Knights Notes-9/2: Season previews, game previews and more

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                         

It’s here! Yes, the first play date for Middletown Athletics is finally here and we’ll have all the coverage of today’s events including season previews for all the teams kicking off their season today, previews of all the games today and so much more. So buckle up, read the Knights Notes for September 2^nd and let’s get the main part of the 2016-2017 Middletown Athletics season underway.

 Yesterday’s News

- The Golf team kept up their winning ways as they dropped the Frederick Cadets by a score of 157-191 as the Knights have shown no signs of slowing down. You can read all about the win here. (Link)

- Kenton Grossnickle (’12) and the Messiah College Men’s Cross Country team participated in the Dickinson Light up the Night Invitational, coming in 3^rd place in their debut this season. Grossnickle would come in 45^th place in the meet, crossing the line with a time of 18:04.9. (Link)

- Danny Finn (’15) and the Coast Guard Academy Football team would win in their opener as they would easily slide past Anna Maria College by a score of 34-0. Finn would not play in the Bears win. (Link)

- Brittney George (’13), Erin Scarborough (’16) and the Hood College Women’s Soccer team would participate in their season debut but they would fall to Catholic University by a score of 3-0. Both Scarborough and George would get the start for Hood with George not recording any stats and Scarborough putting up one shot on goal. (Link)

- Emma Neahusan (’14) and the Grace College Lancers would end up on the wrong side of the score once again as they fell to Martin Methodist by a score of 2-0 in Pulaski, Tennessee. Neahusan would not play in the Lancers’ loss. (Link)

- Haley Dalphon (’15) and the Frostburg State Women’s Soccer team started of their season with a close loss as they fell to Bridgewater by a score of 1-0 on opening day in Allegheny County. Dalphon would get the start for the Bobcats and record one shot. (Link)

- It was a banner night for the Washington College Women’s Soccer team and Lauren Neary (’15) as Washington rolled to an 8-0 thrashing of Rosemont. Neary would play in the win but not record any statistics. (Link)

- Connor Myers (’12) and the South Bend Cubs finally got the monkey off their back taking down the West Michigan Whitecaps, 5-3 to get back in the win column. Myers would go 1-4 with a double in the Cubs win. (Link)

Knight of the Day: This honor will go to a pair of golfers again as Andrew Heon and Joey Weiland both shot cool 37’s in the Knights win over Frederick.

Today’s Happenings

 

- The Middletown High School Varsity Football team (#team43) will start off their season with a road contest as they’ll travel deep into Carroll County to take on the Manchester Valley Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. The season preview for #team43 and the preview for #MIDvMVL are both up now. (Season) (Game)

- It’ll be a chance to reestablish their strengths as the Middletown High School Varsity Boy’s Soccer team will look to start the Sheffler-Ford Tournament off with a win as they take on the Governor Thomas Johnson Patriots at 7:30 p.m. from Knights Field. The season preview and game preview are just a click away. (Season) (Game)

- The Middletown High School Varsity Girl’s Soccer team will have quite the challenge as they’ll take on the defending 4A State Champion Broadneck Bruins at Urbana High School at 4:00 p.m. Our preview of the game and the season preview are both up here. (Game) ()Season

- Abigial Provost (’14) and the Stevenson Field Hockey team will open their season down in Hill Country as they’ll take on Lynchburg College at 6:00 p.m. (Link)

- Ali Williams (’16) has had a hot start to her season and she’ll hope to continue that as her Appalachian State Field Hockey team will travel down to Harrisonburg, Virginia to take on James Madison. The Dukes and the Mountaineers will get underway at 6:00 p.m. (Link)

- Joann Engestrom and the #6 Maryland Field Hockey team will have a busy day as they get play started in the Big Ten/ACC Cup from Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Engestrom will coach up the Terps at 7:00 p.m. as they take on #4 Duke, which will play after Game #1 of the 2016 Cup between #8 Boston College and #16 Northwestern. (Link)

- Nick Welch (’15) and the Salisbury University Football team will get their season underway in Friday Night Lights style as they’ll take on Albright at 7:00 p.m. The game will get underway from the Eastern Shore at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- Mackenzie Noel (’13) and the Salisbury Women’s Soccer team will have their season debut against Meredith in the Salisbury University Classic. The Sea Gulls will kick things off before the football game at 2:30 p.m. (Link)

- Alizah Johns-Boehme (’15) and Villanova Women’s Soccer will look to shake their two game losing streak as they’ll take on #8 Minnesota at 5:00 p.m. The Duke Tournament contest will see the Golden Gophers taking on the Wildcats from deep on Tobacco Road. (Link)

- Sarah Kovalchick (’15) and the Maryland Women’s Soccer team will hope to get some home cooking going as they take on Pepperdine tomorrow. The Terps and Waves will get going from Ludwig Field at 4:00 p.m. (Link)

- Sam Higgenbothem (’14) and Director of Volleyball Operations Aubrey Pfau and the Maryland Volleyball team has their work cut out for them when they head to Lawrence, Kansas to compete in the Kansas Invitational. The Terps will face Arkansas at 11:00 a.m. and then take on #4 Kansas at 8:00 p.m. In between those two, Kansas will take on Chicago State at 12:00 p.m. and  Arkansas will play Chicago State at 5:00 p.m. (Link)

- Myers and his South Bend Cubs will finish up the series against West Michigan at 7:00 p.m. in Comstock Park, Michigan at Fifth Third Ballpark. (Link)