No fewer than five new signings made their competitive debuts for the Black and Yellows in the starting lineup: Jacqueline Meißner and Lara Schmidt bolstered the defense, Ricarda Walkling played in central midfield, while Ramona Maier and captain Alexandra Popp featured on the attack. Head coach Markus Högner went all out on offense with the forward quartet of Maier, Popp, Schumacher, and Enderle – together, they had scored 20 goals in the six preseason matches.
Amid the exuberant atmosphere at Rote Erde Stadium, the Borussia women dominated the match from the start. The team created its first dangerous scoring chance in the fifth minute after a cross to Jacqueline Meißner. The low cross found Ramona Maier, whose low shot was cleared for a corner by the Bielefeld goalkeeper. In the minutes that followed, the BVB Women repeatedly combined down the right flank to penetrate the Bielefeld penalty area – Arminia goalkeeper Johanna Wende was also able to parry two more shots by Maier (10th, 20th).
The match turned into a test of patience for the BVB Women; the visitors from Bielefeld retreated deeper and deeper in front of their own goal as the half progressed. Alex Popp covered the entire width of the field, often dropping deeper during build-up play to distribute the ball in the center. The captain was rewarded for her efforts in the 38th minute when she powered a cross from Enderle into the Bielefeld goal with a header to give her team a 1–0 halftime lead.
The Borussia women continued to focus on counter-pressing in the second half, immediately regaining possession and launching a focused build-up. The BVB Women created their first offensive opportunities of the second half through a low free kick by Schumacher (51st') and a shot by Sara Ito following a corner (52nd). In the 60th minute, the Borussia women had their next shot on goal when Alex Popp broke through, but the visitors' in-form goalkeeper deflected the ball around the post. At the other end, the alert Jacqueline Meißner successfully tackled one of Bielefeld's few forays forward (71st minute).
The closing stages briefly brought some frantic action to a match in which the BVB Women, despite their narrow lead, kept pushing forward relentlessly. Relief came in the 82nd minute: BVB's captain once again converted a sharply taken corner kick by Schumacher. Alex Popp rose highest at the near post and headed the ball into the near corner to make it 2–0. The much-celebrated finishing touch came from the two substitutes, Steenwijk and Leubner, who had only just come on: Ronja Leubner confidently finished off a through ball played with the outside of the foot by Jenske Steenwijk to seal the 3–0 final score.

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SIDMAN, Pa. – Cleveland pitcher Ben Bates fanned 10 batters on his way to logging a complete game as the B2Bulls opened Pool C play with a 7-4 win over the Youngstown Creekside Crocodiles at Forest Hills Junior-Senior High School.
Bates allowed four runs – all in the top of the ninth – on five hits and walked a pair in helping Cleveland open its stay in the 81st All American Amateur Baseball ******* ociation Tournament with a victory.
Bates threw 121 pitches, 84 for strikes.
The B2Bulls struck for a run in the second and two more in the third. Pairing a run in the seventh with two more in the eighth stretched Cleveland's lead to 7-0.
Giacomo Dolce totaled two hits – both doubles – with a pair of RBIs. Aaron Deoleo Rivas and Curtis Maier also had two knocks and two runs batted in for Cleveland.

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Eric Bieniemy wife shooting updates: Latest news on Mia Bieniemy hospitalized after 'serious injuries' originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The wife of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot multiple times in the family's Virginia home on Sunday night, ESPN's Nate Taylor reports.
Mia Bieniemy was hospitalized with "serious injuries," ESPN reported Monday, citing police. Eric was with the Chiefs in Missouri earlier Sunday as the team practiced on its second day of training camp.
The Chiefs released a statement Monday morning confirming they are "aware of the incident involving Eric Bieniemy's family" but did not offer any additional details. Pass-game coordinator Joe Bleymaier will be serving as the Chiefs' interim offensive coordinator while Bieniemy is away from the team.
Here are the latest updates on the shooting involving Bieniemy's wife.

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Good Vibes in the Kitzbühel Alps: Head coach Markus Högner painted a positive picture of the BVB Women following their week-long training camp: “The conditions here are excellent. We’ve developed a playbook and are working on our principles both offensively and defensively.” On the well-maintained training fields in Austria, Markus Högner noted the team’s exceptional dedication, and he added that they were also having plenty of fun during recreational activities—which are especially important for integrating the seven new signings.
After just two training sessions, the BVB Women kicked off their summer preparations with a 5–2 friendly win against Eintracht Frankfurt II. Three new signings—Lara Schmidt, Ramona Maier, and Jacqueline Meißner—all scored in their first appearance for the Black and Yellows. Ahead of the friendly against Bundesliga promoted side Mainz 05, the head coach explained: “During the first week of training, there was still too much initial frantic activity in some situations. We’re improving from session to session and are looking forward to a hard-fought test against the Mainz women.”
A perfect start for the Black and Yellows: Markus Högner’s team came out determined and started energetically at the Hopfgarten sports field. The early stages were dominated by a confident BVB Women team, which was awarded its second corner kick as early as the seventh minute. After a set piece taken by Rita Schumacher, the ball found its way to Alex Popp, who clinically headed home her first chance of the game to give BVB a 1-0 lead (7th minute)—her debut goal for the Black and Yellows! Just three minutes later, the BVB Women were awarded a penalty kick. Rita Schumacher, last season’s top scorer, stepped up and slotted the ball into the right corner to make it 2–0 (10th minute).
There was no sign of the pace slowing down: The early one-two punch served as a wake-up call for the Mainz women, who pulled one back in the 21st minute after a long ball found striker Fetaj’s head. And the action continued in quick succession. On one end, goal-scorer Alex Popp was in exactly the right spot on a set piece, but her second header hit only the crossbar. In the immediate counterattack, Mainz 05 shifted gears and tied the game at 2–2 (28th minute) through Leonie Stöhr, who tapped in a cross from two meters out.
In the back-and-forth offensive exchange between the two teams, the BVB Women found another answer. Sixty seconds after the equalizer: Ramona Maier finished off a pinpoint through ball from Noreen Günnewig with a one-touch finish into the left corner to regain the lead—3–2 in the 29th minute. For Maier, who joined BVB from SGS Essen this summer, it was already her second goal in her second game for the BVB Women.

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St. Louis' Hayden Patriquin keeps on rolling, as does his team.
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, headed to St. Petersburg, Florida last weekend for the fifth week of the 2026 MLP season. They head back inside to play at the fabulous new St. Pete Athletic Club, the home club of Florida Smash owners Travis Rettenmaier & Graham D’Amico that was opened to great fanfare earlier this year.
The St. Pete event featured six of the top seven ranked teams in action, with eight playoff position teams competing. This was easily the most competitive event the league has held thus far, as evidenced by the large number of great, competitive matches from the get-go, as well as four different teams being picked to win it all in our media pick’em contest (more on that down below).
Key links for tracking the event this weekend, which feature livestreams from the primary courts at the facility on MLP’s YouTube channel and on PickleballTV.com. I also have data-centric links at the bottom of this recap.
MLP St. Petersburg Week 5 Event home page

Taylor Fritz dashed Alexander Zverev's hopes of a grass **** le in front of home German fans after winning 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5 in the Halle semi-final on Saturday.
The fifth seed pounced towards the end of third set against Zverev, who was struggling with his diabetes. It will be an all-US final after Frances Tiafoe beat Daniel Altmaier 6-1, 6-3 in the other semi-final in western Germany.
Recent French Open champion Zverev, gunning for a second Grand Slam **** le at Wimbledon starting next Monday, has had a good work-out in the warm-up.
But the top seed is still without the Halle **** le despite four consecutive semi-finals and two lost finals in 2016 and 2017.
The German was on a 10-match winning streak including Paris, but Fritz was too good on one of his favourite surfaces given Zverev's ill-health and the scorching weather.

After leading the U.S. Women's Hockey Team to an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA national championship and winning the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top female player in women's NCAA hockey, it appears Wisconsin's Caroline Harvey is going to be at the top of another list soon.
Harvey is expected to be the No. 1 pick in this Wednesday's Professional Women's Hockey League Draft at the Fox Theater in Detroit. Harvey's season was so dominant that she is expected to change the salary structure for the top players in this year's draft.
A few of Harvey's teammates are expected to also walk across the stage early as four Wisconsin players could be chosen in the opening round. Laila Edwards, Kirsten Simms and Lacey Edens are all expected to be chosen by the 10th selection in the draft. Vivian Jungels will likely be selected in the second round.
Other former Wisconsin players eligible to be selected in the draft include McKayla Zilisch, Brette Pettet, Sophie Helgeson and Maddie Posick. Pettet's and Posick's last year was 2022. Helgeson's final season was 2024.
Plover native Alexandria Weiss, who played at Mercyhurst and Syracuse, is also eligible to be drafted. Her last collegiate season was in 2024.

After leading the U.S. Women's Hockey Team to an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA national championship and winning the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top female player in women's NCAA hockey, it appears Wisconsin's Caroline Harvey is going to be at the top of another list soon.
Harvey is expected to be the No. 1 pick in this Wednesday's Professional Women's Hockey League Draft at the Fox Theater in Detroit. Harvey's season was so dominant that she is expected to change the salary structure for the top players in this year's draft.
A few of Harvey's teammates are expected to also walk across the stage early as four Wisconsin players could be chosen in the opening round. Laila Edwards, Kirsten Simms and Lacey Edens are all expected to be chosen by the 10th selection in the draft. Vivian Jungels will likely be selected in the second round.
Other former Wisconsin players eligible to be selected in the draft include McKayla Zilisch, Brette Pettet, Sophie Helgeson and Maddie Posick. Pettet's and Posick's last year was 2022. Helgeson's final season was 2024.
Plover native Alexandria Weiss, who played at Mercyhurst and Syracuse, is also eligible to be drafted. Her last collegiate season was in 2024.

NEW YORK — One month before the Professional Women's Hockey League draft, Caroline Harvey and Laila Edwards were plotting.
After a whirlwind 2025-26 season, the duo were in New York as keynote speakers at the espnW summit. For over 30 minutes, they discussed winning Olympic gold medals with Team USA — where Edwards and Harvey were among the top scorers in the tournament — and their third national championship victory with the Wisconsin Badgers.
But after the panel was complete, their conversation turned to the future — and the fact that the two best friends will be separated for the first time in nearly a decade.
"That's a lot of our conversations lately," Harvey said in an interview with The Athletic last month.
At the 2026 PWHL Draft on Wednesday night, Harvey, who won Olympic MVP and the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in college hockey, is expected to go first overall to the Vancouver Goldeneyes. In a perfect world, Edwards, a 6-foot-1 dual threat who can play forward or defense, also lands in the Pacific Northwest, as the Seattle Torrent have the No. 2 pick. Their Team USA teammate Abbey Murphy, who was second in The Athletic's prospect ranking in March, could also reasonably go second overall.

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