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

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Fairborn, Ohio – The Wright State men’s soccer team received votes in the College Soccer News Top 30 poll for the week ending August 30.

Also receiving votes in the poll was Kentucky, a team the Raiders face in Lexington on Friday afternoon at 5:00 pm. Also receiving votes was Oakland who the Raiders will host to close out the regular season on November 6.

Wright State (2-0) won it’s first tournament title since 2010 last weekend at the Bert and Iris Wolstein Classic as the raiders defeated Binghamton 2-0 and Cal State Fullerton 2-1. Four Raiders were named to the All-Tournament Team in junior forward Peguy Ngatcha, junior forward Eric Lynch, junior goalkeeper Tyler Blackmer and freshman midfielder Jackson Dietrich

Delaware, Ohio –  Two goals in quick succession midway through the first half propelled Ohio Wesleyan to a 7-0 victory over Earlham in the season opener for both team on Tuesday

Ohio Wesleyan’ Brian Schaffer scored the games first two goals and the Battling Bishops lead 2-0 going to the locker room at the half.

Earlham (0-1) returns home for it’s next two contests. The Quakers will look for their first victory of the season when they host DePauw at Matlack Field on Friday September 4th at 5 pm