She had logged 40 minutes just 43 hours prior in a 75-34 win over Central Baptist, registering 22 points, six rebounds and five assists. The Sugar Bears (5-3) next head to Mobile to face South Alabama (5-3) on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. CT. The Columbus, Miss., native averaged 19 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists for the week, making eight field goals in each game. She shot 57.1 percent from the field and 60 percent from beyond the arc while registering a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. 2017 Southland Women’s Basketball Week Six Notes (PDF)FRISCO, Texas – Central Arkansas senior guard Taylor Baudoin is the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Southland Conference Players of the Week are presented by UniversalCoin.com. Women’s Basketball Player of the Week – Taylor Baudoin, Central Arkansas – Sr. – Guard – Columbus, Miss.Baudoin had 18 points, four rebounds, three assists and a block in 38 minutes at #21/22 Texas A&M. The Sugar Bears trailed by just three entering the fourth quarter and were down just three possessions in the final three minutes despite playing without two starters. Honorable Mention: Amanda Johnson, Houston Baptist; Chastadie Barrs, Lamar; Sydnee Wynn, UIW. Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on at least 25 percent of ballots.
Nicholls came out firing in the top of the eighth and had runners on first and third following a Brady Bell double and Joey Morales single to right field. It was then a patch of dark clouds descended on Constellation Field and forced a weather delay with one out in the inning and 6:58 p.m. on the clock. After two scoreless innings, the Colonels responded in the top of the fourth with a Xane Washington RBI double down the left field line, sending Lee Clark to the plate to tie the game 1-1. Northwestern State struck first as two straight walks from Nicholls pitcher Parker White put runners on first and second, followed by an RBI to left field from J.P. Lagreco to score the first run of the game for a 1-0 Demons lead. The Colonels again made a change atop the mound, bringing on right-hander Cayden Hatcher. Smith stole second and L. Watson was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and third with two outs. A fly out to right field would end the eighth, and the Colonels would head to the top of the ninth facing a 3-2 deficit and needing a victory to force a rematch for a championship game spot. Jose Vasquez came to the mound for the final Demons’ inning, with Xane Washington up to bat for Nicholls. Washington struck out swinging on a full count. Nathan Tribble then followed suit as Gage Teer came to bat, staring down elimination. Teer struck out looking on a 1-2 count to seal the defeat, sending Northwestern State to the championship game. The game resumed just after 8 p.m. with lefty Reed Michel taking over on the mound for Nathan Jones. A wild pitch on Michel’s first throw advanced Morales to second, after which Chet Niehaus stepped up and singled, making his way to second on the throw, scoring Bell and putting Morales on third to take a 2-1 lead. Lee Clark was up to the plate next, but with a full count and a runner on third, he struck out swinging. Box Score | Photo Gallery | Tournament HomepageSUGAR LAND, Texas – Staring down a one-run deficit at the bottom of the eighth inning, No. 3 Northwestern State plated two runs to edge No. 7 Nicholls 3-2 and punch the Demons’ ticket to tomorrow’s championship game. Nicholls made a pitching change of their own for the bottom of the ninth, bringing on left-hander Alex Ernestine. With one out on the board and Kwan Adkins on first, David Fry tripled to center field to tie the game 2-2. With the go-ahead run on third, Tyler Smith notched an RBI single down the middle, paving the way for Fry to score and give Northwestern State the lead back, still with just one out. With the two sides still deadlocked, White made way for right-hander Christian Bahlinger on the mound at the bottom of the seventh. White finished his day with 6.2 innings pitched, three strikeouts and three hits allowed. He allowed one earned run on 91 total pitches. The Demons would get two runners on base with two outs but left them stranded on a fly out to right field to send the teams to the final two innings tied 1-1. NSU awaits the winner of No. 4 Houston Baptist and No. 8 New Orleans. Should the Huskies prevail tonight, the two will rematch tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT with the winner advancing to face the Demons at 6 p.m.
Lay joined the Wofford staff after spending the previous three seasons as head coach at NCAA Division II West Alabama. Lay took over a UWA program that had seen little success prior to his arrival and built them into one of the Gulf South Conference’s stronger teams. Prior to his arrival, the Tigers won a total of three conference matches and every season under Lay watched that number increase. UWA posted a respectable 9-11 mark in his third season before accepting the position at Wofford. The nine conference wins was a high-water mark for the program. “I am very excited to announce Jordan Lay as our next head coach,” said Born. “He is one of the up and coming coaches within the sport. He has coached at every level of the game and has a strong track record every stop along the way. He was one of the top head coaches at the NCAA Division II level before joining the staff at Wofford. I’m very excited about the future of the program under Lay’s direction. I would like to thank Jon Haarlow, Helene Thill, Moses DuPre and Dan Darcy for their tireless efforts in this search.” Lay has also served as the head coach of the Butler University women’s club team and Team Indiana club team. During his four seasons at Wofford, Lay built a name for himself as one of the top recruiters in the sport bringing in back-to-back top 150 recruiting classes. Once on campus, Lay helped turned those recruits into some of the Southern Conference’s top talent. Lay’s recruiting efforts produced 11 all-conference selections, including the 2017 Southern Conference Player of the Year and four first-team selections. He also had three players garner all-freshman team honors as well. Lay’s efforts didn’t go unnoticed on a national level. In 2018, Lay was a recipient of the AVCA’s Thirty Under Thirty Award. Prior to West Alabama, Lay was the head coach for one season at NAIA Belhaven University. In that one season he was named the Southern States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Blazers to a 27-9 (.750) overall record. Following two wins in the conference tournament, Belhaven set a new program record for wins in a season. Lay also spent one season as an assistant at Belhaven. Courtesy of Lamar AthleticsBEAUMONT, Texas – Jordan Lay has been named Lamar University head volleyball coach announced Director of Athletics Marco Born Friday morning. Lay comes to Beaumont from Wofford where he has spent the previous four seasons as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. “First, I would like to thank University President Dr. Kenneth Evans, and Director of Athletics Marco Born for giving me this opportunity,” said Lay. “I would also like to thank the entire search committee which consisted of Jon Haarlow, Helene Thill, Moses DuPre and Dan Darcy for putting their faith in me to lead this program.”Everything that Marco and the athletics administration have done and the community they have established at Lamar is appealing for any coach. There is a lot of support from the community back toward athletics which is exciting for both coaches and student-athletes. When you look at the Southland Conference, I believe that we have a real chance to make an immediate impact. I’m beyond honored and humbled to be a part of the university and this athletics department. I believe in the direction of this university and I’m excited to be apart of Beaumont and the entire Golden Triangle,” added Lay. In Lay’s first season with the Terriers, he helped guide the Wofford to its first winning season since 2012. That season also marked the school’s first winning record in conference play in program history. That same year, Wofford also recorded several other firsts, including the program’s first conference freshman of the year honor, and the team’s first first-team all-conference selection. The Terriers followed that up with a 22-win season the following year advancing to the SoCon Championship match for the first time in program history.
HARRY KANE, Dele Alli and Jan Vertonghen are safer than ever.Left back in London to rest up instead of playing this dead rubber, they will walk straight back into for Wolves away on Sunday.7 Coutinho gave Spurs a footballing lesson in MunichCredit: AFP or licensors7 Tottenham’s B-side struggled to deal with BayernCredit: ReutersBayern Munich, with a fistful of superstars, made light work of Tottenham’s B team.Jose Mourinho, two-time Champions League winner, will bring something very different to the table in the knockout rounds.This line-up will never be seen again, scrapped after just one game in the Champions League.The big dogs – Kane, Dele and Sonny – are certain starters when Spurs start up again in the new year.This is a free hit for the Special One, but he is programmed to despise defeat like no other human being on the planet.His world collapses on nights like this because top-class managers make outrageous demands of their players.With the exception of goalscorer Ryan Sessegnon, Spurs came up short in this final group game.What a moment it must have been for Sessegnon to hear his name being sung so loudly from the Spurs fans in that upper tier.In the end they were silenced by the speed and experience of this Bayern side, skilfully controlling the outcome with strikes from Kingsley Coman, Thomas Muller and Philippe Coutinho.They were back in the game, drawing level when Sessegnon smashed the equaliser beyond the great Manuel Neuer.7 Ryan Sessegnon scored on his first start for the clubCredit: AFP or licensors7 Sessegnon impressed on his full debut but tired in the second halfCredit: ReutersHe had found his range, marking out his territory when he had a dig from a similar position just four minutes into his first Champions League start.Neuer saved that easily enough, but he was a bystander when Sessegnon had time on his side when Lo Celso’s pass deflected off Jerome Boateng.It drew a little fist pump from his manager, a spontaneous gesture from the Special One after making the call to start him.To plunge him into a Champions League away game against a club as decorated as Bayern Munich takes guts.Sessegnon, like his manager, showed no fear.They had come from behind, with their defence finally caving into some relentless early pressure.Paulo Gazzaniga had already saved brilliantly from Benjamin Pavard’s volley before they scrambled away Thiago Alcantara’s follow-up.A minute later they got their goal.Serge Gnabry, the rascal who scored four in the 7-2 demolition at White Hart Lane, dinked a ball towards Kingsley Coman.He had time and space because Kyle Walker-Peters had switched off, drifting into the centre of the Spurs defence instead of sticking to his man.Coman, accepting the takedown after a deflection off Moussa Sissoko, placed it comfortably beyond Gazzaniga.It had been coming.He was a menace down the left, but his night was cut short when he hobbled off with an injury after 27 minutes.His replacement – Thomas Muller – isn’t a bad swap.With Gnabry swapping wings, poor old Walker-Peters was trying to stop the man who was looking to give fans of former club Arsenal a reason to keep watching.It was his effort after 35 minutes that led to Thiago Alcantara’s baffling miss from a few yards out.All he had to do was poke in the rebound from Gnabry’s effort, but for some inexplicable reason he steered it wide.7 Thomas Muller fired the German side ahead in the second halfCredit: Getty Images – Getty7 Coman handed Bayern the lead early onCredit: ReutersMuller spared his blushes on the stroke of half-time.Tottenham’s defence played like they were on roller-skates, haring around like first-timers in that opening 45.Mourinho will not like that.Gazzaniga did well to save from Alphonso Davies, but the wily old fox Muller scored from close range.They nearly had another before the break when Philippe Coutinho tried his luck from a good 25 yards.Gazzaniga got a glove to it, tipping it on to the underside of the bar before Spurs wriggled clear of danger again.There was a bit of the 7-2 swagger about them, with Bayern shrugging off their domestic issues to show what they really are about.They targeted Walker-Peters, building sustained attacks on Tottenham’s vulnerable right-back.He needs a reset, some face-to-face time with Mourinho so that he can really learn the art of defending.That, or he will be plying his trade for Barnet or someone before he knows it.There is no hiding place on the big stage and a night chasing these famous red jerseys was no fun for a few others.It got Mourinho’s competitive juices flowing, sending for Heung-Min Son with just under half an hour left on the clock.With Harry Kane and Dele Alli at home, Son was the go-to guy for a coach who cannot stomach defeat.Oliver Skipp joined him, switching it up with Lucas Moura and Giovani Lo Celso in the moments after Coutinho scorched earth with a belting third.7 Mourinho applauds the travelling away fans at the full-time whistleCredit: 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up his effort.In it went, whistling beyond Gazzaniga after Dier and Sissoko failed to get anywhere near the Bayern No10.There was a response from Spurs, with Neuer getting a touch on Eriksen’s free-kick 10 minutes from time.Bayern had put the game to bed by then, finishing off this group with a decent win against Mourinho’s Plan B.After this, it is back to Plan A.Tottenham coach Jose Mourinho says they are not dwelling on 7-2 Bayern defeat ahead of next match
OLIVIER GIROUD has been offered a Chelsea escape route to Lazio – but plans to wait and see if Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho offers him a deal.It would be a stunning switch for the Frenchman, who scored 73 goals in 119 Premier League starts for hated rivals Arsenal in a six-year spell.1 Olivier Giroud will put a Lazio pre-contract deal on hold amid interest from TottenhamCredit: ReutersMourinho had hoped to bring in Giroud, 33, for the last half of this season due to the injury to Harry Kane.But the Portuguese could now sign the striker on a short-term deal as back-up to Kane next season.Italians Lazio want to offer Giroud a pre-contract now, with a view to him joining them in June.The World Cup winner is in the last five months of his deal at Stamford Bridge and will leave on a free transfer.CHELSEA NEWS LIVE: Follow for all the latest on the BluesThe Rome club want back-up for Italy forward Ciro Immobile and missed out on Giroud last month.Inter Milan were also chasing Giroud in January but the Frenchman is not thought to be very happy with Antonio Conte’s club and believes they were stringing him along.They suggested their deal for Spurs’ Christian Eriksen left them short of cash.One thing is clear – he is not part of Blues boss Frank Lampard’s future plans.He has made just 15 Premier League starts for Chelsea since his shock £18m move from London rivals Arsenal in January 2018.Giroud has made just five starts this season.The Frenchman would not be worried about the stick he might get by signing for Spurs.Latest Chelsea newsBRIDGE OF SIGHSChelsea stars ‘bored’ and Hazard suffered under Sarri, says ex-No2 ZolaLive BlogBLUES NEWSChelsea news LIVE: Latest updates and transfer gossip from Stamford BridgeIT’S GUNNER ENDCole quit Arsenal as ‘culture was falling apart’ and didn’t go for cashYOUNG GUNChelsea’s RLC says first football shirt was ARSENAL as he loved Thierry HenryKEPA DISTANCEChelsea Covid-19 warning as Alonso and Kepa pose too close to fans in photosBut as he reaches the last few years of his career at the top level he is looking for that final big pay-day.Whether Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is prepared to give him the two-year deal and wages he craves is another matter though.However, the striker is set to stall on signing a pre-contract with Lazio to see if anything else emerges in North London, having been denied a January move to Spurs when Chelsea failed to land Dries Mertens from Napoli.Chelsea sign Hakim Ziyech from Ajax and look to add Sancho, Bellingham and Dembele in summer transfer spree as Lampard eyes title bid
Plucked from obscurity after just 14 first grade games for North Sydney, Johnston was one of six debutants rushed into the New South Wales team for Game Two in 1983 but was at Lang Park three years earlier as a member of the NSW under-18s team, a night forever remembered as the one and only time Beetson ever played for Queensland.When Johnston moved down from Gunnedah as a 19-year-old to link with Norths he began his apprenticeship by playing a season of reserve grade in 1982 where he lined up against a Parramatta team boasting Beetson and Bob O’Reilly and later a St George reserve grade team containing six internationals.Currently travelling around Australia with his wife Michelle, NRL.com tracked down Johnston on his way to Uluru and he said watching Fifita cut a swathe through the Queenslanders from his caravan in Darwin was unlike anything he had ever seen before.”Andrew Fifita is something out of the box,” said Johnston, who played 64 games for Norths, Easts and Souths as well as stints with Hull KR and Halifax in the UK.”He’s the best front-rower in a long time. There are lots of good footballers running around but that game the other night that’s probably the best performance I’ve seen from a front-rower in a State of Origin game. It was phenomenal.”I realise a lot went our way and Queensland were on the back foot but he was responsible for them being on the back foot a lot of the time.”He’s got a step, he’s got an offload, he’s very hard to pull down.”He takes a lot of players out of the defensive line every time he takes the ball up, which you want, and he’s got a quick play-the-ball.”Like the Blues that have debuted in the past decade Johnston came in at a time when Queensland was brimming with some of the finest players the game has ever produced in Australia.The Maroons had won five of the first six Origins ever played, prompting Blues selectors and coach Ted Glossop to make wholesale changes in order to try and combat the dominance of the likes of Lewis, Meninga, Miles, Close, Vautin, Niebling and Conescu.Eleven different players made their Origin debuts for NSW in the first two games of the 1983 series but notification of selection was far different than it is some 30 years on.”I’m an electrician by trade and I was working out in western Sydney somewhere and I heard it on the wireless that I was to report to the [Sydney] Cricket Ground for a medical,” Johnston recalled.”I turned up and I still had my Norths shorts that I’d played in the weekend before still in the back of the car and we got a T-shirt and a tracksuit and that was about it.”Coming into the side with established players like Peter Sterling and Brett Kenny, Mick Cronin, Geoff Gerard was the other front-rower and there was another fella from the country, Paul Field from Cootamundra.”He got into the State of Origin side from the country which doesn’t happen these days of course.”When people talk about footballers, that Queensland side… Mal Meninga, Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Kerry Boustead, Chris Close, they were great players that we played against and it’s great to be able to sit back and say I played against them and held my own.”As for whether this current Blues team is on the verge of turning a king-tide that has been running against them, Johnston is supremely confident he will be watching the series being decided in Game Two, wherever he is on his travels.”Geez they’ve had a wonderful side for the past 10 years but I just can’t see us getting beat,” said Johnston.”I just can’t see it. I’ve had my doubts in the past but I’m pretty confident in this side that they’ve got at the moment.”
Photo: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Caption: Sydney Roosters celebrate after their victory over St Helens. The back-to-back NRL champions defeated Wigan Warriors in the 2019 one-off fixture and, despite falling behind against Saints on Saturday, once again came out on top against their Super League counterparts.Luke Thompson – who will head to Australia after the season to join the Canterbury Bulldogs – opened the scoring when he crashed over from Theo Fages’ pass for a converted try.The Dragons roared back, however, with Daniel Tupou hanging on to a low pass by his boots before waltzing over the line on his side’s left flank.Joseph Manu put the visitors in front when he touched down on the opposite side of the field for his first of the game, diving over as Saints were caught short of numbers out wide.Kyle Flanagan – making his debut for the Roosters – hit the posts with both conversion attempts, making it 8-6 at the half-time interval..@sydneyroosters RULE! #WorldClubChallenge pic.twitter.com/m6NHtCvKIN— NRL (@NRL) February 22, 2020Saints had opportunities to hit back after the break, wing Tommy Makinson ruled to have knocked on as he attempted to score under pressure.Instead it was the Roosters who crucially scored next, Manu grabbing his second try. Luke Keary then provided the finish following Siosiua Taukeiaho’s initial break from inside his own half, putting the game beyond St Helens.Alex Walmsley did plunge over for a late consolation score, Makinson adding the extras, but Sydney held on to retain the trophy and maintain their 100 per cent record in the annual competition.
He said that while the SP PNG Hunters had captivated the imagination and lifted the profile of PNG on the international stage, he will pay equal attention to developing the code domestically. “A large population of our rugby league members, and this includes the women, are involved in our domestic competitions and we need to focus a lot more of our attention on these players than we have done in the past,“ said CutmoreHe said that he knew it wouldn’t be a quick-fix solution with a lot of challenges existing. But he added the PNGRFL would do its utmost to address these issues and further develop the game domestically.
Some of the 500,000 fans expected in the Gulf nation might be accommodated under canvas near stadiums.”At the heart of this World Cup is a commitment to showcase hospitality and friendship of the Middle East,” said a spokesman.”As a result, we are actively researching the concept of supporters sleeping under the stars.”Bedouin campsites are inspired by the homes of tribes that have historically lived in the Arabian and Syrian deserts.The tournament has already been moved from its traditional June-July slot to December over concerns about high temperatures.
Oviedo: “It is a team that has been suffering from getting out of the relegation positions, goes out and gets in. There they beat us and won us well. We can’t trust. If you let him attack he has people to hurt. A part of the game will go through take away the ball and have patience, it doesn’t squeeze so high, but it waits for you to three quarters, in front of teams like that, the best recipe is patience, we have to take advantage of our ability to move the ball to create spaces, it is a rival with tools to beat anyone. It’s such an important game to keep up the good streak this year. “Three consecutive draws: “We need to win and keep on a good run. The draws if we were in another position maybe they would be worth more. A priori we need to add three by three if we want to continue cutting distances up. We never go out to tie. We draw and we match going is a problem, not a good result. “Eye to teams below: “We care only about ourselves. We do not expect those above to fail. We still all depend on ourselves. To favor the results of others, you have to win. After winning I look at the results, but if we do not win, We don’t care about the rest. We are waiting to reduce distances. “Appeal Decision for the ‘Zozulia Case’: “In this country it usually happens, not only in sport but in normal life, those who have to impart justice do anything but impart justice. I do not know what they are put there for, I do not understand it very well. they should sanction others. If we could not feel persecuted, in fact, I manifest it. We, after what I have seen in other fields, have been sanctioned because we are. To dedicate yourself to certain things not only you have to have language, you also have to have them well placed and make fair decisions.If people who have to make those decisions have language, but you lack balls … They make wrong decisions.If they punish us we assume it, but they also have to sanction the rest or we feel aggrieved. In Vallecas you can not say certain things, but in other fields yes? They had a fantastic opportunity to impart justice and have let it go. If you miss me? Well, no, you don’t miss me in absolute. “Yacine Qasmi: “He has come with a little discomfort, yesterday he trained with us and today too. It’s pretty good. The club has signed it. He comes to reinforce the top and the club has wanted this player to be. We have received him in the best way possible to make you feel as comfortable as possible and start working now. “ Ulloa hasn’t scored at home yet: “I talk to him a lot. The last games are not that he hasn’t scored, he hasn’t even finished off. That does worry us. We should use him more in the area. We’re going to try to put the best balls we can. So far no it was the scoring mark that he expected and that none expected. It gives us a lot but if we want to fight for the promotion we need goals. We need him to find that shot again, that goal. We are all working to meet the goal again. forward sees that they do not arrive it gets more obstinate. We are here to help you. “Solid back and fewer goals scored: “I told the players that we were lacking madness. I have not changed, I do not want to, nor do I plan to change. I have modified things that need to be improved. This team lacks madness from time to time because with our quality it would make us impossible to stop. I’ve seen it at times. Another thing is that it has helped us to win or not. The defensive consistency also depends on the players. This year we are marking less than any year. If to mark you have to fit from time to time I bet because so. It is not opening the games without meaning, but when you have to do it. So much draw says a lot about that. “Saul, change in the first half: “I did not have a good day, that happens also in football, and he understood. He had a bad game and looking for the general good I felt the need to have to change it. I bet on Tito because he gave us good results and that’s why he I keep on. I know that I will use the left sides on what lies ahead. “The words of Mario Suarez in an interview (“Not ascending would be a failure”): “Mario is very sensible and makes clear the demand of all who are here. I could make a thousand excuses, which more convincing, to say that the goal of this year is no longer to ascend, but I am not going to do it. I am not going to do it because it would sound like excuses. We are going to fight the most. I would only modify one thing of his sentence. I understand failure as something that is not achieved because you have not put everything necessary. If this team does not get promoted, it will not be for that, it will be for other things, it would be a disappointment and not a failure, we self-demand it, inside the locker room, that says a lot about the mood of the locker room, we are uncomfortable where we are. I love that. It puts some pressure on us, but it is normal within what we ask ourselves. If they are convinced that the goal is that, I will help them. “Low: “Those already known. Yacine will enter. Morro, Comesaña and Pozo are still injured.”Yacine Qasmi, the great noveltyStriker Yacine Qasmi is the great novelty of Lightning in the call for the match against Oviedo. The Franco-Moroccan, 29, arrived on the last day of the market and has overcome some inconvenience, so he could enjoy his first minutes with the Strip. It falls from the Luna contest. Nor are the injured Comesaña, Pozo and Morro on the list.