Knights Notes-9/16: Darr and Presidents Look to Stay Hot

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                         

It’s Week 3 of the football season and Middletown, who owns a 2-0 record will look to extend that record to 3-0 when they take on the Linganore High School Lancers. Add in a busy day of college action and it will be a fun day all around so without further ado, the Knights Notes for September 16^th.

Yesterday’s News-9/15

- The Junior Varsity Field Hockey team would get in the win column for the first time this season when they took down the Tuscarora Titans by a 2-0 score. (Recap Coming)

- The Varsity Field Hockey team would ride the strength of two second half goals to the first win of the season as they took down the Tuscarora High School Titans by a 2-0 score in Middletown. (Recap Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Boy’s Soccer team would stumble in a tough one as the Tuscarora Titans would effectively dispatch of the Knights, taking care of Middletown by a 3-0 score. (Recap Coming)

- On the other side of the coin was the Varsity Boy’s Soccer team who would do anything but stumble to the Tuscarora Titans as they recorded another blowout by taking care of Tuscarora, 5-0. (Recap Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Girl’s Soccer team would pick up the biggest win of their season so far as they would power home for a 4-0 win after an offensive outburst helped them take care of the Tuscarora Titans. (Recap Coming)

- It was a night of big wins for Middletown Athletics programs as the Varsity Girl’s Soccer team would also record a huge win as they would use another big offensive effort to take care of the Tuscarora Titans, 5-1. (Recap Coming)

- The Junior Varsity Volleyball team would find their win a lot less comfortable as they would pick up a 2-1 win over the Tuscarora Titans. (Recap Coming)

- But, the Varsity Volleyball team would have a mixed bag as they would win three straight close sets to give themselves a 3-0 win over the Tuscarora Titans in a match that was much closer than it appeared. (Recap Coming)

- Emma Neahusan (’14) and the Grace College Women’s Soccer fell back in the loss column again as the Lancers were victims to Davenport on the road, 2-0. That drops the Lancers record down to 1-3-1 in play this season. (Link)

- The season for Alizah Johns-Boehme (’15) and the Villanova Women’s Soccer team has been shaky at times but the Wildcats got back on the right footing as they would take down their inter-Philly rivals La Salle by a 3-2 score in overtime. Johns-Boehme would play 10 minutes in the Wildcats win over the Explorers. (Link)

- Even though the Pac-12 Challenge is a tournament without a winner Sam Higginbothem (’14), Aubrey Pfau (Director of Volleyball Ops) and Maryland Volleyball had a challenge ahead of them and in the end that challenge would not pay off as they would fall to #5 Washington in three straight sets. Higginbothem would record seven digs and a return error in the three sets as the Terps fell 17-25, 21-25, 17-25 in Los Angeles. (Link)

Alumni and High School Record: 8-3 overall, 7-1 high school, 1-2 alumni

Knight of the Day: This season for the Varsity Boy’s Soccer team has been all good so far and leading the charge has been Josh Woozley who continued his torrid rain of play scoring two goals and recording another assist for a four point to pick up the Knight of the Day for 9/15.

 

Today’s Happenings-9/16

- The Varsity Football team will look to extend their undefeated start to the season to three games when they head to Linganore High School to take on the Lancers at 7:00 p.m. The Knights will look to start the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2013-2014 season. (Preview Coming)

- Emma Provost (’16) and the La Salle Field Hockey team will head to Lock Haven to begin Atlantic 10 play when they take on the Eagles. The opening faceoff will go off at 3:00 p.m. as the Explorers will look to start off the A-10 portion of their schedule with a victory. (Link)

- Parker Johnson (’12), James Early (’16) and Merchant Marine Academy Football will be in a New York state of mind when they head down from Kings Port to take on SUNY Maritime. The Privateers and Mariners will be deep in the heart of the Bronx when they square off in a college version of ‘Friday Night Lights’ at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- Jake Darr (’16) and the Washington & Jefferson Golf team will look to continue their hot streak when compete in the Battle of the Brook at Plum Brook Country Club. The Presidents will compete in the tournament hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University as they look to extend their streak of top 10 finishes to three in a row as they tee off on Day #1 at 9:00 a.m. (Link)

- Haley Dalphon (’15) and the Frostburg State Women’s Soccer team will look to start a win streak as they will take on Stevenson in Stevenson at 7:00 p.m. The Bobcats are coming off a 3-1 win over Shenandoah and have managed to get their record back to .500 before the contest against the Mustangs. (Link)

- Victoria Doing (’15), MacKenzie Farran (’16), Sharnette Gonzalez (’14) and the Frederick Community College Women’s Soccer team will continue Region XX-Division I play as the Cougars will take on Cecil College on the road at 2:00 p.m. The Cougars hold a 1-1 record in division play with three games to play. (Link)

- Sarah Kovalchick (’15) and Maryland Women’s Soccer will start Big Ten play when they head Northeast to take on Rutgers from Piscataway, New Jersey at 7:00 p.m. The Terps will have a challenge when they take on the Scarlet Knights as Rutgers holds a #22 ranking in the country. (Link)

- Sam Higginbothem (’14), Aubrey Pfau (Director of Volleyball Ops) and Maryland Volleyball will have a double dip to finish out their time at the Pac-12 Challenge in Los Angeles, California as the Terps will play at 2:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. At 2, the Terps will play Oklahoma while at 11 they will dance with the hosts of the tournament, the University of Southern California. (Link)

- It’s scrimmage time for Michelle Shedd (’14) and the Hood Women’s Tennis team as the Blazers will scrimmage against Harford Community College as the Blazers head down to the Eastern Shore to scrimmage at 3:00 p.m.