Adrian, MI – Here is a summary of today’s Sports Update, featured on Inside the Cave (96.5fm), 7-9am:
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Adrian College Athletics has announced the hiring of Eric Enright as the new Head Coach of the women’s rugby program.
He most recently served as the 7’s Lead Assistant Coach for Emory & Henry University Women’s Rugby, where the team took a third-place finish at the inaugural NIRA 7s Championship.
Prior to that, Enright served as the Head Coach of Newberry College Women’s Rugby. Enright holds a B.S. in Psychology from Texas State University and is certified at the World Rugby Level 2.
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The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League announced its 2024-25 All-Academic team, recognizing all MCVL student-athletes that earned a varsity letter and had a 3.3 GPA or above.
Landing on the Adrian College team this season were Seniors, Beck Fieldhouse, Micah Low, and Zach Molnar. Sophomores, Andrew Graczyk, Carles Baza, Sam Landers, and William Morris were also named to the squad, along with Freshmen, Nathan Webster and Jahryck Muliagatele.
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(AP)- Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall, tossed from the game along with first base coach Matt Schilling in the first inning of the College World Series finals Sunday, said his ejection wasn’t justified and he was wrongly accused of bumping an umpire.
The NCAA said Schnall was arguing balls and strikes, was given a warning and thrown out when he did not leave immediately. Instead, Schnall went onto the field to continue arguing.
LSU went on to win 5-3 for their second national championship in three years. When Coach Schnall was arguing with Angel Campos, one of the base umpires ran toward the confrontation and fell on his back.
Both Coach Schnall and his first base coach will serve suspensions at the beginning of the 2026 college baseball season.
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(AP)- The College Baseball Foundation, in collaboration with the College Baseball Hall of Fame, announced Monday that former University of Michigan coach and Hall of Honor member Ray Fisher will be inducted as a member of its 2025 class.
Fisher took over in 1921 and coached the Wolverines for 38 seasons until 1958, when he retired. He holds the Michigan record for overall wins. Fisher guided Michigan to 15 Big Ten titles, one NCAA berth and one national championship, in 1953.
Fisher will become the sixth Wolverine inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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(AP)- Oklahoma City’s 103-91 victory over Indiana in Game 7 was the most-watched NBA Finals game in six years.
Sunday night’s game averaged 16.53 million on ABC and ESPN+ according to preliminary ratings data from Nielsen. The audience peaked at 19.28 million during the second half.
It is the first time since Toronto wrapped up its title in Game 6 against Golden State in 2019 that the finals have had an audience over 16 million. The last Game 7, when Cleveland beat Golden State in 2016, averaged 31.02 million.
ESPN and ABC averaged 6.12 million for the 34 games they carried during the playoffs, a 10% increase over last year.
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