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CMemphis Redbirds 14, Charlotte Knights 5 (Statcast box)
It was not a good night for Charlotte’s pitching staff, which allowed 14 runs on 16 hits. As a result, the Knights (55-60) came up way short against Memphis (60-54).
Bryse Wilson, 27, started for the Knights, and he was effective for a bit. In the first three innings, Wilson only allowed one run on two hits. In addition, the Knights had a great third inning, as Andre Lipcius walks, Bryan Ramos doubled, and Dominic Fletcher launched a three-run blast. As a result, after three innings, Charlotte had a 3-1 lead.
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However, Wilson and the Knights were unable to protect that early lead, as the Redbirds were relentless in the latter portion of this game. Memphis scored five in the fourth, four in the sixth, and four in the ninth to completely run away with this one.
The Knights did manage to score two runs after Fletcher’s homer. Tim Elko picked up an RBI with a double in the fourth, and Bryan Ramos went deep with a solo homer in the ninth.
Birmingham Barons 7, Pensacola Blue Wahoos 5
Th Barons (67-43) collected 16 hits en route to yet another victory, as they improved to 29-12 in the second half.
Barons starter Hagen Smith, 21, had a decent performance, allowing two runs on four hits in four innings. Smith was very effective during his first three innings, but his fourth and final frame was a different story. With one out, Pensacola (56-53) hit a single and an RBI triple, and with two outs, an RBI double brought Pensacola’s second run home.
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The bullpen did not exactly have its finest game, either, but it did not have to. Even though the bullpen allowed three runs in five innings, Birmingham’s offense was a force to be reckoned with. The Barons scored seven runs on 16 hits, and they finished 5-for-16 (.313) with runners in scoring position.
DJ Gladney opened the scoring with a sole homer in the second. Although that was Birmingham’s only homer, the Barons found plenty of other ways to score. In the third, Sam Antonacci picked up an RBI with a single to drive in Jacob Burke in the third. Later in the inning, Wilfred Veras hit a timely single of his own to drive in Antonacci.
In the sixth, Caden Connor led off with a double, and with one out, Braden Montgomery drew a walk. From there, Gladney continued crushing the ball, as he drive Connor and Montgomery in with a double.
In the ninth, the Barons picked up two more. Impressively, the first five Barons of the inning reached base safely. William Bergolla singled, Antonacci got hit by a pitch, Connor singled, Veras walked, and Montgomery singled.
Winston-Salem Dash 4, Asheville Tourists 2
The Dash (43-65) pitching staff had a nice evening, and the offense woke up in time to pull through with a solid victory over Asheville (45-63).
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Dash starter Dylan Cumming, 26, had a solid performance for Winston-Salem. Cumming allowed two runs on three hits in five innings, striking out five without issuing any walks. Cumming’s only rough inning was the fourth. During that inning, the Tourists managed to hit a single, and RBI double, and a sacrifice fly after a stolen base to put two on the board.
Winston-Salem scored its first run of the game in the fifth, when Kyle Lodise drew a leadoff walk. After a productive out, Lodise found himself on second, and Ryan Burrowes drove him in with a single.
The Dash took control of this game in the bottom of the seventh. With the score still 2-1, Jackson Appel led off with a walk. Lyle Miller-Green hit a productive grounder that advanced Appel to second, and after a wild pitch, Appel was 90 feet away from scoring the tying run. Burrowes drew a walk to set the stage for Samuel Zavala, who singled to even the score at two apiece. Jeral Perez put the Dash in front with a clutch single, and Winston-Salem led from that point forward.
Cole McConnell led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo blast to give the Dash an insurance run.
As it turned out, the Dash did not need any insurance, as the bullpen was terrific. Max Roberts, Jonathan Clark, Carson Jacobs, and Phil Fox combined for the following stats: four innings, no runs, one hit, no walks, eight strikeouts. The final six Tourists to bat in this game all struck out. Incredibly, Phil Fox, who took over to begin the ninth, pitched an immaculate inning to finish this one off.
Augusta GreenJackets 13, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 1
The first inning was ugly, and it did not get much better for the Cannon Ballers (52-58), who got blown out by the GreenJackets (57-49).
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Augusta went right to work in the top of the first against Cannon Ballers starter Luis Reyes. Augusta put four singles and a triple together in the first. Reyes, 19, did not get much help from his defense, which committed two errors that frame. By the end of that disastrous inning, Augusta had a 6-0 lead, and Reyes did not come back out for the second frame.
After a scoreless inning by Marco Barrios, Kannapolis reliever Mathias LaCombe had a rough outing in the third, as he allowed the GreenJackets to pad its lead. LaCombe allowed four runs on four hits, and he issued two walks in his only inning of work. By the time the third inning was over, the score was 10-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Cannon Ballers offense showed signs of life. Bryce Eblin got hit by a pitch, and Adrian Gil doubled. However, even on the double, something bad happened for Kannapolis, has Eblin was thrown out at home. Despite that, Ely Brown drove in Gil with a two-out single to put Kannapolis on the board. That was the first and last run for the Cannon Ballers.
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No. 2 seed ASU volleyball advances to Sweet 16 in NCAA Tournament
Updated Dec. 5, 2025, 11:15 p.m. MT
One step closer.
No. 2 seed Arizona State volleyball is back in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons.
The Sun Devils defeated Utah State in four sets (25-15, 25-18, 22-25, 25-15) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Desert Financial Arena on Friday, Dec. 5.
“It was really special for me,” senior outside hitter Bailey Miller said. “I was one of the only ones last year when we got upset (in the second round), so I think going into it, all the girls just wanted to recognize all the girls who didn’t get to go to the Sweet 16 last year and took it seriously. It was really special.”
ASU’s return to the Sweet 16 offers a sweeter follow-up to last season’s second-round exit after the Sun Devils earned a hosting bid for the first two rounds. As painful as it was for coach JJ Van Niel, he chose not to let last year cloud the current success.
“I don’t reflect back,” Van Niel said. “That’s negative, but it’s just moving forward. Every year is a new shot, but last year was very painful. Mostly, because I didn’t think we played our best volleyball.”
With few players remaining from last year, Van Niel wasn’t sure how ASU’s season would go and if they’d repeat as Big 12 champions and NCAA Tournament hosts. But his team has done both and added more with a Sweet 16 berth.
“I really had no idea this year what we were going to look like,” Van Niel said. “It’s 100% a new lineup and I’m really proud of these kids because they’ve fought and they’ve scrapped. They’ve all gotten better through the year and they’ve earned this Sweet 16, it’s a really special group.”
What was key for ASU was their defense against a scrappy team that rarely went down in one swing. The Sun Devils were up to the task as they benefited from USU’s 21 attack errors.
USU’s strong offense forced ASU’s middle blockers to front the middle, exploiting their right-side players. While the middle blockers didn’t get as many kills as they did in the first round, it opened the floor for Miller, Noemie Glover and Tatum Parrott.
Miller led ASU with 18 kills on .471 hitting and two errors, a stark improvement from her first-round performance. Glover didn’t commit any errors and had 17 kills on .531 hitting. Parrott added 13 kills.
ASU was serving well again as the Aggies sided out 56.3% of the time, including less than half the time in the first set. Miller’s three aces helped ASU finish with a 7-5 advantage in service aces.
“They’re a great offensive team and their middle (blockers) were very active,” Miller said. “We haven’t really seen a lot of that, so it definitely took some adjusting. But in the end, that’s our bread and butter, being able to adjust and be ready.”
The Aggies got their first lead since early in the first set when they started with an 8-5 edge over ASU in the third set. Instead of putting them away like in the first two sets, ASU had trouble against USU’s attack.
As the third set neared the end, neither side scored twice for six consecutive points until USU got a 24-22 lead over ASU. The Aggies then scored off a bad set from ASU’s Sydney Henry.
The Aggies were strong to start the fourth set, but ASU’s 6-0 run midway through the set helped the Sun Devils gain the separation needed and eliminate them.
The Sun Devils will travel to Lexington, Kentucky, and play No. 3 Creighton in the regional hosted by No. 1 seed Kentucky, either Dec. 12 or 13.
ASU capped off an impressive season at home where it went 16-0, and only dropped eight sets in those games.
Reach the reporter at jenna.ortiz@arizonarepublic.com, as well as @jennarortiz on X.
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Babcock sets record as Pitt women’s volleyball team rolls in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
Olivia Babcock didn’t realize her performance during the first round of the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament gave her the Pitt record for most kills in a season. Babcock knew she met the previous record holder, Wendy Hatlestad, during alumni weekend.
Babcock recorded 13 kills during the Panthers’ 25-10, 25-17, 25-13 win Friday night at Petersen Events Center in front of a crowd of 4,240. Babcock now has 558 kills, going past the single-season record of 555 Hatlestad set in 2003.
“I was talking to her two weeks ago,” Babcock said. “That’s crazy I just met her. But I think it says a lot about how much my team trusts me to take those big rips, and it gives me the opportunity to score and get as many kills as I do.”
Everyone had a good night hitting for the top-seeded Panthers, who advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the 10th straight season.
The Panthers committed only four attack errors against UMBC (13-12) and finished with a hitting percentage of .551.
“It’s really good to start out and to remind ourselves to maintain high standards,” Babcock said. “Obviously, all of these teams have made it into the tournament because they’re an amazing team, and everyone’s going to bring their best volleyball. I think we just need to make sure that we’re playing our best, too, because, especially in these matches, we don’t wanna slip up and give away a set or a match.”
Pitt (27-4) hasn’t dropped a set in the first round since it beat VCU, 3-1, in 2017 at Penn State.
The Retrievers qualified for the tournament after winning the America East Conference for the fifth time in the past six seasons. Pitt setter Brooke Mosher, who finished with 34 assists, said the Panthers got themselves in system thanks to their good passing.
Blaire Bayless was second for the Panthers with nine kills, and Abby Emch contributed eight.
“That made it really easy for me to spread the ball around and get the middles involved,” Mosher said. “Then, I trusted my teammates to be able to put the ball away.”
Pitt lost the first point of the match after UMBC delivered on a kill by Jalynn Brown. The Panthers responded by scoring the next three points, capping the surge with an ace by Izzy Masten.
UMBC struggled to find holes in Pitt’s defense. The Retrievers hit .129 and were led by seven kills from Hannah Dobbs.
UMBC coach Kasey Crider was happy with how they played.
“We don’t have an Olivia Babcock slayer, so, bummer,” Crider said. “I’ve been to this tournament a few times as a head coach and assistant coach, and I’ve never walked away from the tournament thinking we were the best at the end until today. It still hurts, but there were no regrets.”
Pitt will take on Michigan in the second round Saturday. The Wolverines advanced by beating Xavier. The Panthers are 3-6 all-time against the Wolverines.
Pitt’s only meeting with Michigan in the NCAA Tournament came in 2018, when the Wolverines upset Pitt in five sets at Petersen Events Center.
Mosher, who previously played in the NCAA Tournament with Illinois, said she doesn’t feel any extra pressure playing as the No. 1 seed.
“I think just being in the tournament has its own weight in itself,” Mosher said. “Every game your season is on the line, which is the same no matter who you are.”
Josh Rizzo is a freelance writer.
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Kansas State volleyball vs Nebraska in NCAA Tournament channel, time
Dec. 6, 2025, 6:03 a.m. CT
Kansas State volleyball survived and advanced, and now it will take on the No. 1 team in the country in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers will face off at 7 p.m. in the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday, Dec. 6.
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Nebraska enters the match 31-0, seeking its first championship since 2017. The Huskers cruised to a three-set win over Long Island.
K-State’s win over San Diego to advance was more dramatic. The Wildcats (18-9, 10-8 Big 12) pulled it off in five sets, while needing to win the fourth to make it possible.
What channel is Kansas State volleyball vs Nebraska on today?
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Kansas State volleyball vs. Nebraska will be available to stream on ESPN+.
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Kansas State volleyball vs Nebraska time today
- Date: Saturday, Dec. 6
- Start time: 7 p.m. CT
Kansas State and Nebraska will begin at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Wyatt D. Wheeler covers Kansas State athletics for the USA TODAY Network and Topeka Capital-Journal. You can follow him on X at @WyattWheeler_, contact him at 417-371-6987 or email him at wwheeler@usatodayco.com
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Women’s track and field begins indoor season at M City Classic
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Olaf College women’s track and field team turned in 13 performances that ranked on its all-time performers’ list at the season-opening M City Classic on Friday at the University of Minnesota Fieldhouse.
First years accounted for 11 of the 13 performances that ranked on St. Olaf’s all-time list at the unscored meet, which included teams from the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and club levels. In addition to the top-10 list performances, senior Ella Landis posted St. Olaf’s lone first-place finish at the meet by winning the one-mile run in 5:17.28.
In her first collegiate meet, first year Evangeline Sappington broke onto the program’s all-time performers’ list in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Sappington was the top Division III finisher and was 10th overall in the 200-meter dash (26.84), while also taking second among Division III competitors and 16th overall in the 60-meter dash. Sappington’s time in the 60-meter dash ranks second on the Oles’ all-time list – just four one-hundredths of a second off the record – and her time in the 200-meter dash is fifth.
Sophomore Izzi Jaeckle clocked in with St. Olaf’s No. 4 time in the 60-meter dash by placing 17th (8.10), while first year Ellie Semple also broke onto the list in 10th with a time of 8.28 seconds to finish 27th. Sophomore Logan Paulsen moved up to seventh on the Oles’ list with a sixth-place performance in the shot put (12.48m, 40′ 11 ½”), while first year Abigal Frei cleared 3.26 meters (10′ 8 ¼”) for a No. 5 all-time result and an eighth-place finish.
First years Svea Frantzich and Claire Stein recorded St. Olaf’s No. 8 and No. 10 scores in the pentathlon by finishing seventh (3,005) and eighth (2,993), respectively. Frantzich tied for third in the long jump (5.44m, 17′ 10 ¼”) and was sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.47), which both ranked on St. Olaf’s all-time list. Stein also tied for third in the long jump (5.44m, 10′ 10 ¼”) to highlight her day. First year Annika Walsh was the runner-up in the high jump (1.62m, 5′ 3 ¾”) – fifth all-time – and was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles (9.48) – ninth all-time – as part of a ninth-place finish in the pentathlon (2,881).
St. Olaf will be back in action in 2026 at the Ole Opener at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17 at Tostrud Center.
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Catch Saturday’s Basketball and Indoor Track and Field Action
BEREA, Ohio – Fans can follow or watch Saturday’s Baldwin Wallace University basketball and indoor track and field action via live results, statistics or video.
The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams open the 2025-26 season when it travels to Cleveland to compete in the Spartan Alumni Holiday Classic hosted by Case Western Reserve University inside the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center at 11:00 a.m.
Live Results:
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The men’s basketball team travels to New Concord for the first game of a men’s and women’s Ohio Athletic Conference and Hoops for Hunger Food Drive doubleheader against Muskingum University on Performance Court inside the Anne C. Steele Center at 1:00 p.m. Fans can receive free admission to the game with a donation of canned food, a non-perishable item, or a monetary contribution.
Tickets:
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Live Statistics:
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FloCollege On Demand Live Video:
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The No. 21 nationally ranked women’s basketball team travels to New Concord for the second game of a women’s and men’s Ohio Athletic Conference and Hoops for Hunger Food Drive doubleheader against Muskingum University on Performance Court inside the Anne C. Steele Center at 4:00 p.m. Fans can receive free admission to the game with a donation of canned food, a non-perishable item, or a monetary contribution.
Tickets:
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FloCollege On Demand Live Video:
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