Anchor Drop, October 11, 2021: Soccer Loses in Overtime

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

(Look, if I had Tom Petty up there all during Florida week, well, it’s South Carolina week.)

Vanderbilt soccer’s three-match winning streak came to an end on Sunday with a 1-0 loss to Arkansas in overtime. Vanderbilt is now 6-6-2 on the season and 3-2-1 in the SEC.

Women’s tennis closed out the June Stewart Invitational on Sunday by taking nine of ten matches. Men’s tennis ended the Bulldog Invitational by winning three matches.

In his weekly Commodore Brunch column, Hustler sports editor Justin Hershey complains about the replay booth like one of us.

Admittedly, as seen below, the ball does hit the ground as Pierce is taken down. However, the official rulebook says that if the ball touches the ground after the player secures control and continues to maintain control and the three criteria above are met, then it is officially a catch. Sounds like a catch to me—you be the judge.

Sports on TV

All times Central.

• 12:07 PM: MLB: Brewers at Braves (TBS)
• 2:37 PM: MLB: Astros at White Sox (FS1)
• 6:07 PM: MLB: Rays at Red Sox (FS1)
• 7:15 PM: NFL: Colts at Ravens (ESPN)
• 8:37 PM: MLB: Giants at Dodgers (TBS)

Scoreboard

MLB: Red Sox 6, Rays 4 … White Sox 12, Astros 6.

NFL: Falcons 27, Jets 20 … Saints 33, Football Team 22 … Packers 25, Bengals 22 … Vikings 19, Lions 17 … Steelers 27, Broncos 19 … Titans 37, Jaguars 19 … Eagles 21, Panthers 18 … Buccaneers 45, Dolphins 17 … Patriots 25, Texans 22 … Chargers 47, Browns 42 … Bears 20, Raiders 9 … Cardinals 17, 49ers 10 … Cowboys 44, Giants 20 … Bills 38, Chiefs 20.

World Cup Qualifiers: Benin 0-1 Tanzania … Central Africa 0-2 Nigeria … Kenya 0-1 Mali … Uganda 1-0 Rwanda … Cape Verde 1-0 Liberia … Madagascar 1-0 D.R. Congo … Zambia 1-1 Equatorial Guinea … Mauritania 0-0 Tunisia … Bolivia 1-0 Peru … Venezuela 2-1 Ecuador … Colombia 0-0 Brazil … Argentina 3-0 Uruguay … Chile 2-0 Paraguay … Costa Rica 2-1 El Salvador … Jamaica 0-0 Canada … Panama 1-0 United States … Mexico 3-0 Honduras.