Enquirer staff and wire reports

Single-game tickets for University of Cincinnati men's basketball games go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday.

Tickets for the Crosstown Shootout against Xavier will be sold only as part of season-ticket packages, which are still available. Single-game tickets are $22 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under.

The UC ticket office, located at One Edwards Center, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets also can be purchased by phone at 513-CATS.

Funny Cide gets up in Jockey Club Gold Cup

Funny Cide stormed back into the lead down the stretch and pulled away for a sweet victory in the rain in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday at Belmont Park.

Just like that, the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner had that elusive victory over the same wet track where he suffered his biggest defeat - a loss in the Belmont Stakes that ended his bid for the Triple Crown.

With Jose Santos back aboard Funny Cide, the 4-year-old gelding ran an unusual race. The New York-bred took the lead early, dropped back near the far turn and looked to be out of contention just before the field turned for home.

Santos put Funny Cide into a drive and the horse fought his way past Newfoundland in the stretch.

Funny Cide, second to Evening Attire in the Saratoga Breeders' Cup in his last start, had won just two of eight races this year. Trainer Barclay Tagg said his horse needed an impressive win to earn a trip to the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Mission accomplished. Tagg, all smiles for the first time in months, said a trip to Texas for another try at the BC Classic on Oct. 30 is next.

Funny Cide ran ninth in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.

In other Grade 1 races on the program: Pico Central was sensational in taking the Vosburgh Stakes; Kitten's Joy won the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, and Riskaverse took the Flower Bowl Invitational.

But Funny Cide stole the show, covering 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.44 and beating Newfoundland by three-quarters of a length.

• At Stickney, Ill., Freefourinternet rallied to defeat Perfect Drift by 1 3/4 lengths in the $750,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup

TURFWAY PARK: California trainer Jerry Hollendorfer knew something the bettors missed: Cappuchino likes Kentucky.

Belying his 31-to-1 odds, the 5-year-old broke first and was never seriously threatened in winning the $100,000 Grade III Turfway Park Fall Championship. Cappuchino set quick fractions of :22.87, :46.38, and 1:11.18 on his way to a 4-length victory.

Tennis

THAILAND OPEN: Roger Federer and Andy Roddick pulled out three-set victories to set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 final at Bangkok. Top-ranked Federer got past Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in the first semifinal, while Roddick outlasted Marat Safin 7-6 (1), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (2) in a matchup between past U.S. Open champions.

There were zero breaks of serve in the Roddick-Safin semifinal, and each player faced only a single break point. Both pounded 18 aces and put in nearly 60 percent of their first serves.

KOREA OPEN: Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova routed Anne Kremer 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the final at Seoul. The top-seeded Sharapova will play for the title against Marta Domachowska, who defeated Abigail Spears 7-6 (5), 6-1.

CLIJSTERS QUITS: Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters' comeback from left wrist surgery stalled when she quit in pain while losing to Elena Bovina in the Gaz de France Stars semifinals at Hasselt, Belgium. The third-seeded Bovina will meet top-seeded Elena Dementieva in an all-Russian final today. Boxing

TRINIDAD-MAYORGA: Travis Simms easily defended his WBA super welterweight belt with a unanimous decision over Bronco McKart.

On the undercard of the Felix Trinidad-Ricardo Mayorga middleweight fight at Madison Square Garden, Simms dominated, although he was hardly sharp.

He didn't live up to his nickname of "Tremendous," but he was good enough for the unorthodox McKart in a battle of left-handers.

The closest card of the three judges was 116-112. The others were 117-111 and 118-110.

Local Colleges

Football

Mount St. Joseph	7	0	16	6	--	29
Hanover	0	7	0	3	--	10

Records: MSJ 4-0,1-0; H 1-4,0-1

1st quarter

MSJ: Lovell 6 run (Riga kick), 07:19

2nd quarter

H: Padgett 6 pass from Gogel (Littlefield kick), 06:02

3rd quarter

MSJ: Wellendorf 31 pass from Hamrock(Riga, Mike kick), 13:51

MSJ: Riga 32 field goal, 08:09

MSJ: Hamrock 11 run (Kick failed) 02:12

4th quarter

H: Littlefield 40 field goal, 13:10

MSJ: Wellendorf 59 pass from Hamrock (Hamrock pass failed), 08:05

RUSHING: MSJ-Lovell 21-173, Story 11-51, Hamrock 7-26; H-Stevenson 9-26, Gogel 7-20, Orsini 7-14. PASSING: MSJ-Hamrock 18-23-0-188. H-Orsini 9-19-2-80, Gogel 10-17-1-60. RECEIVING: MSJ-Wellendorf 5-118, Haggard 3-17, Lovell 2-12, Wiehe 2-12. Hanover-Miller 4-31, Stevenson 4-2, Russell 3-19.

THOMAS MORE 37, HUNTINGDON 36

Thomas More	7	15	0	7	8 (OT)	--	37
Huntingdon	9	6	0	14	7 (OT)	--	36

Records: TM 2-3; H 0-4.

1st quarter

H: Witt 25 field goal, 12:10

H: Witt 38 field goal, 5:04

H: Witt 44 field goal, 0:43

TM: James 96 kickoff return (Weber rush), 0:40

2nd quarter

TM: Thompson 2 run (Berkley pass failed), 6:19

H: Horn 21 run (Golson pass failed), 4:42

TM Ellis 5 run (Heinl pass from Ellis), 1:10

4th quarter

H: Colson 23 run (Witt kick), 13:12

TM: Rieck 48 pass from Berkley (12 kick), 7:12

H: Godwin 27 pass from Golson (Witt kick), 3:41

OT

H: Vorrosso 7 pass from Golson (Witt kick)

TM: Morancy 18 pass from Berkley (Partin pass from Berkley)

RUSHING: TMC- Thompson 14-95, Ellis 7-36, Berkley 9-8; H- McLure 14-69, Colson 4-41, Golson 10-41. PASSING: TM-Ellis 10-19-1-133, Berkley 10-18-1-143; H-Golson 17-37-1-243. RECEIVING: TMC-Morancy 4-76, Heinl 4-74; H-Colson 7-40. .

DAYTON 45, DAVIDSON 27

Davidson	6	14	0	7	--	27
Dayton	21	14	3	7	--	45

Records: Dayton 3-1, Davidson 1-3.

1st quarter

UD: Mong 19 run (Resch kick), 9:14

DC: Jones 2 run (Kick no good), 6:25

UD: Jones 0 fumble recovery (Resch kick), 4:16

UD: Mong 1 run (Resch kick), 2:54

2nd quarter

UD: Marshall 24 run (Resch kick) 10:18

UD: Wrobleski 44 pass from Staely (Resch kick), 6:23

DC Rice 10 pass from Jones (Smith kick), 1:08

DC: Schrandt 30 pass from Jones (Smith kick) 0:32

3rd quarter

UD: Resch 27 field goal, 1:39

4th quarter

UD: Verhoff 1 run (Resch kick), 3:44

DC: Leverett 10 run (Smith kick), 2:54

RUSHING: UD- Staley 15-77, Verhoff 16-64-1, Hoyng 9-52, Marshall 5-39-1, Mong 4-27-2; DC-Leverett 19-111-1, Jones 8-27-1; PASSING: UD-Staley 13-7-0-94-1, Hoyng 11-4-0-66-0; DC- Jones 30-10-0-194-2. RECEIVING: UD-Wrobleski 4-84-1; DC Rice 5-89-1, Schrandt 3-91-1.

WILMINGTON 26, HEIDELBERG 14

Heidelberg	0	7	7	0	--	14
Wilmington	0	7	7	12	--	26

Records: W 2-2, H 0-4.

2nd quarter

W: Isaac 8 run (Bednarek kick), 5:30

H: Patterson 35 pass from West (Smith kick), 2:49

3rd quarter

H: Dolata 13 pass from West (Smith kick), 2:05

W: Short 89 kickoff return (Bednarek kick), 1:51

4th quarter

W: Isaac 10 run (Bednarek kick failed), 1:10

W: Otte 89 interception return, 0:00.

RUSHING: W- Isaac 20-62-2, Jones 5-33, Marsh 12-28; H- Hastings 23-67. PASSING: W- Marsh 16-13-1-125-0; West 38-24-1-288-2. RECEIVING: W-Short 3-44, Scherz 3-25; H- Patterson 16-205-1, Parker 7-70, Dolata 1-13-1.

Volleyball

UC-Clermont (7-2) d. Ohio State-Lima (3-3) 30-25, 22-30, 30-25, 30-16.

Xavier (8-8) d. Fordham (7-9) 35-33, 30-26, 30-26.

UC (9-6) d. DePaul (7-11) 30-27, 30-20, 30-22

W. Michigan (9-6) d. Miami (3-10) 26-30, 30-28, 30-18, 31-29.

Mount St. Joseph Fall Classic

Dubuque d.Baldwin-Wallace, 30-22, 26-30, 30-20, 21-30, 15-12.

Waynesburg d. Franklin, 26-30, 30-27, 30-22, 30-22.

Mount (14-3) d. Capital (14-6), 29-31, 30-26, 19-30, 30-20, 15-6.

Defiance d. Thomas More, 30-28, 30-22, 25-30, 30-19.

#3 seeds -Dubuque d.Thomas More, 30-27, 30-23, 30-25.

#4 seeds - Baldwin-Wallace d. Franklin , 30-22, 30-21, 30-20.

#1 seeds - Mount St. Joseph (15-3) d. Defiance (14-5), 30-28, 30-22, 30-17.

#2 seeds - Capital d.Waynesburg, 30-21, 30-20, 30-20.

Final Team Standings: 1. Mount 5. Dubuque 2. Defiance 6. Thomas More 3. Capital 7. Baldwin-Wallace 4. Waynesburg 8. Franklin

All-Tournament: MVP - Tammi Toney, Mount; Jayne Kemphaus, Mount; Beth Fledderjohann, Mount.

Women's tennis

NKU 9, Saint Joseph's 0

L.Leutzinger (NKU) d. Bachani, 6-1, 6-1; L. England (NKU) d. Van Eyk, 6-2, 6-2; K.Goodrich (NKU) d. Kiefer, 6-0, 6-0; C. Dorado (NKU) d. Berner, 6-2, 6-0; J. Smith (NKU) d. Friermood, 6-0, 6-1; H. Robertson (NKU) d. Northam, 1-6, 6-4, 10-4

Leutzinger/England (NKU) def. Bachani/Berner, 8-1; 2; Goodrich/Smith (NKU) def. Van Eyk/Northam, 8-1; 3. Dorado/Robertson (NKU) def. Kiefer/Frierwood, 8-5; RECORDS: NKU 6-3, SJC 5-15.

Saturday

Xavier singles: Blue - Shafner (UM) d. L. Clary (XU) 6-2, 6-2; L. Clary (XU) d. Bader (MSU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8; Jakupcin (BG) d. S. Bauer (XU) 6-1, 6-3; S. Bauer (XU) d. Watkins (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6; Maize -K. Clary (XU) d. Goldstein (UM) 6-3, 7-6 (4); Volle (BG) d. E. Tuchscherer (XU) 6-3, 6-3; Wolverine - Meister (BG) def. A. Diedalis (XU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-6; J. Vilines (XU) d. Mead (WMU) 6-2, 6-4; Nussbaum (BG) d. S. Potts (XU) 6-2, 6-3; A. Papa (XU) d. Donovan (MU ) 6-0, 6-2; Victors - K. Lohner (XU) d. Bukacek (MU) 6-2, 6-0.

Xavier doubles: Goldstein/Sly (UM) d. L.Clary/Bauer (XU) 8-5; L. Clary/Bauer (XU) d. Schnizter/Walasek (MSU) 8-1; K. Clary/Tuchscherer (XU) def. Kokinda/Wolfe (BG) 8-6; Meister/Nussbaum (BG) d. Vilines/Lohner (XU) 9-8; Schoenberger/Romer (BG) d. Vilines/Lohner (XU) 8-3.

Friday's results

UC singles: Blue -- Streifler (UM) d. Klauck (UC) 6-0, 6-1; Maize -- Saruta (WMU) d. Liu (UC) 6-1, 7-6 (12-10); Tuchscherer (XU) d. Liu (UC) 6-0, 6-2; Brown (UC) d. Marta Walasek (MSU) 4-6, 6-1 (10-8); K. Clary (XU) d. Brown 6-3, 6-3; Wolverine -- Diedalis (XU) d. Reasoner (UC) 6-3, 6-0.

UC doubles: Clary/Bauer (XU) d. Klauck/Reason 8-1; Bader/Gustafson (MSU) d. Klauck/Reasoner 8-5; Liu/Brown (UC) d. Hanna/Cotter(MSU) 6-ret; Shafner/Yaftali d. Liu/Brown (UM) 8-1.

Men's tennis

Singles: A. LeVaque (EIU) d. JR Randall (XU) 6-2, 6-1; Rob Simpson (XU) d. Leonhardt (IPFW) 6-2, 6-4; Rob Simpson (XU) d. Gonzalez (IPFW) 6-3, 6-3; B.Brian Schubert (XU) d. Brian Quinn (XU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles: Simpson/Yeager (XU) d. Mas/Gehlhausen (UI) 8-1; Nzudie/Filho ((IPFW) d. Schubert/Quinn (XU) 8-3; Miller/Shaeffer (XU) d. Stuertz/Blankenbaker (EIU) 8-3; Randall/Reys (XU) d. Muns/Beasley (IPFW) 8-2; Simpson/Yeager (XU) d. Bush/Lenfert (EIU) 8-4; Miller/Shaeffer (XU) d. Leonhardt/Gonzalez (IPFW) 8-3; LeVaque/Thomas (EIU) d. Randall/Reys (XU) 9-8 (2); Simpson/Yeager (XU) d. Nzudie/Filho (IPFW) 8-3; Miller/Shaeffer (XU) d. LeVaque/Thomas (EIU) 8-5.

Women's soccer

Southern Miss 1, Cincinnati 0

Goals: SM - Barkley; Shutout: Schoeplein (5 saves); Records: SM 5-3-1, UC 2-7.

Mount St. Joseph 6, Oberlin 1

Goals: MSJ - Spradlin 2, Pfiester 2, Lusk, Phillips; O - Fitzpatrick; Shutout: Gray and Hauck. Records: MSJ 3-5-2; O 3-6.