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#10: San Diego State Women’s Volleyball defeated San Jose State 3-1 to move to 17-7 (9-5) as the third set included a group of fans chanting “No men in women’s sports.” More from the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Mark Zeigler: “The chanting increased in frequency and volume, particularly when (SJSU student-athlete Blair) Fleming was serving, until Dave Noll, SDSU’s associate athletic director for operations and events, climbed into the stands and spoke with them. It was preceded by the public address announcer reading the Mountain West’s fan conduct policy asking ‘all persons to please show respect for the opposing team, game officials and each other’ while warning that any acts ‘in conflict with good sportsmanship, safety and fair play are subject to ejection and prosecution.’ The interaction between Noll and Patrick Higuera, a fan from Oceanside wearing a white T-shirt with two pink Xs, grew heated and drew the presence of four police officers in the aisles. An SDSU fan briefly intervened in defense of Noll before police stepped between them. Noll left after several minutes, and the group stopped chanting.” (link)
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#9: With national signing day approaching, ESPN’s Dan Murphy and Michael Rothstein examine how the House settlement is already impacting Olympic sport student-athletes. For instance, Taylor Wilson, a women’s soccer recruit committed to Penn State, found out her verbal scholarship offer had been rescinded the day before her senior season started, and Murphy and Rothstein note: “Wilson, who had a wardrobe full of Nittany Lions gear, said Penn State had been ‘a personality trait of mine.’ She has a picture of herself with Nittany Lions coach Erica Dambach from a camp when she was 12. Four years later, a recruiting packet and scholarship offer arrived, which she accepted. A year later, the dream was pulled away.” Wilson, who is 17, says: "I was just shattered. I didn't really know how to act. I kind of felt numb." The following morning, Dambach “was in tears during a 45-minute FaceTime conversation. Wilson said Dambach explained the pulled offer had nothing to do with her play or a lack of interest from the Nittany Lions. Instead, due to the new rules proposed by the pending settlement, women's soccer rosters are capped at 28 players. Dambach's projected roster for next fall was over the limit.” Murphy and Rothstein point out that conversations like this are happening all across the country; meanwhile, “Steve Berman, co-lead attorney for the athletes, told ESPN he and fellow plaintiffs' attorney Jeffrey Kessler wanted roster sizes to be as large as possible and were pleased with where the numbers landed.” Berman: "I think what we've negotiated is fair because on the whole more athletes are going to get more money than before in those sports.” Lots more, including: “Sources with knowledge of the rules under consideration told ESPN that it's unlikely teams will be allowed to maintain a practice squad or junior varsity roster that works out with their varsity team. It's also unlikely that teams will be able to move players on and off their roster during the season via injured reserve lists like those that exist in pro sports.” (link)
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#8: Former UCLA Executive Senior Assoc. AD for External Relations Josh Rebholz has joined The Dinerstein Companies as VP of Capital Markets, and USC Assoc. AD for Development Scott Wandzilak has joined TDC as Director of Capital Markets. (link)
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#7: Florida Men’s Basketball HC Todd Golden has been accused by an undefined number of women for sexual harassment and stalking, according to Title IX documents obtained by The Alligator student newspaper’s Jack Meyer and Max Tucker. “The claims regarding sexual harassment, which could also include sexual exploitation, cited sending photos and videos of his genitalia while traveling for UF, unwanted sexual advances on Instagram, requesting sexual favors, and various occasions of stalking. There was allegedly more than one occasion in which Golden was taking photos of women walking or driving and sending those pictures to the subjects involved. Various stalking incidents also included Golden showing up to locations where he knew the women would be.” Two women who were allegedly victimized claim UF Special Assistant Ralphie Ferrari and UF Director of Basketball Strategy and Analytics Jonathan Safir were complicit in Golden’s misconduct and had knowledge of it, although neither of the men were mentioned in the Title IX complaint. The men’s basketball coaching staff didn’t respond in time for publication. More. (link)
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#6: BYU went on to eke out a win in Saturday night’s Holy War matchup against Utah, but a controversial penalty called against the Utes with less than two minutes left had Utah AD Mark Harlan none too pleased: “This game was absolutely stolen from us. We were excited about being in the Big 12, but tonight I am not. We won this game. Someone else stole it from us. I’m very disappointed. I will talk to the commissioner. This is not fair to our team. I am disgusted by the professionalism of the officiating crew tonight.” Utah Football HC Kyle Whittingham: “Things out there were ridiculous. That’s how I’ll leave it.” (link - article, link - video)
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#5: The NCAA Field Hockey Championship field is set with North Carolina as the top overall seed. Action got underway with a pair of opening round games on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Michigan’s Phyllis Ocker Field is the site of this year’s championship weekend. Full bracket. (link)
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#4: Check out video of Vanderbilt’s new three-story, 90,000-square-foot hoops practice facility that’s nearly ready for move in. Commodores AD Candice Story-Lee: “As an AD and an alum, to walk my teammates through this building last weekend was incredible. They kept saying 'Man, we are so proud to be Commodores,' and that's a reaction that I hope we all have.” (link)
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#3: Akron AD Charles Guthrie will depart the Zips after more than three years in the chair. Guthrie wrote on X: "Today is bittersweet but, after extensive soul-searching and a lot of prayer, we have decided that it is in the best interest of both my UA family and my own family to part now. We have treasured our time and eagerly look forward to our next chapter." (link); The Akron Beacon Journal’s Michael Beaven writes on Guthrie's departure, pointing to an email sent by the university that includes, “The University of Akron and Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately, to allow Guthrie to pursue another opportunity.” Beaven does not go on to detail the other “opportunity,” but does indicate Akron Chief Strategy Officer Matt Juravich is involved in assisting the athletic department with its leadership transition. (link)
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#2: USC took out a full-page color ad in the Los Angeles Times to highlight its new football performance center. See it here if you’d like. (link)
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#1: The NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship field is set with top seeds Duke, Florida State, USC and Mississippi State. Play gets under way on Friday and WakeMed Soccer Park is once again the host of this year’s Women’s College Cup. (link)
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