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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

The Bengals today made the following roster moves, reaching the NFL’s September 1st limit of 75 players on the active list.

They placed Cedric Ogbuehi on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list. Ogbuehi will remain with the team for rehab and meetings, but may not practice  for the first 6 weeks of the regular season. Beginning the week following Week 6, he will begin a window of eligibility to return to practice under a roster exemption, if medically cleared.

They placed third-year LB Sean Porter on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list.

They also released first-year WR Onterio McCalebb under the Waived/Injured category. If McCalebb clears waivers tomorrow, he’ll revert to the Bengals’ Reserve/Injured list of 2015

Springfield, Ohio – Six Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Honor during the Homecoming Weekend ceremonies , October 2-4, in addition to the recipient of the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Ann Brokaw ’91, women’s basketball, Marcus Booker ’97, football,  Sara Hamilton ’99 field hockey,  Jeremy Kaufman ’96 cross country & track and field,  Bryan Magoteaux ’99 baseball and football and  Bill Reid ’75 football will join 212 other Wittenberg greats who have previously been inducted into the universities Hall of Honor, while Jim Coleman ’53 volleyball, will posthumously receive the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

The honorees will be formally inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor at a banquet on Friday Oct. 2. They will be introduced to the Wittenberg fans during halftime of the Homecoming game against Wooster, which is set to kick off at 1:00 pm the next day at Edwards-Maurer Field

Cincinnati Ohio – The Bengals have made a couple of roster moves this afternoon, in addition to the one made earlier today.

They released rookie FB Marc Weisman of Iowa under the Waived/Injured category. If Weisman clears waivers tomorrow, he’ll revert to the Bengals’ Reserve/injured list for 2015.

The Bengals also released WR Tevin Reese, a first year player from Baylor.

These additional moves leave the Bengals with 78 players on the roster. The roster must be further reduced, to 75, by 4pm  tomorrow.