Monday, October 4, 2004
Sports digest
Federer continues mastery of Roddick
Enquirer staff and wire reports
Top-ranked Roger Federer routed an injured Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-0 Sunday to capture the Thailand Open at Bangkok, joining John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg as the only players to win 12 straight ATP Tour finals in the last 25 years. Federer has won 10 titles this year. Federer needed just 58 minutes to defeat the second-seeded Roddick.
KOREA OPEN: Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova overwhelmed first-time finalist Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-1 to win the event in Seoul.
Sharapova needed 56 minutes to capture the fifth singles title of her career and third this year. The top-seeded Russian lost just 15 games during the tournament.
She became the fifth woman this year to win three or more titles, joining Lindsay Davenport (six), Justine Henin-Hardenne (five) and Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo (three).
GAZ DE FRANCE STARS: Top-seeded Elena Dementieva won the last five games and beat Elena Bovina 0-6, 6-0, 6-4 at Hasselt, Belgium in the WTA Tour's latest all-Russian final. It's Dementieva's first title of 2004.
Auto racing
IRL: Adrian Fernandez won a two-lap sprint to the finish in the Toyota 400 at Fontana, Calif., nosing out Tony Kanaan, whose runner-up finish was good enough to clinch the Indy Racing League series point title.
Fernandez outdueled Kanaan over the final two trips around the two-mile oval after a restart following a caution flag. The victory was his third of the year, and third in the last five IRL events.
NBA
OSTERTAG INJURED: Kings center Greg Ostertag will be out 4-6 weeks after breaking his right hand after a fall at his home. He signed with the Sacramento in July after nine seasons with the Utah Jazz. He is to be the backup to All-Star center Brad Miller.
Horse racing
SANTA ANITA: Star Over the Bay led from start to finish to win the $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship on Sunday in one of three stakes races at the California track.
Roman Ruler won by 4 1/2 lengths in the $200,000 Norfolk Stakes for 2-year-olds.
Island Fashion battled down the stretch with Elloluv and Miss Loren to win the $250,000 Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup Handicap for fillies and mares.
BAGO WINS ARC: Seemingly beaten turning for home, Bago made a surging stretch run to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
RETIRED: Blue Grass Stakes winner The Cliff's Edge was retired from racing after breaking a right front ankle during his third-place finish in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Colleges
MIAMI HOCKEY: The RedHawks, ranked 15th in one Division I preseason poll, defeated the University of Windsor 4-1 in an exhibition game at Goggin Arena.
Miami opens the season against Boston University at 8:05 p.m. Friday in the Lefty McFadden Invitational at the Nutter Center. The RedHawks play Northeastern at 7:35 p.m. Saturday. Football
COMETS SEASON ENDS: The Kings Comets' Mid-Continental Football League season came to an end with a 17-6 loss to the Indiana Mustangs in the first round of the playoffs at Sharpsville, Ind.
Boxing
TRINIDAD EYES HOPKINS: After Felix Trinidad knocked out Ricardo Mayorga in the eighth round at Madison Square Garden, completing a scintillating performance, he turned his attention to the only man who has beaten him - Bernard Hopkins.
Local colleges
Women's golf
Nittany Lion Invitational
at Penn State Blue Course
Par 72, 6,068 yard layout
Team scores: 1. UC-Irvine, 296-298-303-897; 2. College of Charleston, 309-295-298-902; 3. Princeton, 302-304-309-915; 4. Penn State, 289-314-313-916; 5. Rollins, 311-302-313-926; 6. Yale, 308-319-319-946; 7. Maryland, 311-322-318-951; 8. Xavier, 312-318-322-952; 9. Ohio, 310-320-325-955; 10. UNC Greensboro , 313-320-324-957; 11. William & Mary, 312-322-334-968; 12. Georgetown, 326-322-321-969; 13. Bucknell, 325-340-331-996; 14. Rutgers, 329-338-348-1015; 15. Monmouth, 358-357-366-1081.
2004 GLVC Championships
Hickory Point Golf Course
Forsyth, Ill.
Results After Day 1
Team Standings: 1. Southern Indiana 300; 2. Northern Kentucky 307; 3. SIU-Edwardsville 321; 4. Indianapolis 323; 5. Lewis 341; 6. Quincy 353; 7. Missouri-St. Louis 359; 8. Bellarmine 362; 9. St. Joseph's 368; 10. Kentucky Wesleyan 375.
Individuals: 1. Alisha Luigs (USI) 69; 2. Michelle Bellish (NKU) 73; 3. Tara Ulmer (USI) 75; T4. Kallie Harrison (SIUE) 76; T4. Kim Keyer-Scott (NKU) 76; T5. Lauren Glenn (USML) 77; T5. Lyndsey Kreiger (LU) 77; T5. Audrey Ramsey (USI) 77; T6. Jenna Brown (UI) 78; T6. Bianca Hutton (NKU) 78; T7. Andrea Davis (UI) 79; T7. Megan Pendergraff (USI) 79; T7. Rachel Roberg (SIUE) 79; T8. Alicia Lawrence (NKU) 80; T8. Katrina Kroeger (QU) 80; 9. Kelsey Gauthier (NKU) 81; 10. Amanda Lowe (UI) 82.
Men's hockey
Miami 4, Windsor 1
Goals: M-Guerin, Smith, Musitelli, Ganzak; W-Melo.
Men's soccer
No. 10 Cincinnati State 13, St. Catherines (KY) 0
Shutout: Ortman. Goals: Baxter 3, Dietrich 3, Helton 2, Hertsenberg 2, Cummings, George, Fellers. Records: CS 12-0, StC 4-6.
Xavier 1, St. Bonaventure 0, OT
Shutout: Schaeper. Goal: Enders. Records: X 3-7-0 (1-1-0), SB 5-3-1 (1-1-0).
NKU 3, Missouri-St. Louis 1
Goals: NKU-Roberts, Thompson 2. MSL-Market. Records: MSL 6-5-1 (2-2-1 GLVC), NKU 8-2-2 (3-2-1).
Women's soccer
Tulane 2, Cincinnati 1
Goals: T-Traver, Morris. UC-Haney. Records: T 5-5-2 (3-0-1 C-USA), UC 2-8-0 (0-3-0).
Xavier 4, St. Bonaventure 1
Goals: X-Silvis 2, Giesting, Valdiserri. SB-MacDougall. Records: X 3-8-0 (2-1-0 A-10), SB 7-5-0 (0-3-0).
Miami 3, Marshall 2
Goals: Mia-Gray 3, Mar-Watson 2. Records: Mia 6-4-1 (4-1-1 MAC), Mar 3-7-3 (0-6-1).
NKU 2, Missouri-St. Louis 0
Shutout: Piening. Goals: Light, Votapek. Records: MSL 8-4-1 (3-1-1 GLVC), NKU 8-3 (5-1).
Cincinnati State 4, Loyola 0
Shutout: Conroy. Goals: DiTullio 2, Lee, Wagner. Records: CS 6-2-1, L 4-5.
Late Saturday
Cincinnati State 1, Michigan State 1
Goals: CS-Lee. MS-Klaus. Records: CS 5-2-1.
Women's tennis
Wolverine Invitational
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Singles
Blue
Lauren Clary (XU) def. Reedhina Parekh (WMU) 6-3, 6-1; Stephanie Bauer (XU) def. Jill Klauck (UC) 6-1, 6-2
Maize
Nina Yaftali (UM) def. Kristen Clary (XU) 3-6, 6-2, 10-3; Heidi Romer (BG) def. Emily Tuchscherer (XU) 6-4, 6-3
Wolverine
Maelynn Bernosky (WMU) def. Jackie Vilines (XU) 6-4, 6-0; Sarah Potts (XU) def. Madison Reasoner (UC) 6-0, 6-0
Victors
Kate Lohner (XU) def. Erica Wolfe (BG) 6-2, 7-5; Alicia Papa (XU) def. Marissa Macholz (MSU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
Bader/Gustafson (MSU) def. K. Clary/Tuchscherer (XU) 9-8 (2); Shafner/Yaftali (UM) def. L. Clary/Bauer (XU) 9-8
Volleyball
Cincinnati (9-6, 2-0 C-USA) d. DePaul (7-11, 0-2) 30-27, 30-20, 30-22
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Youngsters forced into action
USC roommate reads Palmer well - too well
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Desktop wallpaper: Rudi Johnson
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