College roundup: Abey named to AAC honor roll
Sep 25, 2017 | 12:00 AM
NAVY FOOTBALL: Junior quarterback Zach Abey (Spalding) was named to the American Athletic Conference's weekly honor roll for Week 4. Abey rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns and completed 2 of 3 passes for 53 yards and a TD in a 42-32 win against Cincinnati.
NAVY WOMEN'S SOCCER: Sophomore Baseley McClaskey, the Patriot League's leader in assists, kept up her streak of consecutive games with a helper this past week with two assists versus Howard on Monday and another against Loyola on Friday. In recognition of her three points, the sophomore defender was selected as the Corvias Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
MARYLAND FOOTBALL: Maryland will take on its first Big Ten East opponent of the season on Oct. 7 when it travels to Ohio State. The game will kick at 4 p.m. and air on FOX, the Big Ten announced on Monday.
NAVY MEN'S SOCCER: The Mids (1-6-1, 0-0-1 PL) will take a break from conference play to host Saint Joseph's (2-4-2) in a non-conference match at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Navy opened Patriot League play with a 1-1 double-overtime draw with Holy Cross on Saturday. Navy sophomore midfielder Piroz Bahar scored off an assist from TJ Powers in the 43rd minute.
NAVY CREW: The fall season began for the Navy rowing program on Sunday with the heavyweight and lightweight teams entering and racing 18 boats in the 37th edition of the Head of the Potomac. The Hubbard Hall contingent competed in Club Eight, Open Eight and Open Four races on the 2.8-mile course on the Potomac River and came away with a pair of wins and eight top-three results across the three events. Navy 'A' won the Open Eight race, while the Navy 'F' boat took the Open Four to highlight Navy's effort on Sunday.
NAVY OFFSHORE SAILING: The Navy varsity offshore sailing team hosted the U.S. Offshore Championship for the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy, a U.S. Sailing Association amateur big boat national championship, this past Friday-Sunday on the Chesapeake Bay.
Representing Navy was senior Ted Papenthien with crew senior Matthew Hundt, senior Patrick Francis, senior Austin Rhodes, senior Christopher Cantillo, junior Matthew Signorelli, sophomore Zackary Bauer and sophomore Charles Dimer. Papenthein and crew finished third overall in the six-race series losing second place on a tiebreaker.
NAVY WOMEN'S TENNIS: Senior Amanda Keller went 3-1 in singles matches this weekend at the 42nd edition of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic at the Town Club in Fox Point, Wisconsin. Keller dropped her opening match in the main draw, but went on to win three consolation matches.
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NAVY RIFLE: The Navy rifle team began its season on Sunday as the nation's 14th-ranked team went on the road and knocked off No. 11 Memphis in a Great American Rifle Conference match by 39 points at 4634 to 4595. In the first competition for the Mids under first-year head coach Mike Anti, the team posted a 2,297-point output in smallbore and a 2,337-point result in air rifle. Junior Josh Watson highlighted Navy's performance with a career-high 1,167-point aggregate score.