(STATS) -- Northeast Conference teams have been scheduling more FBS opponents, and Duquesne is expanding the footprint in a big way.The 2015 NEC champion Dukes announced Wednesday they will travel to the University of Hawaii for a matchup on Sept. 22, 2018.The Dukes were the third NEC team to face an FBS program when they lost in their only other such matchup -- 38-28 to Buffalo to open the 2014 season. The Hawaii game will be the programs first game west of the Rocky Mountains since a 1947 matchup against San Francisco.NEC matchups against the FBS have increased the conferences visibility. The NEC presidents have increasingly raised the number of football scholarships within their programs, most recently moving to 45 scholarships.Wagner had led the NEC effort against FBS programs, traveling as far as BYU last season. This year, the Seahawks will play two FBS opponents for the second consecutive season, Boston College and Massachusetts. They also have future games scheduled against Western Michigan (2017), Syracuse (2018) and Connecticut (2019).Central Connecticut has matchups scheduled against Syracuse (2017) and Ball State (2018). John Gant Cardinals Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Junior Fernandez Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. https://www.cheapcardinalsonline.com/314t-tim-mccarver-jersey-cardinals.html . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Enos Slaughter Jersey .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Joe Hudson Jersey . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. VIENNA -- Top-seeded Andy Murray lost a set for the first time in 11 matches as he beat Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-0 in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open on Wednesday.The second-ranked Scot, who won the event two years ago, came off back-to-back tournaments wins without dropping a set in Beijing and Shanghai.Murray saved three break points in the opening game but his serve came not under threat for the rest of the first set.He broke Klizan early in the second but dropped serve in an error-strewn game at 4-2. Murray was broken again when serving for the match at 6-5 and lost the tiebreaker from 5-4 up.Murray conceded just two points on own serve in the final set. He will next play Gilles Simon of France.Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and John Isner of the United States became the first players to advance to the quarterfinals.The eighth-seeded Karlovic came back from 5-1 dowwn in the final set to beat Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Hercegovina 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (5).ddddddddddddEarlier, Isner beat former champion Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (2). The 27th-ranked American failed to break the Spaniards serve and missed a match point at 5-4 and again at 6-5 in the final set. Isner dominated the tiebreaker and closed out the win on his 31st ace.The match was so close. My serve helped me a lot, said Isner, who will play Murray or Simon in his fifth quarterfinal of the season.In first-round play, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany rallied to beat Stephane Robert of France 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), and Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain advanced with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Italys Fabio Fognini, who had not lost to Ramos-Vinolas in eight previous matches. ' ' '