Knights Notes-9/15: Higginbothem Heads Out West

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                         

Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are the busy days for Middletown Athletics and this Thursday, September 15^th is no different as there are a ton of Knights Athletics teams in action plus a good number of Middletown Alumni who have games across the world of college sports. So, without any further ado the Knights Notes for 9/15.

Yesterday’s News-9/14

- The Golf team took care of business as they dispatched of Governor Thomas Johnson by a 168-196 score. You can read about how the Knights got it done to the right. (Recap Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Football team would fall to the Linganore Lancers, 35-7 as a late fourth quarter surge by the Lancers would give them the win. (Recap Coming)

- Abigail Provost (’16) and the Stevenson Field Hockey team would fall in an offensive shootout to Goucher by a 5-3 margin as the Mustangs would fall even though they scored the most goals in a game during this early season. (Link)

- Clay Smith (’16) and the Hood Men’s Soccer team would fall to #10 Rowan by a 2-0 score but would prove that they are for real as they would outshoot Rowan by a 20-14 margin and would be the better of the two teams. Smith would record two shots in 65 minutes of action. (Link)

- MacKenzie Noel (’12) and the Salisbury Women’s Soccer team has been on a streak of tying games and their contest against Roanoke College was no different as the Sea Gulls would draw with the Maroons by a 1-1 score. The draw would put the Sea Gulls record at 1-0-3 as Salisbury remains undefeated but have only won one of four contests. (Link)

- Haley Dalphon (’15) and the Frostburg State Bobcats Women’s Soccer team would let a strong second half power their comeback as they would score three unanswered goals to topple Shenandoah by a 3-1 score. The Bobcats would get back to .500 with the win over the Hornets. (Link)

- Lauren Neary (’15) and the Washington College Women’s Soccer team would dispatch Goucher with a 2-1 win, as the Shorewomen would use two early first half goals to take care of Goucher. Neary would play 13 minutes in the Washington College win. (Link)

Alumni and High School Record: 3-3-1, 1-1 high school, 2-2-1 alumni

Knight of the Day: Not a lot of Knights in action yesterday so this award will stay in the Happy Valley as the Joey Weiland will get the award for his performance when Middletown beat TJ in golf.

 

Today’s Happenings-9/15

- The Junior Varsity Field Hockey team will look to start the Frederick County portion of their schedule off with a bang when they take on the Tuscarora High School Titans from Middletown at 5:15 p.m. (Preview Coming)

- The Varsity Field Hockey team will look to start off the Central Maryland Conference portion of their schedule when they take on Tuscarora at 4:00 p.m. in Middletown. This match-up will be a rematch of the 2015 Central Maryland Conference Field Hockey Championship in which the Knights won 3-1 at Thomas Athletic Field on the Hood College campus. (Preview Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Boy’s Soccer team will look to string together a winning streak as the Knights head to Tuscarora High School to take on the Titans. Middletown starts the Frederick County portion of their schedule coming off of a 4-0 win over North Hagerstown. Opening kickoff of the contest will be at 5:30 p.m. (Preview Coming)

- The Varsity Boy’s Soccer team has played three regular season games and two tournament games and all games have ended in wins for Middletown and the Knights will look to continue that unbeaten streak when they head to Tuscarora High School to take on the Titans, with the opening kickoff coming at 7:00 p.m. (Preview Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Girl’s Soccer team also has an unbeaten streak of their own that they’ll look to continue against the Titans as they’ll look to extend their streak to three games. The Titans and the Knights will kick off from Middletown at 5:30 p.m. (Preview Coming)

- The Varsity Girl’s Soccer team will look to also get back into the winning swing of things as they take on the Tuscarora Titans from  Middletown at 7:00 p.m. The Knights are 1-0 in Central Maryland Conference play and will look to extend that record to 2-0 when they take on the Titans. (Preview Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Volleyball team is also another Middletown Athletics team looking to recover from another loss as they’ll take on the Tuscarora Titans at home at 6:00 p.m. Middletown is 2-1 but is coming off a loss against Maryland School for the Deaf. (Preview Coming)

- The Varsity Volleyball team will have their work cut out for them when they take on Tuscarora in Middletown at 7:00 p.m. The Titans are the defending Central Maryland Conference Volleyball Champions while the Knights are coming off a five-set loss to Maryland School for the Deaf. (Preview Coming)

- Emma Neahusan (’14) and the Grace College Women’s Soccer team will head to Grand Rapids, Michigan when they take on Davenport from Michigan as the Lancers will look to pick up win #2 in the early season as they are coming off a win against Missouri Baptist. (Link)

- Alizah Johns-Boehme (’15) and the Villanova Women’s Soccer team will play the second cross-town rival that they have played in the past seven days when they take on La Salle from La Salle in a game played just across Philadelphia. The Wildcats are 0-2 against the cross-town rivals already falling to Drexel and Saint Joseph’s this season. (Link)

- Sam Higginbothem (’14), Aubrey Pfau (Director of Volleyball Ops) and Maryland Volleyball will look to start the Pac 12 Challenge off with a bang when they take on Washington from Los Angeles, California and the campus of the University of Southern California. The Terps and Huskies will get underway at 8:00 p.m. (Link)