | Match Notes | Volleyball Home Page | Twitter |
Last Time Out
– Evansville took a commanding 2-0 lead on Saturday at Murray State, but a furious rally by the Racers saw them win in five set
– Giulia Cardona set her season mark with 31 kills in the contest while Madisyn Steele recorded three solo blocks and five block assists
Adding to her Total
– Senior Giulia Cardona added a season-high 31 kills to her tally and continues to raise the UE program record, which stands at 1,971
– On Sept. 28, Cardona broke the Purple Aces program record of 1,911 kills, which was set by Alondra Vazquez
– On Sept. 21, she broke Evansville mark for service aces and now has 211; the previous record of 205 was set by Kim Seib in 1984
– Cardona holds the NCAA lead in total kills (337), total points (384.5), total attacks (956) and attacks per set (14.94)
– Her season average of 5.27 kills per frame paces the MVC and ranks 2nd nationally
Back in the Lineup
– After missing 11 matches, Kora Ruff returned to the floor on Oct. 4 at Belmont
– Ruff finished with 28 assists against the Bruins before adding 29 versus the Racers
– In the opening weekend of the season, Ruff posted 10.70 assists per set, which paced the MVC; she had 30 assists in the opener against Akron before posting 52 in the win over UPR-Rio Piedras
Scouting the Opposition
– On Friday, the Aces open the weekend at Bradley, who has won five of its last six matches while starting the MVC slate at 3-1
– Iva Popovic holds the team lead with 3.40 kills per set
– Illinois State begins the weekend with a record of 8-9 while winning three of their opening four league contests
– Aida Shadewald holds the team lead with an average of 3.47 kills per frame
SOUTHERN INDIANA SWIMMING
EAGLES WIN 14 OF 16 EVENTS IN A DOMINANT HOME OPENER
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Women’s Swimming and Diving dominated on Thursday afternoon taking home the victory against Valparaiso University, 209-85. USI secured an impressive 14 of 16 first-place events.
Sophomore duo Caiya Cooper (1:57.90) and Reagan Holmes (2:00.13) took home first and second place in the 200 freestyle. The duo also finished atop the leaderboard in the 100 freestyle with Cooper taking first (54.92) and Holmes following behind (55.94).
Sophomore Hayden Shurtz carried her momentum from Indianapolis, winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke with times of 1:06.33 and 2:27.38.
The Eagles thrived in the 500 freestyle with Cooper finishing first (5:18.15), freshman Ailyn Zurliene in second (5:20.93), and freshman Elizabeth Ketcham rounding out the top three (5:23.68).
The Eagles diving squad earned a new all-time top score for the three-meter dive, as freshman Anna Bunnell earned the USI record with a score of 223.65. Bunnell nearly shattered the one-meter record, leading the Eagles with a score of 223.65. Fellow freshman Gabbie Meier becomes third on the USI all-time leaderboard in her second-place effort (222.08 pts).
Other Top Women’s Results:
400 Individual Medley: Freshman Emma Gabhart (4:44.93)
1000 Freestyle: Junior Mattilynn Smith (10:50.80)
1000 Freestyle: Zurliene (10:57.86)
200 Freestyle Relay: Freshman Simone Green, Ketcham, Holmes, Cooper (1:40.24)
200 Medley Relay: Freshman Alivia Scott, Shurtz, Ketcham, Green (1:50.43)
WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE EAGLES:
USI is back in action on October 12 at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate, hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette.
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING BREAK THREE RECORDS IN HOME VICTORY
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Men’s Swimming and Diving team defeated Valparaiso University on Thursday afternoon in their home opener, 171-123. USI won ten of the 16 events, breaking three school records.
Freshman Cy Young and Jude Winnington fired up the Screaming Eagles finishing first and second in the 1,000 freestyle. Young made history shattering the 1,000 freestyle record (9:52.48), beating the previous leader by more than 12 seconds. Winnington’s 1,000 freestyle time (10:02.01) cements himself in second in the record books behind Young.
USI took home first and second place in the 100 breaststroke from freshman Luke Rich (1:00.15) and junior Caleb Davis (1:00.25). Rich also came out on top in the 200 breaststroke with an impressive time of 2:11.45.
Three different Eagles topped the scoreboard in the 200 butterfly. Freshman Justin Knauf (1:56.22) took home first place, while Winnington (1:57.87) trailed behind. Sophomore Sam Smith (1:57.89) rounded out the top three for USI.
Winnington smashed his own school record in the 400 individual medley (4:12.46). The freshman surpassed the previous record by over seven seconds.
Junior Lane Pollock shattered his previous USI all-time three-meter dive record earning a score of 273.38. The Preseason All-Summit League selection shattered his previous record of 264.75 at the 2023 Summit League Championships. The junior followed up his performance leading the three-meter with a score of 256.65. Sophomore Nathan Deputy came in second scoring 246.45.
Other Top Men’s Results:
500 Freestyle: Young (4:49.47)
100 Butterfly: Smith (52.81)
100 Butterfly: Knauf (52.82)
WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE EAGLES:
USI is back in action on October 12 at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate, which will be hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
USI STUMBLES TO OPEN HOMESTAND, 2-0
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer opened its homestand with a 2-0 setback to Houston Christian University Thursday evening at Strassweg Field. The Screaming Eagles fall to 2-10-0 overall and 1-3-0 in the OVC, while the Huskies go to 5-5-2, 3-1-0 OVC.
USI fell behind midway through the first half when HCU scored at the 27:25 mark. The Huskies outshot the Eagles, 8-4, and had the advantage in corner kicks, 3-0, during the opening half.
HCU would strike again in the second half and increased the lead at 77:52 to the eventual final score of 2-0. The Eagles controlled most of the final 45 minutes, leading in shots, 8-4, and corners, 4-1.
Overall in the match, the Eagles and the Huskies were tied in shots, 12-12, and corners, 4-4.
NEXT UP FOR USI:
The Eagles conclude the homestand Sunday with Senior Day versus the University of Incarnate Word. Kickoff is a special 11 a.m. with Senior Day recognition at 10:25 a.m.
The six seniors USI will honor Sunday are midfielder/defender Garland Hall; defender Brock Martindale; midfielder Wesley Rhodes; midfielder Elmer Garcia; defender Devin Reiminger; and midfielder Fabrice Remy.
UIW is 4-5-1 overall and 2-2-0 in the conference after posting a 4-1 victory at Eastern Illinois University Thursday. The Cardinals have won two straight after snapping a three-match losing streak.
UIW leads the all-time series with USI, 1-0, after posting a 4-0 win in San Antonio, Texas, last fall. Sunday is UIW’s first visit to Strassweg Field in the history of the programs.
VALPO SWIMMING
PAIR OF VALPO WOMEN SET POOL RECORDS; MEN WIN FIVE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AT USI
Sophomores Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) and Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) both set pool records on Thursday afternoon, while a pair of men’s swimmers combined for five individual event wins as the Valpo men’s and women’s swimming teams competed in a dual meet at Southern Indiana.
How It Happened
Benoit was the first Beacon to set a pool record on Thursday, touching the wall first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:12.14. Later in the afternoon, she paced Valpo in the 100 fly as well with a time of 1:01.93.
Schoch’s pool record came in the 200 back, as she won the event with a time of 2:12.98. The sophomore led a 1-2 Valpo finish in the event, as classmate Lily Kirkpatrick (Parker, Colo./Legend) came home second with a time of 2:15.80.
Schoch also led the Beacons on Thursday in the 100 back with a time of 1:02.32, good for second place.
Benoit and Schoch were two of five Valpo women’s swimmers to lead the team in a pair of events Thursday. Senior Sara Strauss (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake) did so with second-place showings in the 100 breast (1:08.66) and the 200 breast (2:29.99).
Sophomore Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) paced the Beacons in the sprints, coming in second in the 50 free (25.63) and touching the wall in the 100 free in 56.26.
Freshman Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) led Valpo in the distance swims, covering the 1000 free in 11:02.41 and the 500 free in 5:24.00.
On the men’s side, two Beacons led the team in three events apiece. Junior Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) kicked things off by leading a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:45.22. Sophomore Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) came in behind Martin with a time of 1:46.28, while freshman Tristan Haver (League City, Texas/Lutheran South Academy) rounded out the top-three sweep with a time of 1:47.87.
Later in the afternoon, Martin paced Valpo with a second-place finish in the 50 free (22.20) and turned around to take top honors in the 100 free (47.83).
All three of the team-best swims for junior Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) were event victories. Oostman touched the wall first in the 100 back (53.00), the 200 back (1:57.12) and the 400 IM (4:11.80).
Oostman also swam leadoff for the Beacons’ 200 medley relay which came home in first place with a time of 1:37.32. Behind Oostman were senior Brendan Stangeland (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne), junior Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School) and freshman Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley).
Bolinger had a pair of runner-up individual finishes on Thursday, as he also placed second in the 500 free (4:54.17). Senior Andrew Berzai (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) recorded a second-place finish as well in the 200 breast (2:13.67).
The host Screaming Eagles won both sides of the dual meet, earning a 171-123 victory on the men’s side and a 209-85 win on the women’s side.
Next Up
Valpo continues action over Fall Break on Saturday, making the trip to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate. The meet is slated to begin at 11 a.m. CT, and while no live video stream will be available, live results will be linked at ValpoAthletics.com.
VALPO TENNIS
SILVA, FERNANDES SET TO COMPETE IN MAIN DRAW AT ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL
Three members of the Valparaiso University tennis team advanced to Round 2 in the singles qualifying draw at the ITA Midwest Regional, which began on Thursday with two rounds of singles qualifying at Ohio State’s Auer Tennis Complex in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, junior Moira Silva (Houston, Texas / Houston Tennis Academy) and sophomore Jolene Fernandes (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) will compete in the singles main draw on Friday.
How It Happened
Fernandes picked up a victory in her first-round qualifying singles match, downing Cydney Rogers of SIUE in straight sets 6-4, 6-2.
Fernandes incurred a 6-1, 6-1 defeat to DePaul’s Elanor Nobbs in the second round of qualifying. However, Fernandes garnered a place in the main draw as a “lucky loser.” Due to a withdrawal from the main draw, everyone who lost in Round 2 of qualifying was put in a lottery for a spot in the main draw, and Fernandes won the lottery for the right to take on Michigan State’s Matilde Morais on Friday.
Based on her resume, Silva earned an automatic berth in the main draw without participating in Thursday’s qualifying rounds. She will take on Michigan’s Lily Jones on Friday.
Junior Sydney Stone (Brisbane, Australia / Tyler JC) picked up a win in Round 1 of qualifying when Bradley’s Andra Sirbu retired due to an injury. Stone fell to Ariel Madatali of Illinois in Round 2.
Freshman Brynn Steven (Wichita, Kan. / Bishop Carroll) was the third Beacon to get past the first round of qualifying, hers on a walkover when Eastern Michigan’s Kseniia Saenko withdrew prior to the match due to an illness. Steven fell to Ohio State’s Erica Dimitriev in Round 2.
Sophomore Lillian Kelly (Fullerton, Calif. / Fullerton Union) won four games in a competitive first set, but fell in straight sets to Michigan’s Ava Bruno in the first round of qualifying. Freshman Naomi Lalonde (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) also dropped her first-round qualifying match, succumbing to Notre Dame’s Carrie Beckman, as did freshman Lacey Tanner (Fort Pierce, Fla. / Florida Virtual School) against Wisconsin’s Ellison Reynoldson.
Inside The Matches
Fernandes stands at 9-2 on the season.
Fernandes’ victory came over Rogers, who was part of SIUE’s Ohio Valley Conference championship team that reached the NCAA Tournament last year.
In addition to the aforementioned singles main draw matches involving Beacons, Valpo will have three pairs playing in the doubles main draw on Friday. Lalonde and Silva will face off with Michigan’s Lily Jones and Jessica Bernales. Fresh off an MVC Flight 2 Doubles Championship, Stone and Tanner will match up with Northern Illinois’ Sydney Paradise and Irmak Budak. Steven and Fernadnes will collide with Jacklynka Scholten and Gaby Rondon of Toledo.
Up Next
The ITA Midwest Regional will continue on Friday with one round of singles qualifying consolation matches, the first round of main draw singles and the first round of main-draw doubles.
UINDY FOOTBALL
UINDY FOOTBALL HOSTS QUINCY SATURDAY NIGHT
WEEK 6
vs. Quincy Hawks (3-1, 3-1 GLVC)
Saturday // October 12
6 p.m. ET // Key Stadium
The No. 21 UIndy football team puts its unblemished conference record on the line this Saturday night when it hosts the Hawks of Quincy University under the Key Stadium lights. UIndy has won 10 of the 11 all-time meetings with Quincy, including each of the last seven.
Though the Greyhounds’ average margin of victory in the series is 25 points, each of the last two matchups were two-score games. Last October, UIndy earned a 24-14 win in Quincy. The Hounds limited the host Hawks to just 57 rushing yards while racking up 11 tackles for a loss. Clck/tap here for a snapshot of the entire UIndy/Quincy series history.
GAME NOTES: https://athletics.uindy.edu/documents/2024/10/8/WEEK_6_vs_Quincy.pdf
MARIAN FOOTBALL
GAMEDAY GUIDE: NO. 10 MARIAN RETURNS FROM BYE WEEK TO HOST NO. 3 INDIANA WESLEYAN
INDIANAPOLIS – When the Marian football team last took the game field, they ended the night celebrating a 35-34 overtime victory at Taylor. After a bye week, the Knights return to action at home on Saturday, October 12, taking on No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan. Saturday’s home game ignites a three-game home stand for the Marian football team, and is the final non-conference game of the season.
LAST TIME OUT
The Knights earned their third consecutive nail-biting victory at Taylor on September 28, as Marian out-lasted the Trojans 35-34 in their first overtime game since 2013 to improve to 4-0 on the season. Marian had struggles throughout the rain-soaked game defensively, but got timely interceptions to stay in the fight, getting a game-tying touchdown drive from Tristan Polk in the waning moments of regulation. Keagan La Belle, who was the MSFA Midwest Offensive Player of the Week after his 263-yard rushing output at Taylor, scored the game-winning score in overtime, while Dwight Lewis III deflected Taylor’s 2-point play to seal the win.
Marian enters the week rated No. 10 in the NAIA, dipping in each of the previous polls before coming in steady at No. 10 for the second week in a row this past Monday.
Marian’s opposition Indiana Wesleyan is coming off a commanding 39-7 win against then No. 13 St. Xavier. The Wildcats are 5-1 overall on the season, and have won three consecutive games entering the matchup against the Knights. Indiana Wesleyan has been ranked as low as No. 7 in the NAIA polls this season, and this week moved up to No. 3.
THE SERIES
After winning the first two games in the series, Marian has struggled over the last three seasons against Indiana Wesleyan, losing three consecutive matchups. The last time the two met was early November in the 2023 season, seeing Indiana Wesleyan erase a 17-point deficit as they went on to win 42-40. When the two last met up in Indianapolis, the Wildcats escaped with a 17-10 victory over the Knights. This season’s matchup is the first non-conference matchup in the series, as the Knights and Wildcats have split their divisions within the Mid-States Football Association.
In last season’s 42-40 defeat, Keagan La Belle led the team in rushing with 34 yards on the ground while adding 22 yards through the air, and Baron Huebler totaled 11 yards on the ground and air. Tirae Spence caught three passes for 74 yards and Drew Byerly racked up 64 yards, with both receiving weapons scoring a touchdown. Deon Pettiford and Dwight Lewis III are among the returning defensive leaders from a season ago, making eight and six tackles, respectively. Jayshawn Underwood made six stops a season ago, recovering a fumble while intercepting a pass.
WATCH AND FOLLOW ALONG
Those fans unable to attend Saturday’s game can watch live on the ISC Sports Network. All home games are televised with five camera angles, and single game live stream passes charge $9.99. Fans can also purchase a season pass of Marian football at a discounted price on a per-game basis, running at $24.99. Passes for this weekend can be purchased now. Live statistics will be available at marianstats.com, and updates of the game will be posted on the Marian Knights and Marian Football Instagram and X pages. Fans can follow at @MUKnights and @MarianUFootball.
TICKETS
Tickets for Saturday’s home-opening game are on sale now, with general admission ticket pricing starting at $10.
TAILGATING
Tailgate spots are filling fast for this weekend. For more information on tailgating, rules, and policies, click here. Tailgate lots will open at 10:00 a.m.
NEW FEATURES AT ASCENSION ST. VINCENT FIELD
Marian football games will hold a pair of new features this season, with the Merchants Bank video board highlighting the south end zone. Live replays and video will echo on the field throughout the game, Also new at Marian football games are beer sales, with Beir Brewing selling their products at Marian games. There is a limit of three beers per person. More information on alcohol sales can be found here.
POSTGAME ATHLETIC EVENTS
After the game, fans can stick around and support both the Marian volleyball and men’s soccer programs. The volleyball team takes on St. Francis at 5:00 p.m. while the men’s soccer team plays Spring Arbor at 7:00 p.m.
Kickoff between Marian and Indiana Wesleyan is set for 1:05 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
GAME NOTES: https://muknights.com/documents/2024/10/10/IndianaWesleyan_GameNotes_Week7.pdf
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
5 – 3 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 19 – 35 – 44 – 21 – 24 – 23
October 11, 1911 – Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs. The prize for such an honor was a car. Each of these players took home a Ford Model T. Shulte, whose nickname was “Wildfire,” did not enjoy his “tin lizzy” for very long as it ironically caught on fire near his plantation sometime later.
October 11, 1923 – A pair of Babe Ruth home runs in the 4th and 5th innings is the difference; NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-2 at the Polo Grounds to tie World Series, 1-1
October 11, 1927 – New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, Number 5 was named as the American League MVP. Oddly enough, his teammate, despite hitting a MLB record 60 HR’s, Babe Ruth as a former winner was not eligible
October 11, 1967 – World Series record 3 consecutive home runs hit by Carl Yastrzemski (Number 8), Reggie Smith (Number 7) and Rico Petrocelli (Number 6) to guide the Boston Red Sox over the St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park
October 11, 1971 – Baltimore 3B Brooks Robinson, Number 5 set a Baseball World Series record when he reached base 5 straight at-bats in the Orioles 11-3 win over Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2 at Memorial Stadium.
October 11, 1975 – New York Islander’s Number 19, Bryan Trottier’s completed his first career hat trick
October 11, 1978 – Dodgers future Cy Young Award winner, Number 35, Bob Welch had a high pressure strike out of New York Yankees Number 44 , Mr. October, Reggie Jackson in 9th
October 11, 1992 – Deion Sanders, played in a game two different major sports. He suited up in jersey Number 21 for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and later in the Number 24 uniform of the Atlanta Braves.
October 11, 2020 – In a special COVID delayed NBA Finals it was the LA Lakers knocking off the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win record equaling 17th title. The man that made the difference was MVP: LeBron James, Number 23 who became the first to win the award with 3 different teams
FOOTBALL HISTORY
October 11, 1925 – The New York Giants play their 1st NFL game on the road at Providence, Rhode Island. According to sportsencyclopedia.com, Tim Mara, a successful businessman and promoter, purchased the franchise for a reported $500. In the first few seasons the AFPA/NFL teams were mainly from small towns, league officials believed that a team in a large market such as New York was exactly what was needed to keep the fledgling NFL alive. An si.com story states that A team known as the New York Brickley Giants played two games in the APFA in 1921, but it quickly folded. Mara’s Giants though lost their first game to the Providence Steam Rollers 14-0. In fact the team lost their first three starts only to win seven straight and finished with a record of 8-4.
October 11, 1992 – Deion Sanders, plays in two major professional sports games on the same day. Per a bleacherreport.com article, Prime Time suited up for the Atlanta Falcons and played a game at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami against the Dolphins then & jumped on a plane and flew to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to take the field with the Atlanta Braves Baseball team and play in a game against the Pirates in an MLB National League Championship Series game.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for October 11
October 11, 1896 – George Preston Marshall acquired the Boston Braves NFL franchise in 1932 along with two partners per his bio on the profootballhof.com website. The team lost $46,000 in revenue of that first season and the two partners bailed on the team leaving Marshall as the sole owner. George was a larger than life showman, who thrived on attention. He named the team after the Boston Braves baseball team that played there but after very little support he knew he had to change things up a bit. Prior to the 1933 season the nickname was changed to the Redskins to give his team their own identity. The team had limited success in Boston, and didn’t get much support from the community. The lack of support by both the fans and the media really came to a head when Marshall noticed that a local field hockey team was getting more press coverage than his beloved Redskins. This infuriated Marshall so a change of surroundings seemed to be in order and the move to the Nation’s Capital changed the course of the franchise as they were crowned the NFL Champions in their inaugural year in DC. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted George Marshall in 1963.
October 11, 1905 – Joel Hunt was a former Texas A&M halfback that played from 1925 through the 1927 season. Joel was all-Southwest Conference all three years he was in college. The National Football Foundation states that Joel scored 30 TDs in 27 games played in college, and that his team at A&M had a record of 20-4-3 while he was with the team. After graduation Joel went into coaching serving many schools in one form of coaching or another and then went into the professional coaching ranks with the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Colts. The College Football Hall of Fame inducted Joel Hunt in 1967
October 11, 1906 – Earl “Dutch” Clark was a former Colorado College quarterback. According to the National Football Foundation’s website, Clark had some interesting football stories in both his college and pro career after he grew up in Colorado. The first was that he had committed to play at the University of Michigan and while on his way, the four sport high school star was kidnapped by some folks at Northwestern University. He disappointed his Wildcat suitors though and returned due to being homesick, to Colorado and he played for his local Colorado College team. As a pro his team, the Portsmouth Spartans had an identical record with the Chicago Bears so the first postseason game in NFL history was scheduled to decide a champion and it had some huge twists and turns to make it quite a remarkable story. Spartans star Dutch Clark was unable to play in the game because he had to work. Dutch worked as the Head Basketball Coach at Colorado College and his hoops team had a game on that December 18 and Dutch couldn’t get off work to make the first NFL Championship football game. The National Football Foundation selected Dutch Clark to enter into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. The Pro Football Hall of Fame requested his presence in 1963.
October 11, 1947 – Bobby Anderson was a former Colorado halfback/quarterback. He was not a typical drop back passer, as he led his team two straight years in both rushing and passing. As a senior, after injuries to teammates, Bobby was moved to the halfback position and became an All-American. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrined Bobby Anderson in 2006.
October 11, 1961 – Steve Young was a former Brigham Young quarterback. Steve was a very good quarterback for BYU too as he set the school and NCAA records en route to being runner-up for the 1983 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. The College Football Hall of Fame placed him in their museum in 2001. Young was drafted by the LA Express of the USFL in the first round of the 1984 draft. After the fledgling league folded , Steve joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a first round pick of a special draft for displaced USFL players. In 1987 the Bucs traded Young to the San Francisco 49ers. He did not play much for the Niners for the next fur seasons, as they had a guy by the name of Montana that had a pretty good career. In 1991 he got his break when Joe Montana suffered an injury and Young ended up with his first of six League passing titles. Profootballhof.com tells us how Steve Young had an incredible performance in San Francisco ‘s 49-26 win over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. Young passed for 325 yards and threw a Super Bowl record six touchdowns. He also was the game’s leading rusher with 49 yards on five carries. For his efforts, he was named the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player. The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Steve Young in 2005.
October 11, 1965 – Chris Spielman was a former Ohio State linebacker. He was the 1987 Lombardi Award winner according to the footballfoundation.org website. Spielman was a consensus All-American for the Buckeyes in 1986 and a unanimous All-American selection in 1987. Chris graduated as the Ohio State’s all- time leader in solo tackles with 283. with 546 tackles, eight sacks and 11 interceptions. In 1988, after graduation, Spielman was drafted by Detroit as their second round pick. Spielman played with the Lions franchise for eight seasons and became the first Lion ever to register 1,000 career tackles. He spent two later seasons with the Buffalo Bills and was named to the Pro Bowl six times. In his career. The National Football Foundation selected Chris Spielman into their College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1909 At Bennett Park, Honus Wagner becomes the first player to steal three bases in a World Series contest. The Pirates’ third baseman’s thievery enables Pittsburgh to beat Detroit, 8-6, in Game 3 of the Fall Classic.
1911 Ty Cobb (Tigers – AL) and Frank Schulte (Cubs – NL) receive cars for being the first-ever Most Valuable Player in their respective leagues. The new honor, known as the Chalmers Award, is sponsored by Chalmers Automotive, a Detroit-based automobile company.
1915 In front of the largest crowd ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1. The contest, which is played at the National League home of the Braves to accommodate more Boston patrons, ends when Duffy Lewis singles with two outs to score Harry Hooper in the bottom of the ninth inning.
1929 The Cubs become the first National League team to win a Fall Classic contest since 1926 when the Redbirds beat New York in Game 7. Chicago breaks the Senior Circuit’s ten-game World Series skid in Game 3 with a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia at Shibe Park.
1947 The Yankees trade Joe Gordon, a future Hall of Fame second baseman who will leave the Bronx after playing in precisely 1,000 games and collecting exactly 1,000 hits, to the Indians for Allie Reynolds, known as Superchief by his teammates due to his Creek heritage. The trade works well for both teams when Cleveland’s newest infielder plays a significant role in the Tribe’s World Championship next season, with the Bronx Bombers’ recently arrived right-hander compiling an impressive 131-60 (.686) record during his eight years with the team.
1948 In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Indians beat Boston at Braves Field, 4-3, to capture the team’s second World Series title in franchise history. Bob Lemon wins the game, with Gene Bearden pitching the final one and two-thirds innings to earn the save.
1958 Bill Mazeroski weds Milene Nicholson at Sacred Heart Church in Braddock (PA) after his manager, Danny Murtaugh, ordered him to call her after he spotted his second baseman watching the young female fan in the stands during a rain delay last season. The skipper’s advice works well for the 22-year-old All-Star infielder when he and his bride stay married for over six decades, raising two sons.
1959 At Syracuse’s MacArthur Stadium, middleweight champion Carmen Basilio umpires an exhibition game between Mickey Mantle’s AL All-Stars and Willie Mays’ NL All-Star barnstorming squads. The contest, which costs only $2.50 to attend, features a home run hitting competition between Braves slugger Hank Aaron and Indians right fielder Rocky Colavito, who led the American League in home runs this season.
1964 In Game 4 of the World Series, Ken Boyer’s sixth-inning grand slam off Yankee starter Al Downing gives the Cardinals a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. The St. Louis third baseman is the second National Leaguer to hit a postseason bases-loaded round-tripper.
1965 In Game 5, a 7-0 victory over the Twins at Dodger Stadium, Willie Davis becomes the second player to steal three bases in a World Series game. The L.A. center fielder joins Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner, who accomplished the feat on the same date 56 years ago against Detroit in Game 3 of the 1909 Fall Classic.
1967 Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli, his second of the game, all go deep off Dick Hughes in the bottom of the fourth inning at Fenway Park, marking the first time three teammates hit home runs in the same inning in a World Series game. Boston’s eventual 8-4 victory over St. Louis knots the Fall Classic at three games apiece.
1967 With a year remaining on his contract to manage Washington, Gil Hodges inks a three-year deal to become the Mets skipper, ending the speculation that Yogi Berra, a coach with the team, would replace the recently-resigned Wes Westrum. New York agrees to pay significant reparations to the Senators and send a player from the 40-man roster to Washington to get the fan-favorite former Dodger.
1968 The Giants name Clyde King as the team’s new manager, replacing Herman Franks. San Francisco fires their new skipper, who will guide the club to 90 victories next season after the team blows an 8-0 lead in a contest against the Padres in May of 1970.
1968 The Cardinals trade outfielder/first baseman Bobby Tolan and right-hander Wayne Granger to the Reds for Vada Pinson. The National League Champion Redbirds obtain the former All-Star Gold Glove outfielder to replace Roger Maris, who retired after the season ended.
1970
“It was as if [Boston] Mayor Menino were to trade the USS Constitution to Baltimore for the USS Constellation.” – HERB CREHAN, referring to the Red Sox dealing Tony Conigliaro to the Angels in his book Red Sox Heroes of Yesteryear.
During the O’s/Reds World Series, the Red Sox trade fan-favorite Tony Conigliaro, Ray Jarvis, and Jerry Moses to the Angels for Doug Griffin, Jarvis Tatum, and Ken Tatum. The deal stuns the baseball community and crushes the former Boston outfielder, who fans admire for his courageous comeback after being hit in the left cheekbone by a Jack Hamilton pitch that caused a severe eye injury.
1971 At Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, Pat Nixon becomes the first First Lady to toss a ceremonial first pitch at a major league game. Richard’s wife, a frequent visitor at Washington DC’s Griffith Park with her then vice-president husband and daughters in the 1950s, does the honors before Game Two of the World Series, a contest that hometown Orioles handily beat the Pirates, 11-3.
1972 Bobby Winkles, former head baseball coach at Arizona State, becomes the first major league skipper taken from the collegiate ranks since Hugo Bezdek managed the Pirates in 1917. The Angel coach, who compiled a 524-173 record en route to three national championships with ASU, replaces the recently fired Del Rice, who spent one season with the fifth-place (75-80) Halos.
1972 In the fifth and deciding game of the NLCS at Riverfront Stadium, George Foster scores the winning run from third base in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch thrown by Bob Moose, giving the Reds a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over the Pirates. Earlier in the inning, Johnny Bench hit a home run off Dave Giusti to tie the score.
1973 Less than two weeks after leaving the Yankees for the second time in his career, Ralph Houk signs a three-year deal to be the Tigers manager, a team in a rebuilding mode. The Major, replacing a fiery Bill Martin, fired by the team at the end of August, will compile a 363-443 (.450) record during his five seasons in the Motor City.
1975 As the first host of Saturday Night Live, George Carlin compares baseball to football in the opening monologue of the ground-breaking show. The comedian jokes the national pastime is a gentler game, portraying the sport as pastoral and played in a park as opposed to football, where the objective is to march downfield and penetrate enemy territory in a stadium.
1976 With Davey Johnson in the on-deck circle, Japanese home run king Sadaharu hits his 715th home run, surpassing Babe Ruth’s much-heralded career home run total. Two seasons ago, Johnson was also in the lineup, batting in the hole, when Henry Aaron passed the Sultan of Swat with his 715th round-tripper to become the all-time major league home run leader.
(Ed. Note: Jack Lind, a member of the Brewers during Aaron’s two-year tenure with the club (1975 to 1976), is the only other player to be a teammate of both home run kings. – LP)
1978 Rookie right-hander Bob Welch strikes out Reggie Jackson with two men on base and two out in the top of the ninth inning, dramatically preserving a 4-3 Dodger victory over the Yankees in Game 2 of the Fall Classic. The relief performance will put the 21-year-old in the national spotlight.
1981 The Expos post their first-ever playoff series triumph, winning NLDS when they beat the defending World Champion Phillies, 3-0, behind Steve Rogers’ six-hit complete-game shutout at Veterans Stadium. The franchise will not advance to another postseason until 2019, when the team takes the Wild Card game as the Washington Nationals.
1992 After participating in a game against the Dolphins in Miami, NFL Falcons’ cornerback Deion Sanders flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to become the first athlete to play in two professional leagues on the same day. However, the traveling outfielder will not be in the lineup for the Braves’ 7-1 loss in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium that evening.
1999 An ailing Pedro Martinez, with both starters ineffective in the decisive Game 5 of the ALCS and the score tied at 8-8 in the fourth, enters the game and doesn’t yield another hit to the Indians for the next six innings. Troy O’Leary collects a grand slam and a three-run home run following intentional passes to Nomar Garciaparra, contributing to the Red Sox’ 12-8 victory at Cleveland’s Jacobs Field.
2000 The Yankees’ eight hits in the eighth inning in Game 2 set an ALCS record and contribute to the Bronx Bombers’ 7-1 victory over the Mariners. The new mark surpasses the accomplishments of the Orioles (Game 1 – 1970), the Yankees (Game 2 – 1981), and the Blue Jays (Game 3 – 1985), who each had seven hits in one inning of a championship series.
2002 Buck Showalter, who compiled a 563-504 (.527) managerial record in six seasons with the Yankees and Diamondback, is hired by the last-place Rangers to replace Jerry Narron, let go two days ago as the team’s skipper. The Cubs, Mets, Devil Rays, and Brewers had also expressed an interest in the 46-year-old ESPN commentator.
2003 In Game 4, the Cubs (6) and Marlins (8) tie the NLCS homer record by hitting 14 dingers in the championship series. The mark, which the teams will expand to 23 in the five-game series, was established by the Giants and Cardinals last year.
2004 The Astros, after seven tries during their 43-year history, finally win a postseason playoff series when they eliminate the Braves in the deciding Game 5 of the NLDS, 12-3. The Houston victory marks the third consecutive year that Atlanta has lost a decisive Game 5 of the division series at home in Turner Field.
2005 The last-place Pirates name Jim Tracy as the team’s manager to replace the recently-fired Lloyd McClendon. The selection of the former Dodger skipper, who will guide the Bucs to a 135-189 record during his two seasons at the helm, marks the first time in nearly two decades Pittsburgh has looked outside the organization to hire its field boss.
2006 On a rainy mid-week afternoon in Manhattan, Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor Tyler Stanger die as their four-seat plane crashes into an Upper East Side high-rise building. Manny Acta, the Mets’ third base coach, is not sure he will be able to go to his home after tonight’s scheduled Game 1 of the NLCS at Shea Stadium due to damage to the Belaire Condominiums caused by the crash.
2009 In the final game played at the Metrodome, the Yankees advance to the ALCS by defeating the hometown Twins, 4-1. A costly eighth-inning base-running blunder by Nick Punto ends Minnesota’s hopes of a comeback over a talented New York team, including Alex Rodriguez, who went 5-for-11 with two homers and six RBIs in the three-game division series sweep.
2009 Jonathan Papelbon, who had never given up a run in any of his previous 26 postseason innings, allows two inherited runners to score in the eighth and yields another three runs in the ninth, giving the Angels, trailing 5-1 going into the sixth inning, a 7-6 victory over the Red Sox. The Halos’ comeback victory at Fenway completes a three-game sweep of the ALDS over a team that historically had been their nemesis, losing their past four postseason encounters with Boston.
2009 Admitting to a blown call, which led to the decisive run in the Rockies’ 6-5 Game 2 NLDS loss to the Phillies at a very chilly Coors Field, home plate umpire Jerry Meals, after watching a post-game replay, states the ball that glanced off Chase Utley’s leg should not have been in play. To make matters worse, in the same at-bat where the ball was foul, umpire Ron Kulpa ruled the runner safe on a close call, which appeared to have the Philadelphia infielder beat at first base.
2010 With their 3-2 victory over the Braves in Game 4 of the NLDS at Turner Field, the Giants advance to the National League Championship Series to play the Phillies. After the last out, the San Francisco players come onto the field to salute the opposing manager, Bobby Cox, who is retiring after 29 years in the dugout.
2012 For the first time since the divisional playoffs began in 1995, all four series will go the distance to a Game 5 when the Nationals and Orioles knot their respective series against the Cardinals and Yankees. Washington and Baltimore join the A’s and Giants, who also forced a decisive game with victories over the Tigers and Reds in yesterday’s LDS games.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Oct. 11
1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington.
1902 — Laurie Auchterlonie beats Stewart Gardner with a 307-total to win the U.S. Open golf title.
1925 — The New York Giants lose their first NFL game, 14-0 to Providence at the Cycledrome. The Steam Roller score twice in the second quarter, a blocked punt recovery in the end zone and 92-yard kickoff return by Cy Wentworth.
1971 — The United States beats Romania three matches to two to win the Davis Cup.
1981 — Tommy Kramer passes for 444 yards and four touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings edge the San Diego Chargers 33-31.
1991 — Chip Beck shoots the second sub-60 round in PGA Tour history with a 59 in the Las Vegas Invitational. Beck cards a 29-30, 13 under, to match Al Geiberger’s second round of the 1977 Memphis Classic.
1992 — Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball).
2003 — Buffalo is the third NHL team since 1967-68 to be shut out in each of its first two games after a 6-0 defeat to the New York Islanders.
2009 — Kurt Warner passes for 301 yards in Arizona’s 28-21 win over Houston. It’s the 50th 300-yard game for Warner in 113 games, making him the fastest to reach 50 in NFL history. Dan Marino, who took 176 games to reach the mark, was the fastest.
2010 — Minnesota’s Brett Favre becomes the first NFL player to throw 500 touchdown passes and for 70,000 yards. However, with Favre trying to rally his team, Dwight Lowery returns an interception 26 yards for a touchdown with 1:30 left as the New York Jets beat the Vikings 29-20.
2011 — The U.S. women roll to their third title at the world gymnastics championships held in Tokyo. The Americans finish with 179.411 points, a whopping 4 points ahead of Russia, last year’s champion.
2012 — Meghan Stasi wins her fourth U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur title to match the tournament record, routing Liz Waynick 6 and 5. The 34-year-old Stasi, who also won in 2006, 2007 and 2010, ties the victory record set by Ellen Port in the event limited to players 25 and older.
2014 — Baylor’s Bryce Petty throws for 510 yards and six TDs, including a tying 25-yarder to Corey Coleman with 4:42 left in the No. 9 Bears’ 61-58 win over No. 9 TCU. Chris Callahan kicks a 28-yard field goal as time expires and Baylor scores 24 points in the final 11 minutes to beat the Horned Frogs in the highest-scoring game ever between two teams in the AP Top 10.
2015 — In Incheon, South Korea, the United States rallies to win the Presidents Cup for the sixth straight time, this one decided by the final match. The Americans get the winning point from Bill Haas, the son of U.S. captain Jay Haas, who wins 2-up over an emotionally distraught Bae Sang-moon. Bae needing to win the final hole for the International team to share the cup, stubs a chip. The Americans win 15 1/2-14 1/2, the closest competition in 10 years.
2020 — British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins the Eifel Grand Prix at Germany’s Nurburgring to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula 1 victories.
2020 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Đoković 6-0, 6-2, 7-5; 20th Grand Slam singles title; record 13th French singles title.
2020 — NBA Finals: LA Lakers beat Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win record equalling 17th title; MVP: LeBron James; first to win the award with 3 different teams.
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Oct. 12
1920 — In the final race of his career, 3-year-old Man O War defeats 1919 Triple Crown winner Sir Barton in a match race, the Kenilworth Park Gold Cup. Sent off at odds of 1-20, Man o War wins by seven lengths for his 14th consecutive victory.
1940 — Tennessee registers its 17th consecutive regular-season shutout with a 53-0 rout of Tennessee-Chattanooga. The record streak started on Nov. 5, 1938, also against Tennessee-Chattanooga.
1946 — The No. 2 Texas Longhorns beat No. 1 Oklahoma 28-7. It’s the eighth 1-2 matchup in AP poll history and the first time the second-ranked team wins the game.
1976 — Don Murdoch of the New York Rangers ties an NHL record for rookies with five goals in a 10-4 victory over the Minnesota North Stars.
1979 — Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford scores first 3-point basket in NBA history in 1st quarter of 114-106 win v Houston at Boston Garden; game also marks debut of Boston rookie Larry Bird.
1979 — Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102.
1986 — Walter Payton becomes the first NFL player to accumulate 20,000 all-purpose yards in the Chicago Bears’ 20-7 victory over the Houston Oilers. Payton has 76 yards rushing and 30 yards receiving for a career total of 20,045.
1989 — Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1991 — Doug Flutie of the British Columbia Lions breaks Warren Moon’s CFL record for yards passing in a season with a 582-yard performance in a 45-38 overtime loss to Edmonton.
1997 — James Stewart of the Jacksonville Jaguars becomes the fourth player in NFL history and the first since 1963 to rush for five touchdowns. All the TDs are for less than 10 yards, and he finishes with 102 yards on 15 carries in Jacksonville’s 38-21 victory over Philadelphia.
2003 — FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Nia Künzer scores winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1.
2003 — Michael Schumacher wins a record sixth world title. He clinches the Formula One championship by two points after finishing eighth in the Japanese Grand Prix. Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello wins the season-ending race.
2007 — Philadelphia forward Jesse Boulerice is suspended 25 games by the NHL for striking Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league history.
2008 — Arizona becomes the first team in NFL history to block a punt to score the winning TD in overtime in their 30-24 win over Dallas.
2009 — Brent Seabrook scores 26 seconds into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks matched the biggest comeback in NHL history, rallying from a five-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 6-5. Chicago fell behind 5-0 in the first period before overtaking the Flames.
2016 — Auston Matthews takes 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book. In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scores four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-4 loss to Ottawa. Kyle Turris scores 37 seconds into overtime to give the Senators the season-opening victory. The 19-year-old Matthews, who was the 12th first overall pick to score in his NHL debut, gets his fourth goal with 3 seconds left in the second period.
2019 — Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first to run the marathon in under two hours (1:59:40)
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Oct. 13
1893 — The U.S. yacht Vigilant wins the America’s Cup with a three-race sweep over the British challenger Valkyrie II.
1903 — The Boston Pilgrims win the first World Series, 5 games to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1947 — The NHL holds its first All-Star game with the All-Stars beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Toronto’s Harry Watson scores the game’s first goal and assists on the other two goals. Trailing 3-2 after two periods, Montreal’s Maurice Richard and Chicago’s Doug Bentley each score to give the All-Stars the win.
1960 — Bill Mazeroski opens the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and the World Series championship.
1961 — Jacky Lee of the Houston Oilers passes for 457 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-31 tie with the Boston Patriots. Charley Hennigan of the Oilers catches 13 passes for 272 yards.
1963 — Mickey Wright wins her fourth LPGA championship in six years by beating Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills and Louise Suggs by two strokes.
1982 — IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1985 — Phil Simms of the New York Giants passes for 513 yards with an NFL-record 62 pass attempts in a 35-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Simms completes 40 passes with 29 for first downs, also an NFL record.
1998 — For the first time in NBA history, the league cancels regular season games after labor talks break off.
2001 — DeShaun Foster of UCLA runs for a school-record 301 yards and four touchdowns as the Bruins beat Washington 35-13.
2001 — Georgia Southern fullback Adrian Peterson is held to 71 yards rushing, snapping his NCAA-record streak of 36 straight regular-season games with at least 100 yards.
2011 — American Jordyn Wieber wins another gold medal, beating Russia’s Viktoria Komova for the all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Wieber, who led the Americans to the team title two days earlier, finishes with 59.382 points, just 0.033 ahead of the Russian.
2013 — Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, six weeks removed from a bout of malaria, breaks the course mark in capturing the Chicago Marathon. Kimetto finishes in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Kenyan men. He beats the mark of 2:04:38 set by Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year.
2017 — Gustav Nyquist scores twice and Detroit has four goals in the third period to beat Vegas 6-3, handing the NHL’s newest franchise its first loss. Vegas is the first NHL expansion team to win its first three games.
2019 — Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Oct. 14
1945 — The Chicago Cardinals snap the longest losing streak in NFL history at 29 games with a 16-7 victory over the Chicago Bears.
1949 — Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1951 — Detroit’s Jack Christiansen returns two punts for touchdowns, but the Lions still lose, 27-21, to the Los Angeles Rams.
1962 — Houston’s George Blanda throws six touchdown passes to lead the Oilers to a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1967 — The Los Angeles Kings, led by Brain Kilrea, beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 in their NHL debut. The game is held at Long Beach (Calif.) Arena. Kilrea scores two goals, including the first one in Kings history.
1973 — 42 year old future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays′ last MLB career hit, as NY Mets beat A’s, 10-7 in World Series Game 2 in Oakland.
1978 — Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs gets seven assists in a 10-7 victory over the New York Islanders.
1979 — Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal in a 4-4 tie with the Vancouver Canucks. Gretzky beats goaltender Glen Hanlon with the game-tying power-play goal with 1:09 remaining in the third period.
1990 — Joe Montana passes for career highs of 476 yards and six touchdowns and Jerry Rice ties an NFL record with five scoring receptions as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 45-35.
1991 — New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th career goal in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.
2005 — Ryan Newman sets a NASCAR record by winning his fifth consecutive Busch Series race, the Charlotte 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
2006 — Mats Sundin scores his 500th career goal, completing a hat trick with a short-handed overtime game-winner and giving Toronto a 5-4 victory over Calgary. The third goal is Sundin’s 15th in overtime — the most in NHL history.
2007 — Tom Brady of New England passes for 388 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in a 48-27 win over previously unbeaten Dallas. The five TDs gives Brady the NFL mark with at least three in each of the first six games of the season.
2011 — Japan’s Kohei Uchimura becomes the first man to win three titles at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo. Uchimura finishes with 93.631 points in the men’s all-around, more than three points ahead of Germany’s Philipp Boy.
2012 — Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers sets a career high and ties a franchise record with six touchdown passes, three to Jordy Nelson, and the Packers rout the Houston Texans 42-24. Rodgers completes 24 of 37 passes for 338 yards and ties Matt Flynn’s single-game record for TD passes, set in last year’s regular-season finale against Detroit.
2015 — Sylvia Fowles has 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx capture their third WNBA title in five years with a 69-52 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 5.
2018 — Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal as time expires, and the New England Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 after blowing a big halftime lead. Tom Brady passes for 340 yards and a touchdown and runs for another score in his 200th victory as a starting quarterback, tops in NFL history. With New England leading 24-9 at halftime, Patrick Mahomes directs an impressive rally by Kansas City in the second half. He finishes 23 of 36 for 352 yards in his first loss as a starting quarterback, with three of his four TD passes going to Tyreek Hill.
2020 — The NFL cancels the Pro Bowl scheduled for January, 31, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct. 15
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants.
1961 — Mickey Wright wins her third LPGA Championship with a rout, nine strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. Wright shoots a 3-over, 287 at the Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas for her third major title of the year and her tenth tour victory of the season.
1972 — Stan Mikita of the Chicago Blackhawks becomes the sixth NHL player with 1,000 career points. Mikita assists on Cliff Koroll’s goal in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues at Chicago Stadium.
1983 — The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs score five goals in 1 minute, 24 seconds to set an NHL record for the fastest five goals by two teams. The Maple Leafs beat the Black Hawks 10-8.
1988 — Oklahoma rushes for an NCAA-record 768 yards, including 123 by quarterback Charles Thompson. Thompson scores three touchdowns and passes for one in the first period of a 70-24 rout of Kansas State.
1988 — Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores eight points — two goals and six assists — in a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings passes Gordie Howe as the NHL’s all-time leading scorer in a during a 5-4 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky flips a backhand shot past Oilers goaltender Bill Ranford with 53 seconds remaining to tie the game and pass Howe with 1,851st point. Gretzky wins the game in overtime.
1995 — The Carolina Panthers beat the New York Jets 26-15 for their first NFL victory.
2005 — Michigan gives up a touchdown to Penn State with 53 seconds left, then marches down the field to score on a TD pass from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham with no time remaining for a 27-25 win over the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions.
2005 — Southern California’s Matt Leinart pushes and spins his way into the end zone with 3 seconds left to cap a chaotic finish to the top-ranked Trojans’ 28th straight victory, a back-and-forth 34-31 win over No. 9 Notre Dame.
2008 — Fabian Brunnstrom scores three goals in his NHL debut to match the league record in Dallas’ 6-4 victory over Nashville.
2009 — Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom becomes the first European defenseman and eighth overall to reach 1,000 points, assisting on two goals in the Red Wings 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
2012 — The Nets bring professional sports back to Brooklyn with a preseason victory, beating the Washington Wizards 98-88 in the first basketball game at the Barclays Center.
2015 — Carey Price makes 25 saves and the Montreal Canadiens make team history by starting a season with a five straight wins, the latest a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers.
2017 — New England quarterback Tom Brady passes for 257 yards with two touchdowns in the Patriots’ 24-17 win at the New York Jets. Brady, who has 187 regular-season victories, surpasses Hall of Famer Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history.
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Oct. 16
1897 — Michigan beats Ohio State 34-0 at Ann Arbor, the first meeting between theses storied rivals.
1909 — In his 4th title defense Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission St Arena, Colma, California to retain his heavyweight boxing crown.
1932 — After a 0-0 tie earlier in the season, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 2-0.
1946 — Detroit’s Gordie Howe scores a goal and gets into two fights in his first NHL game. The Red Wings tie the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3.
1964 — Babe Parilli of the Boston Patriots passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-43 tie with the Oakland Raiders.
1968 — Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salutes during the medal ceremonies of the 200-meter race and are later banned for life from all Olympic competition by the IOC.
1971 — Norm Ullman of the Toronto Maple Leafs records his 1,000th point in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers. Ullman gets two assists to become the fourth NHL player to reach the milestone.
1976 — Tony Franklin of Texas A&M kicks two field goals over 60 yards for an NCAA record. The distances are 65 and 64 yards as the Aggies beat Baylor 24-0.
1977 — The Denver Broncos intercept seven passes off Ken Stabler of the Oakland Raiders in a 30-7 victory.
1977 — The Minnesota Vikings beat the Chicago Bears 16-10 in overtime with the only successful fake field goal in NFL overtime.
1987 — Mike Tyson retains his undisputed heavyweight title with a seven-round knockout of Tyrell Biggs in Atlantic City, N.J.
1999 — Fourth-ranked Virginia Tech hangs a record-setting 62-0 loss on No. 16 Syracuse. It’s the worst shutout loss by a ranked team in the history of The Associated Press poll.
1999 — Mount Union beats Otterbein 44-20 for its 48th consecutive victory, surpassing Oklahoma’s 42-year-old all-division mark of 47 in a row.
2004 — 17-year old Lionel Messi makes his league debut for FC Barcelona in a 1-0 win against cross-town rivals Espanyol.
2004 — Mount Union beats Marietta 57-0 for its 100th consecutive regular-season victory. The Purple Raiders’ last regular-season loss was on Oct. 15, 1994, at home against Baldwin-Wallace.
2011 — Danell Leyva becomes the first American man gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships since 2003. Leyva wins the parallel bars title to become the first gold medalist for the U.S. since Paul Hamm claimed the floor exercise and all-around titles in 2003.
2011 — Dan Wheldon, 33, dies in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashes into the wall just outside turn 2.
2017 — Louisville’s Athletic Association officially fires coach Rick Pitino nearly three weeks after the school acknowledged that its men’s basketball program is being investigated as part of a federal corruption probe. The association, which oversees Louisville’s sports programs and is composed of trustees, faculty, students and administrators, vote unanimously to oust the longtime Cardinals coach following a board meeting.
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Oct. 17
1948 — The Green Bay Packers intercept seven passes off Bob Waterfield in a 16-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
1954 — Adrian Burk of the Philadelphia Eagles passes for seven touchdowns in a 49-21 victory over the Washington Redskins. Burk completes 19 of 27 passes for 232 yards and his longest touchdown pass is 26 yards.
1960 — The National League formally awards franchises to the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club Inc. headed by Joan Payson and a Houston, Texas, group headed by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.
1964 — Quarterback Jerry Rhome is responsible for 56 of Tulsa’s 58 points with seven touchdown passes, two rushing touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in a 58-0 shutout of Louisville.
1974 — The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Black Hawks 4-3 at the Capital Centre to earn the first victory in franchise history.
1989 — The Calgary Flames tie an NHL record by scoring two goals, both short-handed, in 4 seconds and also three goals in a 27-second span during the third period to pull into an 8-8 tie with the Quebec Nordiques.
1991 — Paul Coffey of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the highest-scoring defenseman in NHL history. Coffey gets two assists in an 8-5 victory against the New York Islanders at the Civic Arena, giving him 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists). Coffey passes longtime Islanders star Denis Potvin.
1991 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the 3rd jockey to win 7,000 races.
1992 — Jari Kurri of the Los Angeles Kings scores his 500th goal in an 8-6 win over the Boston Bruins. Kurri becomes the first European-trained player and 18th player overall to reach the mark.
2000 — Patrick Roy sets an NHL record with his 448th career victory as Colorado beats Washington 4-3 in overtime. Roy snaps a tie with Terry Sawchuk, who held the mark since 1970. Sawchuk earned his 447th victory in his 968th game, while Roy wins No. 448 in his 847th game.
2015 — Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo becomes Real Madrid’s all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante.
2015 — Jalen Watts-Jackson scoops up a flubbed punt attempt and lumbers 38 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the game, giving No. 7 Michigan State a shocking 27-23 win over No. 12 Michigan at the Big House.
2017 — Boston’s Gordon Hayward breaks his left ankle just five minutes into the season, a grisly injury that overshadows Kyrie Irving’s return to Cleveland and the Cavaliers’ 102-99 win over the shocked Celtics.
2021 — The Chicago Sky defeat the Phoenix Mercury 81-74 to win their first WNBA Championship three games to one. The Sky’s Kahleah Copper is named Finals MVP.
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
| MLB PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| NLDS Game 5: San Diego at LA Dodgers | 8:08pm | FOX |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Tampa Bay at Carolina | 7:00pm | ESPN+ Hulu |
| Chicago at Winnipeg | 8:00pm | CHSN Sportsnet |
| Philadelphia at Vancouver | 10:00pm | NBC Sports Philadelphia Sportsnet |
| St. Louis at Vegas | 10:00pm | Bally Sports Midwest Scripps |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Memphis at USF | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| Northwestern at Maryland | 8:00pm | FOX |
| UNLV at Utah State | 9:00pm | CBSSN |
| Utah at Arizona State | 10:30pm | ESPN |
| NBA PRESEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| New Orleans vs Orlando | 7:00pm | NBATV |
| Sacramento vs Golden State | 10:00pm | NBATV |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World Tour: FedEx Open de France | 7:30am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Black Desert Championship | 5:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Nations League: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany | 2:45pm | FS2 Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Czech Republic vs Albania | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Slovakia vs Sweden | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Hungary vs Netherlands | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Iceland vs Wales | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Slovakia vs Sweden | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Turkey vs Montenegro | 2:45pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Ukraine vs Georgia | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Guadeloupe vs Martinique | 4:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Sint Maarten vs Puerto Rico | 4:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Grenada vs Curaçao | 5:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Suriname vs Costa Rica | 6:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Aruba vs Haiti | 7:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Saint Martin vs St. Lucia | 8:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Guyana vs Guatemala | 9:00pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL: Portland Thorns vs Orlando Pride | 10:00pm | Prime |
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| ALDS Game 5: Detroit at Cleveland | 4:38pm | TBS turTV MAX |
| ALDS Game 5: Kansas City at NY Yankees | 8:08pm | TBS turTV MAX |
| NHL REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Los Angeles at Boston | 1:00pm | Bally Sports West NESN |
| Florida at Buffalo | 7:00pm | Scripps MSG Buffalo |
| Pittsburgh at Toronto | 7:00pm | ATTSN-PIT Sportsnet |
| Ottawa at Montreal | 7:00pm | Sportsnet |
| Nashville at Detroit | 7:00pm | Bally Sports South Bally Sports Detroit |
| Carolina at Tampa Bay | 7:00pm | Bally Sports South Bally Sports Sun |
| Utah at NY Rangers | 7:00pm | Utah 16 MSG |
| New Jersey at Washington | 7:00pm | MSGSN MNMT |
| NY Islanders at Dallas | 8:00pm | MSGSN VICTORY+ |
| Seattle at Minnesota | 8:00pm | Bally Sports North Prime Seattle |
| Columbus at Colorado | 9:00pm | Bally Sports Ohio ALT |
| Philadelphia at Calgary | 10:00pm | NBC Sports Philadelphia Sportsnet |
| Chicago at Edmonton | 10:00pm | CHSN Sportsnet |
| Anaheim at San Jose | 10:00pm | NBC Sports California Victory+ |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Missouri at UMass | 12:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Washington at Iowa | 12:00pm | FOX or BTN |
| Wisconsin at Rutgers | 12:00pm | FOX or BTN |
| South Carolina at Alabama | 12:00pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Clemson at Wake Forest | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| Georgia Tech at North Carolina | 12:00pm | CW |
| UAB at Army | 12:00pm | CBSSN |
| Ball State at Kent State | 12:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Toledo at Buffalo | 12:00pm | ESPNU |
| Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Old Dominion at Georgia State | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Louisville at Virginia | 3:30pm | ESPN or ACCN |
| NIU at Bowling Green | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Akron at Western Michigan | 3:30pm | ESPN+ |
| San Diego State at Wyoming | 3:30pm | CBSSN |
| Cincinnati at UCF | 3:30pm | ESPN2 |
| San Jose State at Colorado State | 3:30pm | truTV Max |
| California at Pitt | 3:30pm | ESPN or ACCN |
| Purdue at Illinois | 3:30pm | FS1 |
| Penn State at USC | 3:30pm | CBS Paramount+ |
| Stanford at Notre Dame | 3:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Texas vs Oklahoma | 3:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Arizona at BYU | 4:00pm | FOX |
| Ohio at Central Michigan | 4:00pm | ESPNU |
| Mississippi State at Georgia | 4:15pm | SECN |
| Southern Miss at ULM | 5:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Air Force at New Mexico | 7:00pm | truTV Max |
| Arkansas State at Texas State | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Washington State at Fresno State | 7:00pm | FS1 |
| Florida at Tennessee | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| UTSA at Rice | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| North Texas at Florida Atlantic | 7:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Ohio State at Oregon | 7:30pm | NBC Peacock |
| Ole Miss at LSU | 7:30pm | ABC ESPN+ |
| Oregon State at Nevada | 7:30pm | CBSSN |
| Appalachian State at Louisiana | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Vanderbilt at Kentucky | 7:45pm | SECN |
| Marshall at Georgia Southern | 8:00pm | ESPNU |
| Iowa State at West Virginia | 8:00pm | FOX |
| Syracuse at NC State | 8:00pm | ACCN |
| Minnesota at UCLA | 9:00pm | BTN |
| Kansas State at Colorado | 10:15pm | ESPN |
| Boise State at Hawaii | 11:00pm | CBSSN |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | 12:00pm | NBC |
| Xfinity: Drive for the Cure 250 | 3:30pm | USA |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World Tour: FedEx Open de France | 7:00am | GOLF |
| PGA Tour: Black Desert Championship | 5:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Nations League: Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominican Republic | 9:00am | FOX Soccer Plus VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Croatia vs Scotland | 12:00pm | FS1 VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Bulgaria vs Luxembourg | 12:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus VIX Fubo |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominican Republic | 1:30pm | Paramount+ |
| UEFA Nations League: Poland vs Portugal | 2:45pm | FS2 VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Spain vs Denmark | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Serbia vs Switzerland | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Belarus vs Northern Ireland | 2:45pm | FOX Soccer Plus VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Nations League: Cyprus vs Romania | 2:45pm | VIX Fubo |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Cayman Islands vs British Virgin Islands | 3:30pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL: Chicago Red Stars vs NJ/NY Gotham FC | 4:00pm | Paramount+ |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Dominica vs Bermuda | 6:30pm | Paramount+ |
| Canadian Premier League: Cavalry vs HFX Wanderers | 7:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| MLS: Columbus Crew vs New England | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: North Carolina Courage vs Angel City | 7:30pm | ION Tubi |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Bahamas vs U.S. Virgin Islands | 8:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Friendly: USA vs Panama | 9:00pm | TNT Peacock MAX Fubo |
| NWSL: Bay FC vs Kansas City Current | 10:00pm | ION Tubi |
| CONCACAF Nations League: Turks and Caicos Islands vs Anguilla | 10:00pm | Paramount+ |