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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Wright State basketball to play former conference rival this season
The Wright State men's basketball team will reunite with a former Horizon League rival this upcoming season. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Raiders will play the Butler Bulldogs on Nov. 28 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the schools announced Wednesday. Advertisement This will be their first meeting since February 2012. TRENDING STORIES: Butler left the Horizon League after the 2011-12 season and played one season, 2012-13, in the Atlantic 10. The Bulldogs now play in the Big East. 'This game made a lot of sense for us,' Wright State head coach Clint Sargent said. 'They're a former Horizon League opponent, which adds familiarity and history to the matchup. It's a game our fans will appreciate – and with Butler's close proximity, it gives them a great opportunity to travel and support us in person.' November's game will be the 44th all-time meeting between the two schools. Advertisement They played annually from 1994-2012, including eight games in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (MCC)/Horizon League Tournament. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Indianapolis Star
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
2 more games added completes Butler basketball's nonconference schedule for 2025-26 season
AI-assisted summary The Bulldogs added home games against low-major opponents to complete their nonconference schedule. A pair of exhibitions against in-state foes will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse. INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball 's 2025-26 nonconference schedule is complete with the announcement of two more games. The Bulldogs will host former Horizon League foe Wright State on Nov. 28 and wrap up nonconference play against NJIT on Dec. 22. Both games will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Times and TV assignments have not yet been announced. Wright State finished 15-18 under first-year coach Clint Sargent. Butler transfer, former Purdue Fort Wayne guard Jalen Jackson is very familiar with Wright State, averaging 25 points against the Raiders over two games last season. NJIT was 6-25 and finished last in the American East Conference. Neither game will help Butler's strength of schedule much. Wright State will be the Dawgs' first game back from the Greenbrier Tip-Off. NJIT provides what should be a tune-up for Big East play. Butler basketball opponents at Greenbrier Tip-Off Butler is heading to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia for their early season multi-team event. The Dawgs will play South Carolina and Virginia there and avoid a second game against Northwestern, which Butler will play in the Indy Classic on Dec. 20 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Other nonconference games include Southern Indiana on Nov. 5, IU Indy and first-year coach Ben Howlett on Nov. 8 and Chicago State on Nov. 11 all at Hinkle Fieldhouse to open the season. Butler then will conclude its home-and-home series with SMU on Nov. 15 before heading to the two-game event Nov. 21 and 23. The Bulldogs will return home to play Eastern Michigan on Dec. 2. Butler basketball preseason games Two open preseason exhibitions were scheduled against in-state opponents. Another two-year agreement was scheduled with Notre Dame and then Indiana State was added. Former Butler player Matthew Graves is in his second season leading the Sycamores.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wright State alum takes home Tony Award for Best Actress-Musical
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Wright State alum claimed one of theater's biggest prizes Sunday night. Nicole Scherzinger, who studied at WSU from 1996-99, took home the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical award at Sunday's ceremony for her starring role as Norma Desmond in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Sunset Boulevard.' The Tony is the latest in a string of honors for Scherzinger. She won an Olivier Award last year for the London production of the musical before it relocated to New York City's Broadway. In April 2025, she was named as one of Time Magazine's most influential people. 'If there's anyone out there who feels like they don't belong, or your time hasn't come, don't give up,' she said in her acceptance speech Sunday. 'Just keep on giving and giving because the world needs your love and your light now more than ever.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wright State stuns No. 1 Vanderbilt with historic upset in baseball regionals
The Commodores are now the first No. 1 seed to fail to reach its regional final since 1999. () Wright State pulled off a historic upset on Sunday afternoon in Nashville. Wright State stunned top-seeded Vanderbilt in its own regional in a 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon. That officially sent the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament home before the regional final, which is something that hasn't happened under the current format — which was adopted in 1999. Advertisement The Commodores were the first No. 1 seed to be eliminated in the regionals round since UCLA fell in 2015. Vanderbilt has now been knocked out in the regional rounds for a fourth straight season. The Commodores started Austin Nye, though he faced just seven batters and gave up four runs before they pulled him. Vanderbilt started slowly crawling back into the game, and it put up three runs in the final inning in large part due to a two-run single from Mike Mancini. But RJ Austin flew out to end the game, which allowed Wright State to make it out with the one-run win. Despite the remarkable upset, Wright State — a No. 4 regional seed from the Horizon League — failed to take advantage. It had to turn around right away and take on Louisville on Sunday night, and the Cardinals rolled to a 6-0 win. The Cardinals are now advancing to the super regional. Wright State was playing in its third regional final, and its first since 2016. Advertisement Vanderbilt was the second top team to go down on Sunday. No. 2 Texas fell 7-4 to UTSA for a second straight day, which knocked the Longhorns out of the Austin regional early. That sent the Roadrunners to the super regionals for the first time in program history.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Vanderbilt baseball first No. 1 overall seed not to reach NCAA regional final with loss to Wright State
Vanderbilt baseball became the first No. 1 overall seed to fail to reach the regional final and the fourth No. 1 seed to be eliminated in regionals with a 5-4 loss to Wright State on June 1 in the NCAA tournament. Vanderbilt's Austin Nye gave up four runs in the first inning. Vanderbilt's only hit until the ninth inning was a solo home run by Brodie Johnston in the second inning. Advertisement Mike Mancini hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to make the score 5-3. Rustan Rigdon hit a ground rule double to score one runner. RJ Austin then flew out to end the game. The Commodores did draw eight walks and reached on an error. Vanderbilt (43-18) has been eliminated in regionals four straight seasons, tying the program high under Tim Corbin, and has not advanced to the regional final in any of the last three seasons. Vanderbilt's Austin Nye has a shaky start Vanderbilt opted to start Austin Nye, its lone remaining pitcher who has seen significant time in the rotation this season. But Nye wasn't sharp, giving up four runs in the first inning including two home runs. Advertisement After that one inning, Nye was pulled from the game and replaced by Alex Kranzler. Kranzler hit as high as 98 mph with his fastball, according to the stadium gun. He largely held Wright State at bay. He allowed one unearned run in his four innings of work, walked one and struck out five. Miller Green came in for the sixth inning and escaped a jam with the bases loaded and nobody out as he got a strikeout and then induced a double play. Green recorded four strikeouts and did not allow a run in his three innings of work. Vanderbilt's offense struggles again Brodie Johnston hit his 15th home run of the season in the second inning, the most single-season home runs for a Vanderbilt player since 2021. But outside of Johnston, the offense largely no-showed the same way it had in the first two games. Advertisement Across the three games of the regional, the Commodores recorded just 10 hits, four of which were home runs. Johnston had three of those 10 hits. Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@ or on X @aria_gerson. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Vanderbilt baseball first No. 1 overall seed not to make regional final
