Sports briefs 4/12
Men’s golf
Senior Matt Karpeal shot four-over-par 75 to win the individual title while leading Waynesburg University to a third-place finish at the Bethany Spring Invitational held Thursday at Oglebay Resort. The Yellow Jackets notched a four-player score of 347 in a seven-team field with 38 total golfers.
Waynesburg sophomore Alan Tarolli, a Fort Cherry graduate, shot 79 to tie for fourth place, and junior Nate Barnhart, a Trinity graduate, placed 27th after carding a 95.
Karpeal’s win was the first individual championship by a Yellow Jackets golfer since 2024, when Tarolli earned medalist honors with a 73 at the Kent State Tuscarawas’ Golden Eagle Invitational.
Grove City won the team title with a 319 score. Bethany followed close behind at 326.
Girls lacrosse
Trinity edged Seton LaSalle 8-6 in a tight, low-scoring match Thursday.
Senior Myah Agmon led the Trinity attack by scoring four goals. Georgia Poach netted a pair of goals, and Cecilia Bristor and Taylor Phillips had the other tallies.
Goalkeeper Liv Gillis was credited with almost two dozen saves.
Water polo
The Washington & Jefferson women’s water polo team was upended in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Championships opener Friday at Wheaton (Mass.) College. The Presidents lost to Grove City, 16-13.
Hallie Ratcliff led W&J in scoring with four goals, along with contributing one assist and two steals. Emmie Ratcliff and Mackenzie Caron each had a hat trick.
Falcons give Robinson 5th year
The Atlanta Falcons announced on Friday they have exercised running back Bijan Robinson’s fifth-year option for the 2027 season.
Robinson, the No. 8 overall draft pick in 2023, was a 2025 first-team Associated Press All-Pro selection. He also was a Pro Bowl selection for the second consecutive season.
In 2025, Robinson’s third season, the running back became the third player in Falcons history to surpass 2,000 scrimmage yards. He led the league with 2,298 scrimmage yards. He rushed for 1,478 yards with seven touchdowns and set career highs with 79 receptions for 820 yards and four touchdowns.
In three seasons, Robinson has played in 51 games, including 50 starts, and has rushed for 3,910 yards and 25 touchdowns. He has 198 receptions for 1,738 yards and nine scores.
Baseball
Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows broke his left forearm and sustained a concussion during a head-to-head collision with teammate Riley Greene on Thursday at Minnesota as they converged on a fly ball in the eighth inning against the Twins.
Meadows was hospitalized overnight for observation and placed on the 10-day injured list Friday. The team said he also received five stitches for a cut on the right side of his mouth.
Greene made the catch, and Meadows landed on his back in a daze, barely moving with his hands pointed up and blood on his face. After a few minutes, Meadows was able to sit up. Medical personnel slowly helped him stand and move toward a cart that was waiting for him.
Brent Rooker was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Athletics on Friday because of an oblique strain, ending a streak of 214 consecutive games played for the outfielder and designated hitter.
Zack Gelof was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to fill the roster spot prior to the Athletics’ series opener at the New York Mets.
Manager Mark Kotsay didn’t provide a timeline for the All-Star slugger, who will miss his first game Friday since Aug. 15, 2024.