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Freytag Scores Twice As Storm Top Team USA

Posted on October 24, 2014

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Matthew Freytag scored his second and third goals of the season to help the Tri-City Storm (5-2-1) defeat Team USA (2-6-0) 4-2 at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube on Friday night.

Tri-City continued to convert on the power play, scoring twice with the man advantage in the win. The special teams unit has produced plenty early on in the season, and is the top-ranked group in the USHL after the team’s first eight games, at a rate of 32.26%

The Storm power play opened the scoring in the first period when forward Joel Herbert deflected a Tory Dello shot past USA goalie Joseph Woll.

Just 1:02 later, Tri-City made it 2-0 on Freytag’s first tally of the night. The Wayzata, Minn. native scored off a pass from center Mason Appleton.

Freytag struck again at 5:52 of the second period with another wrist shot to beat Woll and make it 3-0 Tri-City.

Next, Storm captain Garrett Gamez put home a rebound in front of the USA net after a shot from forward Jake Wahlin. The team’s second power play goal of the night made it 4-0 and Tri-City never looked back.

Team USA forward Max Jones scored on a power play later in the second to make it 4-1 before the teams went into the locker room for the second intermission.

The only goal of the final period was scored by USA forward William Lockwood, and the game ended with a 4-2 win for Tri-City.

Storm netminder Alec Dillon made 21 stops in the win to pick up his fifth victory of the season.

Tri-City outshot Team USA 37-23 in the game.

The two teams will complete their weekend series on Saturday night in Ann Arbor at 6:00 p.m. CST.

Notes: The Storm scratched forwards Aleksi Ainali and Wade Allison, along with defenseman Jason Krych…

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period

Tri-City – Joel Herbert (power play) (Tory Dello, Chase Berger) 11:13
Tri-City – Matthew Freytag (Mason Appleton) 12:15

2nd Period

Tri-City – Matthew Freytag (Jalen Schulz, Kevin Kerr) 5:52
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (power play) (Jake Wahlin, Chris Wilkie) 9:15
Team USA – Max Jones (power play) (Clayton Keller, Chad Krys) 14:32

3rd Period

Team USA – William Lockwood (Ryan Lindgren) 11:13

PENALTIES

1st Period

Team USA – Adam Fox – (Hooking), 2 min, 9:45
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Elbowing), 2 min, 16:30

2nd Period

Team USA – Chad Krys – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 8:56
Team USA – Nick Pastujov – (High Sticking), 2 min, 9:56
Tri-City – Kyle Eastman – (Roughing), 2 min, 12:33
Tri-City – Jalen Schulz – (Boarding), 2 min, 14:04
Team USA – Luke Martin – (Slashing), 2 min, 14:42
Team USA – Michael Campoli – (Roughing), 4 min, 14:59
Tri-City – Conner Valesano – (Checking From Behind), 4 min, 14:59
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez – (Fight (Removal of Equipment)) 5 min, 14:59

3rd Period

Team USA – Joey Anderson – (Hooking), 2 min, 2:24
Team USA – Clayton Keller – (High Sticking), 2 min, 5:34

Power Play

Tri-City – 2/5

Team USA – 1/5

Shots

Tri-City: 12, 15, 10 = Total: 37
Team USA: 9, 8, 6 = Total: 23

Saves

Green Bay – Alec Dillon – 21/23

Team USA – Joseph Woll – 33/37

Huskers Suffer 3-1 Loss at Penn State

Posted on October 24, 2014

University Park, Pa. – The Nebraska soccer team fell to No. 7 Penn State, 3-1, on Friday night at Jeffrey Field.

Senior Mayme Conroy scored the Huskers’ lone goal on the evening in the 41st minute. The score marked her eighth of the season. For the game, Conroy took three shots in 86 minutes of action.

Caroline Flynn also took three shots, while Samantha Areman, Caroline Gray and Sydney Miramontez also contributed to the offense by each taking one shot. On the defensive side, goalkeeper Kelly Schatz earned two saves in 90 minutes of work.

The Nittany Lions struck first in the fourth minute when Mallory Weber scored off an assist from Emily Hurd. Penn State made the score 2-0 shortly before Conroy’s goal when Frannie Crouse knocked it in from a Whitney Church corner kick in the 40th minute.

The majority of the second half remained scoreless until Penn State’s Haleigh Echard scored in the 90th minute off a Hurd assist.

NU falls to 7-8-2 on the season, with a 3-6-2 mark in the Big Ten. The Huskers finish up their final regular-season road trip on Sunday at Ohio State at noon (CT). Nebraska’s final home game is on Friday, Oct. 31 against Iowa at the Nebraska Soccer Field at 3:30 p.m.

Konerko, Rollins 1st Co-Winners of Clemente Award

Posted on October 24, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Retiring White Sox star Paul Konerko and Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins are the first co-winners of Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clement Award.

The annual honor is given for contributions on and off the field that best represent the sport and is named for the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer, who died on Dec. 31, 1972, in a plane crash while on a humanitarian mission to assist earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

Konerko founded the “Bring Me Home Campaign,” which also includes a pair of former teammates: retired great Jim Thome and the Los Angeles Angels’ Gordon Beckham. The campaign says it has raised nearly $450,000 to assist foster children in Illinois.

Rollins developed JRoll’s Aces in 2007 through The Rollins Family Foundation to provide tickets to children in disadvantaged areas who excel in academics.

Big Audiences for New CBS Thursday Night NFL Games

Posted on October 24, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS’s new Thursday night NFL package drew big audiences despite a string of blowouts.

The Broncos’ 35-21 win over the Chargers on Thursday was the last of seven straight games to air on CBS, with simulcasts on NFL Network. The broadcasts now switch to NFL Network only.

Five of the matchups were decided by at least two touchdowns, including three by more than 30 points.

The seven games still averaged 16.5 million viewers between CBS and NFL Network, nearly double the 8.5 million for last year’s games that aired on NFL Network with simulcasts on local channels in each team’s home market. CBS is available in nearly 60 percent more households than NFL Network.

Union Questions NFL’s Domestic Violence Plan

Posted on October 24, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ union has questioned why the NFL’s domestic violence training and education program “treats all players as perpetrators.”

In a memo sent to NFL Players Association members by Executive Director DeMaurice Smith and obtained by The Associated Press, the union also said the plan “doesn’t build a positive consensus to warning signs.”

Smith described two meetings this month with the league in which an NFLPA commission was briefed on the league’s approach to educating players, coaches, executives, owners and NFL personnel about domestic violence. He wrote that a “good overview of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse” was presented. But “it did not address larger issues of violence in and outside of the home.”

Royals Shift Cain to Tricky Right Field for Game 3

Posted on October 24, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain has been moved from center field to right for Game 3 of the World Series to boost defense in one of AT&T Park’s trickiest positions.

Kansas City manager Ned Yost made the move Friday night with the best-of-seven matchup 1-all. Usual right fielder Nori Aoki is not in the starting lineup, while Jarrod Dyson is starting in center field and batting eighth.

Alex Gordon, who batted sixth in Games 1 and 2 this week at Kauffman Stadium, has moved up into the No. 2 hole as the Royals lose their designated hitter — Billy Butler — in the NL ballpark.

With the loss of the DH, San Francisco’s Michael Morse is out. The rest of the lineup the same behind starter Tim Hudson, making his World Series debut at age 39 and after 16 major league seasons.

Huskers Take on Big Ten Leader Wisconsin

Posted on October 24, 2014

The No. 14 Nebraska volleyball team continues a four-match road stretch with a 4 p.m. match at No. 5 Wisconsin on Sunday on ESPN2. The Huskers (12-6, 6-3 Big Ten) have split their Big Ten matches each of the last three weeks, winning the first and dropping the second each week, but will look to reverse that trend in Madison. Nebraska came back from a 2-0 deficit to topple No. 25 Minnesota on Wednesday, while Wisconsin swept Iowa at home. The Badgers (17-2) lead the Big Ten with an 8-1 conference record and have not let up since their run to the NCAA national championship match last season. Sunday’s match will mark NU’s seventh match against a ranked opponent this season. After Sunday at Wisconsin, the Huskers will have faced the current Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 teams in the AVCA Coaches Poll.

Media Information
Sunday’s match will be televised on ESPN2 and streamed online at WatchESPN.com. Fans can also listen to the action with John Baylor and Lindsay Peterson on the 25-station Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and The Wolf 93.3 FM in Omaha. Fans inside and outside the state of Nebraska will also be able to catch the live audio feed on Huskers.com for free. Live stats will be available at Huskers.com as well.

Series History
The Huskers lead the all-time series 17-1-1 with Wisconsin’s lone win coming on Oct. 28, 1978. The Huskers have won 17 straight after the series began with a tie and a Wisconsin victory, but last year’s matches went five and four sets, respectively. Nebraska won 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19) in Madison on Nov. 8. Kadie Rolfzen had 19 kills and 17 digs, while Amber Rolfzen had eight kills and nine digs.

Last Time Out
The 14th-ranked Nebraska volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit for an epic 3-2 (21-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-7) comeback win at No. 25 Minnesota on Wednesday. The Huskers found themselves in a deep hole after dropping the first two sets and falling behind 16-13 in the third set. But just as they did at Minnesota in 2011, the Huskers roared back to win the match in five. Behind the arm of Kelsey Fien, the Huskers rallied to the 25-21 third-set victory, controlled the fourth set and ended the match on a dominating 8-0 run. Kadie Rolfzen had 17 kills and 14 digs to lead the Huskers, while Fien had 14 kills over the last three sets off the bench. Mary Pollmiller had a season-best 54 assists.

Up Next
Nebraska will take on Rutgers on Friday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. (CT) and Maryland on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. (CT).

Noting the Huskers
• Kadie Rolfzen leads the Huskers with 3.48 kills per set and ranks seventh in the Big Ten. The 2013 third-team AVCA All-American has five of Nebraska’s nine double-doubles this year and has 15 or more kills eight times this season.
• Alicia Ostrander is second on the team with 3.02 kills per set and is averaging 3.17 kills per set in Big Ten play. Ostrander has double-digit kills in eight of the last 10 matches.
• Kelsey Fien is third on the team in kills per set with 2.78. After not playing in the previous two matches, Fien came off the bench and led Nebraska’s comeback at Minnesota Wednesday with 14 kills over the final three sets, including seven kills on 10 attacks in the momentum-changing third set.
• Middle blocker Cecilia Hall has given Nebraska a boost in the middle with 15 kills and 15 blocks over her last two matches. Hall had a career-high nine kills at Minnesota.
• Justine Wong-Orantes leads the Big Red in digs with 3.86 per set and ranks ninth in the Big Ten.
• Mary Pollmiller, the Huskers’ lone senior, has 676 set assists for 10.24 per set. She also adds a defensive presence at the net with 49 blocks to rank second on the team.
• Nebraska ranks second in the Big Ten and 16th nationally with 2.8 blocks per set. Meghan Haggerty is third in the Big Ten with 1.26 blocks per set. The Huskers have outblocked or matched their opponent in blocks in 10 straight matches.
• The Huskers are third in the Big Ten in digs with 14.6 per set. The Huskers are 12-1 when outdigging their opponents and 0-3 when getting outdug.
• Sunday’s match marks the return of Nebraska head coach John Cook to Madison, where he was the head coach at Wisconsin from 1992-98. Cook led the Badgers to a 161-73 record at Wisconsin and two Elite Eight appearances.
• The Huskers are 8-1 in matches played on Monday through Friday this season, while they are 4-5 in matches on Saturday or Sunday.
• Nebraska is 6-1 away from the Devaney Center this season, the lone loss coming at Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 12.
• The Huskers are 229-0 when hitting .300 or better under John Cook.
• Nebraska is 373-16 when winning the first set under Cook.
• John Cook is 140-41 (.773) against ranked opponents at Nebraska. Just under one-third of Cook’s total victories at Nebraska (425) have come against ranked teams.
• Nebraska volleyball leads the nation with 212 consecutive sellouts, the longest sellout streak in the history of NCAA women’s athletics. NU owns a 194-18 record during the streak.

Scouting Wisconsin
The fifth-ranked Badgers are atop the Big Ten standings with an 8-1 conference record and a 17-2 overall record. Wisconsin is riding an eight-match win streak with four of those wins coming against opponents currently ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll. The Badgers have also won five straight matches by sweep and are 8-1 at home this season. Wisconsin leads the league in digs (16.53 per set) and set assists (13.59), and the Badgers are in the top three in hitting percentage (.284), opponent hitting percentage (.159) and kills (14.62). The Badgers possess a balanced attack, as Ellen Chapman is the only Badger in the top 15 of the Big Ten in kills at 3.06 per set. Setter Lauren Carlini sets up the Badger attack with 11.39 assists per set to rank second in the conference. She also ranks fourth in aces. Taylor Morey is the Big Ten leader in digs with 5.33 per set.

Orange-Clad Marlins Fan Stands out at World Series

Posted on October 24, 2014

MIAMI (AP) — Among the standouts at the World Series has been a Miami Marlins fan in the front row behind home plate.

Laurence Leavy’s orange Marlins jersey made him easy to spot at Games 1 and 2 amid a sea of Kansas City Royals blue. He says a Royals official approached him offering to move him to the team owner’s suite, but Leavy (pronounced Leh’-vee) declined.

Two nights of network TV air time made Leavy a celebrity. Since the World Series began, his followers on Twitter have climbed from 175 to 6,800.

The 58-year-old South Florida attorney describes himself as a sports geek who can afford to go to games around the country because he has no wife or children. He has been traveling to big events for 15 years, buying tickets on the Internet.

NPCC Lady Knights Split Final Two Regular Season Matches

Posted on October 24, 2014

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights (19-16) volleyball team split the final two games of the regular season. The Lady Knights now travel to Columbus next Friday for the Region IX Division II Tournament. This week, North Platte first traveled to McCook Community College (11-23) for their last regular road game of the season. The Lady Indians knocked off the Lady Knights in straight sets 21-25, 21-25, 21-25. The Lady Knights then concluded their season with Sophomore Night by knocking off Eastern Wyoming for the fourth time this season in four sets 25-14, 25-14, 21-25, 25-15.

Playing in their final home game as a Lady Knight, sophomores honored included Erica Goodwin, Abigail Kurtzer, Samantha Kennedy, Joli Hopping, Taylor King, Samantha Byrn and Kylie Wroot.

Against McCook, the Lady Knights were led by Valerie Most who finished with 13 kills. Samantha Kennedy and Samantha Byrn each chipped in with seven. Joli Hopping recorded 25 assists while Erica Goodwin had 22 digs. Kennedy was also in double-figures with 10 digs. McCook was led by Destanie Micklich who finished with nine kills.

On Sophomore Night, North Platte was led by Samantha Byrn who finished with 21 kills and four blocks. Valerie Most chipped in 13 kills while Samantha Kennedy finished with 10 kills, four blocks and 22 digs. Joli Hopping again led the Lady Knights ,in assists finishing with 44 and also recording 12 digs. Erica Goodwin had 26 digs while Aryn Mesinger chipped in 10.

The Lady Knights concluded their regular season with a 19-16 record. North Platte travels to Columbus for the Region IX Division II Tournament on Friday October 31 and Saturday November 1. The winner will then host the District G Playoff for the chance to compete at the National Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.

Manning, Sanders lead Broncos past Chargers 35-21

Posted on October 23, 2014

DENVER (AP) — Emmanuel Sanders waited six long weeks to join the list of players who have caught a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning. Now, he has four in less than a week.

Manning and Sanders connected for a trio of touchdowns Thursday night in the Denver Broncos’ 35-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers.

With the Chargers’ banged-up secondary double-teaming red-hot receiver Demaryius Thomas, Sanders caught TD throws of 2, 31 and 3 yards. The last one followed Chris Harris Jr.’s interception of a flustered Philip Rivers.

Rookie running back Juwan Thompson added two TD runs as the Broncos (6-1) tightened their grip on the AFC West over the Chargers (5-3), who lost their second straight game.

Manning finished 25 of 35 for 286 yards. Sanders caught nine passes for 120 yards, and Ronnie Hillman added 109 yards on 20 carries.