Dayton, Ohio – The Sinclair Volleyball team earned its second home of the 2015-16 season last night with a 3-0 victory over visiting Clark State.

The Tartan Pride took over the first match right from the start with Meg Reineke throwing down three kills to take the game for the win. Clark State struggled to keep up with the aggressive attacks at the net and gave the Tartan Pride some easy points to score off of. Sinclair won the first set 25-12

Clark State was able to get some confidence back while keeping within distance of the Tartan Pride in the second set. Sinclair couldn’t break the lead any more than four points until Alexandra Petri gave the Eagles an attack they couldn’t bring back. Sinclair went on to win the set 25-20.

Both teams played even throughout the third set until Meg Reineke had three kills to put Sinclair up 23-17. From that point, the Tartan Pride took control and finished strong to win their second home match of the season.

Urbana Ohio- The debut of Urbana head football coach  Tyler Haines was spoiled by Glenville State Saturday afternoon as the Pioneers shutout the Blue Knights 49-0 at Urbana University Stadium.

The Blue Knight were shutout for the first time since 2008 when Ohio Dominican won 56-0.

Urbana gave the ball away on it’s first two possessions, which lead to two Glenville State first quarter touchdowns. From there the Pioneers rattled off three more scores and lead 35- 0 at the half .

Next up for Urbana will be a trip to Laken Field in Institute West Virginia, when they battle the Yellow Jackets of West Virginia State. Kickoff is slated for 1:00 pm.

Moon Township, Pa. – The University of Dayton football Flyers came from behind twice in the second half to pull out a hard-fought 27-24 win at Robert Morris on Saturday. The Flyers trailed by 10 at the half, gained a lead, lost a lead tied the game with 6:15 left and took the deciding lead with 2:32 to go on a 37 yard field goal by William Will.

Robert Morris got the ball back twice in the games final minutes. The first ended on Danny Leach’s second interception of the day, and the second ended at the Dayton 37 yard line when Flyer defensive end Nate Surges sacked Colonial quarterback Matthew Barr.

The Flyers will return to action, after a bye week, on Saturday September 19th, when they host the Duquesne Dukes in a 1:00 pm kick off. It will be the home opener and will be a part of the University’s family weekend.

Richmond Ind. – The is a recap of the day in Earlham athletics.

Field Hockey: Junior Megan Hut netted the hat trick and senior goalkeeper Kate Korobkina did not surrender a goal as the Quakers shutout Transylvania University 4-0 to win the season opener on Saturday.

Men’s Soccer: Sophomore Nicholas Day netted two goals including the game-winner in the 69th minute as Earlham earned it’s first victory of the season 3-2 over Emory & Henry on Saturday.

The Quakers will travel to Ohio Wesleyan for the NCAC opener on Wednesday September 9th at 7:00 pm.

Earlham stands 1-1 and will return to action on Wednesday September 9th, when they host Wabash College at 5:00 pm.

Football: Senior wide receiver Jalen Kenner caught seven passes for 72 yards to lead the Quakers offensively but Olivet was firing on all cylinders and took the season opener 74-13.

The Quakers will try and regroup when they return to action next Saturday when the DePauw Tigers come calling for a 7:00 pm kickoff.

Dayton, Ohio – The Sinclair (1-2/4-5) Volleyball team earned it’s first conference win of the 2015-16 season today with a 3-1 victory over visiting Lorain County (1-3/6-3).

Lorain County playing their third conference match in less than 24 hours and having just lost at Cincinnati State earlier in the day, came out ready to play and pulled out a 25-22 opening game win.

Sinclair was able to get some confidence back after dropping  game one by jumping all over the Commodores early. Sinclair went up 7-1 to start the second game and really never looked back and evened the match at one game each.

Sinclair went on to went on to win the final two sets   25-20 and 25-22.

Sinclair will host Clark State on Wednesday September 9th at 6:00 pm in Building 8 on the downtown campus of Sinclair Community College in downtown Dayton.

The game can also be heard on the Internet at www.gemcitysports.com.

Cincinnati Ohio – The Cincinnati Bengals made 22 roster moves today to get down the NFL limit of 53 players.

They released two players under the Waived/injured category: Jason DiManche (Knee) and Marcus Flowers (Shoulder)

Placed Vontaze Burfict (Knee) on the Reserve/Physically  unable to perform list: (Burfict will remain with the team for rehab and meetings, but may not practice for weeks 1-6 of the regular season. Beginning the week following Week 6, he will begin his window of eligibility to return to practice under a roster exemption, if medically cleared).

They terminated the contracts of two veterans, releasing them to free agency: Cornerback Brandon Ghee and Safety Shiloh Keo.

Cincinnati also waived 17 players: Wide Receiver Michael Bennett, Guard Dan France, Guard Tanner Hawkinson, Cornerback Troy Hill, Tight end Matt Lengel,  Wide Receiver Jake Kumerow,  Kicker Tom Obarski, Offensive Tackle Matthew O’Donnell, Safety Floyd Raven, Trevor Roach, Center Jake Smith, Defensive Tackle Devon Still, H-Back Terrell Watson, Quarterback Keith Wenning, H-Back James Wilder Jr. and Defensive tackle DeShawn Williams.

With the exception of Devon Still, all players waived today will be eligible to be signed to an NFL practice squad if they clear waivers tomorrow. The Bengals will announce tomorrow a practice squad of up to 10 players