Nov 10, 2019 3 min read

Water polo

The Washington & Jefferson College men’s water polo team capped its 2019 season with a pair of one-goal victories to place fifth at the Mid Atlantic Water Polo Conference Championships over the weekend.

After dropping the first game of the weekend to Salem, 22-8, the Presidents (5-21) battled back to defeat Monmouth 8-7 and Connecticut 9-8 on Sunday.

Sophomore Will Kitsch was named to the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-West Region second team.

Salem outscored the Presidents 10-1 in the first quarter and held the scoring advantage in all four quarters.

Nick Spehar made seven saves in net for the Presidents. The eight goals were scored by different players for W&J.

Against Monmouth, the Presidents rallied from 3-0 with four-straight goals to take a 6-4 lead. Early in the fourth, Monmouth tied the game at six. Dylan Gwinn provided a go-ahead goal before Monmouth tied the game with 4:14 remaining in regulation. Elijah Muzzi delivered the game-winner with 46 seconds left to hand the Presidents the win.

Against Connecticut, the Presidents overcame a 5-2 first-half deficit and used a pair of goals in the final minute of the first half from Spicer and Geister to head to halftime tied at five. Connecticut scored three straight goals to close the third quarter with an 8-6 advantage, but the Presidents won the fourth quarter 3-0 to take the win. Bannon scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the fourth.

Bannon, Geister and Tyler Francis each finished with a pair of goals. Spehar racked up 18 saves on the day.

Arkansas fires football coach

Arkansas fired football coach Chad Morris on Sunday after 22 games and no Southeastern Conference victories over nearly two terrible seasons.

Morris finished 4-18 and 0-14 in the SEC. Arkansas made the move less than 24 hours after the Razorbacks lost 45-19 at home to a Western Kentucky team quarterbacked by former Razorback Ty Storey. Morris’ only victories came again Eastern Illinois, Portland State – two FCS teams – Tulsa and Colorado State.

“As part of my continued evaluation, I have come to the conclusion that a change in leadership is necessary to move our football program forward and position it for success,” athletic director Hunter Yurachek said in a statement. “It is clear that we have not made the progress necessary to compete and win, especially within the Southeastern Conference.”

Morris is the second Power Five coach to be fired after last than two seasons on the job in eight days. Florida State fired Willie Taggart after 21 games last Sunday.

A year after a $160 million stadium renovation and expansion, Arkansas had its two lowest-attended games since a previous expansion in 2001.

Morris said Saturday that he still felt he was the man for the job, but he offered an honest assessment of where the program stood.

In the NBA

Nikola Jokic hit a fadeaway jumper with 2.4 seconds left to give the Denver Nuggets a 100-98 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.

Jokic had 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists to help Denver win its fourth straight game. Will Barton had 13 points, including a pair of 3s in overtime, and 12 rebounds. Paul Millsap scored all 14 of his points during a big third-quarter run and had 10 rebounds.

Joel Embiid had 18 points and nine rebounds, Al Horford scored 15 points and Philadelphia beat Charlotte, 114-106, to snap a three-game losing streak.