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Penn transfer Wyatt Henseler re-commits to Texas A&M

Top Texas A&M transfer Wyatt Henseler re-commits to the Aggies after recently opening his recruitment

With the news of Jim Schlossnagle leaving, not only did several players jump in the portal to protect themselves, but recruits also decided to re-open their recruitment while waiting for the next coach to be named. Top transfer Wyatt Henseler was one of those recruits, and he drew strong interest from Texas and LSU.

For Texas A&M fans, the news of Henseler’s decision to stay is a reason to be optimistic. Not only did they see a majority of the 2024 team core withdraw from the portal, but Henseler also confirmed he is still headed to Aggieland after opening his recruitment during the coaching search.

New head baseball coach Mike Earley has been on fire getting the band back together and landing key portal recruits in his short time in his new position. This is a testament to players’ trust in him and the rumors about his reputation as a popular coach in baseball circles, which should instill confidence in the fans.

The 2025 roster is shaping up to make another deep postseason run, and Henseler will be a major part of this team.

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Texas A&M baseball receives excellent news from the transfer portal

Ivy League Player of the Year Wyatt Henseler reaffirms his commitment to Texas A&M

Following a Super Regional series win over Oregon, and a commitment from transfer Matt Bergevin out of Fairfield, the Texas A&M baseball team will also add Ivy League Player of the Year Wyatt Henseler.

The Penn Alum committed to the Aggies last September, but after a strong final year, there was some speculation about whether he would enter the 2024 MLB Draft.

All of that was put to rest on Tuesday when Henseler announced via his social media that he would opt out of the draft to join the A&M baseball team. Below, you can see his post on “X”

Henseler was a dominant force in the Ivy League, named the unanimous Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy. He leaves the Quakers as the all-time leader in the following categories:

  • Hits – 232
  • Runs – 64
  • Doubles – 50
  • Total Bases – 452
  • Home Runs – 54
  • RBIs – 189

Texas A&M has had some recent success with its Ivy League transfers, with Hayden Schott (Columbia) and Jackson Appel (Penn) being major contributors to the Aggies’ run to the College World Series. Hopefully, Henseler can have the same type of success once in Aggieland.

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Oregon baseball projected to be a 3-seed in Stillwater Regional

D1Baseball.com has put out its final NCAA tournament projection ahead of Monday’s selections and it has the Ducks heading to Stillwater.

The Pac-12 baseball tournament didn’t go in the way the Oregon Ducks baseball team thought it would, but it seems as if the Ducks are safely in the NCAA tournament.

According to D1baseball.com, Oregon is projected to be a 3-seed in the Stillwater, Okla. Regional that will be hosted by Oklahoma State. In the latest Field of 64 projection, the website has 2-seed Southern Miss and 4-seed Penn also in that particular regional. The Ducks would open with the Golden Eagles to begin the tournament.

Oregon finished the season with a 37-18 record and 19-11 in conference play.

Oklahoma State would be the national 13-seed with a regular season record of 39-17 with a Big XII record of 19-9. They play Oklahoma in the conference tournament Saturday night.

Southern Miss is 39-18 and finished 20-10 in the Sun Belt and are playing in their league’s tournament against Appalachian State.

As for Penn, they have already qualified for the NCAA tournament by winning the Ivy League tournament with an overall mark of 24-23. The Quakers defeated Cornell twice to advance in the postseason.

No. 6 Vols win matches against Penn, Tennessee Tech

No. 6 Tennessee wins matches against Penn and Tennessee Tech.

No. 6 Tennessee (3-0) won two matches against Penn and Tennessee Tech on Saturday at Goodfriend Tennis Center.

The Vols defeated Penn and Tennessee, 7-0.

Tennessee-Penn results:

Doubles

1. #34 Filip Pieczonka/Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. Manfredi Graziani/Zachery Lim (PENN) 7-5
2. #56 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (PENN) def. Angel Diaz/Chris Li (UT) 6-3
3. Johannus Monday/Younes Lalami (UT) def. Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-1

Order of finish: 3,2,1

Singles

1. #20 Johannus Monday (UT) def. Manfredi Graziani (PENN) 6-4, 6-2
2. Younes Lalami (UT) def. Aaron Sandler (PENN) 6-2, 6-3
3. #33 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. Kian Vakili (PENN) 6-1, 6-3
4. Chris Li (UT) def. Baylor Sai (UT) 7-6 (7-0), 3-1, retired
5. Filip Pieczonka (UT) def. Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-3, 6-2
6. Filip Apltauer (UT) def. Matthew Rutter (PENN) 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 3,1,5,2,6

Tennessee-Tennessee Tech results:

Doubles

1. Johannus Monday/Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) vs. Paulo Ramos Martin/Davids Spaks (TTU) 5-2, unfinished
2. Filip Pieczonka/Angel Diaz (UT) def. Alex Alvarez/Lucas Bitzer (TTU) 6-1
3. Chris Li/James Newton (UT) def. Murilo Burckhardt/Darek Kuczynksi (TTU) 6-4

Order of finish: 2,3

Singles

1. #20 Johannus Monday (UT) def. Alex Alvarez (TTU) 6-1, 6-2
2. #33 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. Murilo Burckhardt (TTU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Chris Li (UT) def. Paulo Ramos Martin (TTU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Filip Apltauer (UT) def. Davids Spaks (TTU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Angel Diaz (UT) def. Lucas Bitzer (TTU) 5-7, 6-1, 10-6
6. James Newton (UT) def. Darek Kuczynksi (TTU) 6-0, 6-1

Order of finish: 6,1,4,3,2,5

Son of former Notre Dame quarterback commits to Notre Dame

Think we’ll see him in any games?

There always is something gratifying about seeing a former Notre Dame player’s kid go out for the Irish. That’s exactly what 2024 outside linebacker recruit [autotag]Tommy Powlus[/autotag], son of former Irish quarterback [autotag]Ron Powlus[/autotag], is doing. Although he will begin his career without a scholarship, he seems excited about the opportunity to suit up for the same program his father did:

Powlus won’t have to travel far to go to Notre Dame as he currently attends Penn in Mishawaka. If, for whatever reason, college football doesn’t work out for him, he also is an accomplished lacrosse player, so he at least has another sport he can fall back on. All we know for certain is athleticism definitely runs in the family.

There isn’t a lot about Powlus online other than his MaxPreps and Hudl profiles as well as Penn’s athletic site. Even in those cases, not much information is offered. It looks like we all will finding out about him at the same time assuming he even gets the opportunity.

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Aggie baseball isn’t slowing down after adding another top transfer to the team

Texas A&M gets an early transfer commit from Penn infielder Wyatt Henseler, who will join the team as a grad transfer next season

Jim Schlossnagle and his staff have taken no days off regarding player acquisition. The Aggies already have several players on D1 Baseball’s 2024 Top 130 impact transfers, and they received a commitment from another top player in the 2025 transfer portal on Friday.

Former Penn infielder Wyatt Henseler announced via social media that he was headed to Bryan/College Station next year to join the Aggies following his senior season.

The 6’1″, 210-pound third baseman will bring a wealth of experience and talent to next year’s team. Through his first three seasons with Penn, he has a hitting average of .352 with 32 home runs and 133 RBI. Adding more power to the lineup, the Aggies’ future at the plate is filled with high-scoring potential.

We hope Henseler has a strong senior season at Penn before joining the Aggies for the 2025 campaign.

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Saints waive backup DT Prince Emili, who returned from 2022 practice squad

Report: Saints waive backup defensive tackle Prince Emili, who returned from their 2022 practice squad to compete for a roster spot

The New Orleans Saints are continuing to whittle down their roster ahead of Tuesday’s cuts deadline, this time parting ways with backup defensive tackle Prince Emili. Emili returned to New Orleans after joining their practice squad in 2022 and had some nice moments over the summer, but improved depth pushed him off the depth chart. NewOrleans.Football’s Mike Triplett first reported news of his release.

Emili initially signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent last year (out of Penn), though he wound up on the Saints practice squad by midseason and even got into a few games late in the year. He was brought back to compete for a roster spot in 2023 but the Saints made too many additions to the top of the depth chart to keep a spot open for him.

With Malcolm Roach developing into a better option as the fourth defensive tackle behind Khalen Saunders, Nathan Shepherd, and Bryan Bresee it made more sense to waive Emili and possibly bring him back to the practice squad again. We’ll see if he gets a call back later this week.

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Watch: Guard recruit Markus Burton announces commitment to Notre Dame

The Irish go local again.

[autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] and his staff have done a terrific job recruiting local talent to come to Notre Dame lately. South Bend natives [autotag]Blake Wesley[/autotag] and [autotag]J.R. Konieczny[/autotag] were freshmen on this past year’s team. Wesley was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs after this past season, and Konieczny is about to play in a Dream Team anniversary event in Barcelona. The Irish now hope to get big returns out of Mishawaka’s [autotag]Markus Burton[/autotag], a Penn student who has announced his commitment to the program:

Take a look at Burton’s offer timeline. Notre Dame was by far the biggest school to make an offer, and he needed considerably less time to think about it. He helped his own cause by playing well this summer, and the Irish obviously decided to strike while his stock was high.

It’s been a long time since the Irish had a player who was only 5-foot-10, which is Burton’s height. You have to go back to [autotag]Tory Jackson[/autotag] (5-foot-11) in 2010 to find the last Irish player under 6 feet. However, Brey obviously didn’t take height into account when recruiting Burton. As long as he can bring something to the team, which Brey thinks he can, he’ll be a success with his hometown school.

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Ivy League cancels sports, football included, this fall

The Ivy League has canceled all sports for the fall of 2020. Is it a sign of things to come for the rest of college football?

The Ivy League announced on Wednesday that they will not be playing any sports this coming fall, football included.  They’re the first Division 1 conference to announce such a decision while no announcement about winter or spring sports for the conference was made.

The Ivy League was the first conference to cancel their basketball tournament back in March and many seem to think they’re again setting the precedent that other conferences and schools will soon follow.

One different way to look at this though and what makes it different for the Ivy League versus the majority of the rest of college football is the money element.  Ivy League schools and athletic departments don’t rely on football funding for nearly as much as the major college football programs do.

Although I have trouble thinking this means major college football isn’t going to get played in 2020 because the Ivy League acted quickly and first, I’d be lying if I said this announcement made me feel good about the chances college football starts on time for the rest of the nation.

Ivy League announces fall sports are canceled

The Ivy League announced it is canceling all fall sports for 2020.

There will be no football or other sports in the Ivy League this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Wednesday.

The eight schools that comprise the conference could be looking at a spring schedule — possibly playing against each other. However, no decision has been made regarding that possibility.

“The feeling is that once we made the decision to postpone fall sports, we will have some time to assess the situation (pandemic) before making a decision about playing next spring,” one Ivy League source told SI.com.

The release:

With the safety and well-being of students as their highest priority, Ivy League institutions are implementing campus-wide policies including restrictions on student and staff travel, requirements for social distancing, limits on group gatherings, and regulations for visitors to campus. As athletics is expected to operate consistent with campus policies, it will not be possible for Ivy League teams to participate in intercollegiate athletics competition prior to the end of the fall semester.

Practice and other athletic training opportunities for enrolled student-athletes will be permitted provided they are structured in accordance with each institution’s procedures and applicable state regulations. The Ivy League will also issue guidelines on a phased approach to conditioning and practice activities to allow for interaction among student-athletes and coaches that will begin with limited individual and small group workouts and build to small group practice sessions, if public health conditions permit.

Fall sport student-athletes will not use a season of Ivy League or NCAA eligibility in the fall, whether or not they enroll. Students who wish to pursue competition during a fifth-year will need to work with their institutions in accordance with campus policy to determine their options beyond their current anticipated graduation date.

The question in the bigger picture is will this decision have an impact on college football as a whole.