2017 SBS Entertainment Awards
The 2017 SBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: SBS 연예대상; RR: SBS Yeon-ye Daesang) presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 30, 2017 at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Choo Ja-hyun and Lee Sang-min. The nominees were chosen from SBS variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2016 to November 2017.


2017 SC Waterloo Region season
The 2017 SC Waterloo Region season was the seventh season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. They began the season on May 26, 2017 in an away match against Serbian White Eagles FC. The season concluded with Waterloo securing a postseason berth by finishing seventh in the standings. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs they were defeated in a penalty shootout against Serbian White Eagles.


2017 SC Waterloo Region season, Summary
After competing in the CSL Second Division for the 2016 season they returned to the First Division with former player Stefan Ristic managing the team. The organization still maintained a reserve team in the Second Division. Former veterans like Vladimir Zelenbaba, Drazen Vukovic, and Adis Hasecic returned for the 2017 season. Throughout the season Waterloo struggled to achieve sufficient results, but to managed to qualify for the postseason. Their playoff run came to quick conclusion in the first round after a defeat in a penalty shootout to the Serbian White Eagles. Their reserve squad also secured a postseason berth, but were eliminated in the playoff quarterfinals by FC Vorkuta B.


2017 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season
The 2017 season was SCG Muangthong United's 9th season in the Thai League T1 since 2009.


2017 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Thailand Champions Cup
The 2017 Thailand Champions Cup. It features SCG Muangthong United the winners of the 2016 Thai League and Sukhothai the winners of the 2016 Thai FA Cup. It features at Supachalasai Stadium.


2017 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Toyota Premier Cup
The 2017 Toyota Premier Cup. It features SCG Muangthong United the winners of the 2016 Thai League Cup and Sanfrecce Hiroshima as an invited team from the 2016 J1 League (Japan). It features at Supachalasai Stadium. It is sponsored by Toyota Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.


2017 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2016 to January 28, 2017Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2017 to June 30, 2017


2017 SCO summit
The 2017 SCO summit  was the 17th annual summit of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held between 7 - 10 June in Astana, Kazakhstan. The upgrading of the membership of India and Pakistan to full members was one of the major topics, beside from security related topics, the Belt and Road Initiative and economic cooperation.


2017 SCO summit, Background
On 21 April 2017 the foreign ministers met in Astana to prepare the meeting. The summit was planned to be before the opening of the Expo 2017, which also takes place in Astana.


2017 SCO summit, India and Pakistan acceptance
The acceptance of India and Pakistan to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was the first since 2001. This makes the SCO the largest and most populous international regional cooperation organization.


2017 SCO summit, Belt and Road initiative
The summit in Astana was the first state visit of China's President Xi Jinping after the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. The linking of SCO to the initiative was a major concern of the Chinese government. With Pakistan on a strategic position of the New Silk Road, the summit was thought to have a positive effect on further developments. Also the Belt and Road Initiative was also first proposed by President Xi in Kazakhstan in 2013.


2017 SCO summit, Security issues and anti-terrorism
One of the major tasks of the SCO is the combat against terrorism, which is believed to be strengthened through the acceptance of the new members.


2017 SEABA Championship
The 12th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. It also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It was held from 12 to 18 May 2017 in the Philippines.


2017 SEABA Championship
Originally scheduled to be held from 23 to 30 April 2017, SEABA decided to postpone the tournament to 15 to 21 May 2017 due to conflicting schedule with the ASEAN Basketball League and the Indonesian Basketball League. For the first time, this tournament only allotted one spot for the subzone for the renamed continental championship which was held in Lebanon from 10 to 20 August 2017.


2017 SEABA Championship
Aside from the hosts, the national teams of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the week-long tournament.


2017 SEABA Championship
The SEABA U16 Championship for Men was also hosted by the Philippines from 14 to 18 May 2017 at the same venue.


2017 SEABA Championship, Host selection
The defending champions, through the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), was awarded the hosting rights of the championship. This was the first time that the Philippines hosted the SEABA Championship since 2001. The country signified its interest to host the 2017 tournament sometime in December 2016, before the December 31 deadline set by SEABA.


2017 SEABA Championship, Venue
Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City was the main venue of the weeklong tournament.


2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship
The 2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for Southeast Asia Basketball Association at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship. The tournament was held in Quezon City, Philippines from May 14 to 18. The Smart Araneta Coliseum was the venue of the five-team competition, coinciding with the 2017 SEABA Championship.


2017 SEABA Under-16 Championship
The Philippines won their fourth straight title after winning all of their games in the tournament. Malaysia placed second while Thailand finished third. The top two teams will represent SEABA to the Asian tournament.


2017 SEC Championship Game
The 2017 SEC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and determined the 2017 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the first SEC Conference football championship at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The game featured the Eastern Division Champion, 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team against the Western Division Co-Champion, the 2017 Auburn Tigers football team. This championship game was a rematch of their rivalry game, played on November 11, 2017. In that earlier game, Auburn beat Georgia by a score of 40-17. In this rematch, Georgia won the SEC Championship by beating Auburn 28-7. This was also the first SEC Championship Game with new SEC on CBS announcer Brad Nessler replacing Verne Lundquist, who retired in 2016. The game was televised nationally by CBS.


2017 SEC Championship Game, 2016 season
In the 2016 SEC Championship Game,  the western division champion Alabama defeated the eastern division champion Florida 54–16 in a rematch of the 2015 SEC Championship Game. It was the last SEC title game to be held at the Georgia Dome, which was demolished shortly before the 2017 title game, following the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Teams
The Auburn Tigers clinched the SEC Western Division (co-champion) and a spot in the SEC championship game after defeating rival Alabama in the final game of the regular season. The Tigers got off to a slow start, allowing 11 sacks in a 14–6 loss at ACC foe and #3 ranked Clemson. However, the Tigers rebounded by winning four straight games, all blowouts, and were ranked #10 going into a game at LSU, in which Auburn was heavily favored.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Teams
Auburn built a 20–0 lead in the first half, only to see it slip away in the second half as the Auburn Tigers fell to LSU 27–23. The Tigers then defeated conference foes Arkansas and Texas A&M in blowouts before facing AP ranked #2 Georgia on November 11, by which point the Tigers had climbed back up to #10 in the AP Poll. The Tigers dominated the Bulldogs 40–17, and moved up to #6 in the polls as a result. After a tune-up game against Louisiana–Monroe, the #6 Tigers faced #1 ranked Alabama, with the winner going to the SEC Championship. It was the Tigers who prevailed 26–14, setting up a rematch against Georgia.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Teams
The Bulldogs clinched the SEC Eastern Division after beating rival South Carolina on November 4. It was the earliest a spot in the SEC Championship Game had been clinched since 2009. The Bulldogs had a great regular season, going 11–1. In the second game of the year, the Bulldogs defeated Notre Dame 20–19 on a late field goal. Later in September, they defeated #17 ranked Mississippi State 31–3, solidifying themselves as title contenders. After victories over lesser conference foes, the Bulldogs had a chance to clinch the SEC East with a victory over Florida. They dominated the Gators 42–7.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Teams
After a win over South Carolina, the Bulldogs were ranked #1 in the CFP poll and #2 in the AP Poll. However, that week they were defeated handily by Auburn for their first loss of the year. The Bulldogs bounced back and defeated Kentucky and rival Georgia Tech to set up a rematch with Auburn.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Game summary
Georgia and Auburn met in the SEC Championship Game, the first ever in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, for a rematch of the regular-season contest. Auburn scored an early touchdown on their first drive of the game, going 75 yards on 10 plays. The Auburn defense forced Georgia to punt on their first drive after 7 plays. Both teams would go three-and-out on their next drives. Early into the second quarter, Auburn drove into the red zone before Jarrett Stidham fumbled the ball as he was sacked by Davin Bellamy.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Game summary
Roquan Smith recovered the fumble, and Georgia subsequently scored their first touchdown of the game on a 7 play, 83-yard drive. Auburn was forced to go three-and-out afterwards, and Georgia responded with another scoring drive. After a potential touchdown pass was erased by a controversial "pick play" call, Georgia settled for a 27-yard field goal to take their first lead of the game. Neither team would score for the remainder of the first half.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Game summary
Georgia received the ball at the beginning of the first half, but they were forced to punt after 5 plays. Auburn would once again march into the red zone, but this time, Daniel Carlson's 31-yard field goal attempt was blocked by DaQuan Hawkins-Muckle and recovered by Dominick Sanders. Both teams traded punts on their next drives. Late into the third quarter, Georgia extended their lead to 13–7 with a 35-yard field goal. On Auburn's next drive,  Lorenzo Carter forced Kerryon Johnson to fumble the ball, and Roquan Smith again recovered the fumble.


2017 SEC Championship Game, Game summary
Georgia would subsequently score a touchdown on a 4-play, 39-yard drive, capped off by a successful 2-point conversion to put Georgia up 21–7. After the Georgia defense forced Auburn to go three-and-out on their next drive, D'Andre Swift would score on a 64-yard touchdown run to put Georgia up 28–7, the final score of the game.


2017 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 8–12, 2017.


2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina from March 1 through 5, 2017. South Carolina won their 3rd straight SEC Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2017 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the SEC. The Florida Gators were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–1 overtime loss to the Texas A&M Aggies in the semifinals. Texas A&M won the tournament title with a 2–1 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the final. This was the third SEC women's soccer tournament title for Texas A&M, all of which have come under the direction of head coach G Guerrieri.


2017 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top ten teams earned a berth into the SEC Tournament. The tournament is held at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. Four of the ten teams in the tournament were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll prior to the beginning of the tournament.


2017 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Schedule
All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama.


2017 SG33
2017 SG33 (also written 2017 SG33) is a near-Earth object, meaning that it has an orbit which brings it into proximity with Earth. It is an Amor asteroid, meaning that its orbit does not cross Earth's orbit, but its perihelion is close to, but greater than, the aphelion of Earth. It was first observed on 25 September 2017, when the asteroid was less than 1 AU from Earth and had a solar elongation of 169°.


2017 SG33
This asteroid is a lost asteroid. It has a very short observation arc of 0.83 days and has not been seen since 2017, so it has an orbit that is only roughly calculated. Also, there are variations in the absolute magnitude cataloged by various organizations, leading to variations in the estimated size of the asteroid (Sentry list H 23.9 implies 55 m vs MPC H 23.3 implies 75 m). These variations are in addition to the uncertainty in the size estimate caused by the uncertainty in the albedo.


2017 SG33
This asteroid is in the Risk List and the Priority List of the European Space Agency (ESA) - Space Situational Awareness (SSA). The asteroid is also in the Sentry List of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). According to the Sentry List, of the possible close encounters with Earth in the foreseeable future, an encounter on September 8, 2051 has the highest Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale value.


2017 SG33
According to the Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NEODyS), of the possible close encounters with Earth in the foreseeable future, an encounter on 1 August 2023 is the most likely. This encounter has a minimum possible distance of zero, meaning that an impact onto Earth is possible.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team
The 2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 51st season. The Cougars were coached by Mario Sanchez. The team played their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Initially announced as moving from the Missouri Valley Conference to the MAC in 2018, on June 8, it was announced that the move would be made immediately.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Fifteen players returned from the 2016 squad that won the Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament championship and advanced to the 3rd round of the NCAA tournament along with two players who were redshirted as freshmen. Twelve of the returners started games for the 2016 Cougars. They are joined by three transfer students and seven freshmen.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In their opening spring game, the Cougars tied the professional Saint Louis FC of the United Soccer League 1–1 on March 19 with Lachlan McLean scoring on a pass from Devon Jambga.. Playing at then-MVC rival Evansville on March 26, Greg Solawa scored with an assist by Jambga, and McLean made a penalty shot to give the Cougars a 2–0 win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
At UMKC of the Western Athletic Conference an April 15, Keegan McHugh scored on a free kick from inches outside the penalty box, McLean took a pass from Carl Hinkson inside the 6 yard box and buried it, then added a goal from 30 yards out, assisted by McHugh for a 3–0 SIUE victory.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On April 22, the Cougars hosted Lindenwood-Belleville of the NAIA and the American Midwest Conference; McLean was in the keeper's face as he took a crossing pass from Sander Heieren and laid it in the net, Johan DePicker harnessed a missed Austin Polster shot and scored from a crowd inside the box, McHugh scored on a penalty kick, and TC Hull took a long pass and centered it to McLean whose second goal of the match gave the Cougars a 4–1 win. Final spring record, 3–0–1.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
For Fall preseason exhibition games, SIUE scheduled the fellow Sweet 16 member and former Missouri Valley Conference opponent Creighton Bluejays of the Big East Conference and the Northwestern Wildcats of the  Big Ten Conference.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the "friendly" against 14th ranked Creighton in Omaha, after a scoreless first half,  the Cougars found the net first. Senior forward Devon Jambga scored from close in on a pass from freshman defender Nathan Cheung. However, Creighton leveled the score just over two minutes later. The defensive struggle continued until, with only nine seconds remaining, the Bluejays scored off a free kick.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On August 15, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. The Cougars were tied with the West Virginia Mountaineers as the 2nd place pick.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
The College Soccer News preseason poll had the Cougars renked at #21.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the "friendly" versus Northwestern, Greg Solawa gave the Cougars the early lead with an unassisted goal in the 28th minute. The evenly-matched squads remained tied until the Wildcats also scored an unassisted goal in the 58th minute. When regulation time ended at 1–1, the coaches had agreed before the match to have a penalty kick shoot-out. After six rounds, Northwestern came out on top 5–4.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On August 23, Top Drawer Soccer (TDS) released its annual Preseason Men's National Top 100 list of their top 100 Division I soccer players. SIUE goalkeeper Kyle DalSanto was #100 on the list. In the TDS listing of picks as the Preseason Top 20 players in the MAC, Kyle Dal Santo was #3, Devyn Jambga #5, Mohamed Awad #11, Greg Solawa #16, and Keegan McHugh #17.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The regular season began on August 25 with the Cougars facing two ranked opponents during the premier weekend at Korte Stadium.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On Friday night, 22nd the 22nd ranked Michigan State Spartans came to Edwardsville, looking for revenge after the Cougars knocked them out of last seasons NCAA Tournament in the first round. In a strongly defensive match, the two team allowed only twelve shots and only 4 on goal. In the 114th minute, SIUE's defense failed to corral a shot from a Spartan forward, and an MSU midfielder fired the rebound past Dal Santo. The Cougars fairly well dominated the second half, but the lone goal held up for the Michigan State victory,


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On the first Sunday evening of the season, the 8th ranked Syracuse Orange journeyed to Edwardsville for the first-ever match between the two sides. It was a more offensive-oriented game than the opener versus Michigan State, with the Orange taking nine shops to the Cougars' seven. SIUE was controlling the action and the ball in the 16th minute, when a weak pass was intercepted by a Syracuse forward, who immediately lofted a shot over Dal Santo and high into the net.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Just over eight minutes into the second half, Golzalez fired a crossing pass; McLean settled  the ball and fired it into the net to even the score. From that point, the Cougars seemed in control as the Orange was repeatedly carded for hard fouls. In the 90th minute, Jambga was decked just outside the box as he was driving on goal. The Syracuse player received a red card, and SIUE looked to be in control of their destiny with less than a minute to play in regulation time and the Orange playing short-handed.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The free kick was high, but the Cougars got the ball back only to have a defender get to it and launch a clearing shot downfield. The ball took an odd bounce in the far end, going straight to the feet of a Syracuse player facing an open goal. Dal Santo dove and nearly got to the shot, but the score with only 29 seconds remaining gave the Orange the win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars traveled to Nashville to play a Sunday game at Lipscomb. The SIUE offense got off sixteen shots, ten on goal, but the Bisons' keeper was on top of his game, making nine saves on the night. Lipacomb scored first, as Sakou (who beat the Cougars in double overtime last season) took a crossing pass and buried it from ten yards out in the 53rd minute. In the 82nd minute, Gonzalez got his head on a pass from Tejada and evened the score with his first Cougar goal. Once again, the SIUE defense let up a bit in the late minutes, and Lipscomb took back the lead in the 86th minute, then held on for the win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The kickoff of the Labor Day game versus the Memphis Tigers was delayed for three hours by thunderstorms. In the 31st minute, during a mob scene in the goalmouth, McLean got a heel on the ball that barely crossed the line. It was seen by the assistant referee, who signaled the goal, giving the Cougars their first lead of the season. In the 48-49th minute, things got a bit chippy, and three yellow cards were issued in a 59-second span.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 83rd minute, Jambga passed to Solawa, who passed to Tejada, who fired a crossing pass to McLean, who settled it and scored his second goal of the game. Following the game, coach Sanchez joked, "I think we're 2-0 in games that start after 10." Menphis outshot SIUE for the game 13 to 8, but Dal Santo made six saves in the 21st shutout of his career, tying the school record.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Saturday night game versus the Valparaiso Crusaders would have been the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams before the Cougars moved to the MAC just prior to the start of the season. The two teams of similar style tied in last season's inaugural meeting, and they were tied again after regulation time. Through 90 minutes, the defenses allowed only 5 shots for Valpo and 8 for SIUE, with only one Cougar shot being on goal. While the Cougars committed ten fouls for the game against the Crusaders' eight. the visitors were given three yellow cards.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the fourth minute of extra time, Tejada made a long downfield pass; McHugh sidestepped a defender, got to the ball and passed to McLean in the box. The Australian forward settled the ball and fired it past the keeper— it was his third goal and second game-winner of the week. With the Cougar defense preventing Valpo from taking a single shot on goal, Dal Santo got his school-record 22nd shutout.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars took a trip to the East Coast to play two Ivy League schools. On Friday night, they played the Princeton Tigers, who were seeking their first win despite tying nationally ranked Syracuse (who beat SIUE on the opening weekend of the season). The Cougar defense repeatedly turned away shots, and goalkeeper Dal Santo made several spectacular plays and ranged far out of the goalmouth numerous times. In general, the Princeton offense badly outplayed the Cougars, especially in the first half.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Tigers outshot the Cougars 15–8 overall and 8–4 on goal while taking six corner kicks to SIUE's none. In the final minute of regulation time, a Princeton player thought he was fouled. When no foul was called, he returned the hit and was whistled for the foul. The free kick went to Solawa on the left of the box.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
He passed across  the field to Tejada, who fired a crossing pass to the middle of the 6 yard box that TC Hull headed off the keeper's reaching fingers with 14 seconds left in the game, and the Cougars won their third consecutive game. Dal Santo had eight saves in his third straight shutout.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The SIUE team moved to Philadelphia for a Sunday night game with the Penn Quakers. Following the game, coach Mario Sanchez said, "Unfortunately we didn't come out prepared to compete, And we got punished." The Cougars' unreadiness put Penn in control of the first half, attacking repeatedly, while SIUE's lackluster play and slipshod passing game only enhanced the home team's efforts. In the 15th minute, failure to cover or clear a blocked shot left it right at a Quakers player's feet, and he fired it into the net to give Penn the lead.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 27th minute, a Penn player intercepted a short, slow pass, dribbled clear, and fired it across the goal and into the far corner, giving the Quakers a 2–0 advantage. Coach Sanchez was clearly seen on video to be giving emphatic oral instruction to the defender after he was subbed out.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Apparently, similar instruction was given to the entire team at halftime, since the Cougars' second half play was fierce and furious; 17 shots, 9 on goal, and 10 corner kicks for the half versus 3 weak shots for Penn; SIUE had six shots on goal in the final ten minutes. Unfortunately for the Cougars, Penn's goalkeeper, Etan Mabourakh, met the challenge head-on, making nine saves to preserve the shutout victory. (To add injury to insult, Lachlan McLean left the game in the 10th minute after going to ground twice and was escorted to an ambulance, having suffered a compound fracture of his collarbone.)


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a Sunday night in Chicago, the Cougars and their former Missouri Valley Conference rival, the Loyola Ramblers, played the usual defensive duel held whenever the two teams meet (10 games, 9 goals since 1992). Although getting off only three shots to Loyola's nine, Coach Sanchez called it,  ",,, one of the most complete game we have played." Senior midfielder Mohamed Awad saw his first game action of the season after sitting out with injuries and had one of SIUE's two shots on goal. In the 85th minute, a Ramblers' free kick from 25 yards out was headed into the goal to give Loyola a 5–4–1 lead in the all-time series.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Returning home after three road games, SIUE looked to end a two-game losing streak against Oral Roberts of The Summit League. The first half was scoreless, as each team felt out the other, with ORU taking five shots to the home side's three. As they had in Philadelphia, the Cougars came out on fire for the second half, totally dominating the Golden Eagles for the most part. SIUE's eleven shots included one off the crossbar by Tejada and one off the post by Jambga.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
But... the Cougars turned over the ball and were unable to clear ORU's attack, with a pass going straight to an unguarded midfielder just outside the penalty box, and he fired a crossing rocket into the far side of the net, past a diving Dal Santo in the 70th minute. Undeterred, SIUE resumed their attack, and, in the 82nd minute, Tejada, the Cougars' leading assist man, connected with Gonzalez six yards in front of the net, and the game was tied. SIUE tried to maintain the second half pressure but were unable to take the lead in regulation time.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Extra time was more like the first half, as both teams tried to penetrate the other's defense. With less than two minutes remaining in the second overtime, the Cougars were again unable to clear the ball from their own end. ORU again found an open man twenty yards out, and, despite Dal Santo directly challenging him, he put it into the net to give the Golden Eagles the win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Milwaukee Panthers of the Horizon League paid a Tuesday night visit to Korte Stadium. In the 16th minute, Gonzalez stole a pass just outside the box, moved into the box, forcing the Milwaukee keeper to commit, and fired past him to give the Cougars an early lead. The remainder of the first half was pretty evenly played. Just after the opening kickoff of the second half Awad got the ball and dropped it back to Gonzalez, who charged into the box and volleyed it into the net for his second goal of the night and a 2–0 Cougars lead. SIUE then settled into its defensive posture, and Dal Santo saved the only two shots on goal for his fourth shutout of the season and 24th of his career.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE played its first Homecoming game in 2008 as the school began transitioning to Division I. This year's 10th Annual Homecoming Game was also the Cougars' debut game in Mid-American Conference play versus the Bowling Green Falcons, a team that was nationally ranked earlier in the season. The game brought out the largest crowd of the season, with an estimated 3,900 fans in the stands and on the east side berm and tailgating lot. The two teams spent the first half hour of action feeling each other out.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 32nd minute, McHugh sent a corner kick into the box that was rejected right back to him; he then found Solawa at the top of the box, and the junior midfielder slammed a screaming shot into the upper corner to put the Cougars on top. Just before halftime, BGSU had a free kick that was headed into the net to tie the score. The Cougars came out firing in the second half.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 50th minute, Awad sent a pass into a crowd in front of the goal, and Jambga got a foot on it to send it dribbling past the Falcons' keeper for his first goal of the season – the 13th goal and 8th game-winner of his career. Sanchez said, “I joked with him that it was the most beautiful goal he has ever scored... and told him to continue to work and continue to put himself in good spots. They all count; whether it is a tap in or a deflection or a rocket.”


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In the 58th minute, Gonzalez extended his scoring streak with an assist when he found Solawa in the right side of the box; Solawa settled the ball and gave the home team a 3–1 lead with his second goal. Bowling Green then picked up their game by a notch or two, but the Cougars' defense settled in, and anything the back line did not turn away, Dal Santo did, racking up four saves for the second half and seven for the game. At the end of the evening SIUE had run its Homecoming Game record to 10–0–0.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On October 10, sophomore midfielder Jorge Gonzalez was named the MAC Men's Soccer Co-Player of the Week.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Wind and rain were abundant as the 20th ranked Butler Bulldogs  of the Big East Conference made a Tuesday night visit to Korte Stadium for the two teams' fifth meeting in four seasons. The first half was evenly played except for two factors. First, the Cougars gave the Bulldogs four corner kicks to none of their own. And... in the 17th minute, Butler's keeper turned away a shot by Solawa, but did not cover it; Awad got to the loose ball beside the post and slipped it into the net for an SIUE lead.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Despite the weather causing only a minuscule home crowd, the home team was dominant early in the second half. In the 60th minute, Polster took the ball away from the visitors by intercepting a long pass. The Cougars maintained possession through ten passes with only one feeble and futile clearance attempt by the Bulldogs. Hinkson took a pass in the middle just inside the box and advanced it to Jambga, who set and launched it into the far upper corner for a 2–0 Cougars lead in the 61st minute. SIUE then settled into its defense, turning away everything that Butler threw at them and counter-attacking to try to extend the lead. In the end, SIUE moved its record versus Butler to 2–1–2 and its 2017 record to 6–6–0 with five shutout wins.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On Friday the 13th, the Cougars traveled to Ohio to face the MAC's traditional powerhouse, the Akron Zips, ranked 12th in the TopDrawerSoccer.com national poll and just outside the Top 25 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. The SIUE defense intercepted Akron's first pass into the box, but had it taken right back. A dribble toward safety, a pass to a man in front of the goal, and a shot into the far corner put the Zips up 1–0 only 1:17 into the game.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
After the sudden first score, the Cougars settled down and thwarted every Akron attack, counter-attacking when any chance opened. About 59 minutes in, Jambga broke into a long run down the left side, but a defender got to the ball first and passed to the keeper as he neared the box. Jambga kept after the ball and took it away just inside the center of the 18 yard box, where he slipped a short pass to Gonzalez, who buried the ball in the net to knot the score 1–1. Less than two minutes later, the Zips had a corner kick.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Although no foul was called, Da Santo looked to have been undercut and was falling to the ground as he weakly punched the ball away, sending it straight to an Akron player who headed it in, putting the home team back in the lead. The Cougars remained in strong contention until the 73rd minute. On another corner kick, Dal Santo punched the ball solidly but sent it straight to a Zip who fired a shot that a teammate redirected into the net for an insurance goal before the eventual Akron 3–1 win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars were originally going to play the IUPUI Jaguars in Indianapolis this year, but with all of the schedule juggling that took place as SIUE moved from the MVC to the MAC and IUPUI moved from the Summit League to the Horizon League, the game ended up in Edwardsville on a Wednesday night. The Jaguars entered the contest with a 0–13–0 record, and the Cougars dominated the game. Eleven SIUE players took shots, led by Gonzalez and Aguiar with 5 each, for 23 shots to IUPUI's three. The Cougars had 10 corner kicks to the Jag's one.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
However, the home team was unable to put even one ball into the net, aided by six saves by the visiting keeper. “The positives we take is we get a shutout,” coach Mario Sanchez said of the 0–0 final score. “We kept them from really any chances. We created ample opportunities.” Dal Santo had three saves in his sixth shutout of the season and 26th of his career.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Saturday night MAC match at Northern Illinois was the 21st all-time meeting between the two schools, but it was their first conference game since both were members of the Big Central Soccer Conference in 1987–89. After a mostly evenly played first half, the Cougars fairly well outplayed the Huskies in the second, outshooting the hosts 10–6 and on-goal 3–1, but, as on Wednesday, they were unable to put the ball in the net. In the 74th minute, Gonzalez and NIU's Smith battled hard for the ball near mid-field.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Gonzalez was whistled for a foul, but Smith shoved him, and the two got into a shoving match. While players and the referee separated the two, another Huskie hit Gonzalez from behind, apparently without being seen by the officials. Gonzalez and Smith were both red-carded and sent off. When coach Sanchez and the Cougar players argued that the other offending NIU player should also be penalized, the SIUE bench received a yellow card. Regulation time ended with the score tied 0–0. In the 98th minute, McHugh took a corner kick that Jambga headed into the net for the ninth game-winning goal of his career. With three saves, Dal Santo got his seventh shutout of the season.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The prospects for the Cougars' Western Michigan were not good. The Broncos were ranked #6 in the nation, and SIUE was missing both top scorer Gonzalez (after he was red-carded at NIU) and #2 scorer McLean (still out with a broken collarbone). As might be expected, WMU dominated play for most of the game. In the 21st minute, the Broncos headed a corner kick past the defenders to take the lead. “It’s disappointing,” coach Sanchez said. “We worked on (defending) those corner kicks this week.” Despite being hard-pressed, the Cougars defense held firm, and Dal Santo made four saves to maintain the 1–0 margin. With the win, Western Michigan clinched its first-ever Mid-American Conference regular season men's soccer championship.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Senior Night saw another first meeting with a new conference-mate as West Virginia paid its first visit to Korte Stadium, and SIUE was still missing its two top scorers. The Mountaineers scored first on a penalty shot, when the Cougars were called for a foul in the box in the 25th minute. SIUE turned up the pressure in the second half, outshooting WVU 8–4 (13–9 for the game), and leveled the score in the 57th minute when  Johan dePicker buried a crossing pass from Greg Solawa.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Despite working and trying hard, the Cougars were unable to take the lead, and the game went into overtime. In the 8th minute of extra time, the Mountaineer managed to corral a loose ball in front of the SIUE goal and score the goal that ensured both teams being in the MAC tournament.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On the day before the start of the 2017 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, the conference announced the season's awards. Cougars senior forward Devon Jambga was named to the All-MAC First Team; junior defender Johan DePicker and sophomore midfielder Jorge Gonzalez were named to the All-MAC Second Team.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The postseason began with the 2017 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament semifinals  on November 10, 2017.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship will begin on November 16 and end with the four-team College Cup finals that will be played at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania on December 8 and 10, 2017.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The third-seeded Cougars met 7th-ranked and second-seeded Akron in the MAC Tournament semifinals. After a first half that was scoreless in spite of 9 shots taken by Akron and 4 by SIUE, the Cougars jumped out on top in the 56th minute when Greg Solawa controlled the rebound of a saved Johan dePicker shot and put it past the Zips' keeper. After falling behind, Akron seemingly redoubled their relentless attacking, while SIUE's defense turned them away again and again.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
But,  in the final minute of regulation time, a seeming Cougars throw-in was instead awarded to the Zips, and Akron finally got a shot past the surprised and off-balanced Cougars defense and Kyle Dal Santo to send the game into overtime. Halfway through the second overtime period, Akron star Stuart Holthusen made an all-star zig-zag run and scored the "golden" goal, putting the Zips in the tournament final and ending the Cougars' season.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Coaches
2017 was Mario Sanchez' third year as the Cougars' head coach. Jeremy Proud was in his second season as assistant coach and Simon Bird was in his first. Scott Gyllenberg, after his third season as assistant coach, was hired away to become the head coach of the Division II Bearcats of McKendree University.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Roster
Buff background indicates returning players from 2016. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2016.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Schedule & results
Visiting team on the left, home team on the right. Rankings from the United Soccer Coaches polls.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team
The 2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) during the 2017 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cougars, led by twenty-ninth year head coach Sandy Montgomery, play their home games at Cougar Field on the SIUE campus  as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
Twelve players returned from the 2016 squad that finished with a 28–26 overall record (15–11 in the OVC) and finished in 4th place in the regular season and as runners-up in the OVC championship tournament. They were joined by six incoming freshmen, a redshirted freshman, a transfer from another Division I program, and the return of Haley Chambers-Book, the three-time All-OVC First Team member and 2015 OVC Pitcher of the Year who did not play in 2016.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
The Cougars were undefeated in six Fall contests against Saint Louis University and several community colleges.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
The Cougars were picked by the coaches and sports information directors of the Ohio Valley Conference to finish second in the conference.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
As usual, the 2017 season casts the Cougars in the role of road warriors, with only 17 home games on their 54-game regular-season schedule.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The schedule opened with tournaments in Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Florida and includes 38 schools from 17 states. Although the early season schedule is busy, the Cougars face only four teams that were in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, including two that were ranked in the preseason Top 25.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars opened the season traveling to three weekend tournaments in the South.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
They started by winning the "Mardi Gras Classic" at Louisiana-Monroe with a 5–0 record. In Game 4 of the tournament, Haley Chambers-Book struck out 14 opposing batters, raising her career total to 748 and breaking the previous SIUE record of 737, set by Erika Taylor during 2008–11


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
After picking up two wins and setting the SIUE career strikeout record, Haley Chambers-Book was named the season's first Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars' first loss came in 2nd ranked Auburn's home opener, played before the start of their "Plainsman Invitational." In the tourney, the Cougars again lost to Auburn, beat Mercer twice, and beat Evansville to finish second in the tournament with a 3–1 record.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
At the Baylor Tournament in Waco, Texas, the Cougars went 2–1 in the preliminary round-robin, defeating St. Francis (PA) and Massachusetts and falling to the 24th ranked hosts to earn the #2 seed. They beat St. Francis (PA)  in the semifinals, but lost the championship to #24 Baylor 3–2.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars played three neutral site games prior to the "Under Armour Showcase". On their first day in Clearwater, they beat Penn 3–1 The next day, Haley Chambers-Book pitched an 11 strikeout one-hitter to South Dakota State before Emily Ingles and Ashley Koziol threw the first combined no-hitter (33rd overall) in school history against LaSalle.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
On the first day of the "Under Armour Showcase", The Cougars defeated Holy Cross 4–2 and Providence 3–0. The come-from-behind victory over Holy Cross was the 1,000th win of coach Sandy Montgomery's 29-year career, making her only the 32nd head coach in all divisions to top the 1,000 win mark.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
On Day 2 of the  "Under Armour Showcase", The Cougars wore their hitting shoes, beating Fort Wayne 8–0 in six innings and St. Joseph's 11–2 in five.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars closed out the "Under Armour Showcase" and their Florida trip with a 4–3 win over South Dakota State, running their win streak to eight games. Of the twenty-one teams playing four to six games in the "Under Armour Showcase", only the Cougars (5–0) and Central Michigan (4–0) were undefeated.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
After earning four wins during the week, including having the larger share of the combined no-hitter against LaSalle, freshman Emily Ingles was named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
On March 13, the Cougars debuted in the national rankings, receiving votes in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches and the ESPN.com/USA Softball polls.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars hosted their first home tournament since 2008 and the first of the Division I era at Cougar Field. They beat Toledo and Northern Kentucky, but fell to tournament champions Ball State.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
SIUE hosted unranked but highly touted Kansas of the Big 12 Conference in a mid-week game. Haley Chambers-Book had a perfect game going into the seventh inning before yielding two hits and a run in a 7–1 victory.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The double-header versus Tennessee State was an unexpected pair of pitchers' duels. In the first game, TSU's Lauren Powell threw a four-hitter at the Cougars, while Haley Chambers-Book countered with her fifth career no-hit game; two runs scored without a hit in the third inning brought the win to SIUE. In the second game, Lauren Woodard limited the Cougars to five hits while Emily Ingles held the Lady Tigers to only four; two of the Cougar hits came in the bottom of the ninth and scored the winning run.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
Following her no-hitter versus Tennessee State and her one-hitter against Kansas, Haley Chambers-Book earned her second  OVC Pitcher of the Week award of the year.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
Belmont, one of the hottest-hitting teams in Division I, came to Cougar Field with a record of 24–7 against the Cougars' 24–5. Haley Chambers-Book held the Bruins to three hits and one run while striking out seven in winning Game 1 2–1. In Game 2, the Belmont bats came alive after the first time through the lineup, and the Bruins scored three in the 4th and five in the 5th to gain an 8–2 win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
For the third season in a row, the Cougars traveled to Carbondale to face the Salukis in the home stadium of their elder sister school. While Haley Chambers-Book struck out 11 in a four-hit shutout, the Cougars used three straight hits, a passed ball, and a two-base advance on a sacrifice fly to take a 3–0 lead in the third and added an insurance run in the seventh for the 4–0 victory.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
UT Martin, the second of four OVC teams in the top 50 hitting teams in the NCAA, came into Cougar Field with a record of 24–8. Haley Chambers-Book threw a one-hit shutout at the Skyhawks in her 15th win, as the Cougars scored five runs on eight hits; the score was held down by UT Martin pulling off three double-plays. As Belmont had done in their second game, the Skyhawks got their vaunted hitting act underway in the second time through the batting order. UTM scored one in the 3rd, two in the 5th, and four in the 7th on twelve hits, while the Cougars only eked out three runs on four hits.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
Her shutout wins over SIU and UTM gained Haley Chambers-Book consecutive  OVC Pitcher of the Week awards---her third of the year.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars were rude hosts as they entertained the Bradley Braves. Haley Chambers-Book tossed  a three-hitter in her sixth shutout of the season. The Cougars scored ten runs on twelve hits to shorten the game to five innings under the mercy rule.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
In the first game of a four-game OVC road trip, the Cougars blew out Eastern Kentucky 11–0 in Game one of the first doubleheader as Haley Chambers-Book struck out thirteen in a two-hit game. In Game 2, the Cougars needed three pitchers and eight innings to gain the 7–5 win. Chambers-Book earned her 18th win in a two-inning relief appearance. Moving on to Morehead State, SIUE used two homers in the first game and three doubles in the second to sweep the Eagles 4–0 and 2–1.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
With three complete-game shutouts and a win in relief, Haley Chambers-Book got her third consecutive  OVC Pitcher of the Week award---her fourth of 2017. Hitting .412 with three runs, two doubles, two home runs and eight RBI for the week, Sarah Lopesilvero was named OVC Co-Player of the Week.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars took a mid-week trip to Urbana for their first-ever meeting with the Illinois Fighting Illini, who carried the NCAA's #25 RPI (versus SIUE's #41) and were ranked #27 in both national Top 25 polls. The Cougars took the lead in the top of the 3rd only to have the Illini tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. In the 4th, SIUE's nationally 6th-ranked defense faltered, committing two errors in allowing Illinois to score four runs; two unearned. Both teams had six hits, as Haley Chambers-Book pitched a complete game while the Illini used four pitchers in their 5–2 win.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
Haley Chambers-Book earned the wins in both halves of the doubleheader with Southeast Missouri State, her 20th and 21st of the season. In Game 1, Chambers-Book and Emily Ingles held the Redhawks to three his in the Cougars' 13th shutout of the season. In Game 2, SEMO took a 1–0 lead in the top of the 5th and a 4–3 lead in the top of the 7th before SIUE would tie the game in the bottom of both innings. The Cougars won on a bases-loaded single by senior second baseman Allison Smiley in the bottom of the 10th inning.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
Crossing the Mississippi to play at Saint Louis, the Cougars struck early, scoring 3 in the first. The Billikens tied the score in the second, but SIUE scored more runs in the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings to take win #35 of the season 7–3. The Cougars used three pitchers, with Haley Chambers-Book picking up another win in relief--- her 22nd.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
For the first-ever meeting between two top 50 RPI teams from the OVC, the Cougars traveled to Alabama to face league-leading Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks used home runs to take both games. A walk-off homer won Game i 5–3 in 8 innings. A sixth-inning homer gave JSU a 2–1 lead that was preserved by a seventh-inning diving catch in center field and throw to first for a double play.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Sunday double-header at Tennessee Tech was postponed due to inclement weather. Then, the scheduled game at Missouri State was cancelled because of poor field condition.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
On April 24 Haley Chambers-Book was drafted by the Texas Charge as the 14th overall pick in the 2017 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) College Draft.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Saturday doubleheader versus the Austin Peay Governors was moved to Friday, but it was still delayed four hours in starting by thunderstorms. In Game 1, Haley Chambers-Book threw a 9 strikeout two-hitter in an 8–0 five inning rout. In Game 2, Emily Ingles had a no-hitter into the seventh in her 10 strikeout one-hit 1–0 win, With the sweep, the Cougars moved back into second place in the OVC race. Chambers-Book's 23rd win moved her into second place on the Cougars' career wins list, passing coach Sandy Montgomery.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
With the doubleheader against Murray State rained out, five of the Cougars' last nine games were cancelled due to weather and/or field conditions.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
In the season-ending doubleheader, SIUE faced cross-state rivals, the Eastern Illinois Panthers. In Game 1, Haley Chambers-Book pitched her tenth complete game shutout of the season. It was also her third one-hit shutout of the season, and the Cougars took the win 6–0, led by Allison Smiley's 4 RBIs. In Game 2, EIU built a 7–0 lead before the Cougars seventh inning comeback effort fell short, 7–4.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
After pitching her tenth complete game shutout of the season and raising her record to 24–6, Haley Chambers-Book was named  OVC Co-Pitcher of the Week---her fifth  award of 2017.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season, Honors
The Ohio Valley Conference Awards were announced at a banquet in Oxford, Alabama prior to the start of the league tournament. Senior Haley Chambers-Book was named OVC Pitcher of the Year and a member of the All-OVC First Team. The Pitcher of the Year was her second award, having also won it in 2015, and the First Team selection was her fourth, having earned the distinction  2013–15. Senior second baseman Allison Smiley, senior shortstop Sarah Lopesilvero. and sophomore center fielder Alyssa Heren were named to the All-OVC Second Team; it was Heren's second consecutive selection.. Lopesilvero, a transfer from Louisville,  freshman first baseman Zoe Schafer, and freshman pitcher Emily Ingles were named to the  OVC All-Newcomer Team.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
SIUE and UT Martin tied for second place in the regular season, and UTM was given the #2 seed in the OVC Tournament held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama, with the Cougars seeded third.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
In the tournament's opening game, Eastern Kentucky struck first when the first batter walked, then scored on a one-out double. The Cougars evened things up in the 3rd with a hit, sacrifice bunt, error, and sacrifice fly. Both Haley Chambers-Book and EKU pitchers Mollie Paulick and Alex Salberg threw three hitters. While the Colonels' two other hits were harmless, the Cougars' two others were a two-run fifth inning homer by Tess Eby and a seventh inning solo shot by Chambers-Book to close the scoring at 4–1.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
The second-round game against $2 seed UT Martin was another pitchers' duel with both Haley Chambers-Book and Brooke Kennedy tossing two-hit games. The Skyhawks scored first with a walk, stolen base, and double in the second inning. The Cougars rallied in the fourth, picking up two runs on a walk, their two hits, and a UTM throwing error, sending SIUE to face top-seeded Jacksonville State and UTM to the losers bracket.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Top seeded Jacksonville State took control with three runs on three hits and a Cougar error in the top of the first inning of the first semifinal. SIUE got back one run in the bottom of the inning, but JSU scored one more in the fifth and two in the seventh, while the Cougars managed only a seventh inning homer by Sarah Lopesilvero in losing 6–2. The Gamecocks advanced to the finals, while SIUE must play the winner of the UT Martin–Eastern Kentucky game in the second semifinal for a chance at a rematch with JSU.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
In the second semifinal game, Haley Chambers-Book allowed no hits in her five inning start, with the only UT Martin base-runner caught stealing. SIUE scored one run in the second and five in the third. The Skyhaws managed to get a run on three two-out hits in the sixth, but the Cougars got that back in the seventh, winning 7–1. Both Alyssa Heren and Sarah Lopesilvero had three his in four at-bats as SIUE advanced to its fourth consecutive OVC Final.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
The Cougars jumped out on top in the first inning, scoring four runs on three hits and two Gamecock errors. But JSU got through to Haley Chambers-Book, who had only allowed ten home runs all season, getting one in the second, a two-run shot in the third, and another solo longball in the seventh. Then, following a triple, the SIUE star then threw an even more rare wild pitch, allowing JSU to take the lead in the eventual 5-4 win. The Gamecockjs earned the OVC's automatic win to the NCAA Championship tournament, and the Cougars must wait to see if their RPI remains high enough for an at-large bid.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Cougar seniors Haley Chambers-Book, Allison Smiley, and Sarah Lopesilvero were named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament Team.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
The NCAA tournament selection committee chose Wisconsin, Oregon State, and Fresno State, all with lesser RPIs than SIUE, preventing the Cougars from becoming the first OVC team to get an at-large bid. Six teams that the Cougars played were among the 64 teams in the tournament. SIUE could have accepted an invitation to the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC), but the season's financial resources had been expended in the strong early-season schedule with its extended trips to tournaments in Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Florida.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Haley Chambers-Book was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's All-Mideast Region First Team. Allison Smiley was named tor the  All-Mideast Region Second Team. This was Chambers-Book's third All-Region selection and Smiley's first.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Postseason
Haley Chambers-Book was named by Fastpitchnews.com as a Second Team All-American Pitcher. She became the first Cougars softball player to be named an All-American since the program moved to Division I in 2009.


2017 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Roster
Buff background indicates players returning from 2016. Pink background indicates player returning from 2015.


2017 SJK season
The 2017 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 10th competitive season, and fourth in the Veikkausliiga. After finishing 3rd in the 2016 Veikkausliiga season, SJK entered the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.


2017 SJK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
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2017 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SK Brann season
The 2017 season is Brann's second season back in Eliteserien since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.


2017 SK Brann season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SK Brann season, Squad, Out on loan
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2017 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
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2017 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
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2017 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SLFA First Division
The 2017 SLFA First Division was the 39th season of top-division association football in Saint Lucia.


2017 SLFA First Division
A total of seven teams participated in the competition, with last season's champions Survivals FC not participating. The title was won by Northern United All Stars.


2017 SMP F4 Championship
The 2017 SMP F4 Championship is the third season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship.


2017 SMP F4 Championship
Among the team partaking in the championship are SMP Racing (who have been partaking in the series since its inception), MP Motorsport, in its second season, and debutants FA Racing Team, ALM Motorsport, Lappalainen Racing Team and AKK Academy.


2017 SMP F4 Championship
Despite more teams running the cars, the so-called single-operation remains. All cars have identical set-up including tyre pressure.


2017 SMP F4 Championship
The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship and drivers must hold a valid annual license issued by one of the NEZ ASNs to score points. NEZ Council, however, agreed in its meeting in 30 November 2016 to allow KNAF license holders to score points in the championship again in 2017 season. The exception is valid for 2017 season only and Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships.


2017 SMP F4 Championship
Several drivers outside North-European Zone and the Netherlands hold licenses issued by zone ASNs and are allowed to score points: Guillem Pujeu and Xavier Lloveras represent Finland (AKK Motorsports), Gülhüseyn Abdullayev Russia (RAF) and Lukas Dunner Netherlands (KNAF).


2017 SMP F4 Championship, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2017 SMU Mustangs football team
The 2017 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by third-year coach Chad Morris during the entire regular season until December 6, when he resigned to become the head coach at Arkansas. On December 11, SMU hired Sonny Dykes as head coach, and he led them in their bowl game. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech.


2017 SMU Mustangs football team, Previous season
The Mustangs finished the 2016 season 5–7; they were 3–5 in American Athletic play, to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2017 SMU Mustangs football team, Schedule
SMU announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mustangs hosted AAC foes UConn, Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF, and traveled to Cincinnati, Houston, Tulane, and UCF. The Mustangs hosted three of the four non-conference opponents, Arkansas State from the Sun Belt Conference, North Texas from Conference USA and Stephen F. Austin from the Southland Conference, and traveled to TCU of the Big 12 Conference.


2017 SMU Mustangs football team, Schedule
With a 7–5 regular season result, the team was invited to the 2017 Frisco Bowl, to face Louisiana Tech on December 20.


2017 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team
The 2017 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The regular season began on August 18 and concluded on October 26. It was the program's 24th season fielding a women's varsity soccer team, and their 5th season in the AAC. The 2017 season was Chris Petrucelli's sixth year as head coach for the program.


2017 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SN16
2017 SN16, is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 90 meters (300 feet) in diameter. The object was first observed on 24 September 2017, by cometary discoverer Alex Gibbs with the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory, Arizona, in the United States. It forms an asteroid pair with 2018 RY7 and is currently trapped in a 3:5 mean motion resonance with Venus.


2017 SN16, Orbit and classification
2017 SN16 is a member of the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with nearly 10 thousand known objects.


2017 SN16, Orbit and classification
The object orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.87–1.17 AU once every 374 days (semi-major axis of 1.02 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. It has a minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 13,900,000 km (0.0928 AU), which translates into 36.2 lunar distances (LD). The body's observation arc begins with its first observation at Mount Lemmon in September 2017.


2017 SN16, Orbit and classification, Asteroid pair
2017 SN16 is currently trapped in a 3:5 mean motion resonance with Venus and follows an orbit very similar to that of 2018 RY7. They form a pair of asteroids which at some point in the past had very small relative velocities (in the order of only a few meters per second), and may represent a former binary system where the two bodies became gravitationally unbound – by a YORP-induced fission, for example – and subsequently followed separate orbits around the Sun. Other pairs may have been formed from collisional breakup of a parent body. Both 2017 SN16 and 2018 RY7 shows the highest observed level of dynamical coherence among the population of near-Earth objects.


2017 SN16, Physical characteristics
2017 SN16 has an absolute magnitude of 23.3 which gives a calculated mean diameter between 58 and 130 meters for an assumed geometric albedo of 0.25 and 0.05, respectively.


2017 STP 500
The 2017 STP 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 2, 2017, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was sixth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 STP 500, Report, Background
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.


2017 STP 500, First practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.879 seconds and a speed of 95.256 mph (153.300 km/h).


2017 STP 500, Qualifying
Qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to rain and Kyle Larson, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.


2017 STP 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 20.058 seconds and a speed of 94.406 mph (151.932 km/h).


2017 STP 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 20.174 seconds and a speed of 93.863 mph (151.058 km/h).


2017 STP 500, Race, First stage
Kyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 2:18 p.m. He led the first 24 laps before giving way to Brad Keselowski on lap 25. The first caution flew on lap 69 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun out in Turn 3. Trevor Bayne, Keselowski, Michael McDowell (speeding) and Joey Logano (crew member over the wall too soon) restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. Earnhardt said after the race that based on "what I see on my dash I wasn’t speeding, but (NASCAR) has better technology than we do. They said it was in the segment out of my pit box. Hell, I must have got out of there pretty damn good. I don’t know what to do about that." As a result of Keselowski's penalty, Martin Truex Jr., who was running second at the time, assumed the lead.


2017 STP 500, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 76. Denny Hamlin passed Truex for the lead on lap 89. Jamie McMurray made contact with Jimmie Johnson on lap 100 and developed a left-rear tire rub that cut down the tire, led to him spinning out and hitting the Turn 3 wall on lap 106, bringing out the second caution. McMurray went on to finish last.


2017 STP 500, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 117. The third caution flew on lap 123 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. got loose exiting Turn 2, and received help from Ryan Blaney, and spun out on the backstretch.


2017 STP 500, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 127. Truex won the first stage and the fourth caution flew for the conclusion of the stage. Kyle Busch exited pit road with the race lead.


2017 STP 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 141. Chase Elliott took the lead from Busch on lap 145, only for Busch to pass under Elliott in Turn 2 to retake it on lap 152. Logano made an unscheduled stop for a flat left-rear tire on lap 230. In the closing laps of the stage, Busch drove to the outside of Stenhouse going into Turn 3 on lap 257 when Stenhouse made contact with him to try and stay on the lead lap.


2017 STP 500, Race, Second stage
On the last lap of the stage, Stenhouse bumped Busch out of the groove, allowing Elliott to pass Busch for the lead and win the second stage, as the fifth caution flew on lap 260 for the conclusion of the stage. Busch was asked after the race if what Stenhouse did was fair, and he said it is "if you expect it back. I actually was rolling into Turn 3 and was kind of going higher out of my way in order to let the 17 [of Stenhouse] back by and give him the lap.


2017 STP 500, Race, Second stage
That was my intent, and then he just drove through me. It cost me my spot to the 24 [of Chase Elliott], so I was hoping that I could run off the corner side by side with the 17 and keep the 24 at bay and just keep my nose in front of his and be able to score the segment, and I was trying to be a nice guy, but nice guys don't finish first."


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 272 and Busch took back the lead. Debris in Turn 2 brought out the sixth caution on lap 278.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 284. Exiting Turn 4 on lap 287, Erik Jones made contact with the outside wall, came down across the nose of Austin Dillon going into Turn 1 and got nudged out of the groove. Hamlin got into Dillon and turned him, and the domino effect resulted in heavy damage to the cars of Kurt Busch and Daniel Suárez. This brought out the seventh caution.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 206 laps to go and the eighth caution flew a lap later when Busch's damaged 41 car blew a left-front tire and slammed the wall in Turn 3.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 198 to go. The ninth caution flew with 192 to go when Gray Gaulding spun out in Turn 3.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 187 to go. The 10th caution flew with 167 to go when Reed Sorenson spun out in Turn 3. Hamlin and Stenhouse stayed out to assume the race lead. Kasey Kahne restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for speeding on pit road.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 160 to go and Kyle Busch took the lead back with ease on the restart. The 11th caution flew with 109 to go when Jeffrey Earnhardt blew a right-front tire and slammed the wall exiting Turn 2. Aric Almirola, Bayne and Earnhardt restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for speeding.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 101 to go. Keselowski retook the lead with 94 to go just as Matt DiBenedetto spun out in Turn 3, bringing out the 12th caution.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 86 to go and Busch powered by Keselowski on the outside lane exiting Turn 2 to take the lead. The next lap, Hamlin got loose and made contact with Danica Patrick and sent her spinning. The resulting domino effect led to Bayne pushing Hamlin into the wall and Earnhardt slamming into the back of teammate Kahne, puncturing his radiator. Earnhardt said the cars ahead of him "just stopped and I couldn't. I got into the back of (Kahne).


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
His bumper knocked the top of the radiator off of it, knocked the fitting off the top of the radiator. We don't have much of a bumper on there to begin with keeping the cars as light as we can and that is about the second or third time I've knocked the top off the radiator here. I wish they were a little tougher than that, so we could beat and bang and keep going." This brought out the 13th caution.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 74 to go. The 14th caution flew with 69 to go for Truex spinning in Turn 4.


2017 STP 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 64 to go and Keselowski regained the lead. Busch took it back with 56 to go. For the next 14 laps, Keselowski kept to the rear bumper of the 18 car, took the lead going into Turn 1 with 42 to go and drove on to score the victory.


2017 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“This is awesome,” Keselowski said in victory lane. “We’ve ran so good here with the Miller Lite Ford, but something always happens and we haven't been able to bring it home. Martinsville is just one of those champion’s tracks. The guys that run well everywhere run well here, and it's really just an honor to win here and get to compete here. This track is 70 years old and a lot of legends have won here. It feels great to be able to join them and bring home a clock.”


2017 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“All we did was put four tires on it and it went to junk,” Busch said after leading a race high of 274 laps. “I hate it for our guys. They've deserved all year much better finishes than what we’ve been able to produce and here's another one today.”


2017 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Elliott, who finished third, said he was "proud of our improvements this weekend. I hope that it wasn’t just a fluke deal and we didn’t just get lucky today and run good. I really hope that we’ve found something or I have found something at this track that will lend some more consistent finishes that are further towards the front.”


2017 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Dillon, who rallied from a multi-car wreck in the middle of the race to finish fifth, said of the final run he "thought we were going to have a little something for the two leaders, but in middle of the run, our car just lacked a little bit more turn and forward drive," Dillon said. "Then at the end we could come back to them again. I think I was running the 22 (fourth-place finisher Joey Logano) back down there at the end. Just proud of my guys and thankful for this run – we needed it."


2017 STP 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports was covering their 17th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, nine-time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon and 11-time Martinsville winner Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled pit road duties for the entire race.


2017 STP 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which would also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and seven-time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth as the cars were on the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop the turn 3 stands as the field is racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2017 SV13
2017 SV13 is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 17 September 2017 by the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, United States. This unusual object measures approximately 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter.


2017 SVGFF Premier Division
The 2017 SVGFF Premier Division is the seventh season of top-tier football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under its current format, and it is also the 12th season of top flight football altogether. The season started on 26 March and concluded on 13 August 2017.


2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 7. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 10 and 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Texas Southern, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Alcorn State lost to Texas Southern in the championship game, but was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State beaten Texas Southern, Texas Southern would have still received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its first place finish in the regular season.


2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams competed in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament did take place March 7–11, 2017. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Texas Southern won their first SWAC Women's Tournament and will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.


2017 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference held November 2–5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Alabama State Hornets and they successfully defended their title by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Grambling State Tigers in the tournament final. The conference tournament title was the second in the history of the Alabama State women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Jodie Smith.


2017 SX17
2017 SX17 is a very small asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 6–12 meters (20–40 feet) in diameter. It was first observed by astronomers of the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory on 29 September 2017, three days prior to its sub-lunar close encounter with Earth at 0.23 lunar distances on 2 October 2017.


2017 SX17, Orbit and classification
2017 SX17 is a member of the Apollo asteroids, which cross the orbit of Earth. Apollo's are the largest group of near-Earth objects with approximately 10 thousand known objects.


2017 SX17, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.87–1.46 AU once every 15 months (459 days; semi-major axis of 1.16 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.


2017 SX17, Orbit and classification
The body's observation arc begins with an observation made by Pan-STARRS on 24 September 2017, five days prior to its official first observation.


2017 SX17, Orbit and classification, Close approaches
The object last approached the Earth on 2 October 2017, at 10:20 UT, at a distance of 87,065 kilometres (54,100 miles) at a speed of 26,310 km/h (16,350 mph). This distance corresponds to 0.000582 AU (0.226 LD).


2017 SX17, Orbit and classification, Close approaches
After the 2017-flyby, it still has an exceptionally low minimum orbital intersection distance with Earth of 123,000 km (0.00082 AU), or 0.032 lunar distances (LD).


2017 SX17, Physical characteristics
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2017 SX17 measures between 6–12 meters (20–40 feet) in diameter, for an absolute magnitude of 28.3, and an assumed albedo between 0.057 and 0.24, which represent typical values for carbonaceous and stony asteroids, respectively.


2017 SX17, Physical characteristics
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2017 SX17, Numbering and naming
This minor planet has neither been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center.


2017 Saarland state election
The 2017 Saarland state election was held on 26 March 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was returned with an increased majority.


2017 Saarland state election, Background
The 2012 state election was called after the collapse of the Jamaica coalition of the CDU, Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens. The election saw the collapse of the FDP, a downswing for The Left and Greens, gains for the SPD, and the entry of the Pirates. Afterwards, the CDU and SPD formed a grand coalition.


2017 Saarland state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.


2017 Saarland state election, Outcome
Observers were surprised by the CDU's strong performance, as opinion polls predicted a close contest between the CDU and SPD. After the election, several commentators described the results as a boost for the September 2017 electoral prospects of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the CDU, and as a setback for SPD leader Martin Schulz.


2017 Saarland state election, Outcome
As both the CDU and SPD refused to coalition with AfD, the CDU and SPD coalition reached an agreement to continue governing together after the election.


2017 Sacramento Republic FC season
The 2017 Sacramento Republic FC season is the club's fourth season of existence. The club is playing in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC is competing in the Western Conference of the USL.


2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jody Sears and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.


2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Weber State on September 16 is considered a non-conference game.


2017 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
The 2017 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Nofri and played their home games at Campus Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–4 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2017 Sailing World Cup
The 2017 ISAF Sailing World Cup was a series of sailing regattas staged during 2017 season. The series features boats which feature at the Olympics and Paralympics.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The 2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2017 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 20th year as the first and only head coach in the history of Saint Francis football. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished an undefeated regular season as the defending national champions. They finished 1st in the MSFA MEL division and received an automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The 2017 postseason saw the Cougars return to the national championship game. They successfully defended their national title with a 24-13 victory over Reinhardt (GA). The back-to-back championships is a feat that was completed for only the 5th time in NAIA football history. The undefeated season was the first in the Cougars' 20-year history.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
9/2/2017 - The #1-ranked Cougars opened their title defense with a road victory over Jamestown (ND). Saint Francis scored the first four times the offense touched the ball on their way to a 55-7 victory.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
9/9/2017 - The Cougars returned home to defend their national championship against the like-named St. Francis Fighting Saints. Saint Francis (IN) won the game over St. Francis (IL), 68-23. The Cougars' clicked for 574 yards of total offense, including 301 net passing yards by Nick Ferrer, 120 yards rushing by Justin Green, and 111 receiving yards by Rocky James. Ferrer threw for 5 touchdowns, including 3 to James. Green rushed for 2 touchdowns in a game that also featured a blocked field goal that was returned for a Cougar touchdown.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The Cougars took the opening kickoff and marched downfield to score and open a 7-0 lead. The Fighting Saints responded with a field goal to cut the lead to 7-3. But from that point, the home team controlled the game as their lead expanded to 48-9 at the half and 61-9 early in the fourth quarter. With second- and third-team players on the field, the Fighting Saints scored twice in the final quarter. After they returned a pass for 39 yards and a score, they successfully completed an on-side kick. Two plays later, the Saints' quarterback tossed a 49-yard pass to score for the second time in only 36 seconds.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
9/16/2017 - The Cougars took to the road for their first game of the season against a ranked opponent. Saint Francis prevailed over St. Ambrose, 49-21, in a game highlighted by a record-setting performance by QB Nick Ferrer. Ferrer threw for six touchdowns to become the all-time leader in career TD passes thrown by a USF quarterback. He finished the game with a career-best 508 yards passing, completing 31 of 43 passes to ten different receivers without throwing an interception. Justin Green added 162 yards rushing to a total offensive effort of 686 yards.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
9/23/2017 - A rare football oddity was witnessed by the fans who attended the Saint Francis homecoming game. Three different punt snaps went out of the end zone. The tree safeties gave the Cougars the equivalent of another touchdown, points not needed as the Cougars won the game, 48-23, over the visiting 11th-ranked Cougars from Saint Xavier. The game was never in doubt as Saint Francis raced to a 25-0 lead to start the scoring.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
9/30/2017 - The Cougars faced their stiffest challenge this year as they went on the road to visit conference rival Marian University. Marian opened the game with a challenge to the Cougars, scoring on their first 3 possessions to take early leads of 14-0 and 17-3. Each of the Knights' drives included a quick-striking offense, with plays of 45+ yards highlighting each drive. But the Cougar defense steadied itself, holding Marian to 7 points the rest of the way, including a scoreless second half.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Saint Francis scored the last points of the game to give them their only lead with less than 7 minutes to play in the final quarter. When the scoreboard finally reached zero, Saint Francis had emerged with a 31-24 victory. The score was tied at 17, and then again at 24 before USF scored the decisive points. The Saint Francis offense tallied 530 yards of total offense, including 403 yards and 3 TDs passing by Nick Ferrer. Ferrer completed 33 of 38 attempts without an interception.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Favored targets were Rocky James, with 12 receptions for 163 yards, and Dan Ricksy, with 10 receptions for 146 yards. Justin Green added 138 yards of rushing. The Cougars won the time-of-possession battle, 41 minutes to 19, due in part to the quick strikes of the Marian offense in the first half. With the victory, the Cougars set a new team record for their 14th consecutive victory. The victory also sent the Franciscan Bowl trophy to Fort Wayne for the next year, with the series becoming tied, 1-1.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/7/2017 - Something had to give. Unbeaten Concordia was visiting unbeaten Saint Francis, and the conference lead was on the line. Concordia brought one of the top defenses, and they brought one of the nation's leading rushers too. The game lived up to expectations as Saint Francis won, 35-18, in a game that was much closer than the final score indicated. Concordia won the total yardage game, 375-367, out-rushing USF 243-157. Concordia's Joe Conner outgained Justin Green, 189-154. USF won the passing, 210-132.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Concordia scored first, and the game was back and forth before the Cougars pulled away in the 4th quarter to seal the victory. USF scored 4 touchdowns: 3 by Green rushes, and one via a 46-yard fumble recovery by Ryan Johnson, in addition to 3 field goals. The no passing-TD game ended a streak of consecutive games with 2 or more TD passes by QB Nick Ferrer, who left the game briefly in the second half with a hand injury.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/14/2017 - The Cougars continued their mid-season playoff-like schedule with their fourth game in a row against a ranked or tough opponent. The Cougars went on the road to face another conference unbeaten, the Siena Heights Saints, winners of their previous four games. It was Homecoming and Senior Night for the Saints. But the Cougars served notice early when Justin Green broke a 57-yard TD run on the first drive of the game. For the night, Green would end up with three scores and 142 net yards rushing.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
A strong defensive effort by the Cougars contributed to a Saint Francis victory. The final score was 36-9. A steady drizzle made for messy play in the first half, and the Cougars' defense held Siena Heights to a safety earned when the Saints blocked a punt attempt that sent the ball out of the back of the end zone. A halftime lead of 20-2 was expanded to the final score as the Cougars scored two touchdowns and a matching safety of their own.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/21/2017 - After a series of ranked and tough opponents, the Cougars finally caught a breather with a road trip to St. Louis to meet conference opponent Missouri Baptist. The Cougars looked erratic at times but came away with a victory, by a final score of 56-23. At one point in the first half, Saint Francis led by a single point, 21-20, after Missouri Baptist failed an attempted two-point conversion. The Cougars scored 35 of the final 38 points in the contest.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
USF quarterback Nick Ferrer threw for six touchdowns to move into first place for career touchdown passes by a quarterback in the MidStates Football Association. In this game, Ferrer completed 33 of 49 passes with one interception and 446 yards. Justin Green rushed for 169 yards as the Cougars accumulated 686 yards of total offense. Ferrer threw pass completions of 27 yards or more to 5 different receivers, with 5 different targets hauling in the 6 touchdown passes. On defense, the Cougars held Mo. Baptist to a net gain of 5 yards rushing on 25 carries, derived from gains of 49 yards offset by rushes resulting in 44 yards of losses.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/28/2017 - Today's game matched the undefeated and #1-ranked USF Cougars against the winless conference foes from Lindenwood-Belleville. The Cougars boasted the top-ranked offense in the MSFA, and the Lynx brought the worst-ranked defense to town. Also, the Cougars placed their top-ranked defense against the MSFA's worst-rated offense. The outcome was predictable; the only thing in doubt was the final score. In hindsight, the Cougars needed only 13 seconds to settle the matter. Matt Kominkiewicz ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown and a quick 7-0 lead.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
When the final seconds had ticked off the clock, USF won with a 70-0 shutout over the visitors. In addition to the opening play, highlights in the game were: 3 touchdown passes by Nick Ferrer, 3 touchdown runs by Justin Green, and 2 pick-6 interceptions returned for a score (the first being a goal-line to goal-line return of 100 yards by Spencer Cowherd, and the second being a 45-yard return by Kaleb Summers). Kominkiewicz also had a 2-touchdown game as he was on the receiving end of a TD pass from Clay Senerius. During the game, Ferrer became #2 on the career yardage list for MSFA quarterbacks. He passed former Cougar QB Jeremy Hibbeln as he became the all-time leader in yardage by a Saint Francis QB.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/04/2017 - Today was Senior Day for the class of 2017. Playing a home game against their rivals from just down interstate I-69, USF prevailed 40-20 over the Taylor University Crusaders. The game opened with USF's Justin Green returning the opening kick 96 yards for a touchdown. This was the second consecutive game where a USF returner scored on the opening kick. But Taylor quickly responded with an 80-yard drive of their own. Taylor actually took a 7-6 lead because USF failed to convert the kick after their score. From that point, the Cougars took over.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The lead swelled to 40-7 as Green scored three more times. With the four touchdowns, Green established a new Cougar single-season record for touchdowns: it was his 22nd of the year. Two 4th-quarter scores by Taylor created the final score. Saint Francis was in control the whole way, though their offense was stopped by 4 turnovers - 3 fumbles lost and 1 interception. With the win today, USF reached one goal for the season: completing an undefeated season and carrying their #1 ranking from preseason and into the playoffs. With a bye week next week, USF will be the #1 seed in the playoffs.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/18/2017 - The Cougars opened the playoff season with a rain-soaked game against the Benedictine Ravens. This was the first match-up between the two winningest active coaches in NAIA football. Because of lightning and solid heavy rainfall, the start of the game was pushed back from a 12:00 noon intended kickoff to a 6:00 p.m. game played under the lights. The weather impacted the high-powered offense of both teams; the game saw a total of 8 fumbles and 1 interception. The game was close throughout, and in the end Saint Francis prevailed 26-21.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The Cougars took the opening kick-off and drove for a quick 6-0 lead. The extra point attempt was blocked. That was the only score for the Cougars in the first half. The Ravens scored twice in the 2nd quarter, including a 51-yard pass that set up the second score with only 10 seconds remaining in the half. Saint Francis responded quickly and explosively, taking the opening kick and returning it for an 86-yard touchdown by Justin Green. The TD return was the third by the Cougars in the last 3 games. In addition to the kick-off return, Green scored 1 TD as he rushed for 191 yards. For his effort, Green was named the Offensive Player of the Game. Defensive honors went to Ryan Johnson, whose solid play included breaking up 3 pass plays.