“THE SCOREBOARD” INDIANA BOYS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | BARR-REEVE 50, TRITON 37 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | PARKE HERITAGE 57, WESTVIEW 56 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 71, NEW HAVEN 61 CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL | MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) 52, CROWN POINT 50 =========================================================== NCAA TOURNAMENT MEN’S SCHEDULE/SCORES FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (SWEET 16) DUKE 80 ST. JOHN 75 MICHIGAN 90 ALABAMA 77 UCONN 67 MICHIGAN STATE 63 TENNESSEE 76 IOWA STATE 62 SATURDAY, MARCH 28 (ELITE EIGHT) ILLINOIS 71 IOWA 59 ARIZONA 79 PURDUE 64 SUNDAY, MARCH 29 (ELITE EIGHT) (1) MICHIGAN VS. (6) TENNESSEE, 2:15 P.M. | CBS (1) DUKE VS. (2) UCONN, 5:05 P.M. | CBS =========================================================== MEN’S NIT SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED ========================================================== NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY MARCH 28 MICHIGAN 71 LOUISVILLE 52 TEXAS 76 KENTUCKY 54 SOUTH CAROLINA 94 OKLAHOMA 68 TCU 79 VIRGINIA 69 ========================================================== WOMEN’S NIT NO GAMES SCHEDULED ========================================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES NORTH CAROLINA 6 NOTRE DAME 5 NORTH CAROLINA 13 NOTRE DAME 7 MILWAUKEE 10 BUTLER 3 BUTLER 6 MILWAUKEE 2 NEBRASKA 12 INDIANA 7 PURDUE 16 MICHIGAN STATE 13 BALL STATE 14 OHIO 7 INDIANA STATE 18 VALPARAISO 2 EVANSVILLE 4 ILLINOIS STATE 0 LITTLE ROCK 6 SOUTHERN INDIANA 0 ========================================================== COLLEGE SOFTBALL SCORES NOTRE DAME 6 CALIFORNIA 2 PURDUE 13 MICHIGAN 6 INDIANA 7 DETROIT MERCY 5 IU INDY 8 GREEN BAY 7 TOLEDO 8 BALL STATE 5 BALL STATE 6 TOLEDO 2 VALPARAISO 5 INDIANA STATE 2 INDIANA STATE 3 VALPARAISO 2 EVANSVILLE 5 DRAKE 3 EVANSVILLE 9 DRAKE 7 LINDENWOOD 2 SOUTHERN INDIANA 0 ========================================================== MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY SCORES WISCONSIN 4 #3 MICHIGAN STATE 3 OT #2 NORTH DAKOTA 5 QUINNIPIAC 0 ========================================================== MEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL SCORES #11 LINDENWOOD 3 #20 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 2 #17 PENN STATE 3 #19 NJIT 0 #7 BALL STATE 3 #12 MCKENDREE 0 #6 PEPPERDINE 3 #9 BYU 1 #1 UCLA 3 #14 STANFORD 0 #3 LONG BEACH STATE 3 #18 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 0 #5 UC IRVINE 3 #13 UC SAN DIEGO 2 ========================================================== DIVISION 1 MEN’S LAX SCORES VIRGINIA 11#1 NOTRE DAME 9 #7 PRINCETON 20 BROWN 14 #12 MARYLAND 14 MICHIGAN 8 #15 PENNSYLVANIA 16 DARTMOUTH 14 #2 RICHMOND 24 HOBART COLLEGE 8 #5 SYRACUSE 16 #6 DUKE 15 HIGH POINT 16 #16 ST. JOSEPH’S 15 #14 GEORGETOWN 17 #13 DENVER 5 YALE 13 #9 CORNELL 12 #10 PENN STATE 13 #8 OHIO STATE 6 ========================================================== DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S LAX SCORES #16 ARMY 22 LAFAYETTE 6 ========================================================== NBA SCORES SAN ANTONIO 127 MILWAUKEE 95 DETROIT 109 MINNESOTA 87 PHILADELPHIA 118 CHARLOTTE 114 ATLANTA 123 SACRAMENTO 113 MEMPHIS 125 CHICAGO 124 PHOENIX 134 UTAH 109 ========================================================== NBA G-LEAGUE SCORES WESTCHESTER 123 WINDY CITY 121 RAPTORS 138 WISCONSIN 115 COLLEGE PARK 141 GREENSBORO 138 DELAWARE 122 CAPITAL CITY 120 OT OSCEOLA 125 MOTOR CITY 119 CLEVELAND 113 LONG ISLAND 93 IOWA 132 OKLAHOMA CITY 117 SOUTH BAY 140 SIOUX FALLS 132 MEMPHIS 120 RIO GRANDE VALLEY 118 AUSTIN 118 MEXICO CITY 86 TEXAS 134 SANTA CRUZ 116 STOCKTON 118 SAN DIEGO 102 ========================================================== NHL SCORES NY ISLANDERS 5 FLORIDA 2 TAMPA BAY 4 OTTAWA 2 EDMONTON 4 ANAHEIM 2 CAROLINA 5 NEW JERSEY 2 DALLAS 6 PITTSBURGH 3 BOSTON 6 MINNESOTA 3 SAN JOSE 3 COLUMBUS 2 BUFFALO 3 SEATTLE 2 WINNIPEG 4 COLORADO 2 MONTRÉAL 4 NASHVILLE 1 ST. LOUIS 5 TORONTO 1 PHILADELPHIA 5 DETROIT 3 UTAH 6 LOS ANGELES 2 CALGARY 7 VANCOUVER 3 WASHINGTON 5 VEGAS 4 ========================================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ST. LOUIS 6 TAMPA BAY 5 (10) CHICAGO CUBS 10 WASHINGTON 2 TORONTO 8 LAS VEGAS 7 (11) MINNESOTA 4 BALTIMORE 1 TEXAS 5 PHILADELPHIA 4 (10) CINCINNATI 6 BOSTON 5 (11) NY METS 4 PITTSBURGH 2 (11) MIAMI 4 COLORADO 3 HOUSTON 11 LA ANGELS 9 MILWAUKEE 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1 ATLANTA 6 KANSAS CITY 2 NY YANKEES 3 SAN FRANCISCO 1 SAN DIEGO 3 DETROIT 0 LA DODGERS 3 ARIZONA 2 CLEVELAND 6 SEATTLE 5 (10) ========================================================== MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ST. PAUL 9 INDIANAPOLIS 7 ========================================================== WOMEN’S PRO VOLLEYBALL SCORES ALL-STAR GAME TEAM MESKA 3 TEAM LAUNIERE 0 ========================================================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED ========================================================== NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS RELEASES MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ARIZONA ERUPTS AFTER HALFTIME, KNOCKS OFF PURDUE TO RETURN TO FINAL FOUR SAN JOSE, Calif. — Koa Peat scored 20 points and fellow freshman Ivan Kharchenkov added 18 as top-seeded Arizona beat No. 2 Purdue 79-64 in the West Region finals on Saturday night, earning their first trip to the Final Four since 2001. The Wildcats (36-2) won their 13th straight game by erasing a seven-point halftime deficit and ending a five-game skid in Elite Eight games. They had lost in the regional finals in 2003, 2005, 2011, 2014 and 2015. Peat was 9 of 18 from the field, breaking Mike Bibby’s school record for most points in the Elite Eight by an Arizona freshman. Kharchenkov was 7 of 11 from the field and added eight rebounds, while Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries each scored 14. Purdue (30-9) got 14 points and 10 rebounds from Oscar Cluff and 13 points and seven assists from Braden Smith, who scored 11 in the first half but was just 4 of 15 from the field for the game. The Boilermakers made 7 of 14 3-pointers in the first half but were just 1 of 8 after halftime. The Boilermakers led 38-31 at halftime, outscoring Arizona 26-12 after being down seven early. The Wildcats scored seven straight to tie at 42, then took a 44-43 lead on two Jaden Bradley free throws with 14:34 remaining. The Boilermakers went more than four and a half minutes without a field goal and Arizona extended to a 51-45 edge on an Anthony Dell’Orso 3-pointer with 12:09 to go. The Wildcats got the margin to 10 with 8:46 remaining, and Peat’s dunk made it 68-55 with 5:35 to go. Purdue took a 10-9 lead with 15:44 left in the first half on a Smith 3, significant because it was the first time in the tournament that Arizona trailed. The Wildcats responded with a 10-2 run to build a 19-12 lead, and during that run, Trey Kaufman-Renn picked up his second foul. A 3 by Gicarri Harris gave the Boilermakers back the lead, and later back-to-back 3s by Smith and CJ Cox put them up 33-27 with 2:33 left before halftime. NO. 3 ILLINOIS OUTLASTS CONFERENCE RIVAL IOWA TO HEAD BACK TO FINAL FOUR HOUSTON — Freshman Keaton Wagler scored a game-high 25 points, Andrej Stojakovic added 17 off the bench, and third-seeded Illinois secured its first Final Four berth in 21 years with a 71-59 victory over Big Ten rival Iowa on Saturday in the South Region final of the NCAA Tournament. Illinois (28-8) seized control of a back-and-forth second half with a 10-1 run that yielded a 60-52 lead with 4:06 left. The ninth-seeded Hawkeyes (24-13) and Illinois combined for 13 lead changes and seven ties in the second half until the Fighting Illini took control, first with consecutive post baskets from Tomislav Ivisic. Then, Wagler and Stojakovic finished the job. Stojakovic completed a three-point play with 3:16 left to answer a 3-pointer from Isaia Howard and extend the Illinois lead to 63-55. After Stojakovic added a baseline layup, Wagler converted a pair of free throws with 1:12 remaining to build the lead to 67-59. Stojakovic added five rebounds to his ledger while Wagler finished 7 of 7 from the line and added three assists. David Mirkovic posted nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Illinois finished with a 38-21 rebounding advantage and turned 16 offensive rebounds into 13 second-chance points. Bennett Stirtz paced the Hawkeyes with 24 points while Sage chipped in 10. Iowa shot just 23.1% in the second half after making 12 of 21 shots before the intermission. Stojakovic and Wagler helped the Illini overcome a ragged start that resulted in an early double-digit deficit. While Illinois missed its first four shots, Iowa started 5 of 6 and seized a 12-2 lead by the 15:56 mark of the first half, with Combs and Stirtz scoring five points apiece. But Stojakovic got the Illini going with a second-chance basket, a steal and transition layup through a foul that sliced the deficit to 12-11. Stirtz stalled Illinois’ 9-0 spurt with a pull-up jumper and, after a lengthy delay when the horn stuck with 7:43 left in the half, Stirtz pushed Iowa to a 27-20 lead with consecutive baskets. When Illinois clawed back to within 27-26, Sage drilled a 3-pointer that extended the Iowa lead to four, an advantage the Hawkeyes held at the intermission. The Illini shot just 37% in the first half but turned 10 offensive rebounds into 11 second-chance points to offset the Hawkeyes’ 57.1% shooting, including 6 of 12 from behind the arc. ================================================================== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL MARTA SUAREZ SCORES 33 AS TCU UPENDS VIRGINIA IN SWEET 16 Marta Suarez scored a career-high 33 points, Olivia Miles added 28 points in a near triple-double and third-seeded TCU ended Virginia’s magical NCAA Tournament run with a 79-69 victory in the Sweet 16 in Sacramento on Saturday. Miles had 10 rebounds and eight assists and Suarez had 10 rebounds as the Horned Frogs (32-5) overcame a one-point halftime deficit by scoring the first 11 points of the third quarter to take control. The Horned Frogs will make their second straight Elite Eight appearance when they meet top-seeded South Carolina on Monday. Suarez had 13 points in the third quarter, when Miles had six assists and four rebounds as the Frogs pushed their lead to 15. The 10th-seeded Cavaliers did not get closer than eight until the final 31 seconds. Miles’ two free throws with 26.1 seconds left for a 77-69 lead clinched it. She is one of four Division I players with at least 600 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists. Paris Clark had 20 points and Kymora Johnson had 18 for the Cavaliers (22-12), the lowest seed to reach the Sweet 16 since 2022. Clara Silva had eight points and eight rebounds for TCU, which had a 38-29 edge on the boards and limited Virginia to 41% shooting. Virginia led by seven late in the first quarter. TCU took a 35-33 lead with 1:09 left in the first half, when Suarez made a free throw after Romi Levy was called for a Flagrant 1 foul for pulling Miles down as she drove to the basket. Clark’s three-point play gave the Cavaliers a 36-35 lead at halftime. TA’NIYA LATSON SCORES 28 AS SOUTH CAROLINA BLOWS OUT OKLAHOMA Ta’Niya Latson scored 28 points to help top-seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded Oklahoma 94-68 in a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday in Sacramento. Latson set the tone from the start, scoring eight points during the Gamecocks’ 10-0 run to start the game. South Carolina will take on the winner of Saturday’s TCU-Virginia matchup Monday. The Gamecocks (34-3) are looking for their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance. South Carolina lost the regular-season matchup between the teams 94-82 in overtime Jan. 22. In their NCAA Tournament matchup, though, the Gamecocks never gave the Sooners a chance for any kind of a late push. Latson helped make sure of that, hitting a jumper on the opening possession, nailing a 3-pointer shortly thereafter, then hitting three free throws after being fouled less than three minutes into the game to put her team up 10-0. Oklahoma briefly cut the deficit to six, but after the first quarter, South Carolina’s lead never dipped below double figures. Latson finished 7 of 11 from the floor with five assists. The Gamecocks shot 50.7% from the floor. Raven Johnson added 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and Tessa Johnson scored 14. The Sooners (26-8) were led by freshman Aaliyah Chavez, who had 21 points. Oklahoma finished with a season-low nine assists, while South Carolina had 21 on 34 field goals. TEXAS DOESN’T MESS AROUND, DOMINATES KENTUCKY IN SWEET 16 Jordan Lee scored 18, Madison Booker had 17 and Rori Harmon nearly recorded a triple-double as top-seeded Texas knocked off fifth-seeded Kentucky 76-54 in a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. The Longhorns advanced to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive season. They’ll take on Michigan, the No. 2 seed, on Monday with a Final Four berth on the line. Lee helped Texas (34-3) grab control early scoring eight points during a 15-0 first-quarter run. She was the only double-digit scorer of the first half with 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting. After missing their first three shots, the Longhorns hit 12 of their next 14 to build a double-digit lead that remained for the rest of the game.Games Texas got a scare in the opening quarter though when Harmon suffered a hand injury and went to the bench for a stretch. Though Harmon was clearly affected by the injury, she returned and was a force, hitting a jumper seconds after returning and fueling the Longhorns’ defense. She finished the game making five of her 10 shots. She finished with 11 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and six steals with just one turnover. The Longhorns built their lead as big as 25 in the second quarter, but the Wildcats trimmed the deficit to 15 early in the fourth quarter before Texas responded with nine consecutive points to put the game away for good. Kentucky (25-11) was led by Clara Strack, who scored 16 points, and Asia Boone who tallied 11 points. Teonni Key nearly chipped in a double-double with 10 points, albeit on 2 of 8 shooting, and nine rebounds. MICHIGAN REGROUPS, ROLLS PAST LOUISVILLE TO REACH ELITE EIGHT Olivia Olson scored eight of her 19 points in the third quarter to help second-seeded Michigan pull away for a 72-51 victory over third-seeded Louisville on Saturday in a Fort Worth 3 regional semifinal of the NCAA Tournament. Syla Swords scored 16 points, Te’Yala Delfosse added 10 and Brooke Q. Daniels added nine rebounds for the Wolverines. Michigan (28-6) overcame a slow start to reach the second Elite Eight in program history. The Wolverines found momentum after missing their first six shots and finally scoring with 3:46 remaining in the first quarter after an early 8-0 deficit. Elif Istanbulluoglu scored 18 points with seven rebounds and Reyna Scot added nine points for the Cardinals (29-8), who were playing in their 15th consecutive NCAA Tournament. Louisville established a 25-14 lead on a jumper by Istanbulluoglu with 6:53 remaining in the first half. Michigan took over from there, ending the half by outscoring Louisville 18-2, with Delfosse scoring eight points during the run. The Cardinals grabbed a pair of slim leads in the third quarter, only to be overwhelmed when the Wolverines dominated in a stretch when they scored 23 of 27 points. Swords started the outburst with a 3-pointer. Swords also scored eight points in the third quarter as the Wolverines shot 46.7% from the floor overall. They shot a combined 61.3% (19 of 31) in the second and third quarters. Istanbulluoglu was 8 of 12 from the floor but Louisville finished 35.4% overall, its third worst this season. The Cardinals were 21.4% (3 of 14) from 3-point range, their second-worst on the season. Michigan will seek its first ever Final Four berth when it faces Texas or Kentucky on Monday at Fort Worth. ================================================================= NBA NBA ROUNDUP: FORTIFIED 76ERS COOL OFF HORNETS Joel Embiid had 29 points and made a big block in the final seconds as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from 15 points down to edge the host Charlotte Hornets 118-114 on Saturday. Philadelphia stopped Charlotte’s five-game winning streak and won the season series 2-1, giving them the tiebreaker in the Eastern Conference playoff chase. Paul George, in his second game back from a 25-game suspension for violating the terms of the league’s anti-drug program, finished with 26 points. Tyrese Maxey also had 26 in his return after missing 10 games with a finger injury. Brandon Miller scored 29, while LaMelo Ball added 20 and Coby White contributed 16 for the Hornets, who clinched a spot in the play-in tournament after the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the San Antonio Spurs earlier in the day. Charlotte had not reached the postseason since 2022.Games Spurs 127, Bucks 95 Stephon Castle amassed his fourth triple-double of the season and was among seven teammates in double-figure scoring, as visiting San Antonio cruised to its eighth straight win with a victory over Milwaukee. The Spurs were victorious for the 13th time in their past 14 games and remain hot on the heels of Oklahoma City for both the top seed in the West and the best record in the league. San Antonio is two games back of the defending champion Thunder with eight contests left to play. Castle finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. scored 18 points to lead the Bucks, who played without Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee) for the sixth straight game. Pistons 109, Timberwolves 87 Tobias Harris scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, and Detroit pulled away from Minnesota for a decisive victory in Minneapolis. Ronald Holland II and Daniss Jenkins chipped in 13 points apiece for the Pistons, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Paul Reed added 12 points off the bench, and Jalen Duren notched a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Donte DiVincenzo led the Timberwolves with 22 points and made five shots from beyond the arc. Rudy Gobert finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Julius Randle notched 11 points despite missing 11 of 13 shots from the field. Detroit outscored Minnesota 60-43 in the second half to seal the victory. Hawks 123, Kings 113 Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 27 points, Jalen Johnson added 26 points and 10 assists and host Atlanta held off Sacramento for coach Quin Snyder’s 500th career victory, becoming the sixth active NBA head coach and 41st in league history to reach that plateau. CJ McCollum scored 22 points, while Jock Landale finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Hawks, who won their 15th game in 17 tries. Zaccharie Risacher tallied 13 points and Mohamed Gueye chipped in 10 for Atlanta, which holds a half-game lead over Philadelphia for the East’s No. 6 seed — the last guaranteed playoff spot in each conference. DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 22 points, followed by Maxime Raynaud’s 18 points and 10 boards. Precious Achiuwa had 16, DaQuan Jeffries scored 15 and Daeqwon Plowden had 14 for Sacramento, which dropped its third straight. Malik Monk and Killian Hayes both scored 10 points. Suns 134, Jazz 109 Jalen Green scored 31 points and made five 3-pointers, Devin Booker added 26 points and host Phoenix tied their season scoring high in a blowout of tanking Utah. Grayson Allen scored 19 points and Oso Ighodaro had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Suns, who had lost six of seven. Green was 13 of 22 from the field, 5 of 11 from 3-point range, and had six rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes. Booker had eight assists. Kyle Filipowski had 26 points and nine rebounds, Brice Sensabaugh scored 26 points and Svi Mykhailiuk scored all of his 14 points in the second half for the Jazz, who have lost five in a row and 17 of 20. Grizzlies 125, Bulls 124 Cedric Coward scored 24 points, including two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining, to lead host Memphis past Chicago and snap a five-game losing streak. Tyler Burton added 18 points for the Grizzlies and Jahmai Mashack scored 17. Rayan Rupert and DeJon Jarreau finished with 14 points each. Matas Buzelis led the Bulls with 29 points and 10 rebounds followed by 26 points from Collin Sexton. Josh Giddey posted his 13th triple-double (18 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists) this season and Tre Jones contributed 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Chicago lost its third straight game and has dropped five of its last six. ================================================================= MLB MLB ROUNDUP: DOMINIC SMITH’S WALK-OFF SLAM CAPS BRAVES’ 6-RUN 9TH Dominic Smith hit a walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning to help the Atlanta Braves overcome a two-run deficit and beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Saturday night. Smith’s home run, a 386-foot shot to right-center field, came with one out against Royals closer Carlos Estevez (0-1), who failed to hold a 2-0 lead. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, Smith became the first player to hit a walk-off grand slam in his team debut. In the ninth, Drake Baldwin walked to lead off, took third on Matt Olson’s single and scored on Mike Yastrzemski’s one-out single. After Ozzie Albies walked, Jorge Mateo — running for Olson — scored the tying run when Michael Harris II lined a single. The winning pitcher was Osvaldo Bido (1-0), who struck out all three batters he faced in the ninth. Salvador Perez broke the scoreless tie with a solo home run in the seventh inning — ending Kansas City’s 15-inning scoreless streak to start the season — on the first pitch from Reynaldo Lopez. It was the 304th homer of Perez’s career, leaving him 13 away from tying Hall of Famer George Brett for the franchise record. Cardinals 6, Rays 5 (10 innings) Rookie JJ Wetherholt singled in two runs with one out in the 10th inning to lift St. Louis past visiting Tampa Bay. Jordan Walker started off the inning with a walk on four straight pitches to put runners on first and second. Victor Scott II moved the runners over with a perfect sacrifice bunt. Wetherholt then grounded the first pitch he saw into right field for his first career walk-off hit. Griffin Jax (0-1) took the loss by blowing the save in the 10th. Cardinals closer Ryne Stanek (1-0) picked up the win despite blowing the save in the ninth and giving up the go-ahead run in the 10th. Yandy Diaz singled in automatic runner Ben Williamson on the first pitch of the 10th inning to give Tampa a 5-4 lead. Guardians 6, Mariners 5 (10 innings) Chase DeLauter homered for a third consecutive game, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, as Cleveland defeated host Seattle. The Guardians broke a 3-3 tie on Brendon Donovan’s throwing error on Steven Kwan’s bunt. That scored Brayan Rocchio, who opened the 10th as the runner at second base. DeLauter then deposited a 2-2 fastball from Andres Munoz (0-1) just over the left field wall. It was DeLauter’s fourth homer of the season. The Mariners’ Luke Raley hit a two-run shot to center with one out in the bottom of the 10th, his third in as many games, but right-hander Connor Brogdon struck out Leo Rivas and Cole Young to get the save. Reds 6, Red Sox 5 (11 innings) Dane Myers singled home automatic runner TJ Friedl from second base with the winning run to lead host Cincinnati to a wild win over Boston in 11 innings. Sal Stewart homered and drove in two, Elly De La Cruz belted his first homer of 2026 and Matt McLain had three hits to lead the Reds to their first win of the season. Connor Phillips (1-0) struck out three and retired all five batters faced in the 10th and 11th for the win. Trevor Story, who homered earlier, lined into a double play to end the top of the 11th. Right-hander Justin Slaten (0-1) surrendered the game-winning hit. With the Red Sox just one out from defeat, Wilyer Abreu homered in the ninth to tie the game at 5-all. Rangers 5, Phillies 4 (10 innings) Texas scored on a wild pitch and Andrew McCutchen’s two-single in the 10th inning, then held on to post a win over host Philadelphia. Corey Seager and Jake Burger hit early home runs for the Rangers, who blew a 3-0 lead but rallied to give Skip Schumaker his first win as their manager. The Phillies’ Brandon Marsh notched the game-tying hit in the ninth for 3-all. Down 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Bryce Harper singled in one run, but reliever Tyler Alexander got Alec Bohm to pop out to end it. Mets 4, Pirates 2 (11 innings) Luis Robert Jr. hit a walk-off three-run homer in the 11th inning for New York, which overcame a pair of deficits in extras to beat visiting Pittsburgh. Bryan Reynolds had an RBI infield single in the top of the 11th for the Pirates before the Mets rallied against Hunter Barco (0-1). Jorge Polanco worked a five-pitch walk, after which Robert hit a 1-0 pitch beyond the left-center-field wall for his first homer with New York and his second career walk-off shot. Richard Lovelady (1-0) allowed an unearned run in the top of the 11th before earning his first big league win since 2024. Luis Torrens had a game-tying RBI single in the 10th for the Mets. Pittsburgh’s Nick Gonzales had an RBI single in the top of the 10th. Gonzales, Reynolds and Jake Mangum had two hits apiece. Blue Jays 8, Athletics 7 (11 innings) Ernie Clement stroked an RBI single in the 11th inning and host Toronto came back to defeat the Athletics. Clement’s hit against Luis Medina (0-1) gave the Blue Jays their second straight walk-off win to open the season. Spencer Miles (1-0) made his major league debut in the 11th and pitched around a walk to earn the win. Shea Langeliers hit his third career grand slam in the seventh inning to give the Athletics a 6-2 lead. Toronto’s Alejandro Kirk tied the game at six with a one-out solo homer in the ninth. The Athletics’ Brent Rooker delivered an RBI single in the 10th, but the Blue Jays tied it on Addison Barger’s sacrifice fly in the home 10th. Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Will Smith hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning as the two-time defending champion Los Angeles posted a three-game, season-opening sweep with a victory over visiting Arizona. Freddie Freeman had three hits, including an RBI double, starter Tyler Glasnow went six strong innings and new Dodgers closer Edwin Diaz picked up his second save in two nights. Corbin Carroll had a hit, an RBI and a run scored and Venezuela’s World Baseball Classic hero Eduardo Rodriguez gave up an unearned run over five-plus innings in a no-decision for the Diamondbacks. Cubs 10, Nationals 2 Miguel Amaya and Ian Happ homered while right-hander Cade Horton pitched effectively into the seventh inning in a triumphant season debut as host Chicago routed Washington. The Cubs out-hit the Nationals 9-4. Amaya had two hits and two RBIs, while Pete Crow-Armstrong added two hits. Horton (1-0) cruised behind the support, spacing two runs and four hits over 6 1/3 innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Horton was perfect through three innings before James Wood cracked a solo home run for Washington’s lone extra-base hit of the afternoon. Chicago pounded right-hander Miles Mikolas in his Nationals debut, reaching the veteran for six runs (four earned) and six hits in five innings. Mikolas (0-1) walked three and struck out four. Twins 4, Orioles 1 Royce Lewis hit a two-run home run and Minnesota won for the first time under first-year manager Derek Shelton by beating host Baltimore. Six Minnesota pitchers combined on a five-hitter while striking out 16 batters and walking six. Anthony Banda (1-0) was the winning pitcher with two-thirds of an inning of relief. Cole Sands worked the ninth and was credited with a save. The Orioles stranded 11 runners. Jeremiah Jackson had two hits for Baltimore. Minnesota starter Taj Bradley struck out nine in 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits but he was finished after 92 pitches. Orioles starter Kyle Bradish (0-1) was done after 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on two hits. Brewers 6, White Sox 1 Chad Patrick pitched effectively into the fifth inning and Brice Turang doubled twice to pace Milwaukee past visiting Chicago for its second consecutive victory. Aaron Ashby (1-0) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Patrick allowed one run on five hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. Garrett Mitchell hit a two-run single in a three-run first and Christian Yelich went 3-for-5 with an RBI hit. Munetaka Murakami homered for the second consecutive game, a 409-foot leadoff shot in the fourth inning off Patrick to pull the White Sox within 4-1. Starter Sean Burke (0-1) yielded four runs (three earned) on seven hits over four innings. Astros 11, Angels 9 Yainer Diaz and Jake Meyers had two RBIs each in an eight-run sixth inning for Houston, which rallied from a six-run hole to beat visiting Los Angeles. The Astros scored all eight runs with two outs. Isaac Paredes and Carlos Correa also had two RBIs apiece for Houston. Meyers, Correa, Yordan Alvarez and Christian Walker each had two hits. Astros starter Cristian Javier went 4 2/3 innings, allowing six runs and four hits, striking out one and walking four. Kai-Wei Teng (1-0) threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the victory. Oswald Peraza homered and singled twice, Jorge Soler and Nolan Schanuel also homered and Mike Trout singled, walked twice and scored two runs for the Angels, who were trying to start 3-0 for the first time since winning their first five games in 2006. Yankees 3, Giants 1 Aaron Judge homered in his second straight game and Ben Rice doubled in two runs as visiting New York beat San Francisco to complete a three-game series sweep. San Francisco put its first two batters on base in the ninth against David Bednar before Harrison Bader struck out and Patrick Bailey grounded into a double play. The Giants scored their first run of the season in the third when Jung Hoo Lee hit a leadoff double off Will Warren and scored on Matt Chapman’s single up the middle. Bednar recorded his second save in as many games for the Yankees, who outscored the Giants 13-1 in the series and turned four inning-ending double plays in the finale. Jake Bird (1-0), one of four New York relievers, earned the victory with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Padres 3, Tigers 0 Randy Vasquez fired six shutout innings as host San Diego beat Detroit and avoided a season-opening, three-game sweep. Vasquez allowed just two hits, both to third baseman Cole Keith, while walking three and striking out eight, one shy of his career high. Kyle Hart followed with two perfect innings and Mason Miller worked the ninth to earn the save. It was the first win for Craig Stammen, the Padres’ first-year manager. Jack Flaherty absorbed the loss for the Tigers, allowing four hits and three runs (two earned) over 4 1/3 innings. Flaherty walked four and whiffed two. Marlins 4, Rockies 3 Rookie Owen Caissie drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and Liam Hicks posted three RBIs as Miami rallied to defeat visiting Colorado. Pete Fairbanks, acquired as an offseason free agent, earned his second save in two games for the Marlins. Caissie, acquired in January from the Cubs as part of the package for Edward Cabrera, went 3-for-4 with a double, a steal and one RBI. Hicks had a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. Games Colorado hit a pair of homers: a two-run shot by Ezequiel Tovar and TJ Rumfield’s solo blast. Rumfield’s homer was the first of his major-league career in just his second game. Calvin Faucher (1-0) earned the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Jaden Hill (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run and two hits in 1 2/3 innings. ==================================================================== NHL NHL ROUNDUP: CAPS STORM BACK, HAND KNIGHTS SHOOTOUT LOSS Dylan Strome scored the tying goal in the third period and the game-winner in the shootout to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Strome, who hit the post on the first shot of the game, tied it at 4-all midway through the period with a power-play tally, one-timing a shot from the middle of the right circle to snap a 17-game goal drought. He then scored the only goal of the shootout at the start of the first round, roofing a backhand shot past Adin Hill. Justin Sourdif had a goal and an assist, Cole Hutson had two assists and Hendrix Lapierre and Anthony Beauvillier also scored goals for Washington, which is four points back of the second and final wild card in the Eastern Conference. Logan Thompson finished with 25 saves and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout. Jack Eichel scored a goal and had two assists, Rasmus Andersson had a goal and an assist and Nic Dowd and Mitch Marner also scored for Vegas, which lost its third straight game and its sixth in the last seven. Hill made 17 saves for the Golden Knights, who fell three points behind second-place Edmonton in the Pacific Division. Islanders 5, Panthers 2 Matthew Schaefer collected a pair of assists to tie the team record for points by a rookie defenseman as New York scored five goals in the second period and rallied for a critical victory over visiting Florida in Elmont, N.Y. Schaefer ended the game with 56 points and tied the team record set by Stefan Persson during the 1977-78 season. He got the primary assist on a tying goal by Brayden Schenn with 7:51 left and then made the pass that led to Simon Holmstrom’s tiebreaking power-play goal nearly three minutes later. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves. Marc Gatcomb started the comeback for the Islanders, who moved one point ahead of the Penguins into the Metropolitan Division’s second playoff spot. Emile Heineman and Casey Cizikas scored 57 seconds apart to cap the big flurry. Florida fell to 2-5-0 in its past seven games as backup goalie Danill Tarasov allowed five goals on 40 shots. Matthew Tkachuk scored both goals for the Panthers. Lightning 4, Senators 2 Tampa Bay’s Emil Lilleberg put in the tiebreaking goal at 8:51, and the hosts rallied to earn points in their seventh straight game with a win over visiting Ottawa. Lilleberg, who posted a career-high three points, gave the Lightning their first lead at 8:51 as part of a four-man rush. Brandon Hagel and Charle-Edouard D’Astous had a goal and an assist apiece and Jake Guentzel also scored. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves in his NHL-best 35th win. The Senators (38-25-10, 86 points) got goals from Dylan Cozens and Jordan Spence but fell to 4-1-1 in their past six contests. James Reimer finished with 23 saves. Oilers 4, Ducks 2 NHL points leader Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists for Edmonton in a win against visiting Anaheim. McDavid increased his points total to 124 (42 goals, 82 assists) and stretched his point streak to four games (five goals, four assists). Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist, Jack Roslovic and Matt Savoie also scored, Evan Bouchard had two assists and Connor Ingram made 29 saves for the Oilers, who pulled within three points of the Ducks for first place in the Pacific Division. Beckett Sennecke and Cutter Gauthier scored, John Carlson had two assists and Lukas Dostal made 30 saves for the Ducks, who entered the finale of the three-game road trip on a six-game point streak (5-0-1). Bruins 6, Wild 3 Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm each capped off two-goal performances with insurance markers late in the third period, leading Boston to a win over visiting Minnesota. Viktor Arvidsson logged a goal and an assist, Andrew Peeke also scored, and David Pastrnak dished out two assists to run his point streak to 12 for Boston, which is 5-1-2 in its last eight games. Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves. Games Ryan Hartman and Mats Zuccarello paced Minnesota with a goal and an assist each. Kirill Kaprizov also lit the lamp, Quinn Hughes had two assists, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 shots. Hurricanes 5, Devils 2 Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist to lead host Carolina to a win over New Jersey. Jackson Blake, captain Jordan Staal, Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis also connected for the Hurricanes, who have won four of their last five and kept pace with the Tampa Bay Lightning for first overall in the Eastern Conference. Taylor Hall had two assists and Brandon Bussi stopped 17 shots. Timo Meier and Evgenii Dadonov scored for the Devils, who had won five of their last six. Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves. Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2 Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the game with 1:25 left in the third period to lift San Jose past host Columbus. Macklin Celebrini entered the zone on the rush and passed to the middle for Will Smith, who fed Chernyshov for a one-timer from the left face-off dot. Celebrini had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who snapped a six-game losing streak (0-5-1) and remain in contention for a Western Conference wild-card spot. Smith had two assists and Alex Nedeljkovic made 22 saves. Denton Mateychuk and Cole Sillinger scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost three of four but remain strong contenders for an Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Elvis Merzlikins made 33 saves. Jets 4, Avalanche 2 Cole Perfetti scored a go-ahead goal with 5:11 left in the third period, Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves and Winnipeg beat Colorado in Denver to gain ground in the Western Conference playoff race. Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist and Cole Koepke and Kyle Connor scored for the Jets, who moved within three points of Nashville for the second wild card. Brock Nelson and Parker Kelly scored and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 17 shots for the Avalanche. Colorado had won four in a row. Stars 6, Penguins 3 Miko Rantanen scored in his first game in nearly two months, and Dallas tallied three unanswered second-period goals to end a four-game skid and defeat host Pittsburgh. Rantanen and Jason Robertson each had a goal and an assist for Dallas, which had gone 0-3-1 in its last four. Rookie Justin Hryckowian, Lian Bichsel and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Stars, who swept the two-game season series with Pittsburgh after winning in Dallas in December. Erik Karlsson had a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, which was playing without Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby due to lower-body injuries. Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its third game at home in the past week. Canadiens 4, Predators 1 Jacob Fowler stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced to help Montreal kick off its critical five-game road trip with a victory in Nashville. Cole Caufield continued his chase for the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the league’s top goal scorer when he found the back of the net for his 45th goal of the season for the Canadiens. Ivan Demidov, Oliver Kapanen and Alex Newhook all picked up a goal and an assist, while Nick Suzuki finished with a pair of assists as Montreal secured its fourth consecutive win. Zachary L’Heureux ended Fowler’s shutout bid late in the third with a lucky goal as the puck bounced off the stanchion and on his stick with an open net in front of him. Juuse Saros made 28 saves for the Predators. Sabres 3, Kraken 2 (SO) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves in regulation and overtime, and stopped both attempts in the shootout, helping Buffalo rally for a victory against visiting Seattle. Rasmus Dahlin and Peyton Krebs scored in regulation, and Tage Thompson and Jack Quinn scored in the shootout for the Sabres, who avoided losing four in a row for the first time since a five-game skid in November. Chandler Stephenson and Bobby McMann each had a goal and an assist, Kaapo Kakko recorded two assists and Philipp Grubauer made 34 saves for the Kraken, who have lost five of six (1-3-2) after taking a 2-0 lead in the second period. Blues 5, Maple Leafs 1 St. Louis continued its dominant March with a thumping of visiting Toronto. The win marked St. Louis’ fourth in a row as they improved their March record to an NHL-best 10-1-2. The Blues scored three in the third after Jake McCabe brought it back within one for the visitors. Dylan Holloway had a two-point game, while Jake Neighbours, Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas also had multi-point games . Jordan Binnington stopped 12 of just 13 shots for the Blues while Joseph Woll turned away 33 of 38 shots for the Maple Leafs. Flyers 5, Red Wings 3 Owen Tippett notched his third career hat trick and fourth career four-point night as Philadelphia survived a late scare to beat Detroit to match its franchise record with eight straight road wins. Noah Cates and Sean Couturier also scored for the Flyers, and Jamie Drysdale and Travis Konecny posted two assists each. Dan Vladar stopped 32 shots to go to 4-1-1 in his last six starts. Mason Appleton, Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond scored for the Red Wings, all within a span of 2:31 late in the third period as Detroit tried to dig out of a 4-0 hole. Moritz Seider assisted on two of them. John Gibson made 17 saves on 21 shots for the Red Wings. Cam Talbot relieved Gibson and saved all four shots he faced. Mammoth 6, Kings 2 Alexander Kerfoot and Logan Cooley each scored twice as visiting Utah thumped Los Angeles. Utah, in the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference, holds a five-point lead over the Nashville Predators, owners of the second wild-card position. Los Angeles remains on the outside looking in, a point back of Nashville in the wild-card race. Nick Schmaltz and Jack McBain also scored for Utah, while Mikhail Sergachev had four assists and Clayton Keller chipped in a pair of helpers and Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves. Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings. Darcy Kuemper stopped 11 shots through two periods and was replaced by Anton Forsberg to start the third. Forsberg made 11 saves. Flames 7, Canucks 3 Matt Coronato and Morgan Frost each scored once in three-point performances and host Calgary rode a four-goal second period to a victory over floundering Vancouver. Ryan Strome, Olli Maatta and Zayne Parekh all collected one goal and one assist, while Joel Farabee and Adam Klapka tallied once. Calgary has won 55 consecutive games when scoring four or more goals, the fifth-longest run in league history. Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 31 saves. Liam Ohgren, Jake DeBrusk and Nils Hoglander replied for the Canucks, who sit at the bottom of the league standings and have lost five straight. Starting goalie Nikita Tolopilo was victimized for four goals on 11 shots before being pulled. Kevin Lankinen stopped nine of 12 shots in relief. =============================================================== GOLF HYO JOO KIM SETS 54-HOLE RECORD IN TAKING CONTROL OF FORD CHAMPIONSHIP South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim took an emphatic step toward defending her title at the Ford Championship on Saturday, setting an LPGA 54-hole record to build a four-stroke lead in Chandler, Ariz. Despite that hot start, Kim is focused on keeping her approach consistent on Sunday. “This course, anyone is capable of scoring low, so I will continue to just focus on the same game plan that I did today,” Kim said. If that focus nets similar results, Kim will be in historic territory. On Saturday, Kim matched her first-day, 11-under-par 61 to put her at 25 under for the tournament, a pace through 54 holes that is the best in LPGA history. Her 25-under stretch broke the previous record held by four players by one stroke. Her bogey-free round included birdies on four of her first seven holes before she exceeded that hot start with four straight holes under par on Nos. 10-13. That stretch included an eagle on the par-5 No. 12. Kim finished her remarkable day at the Cattail Course at Whirlwind Golf Club with birdies on 16 and 17, giving her nine birdies and an eagle on the day. “I play with my mind, just focusing on one shot at a time,” Kim said. “When I think about the shots, whether it’s striking a certain distance or how I play, I just focus on each at a time.” Kim’s closest pursuer, unsurprisingly, is World No. 2 Nelly Korda, who led after two rounds and carded a 5-under 67 on Saturday to get to 21 under. The pair have seen a lot of each other of late, playing in the same group over five straight rounds. Kim kept Korda at bay in last week’s Founders Cup to win by a single stroke in Menlo Park, Calif. “Nelly is my favorite player,” Kim said. “It’s been great playing together. You know, it’s been great playing with her, competing with her and it’s just been fun overall.” Korda’s day included five birdies and no bogeys. “I’m never going to complain about a bogey-free round and 5-under, so it was a solid one,” Korda said. Korda herself has a healthy lead over her closest competitors, as five golfers are tied at 16 under, five strokes behind Korda (and nine behind Kim). That group consists of England’s Mimi Rhodes (63 on Saturday), Japan’s Chizzy Iwai (67), South Korea’s Ina Yoon (67), Japan’s Minami Katsu (69) and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko (69). STEWART CINK LEADS AT HOAG AFTER ALBATROSS ON 18 Stewart Cink ended the Hoag Classic’s second day with as great a flourish as possible, scoring a two-shot albatross on the par-5 18th, giving him a two-shot lead at 14 under at Newport Beach (Calif.) Country Club. “It was a heck of a walk-off,” Cink said. Cink nailed a great drive, then sank a 205-yarder using his 6-iron. The veteran golfer said later he knew he hit his second shot well, but he wasn’t sure on location until the crowd reacted. Cink then reacted himself, posing to flex his muscles to cap off his 9-under-par 62. “That’s not something we practice. That’s a rare thing that happens,” Cink said of his celebration following the conclusion of his round. “We try not to let the results matter, but when you get a result like that especially at the end of the day, I don’t have to hit another shot, I can’t mess up the next hole. “So, that’s a cool moment to have happen right there on the 18th hole with the crowd. This is a great crowd here.” Cink’s big moment overshadowed a great day overall for the five-time Champions tourney winner. Cink also had seven birdies while suffering a single bogey. That left Cink two shots ahead of the field. Closest in pursuit are Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson and New Zealand’s Steven Alker, who shot matching 66’s and are tied for second at 12 under. “I love the course and I also love the area. It’s beautiful,” Jacobson raved about his surroundings. “Tried to swing down by the ocean, we might be looking at hopefully some surfing on Monday. Try to sneak that in.” South Africa’s Ernie Els and Tim Petrovic each carded a 65 to remain tied at 11 under in fourth place. Four golfers are tied for sixth at 10 under: David Toms (66), Australia’s Cameron Percy (66), Bo Van Pelt (67) and Brian Gay (69). Day 1 leader Paul Goydos had a rough day, weathering four bogeys while netting a solitary birdie to settle for a 3-over 74, dropping him into a tie for 21st. Reigning champion Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain built off a 1-under 70 Friday to go 7 under on Saturday (64), lifting him into a tie for 12th at 8 under. GARY WOODLAND NEARING 1ST VICTORY SINCE 2019 AT TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOUSTON OPEN Now it’s about finishing the task for Gary Woodland in the Texas Children’s Houston Open. He shot 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to maintain the lead through three rounds as he seeks his first victory in nearly seven years in Houston. “I’m here, I put myself in this position for a reason, so take a deep breath and maintain what I’m doing,” Woodland said. Woodland is at 18-under despite his highest score of the tournament Saturday. Hard-charging Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark posted the best round of the day with a 63, so he’s one stroke back going into Sunday’s final round at Memorial Park Golf Course. “There’s still a lot of players in the field that can win the tournament,” Hojgaard said. “But, obviously, Gary and I have a good chance. I’m going to go out, try to build up the round like I did today.” Hojgaard has never won on the PGA Tour in 62 previous tournaments. His last international tournament title came in 2023. Woodland tied for second place in the tournament a year ago. The galleries have been supportive this week, and he has noticed. “Crowd (has) been amazing,” Woodland said. “Energy was so good. Definitely helped me. Something I fed off of and hopefully that’s the same (Sunday).” Woodland had four birdies on a six-hole stretch on the backside to maintain the lead. The last three of those birdies came with putts inside of 7 feet. “Once I settled in, I hit some great shots on the back nine,” Woodland said. “It was a good fight, for sure.” Hojgaard also was 4-under on that same six-hole stretch, with a 14-foot putt his longest birdie among those holes. Both golfers had pars on No. 18. “The course is playing into my strengths,” Hojgaard said. “Good driving length off the tee and approach play, and then I felt like I had good pace with the putter all day.” Defending champion Min Woo Lee of Australia shot 67 to sit at 12-under, joined by Michael Thorbjornsen (66). Lee might be a long shot to make up enough ground, but he hasn’t dismissed that from happening. “Just got to stick to the process and hopefully make a lot of birdies,” Lee said. “You’ll probably need help from them to come backwards. I think I’m in the final group, so I’ll have a nice show (Sunday).” As one of the highlights from Saturday, Lee took a bunker shot on one knee on No. 17, rolling the ball close enough for a birdie putt. “It wasn’t the most pleasing lie when I first got there,” Lee said. “It was nearly very unplayable because it was on such a steep hill. Luckily, I’m somewhat flexible and I can get low and, yeah, play that shot.” Combined with the 16th hole, that gave Lee birdies on consecutive holes for the second time during the round. Thorbjornsen said he has been encouraged by his play this week. “I think we’re just trying to play smart golf, play to the numbers, just whatever will produce the best score on average,” Thorbjornsen said. “That’s kind of the strategy we’re going to take.” Sam Stevens (67) and Australia’s Jason Day (68) are at 11-under. First-round leader Paul Waring of England moved back into contention by shooting 66. He’s at 10-under with Sahith Theegala (66) and Canada’s Sudarshan Yellamaraju (65). ================================================================ AUTO RACING DENNY HAMLIN EDGES WILLIAM BYRON TO WIN POLE AT MARTINSVILLE MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin claimed the 49th Busch Light Pole Award of his career Saturday afternoon, claiming the number one starting spot for Sunday’s Cook Out 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Martinsville Speedway, a track where he has long established himself as one of the best. Hamlin’s JGR No. 11 Toyota turned a lap of 98.241 mph around the half-mile Martinsville oval — .056-second faster than another one of the track’s recent best performers, William Byron in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. They will lead the field to green on Sunday, with Hamlin racing for his second victory of the season and Byron hoping to put a Chevrolet in victory lane for the first time in 2026. “I knew it was possible simply from where my car was in practice,” said Hamlin who now has five career Martinsville pole awards. “Any time you’ve got fast lap speed in practice here that’s in the top 12, you’re close enough there that qualifying trim doesn’t change your car that much.” “You’ve got enough speed to where you nail it and do a good enough job as a driver you’ve got a chance at the pole, so I knew it was very possible but truthfully, I approached the lap to get in the top eight. I think I’d go faster if I went and did it again right now, but I think I’ll go on and stand on my time,” he added with a smile. Hamlin now ties Bobby Issac for the 10th most pole awards in cup series history, a mark that genuinely seemed to surprise Hamlin, who answered questions about it with an immediate and competitive response, “Who has the next most on the list?” Ryan Newman is next with 51. “I never really go into any weekend thinking about qualifying on pole, it’s really kind of a sidebar to how my Saturday goes,” Hamlin said. “It’s pretty awesome, and really, with age, the hardest part is actually still having a fast time. It’s one thing to be able to manage races and use your experience to your advantage. But usually, the first thing to go is your raw speed and we’re still knocking off poles, which is really good.” Wood Brothers Racing’s Josh Berry was third quickest in the No. 21 Ford and will share the second row with Hamlin’s JGR teammate Ty Gibbs in the No. 54 Toyota. Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen turned an impressive oval qualifying effort with a fifth-place showing in the No. 97 Chevrolet. Austin Cindric, Carson Hocevar, championship leader Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Chase Elliott round out the top 10 in the starting grid. ================================================================== INDIANA SPORTS TEAM RELEASES INDIANA PACERS GAME PREVIEW: PACERS VS HEAT The Indiana Pacers will close out a three-game homestand Sunday, and can clinch their regular-season series against the Miami Heat with a victory. Indiana (16-58) and Miami (39-35) have split their first two games this season, with the Pacers most recently defending home court with a 123-99 win on Jan. 10. The Pacers enter the matchup coming off a last-second loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. After leading for most of the game against Los Angeles, the Clippers stormed back in the fourth quarter, retaking the lead with 0.4 seconds left on an eight-foot jumper by seven-time NBA All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard. In a bizarre sequence following the basket, both teams were fouled on separate plays in the closing moments and shot free throws. However, neither side converted, so the score did not change. Aaron Nesmith led the Pacers with 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting, Obi Toppin added 20 points and eight rebounds off the bench, and Andrew Nembhard recorded 13 points and 10 assists for his 12th double-double of the season. Toppin, who has played in just 15 games this season due to a foot injury, had a season-best for points in a game. Over his last 10 games, Nesmith is averaging 17.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists. Nembhard has also performed well in his last 10 outings, averaging 15.2 points, 8.8 assists, and 2.7 rebounds. Indiana will be glad to wrap up March, as the Pacers are just 1-13 this month with one game remaining. The Pacers have lost 11 straight home games, which is the longest home losing streak in franchise history. The Pacers’ last win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse was on Jan. 31 against Atlanta. Miami heads to Indianapolis after a 149-128 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers (46-28) on Friday night at Rocket Arena. The Heat currently sit in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, but could still move up several spots before the postseason. Led by Norman Powell (22.2 points per game), Tyler Herro (21.3), and Bam Adebayo (20.3), the Heat rank second in scoring this season, averaging 120.3 points per game. Miami plays at the fastest pace in the league and ranks third in rebounds per game at 46.6. Against Cleveland, Jaime Jaquez Jr., a Sixth Man of the Year candidate, scored a team-high 20 points off the bench, while Adebayo posted 14 points and 16 rebounds and Powell added 15 points. After a hot start to the month, the Heat have lost six of their last seven games. The Pacers, already eliminated from postseason contention, have eight games remaining. After facing the Heat, Indiana will begin a three-game road trip Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls. Projected Starters Pacers: G – Andrew Nembhard, G – Aaron Nesmith, F- Kobe Brown, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Jay Huff Heat: G – Davion Mitchell, G – Tyler Herro, F – Norman Powell, F – Andrew Wiggins, C – Bam Adebayo Injury Report Pacers: T.J. McConnell – questionable (sore right hamstring), Andrew Nembhard – questionable (lower back injury management), Aaron Nesmith – questionable (sore lower back), Pascal Siakam – questionable (right knee injury management), Obi Toppin – questionable (sore lower back/right foot injury management), Jarace Walker – questionable (lower back bruise), Johnny Furphy – out (right ACL tear), Tyrese Haliburton – out (right Achilles tendon tear), Ivica Zubac – out (rib fracture) Heat: Norman Powell – questionable (back spasms), Terry Rozier – out (not with team) Last Meeting Jan. 10, 2026: Behind a 29-point performance from Andrew Nembhard, the Pacers defeated the Heat 123-99 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Indiana never trailed, jumping to a 36-18 lead in the first quarter and maintaining control throughout. The Pacers shot 45 percent from the field and made 17 3-pointers while holding the Heat to 39 percent overall and 13 percent from beyond the arc. Nembhard went 10-of-16 from the field, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, and added nine assists and six rebounds. Indiana also received a significant boost from its bench. Micah Potter made four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points, Jarace Walker added 13 points and nine rebounds, and T.J. McConnell scored 12 points. Miami All-Star guard Tyler Herro led the visitors with 21 points, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 16 points and seven rebounds, and Bam Adebayo recorded 13 points and nine rebounds. Noteworthy Sunday’s contest is Noche Ene Be A presented by Corona night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The NBA is celebrating the 20th season of Noches Éne•Bé•A during its 2025-26 campaign, marking two decades of recognizing the growing support and cultural influence of NBA fans and players across Hispanic communities in the United States and throughout Latin America. Heat center Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a single game on March 10 in a win over the Washington Wizards, which ranks second-best in league history behind Wilt Chamberlin’s legendary 100-point performance. The Pacers are 77-59 against the Heat all-time in regular season contests. Former Indiana University standout Ke’Lel Ware was drafted by the Heat with the 15th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. He’s averaging 11.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game this season. Broadcast Information (Where to Watch and Listen to Pacers Games >>) TV: FanDuel Sports Network – Chris Denari (play-by-play), Quinn Buckner (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (sideline reporter/host). Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host) ================================================================ INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS INDIANS DROP BACK-AND-FORTH BATTLE TO ST. PAUL INDIANAPOLIS – Dominic Fletcher launched the Indianapolis Indians first home run of the season and Alika Williams recorded two extra-base hits with two RBI in a 9-7 loss to the St. Paul Saints on Saturday afternoon at Victory Field. Ryan Kreidler and Kyler Fedko opened the scoring for the Saints (2-0) in the second inning, each recording an RBI single for a 2-0 lead. Fletcher then put the Indians (0-2) on the board with a 394-foot solo shot in the third inning off St. Paul starter Zebby Matthews. Konnor Griffin kickstarted a game-tying rally later in the inning, beating out an infield single, stealing second base and scampering home on a run-scoring single from Ronny Simon. Indy took a 5-2 lead in the fourth inning with complimentary baseball across the lineup. Enmanuel Valdez walked to start the rush, with Termarr Johnson dropping a sacrifice bunt to advance him. Esmerlyn Valdez singled to put runners at the corners and Fletcher struck again with an RBI double down the line, and Williams capped the flurry with a two-run triple to the wall in deep left-center field. St. Paul quickly punched back with a three-run, game-tying home run from Kaelen Culpepper in the top of the fifth for a 5-5 score. The Saints tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning off reliever Mike Clevinger, and the Indians again knotted the game, 7-7, in the bottom of the eighth inning. Griffin drew an RBI walk and Simon evened the score with a sacrifice fly. Alan Roden gave the Saints 9-7 lead in the ninth inning with a two-run double off Brandan Bidois (L, 0-1), and Marco Raya (S, 1) blanked the Indians to end the game. Indians starting pitcher Nick Dombkowski and Matthews each allowed five runs across 4.0 innings. Trent Baker (W, 1-0) allowed two Indy runs prior to St. Paul’s ninth inning rally. The three-game series between Indy and St. Paul concludes on Sunday afternoon at 1:35 PM. RHP Antwone Kelly (0-0, -.–), the Pirates No. 9 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, is set for his Triple-A debut while RHP Andrew Morris (0-0, -.–) is on the mound for the Saints. ==================================================================== INDY ELEVEN RECAP – HFD 2:2 IND Hartford, Conn. – Indy Eleven came back from a halftime deficit with two second-half goals to earn a 2-2 draw at USL Championship Eastern Conference opponent Hartford Athletic. Coming into the game, Hartford had only allowed one goal in its first three matches. The Boys in Blue started the second half quickly in the 48th minute, with forward Bruno Rendon making a long run down the left sideline into the area, where he played it forward to midfielder Cam Lindley, who played a perfect cross to the far post, with midfielder Noble Okello finishing it with his left foot to even the match at 1-1. It is the 31st career assist for Lindley in USL-C regular-season play, good for a tie for 22nd on the league’s all-time list. Indy Eleven took the lead in the 72nd minute, with goalkeeper Eric Dick starting the sequence with a goal kick to midfield, where Okello was fouled. Lindley hurried to play a quick restart to midfielder Josh O’Brien, who played an angled ball to Mikah Thomas on the left side. Thomas, who entered a minute earlier, played three quick touches and curled a beautiful left-footed ball to the far post, where Rendon finished for his team-best second goal this season (both in the last two matches). The last Boys in Blue player to score a goal in back-to-back USL-C matches was captain Aodhan Quinn in September. It was the first USL Championship assist for Thomas, who played collegiately at nearby UConn. Defender Anthony Herbert made a brilliant sliding block to clear an Augi Williams shot off the line in the 87th minute, but Hartford got the equalizer on an own goal off the ensuing free kick. The Boys in Blue had an early chance in the sixth minute when defender Hayden White made a long throw-in to defender Paco Craig, who headed it inside the area to Herbert, but his shot was saved. Hartford countered immediately, but Dick saved Sadat Anaku’s shot from close range. Boys in Blue forward Loïc Mesanvi made his first USL Championship start, generating an opportunity from outside the box that was saved. The Indy Eleven attack generated eight shots in the first half, with Mesanvi recording a team-high three. Indy Eleven has two home games at Carroll Stadium next week–Tue. Mar. 31 for a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Second Round match vs. Union Omaha at 7 p.m., and Sat. Apr. 4 against the defending USL champion Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. Ticket options available include Family Four-Packs, pro-rated Season Tickets, and Flex Mini-Plans. The Family Four-Pack is available for all 2026 home games and it can be purchased online only. Priced at just $49, the Family Four-Pack includes four tickets, FREE parking, $20 in Concession Vouchers, and a 20% Merchandise Discount, along with access to the Fun Zone/Kids Activation Area. Season Ticket Benefits (starting at $13.50 per game) include Season Parking Pass, unlimited ticket exchanges, and a 20% discount on all Indy Eleven merchandise. Flex Mini Plans include vouchers to be redeemed for any 2026 regular season home match. For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com. USL ChampionshipIndy Eleven 2:2 Hartford Athletic Sat., Mar. 28, 2026 – 5:00 p.m. Trinity Health Stadium | Hartford, Conn. Weather: Partly sunny, 39 degrees Attendance: 2,400 2026 USL Championship RecordsIndy Eleven: 1-1-1 (0), 4 pts, #8 in Eastern ConferenceHartford Athletic: 2-0-2 (4), 8 pts, #2 in Eastern Conference Score12FIndy Eleven022Hartford Athletic112 Scoring Summary HFD – Sadat Anaku (Adrián Diz Pe) 33’ IND – Noble Okello (Cam Lindley) 48’ IND – Bruno Rendón (Mikah Thomas) 72’ HFD – Own Goal 89’ Discipline Summary IND – Anthony Herbert (caution) 31’ IND – Loïc Mesanvi (caution) 66’ HFD – Beverly Makangila (caution) 83’ HFD – Adrián Diz Pe (caution) 90+3’ Indy Eleven Line-Up: Eric Dick, Aodhan Quinn (captain), Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Hayden White, Cam Lindley, Dylan Sing (Alejandro Mitrano 45’), Noble Okello (Edward Kizza 84’), Josh O’Brien, Loïc Mesanvi (Mikah Thomas 71’), Bruno Rendón. Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Allen Gavilanes, Kian Williams, Makel Rasheed, Reice Charles-Cook. Hartford Athletic Line-Up: Antony Siaha, Britton Fischer, Jordan Scarlett (captain), Adrián Diz Pe, Matt Real, Sebastian Anderson, Junior Moreira (Christos Hadjipaschalis 82’), Beverly Makangila, Andrés Hernández (Michee Ngalina 63’), Augi Williams, Sadat Anaku. Hartford Athletic Subs Not Used: Enzo Carvalho, Jack Loura, TJ Presthus, Galen Flynn, Spencer Gordon. ================================================================= INDIANA SWIMMING INDIANA MEN FINISH THIRD AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ATLANTA – The men of Indiana earned their second consecutive third place national finish at the 2026 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday (March 28) inside the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. The national performance is Indiana eighth consecutive top six national finish and fifth consecutive top five finish. The program recorded 351 points, ranking only behind NCAA Champion Texas (445.5 points), runner-up Florida (416) and ahead of Arizona State (328). IU repeated as the No. 3 team in the nation despite returning only four individual scorers and graduating three national champions. Ten of Indiana’s 15 All-Americans this year were first-time individual point-scorers. The Hoosiers set Big Ten and program records in four events. Senior Zalán Sárkány opened the week with an NCAA record 1,000-yard freestyle, going 8:33.10 in his mile split. His 14:12.20 in that 1,650-yard freestyle reset his own Big Ten and program records in the event. Two days later, Sárkány set another conference record in the 500 free with his 4:07.95. Senior Owen McDonald’s second-place 200 IM performance on Saturday came with another Big Ten record, his time a 1:38.57. This season, Indiana won its 32nd and fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship. In that meet, the Hoosiers won 10 Big Ten Championships, earned 27 medals, swept three events and totaled 1,544.5 points to win by a margin of 336.5 points over the field. IU has won eight of the last 10 men’s swim and dive titles. RESULTS 200 IM 2. Owen McDonald – 1:38.56 (NCAA Silver, Big Ten Record, Program Record, Personal Best, First-Team All-American) 7. Josh Bey – 1:41.98 (First-Team All-American) 5. Noah Cakir – 1:42.23 (First-Team All-American) 19. Toby Barnett – 1:42.90 100 FREESTYLE 16. Mikkel Lee – 41.56 (Personal Best, Second-Team All-America) 18. Dylan Smiley – 41.63 200 BUTTERFLY 6. Raekwon Noel – 1:39.54 (First-Team All-America) 27. Aaron Shackell – 1:42.47 (Personal Best) 200 BACKSTROKE 4. Kai van Westering – 1:38.29 (First-Team All-America) 24. David Kovacs – 1:40.06 25. Miroslav Knedla – 1:40.14 PLATFORM 13. Maxwell Weinrich – 365.10 (Second-Team All-America) 400 FREESTYLE RELAY 7. Owen McDonald, Dylan Smiley, Mikkel Lee, Miroslav Knedla – 2:46.26 (First-Team All-America) HOOSIER ALL-AMERICANS Alexei Avakov – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke*, 400 medley relay Toby Barnett – 100 breaststroke*, 200 breaststroke Josh Bey – 400 IM, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM Noah Cakir – 200 breaststroke*, 200 IM Travis Gulledge – 200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke*, 200 freestyle relay* Miroslav Knedla – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 backstroke*, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay Mikkel Lee – 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay*, 100 freestyle*, 400 freestyle relay Owen McDonald – 200 medley relay, 800 freestyle relay, 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay, 200 IM, 400 freestyle relay Raekwon Noel – 800 freestyle relay, 200 butterfly Zalán Sárkány – 1,650 freestyle, 400 IM*, 500 freestyle Aaron Shackell – 800 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle Dylan Smiley – 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay*, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay Kai van Westering – 100 backstroke*, 200 backstroke Maxwell Weinrich – Platform* Luke Whitlock – 1,650 freestyle ==================================================================== INDIANA BASEBALL MISTAKES HURT HOOSIERS IN SERIES LOSS LINCOLN, Neb. – After getting the game within one run, the bottom of the seventh inning quickly got away from the Indiana Baseball team (10-16, 3-8 B1G) on Saturday (March 28) afternoon at Haymarket Park. Two free passes, an error and five hits allowed Nebraska (21-6, 7-1 B1G) to break the game open. The home team would eventually finish off a 12-7 win to secure the series in Lincoln. Freshman pinch hitter Owen ten Oever gave IU life in the sixth inning with a three-run home run, his second base knock of the weekend. IU got within one run on a bases-loaded walk from sophomore shortstop Cooper Malamazian but stranded three ducks on the pond with a groundout from sophomore outfielder Cole Decker. A brilliant sixth-inning performance with no outs and the bases loaded helped junior right-handed pitcher Jackson Yarberry give momentum back to the visitors. But his second inning of work didn’t go as planned. Nebraska jumped him for seven runs, all of them with two outs in the frame. Redshirt senior right-handed pitcher Pete Haas came on and finally got the final out. As it has been all year, self-inflicted mistakes cost the Hoosiers a chance to win the ballgame. IU’s pitchers handed out 13 free passes (eight walks, five hit-by-pitches) while the offense was just 2-12 (.167) with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base. IU will look to salvage the final game of the series tomorrow (March 29) when it sends sophomore southpaw Brayton Thomas to the bump. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT at Haymarket Park in Lincoln. Scoring Recap Bottom First Nebraska opened the scoring with a bases-loaded walk from Dylan Carey. Cole Kitchens hit a sacrifice fly to center field to add a second run. Jett Buck added a third on an RBI fielder’s choice. Nebraska 3, Indiana 0 Bottom Fourth Case Sanderson singled home the game’s fourth run before Carey walked again with the bases loaded. Nebraska 5, Indiana 0 Top Sixth Indiana finally got on the board thanks to a three-run home run from pinch hitter Owen ten Oever. Nebraska 5, Indiana 3 Top Seventh Cooper Malamazian walked with the bases loaded to bring the game within one run. Nebraska 5, Indiana 4 Bottom Seventh Things got out of hand in the seventh inning. Jeter Worthley singled past Will Moore to extend the lead. A single from Sanderson and a throwing error allowed another run to score. Carey blew the game home open with a three-run home run. Drew Grego plated a pair on a two-run single with two outs. Nebraska 12, Indiana 4 Top Eighth Caleb Koskie and Jake Hanley each walked with the bases loaded. That set up Brayden Ricketts for a sacrifice fly to score a third run in the frame. Nebraska 12, Indiana 7 Top Hoosier Performers #25 ten Oever, Owen 1-3, HR, 3 RBI #15 Malamazian, Cooper 2-4, RBI, BB #17 Koskie, Caleb 1-4, RBI, BB Inside the Box Score • There were 27 free passes handed out between the two teams (21 walks, six hit-by-pitches). • IU scored six of its seven runs in two separate innings – both three-run frames. • Cooper Malamazian and Cole Dekcer each had multi-hit efforts in the loss. Notes to Know • IU walked 13 times in the ballgame. Eight of the nine starters recorded at least one walk while three guys were put on multiple times. It’s the most walks that the Hoosiers have worked in a game since a contest against Fordham (14 – Feb. 22, 2025) last season. • Sophomore outfielder Caleb Koskie recorded a base knock in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to eight games. It’s by far the longest active streak on the team and is the longest in the career of the young outfielder. He has recorded 10 hits in the last 10 games for the Hoosiers. • Sophomore shortstop Cooper Malamazian recorded his second multi-hit game of the series. He’s up to 84 base knocks in 81 games of college baseball and has worked his season batting average back up to .287. In his two-year career, Malamazian is a .308 hitter for head coach Jeff Mercer. Up Next IU will look to grab the final game of the series on Sunday (March 29) afternoon. Getaway day in Lincoln will begin at Noon. on B1G+ and will be carried on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio. ================================================================= INDIANA SOFTBALL INDIANA TOPS DETROIT MERCY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– After an early 2-0 deficit, Indiana Softball quickly flipped the script to handle business against Detroit Mercy on Saturday (March 28), winning 7-5, at Andy Mohr Field. The win gives Indiana the 2-0 series victory and puts the Hoosiers at 27-7 overall. GAME 2: INDIANA 7, DETROIT MERCY 5 *Indiana wins the series KEY MOMENTS • Detroit Mercy’s Liv Peterson singled through the right side to score two runners and put the Titans up 2-0 in the top of the first. • Josie Bird helped the Hoosiers cut into the lead right away with a double to left center which scored Avery Parker to make it a 2-1 game in the bottom of the first. • Wendy Ketola pushed Detroit Mercy’s lead to 3-1 in the top of the second with a solo homer to left field in the top of the second. • Two Hoosiers (Aly VanBrandt and Avery Parker) were hit by pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second evened the score at 3-3. • Indiana took the lead for good in the bottom of the third when Hannah Haberstroh singled to right field to score Madalyn Strader and then Cassidy Kettleman scored on an error in the next at bat to make it a 5-3 game. • A bases-clearing triple from Ellie Goins extended the lead to 7-3 in the bottom of the fourth. • Detroit Mercy would score two runs in the top of the seventh, but Indiana shut it down from there to secure the 7-5 win. NOTABLES • Brooke Mannon’s career high eight strikeouts helped propel her to earning the win and a 6-0 record on the season. • Indiana has won five of its last six games. • Six different Hoosiers recorded an RBI including Ellie Goins who led the way with two. • Hannah Haberstroh was 2-for-4 at the plate, it marked her sixth multi-hit game of the season. UP NEXT Indiana will have no midweek games ahead of its next series the following weekend at No. 7 UCLA from April 3-5 in Los Angeles, Calif. ================================================================= PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 2 PURDUE FALLS TO NO. 1 ARIZONA TO END TOURNAMENT RUN #2 Arizona 79, #8 Purdue 64 (Postgame Notes) 8-ranked and second-seeded Purdue’s season ended in a 79-64 setback to No. 2-ranked and top-seeded Arizona in the West Region final. The Boilermakers end the year with a 30-9 record and saw a seven-game winning streak end on Saturday. The 30 wins marked the third 30-win season in school history. Purdue dropped to 0-10 all-time in NCAA Tournament games against the No. 1 seed. Purdue lost for the first time at a neutral site this season, falling to 10-1 in neutral-site games. Purdue finished the year 18-4 away from Mackey Arena. Purdue lost games this season to teams ranked No. 6 (Iowa State), No. 13 (Illinois), No. 1 (Michigan), No. 11 (Michigan State), No. 19 (Wisconsin) and No. 2 (Arizona) in the AP top 25 released before the NCAA Tournament. The loss to Arizona was Purdue’s first loss away from Mackey Arena to a ranked team. The Purdue senior class finished their careers with a 117-32 career record, setting the school record for most wins by a senior class. The group won four of a possible eight Big Ten Championships (two regular season, two tournament), reached the 2024 National Championship game and a pair of Sweet 16s, posting a 10-4 NCAA Tournament record. Purdue’s three Elite Eight appearances in the last seven tournaments are tied for the second most in the country behind Duke’s five (Duke – 5; Purdue, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Houston, UConn – 3). Purdue set an NCAA single-season record with a 2.19 assist-to-turnover ratio (764 assists / 349 turnovers). Purdue’s 359, 3-pointers were the second most in a season in school history. Braden Smith scored 13 points with seven assists and five rebounds, ending his career with 1,932 points (8th in Purdue history), 1,103 assists (1st in NCAA history), 673 rebounds (17th in Purdue history) and 249 steals (3rd in Purdue history). He is the only player in NCAA history to have at least 1,500 points, 1,000 assists and 500 rebounds. Smith set the NCAA record for most minutes played in a four-year career, totaling 5,067 minutes in 149 career games, passing Lionel Simmons of La Salle (5,045; 1987-90). Smith finished the season with 345 assists, the fifth-most in a season in NCAA history. There have been five seasons of a player with at least 500 points, 300 assists and 125 rebounds. Smith had two of them. Fletcher Loyer finished his career with 1,829 points, good for 11th on the Purdue career scoring list. He finished his career with a school-record 309, 3-pointers. Loyer finished the year with 112, 3-pointers, the second most in a season in Purdue history. Trey Kaufman-Renn had 10 points to finish his career with 1,655 points, good for 19th place on the school’s career scoring list. He totaled 762 rebounds, good for 11th place on the school’s career rebounding list. SAN JOSE – The NCAA Tournament run by Purdue Men’s Basketball has been halted just short of a return trip to the Final Four. The Boilermakers, led by four-year seniors Trey Kaufman-Renn, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith, were turned away in Elite Eight action on Saturday night vs. No. 1-seeded Arizona, falling by a score of 79-64 at the SAP Center. Purdue finishes the 2025-26 season with a 30-9 overall record – the second-most wins ever by a Boiler team. The senior class set the school record for wins in a four-year span on Thursday (March 26), winning its 117th career game (117-31) with the Sweet 16 win over Texas. The 117 wins are third most in Big Ten history by a senior class (2013 Ohio State – 123; 2014 Ohio State – 119). Head coach Matt Painter’s squad was led in scoring in the setback by the Boilers’ newest senior, transfer Oscar Cluff, who battled for 14 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Smith followed with 13 points and seven assists. ================================================================= PURDUE SWIMMING STERLING AGAIN: WILLS WINS SILVER ON PLATFORM AT NCAAS ATLANTA – Purdue’s Tyler Wills put together a sterling performance in platform diving to cap his sophomore season as a silver medalist at the NCAA Championships. Wills led the way as the Boilermakers had three of the top 15 finishers and four of the top 20 in the final individual event of the national championship meet. Nathaniel Grannis (14th) and Holden Higbie (15th) joined Wills as All-Americans in the platform diving. Kaden Springfield also placed 19th. Purdue finished 29th in the team scoring with 32 points at the NCAA Championships. The Boilermakers had an All-American in all three diving events for the fourth time this decade and finished top 30 at the national championship meet for the eighth time since 2017. Wills also teamed with Daryn Wright for a silver sweep in platform diving at the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships. Like Wills, Wright also won silver on the Tower at both championship showcases. Purdue had both men’s and women’s diving medalists at NCAAs for third fourth time – also accomplishing the feat in 2008, 2011 and 2021. While earning scores of 70-plus points on five of his six dives in the final for a list total of 451.15, Wills carried an eight-point lead into the final round. Texas A&M’s Emilio Trevino finished strong with an event-high score of 92.5 on a forward 4 ½ (109C) in the final round to soar to the top of the leaderboard. Wills ripped dives in rounds 4 and 5 for scores of 84.15 and 86.70. He also had the top-scoring dive (79.20) of round 1. Trevino’s score of 85 in round 5 essentially matched Wills and set the stage for the dramatic finish. With Springfield winning bronze on the tower at NCAAs last year, the Boilermakers had different male divers medal at the national championship meet in consecutive years for the second time – also accomplishing the feat in 2008 and 2009. Higbie earned his second career All-America honor after also scoring among the top 16 on platform as a freshman in 2024. Wills and Grannis earned their first All-America accolades Saturday. Five of the six Purdue Divers that competed this week in Atlanta were an All-American in an event. Swimmer Evan Mackesy raced for a third consecutive day at NCAAs to close out his sophomore season. He finished 27th in the prelims of the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:44.39 that would rank fifth in team history (he’s already second). Mackesy also represented the Boilermakers in the 400 IM and 500 free and Purdue qualified its 200 free and 200 medley relays as well. Of the Boilermakers’ program-record 11 NCAA Championships qualifiers, 10 are slated to return for the 2026-27 season. Alex Hotta was the lone senior among Purdue’s group in Atlanta. SATURDAY AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Platform Diving Tyler Wills, 451.15 – Finished 2nd (17 Points); Silver Medalist & All-America Nathaniel Grannis, 360.50 – Finished 14th in Prelim (3 Points); Honorable Mention All-America Holden Higbie, 354.20 – Finished 15th in Prelim (2 Points); Honorable Mention All-America Kaden Springfield, 346.80 – Finished 19th in Prelim 200 IM Evan Mackesy, 1:44.39 – Finished 27th in Prelims ===================================================================== PURDUE SOFTBALL BOILERS EVEN THE SERIES WITH 13-6 WIN OVER MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Purdue (25-9, 5-3 Big Ten) used a six-run fifth inning and a 15-hit performance to power past Michigan (20-13, 1-7 Big Ten), 13–6, on Saturday afternoon at Hutchins Stadium. Four different Boilers had three-hit performances, while five had multi hit performances. The 15 total hits against Michigan is the second-highest total this year, second to the record-breaking performance of 19 against Southern Illinois on Feb. 27 The Boilers earned just their fifth victory over Michigan in the all-time series, now trailing the Wolverines 54-5. BOILER BITS Offensive Highlights Moriah Polar: 3-for-5, 3 R, SB Anna Moore: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB Haley Painter: 3-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI Delaney Reefe: 2-for-2, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI Kylie Franks: 3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI Ashlynn Campbell: 2 RBI, BB Pitching Breakdown Brianna Fontenot: (W, 8–3) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Brooke Perez: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB Julia Gossett: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K Purdue opened the scoring in the second inning. Ashlynn Campbell worked a leadoff walk and moved into scoring position before Kylie Franks lined an RBI single through the left side to give the Boilermakers a 1–0 lead. The Boilermakers added to the lead in the third. Moriah Polar singled and advanced into scoring position before Haley Painter drove her in with an RBI single to make it 2–0. In the fourth, Delaney Reefe extended the advantage with a solo home run to center field, a straight away shot over 222 feet to dead center, pushing the lead to 3–0. Purdue broke the game open in the fifth, sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring six runs. Polar reached on an error to begin the inning before Anna Moore and Painter followed with singles to load the bases. Campbell drove in a run on a fielder’s choice, and Reefe added an RBI single. A pair of Michigan errors allowed two more runs to score before Franks capped the inning with a two-run single to extend the lead to 9–0. Michigan responded with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, using four hits to cut the deficit to 9–3. Purdue answered in the sixth with two more runs. With runners on base, Campbell drove in a run on a fielder’s choice before Reefe lifted a sacrifice fly to center to push the lead to 11–3, earning her third RBI of the afternoon. The Wolverines added three runs in the sixth, capitalizing on two hits, a hit-by-pitch, and a Purdue error to make it 11–6. Purdue added insurance in the seventh. Franks doubled to lead off the inning, and after a single from Polar, Painter delivered a two-run single to left field to close out the scoring at 13–6. Julia Gossett shut the door in relief, tossing two hitless innings as Purdue secured the road victory. The Boilers will take on Michigan again for the rubber match tomorrow, Sunday, Mar. 29 at 1:00 p.m. est. For updates on Purdue Softball, follow the Boilermakers on Twitter (@PurdueSoftball), Instagram (@purduesoftball), and Facebook (Purdue Softball). =============================================================== NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IRISH, HUSKIES RENEW RIVALRY IN ELITE EIGHT FORT WORTH, Texas — For the first time since 2019, Notre Dame is back in the Elite Eight. The sixth-seeded Irish will face No. 1 overall seed UConn on Sunday with a trip to the Final Four on the line. The game will tip off at 1 p.m. on ABC, and Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe will have the call. NOTES Notre Dame toppled No. 2 Vanderbilt on Friday to reach Sunday’s Regional Final, 67-64. The Irish have won eight consecutive games against the SEC in the NCAA Tournament, which is the second-longest win streak against the conference in NCAA Tournament history. Hannah Hidalgo finished the game with 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 steals and seven assists. It was just the second 30-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history (Iowa’s Caitlin Cark). There are two 30-point triple-doubles in Notre Dame history, and both belong to Hidalgo. Hidalgo also broke the NCAA single-season steals record on Friday and sits at 199. No player in NCAA men’s or women’s basketball history has recorded 200 steals in one season. Cassandre Prosper added 15 points against the Commodores, and she recorded a block in an NCAA Tournament contest for the ninth-straight game, the longest streak in the nation. Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey is the only coach in the last 30 years to reach the Sweet 16 in his or her first five NCAA Tournament appearances. Notre Dame and UConn have met eight times in the NCAA Tournament, the most of any two opponents in Tournament history. The Irish are 5-3 in those contests. The Irish are 9-1 all-time in the Elite Eight. =============================================================== NOTRE DAME BASEBALL IRISH STOPPED IN PAIR OF GAMES AGAINST TAR HEELS SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 23 Notre Dame baseball team fell 6-5 in game one and 13-7 in game two against No. 13 North Carolina in an ACC doubleheader at Frank Eck Stadium on Saturday. GAME ONE The Tar Heels pushed a run across in the top of the first for a 1-0 lead, and the Irish responded right away in the bottom half of the inning. Noah Coy laced a one-out triple to right-center field. Mark Quatrani used a deep fly ball on the first pitch of his at-bat to use a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in Coy. North Carolina got the lead-off man on with a single before Mark Quatrani cut the runner down trying to steal second base. Radel added back-to-back strikeouts to retire the side in the second. North Carolina regained the lead with a solo home run in the top of the third inning. Radel ended the frame with a strikeout, a flyout and another strikeout to strand a Tar Heel at first. Radel needed just five pitches to retire the Tar Heels in the top of the fourth. Davis Johnson drilled the first pitch of his at-bat 413 feet to left-center field for a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth to knot the game at 1-1. The Tar Heels had a lead-off home run in the fifth and added a double with no one out. Jack Radel got a strikeout before a walk put a pair on base for North Carolina. Radel dialed up back-to-back strikeouts to force the Tar Heels into stranding two runners in scoring position while keeping it a one-run game. Radel continued to be strong on the mound as he closed out the top of the sixth inning with his tenth strikeout of the day. Noah Coy led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo shot to right-center on the first pitch of his at-bat to tie things up at 3-3. Noah Rooney then came on in relief and retired the Tar Heels in the top of seventh inning. Jayce Lee led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run to center field to put the Irish ahead. Parker Brzustewicz added a single to center field, and Brandon Logan came in to run. Logan tagged up on a foul pop up along the right field fence. Jamie Zee pushed a fly ball to right field, and Logan tagged up on the sacrifice fly to put the Irish ahead 5-3. North Carolina regained the lead with three runs in the top of the eighth to make it 6-5. Mason Barth hit a one-out ground-rule double to right-center field in the ninth. A wild pitch with two outs gone put Barth on third, but the Irish were unable to push the tying run across as game one ended 6-5. Noah Coy went 3-for-4 at the dish with a home run, a triple, two runs and an RBI. Davis Johnson and Jayce Lee each belted a home run for the Irish. Mason Barth was 2-for-4 with a double. Parker Brzustewicz and Drew Berkland each added a hit. Jack Radel struck out 10 over 6.0 innings of work in a no-decision start. Noah Rooney suffered the decision on the mound after going 1.2 with a strikeout. Eli Thurmond closed out the final 1.1 with a strikeout. GAME TWO North Carolina scored a run in the top of the first inning of game two. Drew Berkland led off the bottom half of the inning with an infield single and moved to third on a single by Noah Coy. A wild pitch allowed Berkland to score, and Bino Watters went opposite field with a 353-foot home run to left field to put the Irish up 3-1. The Tar Heels put two runs up in the top of the second to tie the game 3-3 and added two in the fourth for a 5-3 lead. Xavier Hirsch retired the side in order in the top of the fifth and capped off the inning with a strikeout looking. Mark Quatrani gave the Irish a spark with a rocket of a home run down the left field line to make it 5-4. Bino Watters kept it going with a triple off the top of the fence, and David Johnson drilled a double off the right-center wall to drive in Watters and tie things up 5-5. The Tar Heels scored six runs in the top of the sixth and a pair in the seventh to gain a 13-5 lead. The Irish continued to battle down the stretch. Andrew Graham drew a full-count walk with two outs, and Dylan Passo laced a double to put a pair of runners into scoring position. Noah Coy then drove in the pair with a single to make it 13-7. The rally was halted for the Irish, however, with a flyout in the eighth. Neither team put any runs on the board in the ninth in the 13-7 final in game two. Bino Watters went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and a home run. Watters added a walk, two RBI and two runs. Mark Quatrani was 2-for-5 with a home run, and Noah Coy added a 2-for-5 effort with two RBI and a run. Drew Berkland and Dylan Passo each had a hit and scored once, and Davis Johnson had a double and drove in a run. Caden Crowell struck out a pair after earning the start. Xavier Hirsch shouldered the loss on the mound and had two strikeouts. Will Jaisle, Garrett Snyder, Aiden Zerr and Evan Clark all made appearances in game two. Zerr went 1.2 with two strikeouts while Clark went 1.0 as the pair combined to allow zero runs in relief. Game three of the series is set to start at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Frank Eck Stadium. ================================================================== NOTRE DAME SOFTBALL IRISH DEFEAT CAL 17-4 ON SENIOR DAY SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 13/13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3, 4-3) picked up another dominant win as they defeated the Cal Golden Bears (6-8, 1-6) in a 17-4 victory on Saturday afternoon on Notre Dame’s Senior Day. With the 17-4 win today, the Irish have now held their opponents to single-digit scoring nine times and to five goals or fewer five times this season. The Irish finished with seven players in the scoring column and four with hat trick performances in the win. Madison Rassas led the way with four goals and an assist for five points on the day. Rassas has now recorded six hat tricks this season and is third in the ACC with 39 goals this year. She was followed by Kate Timarky, Charley Bacigalupo, and Grace Maroney, who each recorded hat tricks in the win. Maroney finished with three goals and one assist to tie her career-high of four points, while also recording two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Bacigalupo tallied three goals and one assist for four points, along with three ground balls. Timarky finished with three goals and three ground balls in the win. Timarky is second in the ACC with 40 goals this season as she’s now recorded nine hat tricks this season. Emma Murphy scored two goals and dished out an assist for three points. Franny O’Brien scored a goal, caused a turnover, and recorded two ground balls. Angie Conley also recorded a goal and an assist. The Irish won the draw control battle 16-6 with Uma Kowalski winning 10 of Notre Dame’s 16 team draws. Hadley Laughlin also recorded a career-high four draw controls. Goalkeepers Ceci Patterson and Isabel Pithie each finished with three saves a piece and goalkeeper Avery Gawronski also recorded her first career save. Rassas got things started for the Irish as she scored back-to-back goals for an early 2-0 lead for the Irish. Cal responded with a free position shot to make it a one-goal game, but goals from Timarky and Maroney gave Notre Dame the 4-1 advantage at the end of the first period. Back-to-back goals from Murphy started the second period, sparking the Irish offense as Notre Dame would go on to outscore the Golden Bears 8-0 in the quarter. Both Rassas and Bacigalupo recorded first half hat tricks to give Notre Dame a 12-1 lead at the half. O’Brien, Timarky, and Rassas kept the Irish run alive as they scored three straight goals to open the third period to make it 15-1 for 13 straight Irish goals. Cal finally had an answer at 6:04 in the third quarter to make it 15-2, but Rassas would find Maroney to score one last Notre Dame goal in the period to make it 16-2 heading into the fourth. The Golden Bears outscored the Irish 2-1 in the final period as the Irish secured their ninth win of the season and sixth win at home in a 17-4 victory at Arlotta. UP NEXT The Irish are back on the road for their next three games. They’ll first head to Blacksburg, VA to take on the Hokies on Saturday, April 4 at 1p.m. After that, the Irish will travel to Liberty on April 6 and then to Syracuse on April 11. Notre Dame will cap off its regular season at home against Louisville on Thursday, April 16 at 5 p.m. =============================================================== BUTLER BASEBALL BUCKLEY TOSSES COMPLETE GAME IN 6-2 WIN, BUTLER DROPS GAME TWO OF DOUBLEHEADER MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Butler split its doubleheader with the Milwaukee Panthers on Saturday. Brock Buckley tossed a complete seven-inning game in game one of the doubleheader, marking his first complete game of the season, in Butler’s 6-2 win. In game two, Milwaukee defeated BU 10-3. With the split, the Dawgs move to 7-20 on the season while Milwaukee moves to 5-19. BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS: GAME 1 Brock Buckley was outstanding on the mound, throwing a complete game and picking up his first win of the season. The senior gave up two runs on eight hits, striking out eight while walking just one. Matthew Rhoades went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer. Rhoades now has 16 on the season, the second-most in the country. Danny Gavin walked three times, marking the most by any Bulldog in a game this season. Gavin also scored a run. Gavin Gilmore went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI single and a run. Will White hit two singles and scored a run. Gavin Gilmore went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI single and a run. Easton Moore went 2-for-4 with two singles. Jack Zeller notched a two-RBI single. HOW IT HAPPENED: GAME 1 An error from the Panthers and back-to-back singles from Ayers and White loaded the bases for Butler to begin the game. Rhoades scored on a wild pitch, giving the Bulldogs an early 1-0 lead. After three consecutive scoreless innings, Butler added to its lead in the fifth. White notched a one-out single and later scored courtesy of an RBI single from Gilmore. Buckley struck out the side in the bottom of the frame as Butler led 2-0 entering the sixth. In the top of the sixth, Logan Crock was hit by a pitch. Rhoades followed with a two-run shot, extending the Bulldogs’ lead to 4-0. A sacrifice fly from UWM cut the BU lead to 4-1 heading into the final frame. The Bulldogs added two more insurance runs in the seventh. Gilmore doubled and stole third, and Gavid walked and stole second. Zeller then drove them home with a two-RBI single, giving Butler a 6-1 cushion. The Panthers added one more run in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally fell short as Butler secured the 6-2 victory. BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS: GAME 2 Logan Crock recorded a hit. Danny Gavin belted his second homer of the season. HOW IT HAPPENED: GAME 2 Milwaukee got on the board first in game two, plating two runs in the first behind three hits. The second and third were scoreless for both sides. Milwaukee hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the fourth as the Panthers extended the lead to six (6-0). After a scoreless fifth, the Panthers added four more in the bottom of the sixth as the Milwaukee lead grew to 10. Gavin got the Dawgs on the board in the seventh with a three-run home run. Despite the late rally, Butler was unable to mount a comeback in the top of the seventh, dropping the contest 10-3. UP NEXT Butler and Milwaukee will square off tomorrow in the final game of the weekend series. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m. ET. =================================================================== IU INDY SOFTBALL IU INDY LEAVES GREEN BAY WITH A WIN GREEN BAY – IU Indy closed out its weekend on a high note, rallying past Green Bay for an 8–7 win in the series finale on Saturday afternoon at King Park. The victory marked the Jaguars’ first Horizon League win of the season and snapped a 23-game losing streak. After falling behind 3–0 in the first inning, IU Indy quickly responded. The Jaguars plated two runs in the second before erupting for five runs in the third to take a 7–3 lead. Key hits in the inning included a two-RBI single from Callie Dickerson and an RBI double from Pallas Dominion, helping IU Indy seize control early. Green Bay battled back, scoring three runs in the fourth and adding another in the fifth to even the game at 7–7. The Jaguars delivered the decisive blow in the seventh inning. After Kennedy Cowan and Pallas Dominion reached base, Sonia Ruchala came through with a pinch-hit RBI double to left center, scoring Cowan and giving IU Indy the 8–7 advantage. In the circle, Lily Roush earned the win in relief, tossing two shutout innings to close out the game and secure the victory. Offensively, IU Indy totaled 16 hits, with Dominion leading the way with three hits and an RBI, while Dickerson and Mae Munson each drove in two runs. The Jaguars (4-25, 1-2 HL) now return to Indianapolis to host Ball State on Tuesday, March 31. ================================================================= BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MVB DOWNS NO. 12 MCKENDREE IN STRAIGHT SETS LEBANON, Ill. – The seventh-ranked Ball State men’s volleyball team ended its final week on the road with its third-consecutive straight set win (28-26, 25-22, 25-19) over No. 12 McKendree Saturday evening inside of the Melvin Price Convocation Center. The Cardinals (20-3, 11-2 MIVA) snap the Bearcats’ (15-8, 7-5 MIVA) nine-match winning streak as they end their road conference slate 5-2 in 2026. Senior outside Patrick Rogers captured his first double-double of the season, striking down a match-high 17 kills and 15 digs. His dig total matches his career high, which he ironically set at McKendree a year ago (Feb. 22). Rogers’ hitting percentage of .625 is also a season best. Also contributing to BSU’s offense was sophomore Ryan Louis who had nine kills, as well as Wil Basilio who tallied eight and Braydon Savitski-Lynde who recorded six in nine attempts. Setter Lucas Machado guided Ball State to a .378 hitting percentage with 40 assists. The junior earned his seventh match with that total or more this season. Ball State’s defense shined once again as the unit totaled 41 digs, the team’s second-highest total this season. The mark is, however, the program’s highest in three sets since collecting 44 versus Quincy in 2020 (Feb. 29). On top of Rogers’ career-high, Basilio and Victor Scherer added eight digs, while Louis and Machado saw four. Daniel Gunther and Will Patterson also had one each. The two teams tied in total blocks with six, as Savitski-Lynde led the Cardinals’ effort with five. Machado aided with three as Rogers contributed a pair. Ball State showed resilience early, surviving a back-and-forth opening frame that featured 12 tie scores and six lead changes. After the Bearcats forced extra points, two clutch kills from Rogers helped clinch the set. In the final frame Marty Canavan provided a spark off the bench with two service aces as Ball State went on a series on three-point runs to build control and complete the sweep. The men’s squad looks to maintain its position at the top of the MIVA as they return home to defend Worthen Arena versus Northern Kentucky on April 2 at 7 p.m. ================================================================ BALL STATE SOFTBALL KITA & ZIMPLEMAN HELP SOFTBALL SALVAGE SATURDAY SPLIT TOLEDO, Ohio – – Sophomore second baseman Addison Zimpleman smashed her first collegiate grand slam and junior pitcher Brinkley Kita was nearly lights out, helping the Ball State softball team end the weekend with a 6-2 victory over Toledo Saturday afternoon at Scott Park. After dropping Saturday’s opener to the Rockets (10-21; 6-3 MAC) by a final of 8-5, the Cardinals (13-15; 2-7 MAC) were looking for something to give them a little momentum in the nightcap. Cue Zimpleman, who came up with bases loaded and one out in the top of the second and proceeded to blast a 2-2 pitch over the fence in right center to put Ball State ahead 4-0. It was Zimpleman’s first multi-base hit for the Cardinals and provided all the run support Kita would need. After limiting the Rockets to one hit over 2.2 innings of relief work in the day’s opener, Kita picked up right where she left off to earn her third complete game victory of the season. Over her 7.0 innings of work in the nightcap, Kita held Toledo to six hits and two runs, while picking up a pair of strikeouts. She also had one strikeout in the opening game. Kita finished the day with a 1.45 ERA and limited Toledo to a .200 average over her 9.2 innings of work. She also boasted a 0.83 WHIP, allowing just eight total base runners over her two appearances. Toledo would still attempt to make a push late in the second game, loading the bases with one out. However, Zimpleman would also play the defensive hero by sparking a game-ending double play as she snagged a hard-hit ground ball, touching second and then throwing to first to get the speedy Rockets lead off batter out. In Saturday’s opener freshman center fielder Paige Kelley led the offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate. She also scored two runs in the game. Overall, Kelley produced a .625 average for the series, with five hits, three runs scored and a pair of RBIs. She also drew a walk for a team-leading .667 on base percentage, while boasting a team-leading .750 slugging percentage, including one double. The Ball State softball team is scheduled to return to action Tuesday with a 4 p.m. first pitch at IU Indy. GAME 1 SCORING SUMMARY: Ball State 5 – Toledo 8 T1 – Redshirt junior third baseman Skylinn Pogue’s fourth triple of the season drove in junior shortstop Maia Pietrzakwho opened the game with a single to right field (1-0) T1 – A sac fly from senior first baseman Lindsey DeRoeck brought home Pogue (2-0) B1 – Toledo ties the score courtesy of a two-run home run from Samantha Bolding (2-2) T2 – Senior designated player Ella Whitney smashed an RBI double down the left field line, driving in Kelley who also doubled in the frame (3-2) B2 – Bolding’s second two-run home run of the game gave Toledo a one-run edge (3-4) T4 – Whitney drives in two more with a single up the middle, driving in Kelley and Pietrzak, to put BSU back up by one (5-4) B4 – Toledo ties the score courtesy of Bolding’s fifth RBI of the game on a double down the left field line (5-5) B4 – Audrey Miller followed with an RBI double to center as Toledo reclaimed the lead (5-6) B4 – Toledo adds two more on a Payton Pudlowski home run to center field, capping the scoring in the game (5-8) GAME 2 SCORING SUMMARY: Ball State 6 – Toledo 2 T2 – Zimpleman’s first multiple base hit with the Cardinals was her first collegiate grand slam, driving in redshirt sophomore pinch runner Payton Fox, senior left fielder Ashlee Lovett and redshirt junior right fielder Grace Spencer (4-0) B2 – An RBI single from Payton Abiley got Toledo on the scoreboard (4-1) T3 – Noble got the run back with an RBI double to center, driving in DeRoeck (5-1) B6 – Bolding’s third home run of the day cut the Ball State lead back to three (5-2) T7 – DeRoeck followed a Whitney double with an RBI single up the middle (6-2) ================================================================ BALL STATE BASEBALL CARDINALS BEAT BOBCATS 14-7 FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN OVER OHIO TO START SERIES MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team scored in each of the first five innings to build an 8-3 lead and put together a six-run rally in the seventh to put the game away in a 14-7 win over Ohio on Saturday afternoon at Shebek Stadium. The Cardinals (14-11, 9-2 Mid-American Conference) got one run in the first frame on an RBI single by Ryan Muizelaar to plate Brett Griffiths and two in the second including an RBI single by Brayden Huebner to knot the score at 3-3 entering the third inning. Maalik Perkins punctuated a two-run bottom half of the third with an RBI knock, and Muizelaar extended the edge for the hosts to 6-3 in the fourth on another run-scoring safety. Huebner hit a two-run homer in the fifth frame to give the Cardinals an 8-3 advantage. Ohio (5-21, 3-8 MAC) tallied two runs each in the sixth and seventh innings to draw within a run at 8-7, but Ball State rallied for six scores in the bottom of the seventh including run-scoring hits from Griffiths (double), Jacob Gillis (double), Preston Murphy (two-run double) and Max Kalk (single) for what proved to be the day’s final offense. Huebner went 4-for-6 on the day with three RBI, and Muizelaar and Gavin Balius each had three hits to lead a Ball State lineup that collected 17 knocks for a second straight game. Keegan Johnson started for the Cardinals and struck out six in 3.1 innings of three-run ball. Owen Quinn (3-0) followed and collected five punchouts in 3.0 frames to be credited with the win. Zander Bretza shut down the Bobcats from there, striking out seven in 2.2 innings to earn his second save of the year. Hunter Winston (1-2) was the starting pitcher on the negative side of the decision, as he allowed five runs on six hits in 3.0 frames to suffer the loss for the Bobcats. Third baseman Dylan Shepherd led Ohio with three hits on the afternoon. “Encouraged by our pitchers striking out 18 guys, several players had good offensive days and we made no errors,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “Great team effort!” Ball State has a chance at a series sweep in the Sunday finale at 1 p.m. ================================================================== INDIANA STATE BASEBALL SYCAMORES POWER PAST VALPARAISO IN WEEKEND SERIES OPENER, 18-2 VALPARAISO, Ind. – Nick Sutherlin homered and drove in six RBIs, while Mason Roell (twice) and Carter Beck also left the ballpark as Indiana State powered its way past Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field with the 18-2, seven-inning win. Sutherlin sparked the Indiana State (12-13, 3-1) offense with a three-run home run in the top of the first inning and added a two-run double in the third to put the Sycamores on the scoreboard early. Roell added his first homer of the day with a two-run shot scoring Sutherlin in the third and then connected on a three-run blast in the fourth inning to give Indiana State the 12-0 lead. Beck added a two-run home run of his own in the top of the fifth inning to add to the offense, while Emil Esterlla, Caden Miller, and John Curl also drove in runs as Indiana State did not let up against Valparaiso (6-15, 0-4) in claiming the Missouri Valley series opening win. The Indiana State offense came in support of another strong outing from Ty Brooks (5-0) as the sophomore right-hander was masterful over 6.0 innings of work. Brooks surrendered just three hits while striking out six, needing just 75 pitches before turning the ball over to the bullpen for the final inning. Joey Valentine and Trevor Fenters worked the seventh as Valparaiso scored two runs on Brayden Pleau’s two-run single before shutting down the Beacons to close out the game. Ten different Indiana State players combined for 18 hits on Saturday afternoon with Andrew Ortiz, Carter Beck, and Nick Sutherlin all recorded three-hit games. Mason Roell and Nomar Garcia both added multi-hit contests in the win. Case Sullivan had two of Valparaiso’s five hits in the loss, including a double down the left field line in the bottom of the seventh inning. Adam Guazzo (1-3) took the loss on the mound allowing two hits and three runs over 2.0 innings in the start. Justin Bultemeier, Cayden Ray, joe Sieber, and Dylan Immel went the remaining 5.0 innings on Saturday afternoon. How They Scored Indiana State took the early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Nick Sutherlin followed walks issued to both Emil Estrella and Caden Miller with a three-run home run over the wall in right center to put the Sycamores ahead. Nick Sutherlin put the Sycamores back on the board in the top of the third with a two-run double to center scoring Carter Beck and Andrew Ortiz, before Mason Roell drilled a two-run home run over the left field wall to put Indiana State ahead 7-0. The Sycamores put five runs across the plate in the top of the fourth inning as Carter Beck doubled home Nomar Garcia and Emil Estrella’s RBI grounder scored Andrew Ortiz, before Mason Roell connected on a three-run home run over the left field wall to make it a 12-0 Indiana State lead. Carter Beck added to the home run parade in the top of the fifth inning with a two-run homer to right center and Nick Sutherlin added an RBI single through the left side of the infield scoring Emil Estrella to put Indiana State ahead 15-0. The Sycamores added to the lead in the top of the sixth as Caden Miller connected on a two-run double to center, before John Curl’s RBI single to right field capped the Indiana State scoring with an 18-0 lead. Valparaiso scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh on Brayden Pleau’s RBI single bringing home Gavin Bennett and Louie Kegerreis to provide the final 18-2 scoring margin. News and Notes Mason Roell recorded his first collegiate multi-homer game on Saturday afternoon as the sophomore third baseman connected on a pair of home runs in the win over Valparaiso. Mason Roell’s two-homer game marked the fifth time an Indiana State player has hit at least two home runs in the same game in the 2026 season and first since Emil Estrella hit a pair of grand slams on March 22 against Bradley. Nick Sutherlin’s six RBIs on Saturday afternoon was one off his season-high of seven set on March 16, 2026. Nick Sutherlin (6) and Mason Roell (5) both drove in at least five runs on Saturday afternoon marking the fifth and sixth times an Indiana State player has recorded at least five RBIs in the same game in the 2026 season. Jaxon Sparks recorded his first collegiate hit on Saturday afternoon as the freshman outfielder singled in the top of the third inning. The first six batters in the Indiana State lineup on Saturday afternoon combined to go 13-for-21 with seven extra-base hits, 17 RBIs, and 16 runs scored. Andrew Ortiz recorded his third consecutive three-hit game on Saturday afternoon. Carter Beck extended his hitting streak to seven consecutive games as the junior outfielder recorded his seventh multi-hit game in a row after going 3-for-4 from the plate. Ty Brooks turned in a dominant start on the mound going 6.0 shutout innings to record his seventh start of 5.0+ innings in the 2026 season. Ty Brooks lowered his team-leading ERA down to 2.00, while the three hits he allowed lowered is opponent batting average down to .165. Joey Valentine made his 2026 Indiana State debut on the mound in relief in the bottom of the seventh inning. Indiana State has scored double-digit runs in six consecutive games against Valparaiso at Emory G. Bauer Field dating back to April 10, 2022. The Sycamores’ 18-2 win over the Beacons marked the largest margin of victory by an Indiana State team over Valparaiso in program history dating back to the inaugural contest between the two scores in 1948. Up Next Indiana State and Valparaiso continue the weekend series tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. ET at Emory G. Bauer Field. The game will be carried live on 105.5 The Legend. =============================================================== INDIANA SOFTBALL SYCAMORES SPLIT SATURDAY DOUBLEHEADER AT VALPARAISO VALPARAISO, Ind. – Indiana State leaned on a dominant complete-game performance from Caylee Gaytan in the nightcap to earn a doubleheader split against Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon at the Valpo Softball Complex. After dropping the opener 5-2, the Sycamores bounced back with a 3-2 victory to move to 5-5 in Missouri Valley Conference play. In the series opener, the Sycamores wasted no time getting on the board. In the top of the first, Addie Burns laced an RBI single down the left-field line to drive home Morgan Goodrich for an early 1-0 lead. However, the Beacons responded in the bottom half of the frame with a three-run home run to take a lead they would not relinquish. Valparaiso added two insurance runs in the fourth inning on a two-RBI single to center. Indiana State attempted a late rally in the seventh as Claire Connelly drove in Sophie Esposito with a sacrifice fly, but the deficit proved too large. Lauren Sackett took the loss, while Valpo’s Sydney McDermott earned the win. The Sycamores turned to Caylee Gaytan in the nightcap, and the right-hander delivered a gem. Gaytan went the distance, allowing just one run on four hits while keeping the Beacon offense off balance all afternoon. Indiana State began its comeback in the sixth inning when Sophie Esposito drove a single to left field to score Hannah Welch, cutting the deficit to 2-1. In the top of the seventh, the Sycamores took the lead for good. After Esposito reached base, Lauren Marsicek launched a two-run home run to center field, putting Indiana State ahead 3-2. Gaytan shut the door in the bottom of the seventh, inducing a lineout to center to secure the comeback victory. How They Scored Game 1 Indiana State: Addie Burns singled down the left-field line, RBI; Morgan Goodrich scored (1-0). Valparaiso: Gallagher homered to left field, 3 RBI; Rodas and Vrastil scored (1-3). Valparaiso: Vrastil singled to right-center, 2 RBI; Hollopeter and Young scored (1-5). Indiana State: Claire Connelly flied out to center field, SF, RBI; Sophie Esposito scored (2-5). Game 2 Indiana State: Sophie Esposito singled to left field, RBI; Hannah Welch scored (1-0). Valparaiso: Krug scored on a wild pitch (1-1). Valparaiso: Young scored on a passed ball and a throwing error (1-2). Indiana State: Lauren Marsicek homered to center field, 2 RBI; Sophie Esposito scored (3-2). News and Notes Caylee Gaytan recorded her eighth complete game of the season in the nightcap, holding the Beacons to just two runs to earn her sixth win of the year. Lauren Marsicek provided the heroics in Game 2 with a two-run home run in the seventh inning, her second long ball of the year. Sophie Esposito finished the doubleheader strong, recording three hits and an RBI before scoring the game-winning run in the seventh. She also scored a run in the opener. Addie Burns collected her 13th RBI of the season. Up Next Indiana State and Valparaiso will meet to finish the series tomorrow, Sunday, March 29. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at the Valpo Softball Complex. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, with live stats available on GoSycamores.com. ================================================================= PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S VB MEN’S VOLLEYBALL FALLS AT NO. 11 LINDENWOOD ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s volleyball team fell in five sets (25-22, 20-25, 25-18, 25-27, 21-19) at No. 11 Lindenwood on Saturday afternoon (March 28). The Lions opened the match with a firm grip on the first set, claiming an early 6-1 run for a 9-4 lead. Lindenwood’s defense held strong through the set, keeping the Mastodons at a -.074 hitting percentage and adding in four blocks. The Lions went on to take the first set 25-22. The ‘Dons stampeded out from the break, scoring six straight unanswered points. Freshman Ethan Skalski led the charge, serving three aces during the stretch. Purdue Fort Wayne boasted a .448 hitting percentage in the set, taking the frame at 25-20. The third set was a battle early, but a Lions .550 hitting percentage propelled the home team into a firm lead. Lindenwood used a 6-1 run to create a gap that the Mastodons could never close. The Lions took the third set 25-18. The fourth set never left a two-point separation between the two teams. The ‘Dons led 15-14 at the media break. Lindenwood had the opportunity to take the set at 24-23, but Owen Banner extended the frame. The Mastodons held on through the Lion pressure to send the match to a fifth set, winning 27-25. Lindenwood threatened to run away with the fifth set, starting off with a 5-2 lead. Skalski and Logan Muir added kills into a 4-1 run that evened the score at 7-7. The ‘Dons used another 4-1 scoring stretch to take a 12-10 lead. After a back and forth conclusion to the set, the Lions took the fifth set at 21-19. Muir led the match with 21 kills, along with five digs and four aces. Andrew Mayer dug out a career-high 14 digs. Hunter Hopkins finished with 47 assists in the match. No. 20 Purdue Fort Wayne drops to 9-10 on the year, 4-8 in MIVA play. No. 11 Lindenwood moves to 18-4 for the season, 9-3 in MIVA play.The ‘Dons travel to Charlotte for a pair of matches against Queens on April 2 and 3. ================================================================= EVANSVILLE SOFTBALL UE COMPLETES SERIES SWEEP OVER DRAKE DES MOINES, Iowa – Two exciting victories on Saturday saw the University of Evansville softball team earn a road series sweep over Drake at Buel Field. Following a 5-3 win in the opener, the Purple Aces hung on for a 9-7 win in game two. Evansville earned its first Missouri Valley Conference 3-game series sweep since 2024 when the Aces took three games against Valparaiso. It marked the first conference road sweep for the program since 2019 when Evansville took three games against Missouri State in Springfield, Mo. Game 1 – UE 5, Drake 3 Brooke Voss’ 2-run home run in the top of the seventh inning gave the Purple Aces a 5-3 win in Saturday’s opener. Starting pitcher Kate Ridgway struck out a career-high 11 batters while tossing another complete game. As a team, UE compiled nine hits with Emma McDonald, Maliyah Wilkins, and Niki Bode finishing with two apiece. McDonald added two runs while Voss paced the squad with three RBI. Wilkins led the top of the second off with a single before advancing to second on a wild pitch and third on a sacrifice by Jess Willsey. Ashtyn Holbrook brought her in with a sacrifice fly to center field. The Bulldogs quickly tied the game with a run in the bottom of the frame, however, the Aces retook the lead in the third. McDonald opened with a single and stole second. With two outs, she scored on a double by Niki Bode. Drake tied things up with a score in the bottom of the fourth but UE came right back in the fifth. Angela Valentine recorded a leadoff double and scored the go-ahead run until Drake rallied once again with the tying run in the bottom of the inning. Looking to regain the lead, Evansville posted two hits in the sixth with Morgan Adams and Wilkins reaching on singles, but the run was halted on a double play. After Ridgway retired the side in order to complete the sixth, UE came through in the seventh. Following two quick outs, McDonald extended the inning with a double to bring Voss to the plate. A clutch 2-run home run to left center put the Aces back on top and would prove to be the game-winner. The Bulldogs put two runners on in the bottom of the inning before Ridgway struck out the side to end the game. Game 2 – UE 9, Drake 7 Evansville took an 8-0 lead in the top of the fifth and looked to put an early end to the game before a furious rally by Drake made things interesting before the Aces held on for a 9-7 victory to secure the series sweep. A huge start saw UE jump out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first. Brooke Voss hit a leadoff single and would score on a double by Niki Bode. Next up was Morgan Adams who homered to right center to make it a 3-0 game. Following a pitching change by the Bulldogs, Jess Willsey hit a home run to right center to cap off the 4-run inning. Drake had multiple scoring chances over the next handful of innings as they stranded two runners in the bottom of the first before leaving the bases loaded in the third, however, Alexis Tucker kept them off the board each time. Taylor Howe led off the top of the fifth with a home run to left field while Bode followed with a single. With one out, Eliza Piggott hit a 2-run shot to right center. Willsey followed with her second solo homer of the contest to make it an 8-0 score. Just when it looked like the Aces would cruise to the shutout, the Bulldogs staged a rally. Ava Husak ended the shutout with a 2-run home run as Drake scored four in the bottom of the fifth. Bode got one of the runs back with a solo shot in the sixth as the score was 9-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh. The Bulldogs plated three runs and looked to do more damage as they loaded the bases with two outs. Kate Ridgway entered the game and picked up the final our on a fly ball to left as she earned the save. Tucker earned the win allowing three runs, two earned, in 4 1/3 innings of work. The offense erupted for 13 hits including six home runs. Willsey went 3-4 with two solo home runs while Bode had a 3-for-5 day with a solo homer, three runs, and two RBI. Piggott and Howe added two hits apiece. ============================================================== SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL USI LOSES GAME TWO AT LITTLE ROCK, 6-0 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball was shut out by Little Rock in the second game in the series, 6-0, Saturday afternoon at Gary Hogan Field in Little Rock, Arkansas. USI is 17-10 this season and 3-2 in the OVC, while Little Rock falls to 16-11, 4-1 OVC. Little Rock struck first and often in the first two frames, scoring once in the first and three-times in the second to take a 4-0 lead. USI junior right-hander Ryan Weller (2-1) was charged with all four of the runs, going 2.1 innings in taking the loss. The score would remain 4-0 until the bottom of the sixth when the Trojans upped the margin to the eventual final score of 6-0 with a pair of tallies. USI was limited to six hits in the contest, led by senior catcher Micajah Wall, who had a pair of hits. Up Next for the Screaming Eagles: The Screaming Eagles conclude at Little Rock Sunday at 1 p.m. ==================================================================== VALPO SOFTBALL SOFTBALL SPLITS SATURDAY DOUBLEHEADER WITH SYCAMORES For the third straight weekend, the Valpo softball team opened its Missouri Valley Conference series with a victory, taking down Indiana State in the series opener at the Valpo Softball Complex by a 5-2 final. The Beacons were within two outs of completing the twinbill sweep before the Sycamores connected on a seventh-inning home run to earn a 3-2 win. How It Happened – Game One The Sycamores used two walks and a run-scoring single to take the lead in the top of the first. After another free pass, ISU had the bases loaded with one out looking for more, but Sydney McDermott (Stout, Ohio/Portsmouth West) got a pop-up and a ground ball to keep the Sycamores from adding to their opening tally. Valpo responded in a big way in its first turn at the plate. Madison Vrastil (Oak Forest, Ill./Andrew) beat out an infield single to open the frame and then advanced to second two batters later on an ISU error, which put two runners on base for Mack Gallagher (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East [MSU Moorhead]). The cleanup hitter took full advantage, hitting a deep fly to left that sent Morgan Goodrich back to the fence. Goodrich reached up at the barrier, but the ball hit off her glove and fell on the far side for a three-run homer for Gallagher, putting Valpo in front, 3-1. The Beacons got some key insurance in the bottom of the fourth. Azalya Lopez (Corona, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt [MSU Moorhead]) drew a one-out walk and Grace Hollopeter (Lake Village, Ind./North Newton [Purdue Fort Wayne]) followed with a first-pitch double to put two in scoring position for Vrastil. The sophomore promptly lined the first pitch she saw into the right-center gap to plate a pair of runs, pushing the lead to 5-1. Meanwhile, McDermott was strong in the circle after the first inning, as no ISU baserunner made it past second base from the second through sixth innings. In the seventh, the Sycamores plated a run when a leadoff triple was followed by a sacrifice fly. After a subsequent walk, Lopez was called upon to get the final two outs and did so with a pair of strikeouts to close out the win. How It Happened – Game Two The game was scoreless through three innings, thanks in large part to a nice defensive play from Cadan Brinkman (Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community [Campbell/Wofford]) at third base in the top of the third. With two on and no out, Brinkman charged to grab a sacrifice attempt in the air and was able to double off the runner at first base. ISU opened the scoring in the top of the fourth, as three consecutive two-out singles plated the first run. With two on and two out, Lopez reared back and got a key strikeout to limit the Sycamores to the one run. After their first 10 batters of the game had been set down in order, the Beacons got their first baserunner in the fourth inning on a one-out triple from Kayden Krug (Milford, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame). After the second out was recorded, it looked like ISU was preparing to intentionally walk Gallagher, but the first intentional ball was nowhere near where the catcher was expecting it and went all the way to the backstop, as Krug scampered home with the tying run. Another chaotic situation in the bottom of the fifth allowed Valpo to pull ahead. Addie Young (Delaware, Ohio/Olentangy Berlin) drew a four-pitch pinch-hit walk to lead off the inning. The first pitch to the next hitter was mishandled by the Sycamore catcher and Young took off for second. The catcher’s throw down sailed over second base, and with ISU’s center fielder playing in with a slapper at the plate, she didn’t have the reaction time or the angle to keep the throw from going all the way to the fence and Young easily came all the way around to score and make it 2-1 Valpo. It looked like the two runs would be enough for Lopez in the circle, as she had retired seven of eight ISU hitters after the fourth-inning RBI single. But a leadoff single for the Sycamores proved crucial, as two batters later, Lauren Marsicek hit a homer to straightaway center field to flip the script and make it 3-2 ISU. Valpo threatened to earn a walk-off victory in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases with two outs on a trio of walks before a diving catch by the ISU center fielder ended the game. Inside the Games This is the third straight MVC series where Valpo has won the opener of the first-day doubleheader before dropping the nightcap. Vrastil extended her hitting streak to 10 straight games in the opener, as she went 2-for-3 with a walk to reach three times — her seventh multi-hit game of the streak. The hitting streak ended in the nightcap. Vrastil also drove in a pair of runs in the win, her third multi-RBI game of the season. Gallagher reached twice in the opener, highlighted by her three-run homer. It was her seventh homer of the season and the 30th of her collegiate career. Gallagher also reached via walk in the opener and drew a free pass in the nightcap as well, giving her 27 walks this season — tied for 10th-most in a single season in program history. She also cracked the program’s career top-10 for free passes, ending the day with 63 walks over her two seasons with the Beacons. Marissa Jackson (Willis, Mich./Huron) reached twice in the opener as well, picking up a single and a walk. McDermott had her longest outing in the circle since Feb. 27 in the opener, going 6.1 innings and giving up just two runs on four hits while striking out seven to improve to 8-7 on the year. Lopez picked up her third save of the year and seventh of her Valpo career — tied for third-most in program history — with her back-to-back strikeouts to finish the opener. She took the loss in the nightcap, falling to 5-5 this season despite striking out seven in 6.1 innings. Next Up Valpo (14-18, 3-7 MVC) closes out the weekend series with the rubber game against Indiana State Sunday at noon. ================================================================= SMALL INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ 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/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ========================================================= “SPORTS EXTRA” ========================================================= TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1933 In an exhibition game, Cubs outfielder Kiki Cuyler fractured his right fibula and will miss nearly three months after missing half of last season when he broke a bone in his left foot. The 36-year-old future Hall of Famer has led the league in stolen bases four times and will finish with 328 career steals. 1935 The reigning National League champion Cardinals release 44-year-old right-hander Dazzy Vance, who appeared in his first and only World Series this season. The future Hall of Fame hurler will return to the Dodgers, where he spent the most productive years of his career, finishing his major league 16-year tenure in the major leagues with a 197-140 (.585) record and an ERA of 3.24. 1944 During a Pacific Coast League minor league exhibition game, Oakland lends Los Angeles five players after some of their opponents suffer various injuries in a car accident. The ‘visiting’ team beats the hometown Oaks, 6-2. 1948 Thirty-four players participate in an unusually long exhibition game when the Yankees and the Red Sox take 17 innings to play to a 2-2 tie. The four-hour, two-minute contest features the Bronx Bombers scoring runs in the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings to keep the score knotted, but the team fails to push in the winning run in the final frame when Frank Crosetti attempts a two-out bunt to squeeze in a runner from third. 1954 The Cubs fire skipper Phil Cavarretta after telling reporters the team had little chance to finish in the first division. The 36-year-old player-manager, who compiled a 169-213 (.442) record during his three years at the helm, is the first to lose a managerial position during spring training. 1973 At the suggestion of A’s owner Charlie Finley, orange-colored balls are put into play in an 11-5 exhibition game loss to the Indians. Major League Baseball drops the novel concept after Cleveland outfielder George Hendrick, who hit three home runs in the contest, claims he had difficulty seeing the ball. 1975 Mel Stottlemyre, suffering from a torn rotator cuff, is given his unconditional release by the Yankees. The team’s future pitching coach compiled a 164-139 record and a 2.97 ERA, tossing 152 complete games, including 40 shutouts. 2000 The Expos and Labatt announce that the C$100M sponsorship deal, negotiated two years ago, will go forward as planned. The Brewery has committed to paying C$40M over the next 20 years for the naming rights to Montreal’s proposed downtown ballpark, and approximately another C$60M to serve as the team’s primary sponsor, a role the company has held for the past 15 years. 2001 With less than four years of major league service, Todd Helton signs a nine-year, $141.5 million contract extension, making him the highest-paid player in Rockies history. Last season, the 27-year-old Colorado first baseman batted .372, hit 42 homers, and knocked in 147 runs. 2002 The Red Sox purchase Rickey Henderson’s contract from Pawtucket, placing the future Hall of Fame outfielder on their Opening Day roster. The ‘Man of Steal,’ who joined the exclusive 3,000-hit club on the final day of last season, will begin his 24th year in the majors, appearing with his eighth different club. 2002 Major League Baseball announces there will be a minute of silence at 9:11 at every major league team’s first-night game this season to remember the tragic events of September 11th. The performance of God Bless America will continue during the seventh-inning stretch of all contests. 2002 The Brewers announce that Miller Park’s retractable roof will be used only on a limited basis at the start of the season as engineers try to eliminate persistent noise from the year-old structure. According to the engineers who designed the building, the problem in the pivot system, located behind and above home plate in the so-called Uecker seats, is not a hazard. 2007 In a split-squad game between the Cubs and Diamondbacks at Mesa’s HoHoKam Park, Ria Cortesio, serving alternately as the first and third base umpire, becomes the first female ump to work a major league exhibition game since Pam Postema in 1989. The thirty-year-old Davenport (IA) native, starting her ninth year as an arbitrator and fifth in Double-A minor league ball, hopes to be the first woman umpire in major league history. 2008 The Dodgers lose to the Red Sox in front of 115,300 fans at the LA Coliseum in an exhibition game celebrating the club’s 50th anniversary of their move west from Brooklyn. The crowd is the largest ever to watch a baseball game, surpassing the previous record of approximately 114,000 who attended an exhibition contest between the Australian national and American services teams during the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. 2009 John Franco throws out the ceremonial first pitch to a standing ovation from the crowd attending the collegiate matchup between St. John’s and Georgetown in the first baseball game ever played at Citi Field. Before tossing his signature pitch, a breaking ball in the dirt, the former Mets reliever takes the mound wearing the familiar blue and orange but then removes his jacket to reveal his alma mater’s colors, a Red Storm jersey with his number 45. 2009 Dontrelle Willis is placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Tigers. According to the 27-year-old southpaw, who has been unsuccessful since winning 22 games with the Marlins in 2003, he has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, believed by doctors to be easily treatable. 2009 On a chilly afternoon, 22,397 patrons become the first fans to attend a baseball game at Citi Field, the Mets’ new home, when St. John’s University hosts Georgetown in a collegiate contest. The weather dampened the schools’ hope of breaking the NCAA attendance record of 40,106, set during a game between San Diego State and Houston played at Petco Park in 2004. 2009 The Yankees dedicate a permanent September 11th memorial at the entrance of George M. Steinbrenner Field, the team’s Spring Training home in Tampa (FL). The tribute to the victims and their families of the terrorist attacks of 2001 features a foundation in the shape of the Pentagon, which supports two towers made from steel from the World Trade Center, placed on a grassy spot representing the heroes of United Flight 93, who perished in a field in Pennsylvania. 2010 Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announces President Obama will throw out the first pitch before Washington’s game against the Phillies at Nationals Park on Opening Day, continuing a century-old tradition. In 1910, William Howard Taft became the first Commander-in-Chief to toss the ceremonial first pitch to start the season. 2013 Tiger right-hander Justin Verlander agrees to a seven-year, $180 million contract, the richest deal for a pitcher in baseball history. The 2011 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner, already signed through 2014 under a previous $80 million, five-year deal, decides not to test free agency in two years, stating that “the pull of Detroit was too much.” 2013 The Giants and Buster Posey, the National League’s MVP, agree on an eight-year, $159 million extension with a full no-trade clause. The deal, keeping the 26-year-old backstop in a Giants’ uniform through 2021, is the second-richest contract ever given to a catcher, surpassed only by the Twins’ signing of Joe Mauer two seasons ago to an eight-year, $184 million pact. 2017 The Dodgers commemorate Kirk Gibson’s historic pinch-hit, walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series by offering a special ticket package for a right-field pavilion seat, recently painted blue and bearing his signature, where the ball landed. The team is donating two-thirds of the $300 price of the ducats, including a companion seat, two commemorative T-shirts, and food and drink, to the Kirk Gibson Foundation to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s research, a neurological disease affecting the Fall Classic hero. 2018 This date marks the earliest start of the major league season in the game’s history, excluding international openers. The schedule calls for all the teams to play on Opening Day for the first time since April 10th, 1968, the last season before divisional play started in the American and National Leagues. 2018 Matt Davidson becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit three home runs on Opening Day, contributing to the White Sox’s 14-7 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The White Sox slugging third baseman joins Dmitri Young (Tigers, 2005), Tuffy Rhodes (Cubs, 1994), and George Bell (Blue Jays, 1988) in accomplishing the feat on the first day of the season. 2018 On Opening Day, the Blue Jays retire the late right-hander Roy Halladay’s number 32 during an emotional on-field ceremony at Rogers Centre. In his 12 seasons with Toronto, the six-time American League All-Star, who died in a plane crash off the coast of Florida in November, compiled a 148-76 record with a 3.43 ERA before his trade to the Phillies in 2009 for minor league prospects. 2018 At Miami, Cubs’ leadoff hitter Ian Happ goes deep on the season’s first pitch, homering to right field off a Jose Urena fastball in the team’s 8-4 victory over the Marlins. The 23-year-old center fielder, playing in his first Opening Day contest, becomes the first player to accomplish the feat since the Red Sox’s Dwight Evans took Tiger right-hander Jack Morris deep on the initial delivery of the 1986 campaign. =================================================================== TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY On March 29 in … 1906 – Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in two games. 1919 – Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) and Seattle (PCHA) win two games each with one tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic. 1929 – NHL Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in two games. 1940 – Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck in two rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title. 1941 – Third NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34. 1946 – First Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand. 1946 – Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon. 1948 – New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17 innings, spring training game. 1953 – Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women’s Golf Open. 1958 – US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss. 1958 – US Men’s Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins. 1959 – Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore. 1966 – Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. 1970 – Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II. 1973 – Dave Cowens wins NBA Most Valuable Player. 1975 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open. 1976 – 38th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68. 1979 – Delhi beats Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket’s Ranji Trophy. 1979 – Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad. 1981 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women’s Kemper Golf Open. 1981 – Tiina Lehtola ski-jumps female record 110 metres. 1981 – The first London Marathon starts with 7,500 runners. 1982 – 44th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62. 1982 – Delhi 707 beats Karnataka 705 on first innings to win Ranji Trophy. 1984 – NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night. 1985 – Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist. 1987 – 6th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 67-44. 1987 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic. 1987 – Australian Football League expansion team, the West Coast Eagles, play their first ever match (not including pre-season). They defeat the Richmond Tigers 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119). 1989 – First Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL. 1990 – Houston Rockets’ Akeen Olajuwan scores the third NBA quadruple double 18 points, 16 rebounds, ten assists and 11 blocks versus Milwaukee Bucks. 1992 – 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie. 1992 – NCAA Basketball Women’s Championship at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62. 1992 – World Ice Dance Championship in Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS). 1992 – World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS). 1992 – World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA). 1992 – World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS). 1993 – Queensland all out for 75 versus New South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final. 1994 – Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys. 1994 – Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border. 1996 – Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens. 1996 – New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game. 1997 – First game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Atlanta Braves beats New York Yankees 2-0 (exhibition game). 1997 – PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith. 1998 – 17th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 93-75. 1999 – UConn defeats Duke 77-74, for the 61st NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. 2001 – Todd Helton signs a nine-year, $141.5 million contract extension with the Colorado Rockies. 2009 – At the world women’s curling championship in Gangneung, South Korea, Bingyu Wang of China defeats Sweden’s Anette Norberg 8-6 to give China its first-ever world women’s curling championship title. 2009 – At least 22 people are killed and 132 injured in a stampede before a World Cup of soccer qualifying match in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 2009 – In Melbourne, Australia, round 1 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button. 2022 – At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Anaheim Ducks by score 3-2. 2022 – At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Calgary Flames by score 2-1. 2022 – At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-1. 2022 – At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Ottawa Senators by score 4-1. 2022 – At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 4-3. 2022 – At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-2. 2022 – At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Montreal Canadiens by score 7-4. 2022 – At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-3. 2022 – At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Boston Bruins by score 6-4. Births of sports figures on March 29 1867 – Birth of Cy [Denton True] Young in Gilmore, Ohio, USA; winningest pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911). 1871 – Birth of Tom Hayward; cricket player (great England batsman of the Golden Age). 1917 – Birth of Man O’ War; racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races and US$249,465). 1921 – Birth of Sam Loxton; cricket player (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 1940s). 1925 – Birth of Emlen Tunnell; NFL safety (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers). 1930 – Birth of G R Sunderam; cricket pace bowler (two Tests India versus New Zealand 1955-56). 1939 – Birth of Hanumant Singh; cricket player (14 Tests for India-century on debut). 1944 – Birth of Denny McLain; Detroit Tiger pitcher (1968 American League Most Valuable Player/Cy Young/31 wins). 1945 – Birth of Walt “Clyde” Frazier; NBA guard (New York Knicks). 1949 – Birth of Uton Dowe; cricket player (West Indies pace bowler 1972-73 “Dowe shall not bowl”). 1951 – Birth of Geoff Howarth; cricket player (New Zealand captain early 1980s). 1952 – Birth of Teofilo Stevenson in Cuba; heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1972, 1976, 1980). 1955 – Birth of Earl Campbell; NFL running back (Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, 1977 Heisman). 1956 – Birth of Kurt Thomas; American gymnast (Olympics) / actor (Gymkata). 1959 – Birth of Brad McCrimmon in Dodsland, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers). 1961 – Birth of Mike Kingery in Saint James, Minnesota, USA; outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates). 1962 – Birth of Kirk Alan Triplett in Moses Lake, Washington, USA; PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston-second). 1966 – Birth of Dwayne Harper; NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers). 1966 – Birth of Eric Gunderson in Portland, Oregon, USA; pitcher (Boston Red Sox). 1966 – Birth of Robb Thomas; NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers). 1967 – Birth of Brian Jordan in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals). 1967 – Birth of Jerry Olsavsky; NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1968 – Birth of Chris Calloway; NFL wide receiver (New York Giants). 1968 – Birth of James Williams; NFL tackle (Chicago Bears). 1969 – Birth of Darren Chandler; WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals). 1969 – Birth of Jeff Blackshear; guard (Baltimore Ravens). 1969 – Birth of Jimmy Spencer; NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals). 1969 – Birth of Kai Nurminen in Turku, Finland; hockey forward (Team Finland). 1969 – Birth of [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten in McRae, Georgia, USA; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1996). 1972 – Birth of Alex Ochoa in Miami, Florida, USA; outfielder (New York Mets). 1972 – Birth of Paul Michael in Kent, Australia; New Zealand breast-stroke swimmer (Olympics-1996). 1972 – Birth of Trevor Kidd in Dugald, Manitoba, Canada; NHL goalie (Calgary Flames). 1973 – Birth of Brad Bridgewater; American 200 metre backstroke (Olympics-gold-1996). 1973 – Birth of John Oppio in Sparks, Nevada, USA; double trap (Olympics-1996). 1973 – Birth of Marc Overmars; Dutch soccer player (Ajax). 1973 – Birth of Mark Platt in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; rower (Olympics-1996). 1975 – Birth of Christopher Yule; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998). 1976 – Birth of Jennifer Capriati in Long Island, New York; tennis professional (Federation Cup-1990, Olympics-gold-1992). Deaths of sports figures on March 29 1978 – Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricket player (8 Tests for India), dies. 1995 – Death of Tony Lock, English cricket player (174 wickets for England) (born 1929). ========================================================== TV SPORTS TODAY Sunday, 3/29/26 MLB REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTVMinnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles1:35pmTwins.TVMASN+Texas Rangers at Philadelphia Phillies1:35pmRSNNBCS-PHIKansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves1:35pmRoyals.TVBraves.TVAthletics at Toronto Blue Jays1:37pmSNNBCS-CABoston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds1:40pmNESNReds.TVColorado Rockies at Miami Marlins1:40pmRockies.TVFanDuel Sports FLPittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets1:40pmSN-PITSNYLos Angeles Angels at Houston Astros2:10pmFanDuel Sports WestSCHNChicago White Sox at Milwaukee Brewers2:10pmCHSNBrewers.TVTampa Bay Rays at St. Louis Cardinals2:15pmRays.TVCardinals.TVWashington Nationals at Chicago Cubs2:20pmNationals.TVMARQCleveland Guardians at Seattle Mariners7:20pmPeacockGuardians.TVROOTNBA REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTVLos Angeles Clippers vs Milwaukee Bucks3:30pmNBATVFanDuel Sports SoCalFanDuel Sports MILMiami Heat vs Indiana Pacers5:00pmFanDuel Sports SunFanDuel Sports INDWashington Wizards vs Portland Trail Blazers6:00pmMNMTRip CityOrlando Magic vs Toronto Raptors6:00pmSNFanDuel Sports FLBoston Celtics vs Charlotte Hornets6:00pmNBCS-BOSFanDuel Sports CHASacramento Kings vs Brooklyn Nets6:00pmNBCS-CAYESHouston Rockets vs New Orleans Pelicans7:00pmGCSNSCHNNew York Knicks vs Oklahoma City Thunder7:30pmNBCPeacockGolden State Warriors vs Denver Nuggets10:00pmNBCPeacockNHL REGULAR SEASONTIME ETTVFlorida Panthers vs New York Rangers1:00pmNHLNScrippsMSGNashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning5:00pmFanDuel Sports NSHFanDuel Sports SunMontreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes5:00pmFanDuel Sports SouthSNBoston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets5:00pmFanDuel Sports OhioNESNChicago Blackhawks vs New Jersey Devils7:00pmNHLNCHSNMSGSNDallas Stars vs Philadelphia Flyers7:00pmVictory+NBCS-PHIMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLTIME ETTVNCAA Elite 8––NCAA Elite 8––COLLEGE HOCKEYTIME ETTVNCAA Tournament3:00pmESPN2NCAA Tournament5:30pmESPNGOLFTIME ETTVPGA Tour: Houston Open1:00pmGOLFPGA Tour: Houston Open3:00pmNBCLPGA Tour: Ford Championship7:00pmGOLFUFLTIME ETTVColumbus at Orlando8:00pmESPNMOTORSPORTSTIME ETTVFormula One: Japanese Grand Prix1:00amApple TVIndyCar: Alabama Grand Prix1:00pmFOXNASCAR Cup: Cook Out 4003:30pmFS1TRACK & FIELDTIME ETTVUSATF: World Athletics Indoor Championships12:00PmNBCSOCCERTIME ETTVFriendly: Lithuania vs Georgia7:00amFOX Soccer PlusfuboTV About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SCOREBOARD” MARCH 28 THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MARCH 29
