Knights Notes-9/3: Jones wins Knight of the Day; Falcinelli takes on Auburn

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                         

Our first full day of high school sports coverage is in the books and it was a crazy one as multiple teams picked up wins and multiple alumni continued to shine. Today, we’ll be an even busier day as we start bright and early at 9:00 a.m. so to pair with that here are the breakfast version of the Knights Notes for September 3^rd.

Yesterday’s News

- The Varsity Football team started their 43^rd season in the most appropriate way, registering a 43-0 win over the Manchester Valley Mavericks as the Knights cruised in Carroll County. You can read all about the win here. (Link)

- Also landing solidly in the win column for Middletown was the Varsity Boy’s Soccer team who started off their 2016-2017 campaign with a 5-2 win over TJ in the 2016 Sheffler-Ford Tournament. You can read about that win by following this link. (Link)

- The Varsity Girl’s Soccer team would start their season up against defending 4A State Champion Broadneck but unfortunately for the Knights they’d end up on the wrong side of a 3-0 loss. You can read about the loss here. (Link)

- Abigail Provost (’14) and the Stevenson Field hockey team lost a tight one in their season opener as they fell to the Lynchburg College Hornets by a score of2-1 in overtime. Provost would play 39 minutes for the Mustangs but would not record any statistics. (Link)

- It was a rough day at the office for Ali Williams (’16) and the Appalachian State Field Hockey team as they fell to James Madison by a score of 5-1 in Harrisonburg to bump their losing streak to 3. Williams would get the start for the night but not register any statistics. (Link)

- Joann Engestrom, Volunteer Assistant Coach for Maryland Field hockey, saw her Terps fall to #4 Duke by a score of 1-0 at the Big Ten/ACC Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Link)

- Nick Welch (’15) and his #23 Salisbury University Football team got their season off on the right foot taking down #16 Albright, 34-18 on the Eastern Shore. Welch would play in the Sea Gulls win but not record any statistics. (Link)

- MacKenzie Noel (’13) and the Salisbury Women’s Soccer team took down Meredith 3-1 in the SU Classic to pick up a win in their season opener. Noel, who is injured did not play for the Sea Gulls in the win. (Link)

- It was a rough one for Alizah Johns-Boehme (’15) and the Villanova Women’s Soccer team as they fell to #9 Minnesota, by a score of 5-0 at the Duke Nike Classic in Durham, North Carolina. Johns-Boehme would play 35 minutes in the Wildcats loss. (Link)

- Sarah Kovalchick (’14) and the Maryland Women’s Soccer team have had some heartbreaking losses and their contest against Pepperdine was no different as the Terps lost to the Waves, 1-0 in overtime. Kovalchick did not play in the Terps’ loss. (Link)

- Sam Higgenbothem (’14) and Director of Volleyball operations Aubrey Pfau and the Maryland Volleyball day split on their first day at the Kansas Invitational as they won 3-1 against Arkansas in the morning game and then fell to #4 Kansas in straight sets 3-0. In the match against Arkansas, Higgenbothem had 1 set assist, 2 service errors, 2 return errors, and 8 digs wile in the Kansas match she had 1 set assist, 1 service return error and 4 digs. (Link) (Link)

- Connor Myers (’12) and the South Bend Cubs were in a barn burner against the West Michigan Whitecaps but couldn’t get the bats going, falling 3-0. Myers went 0-3 with two strikeouts in the Cubs’ loss. (Link)

Knight of the Day: We finally have a non-golf Knight of the Day winner from Middletown Athletics and that honor goes to Middletown senior halfback Brandon Jones. He went for 113 yards on 9 attempts and 3 touchdowns for Middletown in Varsity Football’s 43-0 win over Manchester Valley.

Today’s Happenings

- The Boy’s Cross Country team will start their season bright and early when they head down to Edgewater for the 2016 Seahawk Cross Country Invitational at 9:00 a.m. It’ll be an early way for the Knights to start their season and you can read about their season and game preview here. (Season) (Meet)

- The Girl’s Cross Country team will follow the boy’s cue and compete in the same Seahawk Invitational with the opening gun going at 9:00 a.m. also. You can read the season and game preview’s right this way. (Season) (Link)

- The Varsity Boy’s Soccer team will look for their first big win of the season as a win against the Linganore Lancers will give them the championship of the 2016 Sheffler-Ford Tournament. The Lancers and Knights will kick off at 9:00 a.m. (Link)

- The Middletown High School Varsity Girl’s Soccer team will look to right their ship when they take on the Westminster High School Owls in their final game at the Urbana Tournament at 4:00 p.m. Both the Owls and Knights are 0-1 which will create a quasi-3^rd place game. (Link)

- Brent Leber (‘15) and the Lipscomb University Men’s Cross Country team will open their season in Nashville, Tennessee as they participate in the Belmont Opener. The opening gun will sound at 9:00 a.m. (Link)

- Zach Welch (’12) and the Monmouth Football team start their 2016-2017 campaign at home as they will take on Lehigh at 12:30 p.m. (Link)

- The Middletown duo of Tim Pirrone (’14) and Tim Schumacher (’14) will start their season of for the Lebanon Valley College Football team as they’ll travel west to take on Franklin & Marshall College. The Dutchmen get underway from Lancaster at 1:00 p.m. (Link)

- In the biggest match-up of the day involving a Middletown alum, #2 Clemson Football and Justin Falcinelli (’14) will take on Auburn in primetime the small Alabama town. The game starts at 9:00 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN. (Link)

- Almost all of the Middletown football alumni are getting seasons underway and Bradley Rinehart (’14) is no different as his Shepherd Football team will start their season at 12:00 p.m. taking on West Virginia Wesleyan in a home game for the Rams. (Link)

- Will McClain and Maryland Football will have their Opening Day as they’ll take on Howard University at 12:00 p.m. from College Park. The FBS Bison are big underdogs as they head to Maryland Stadium. (Link)

- Jace Denham (’16) and Marquis Lauer (’16) will make their debut with the Frostburg State Football team as the Bobcats take on Geneva from Bobcat Stadium in Frostburg at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- The Ambrose brothers, Jared and Rob who are both on the coaching staff at Towson University with Rob as the head coach will have their Towson Football season start as they venture down to Tampa and Raymond James Stadium. The Tigers will be hosted by South Florida at 7:00 p.m. (Link)

- Clay Smith (’16) and the Hood College Men’s Soccer team will start their season as they’ll take on Drew at the Drew Fall Festival at Drew University at 6:00 p.m. (Link)

- Brittany George (’13) and Erin Scarborough (’16) and the Hood College Women’s Soccer team will head up to Penn State Harrisburg to take on the Nittany Lions in Pennsylvania’s capital city at 12:00 p.m. (Link)

- Mackenzie Noel (’13) and the Salisbury Women’s Soccer team will play against Methodist in the Salisbury University Classic. The Sea Gulls will kick things off at 4:00 p.m. (Link)

- Emma Neashusan (’14) and Grace College Women’s Soccer will look to shake their two game losing streak as they’ll take on Bethel College of Tennessee at 2:00 p.m. (Link)  

- Lauren Neary (’15) and the Washington College Women’s Soccer team will look to pick up another win as they take on Gwynedd Mercy at 1:00 p.m. (Link)

- Sam Higgenbothem (’14) and Director of Volleyball Operations Aubrey Pfau and the Maryland Volleyball team will have one last game at the Kansas Invitational. They’ll play Chicago State at 1:00 p.m. (Link)

- Myers and his South Bend Cubs will take on Dayton in the season opener of the final regular season series at 7:05 p.m. ()