“THE SCOREBOARD”
FINAL COACHES POLLS
CLASS 6A
1. BROWNSBURG [9-0] (10)100
2. WARREN CENTRAL [9-0]88
3. WESTFIELD [8-1]80
4. CROWN POINT [9-0]57
5. CENTER GROVE [7-2]55
LAWRENCE NORTH [7-2]55
7. PENN [9-0]44
8. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) [8-1]36
9. ZIONSVILLE [7-2]17
10. CARMEL [5-4]11
11. BEN DAVIS [4-5]3
12. DECATUR CENTRAL [8-1]2
13. AVON [6-3]1
MERRILLVILLE [8-1]1
CLASS 5A
1. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL [6-3] (9)99
2. NEW PALESTINE [6-3]86
3. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH [7-2] (1)82
4. LAFAYETTE JEFF [7-2]65
5. FLOYD CENTRAL [8-1]53
6. WARSAW [8-1]50
7. PENDLETON HEIGHTS [8-1]46
8. PLAINFIELD [7-2]31
9. FORT WAYNE SNIDER [5-4]23
10. CASTLE [5-4]6
11. CONCORD [4-5]5
12. SOUTH BEND ADAMS [5-4]2
13. EVANSVILLE NORTH [4-5]1
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) [5-4]1
CLASS 4A
1. FORT WAYNE DWENGER [8-1] (5)92
2. INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD [7-2] (4)85
3. EAST NOBLE [9-0] (1)81
4. INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI [7-2]79
5. EAST CENTRAL [7-2]62
6. DANVILLE [9-0]47
7. NORTHRIDGE [9-0]42
8. EVANSVILLE REITZ [8-1]22
9. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH [8-1]18
10. LOGANSPORT [9-0]16
11. COLUMBIA CITY [7-2]6
CLASS 3A
1. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL [9-0] (10)100
2. LAWRENCEBURG [8-1]85
3. ANDREAN [8-1]80
4. GIBSON SOUTHERN [8-1]65
5. INDIAN CREEK [9-0]63
6. BLUFFTON [9-0]38
7. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI [7-2]35
8. TRI-WEST [7-2]34
9. GRIFFITH [9-0]29
10. MACONAQUAH [9-0]12
11. MISSISSINEWA [7-1]4
12. BATESVILLE [7-2]3
13. ADAMS CENTRAL [6-3]2
CLASS 2A
1. SOUTH PUTNAM [9-0] (6)96
2. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL [9-0] (2)86
3. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN [8-0] (2)80
4. EASTSIDE [9-0]65
5. EASTERN HANCOCK [9-0]62
6. CASCADE [8-1]53
7. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) [9-0]40
8. LAPEL [8-1]36
9. NORTH POSEY [8-1]18
10. HAGERSTOWN [9-0]7
11. WHEELER [8-1]4
12. RENSSELAER CENTRAL [7-2]2
13. BREMEN [6-3]1
CLASS 1A
1. RIVERTON PARKE [8-0] (6)96
2. PIONEER [9-0] (4)94
3. NORTH DAVIESS [9-0]69
4. NORTH JUDSON [8-1]66
5. MILAN [7-2]60
6. SOUTH ADAMS [7-2]58
7. CARROLL (FLORA) [7-2]36
8. MADISON-GRANT [7-2]26
9. WES-DEL [8-0]25
10. TECUMSEH [8-1]8
11. CASTON [7-2]7
12. WEST CENTRAL [8-1]2
13. KNIGHTSTOWN [7-2]1
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC [3-6]1
SHERIDAN [5-4]1
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USA TODAY/NETWORK INDIANA FINAL POLLS
CLASS 6A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. BROWNSBURG (18) 9-0 180 1
2. WARREN CENTRAL 9-0 159 2
3. WESTFIELD 8-1 135 3
4. LAWRENCE NORTH 7-2 109 5
5. CROWN POINT 9-0 102 4
6. PENN 9-0 92 6
7. CENTER GROVE 7-2 82 7
8. FW CARROLL 8-1 61 8
9. MERRILLVILLE 8-1 30 9
10. CARMEL 5-4 25 10
CLASS 5A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. CATHEDRAL (10) 6-3 161 3
2. NEW PALESTINE (3) 6-3 146 4
3. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 7-2 133 2
4. WARSAW (2) 8-1 121 1
5. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (3) 8-1 120 5
6. FLOYD CENTRAL 8-1 100 6
7. LAFAYETTE JEFF 7-2 81 7
8. PLAINFIELD 7-2 68 8
9. FW SNIDER 5-4 39 10
10. CASTLE 5-4 9 9
CLASS 4A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. FW DWENGER (5) 8-1 154 3
2. RONCALLI (3) 7-2 147 5
3. BISHOP CHATARD (7) 7-2 144 2
4. EAST CENTRAL 7-2 122 1
5. EAST NOBLE (1) 9-0 111 4
6. NORTHRIDGE (2) 9-0 107 7
7. DANVILLE 9-0 62 8
8. EVANSVILLE REITZ 8-1 52 9
9. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 8-1 48 6
10. LOGANSPORT 9-0 32 10
CLASS 3A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (15) 9-0 175 1
2. ANDREAN (1) 8-1 151 2
3. GIBSON SOUTHERN 8-1 135 3
4. INDIAN CREEK (2) 9-0 132 4
5. LAWRENCEBURG 8-1 99 5
6. GRIFFITH 9-0 75 7
7. BLUFFTON 9-0 63 8
8. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 7-2 53 6
9. MACONAQUAH 9-0 46 9
10. TRI-WEST 7-2 36 10
CLASS 2A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (9) 9-0 167 1
2. SOUTH PUTNAM (5) 9-0 152 3
3. LUTHERAN (3) 8-0 150 2
4. EASTSIDE 9-0 120 4
5. EASTERN HANCOCK (1) 9-0 109 5
6. LAPEL 8-1 80 6
7. CASCADE 8-1 78 8
8. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 9-0 68 7
9. NORTH POSEY 8-1 31 10
10. HAGERSTOWN 9-0 22 NR
CLASS 1A FOOTBALL TOP 10
RANKING TEAM RECORD VOTES PREV. RANKING
1. PIONEER (14) 9-0 176 1
2. RIVERTON PARKE (4) 8-0 165 2
3. NORTH DAVIESS 9-0 139 4
4. NORTH JUDSON 8-1 109 3
5. SOUTH ADAMS 7-2 99 6
6. TECUMSEH 8-1 80 7
7. WES-DEL 8-0 79 8
8. MILAN 7-2 76 5
9. CARROLL (FLORA) 7-2 32 10
10. KNIGHTSTOWN 7-2 17 NR
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SECTIONAL
SECTIONAL 7
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (3-6) AT SOUTHPORT (2-7)
SECTIONAL 13
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (2-7) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (5-4)
HAMMOND MORTON (5-4) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (6-3)
GARY WEST (4-4) AT LOWELL (6-3)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (3-6) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (0-9)
HIGHLAND (2-7) AT HOBART (6-3)
SECTIONAL 18
MISHAWAKA (6-3) AT NORTHRIDGE (9-0)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (3-6) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (8-1)
PLYMOUTH (2-7) AT NORTHWOOD (5-4)
CULVER ACADEMY (5-4) AT NEW PRAIRIE (2-7)
SECTIONAL 19
NEW HAVEN (2-7) AT DEKALB (6-3)
FORT WAYNE DWENGER (8-1) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (5-4)
COLUMBIA CITY (7-2) AT LEO (5-4)
EAST NOBLE (9-0) AT WAWASEE (1-8)
SECTIONAL 20
DELTA (4-5) AT LOGANSPORT (9-0)
MARION (1-8) AT JAY COUNTY (3-6)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (2-7) AT YORKTOWN (5-4)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (6-3) AT KOKOMO (4-5)
SECTIONAL 21
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (6-3) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (5-4)
DANVILLE (9-0) AT LEBANON (4-5)
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (7-2) AT GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-6)
FRANKFORT (0-9) AT NORTHVIEW (8-1)
SECTIONAL 22
MARTINSVILLE (0-9) AT MOORESVILLE (5-4)
BEECH GROVE (6-3) AT RICHMOND (3-6)
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (7-2) AT CONNERSVILLE (4-5)
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (3-6) AT GREENWOOD (3-6)
SECTIONAL 23
MADISON (5-4) AT EAST CENTRAL (7-2)
CHARLESTOWN (7-1) AT COLUMBUS EAST (5-4)
SHELBYVILLE (6-3) AT SILVER CREEK (6-3)
SECTIONAL 24
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (6-3) AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-8)
BOONVILLE (6-3) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (3-6)
EVANSVILLE REITZ (8-1) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-9)
HERITAGE HILLS (7-2) AT JASPER (5-4)
SECTIONAL 25
GRIFFITH (9-0) AT ANDREAN (8-1)
TWIN LAKES (6-3) AT RIVER FOREST (3-6)
CALUMET (5-4) AT HAMMOND NOLL (5-4)
SECTIONAL 26
TIPPECANOE VALLEY (8-1) AT JIMTOWN (6-3)
WEST NOBLE (8-1) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-9)
FAIRFIELD (5-4) AT JOHN GLENN (1-8)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (3-6) AT ANGOLA (6-3)
SECTIONAL 27
GARRETT (3-6) AT BLUFFTON (9-0)
WOODLAN (3-6) AT NORWELL (4-5)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (3-6) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (6-3)
BELLMONT (0-9) AT HERITAGE (6-3)
SECTIONAL 28
MISSISSINEWA (7-1) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (6-3)
WEST LAFAYETTE (2-7) AT NORTHWESTERN (5-4)
EASTBROOK (5-4) AT MACONAQUAH (9-0)
SECTIONAL 29
PURDUE ENGLEWOOD (8-1) AT WESTERN BOONE (6-3)
INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-6) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (3-6)
CRAWFORDSVILLE (3-6) AT TRI-WEST (7-2)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (0-9) AT SPEEDWAY (3-6)
SECTIONAL 30
LAWRENCEBURG (8-1) AT NEW CASTLE (3-6)
CENTERVILLE (4-5) AT GREENSBURG (5-4)
RUSHVILLE (0-9) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (5-4)
BATESVILLE (7-2) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (3-6)
SECTIONAL 31
EDGEWOOD (5-4) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (6-3)
OWEN VALLEY (4-5) AT SULLIVAN (4-5)
WASHINGTON (2-7) AT SCOTTSBURG (4-5)
SECTIONAL 32
SOUTHRIDGE (5-4) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (8-1)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (9-0) AT NORTH HARRISON (1-8)
PRINCETON (1-8) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (7-2)
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (2-7) AT CORYDON CENTRAL (2-7)
SECTIONAL 33
WHITING (3-6) AT KNOX (3-6)
RENSSELAER CENTRAL (7-2) AT LAKE STATION (1-8)
BOONE GROVE (4-5) AT WHEELER (8-1)
SECTIONAL 34
BREMEN (6-3) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (1-8)
LAKELAND (2-7) AT ROCHESTER (4-5)
MANCHESTER (3-6) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (1-8)
SECTIONAL 35
ELWOOD (2-5) AT DELPHI (4-5)
SEEGER (7-2) AT OAK HILL (4-5)
TIPTON (5-4) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (9-0)
LEWIS CASS (6-3) AT PERU (6-3)
SECTIONAL 36
FRANKTON (2-7) AT HAGERSTOWN (9-0)
SHENANDOAH (1-8) AT WINCHESTER (5-4)
ALEXANDRIA (6-3) AT NORTHEASTERN (4-5)
LAPEL (8-1) AT BLACKFORD (1-8)
SECTIONAL 37
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (1-8) AT TRITON CENTRAL (3-6)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (8-0) AT PARK TUDOR (5-4)
EASTERN HANCOCK (9-0) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (2-5)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (4-5) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (7-2)
SECTIONAL 38
WEST VIGO (0-9) AT NORTH PUTNAM (6-3)
MONROVIA (3-6) AT SOUTHMONT (4-5)
GREENCASTLE (4-5) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (5-4)
SOUTH PUTNAM (9-0) AT CASCADE (8-1)
SECTIONAL 39
SALEM (5-4) AT BROWN COUNTY (1-8)
PROVIDENCE (1-6) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (9-0)
SWITZERLAND COUNTY (3-6) AT MITCHELL (1-8)
EASTERN (PEKIN) (2-7) AT CLARKSVILLE (6-3)
SECTIONAL 40
TELL CITY (6-3) AT SOUTH SPENCER (4-5)
LINTON (1-8) AT PIKE CENTRAL (0-9)
PERRY CENTRAL (2-7) AT NORTH POSEY (8-1)
PAOLI (6-3) AT EASTERN GREENE (3-6)
SECTIONAL 41
NORTH NEWTON (6-3) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (5-3)
WEST CENTRAL (8-1) AT CULVER (3-6)
WINAMAC (6-3) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (0-9)
NORTH JUDSON (8-1) AT TRITON (1-8)
SECTIONAL 42
FRONTIER (3-6) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (3-6)
FAITH CHRISTIAN (2-7) AT NORTH WHITE (4-5)
CLINTON PRAIRIE (5-4) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (7-2)
SECTIONAL 43
TAYLOR (1-8) AT PIONEER (9-0)
NORTH MIAMI (3-6) AT SHERIDAN (5-4)
TRI-CENTRAL (0-9) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (4-5)
MADISON-GRANT (7-2) AT CASTON (7-2)
SECTIONAL 44
SOUTHWOOD (2-7) AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (3-6)
CHURUBUSCO (3-6) AT SOUTH ADAMS (7-2)
WHITKO (0-8) AT NORTHFIELD (5-4)
SOUTHERN WELLS (1-8) AT FREMONT (6-3)
SECTIONAL 45
KNIGHTSTOWN (7-2) AT UNION CITY (2-7)
MONROE CENTRAL (3-4) AT TRI (4-5)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-9) AT INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (0-6)
SECTIONAL 46
MILAN (7-2) AT TRINITY LUTHERAN (2-3)
NORTH DECATUR (7-2) AT SOUTH DECATUR (5-4)
SECTIONAL 47
NORTH VERMILLION (2-7) AT RIVERTON PARKE (8-0)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (4-5) AT CLOVERDALE (6-3)
COVINGTON (2-7) AT ATTICA (1-7)
SECTIONAL 48
FOREST PARK (4-5) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-9)
TECUMSEH (8-1) AT NORTH DAVIESS (9-0)
SPRINGS VALLEY (6-3) AT WEST WASHINGTON (5-4)
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
REGIONALS
NORTH
LAPORTE
4 PM CT | CLASS 3A | HANOVER CENTRAL VS HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL
7 PM CT | CLASS 4A | PENN VS CHESTERTON
CULVER COMMUNITY
1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | SOUTH NEWTON VS MARQUETTE CATHOLIC
4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | WARSAW COMMUNITY VS CROWN POINT
NORTHWOOD
4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | BOONE GROVE VS LAKELAND
7 PM ET | CLASS 3A | WEST NOBLE VS MISHAWAKA MARIAN
HOMESTEAD
1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN VS ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) VS HOMESTEAD
SOUTHWOOD
4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | LEO VS WEST LAFAYETTE
7 PM ET | CLASS 2A | SOUTHWOOD VS JIMTOWN
NORWELL
1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | BLUE RIVER VALLEY VS NORTHFIELD
4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | HERITAGE VS HAMILTON HEIGHTS
TWIN LAKES
4 PM ET | CLASS 1A | COVINGTON VS ROSSVILLE
7 PM ET | CLASS 4A | HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) VS WESTFIELD
ELWOOD
1 PM ET | CLASS 2A | MUNCIE BURRIS VS BENTON CENTRAL
4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | LAPEL VS OAK HILL
SOUTH
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL
4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | WINCHESTER COMMUNITY VS INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL
7 PM ET | CLASS 4A | LAWRENCE NORTH VS YORKTOWN
CASCADE
1 PM ET | CLASS 3A | NORTHVIEW VS INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL
4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | BROWNSBURG VS CENTER GROVE
MONROVIA
4 PM ET | CLASS 2A | HERITAGE CHRISTIAN VS SOUTHMONT
7 PM ET | CLASS 3A | CONNERSVILLE VS TRI-WEST HENDRICKS
BLOOMINGTON NORTH
1 PM ET | CLASS 3A | BATESVILLE VS EVANSVILLE MATER DEI
4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS COLUMBUS EAST
LOOGOOTEE
4 PM ET | CLASS 1A | SHOALS VS SHAKAMAK
7 PM ET | CLASS 2A | SULLIVAN VS NORTH POSEY
MITCHELL
1 PM ET | CLASS 1A | EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN VS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA
4 PM ET | CLASS 4A | FLOYD CENTRAL VS EVANSVILLE NORTH
MORRISTOWN
4 PM ET | CLASS 1A | INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN VS INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
7 PM ET | CLASS 1A | GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS OLDENBURG ACADEMY
CHARLESTOWN
1 PM ET | CLASS 2A | TRINITY LUTHERAN VS HENRYVILLE
4 PM ET | CLASS 3A | JASPER VS PROVIDENCE
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS
3A
CASTLE VS. CARMEL
GOSHEN VS. FW CARROLL
2A
GIBSON SOUTHERN VS. COVENANT CHRISTIAN
HAMMOND NOLL VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC
1A
FW BLACKHAWK VS. FAITH CHRISTIAN
OLDENBURG ACADEMY VS. FOREST PARK
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS
3A
CENTER GROVE VS. BROWNSBURG
CROWN POINT VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
2A
TRI-WEST VS. EVANSVILLE REITZ
SB ST. JOSEPH VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC
1A
SWITZERLAND COUNTY VS. PROVIDENCE
FW BLACKHAWK VS. OAK HILL
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INDIANA CROSS COUNTY
BOYS/GIRLS REGIONALS
OCTOBER 24
1. NEW PRAIRIE
TIME 11:15 AM CT
FEEDER SECTIONALS: HIGHLAND, CHESTERTON, NEW PRAIRIE, GOSHEN, RENSSELAER CENTRAL
2. MANCHESTER
TIME 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: MANCHESTER, WEST NOBLE, NEW HAVEN, DELTA, MARION
3. BROWNSBURG
TIME 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: LOGANSPORT, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, BEN DAVIS
4. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY (@ CERALAND SPORTS PARK, COLUMBUS)
TIME 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: NOBLESVILLE, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SHELBYVILLE, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER)
5. CRAWFORD COUNTY
TIME 11:15 AM ET
FEEDER SECTIONALS: BROWN COUNTY, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, JASPER, GIBSON SOUTHERN
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
MONDAY, OCT. 19
TAMPA BAY 7 CLEVELAND 3 (RAYS WINS SERIES 4-2)
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
DREAM 79 VALKYRIES 65
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NHL SCORES
MAPLE LEAFS 3, SHARKS 1
RANGERS 5, DUCKS 2
FLYERS 3, AVALANCHE 2
MAMMOTH 5, PENGUINS 4
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 8
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NFL MONDAY
SAN FRANCISCO 23 WASHINGTON 17
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WEEK 7 SCHEDULE
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CHICAGO BEARS (THU) 7:15P (CT) 8:15P AMZ
PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (PARIS) 2:30P (CET) 9:30A NFLN
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
NEW YORK GIANTS AT HOUSTON TEXANS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P FOX
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT NEW YORK JETS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT TENNESSEE TITANS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS
DENVER BRONCOS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS 1:05P (MST) 4:05P CBS
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT DETROIT LIONS 4:25P (ET) 4:25P FOX
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT LAS VEGAS RAIDERS 1:25P (PT) 4:25P FOX
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 5:20P (PT) 8:20P NBC*
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (MON) 8:15P (ET) 8:15P ESPN/ABC
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NFL WEEK 8 SCHEDULE
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (THU) 7:15P (CT) 8:15P AMZ
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT BUFFALO BILLS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
TENNESSEE TITANS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT DALLAS COWBOYS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P FOX
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT DETROIT LIONS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT NEW YORK JETS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
ATLANTA FALCONS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS 1:05P (PT) 4:05P FOX
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT DENVER BRONCOS 2:25P (MT) 4:25P CBS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS 4:25P (ET) 4:25P CBS
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 8:20P (ET) 8:20P NBC*
CHICAGO BEARS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (MON) 5:15P (PT) 8:15P ESPN
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SCHEDULE
7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS
8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS
9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX
10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS
11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX
13 BYE WEEK
14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX
15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS
16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD
17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX
18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD
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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
MLB PLAYOFFS
TWO-RUN HOMERS SEND RAYS PAST GUARDIANS IN GAME 6, INTO WORLD SERIES
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz each belted a two-run homer, helping the Tampa Bay Rays advance to the World Series for the third time in franchise history with a 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.
The Rays recorded their third straight win to capture the American League Championship Series in six games.
Tampa Bay will visit Milwaukee for Game 1 of the World Series on Friday. The host Brewers won two of the three games against the Rays in the regular season in a series played March 30-April 1.
Tampa Bay was unsuccessful in its previous two trips to the Fall Classic. The Rays fell in five games to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 and in six games to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.
Caminero celebrated his first career postseason homer by emphatically slapping his chest before rounding first base and posing with his arms folded at home plate. The latter gesture was a nod to former Tampa Bay slugger Randy Arozarena, who was in the crowd on Monday at Tropicana Field.
Diaz, who guaranteed after Game 5 that “we’re going to win tomorrow,” provided the exclamation point in the eighth inning on Monday with a homer over the left field wall.
Tampa Bay’s Richie Palacios, who began his career with Cleveland, laced a two-run double into the right-center-field gap in the second inning to open the scoring.
That was enough offense for Freddy Peralta (2-0), who allowed one run on five hits and three walks while striking out three in 5 1/3 innings. He went 2-0 in three appearances (two starts) during the ALCS, yielding one run on nine hits in 12 innings while striking out nine.
Cleveland’s Nathaniel Lowe had an RBI single in the sixth inning, and Rays reliever Ian Seymour issued a bases-loaded walk to Patrick Bailey and then hit Angel Rodriguez with his next pitch to trim Tampa Bay’s lead to 5-3 in the eighth. Kevin Kelly relieved Seymour and struck out Brayan Rocchio on three pitches to end the inning.
After Diaz’s blast restored the Rays’ four-run lead, Bryan Baker retired the side in order in the ninth to end the game.
Caminero chased Cleveland opener Shawn Armstrong with a single to lead off the second inning. Chandler Simpson reached on a fielder’s choice off Tim Herrin (0-1) and promptly stole second base. Victor Mesa Jr. walked before both runners advanced a base and later scored on Palacios’ double.
Herrin permitted one run on one hit in two-thirds of an inning.
Tampa Bay tacked on in the third inning when Caminero scored on Jonny DeLuca’s sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.
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MLB NEWS
MLB QUALIFYING OFFER PRICE RISES TO $23.15 MILLION, UP 5.1%
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a qualifying offer for this year’s major league free agents rose 5.1% to $23.15 million from $22,025,000.
The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. The price dropped by $100,000 to $17.8 million in 2019, then rose to $18.9 million in 2020, fell $500,000 in 2021 and rose to $19.65 million in 2022, $20,325,000 in 2023 and $21.05 million in 2024.
Qualifying offers began after the 2012 season, and only 18 of 157 offers have been accepted.
A free agent can be made a qualifying offer only if he has been with the same team continuously since opening day and has never received a qualifying offer before.
Among the top players who can become free agents after the World Series and are eligible to receive qualifying offers are Seattle outfielder Randy Arozarena, New York Yankees left-hander David Bednar, Minnesota catcher Ryan Jeffers, Pittsburgh second baseman Brandon Lowe, San Diego left-hander Adrian Morejon, Baltimore left-hander Trevor Roger and Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki.
A record four players accepted last year from among the 13 who received offers: Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga, Milwaukee right-hander Brandon Woodruff, New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham and Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres.
Other potential free agents ineligible for qualifying offers this offseason include Philadelphia second baseman Luis Arraez, Baltimore right-hander Chris Bassitt, New York Mets third baseman Bo Bichette, Arizona right-hander Zac Gallen, San Diego right-hander Michael King, Padres left-hander Robbie Ray, Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Tarik Skubal and Toronto outfielder George Springer.
Bichette and King must decide on player options.
A qualifying offer can be made through the fifth day after the World Series, and a player has a week after that to accept.
If a team makes a qualifying offer to a player who signs a major league contract with another club before the amateur draft, his former club would receive a draft pick as compensation at the end of the first round or at the end of competitive balance round B. The placement depends on the amount of the new contract and the revenue-sharing and luxury tax status of the team losing the player.
Qualifying offers began at $13.3 million. Other players who accepted are Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters, Houston outfielder Colby Rasmus and Dodgers left-hander Brett Anderson ($15.8 million for 2016); Mets second baseman Neil Walker and Philadelphia right-hander Jeremy Hellickson ($17.2 million for 2017); Dodgers left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu ($17.9 million for 2019); Chicago White Sox first baseman José Abreu and Minnesota right-hander Jake Odorizzi ($17.8 million for 2020); San Francisco right-hander Kevin Gausman and Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman ($18.9 million for 2021); Giants first baseman Brandon Belt ($18.4 million for 2022; Texas left-hander Martín Pérez and Giants outfielder Joc Pederson ($19.65 million for 2023); and Cincinnati Reds right-hander Nick Martinez ($21.05 million for 2025).
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NFL
49ERS STAVE OFF COMMANDERS’ COMEBACK BID, REMAIN UNBEATEN
Brock Purdy threw for 264 yards and a touchdown, Christian McCaffrey rushed for two scores, and the San Francisco 49ers remained unbeaten with a 23-17 win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night in Santa Clara, Calif.
The 49ers withstood a second-half rally by Washington and moved to 6-0 for the first time since 2019, when they opened with eight straight wins in a season when they reached the Super Bowl.
Purdy completed 21 of 29 passes and recorded his 36th win in 56 regular-season starts. McCaffrey had 16 carries for 64 yards and nine receptions for 53 yards.
San Francisco led 23-3 late in the third quarter before Washington scored 14 unanswered points. The Commanders trailed 23-17 and reached the 49ers’ 17-yard line with two minutes remaining before Malik Mustafa broke up a fourth-down pass to Treylon Burks at the goal line.
After forcing the 49ers to punt, Washington got the ball back at its own 46-yard line with 52 seconds left. The Commanders reached San Francisco’s 28-yard line, but Jayden Daniels was sacked by Romello Height and Keion White on the game’s final play.
Daniels finished 29 of 40 for 300 yards with two touchdown passes for the Commanders (1-4-1), who are winless in their past three games (0-2-1).
San Francisco led 20-3 at halftime after piling up a 303-90 advantage in total yards. Purdy capped the 49ers’ opening drive with an 11-yard touchdown pass to George Kittle.
Washington answered with Drew Stevens’ 51-yard field goal before Purdy began the 49ers’ next drive with a 54-yard completion to Mike Evans. After McCaffrey capped the eight-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, Eddy Pineiro missed the extra-point attempt.
Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin was carted off the field late in the first quarter due to a knee injury.
Evans, who was listed as questionable to play, had three receptions for 94 yards before exiting just prior to halftime after aggravating his Achilles injury.
San Francisco added to its lead with 13 seconds left in the half when McCaffrey capped a 14-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
After the 49ers moved ahead 23-3 on Pineiro’s 33-yard field goal with 5:56 to go in the third quarter, Washington cut into the deficit on Daniels’ 1-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs late in the period.
The Commanders pulled within 23-17 with 9:22 left in the fourth quarter when Daniels connected with Rachaad White on a 9-yard touchdown pass.
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EAGLES QB JALEN HURTS EXPECTED TO MISS THE REST OF THE SEASON WITH BLOOD CLOTS, AP SOURCE SAYS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of a health matter.
Hurts was placed on injured reserve Saturday, two days after the Eagles revealed he has a blood clot in his calf. He missed the first of at least four games in Philadelphia’s loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
The Eagles and Hurts’ agent, Nicole Lynn, released more information on his condition Monday. They said Hurts has deep vein thrombosis and a bilateral pulmonary emboli, meaning a blood clot has traveled from the legs to the lungs.
His treatment involves blood thinners, and he will not be allowed to participate in any football activities until he is off them.
The Eagles and Lynn said Hurts was expected to make a full recovery.
“He is clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations,” their statement said.
The Eagles previously said Hurts was injured when he took a cleat to his calf area on Oct. 4 in a game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Hurts informed the medical staff of the injury after practice on Oct. 8. The Super Bowl 59 MVP was back at practice the next day before the team left for London to play Jacksonville. Hurts was initially diagnosed by specialists in London with a left calf superficial vein thrombosis.
Hurts hadn’t missed more than two games in a season since becoming the full-time starter in 2021. He has led the Eagles to five straight playoff appearances, three NFC East titles and two Super Bowl appearances, beating the Chiefs 40-22 two years ago.
Tanner McKee started for Hurts against the Panthers.
McKee finished 26 of 45 for 215 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles’ 25-14 loss to Carolina. The Eagles (2-4) have lost four consecutive games for the first time since 2020.
Hurts has eight touchdown passes and three interceptions with 933 yards passing this season. He is in the middle of a five-year, $255 million extension, including $179.3 million guaranteed, that takes him through the 2028 season.
The Eagles stunned fans when they drafted Hurts out of Oklahoma in the second round in 2020. They seemingly had Carson Wentz entrenched at QB and had more pressing needs. But Hurts supplanted Wentz and became one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL.
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RAMS WR DAVANTE ADAMS (HAMSTRING) OUT 6-10 WEEKS
The Los Angeles Rams will be without three-time, first-team All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams for six to 10 weeks due to a hamstring injury, coach Sean McVay told reporters Monday.
Adams, 33, appeared to sustain the injury — which McVay described as a ruptured semitendinosus — while running a route into the end zone late in Sunday’s 18-16 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Adams has 30 receptions for 480 yards and four touchdowns in six games this season. Over 13 seasons with the Green Bay Packers (2014-21), Las Vegas Raiders (2022-24), New York Jets (2024) and Rams, the Packers’ 2014 third-round draft pick has 1,047 catches for 13,113 yards and 121 touchdowns.
Adams wasn’t the only player to go down Sunday. Nose tackle Poona Ford suffered a season-ending ruptured triceps, according to McVay, while defensive tackle Kobie Turner is expected to miss four to six weeks with a groin injury and likely will be placed on injured reserve.
Kicker Blake Grupe was placed on injured reserve Monday after tearing his ACL on Sunday. McVay said the Rams are “working on some different options” following Grupe’s injury.
Grupe was added to the roster last week when the Rams released Harrison Mevis.
As for pass rusher Myles Garrett, McVay said he will not return to practice this week. Following mid-September knee surgery, the five-time first-team All-Pro has missed the last five games.
Cornerback Trent McDuffie, who missed Sunday’s game after suffering a groin injury at practice last week, is “progressing,” according to McVay.
“He’s feeling much better,” McVay said. “The hope is progress this week and kind of determine his status at the end of this week.”
With Adams out, the Rams will discuss adding a receiver. Along with first-team All-Pro Puka Nacua, Los Angeles’ active roster includes receivers Konata Mumpfield, Jordan Whittington, Tutu Atwell, C.J. Daniels and Alex Bachman. Mumpfield leads that group with eight receptions for 127 yards and one touchdown.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
REPORT: WEEKNIGHT GAMES POSSIBLE IN 24-TEAM CFP FORMAT
Playing college football games on non-traditional weeknights is one of the expected possibilities when the College Football Playoff expands to 24 teams starting after the 2027 season.
With the CFP conference commissioners expected to approve playoff expansion soon, according to multiple reports, ironing out the details of the expanded bracket will take more work. One of the major issues to discuss is the media-rights deal with ESPN.
The larger CFP field will eliminate conference championship games, with the regular-season champion from the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC earning automatic berths into the playoffs. Also getting an automatic berth will be the highest-ranked team among the champions from the Pac-12, Mountain West, MAC, Conference USA, American and Sun Belt.
The 24 playoff teams will be ranked, with the top eight earning a bye into the second round.
With conference championship games out of the way, the 16 teams participating in the first round will see action on the second week of December. Those eight winners and the eight teams receiving a bye will match up on the third week of December.
First- and second-round games will be played in the home stadiums of the higher-ranked team.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will continue to rotate among the Rose, Fiesta, Cotton, Sugar, Peach and Orange bowls. The quarterfinals will be played during New Year’s week with the semifinals played during the second week of January.
According to Yahoo Sports, weeknight CFP games are expected, and not just when New Year’s Day falls in the middle of the week. Some or all of the early-round games will be played during the week to avoid overlapping with late-season NFL games.
Left to decide is what happens to the 30-plus bowl games that have lost some luster with some top players opting out. There is already a reported plan of power conference teams that did not make the playoff field meeting up in standalone bowl games to complete their seasons.
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TEXAS STAYS COURSE AT QB, BUT NEEDS ‘BETTER VERSION OF ARCH MANNING’
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stood behind struggling star quarterback Arch Manning with one significant qualifier.
Sarkisian said Manning is the QB1 for the Longhorns. But after Texas has lost two straight games to fall from the No. 1 spot in the AP poll, a report from ESPN indicated quarterback KJ Lacey Jr. would receive a larger portion of first-team reps in practice ahead of the team’s home game against No. 7 Ole Miss on Saturday.
“There’s no doubt about it, Arch can play better for us, but he’s our starter,” Sarkisian said of Manning, the grandson of NFL legend Archie Manning and nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning. “We need to see a better version of him this week.
“The player is in there. It’s our job to get it out of him.”
Sarkisian did say that Lacey will get some snaps with the first-team offense in practice. However, that won’t be a change from the normal routine. A four-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, Lacey has appeared in three games over the 2025-26 seasons, completing 8 of 9 passes for 70 yards and carrying the ball twice for 3 yards.
Manning, the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2023, has played a large role in the Longhorns (4-2, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) losing consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2021 the last two weeks. He had three combined turnovers in the fourth quarter of Texas’ losses to Oklahoma and Florida.
In six games this season, he has 11 touchdowns and five interceptions, ranking 11th among SEC quarterbacks in passing yards (1,295). His indecisiveness has also played in Texas allowing 17 sacks this season, tied for 11th most in the SEC.
Sarkisian said Saturday after the Longhorns blew a lead to fall to Texas that he was planning to evaluate “everything.”
Manning came to practice with a chip on his shoulder, Sarkisian said, and had a renewed focus.
“I liked it,” Sarkisian said.
The offense wasn’t the only issue in the Florida loss, though. Sarkisian pointed to a pair of conversions — one on fourth-and-12, another on third-and-7 — as letdowns for the defense that left the entire team frustrated.
“The key to drill moving forward now is to have the constructive conversations. We’ve had those,” Sarkisian said. “We’ve had those. I credit our players (Sunday) and our staff (Monday) for being receptive and coachable in those conversations. Look, we’ve all got to be part of the solution. Let’s be part of the solution. We’re 4-2. Let’s go 1-0 this week.
“I’ve been preaching this now for five years. There’s not a game on any Saturday in the SEC where any team can’t beat the other team.”
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
FLORIDA IS NO. 1 IN PRESEASON AP TOP 25 MEN’S POLL AS DUKE, ILLINI ALSO RECEIVE FIRST-PLACE VOTES
Florida will start the men’s college basketball season where it ended it two seasons ago: No. 1.
The Gators were the overwhelming pick to top the preseason AP Top 25 on Monday, receiving 47 of the 59 first-place votes from a panel of national media. It is the first time that coach Todd Golden’s bunch has resided on top since the final poll in 2025, after they had beaten Houston to deliver the school its third national championship.
“It’s cool,” Golden said of the ranking, “but like, we’ve been No. 1 before. We won a national championship before. That’s what I want our program to expect. That’s what we want to kind of go into every season at.”
Duke received 10 first-place votes and was second in the preseason poll. Illinois received the other two and was third.
The Gators started last season at No. 3 but crashed out of the poll entirely by early January. They rallied to win the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship, only to get stunned by Iowa as a No. 1 seed in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
“I think we’re more prepared this year for early-season expectations than we were last year,” Golden said. “We were kind of gathering ourselves, figuring (things) out for the first time, where this year we can use last year’s experience to learn from.”
In an era of roster upheaval — some teams still don’t know who will be eligible as court cases play out — the Gators have the benefit of experience on their side. Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon, Rueben Chinyelu and Denzel Aberdeen all played on their national title team.
Aberdeen, back after a year at Kentucky, is among the players who’ve been granted another season of eligibility by the courts.
“We didn’t finish the way that we wanted to last year, so everyone’s kind of got that in the back of their head as motivation,” Condon said. “Times where we’re struggling in conditioning at 6 a.m., we just went back to that, and I feel like we’ve talked about it a few times with the core group, how motivating it is the fact that we fell short.”
The head of the class
The Blue Devils matched their highest preseason ranking since they were No. 1 in 2017, though coach Jon Scheyer is well aware that where they end up is what matters. Duke has won 70 games over the past two seasons, a school record for such a stretch, but losses to UConn in the Elite Eight and Houston in the Final Four have left a sting on Tobacco Road.
“I feel like any time I step on the court, I believe me and my teammates are going to win,” said Dame Sarr, who along with Caleb Foster, Patrick Ngongba II and Cayden Boozer give Duke a talented returning nucleus to go with its top-tier recruiting class.
“I feel like we have a chance to win a national championship,” Sarr said. “It’s just doing a better job this year.”
Illinois matched its best preseason ranking since 2001, and returns five of its top eight scorers — headlined by Andrej Stojakovic and David Mirkovic — from a team that made its first Final Four appearance in two decades last season.
UConn and Arizona, each coming off a Final Four trip of their own, rounded out the top five of the preseason poll.
The rest of the rankings
Michigan State, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Houston finished out the first 10, while Louisville, Arkansas, St. John’s, Miami and Gonzaga were next. Michigan, Kansas, Iowa State, Texas Tech and Alabama rounded out the top 20, while the final five in the Top 25 were USC, UCLA, Kentucky, Vanderbilt and BYU.
The Jayhawks feature the nation’s No. 1 recruit, Tyran Stokes, a year after Darryn Peterson brought the same billing to Lawrence for a frustrating season that ended with another first-weekend NCAA tourney exit. The late addition of all-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn, a transfer from Purdue, coupled with the return of Tre White and Melvin Council III thanks to court decisions, could change those fortunes come March.
Kentucky is making its 998th appearance in the poll. Two more weeks and it will be the first to reach 1,000.
Vanderbilt, which finished 19th last year, is ranked in the preseason Top 25 for the first time since 2015, while BYU is back in the poll despite losing one-and-done phenom A.J. Dybantsa, the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.
The best of the rest
Missouri is the top team outside the Top 25, though the Tigers could break in soon. All-SEC forward Mark Mitchell was granted an injunction last week to play another season, and he joins a roster loaded with veterans (Trent Pierce), elite transfers (Jamier Jones, Bryson Tiller, Jaylen Carey and Kennard Davis Jr.) and five-star freshmen (Jason Crowe Jr. and Toni Bryant).
Nebraska was next-best of the rest, while Purdue was among those receiving plenty of votes, though not enough to avoid ending the Boilermakers’ streak of 79 consecutive weeks in the poll. That was second-longest to Houston, which is at 127 and counting.
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KANSAS LANDS PURDUE TRANSFER TREY KAUFMAN-RENN IN A LATE BOOST BEFORE THE START OF THE SEASON
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has added All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn, who played four seasons at Purdue before getting picked by Minnesota in the second round of the NBA draft, filling its biggest perceived hole on the eve of the college basketball season.
Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced his transfer Monday, hours before the release of the men’s preseason AP Top 25 poll. The 24-year-old Kaufman-Renn has enrolled in classes at Kansas and began practicing with the team on Sunday.
“He reached the national championship game, the Elite Eight and the Sweet 16 at Purdue, and has been extremely well-drilled and well-coached,” Self said in a statement. “Even though it’s late in the process, because of his basketball IQ, we think his transition will be quicker than most put in the same circumstance.”
The 59th overall pick in the June draft, Kaufman-Renn intends to play another season of college basketball after the NCAA’s sudden and chaos-inducing rule change designed to allow student-athletes to play five seasons over a five-year span.
The rule was not intended to include players who had finished their careers this past season. But the gray area it created has led to a wave of lawsuits across the country, as athletes in all sports seek another year of eligibility. Kaufman-Renn was granted a preliminary injunction earlier this month, making the 6-foot-9 power forward eligible to play for Kansas for the time being.
Kauffman-Renn graduated from high school in 2021 but didn’t suit up his first season at Purdue because of a knee injury. He played the following four seasons, appearing in 147 games, and helped Purdue reach the national championship game two years ago.
Jayhawks guard Melvin Council Jr. and Tre White also have won preliminary injunctions to play another season for them.
Kaufman-Renn joins a lineup headlined by Council and White alongside Tyran Stokes, the consensus No. 1 recruit in the nation, and fellow five-star freshman Taylen Kinney. His addition also fills a need in the post, where Flory Bidunga’s transfer to Louisville and Bryson Tiller’s departure for rival Missouri had left a glaring hole in the roster.
Kaufman-Renn averaged 20.1 points and 6.5 rebounds as a junior and 14.2 points and 8.3 rebounds this past season at Purdue. He also appeared in five games for the Timberwolves during the NBA’s summer league, averaging 6.6 points and 3.8 rebounds.
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NBA NEWS
NBA TIPS OFF, WITH MANY CONTENDERS IN PLACE TO CHASE THE CHAMPION NEW YORK KNICKS
LeBron James went to Philadelphia. Giannis Antetokounmpo moved to Miami. Kawhi Leonard returned to Toronto. A dozen or so former All-Star selections, the majority of them being former All-NBA picks, changed addresses this offseason as well.
And they’re all chasing the New York Knicks.
The 81st season of NBA play starts Tuesday with a tripleheader, highlighted by James and the 76ers heading to New York to face Jalen Brunson and the champion Knicks. They’ll get their championship rings before the game, see a banner swaying from the ceiling of Madison Square Garden and then get down to the task of doing something that nobody in the NBA has done for nearly a decade — repeat as title winners.
The Knicks became the NBA’s eighth different champion in the last eight years, a run unprecedented in league history. They’re not the favorites to win the title this season; that role is shared by Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Oklahoma City Thunder. But the Knicks weren’t expected to win it all last season either, and NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Jalen Brunson points to the title as proof that words don’t have to matter.
“There’s only potential distractions when you read and believe what people are saying,” Brunson said. “So, no matter what’s being said and no matter what’s been talked about, consistently or not, you believe what you want to believe, you hear what you want to hear. It’s on us as teammates and individuals and professionals to understand what the nature of it is. … The way we won was just because of how connected we were as a group. We’ve got to keep that.”
There is no shortage of legitimate contenders, on both sides of the league. In the Eastern Conference, four of the last eight NBA Finals MVPs changed uniforms — Leonard returning to Toronto, Antetokounmpo going to Miami, James and Jaylen Brown joining the Sixers. Detroit and Cleveland brought their rosters back virtually intact, as did the Knicks. Boston will plug Paul George into the hole created by Brown moving to Philadelphia and pair him with Jayson Tatum. Indiana gets Tyrese Haliburton back for the first time since losing Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals and expects to contend again.
“From a team perspective, we don’t have any conversations about anything but winning a championship. That’s our goal. There’s nothing more to talk about,” Haliburton said. “There are no small wins. To me, the year’s successful if you win a championship. If not, it’s not.”
And the Western Conference, as always, is loaded.
Wembanyama and Gilgeous-Alexander are two of the game’s biggest stars and the Spurs and Thunder lead the West pack. Nikola Jokic, always considered a serious contender for MVP honors, will try to get Denver back into title contention. Golden State still has Stephen Curry, the Los Angeles Lakers still have Luka Doncic, Houston is expected to contend with Kevin Durant leading the way, Portland finally will have Damian Lillard in uniform and Minnesota put together what’s expected to be an elite backcourt by pairing LaMelo Ball with Anthony Edwards.
“New beginnings,” Ball said. “It’s literally a new story. We’re all excited here. It’s going to be fun.”
The Spurs got to the NBA Finals last season after winning a Game 7 in Oklahoma City, ending hopes the Thunder had of being the league’s first back-to-back champion since the Warriors did it in 2017 and 2018.
That loss, for certain, stung the Thunder. But the offseason in OKC was about getting ready for 29 opponents, not just the one in San Antonio.
“We need to make sure that what we are doing is broad enough that it gives us a chance to be competitive across opponents, including ones that we are not aware that are going to be really good teams. That happens every single year,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “And so we need to be laser-focused on ourselves. We need to take the lessons from that series, for sure, and we did. But it’s certainly not something that we overcorrect for because you end up chasing your shadow, and it prevents you from being your best as you move forward.”
There are six new coaches this season: Dusty May took his NCAA title won last spring with Michigan and moved to Dallas, Micah Nori takes over in Portland, Tiago Splitter will coach Chicago, Taylor Jenkins was tabbed to oversee the post-Giannis rebuild in Milwaukee, Sean Sweeney got the job in Orlando to replace Jamahl Mosley and Mosley will coach New Orleans.
The NBA Cup final will move from Las Vegas to Indianapolis this year, the All-Star weekend is in Phoenix and there’s a No. 1 draft pick in AJ Dybantsa who already is turning heads in Washington, But all eyes will eventually turn to June, and whoever will be the next team to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
“We did something great last year,” Knicks wing Mikal Bridges said. “That was last year. I think the biggest thing coming into this year is that we know what it takes.”
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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES RELEASES
INDIANA FOOTBALL
CURT CIGNETTI MONDAY PRESSER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XnmGVmt1O8
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GAME 8
No. 6/6 Indiana (6-1, 3-1 B1G) at Michigan (4-2, 1-2 B1G)
Saturday, October 124 2026
Michigan Stadium | Ann Arbor, Mich.
Setting The Scene
• Indiana is on the road for its Week 8 matchup at Michigan on Saturday (Oct. 24) at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The game will broadcast on FOX.
• Michigan leads the all-time series between the two programs, 62-11. Indiana won the last meeting, 20-15, in 2024 in Bloomington. The last game played in Ann Arbor was a 52-7 victory for Michigan in 2023.
• In the last five games of the series, Michigan leads 3-2. Indiana took wins in 2020 and 2024 while Michigan won three in a row from 2021-23.
News & Notes
• Curt Cignetti reached 30 wins in his first 32 games as a Power 4 head coach with the Week 3 win over Western Kentucky (9/19). Only Larry Coker (Miami (Fla.), 2001-03) and Gil Dobie (Washington, 1908-12) reached the mark faster – both doing so in 31 games. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana has won 33 games over the past three seasons (2024-26) which are the most in a three-year span in program history. MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana’s defense has limited opponents to under 100 yards rushing on 26 occasions since the start of 2024, which leads the nation. Only Ohio State (24) and Miami (21) have more than 20 such games in that span.
• Indiana has either tied or won the turnover battle in 31 straight games dating back to 2024, the most in the FBS since at least 1995. The previous long streak belonged to Air Force from November 2007 through November 2009 (27 games). MORE ON PAGE 4
• Indiana has had at least one 100-yard receiver in three straight games (Charlie Becker, 165 yards; Week 7. Nick Marsh, 187 yards; Week 6. Marsh, 120 yards;. Becker, 107 yards; Week 5). MORE ON PAGE 9
• Josh Hoover is the only quarterback in the FBS with 15-plus touchdown passes and zero interceptions on the season (18 TD, 0 INT).
• Since 2010, only two FBS quarterbacks have 15-plus touchdown passes and zero interceptions through seven games: Marcus Mariota (Oregon; 2014) and Hoover. MORE ON PAGE 7
• Charlie Becker posted a career-high 165 yards receiving on a career-high nine receptions against No. 4/5 Ohio State. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Nick Marsh is among the FBS leaders in consecutive games with a catch as he has at least one reception in all 30 career games with multiple receptions in 29-straight games dating back to Week 2 of 2024. MORE ON PAGE 9
• Amare Ferrell picked off Ohio State’s Julian Sayin twice for Ferrell’s second career multi-interception game and his first since 2024 versus Michigan State. Ferrell ranks tied for No. 6 on the program’s career interception charts with John McDonell (10; 1943-48) and Eric Allen (10; 1994-96). MORE ON PAGE 15
• Tobi Osunanmi’s 2.0 sacks against No. 4/5 Ohio State marked six-straight weeks with at least 1.0 sack and seven-straight weeks with at least 1.0 tackle for loss. MORE ON PAGE 13
• Mario Landino charted 2.0 sacks and forced a fumble when he stripped the ball loose from Ohio State’s Luke Fahey. MORE ON PAGE 13
• Rolijah Hardy logged eight tackles in back-to-back weeks after games at Nebraska and against No. 4/5 Ohio State. MORE ON PAGE 12
• Tyrique Tucker posted a career-high eight tackles, including 0.5 tackle for loss versus the Buckeyes. MORE ON PAGE 13
• In his second game and his first start back from injury, A.J. Harris logged six tackles, including four solo stops against No. 4/5 Ohio State. MORE ON PAGE 14
COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/PDF/fb/2026/26-10-24-Notes_at_Michigan.pdf
MICHIGAN GAME NOTES: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mgoblue.com/documents/2026/10/19/20261019-fbl-notes-indiana.pdf?timestamp=20261019030155
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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After breaking a three-match losing streak with a big sweep of No. 20 Washington, the Indiana volleyball team (11-6, 4-4 B1G) will look to start piling wins together as the Big Ten season hits the midway point. The Hoosiers will finish off a three-match road trip at Ohio State on Friday (Oct. 23) before taking on Penn State in a top-20 battle at Wilkinson Hall on Sunday (Oct. 25).
An improved defensive effort was evident in IU’s trip to the west coast over the weekend. Led by 14 blocks from third-year middle blocker Ella Boersema in two matches, IU totaled 26 rejections as a team (3.25 per set). The 16 team blocks against Oregon were the most in a Big Ten match since 2023 (18 – vs. Illinois). The Hoosiers followed that up with 10 stuffs in a sweep of Washington.
Third-year outside hitter Izzy Clark added an extra wrinkle to IU’s dynamic offense when she made a full return to the front row this weekend. Her 12 kills against Washington helped the team hit above .300 and pick up a massive, ranked victory. Seven different players have turned in a double-digit kill effort for the Hoosiers this season including four pin hitters and three middle blockers.
This weekend’s matches will feature some familiar storylines on each side. First-year outside hitter Sara Snowbarger (Wooster, Ohio) and assistant coach (Dublin, Ohio) each hail from within a handful of hours from Columbus. Both will have plenty of family and friends in attendance.
On Sunday, Hodge and head coach Steve Aird will take on Penn State’s head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley. The three of them overlapped in the early 2000’s during their playing days at Penn State. All three of them either played for or coached under legendary head man Russ Rose at some point in their careers.
Each of this weekend’s games will be broadcasted to a national audience. IU will be live on the Big Ten Network from the Covelli Center in Columbus on Friday (Oct. 23) evening at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Wilkinson Hall will host the third all top-20 home matchup in program history at 3 p.m. on FS1.
Gameday Details
#18 Indiana (11-6, 4-4 Big Ten) at Ohio State (10-8, 3-5 Big Ten)
Friday, October 23rd | 7 p.m. ET | Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio)
TV: Big Ten Network (Jason Knapp, Audrey Flaugh)
Live Video | Live Stats
#18 Indiana (11-6, 4-4 Big Ten) vs. #16 Penn State (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten)
Sunday, October 25th | 3 p.m. ET | Wilkinson Hall (Bloomington, Ind.)
TV: FS1 (Chris Vosters, Camryn Irwin)
Live Video | Live Stats
A Win Would
Ohio State:
– Be the 12th win of the season and the fifth in Big Ten play
– Be the fifth win in seven tries against the Buckeyes
Penn State:
– Be the first time beating Penn State in consecutive years in IU history
– Be the third ranked win in Wilkinson Hall history
– Have Steve Aird match the program record for most ranked wins as a head coach
Both:
– Improve IU’s record to 13-6 (6-4 Big Ten) on the year
– Be the first three-game Big Ten winning streak of the season
New Items
• IU is coming off its second ranked win of the year with a sweep of No. 20 Washington (Oct. 18).
• The Hoosiers will go for a fifth road win of the season on Friday in Columbus.
• Longtime friends Steve Aird (IU) and Katie Schumacher-Cawley (Penn State) will meet each other on the sideline on Sunday.
Notable
ALL INVOLVED: Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic is closing in on becoming the 12th player in program history to reach 2,000 career assists. She’s 139 away as she continues to set the Hoosiers at an elite offensive rate. The Serbian is averaging 10.63 assists per set in her career at IU.
TALLYING WINS: Since the 2022 campaign (four-plus years), Indiana has racked up 88 wins under head coach Steve Aird. That includes at least 15 wins in each full season during that stretch. IU will be looking to reach that plateau again for the fifth-straight year in 2026.
WE LIKE THAT: Third-year outside hitter Izzy Clark made her full return to the lineup with a pair of starts out west. She produced a match high 12 kills on a .455 hitting percentage against No. 20 Washington as IU picked up a big road sweep. IU’s pin hitters combined for 31 kills in the win.
BIG BLOCK BOERSEMA: Third-year middle blocker Ella Boersema led a strong blocking performance in IU’s games over the weekend. She combined for 14 rejections in two matches out west, led by nine in a near win over No. 11 Oregon. Boersema has 31 blocks in Big Ten action this year.
STACKING UP: In conference games only this year, IU is near the top of the Big Ten in a number of important categories. The Hoosiers are fourth in hitting percentage (.255), fifth in blocks per set (2.62) and fifth in aces per set (1.55). That all comes while already having played the top four teams in the league.
IMPORTANT SWEEP: The win over No. 20 Washington was important in a number of ways. But it made some program history. The sweep over the Huskies, and last year’s sweep at Penn State, is the first time in school history that IU has swept a ranked Big Ten opponent on the road in back-to-back years.
RANKED WINS: Head coach Steve Aird and IU is coming off a big win at No. 20 Washington last week. He has now guided the program to 11 wins against AVCA opponents. If he is able to take down his alma mater, Penn State, he will match the program record for ranked wins (12) by a head coach.
TEAM EFFORT: IU has gotten important contributions from nearly its whole roster this year. 16 of 18 players have appeared in a match this year and 11 of those have started in one. On Sunday, second-year defensive specialist Avery Freeman made an appearance off the bench with two big aces.
Scouting the Opponent
Ohio State (10-8, 3-5 Big Ten)
• A win over USC and a five-set loss to UCLA proved a productive weekend as the Buckeyes completed their weekend out west at the same time as IU. Ohio State is in prime position to make this year’s Big Ten Tournament and will be hoping to rise the standings this weekend at home.
• Outside hitter Naomy Govou leads a strong charge of foreign flair for head coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg. She leads the team with 3.81 kills per set and 4.24 points per set. Opposite hitter Hannah Jones provides 3.00 kills per set. Setters Bailey Nakanelua and Mia Tuman have both gotten some run at the position in the last few weeks.
Penn State (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten)
• Penn State is also coming off its west coast trip after losing to UCLA and beating USC over the weekend. Opposite hitter Kennedy Martin, one of the nation’s best players is leading the team with 4.34 kills per set and 5.00 points per set. Veteran outside hitter Whitney Launstein is putting up 3.10 kills per set but is hitting under .200.
• Setter Alexis Stucky transferred in from Florida during the offseason and is leading the team’s offense to a .254 hitting percentage. She loves to get middle blocker Gabrielle Nichols involved in the offense (1.85 kills per set). Nichols is also offering up 1.28 blocks per set (78.0 total).
Inside the Series
Ohio State
• The Buckeyes were one of the early powerhouse programs in the Big Ten. Indiana has caught up in the all-time series, winning six of the 11 games played under head coach Steve Aird.
• The two teams have played seven-straight games that have gone either four or five sets. IU hasn’t won in Columbus since taking down the fifth-ranked Buckeyes in 2022.
Penn State
• Once the standard in college volleyball, Penn State has long reigned supreme over many teams in the Big Ten. IU finally picked up its first road win in the series last year and is now looking to pick up back-to-back wins over the Nittany Lions for the first time in program history. Penn State leads the all-time series 62-2.
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PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF
GRANBURY, Texas – Junior Lauren Timpf fired a 2-under 70 to lead No. 23 Purdue Women’s Golf in the opening round of the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate at Halbert National. As a team, the Boilermakers (+6) find themselves in a tie for sixth after 18 holes of play.
No. 6 Oregon (-12) holds a three-shot lead over No. 14 Tennessee (-9), while No. 18 Arizona State and Louisville (E) sit in a tie for third.
Timpf began her round with a birdie on the par-5 first, one of a team-high four birdies throughout the day. She birdied three of her final six holes, which included a 2-putt birdie at the 15th and a tap-in birdie on No. 17. Alternating birdies and pars down the stretch, Timpf secured her under-par round and a spot in the Top 5 of the individual leaderboard.
Ashley Kim made three birdies of her own and carded an even-par 72. Returning to her home state, the Westlake, Texas native finished strong by playing her final 13 holes bogey free and including a pair of birdies.
Making her season debut in the Purdue lineup, junior Michaela Headlee shot 74 (+2). She made two birdies on the front nine before grinding out eight pars on the back side. Luana Valero added a 78 (+6) to contribute to the team score.
The Boilermakers will look to make a move up the leaderboard during Tuesday’s second round. Live coverage of the tournament begins at 4 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. Additional coverage can be found by following Purdue Women’s Golf on X @PurdueWGolf.
BOILERMAKERS
T-5. Lauren Timpf: 70 (-2)
T-13. Ashley Kim: 72 (E)
T-23. Michaela Headlee: 74 (+2)
T-41. Luana Valero: 78 (+6)
T-44. Samantha Brown: 79 (+7)
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #6 Oregon: 276 (-12)
2. #14 Tennessee: 279 (-9)
T-3. #18 Arizona State: 288 (E)
T-3. Louisville: 288 (E)
5. Cincinnati: 293 (+5)
T-6. Purdue: 294 (+6)
T-6. Baylor: 294 (+6)
8. #23 Arizona: 297 (+9)
9. Abilene Christian: 308 (+20)
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NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
The 2026-27 college basketball season opener will enjoy a unique backdrop, as Notre Dame and Villanova will send their teams to Rome to tip off on Nov. 1.
The men’s teams will play that Sunday morning U.S. time, followed by a game between their women’s teams. Pope Leo XIV — the first American-born pope and a Villanova graduate — was invited to attend, and the players were scheduled to have an audience with him before the games, though those plans are less certain following news that Leo required surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his lung.
The trip will also be an early homecoming for Luigi Suigo, the 7-foot-3 Italian center who joined Villanova after playing for clubs in Milan and Belgrade, Serbia.
Still 19, Suigo is adjusting to the American game and recently committed two fouls in the first 76 seconds of an exhibition game against George Mason.
“He’s got to learn,” Wildcats coach Kevin Willard said. “… I think everyone sees a 7-foot-3 kid and automatically thinks he’s a grown man. A 19-year-old from Italy who has never played high-major basketball, he has to figure it out a little bit, and we have to be patient with him and you have to go through some growing pains a little bit.”
Villanova expects to be firmly in the Big East title chase. Voted third in the preseason coaches’ poll behind only UConn and St. John’s, the Wildcats return Tyler Perkins, a preseason all-conference first-teamer who led them last season with 13.7 points per game. They added transfer forwards Kwame Evans Jr. (Oregon) and Devin Royal (Ohio State).
Perkins, Royal and Suigo were the only players in the starting lineups for each of Villanova’s first two exhibitions. Evans is day-to-day with a left leg injury.
“I didn’t have to watch film of (Royal or Evans) because I had seen so much of (them) live,” Willard said. “I respected them from having gone up against them. … I’m still trying to figure out everybody.”
Notre Dame was selected 16th in the 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason media poll, and coach Micah Shrewsberry may be on the hot seat after going sub-.500 and missing the NCAA Tournament each of his first three seasons.
He is starting over without longtime leading scorer Markus Burton, Jalen Haralson and other familiar faces. His only returning regular starter is his son, Braeden Shrewsberry (11.9 ppg, 40.2% from 3-point range last season). Brady Koehler (5.6 ppg) also is back after serving as a starter for the second half of last season.
Micah Shrewsberry indicated the Fighting Irish’s projected starting five are his son, Kohler, Braeden Smith (Gonzaga transfer), Ethan Roberts (Penn) and Logan Duncomb (Winthrop). Duncomb was the Big South Player of the Year, and four-star guard Jonathan Sanderson headlines the freshman class.
“I think we’re a question mark for everybody right now, right, even for ourselves,” the coach said. “We wanna go and play and challenge ourselves against other people to see where we’re at.”
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NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S GOLF
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Notre Dame women’s golf team finished the fall portion of the 2026-27 schedule on Monday, placing fourth at the Jim West Challenge with a 2-under 862 over the three rounds of play.
The Fighting Irish placed three individuals in the top-20 on the leaderboard, as Bridget Wilkie led the team with a score of 2-under 214 over the 54 holes to finish in a tie for 10th overall.
Teammates Maddy Bante and Taryn Cagle also impressed at the tournament. Bante shot a 1-under 215 to finish tied for 15th while Cagle posted an even-par 216 to place tied for 18th.
ROUND ONE
The Irish shot a 1-over 289 in their opening round and were sitting in third place after Sunday’s morning session. Three of the four golfers that scored for Notre Dame in the first 18 holes of play finished even or under par.
Wilkie paced the Irish in the opening round, shooting 1-under 71 to set the tone. The junior’s round featured five birdies.
Cagle and Jordan Levitt both finished even par in the first round of the tournament, each recording three birdies on their scorecards. Bante was the other Irish scorer in the first 18 holes of play, shooting 2-over.
ROUND TWO
Notre Dame improved from the first round to the second, posting a 1-under 287 in the afternoon session on Sunday. The Irish were in fourth place after Sunday’s 36 holes of competition.
Wilkie continued her high-level of play in the second round, tallying a 2-under 70, which was her best round of the tournament. Wilkie finished with four birdies and just two bogeys to complete her impressive afternoon.
Cagle was steady in round two, posting a 1-under 71 with two birdies and 15 pars. Bante and Levitt each went 1-over with 73s to get the Irish to even par as a team for the tournament.
ROUND THREE
The Fighting Irish saved their best round for last, recording a 2-under 286 on Monday morning to solidify their fourth-place finish.
Bante was the star of the final round for Notre Dame, carding the low round of the tournament for the team with a 4-under 68 with five birdies and one bogey to move her overall score to 1-under.
Alexsandra Lapple had her best round of the two days on Monday, shooting even par with a 72. Both Wilkie and Cagle posted scores of 1-over 73s to give the Irish the final round score of 2-under.
UP NEXT
The Irish fall season is now complete and the team will resume the 2026-27 season in the spring.
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BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF
The Bulldog men and women have started strong at the Dayton Flyer Invitational as both teams hold the team lead after the opening day of play.
Play was cut short Monday due to darkness, with the second round set to resume Tuesday morning prior to the final 18.
Both teams feature the top name on the individual leaderboard as well with Addi Kooi in first place on the women’s side and Logan Sutto tied for first in the men’s tournament after the first day of play.
The Butler women hold a 16-stroke lead over Eastern Kentucky and the Butler men have a six-stroke advantage over Ball State.
Kooi holds a six-stroke lead over her teammate Treva Dodd in the individual standings. Kooi opened the tournament with a 68 (-2) and is 3-under through 17 holes of the second round. Dodd is even-par overall and in second place individually, with a 71 (+1) in the opening round and is 1-under through 17 holes for the second round.
Samantha Von Rohr is tied for fifth following a four-under 66 in Tuesday’s final round. Her afternoon featured six birdies. She is at three-under 143 after 36 holes.
The Butler Women:
1) Addi Kooi, 68-62 (through 17 holes)–130 (-6)
2) Treva Dodd, 71-65 (through 17 holes)–136 (E)
T5) Samantha Von Rohr, 77-66–143 (+3)
T8) Brooklynn Bohnert (IND), 73-68 (through 17 holes)– 132 (+4)
T14) Kylie Eaton, 76-66 (through 17 holes)–142 (+6)
T19) Rachel Johnson, 78-70–148 (+8)
T36) Ashley Freitas (IND), 75-73 (through 17 holes)–148 (+12)
Sutto is tied for first at 5-under par midway through his second round. Sutto carded a one-over 70 in the opening round but found red numbers throughout the afternoon. He is 12 holes into his second round and has an eagle and four birdies already on his scorecard. Sutto is tied with Jack Callahan of Miami (Ohio) with Callahan also through 12 holes of his second round.
Nick Vilela and Nicholas Brooks are both tied for seventh at 2-under par when play was suspended for the day.
The Butler Men:
T1) Logan Sutto, 70-42 (through 12)—112 (-5)
T7) Nick Vilela, 69-46 (through 12)—115 (-2)
T7) Nicholas Brooks, 69-46 (through 12)—115 (-2)
T29) Johnny Leaman, 72-52 (through 13)—124 (+3)
T40) Jacob Tarkany, 71-55 (through 13)—126 (+5)
T47) Johnny Creamean (IND), 75-57 (through 14)—132 (+6)
T79) Luke Kruger (IND), 81-53 (through 13)—134 (+13)
T83) David Krusinski (IND), 84-49 (through 11)—133 (+18)
85) Ethan Blomme (IND), 83-62 (through 14)—145 (+19)
The Bulldogs will resume play Tuesday with the completion of the second round before teeing off in the third and final round. The men will begin play at 9 a.m., while the women are scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
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BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
Butler will travel to Milwaukee, Wis., to face Marquette on Saturday. The Bulldogs will then take the short trip to Chicago to face DePaul on Sunday.
Saturday, Oct. 24, at Marquette at 2 p.m. ET | 1 p.m. CT
Sunday, Oct. 25, at DePaul at 4 p.m. ET | 3 p.m. CT
Butler Recently
The Bulldogs moved to 10-10 over the weekend with a win over UConn and a loss to Providence.
Butler is now 4-4 in BIG EAST play after starting 3-0 in conference action for the first time in program history.
Raegan Durbin totaled 28 kills this past weekend, posting 10 against UConn and 18 against Providence.
The Bulldogs registered 13 service aces in a three-set win against UConn
Despite falling in five sets, Butler outpaced Providence in both kills (60-47) and assists (56-43).
Bulldog Bits
Jersey Loyer anchors the defense with a team-high 296 digs. Loyer ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with 4.05 digs/set.
Sarah Kempf directs the offense, leading the Bulldogs in assists this season with 288. She splits time with Ava Hunter, who has 266 assists this season.
Durbin paces the Bulldogs in kills this season with 171.
Carly Slusser controls the net with 68 blocks.
Scouting Marquette
The Golden Eagles are 12-6 overall and 7-1 in the BIG EAST in 2026. Last week, Marquette won two weekend conference matches against St. John’s and Seton Hall. Carson Tyler leads the Golden Eagles in kills with 251. Luanna Markus leads Marquette in assists with 667. Emi Juric leads the Golden Eagles with 245 digs. Molly Wegle leads Marquette in blocks with 81. Marquette leads the all-time series 24-3, with Butler’s last win coming in the 20-21 season.
Scouting DePaul
The Blue Demons are 14-5 overall and 6-2 in the BIG EAST in 2026. Last week, DePaul won two BIG EAST matches with victories over Seton Hall and St. John’s. Kendall Timme leads the Blue Demons in kills with 251. Leonor Polezzi leads DePaul in assists with 637. Nora Mannion leads the Blue Demons in digs with 188. Jade Dudley-Epps leads DePaul in blocks with 69. Butler leads the all-time series 17-8, with DePaul’s last win coming in the 2025 season.
Up Next
Butler will return home for the next two matches. The Bulldogs will face St. John’s on Friday, Oct. 30, at Hinkle Fieldhouse. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Bulldogs will then face off against Seton Hall on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Hinkle Fieldhouse. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
KETTERING, Ohio – – With one full round complete and the second suspended due to darkness Monday, the Ball State men’s golf team is currently second among the 13-team field at the Flyer Invitational.
After an hour-and-15-minute delay to start the day, the Cardinals finished the opening round on the par 71, 7,048-yard layout at NCR Country Club at +3 (287). Ball State followed with an even stronger start to the second round, shooting a combined four-under par before darkness crept in.
In-state rival Butler currently leads the event at -7, while Ball State holds the edge over Mid-American Conference rivals Ohio (+3 / 3rd) and Miami (+9 / 6th).
In the opening 18, sophomore Luke Johnston and senior Cameron Young led the Cardinals at -2 (69). Johnston played a bogey-free back nine and recorded three of his four birdies after the turn.
Johnston’s four birdies were the second-most on the team, just one short of Young’s five. Two of Young’s birdies came on the front nine, while the other three came on the back.
Johnston was also one-under par through his first 13 holes in the second round and is currently tied for fourth among the 88-player field at -3. Young is right behind, tied for 13th at -1.
Senior Avery Mahoney’s +1 (72) and freshman Mattingly Upchurch’s +6 (77) rounded out the top four scores for the Cardinals in the first round. Mahoney finished the last five holes one-under par, carding birdies on the par 4, 455-yard 16th and par 4, 353-yard 17th.
After a rough opening round, junior Happy Gilmore rebound to start his second tour of the course, marking down three birdies and 10 pars before play was suspended. He finished the day at +4 and tied for 35th overall.
Freshman Brayden Lamborne and sophomore Brody Sorrell ended the day tied for 19th as individuals for Ball State. Lamborne’s E (71) in the opening round was the third Cardinals score at-or-below par, with Sorrell one stroke behind at +1 (72).
Sophomore Cameron Chattin rounded out Ball State’s individuals with a +5 (76) in the opening round. Sorrell was even through his start to the second round, while both Lamborne and Chattin were one-over par.
Play in the Flyer Invitational concludes tomorrow with the resumption of the second round starting at 9 a.m., followed by the final round.
Ball State Individual Results (First Round Only)
Luke Johnston: -2 (69)
Cameron Young: -2 (69)
Brayden Lamborne*: E (71)
Avery Mahoney: +1 (72)
Brody Sorrell*: +1 (72)
Cameron Chattin +5 (76)
Mattingly Upchurch: +6 (77)
Happy Gilmore +7 (78)
* denotes playing as an individual
Ball State Team Results
Ball State: +3 (287)
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BALL STATE FOOTBALL
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State football returns home this week looking to build on the momentum of its first Mid-American Conference win of the season as it prepares to host Sacramento State. Head coach Mike Uremovich, along with Gavin Forsha and Chris Hood, met with the media Monday morning to discuss the Cardinals’ recent win and upcoming matchup.
Ball State enters week eight coming off an overtime road victory, but Uremovich emphasized the importance of moving forward and continuing to correct mistakes regardless of the result.
“It’s exciting to get a win,” Uremovich said. “It’s still the same. We come in on Sunday, whether win or lose. You have to remove the emotions from the game, and there’s plenty of things that we did really well on Saturday, and we talked about those, but there’s a lot of things that we need to fix too.”
Uremovich said the Cardinals cannot allow the victory to take attention away from areas that still need improvement.
“It’s human nature when you win that you just think everything’s okay,” Uremovich said. “We approached Sunday the exact same way as the however-many games we lost in a row before that. We had our staff meeting. I went through a teaching tape with the staff and told them the things that we had to fix.”
Forsha echoed that approach, saying the Cardinals have shifted their focus entirely to their next opponent.
“This week is all about Sacramento State,” Forsha said. “Last week was good, but it’s 1-0 each week for us, and we’re trying to get it done this week.”
The Cardinals will face a Sacramento State team that Uremovich described as physical and athletic on both sides of the football. Defensively, Sacramento State presents additional challenges because of its ability to use several different fronts and coverages.
“They are very multiple,” Uremovich said. “You’re going to see a three-man front, a four-man front, the old Chicago Bear defense. You’re going to see Cover 1, Cover 3 quarters. They do a ton on defense, and it will create problems for you because you’ve got to know your rules.”
Hood said the Cardinals’ offensive line has already faced several different defensive looks this season and is confident in its ability to adjust.
“We’ve handled a lot of exotic fronts this year and a lot of crazy stuff,” Hood said. “So, I think we’re extremely confident to go into that and pick up those blitzes and pick up the guys that are coming in.”
Ball State also looks to build on one of its more complete defensive performances of the season. Forsha said the unit’s improvement has developed over several weeks and began to come together in the Cardinals’ most recent game.
“I feel like every week we’ve gotten better,” Forsha said. “I feel like we’ve improved each week. Last week, I felt like we put it all together for the first time in a full game, and I hope to do it every game now.”
Uremovich said maintaining that progress starts with players understanding their assignments and being in the correct position before the snap.
“Defensive football is about getting lined up, getting your cleats in the ground and getting your eyes right every play,” Uremovich said. “Then after that, they got to go play, and we did a really good job of that on Saturday against a good running football team with a talented quarterback.”
Offensively, Hood credited growing confidence and trust among the Cardinals for helping the unit make progress after a difficult start to the season.
“I think confidence and vibes,” Hood said. “I think that’s a big thing. Everyone had trust in each other, had trust in [Keldric Luster], had trust in the five offensive linemen, wide receivers, tight ends, running backs. We all are trusting each other, and the vibes are high.”
That confidence was tested in Ball State’s recent victory after the Cardinals lost a fumble in a crucial late-game drive in the fourth quarter. Hood said the response from Luster and the rest of the team demonstrated a change in the Cardinals’ mentality.
“There was never a sense of doubt,” Hood said. “[Luster] fumbled it. He made a mistake, but he got back up. We all got back up. We were all excited to go back in. I mean, we knew we had to go and score anyway, so that mindset didn’t change.”
Ball State has also relied on its depth as injuries have created opportunities for other players. Uremovich pointed to Eli Hohlt and Alex Scherle as examples of players who were prepared when their opportunities arrived.
“That’s why you recruit and develop, and nobody cares when your guys get hurt,” Uremovich said. “People get hurt all the time. You’ve got to be able to get the next guy ready to play.”
Hohlt, who earned a scholarship ahead of the season after joining the team as a walk-on in 2023, delivered a key grab as regulation time expired in the Cardinals’ recent win. Uremovich said seeing a former walk-on contribute in an important moment was particularly rewarding.
“When you give a walk-on a scholarship, they earned it,” Uremovich said. “[Hohlt] loves Ball State, man, and he worked his tail off to get that opportunity. And then for him to be able to be in the game and make that play is great.”
Hood also credited Hohlt’s work ethic and willingness to contribute on special teams throughout his career.
“There’s no one that was more deserving of that scholarship than him,” Hood said. “He kept grinding and putting his head down, and it finally came into play. He’s going to keep working. He’s going to keep giving you everything he’s got.”
The Cardinals now return to Muncie for a homecoming. Uremovich said the team is looking forward to playing in front of its home crowd again as it attempts to carry its recent momentum into another week.
“We’re really excited to be at home,” Uremovich said. “We played good football at home since we’ve been here, and I know our guys love playing in front of the home crowd, and it’s homecoming. … Hopefully, we get the same thing this Saturday.”
Ball State hosts newest Mid-American Conference foe Sacramento State inside Scheumann Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 24, with kickoff slated for 3:30 p.m. ET. The broadcast is available on ESPN+ and WLBC 104.1 FM.
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BALL STATE WOMEN’S GOLF
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. – – Ball State’s four countable scorers played the back nine at 11-under Monday, helping the women’s golf team climb three spots up the team leaderboard on the second day of the Diamante Intercollegiate.
The Cardinals finished the day at -2 (286) and are currently sixth among the 20-team field with a two-round score of -1 (575). Sam Houston continues to lead the event at -20 (556), while Ball State remains within striking distance of second-place Arkansas State which is -7 (569) for the tournament.
In Tuesday’s second round on the par 72, 6,111-yard trek, the Cardinals were led by junior Sophie Korthuijs and sophomore Skylar Dean who both finished their second round at -1 (71). Each tallied four birdies on the day and each played the back nine at -3 (33).
Also shooting -3 (33) on the back nine was freshman Taylor Larkins, who rebounded from three bogeys on the front nine to finish the day at E (72). The second-half rally helped Larkins remain at -4 (140) for the tournament and she enters the final round tied for fifth overall, four strokes back of co-leaders Pureun Kim (Sam Houston) and Eleonore Aernouts (Little Rock).
Also finishing the day at E (72) was sophomore Ashley Kirkland who led the Cardinals with six birdies on the day, including four on the back nine. She is currently tied for 10th among the 114-player field with eight total birdies.
Thanks to their play today, Korthuijs is tied for 25th at E (144), Kirkland is tied for 40th at +2 (146) and Dean is tied for 63rd at +5 (149).
Also turning in a solid day for the Cardinals was freshman Elizabeth Coleman, who shot +1 (73) and is tied for 46th overall at +3 (147). Coleman’s second round included four birdies, raising her tournament total to eight which is tied with Kirkland for 10th among the field.
Along with the solid team effort, seniors Jenna Estravillo and JJ Gregston turned in rounds of +4 (76) and +5 (77), respectively. Gregston carded two birdies on the day, while Estravillo wrote down one. Both are tied for 75th overall at +6 (150).
Action in the Diamante Intercollegiate concludes Tuesday. Ball State’s team players will be playing in the final five groups off of hole 10 starting at 9:25 a.m. CT, while the two individuals will tee off on hole one starting at 9:45 a.m. CT.
Ball State Individual Results
T5th – Taylor Larkins: 140 (68-72; -4)
T25th – Sophie Korthuijs: 144 (73-71; E)
T40th – Ashley Kirkland: 146 (74-72; +2)
T46th – Elizabeth Coleman: 147 (74-73; +3)
T63rd – Skylar Dean: 149 (78-71; +5)
T75th – JJ Gregston*: 150 (73-77; +6)
T75th – Jenna Estravillo*: 150 (74-76; +6)
* denotes playing as an individual
Ball State Team Results
6th – Ball State: 575 (289-286; -1)
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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana State sits third overall in the team standings, while all five Sycamores in the starting lineup are inside the top 20 in the field to highlight the first day of the Braun Intercollegiate.
The Sycamores (+24) sit four strokes behind Southern Illinois (+20) and two strokes back of Bellarmine (+22) through the first 18 holes of the week at the Oak Meadow Golf Club. Indiana State currently leads MVC foes Valparaiso and Evansville among others within the field.
Louise Standtke (+4) sits three strokes back of the tournament leader through the first round on the course as the junior turned in a first-round 76. She highlighted her first round with a birdie on the seventh hole, while posting a team-high 12 pars on the course.
Sophia Florek (+6) birdied the second hole of the day on her way to going even-par through the front nine on her way to finishing with a first-round 78.
Rosalie DiNunzio (+7), Keira Brazeau (+7), and Alana Gilbert (+7) sit in a three-way tie for 19th overall on the course through the opening round. DiNunzio highlighted the trio with a team-high two birdies in the round, going under par on both the 10th and 15th holes, while Gilbert birdied the 17th.
Gabby Cone (+8) took on the field as an individual sitting tied for 27th overall in the field after carding a first-round 80. She birdied the 17th hole to highlight a back-nine where she went 3-over par.
Ava Brumagin (+14) is tied for 54th overall with a first-round 86, while Nicole Feistl (+17) birdied both the 15th and 18th holes on her way to a first-round 89.
The Sycamores sit fourth overall in team scoring on Par 3s over the tournament averaging 3.20 strokes per hole, while sitting third overall in Par 4 (4.46) and Par 5 (5.20) scoring. Louise Standtke is the team scoring leader in Par 4s at +1 over the first day, while Sophia Florek and Rosalie DiNunzio is tied for seventh in Par 5 scoring at even-par.
Up Next
Indiana State women’s golf closes out the fall portion of the 2026-27 schedule on Tuesday, October 20, at the Braun Intercollegiate held at the Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville, Ind. with play set to begin at 11 a.m. ET.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S GOLF
CINCINNATI – AJ Agnew of the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s golf team is pacing the way at the Gateway Logistics Invitational after shooting 67-71-138 on Monday (Oct. 20). As a team, the Mastodons are in second, just four shots off the lead.
Agnew, who is playing as an individual, is tied with three others for the individual lead. Agnew shot 67 in the opening round thanks to a very clean scorecard with four birdies and just one bogey. This matched his career-low in an 18-hole round. He started his day with a birdie on hole seven, ended with a birdie on six, and birdied 14 and 16 in between. In the afternoon round, Agnew shot 71 with five more birdies. Those came on holes 10, 11, one, two and four. Agnew is seeking his first top-five finish of his collegiate career.
Brock Reschly led those competing for the team score with a 68-72-140 opening day and is tied for fifth. He had nothing worse than a bogey all day. He started with a bogey-free front nine with birdies on holes one, five and seven, then birdied 11, 14 and 16 later on his 1-over back nine. In round two, Reschly was 1-over on both sides, both featuring a birdie and two bogeys. He birdied holes seven and 14. He is just two strokes off Agnew’s field-leading 138 with 18 to play. Reschly is looking for his sixth top-10 and second top-five finish as a Mastodon.
Justin Hicks is tied for seventh after his day of 70-71-141. He birdied holes five, seven, 13, 14 and 17 in his first trip through the course for an even 70. His second round was much steadier, as he had a birdie on seven with just two bogeys to go with 15 pars. Hicks is seeking the second top-10 of his Mastodon career.
One stroke behind Hicks, Nick Bellush shot 73-69-142 on Monday for ninth place. He put together a performance of 13 pars with a pair of back-to-back birdies on holes seven and eight in round one. In the afternoon, Bellush had a bogey-free back nine with birdies on 15 and 18. He added another birdie on seven. With 18 to play, Bellush is on pace for his second top-10 of his career.
Brady Moore shot 68-76-144 in his first time in the Mastodon lineup. His 68 in the morning round was bookended by birdies on four and five, between which he managed birdies on 10, 14 and three. He added 10 pars for his 2-under performance, the lowest of his career. In the afternoon, Moore secured an eagle on hole seven and a birdie on 14 to pair well with 10 pars. He is in a tie for 16th place with 18 to go.
Julian Dugan rounded out those competing for the team score with a 75-75-150 for 41st place. He had birdies on holes seven, 16 and 18 in round one and holes 14, 16 and 18 in round two.
Gavin Hare competed as an individual, turning in 71-72-143 to own 13th place with 18 holes left. His day was highlighted by an eagle on 530-yard 14th.
Caden Baker also played as an individual, shooting 78-73-151 for 43rd. He totaled five birdies and had a bogey-free front nine in the second round. He was 2-under on the front between the first and second rounds.
The Mastodons’ 279-287-566 was good for second place behind Xavier’s 562. The ‘Dons are ahead of Horizon League foes Youngstown State (570), Northern Kentucky (587), Detroit Mercy (589) and IU Indy (591).
The final round of the Gateway Logistics Invitational will begin on Tuesday morning (Oct. 20).
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Emily Gottman of the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf team shot a 74 in the opening round of the Braun Intercollegiate on Monday (Oct. 19), which was just one stroke off the lead in the 73-player field.
Gottman, who finished second and fourth at the last two events for the Mastodons, shot 74 by way of four birdies and nine pars. After starting on 18, she birdied holes three, six and eight for an even front nine. She finished her day with a 1-under stretch over the last three, including a birdie on hole 16.
Lillie Cone is seeking her second top-10 in as many weeks after an opening round of 78. She had a 38 on the front nine thanks to seven pars in a row, then managed three birdies on the back nine for a 40. She birdied holes 11, 15 and 16, which put her in a tie for seventh with 18 to play.
Three shots back of Cone, Louise Ekesall shot an 81 for 34th place. She was even over her first five holes with three pars and a birdie on hole two, a 464-yard par-5. later on, she parred her last five of the day.
Another stroke back, Lillian Gottman and Hunar Mittal both shot 82 for 41s place. Gottman’s day was highlighted by a birdie on hole two, the same par-5 that Ekesall birdied. Mittal strung together 11 pars, six of which came over the last six holes.
Amaya Wade played as an individual and shot 86. She had birdies on nine and 13.
As a team, Purdue Fort Wayne shot 315, just seven strokes back of Southern Illinois, who leads the field.
The final round of the Braun Intercollegiate will begin on Tuesday (Oct. 20) at 10 a.m.
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VALPO MEN’S GOLF
Strong Round-2 performances from redshirt senior Ryan Somerville (Aurora, Ontario / Aurora) and junior Rob Politza (Lemont, Ill. / Lemont township) highlighted the Valparaiso University men’s golf team’s first day of action at Drake’s Zach Johnson Invitational, hosted at the par-71, 6961-yard Glen Oaks Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
How It Happened
Politza and Somerville each posted 69s (-2) in Round 2 and both finished the day at 1-over 143 after going +3 in the opening round. They are tied for 22nd in a 79-player field after making 12-player jumps in Round 2.
Somerville went par or better on 15 of 18 holes in Round 1, but had a double and just one birdie. In the second round, he shot a 3-under 32 on the front nine including an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole on his way to the season-low 69.
Politza teed off from Hole 11 and started his second round with birdies on three of his first six holes, sitting at -3 through the first third of the round.
Freshman Tyler Samaan (Elgin, Ill. / Burlington) led the team with a 70 (-1) in Round 1. He birdied three straight holes – 1, 2 and 3 – and was 2-under on the front nine. He finished the day at 146, tied for 33rd.
The Beacons are ninth of 13 at 583 (292-290). The team’s second round on Monday was the squad’s second-best 18-hole overall score this fall. Valpo is ahead of Western Illinois, Creighton, Eastern Illinois and UNI. Lindenwood leads at 556, while South Dakota State’s Jake Olson is the frontrunner for medalist honors with a 9-under 133.
Thoughts From Head Coach Dave Gring
“We were third in the field for pars (106), but we were 10th in the field for birdies (26), after the first two rounds. We still aren’t converting enough of our greens in regulation to birdies. Part of that is proximity to the hole, but we had a lot of putts within 10′ that we narrowly missed. Our players are reading the greens pretty well, but we aren’t matching the necessary speed of those putts with the line, so we’re just off the mark. Also, we had nine double-bogeys or worse in today’s rounds. Some of those were poorly executed shots, but some of those were from the middle of the fairway with a wedge in the hand. Improvement in our putting and eliminating these big holes is going to make a huge difference for our team scoring.”
“We had some solid rounds from our Top-3 players today. Tyler led the field with 26 pars for both rounds. He had three birdies in a row during Holes 1-3 and he only had two bogeys in that first round. In the second round, Ryan had five birdies and an eagle on the ninth hole, while Rob had five birdies and two bogeys. We are playing on a quality golf course and those three guys gave us a lot of good ball-striking in all three of those rounds. We certainly saw some excellent drives off the tee and good proximity to the hole from all three of those sub-par rounds.”
Up Next
The final round of the fall season will take place on Tuesday. A link to live scoring via Clippd is available on ValpoAthletics.com.
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VALPO WOMEN’S GOLF
Valparaiso University women’s golf fifth-year senior Katelyn McCoy (Chesterton, Ind. / Chesterton) posted the team’s best score in Monday’s first round of the 36-hole Braun Intercollegiate, hosted by Evansville at the par-72, 6101-yard Oak Meadow Golf Club in Evansville, Ind. This marks the final tournament of the fall season and is a familiar destination for Valpo, as the team has played in this event 12 times since the program launched in 2009.
How It Happened
McCoy is vying for a top-10 finish in the 73-player field, as she is tied for seventh at 77 (+5). She finished strong with birdies on two of her final three holes on Monday.
Senior Keira Cotter (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) posted a 79 (+7) including a birdie on Hole 11. She is in the top 20 at t-19.
Freshman Olivia Bailey (Rochester, Ind. / Rochester Community) was the third Beacon with a score of 80 or better, as she needed 80 strokes to get through the first round, highlighted by a birdie on Hole 15. She played a five-hole stretch on the back nine at -1.
The Beacons are tied for sixth of 11 on the team leaderboard at 318 (+30). Southern Illinois leads the way at 308. Indiana’s Zoe Arcus is entered as an individual and leads the field with a 73.
Thoughts from Head Coach Jill McCoy
“We started strong today, then lost a little steam at the end. Katelyn’s putting was strong and helped her hold on to a good round. Hopefully everyone can start out strong and keep the momentum going in Round 2.”
Up Next
The final round of the fall season will take place on Tuesday. A link to live scoring via Clippd is available on ValpoAthletics.com.
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UINDY MEN’S GOLF
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The UIndy men’s tennis team finished their first tournament of the season at the ITA Midwest Regional.
The tournament was highlighted by semifinal appearances in singles and a quarterfinals appearance in doubles play.
Maxime Dierickx led the way in singles play, making a run to the semifinals in the B Draw before withdrawing in the semifinal. Dierickx was part of the trio which also included Pranav Mahesh Saravanakumar and Simon Gruber who each made the Round of 16 in the B Draw of singles.
The Greyhounds also found success in the Main Draw with Runkai Bai making the Quarterfinal in his first ITA Regional as a Greyhound. He and Tadeo Gaggiofatto were the two Hounds to pick up a match win in the Main Draw as each made it to the Round of 16.
The pair also found success in doubles play with the pair making the Round of 32 in the Main Draw of doubles. The pair that went the furthest in doubles was Dierickx and Lorenzo Di Cursi who were the lone Greyhounds in the B Draw and made it to the Round of 16.
The Consolation Bracket saw UIndy make a run in the Main Draw of Singles with Stanisavljevic Mateya making the Quarterfinals.
Select Greyhounds will return to action for the ITA Cup in Tuscaloosa from Nov. 4th through Nov. 8th.
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UINDY MEN’S GOLF
FRISCO, Texas – University of Indianapolis alumnus and former Greyhound head coach Brent Nicoson was announced Monday as part of the 2026 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Coaches Hall of Fame induction class. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday, Dec. 7. Part of a four-generation legacy at UIndy, Nicoson will be one of only three coaches inducted in the WGCA Hall of Fame in ’26.
FROM THE WGCA
Brent Nicoson has established himself as one of the most accomplished coaches in women’s collegiate golf, building a championship legacy defined by sustained success, exceptional player development, and leadership within the sport. During his tenure at the University of Indianapolis, Nicoson guided the Greyhounds to three NCAA Division II National Championships (2015, 2018, and 2024), with the 2015 title marking the first time a program outside the state of Florida captured the Division II women’s golf national championship.
Under his leadership, Indianapolis became one of the nation’s premier women’s golf programs, capturing 10 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships in 11 seasons and maintaining a national top-10 ranking for 10 consecutive years. His teams have amassed 95 tournament victories, while Nicoson has earned numerous coaching honors, including the 2018 Division II Golf Pride WGCA National Coach of the Year award, nine GLVC Coach of the Year awards, and eight NCAA East Region Coach of the Year honors.
Nicoson’s impact on student-athlete development is equally impressive. Throughout his coaching career, he has mentored 22 different WGCA All-Americans, 54 WGCA All-American Scholars, five NCAA Elite 90 Award recipients, 63 All-Conference selections, and eight conference Freshmen of the ear. His players have also captured five NCAA Individual Regional Championships, eight individual conference titles, and 77 individual tournament victories from 22 different players. Among his standout student-athletes is 2019 PING WGCA National Player of the Year, 2020 PING WGCA National Co-Player of the Year, and fellow 2026 WGCA Hall of Fame inductee, Pilar Echeverria. Another impressive player was Katharina Keilich, who captured the 2018 NCAA Division II Individual National Championship.
Beyond his success on the course, Nicoson has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing collegiate golf through his service on the NCAA Division II Regional Advisory Committee and three years as chair of the NCAA Division II National Committee. Now at Grand Canyon University, he continues to make an impact, already coaching student-athletes to two school records and a Mountain West Freshman of the Year honor.
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UINDY VOLLEYBALL
INDIANAPOLIS – After picking up two key region wins at the Midwest Region Crossover last week, the UIndy volleyball team grabbed the region’s No. 4 spot in the newly-released NCAA Power Index (NPI) Monday. New to Division II this year, NPI evaluates a team’s season by considering both results and the strength of the teams it plays.
The primary purpose of NPI is to compare teams within Division II for ranking and NCAA championship selection. Once automatic qualifiers are determined, remaining teams are considered for at-large selection based on NPI ranking until the championship field is filled. NPI may also play a role in championship seeding. Seeding and bracketing procedures vary by division and sport. Click/tap the links above for more information.
The next set of volleyball rankings will be published on Oct. 26, followed by Nov. 2. After Nov. 2, rankings will be updated daily until selections. The NCAA DII women’s volleyball selection show is set to air on NCAA.com on Sunday, Nov. 15.
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UINDY MEN’S SOCCER
INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy men’s soccer team climbed four spots in the NCAA Power Index (NPI) rankings, released Monday, jumping up to No. 10 in Super Region 3. New to Division II this year, NPI evaluates a team’s season by considering both results and the strength of the teams it plays.
The primary purpose of NPI is to compare teams within Division II for ranking and NCAA championship selection. Once automatic qualifiers are determined, remaining teams are considered for at-large selection based on NPI ranking until the championship field is filled. NPI may also play a role in championship seeding. Seeding and bracketing procedures vary by division and sport. Click/tap the links above for more information.
The next set of men’s soccer rankings will be published on Monday, Nov. 2, with the NCAA tournament selections being announced on Nov. 9. Ten teams from each of the four Super Regions will earn a postseason bid.
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MARIAN FOOTBALL
Indianapolis —- Marian University football redshirt junior Cade Houseman and freshman Hudson Moritz were named the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Midwest League Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively, the organization announced Monday afternoon.
Houseman earns the honor for the second time this season and for the fifth time in his career. The Springfield, Ohio native recorded five tackles, three of which came for a loss, and a pass breakup in 8th-ranked Marian’s 31-3 win over 16th-ranked Olivet Nazarene, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season.
The Knights held ONU to over 40 points under its previous scoring average, while holding the Tigers to just nine yards rushing.
Moritz made two tackles on special teams along with a fumble recovery on an Olivet Nazarene muffed punt. The true freshman out of Indianapolis has logged snaps in each of Marian’s seven games to this point in the season.
The Knights return to the road for the first time in five weeks on Saturday , traveling to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for a 1 p.m. kickoff in MSFA Midwest action.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TV SPORTS
Tuesday, Oct. 20
College Basketball (Men’s) – 7 p.m.: Exhibition (ACCN)
College Football – 7 p.m.: MTSU at FIU (CBSSN)
College Football – 7:30 p.m.: Missouri St. at Delaware (ESPNU)
College Football – 7:30 p.m.: South Alabama at Marshall (ESPN2)
College Golf – 4 p.m.: Abilene Christian Intercollegiate, 2nd Round
Gymnastics – 1:30 p.m.: 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (NBCSN)
MLB – 8 p.m.: ALCS Game 7, Cleveland at Tampa Bay (TBS/truTV)
NBA – 3 p.m.: Boston at Detroit (NBC/Peacock)
NBA – 7 p.m.: Philadelphia at New York (NBC/Peacock)
NBA – 9:30 p.m.: Oklahoma City at San Antonio (NBC/Peacock)
NHL – 8 p.m.: Boston at Dallas (ESPN)
NHL – 10:30 p.m.: Tampa Bay at Vegas (ESPN)
Wednesday, Oct. 21
College Football – 8 p.m.: New Mexico St. at Sam Houston St. (ESPN2)
College Golf – 4 p.m.: Abilene Christian Intercollegiate, Final Round
College Volleyball (Women’s) – 7 p.m.: Kentucky at Tennessee (SECN)
Golf – 10 p.m.: LPGA Tour, BMW Ladies Championship, 1st Round (Korea)
Gymnastics – 1:30 p.m.: 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (NBCSN)
NBA – 7:40 p.m.: Minnesota at Miami (ESPN)
NBA – 10:05 p.m.: Golden State at L.A. Lakers (ESPN)
NHL – 7:30 p.m.: Philadelphia at Buffalo (TNT/truTV)
Thursday, Oct. 22
College Football – 7 p.m.: Liberty at Kennesaw St. (CBSSN)
College Football – 7 p.m.: James Madison at Appalachian St. (ESPNU)
College Football – 7:30 p.m.: East Carolina at Memphis (ESPN2)
College Soccer (Men’s) – 7 p.m.: Auburn at Florida (SECN)
College Soccer (Men’s) – 9 p.m.: Texas A&M at Missouri (SECN)
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