Catch Some Horizon League Action

If you have the right combination of TV stations, you can check out some of the Horizon League's men's basketball teams in action over the next week.

Tonight, Detroit plays at Cal at 10 pm central on ESPNU. Then Friday, if you have access to a few additional channels, Loyola's game with Kansas State is on ESPN Full Court and Fox Sports Midwest, Youngstown's game with Xavier is on Fox Sports Ohio and Wright State's game at Washington is on Fox Sports Northwest. Sunday, Valpo's game vs. North Carolina is on Fox Sports South. If you want to fast-forward all the way to next Wednesday, Butler's game at Northwestern is on the Big Ten Network.

As always, these TV plans are subject to change ... for example right now my Direct TV guide has an NHL game on FSN Ohio Friday night, but YSU's website notes the telecast on the network.

There is actually plenty of Horizon League basketball on TV throughout the season, especially if you are a subscriber to ESPN Full Court and any sort of satellite sports pack that includes the various FSN affiliates. And, by the way, that ESPN Full Court schedule is far from set or complete, including word on which UWM games the network will pick up for its package.

Rising To The Top...

The NCAA announced its statistical leaders Monday and it is official:

- Sarah Hagen leads the nation with 24 goals and 1.200 per game.

- Kate Megna leads the nation with 16 assists and 0.84 per game.

Hagen is also third in the country with 53 points and with a 2.65 point-per-game average.

As the season progresses, the pair gives Milwaukee a chance at its first national statistical champion in women's soccer.

Hagen has scored one more goal than any other player in Division I, but the NCAA bases champions on per game averages. There, her lead is 0.033 over Portland's Danielle Foxhaven (21 goals, 18 games - 1.167 per game).

For Megna, the gap is wider. She has one more assist than second place, but in two less games. Her average of 0.84 is 0.12 better than that of James Madison's Teresa Rynier (15 assists, 21 games - 0.72 per game).

Since 1998, no team in NCAA Division I women's soccer has had the No. 1 goal scorer and No. 1 assist player in the same season.

The Panthers have posted recent statistical champions in baseball and men's soccer. Mike Goetz led the nation in batting average for the baseball team in 2005, while Grant Fernstrum topped the charts in goals against average in 2005.

Third Coast Digest Piece

Third Coast Digest wrote posted an article on the women's soccer experience at Milwaukee. You can see the article here.

TCD is not a sports website and, from what I can tell, covers little sports. The article is classified as "Sports Aesthetics" and captures the experience of attending a women's soccer game at Engelmann Field.

The Panther women captured their sixth Horizon League Tournament championship over the weekend, capping the title with a 4-0 win over Valparaiso Sunday. The team now awaits word on a first round opponent in its seventh trip to the NCAA Tournament. UWM is gathering to watch the selection show at Harry's Bar and Grill on Oakland Avenue, less than a mile off campus.

The event is open to the public.

2009 Women's Soccer League Tournament Preview

Time Warner Playback Updates

Time Warner Cable Sports 32's Dennis Krause sent along more times for the airing of his interview with Rob Jeter as well as some playback times for the volleyball win over Loyola that Time Warner televised Saturday.

The Dennis Krause Show with Rob Jeter
Tues Oct 20 - Noon, 4 pm and 10:30 pm
Wed Oct 21 - 6 pm and 11 pm
Thu Oct 22 - 8:30 am, 4 pm and 10 pm
Fri Oct 23 - 12:30 pm, 5 pm and 10:30 pm
Sat Oct 24 - 9:30 am and 10:30 pm
Sun Oct 25 - 8:30 am and 11:30 pm

Volleyball vs. Loyola
Wednesday - 7:00 pm
Thursday - 9 am
Friday - 1 pm
Sunday - 11:30 am

More Radio Appearances

A few more on-air appearances to take note of as everyone begins to turn attention toward basketball.

First, Rob Jeter and Sandy Botham taped an edition of UWM Today with Tom Luljak on WUWM. The show airs Thursdays at 2:30 pm and Sundays at 7:30 pm.

Also, Rob is slated to be the guest on the "A-List" portion of "The D-List" Tuesday afternoon on Milwaukee's ESPN Radio. The segment will air from 1-1:30 pm, and I'll post a podcast of the show as soon as it is available.

Megna is tops, Hagen not too shabby

In the wake of Sarah Hagen's fifth-straight Horizon League Player of the Week honor, the NCAA has released updated national statistical leaders and both she and Kate Megna factor among the nation's elite.

Megna leads the nation 14 assists, three better than any other player, and is averaging a national-best 0.88 assists per game. Second place on the list, Michelle Enyeart from Portland, is averaging 0.79 per contest. Megna has assisted on goals in her last six games, including on all three scores for Milwaukee in two games last weekend.

Meanwhile, Hagen is fairly comfortable near the top of both the point and goal lists. She has 19 goals and 42 points so far this season, which puts her second in the nation in both. Her per-game goal-scoring average of 1.118 is fourth and her 2.47 points per game are sixth. She has scored goals in a school-record nine-straight games and 13-straight league games with one to play Friday at Green Bay.

In the league, no other player has more than eight goals and Megna is second with 17 points. On the assists leaderboard, another Panther, Keara Thompson, is tied for second with six.