Enquirer staff and wire reports

Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith will be a partner in a new NASCAR Busch Series team.

Smith and his wife, Donna, will join driver Jamie Mosley and NEMCO Motorsports - which is owned by former Busch Series champion and current Nextel Cup driver Joe Nemechek - to field a team in 2005. Mosley, a native of Hazard, will drive the team's Chevrolet.

Wie's season over, it's back to school

Michelle Wie's season ended Sunday at the Samsung World Championship, where she tied for 13th in the elite, 20-player field at Bighorn.

Wie, who turned 15 at the start of the week, did not hoist a single trophy this year. She lost in the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and lost in the second round of the U.S. Women's Amateur. Her 68 in the Sony Open was the best score ever shot by a woman of any age on the PGA Tour, leaving her one shot shy of making the cut.

She played in seven LPGA Tour events and finished in the top 20 in six of them, including fourth place at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Her earnings would have been about $257,931, enough to finish 43rd on the money list in just seven events. Projected over a 20-tournament schedule, Wie would have finished in the top 10. Her next event will be the Sony Open in January, her second try on the PGA Tour. That doesn't mean she'll be on vacation.

"I wish I could take some time off," Wie said. "But it's back to the books."

College football

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH: The Lions (6-0) broke into the top 25 of the American Football Coaches Association Division III poll in 25th place after holding Manchester to 7 yards rushing in a 37-0 win. Mount St. Joe, led by the quarterback-wide receiver combo of Bryan Hamrock (South Dearborn) and Andy Wellendorf (Elder), plays at Defiance on Saturday.

Tennis

MADRID MASTERS: Andre Agassi defeated Max Mirnyi 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the third round. No. 2 seed Agassi, the 2002 champion, was given a first-round bye. He has a record 17 Masters titles.

Agassi's next match is against No. 14 seed Vince Spadea or Spanish teen Rafael Nadal, a 6-2, 6-1 winner against Davide Sanguinetti.

SWISSCOM: Venus Williams reached the second round at Zurich with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Karolina Sprem, who upset her in the second round at Wimbledon.

Hockey

NHL LOCKOUT: The NHL told its teams Tuesday, the 34th day of the lockout, to book events to fill their arenas through early December because it doesn't look as though games will be played any time soon.

The owners want a salary cap, and the players don't - and both sides don't seem close to budging.

COLLEGE: Miami sophomore right wing Marty Guerin has been named InsideCollegeHockey.com's national Division I player of the week for his two-goal, six-point series against Notre Dame.

Gymnastics

HAMM RULING: U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm will find out Thursday whether he can keep his Olympic gold medal. Hamm won the all-around title in Athens, but South Korea's Yang Tae-young wants the Court of Arbitration for Sport to change the results and move him from third place to first because of a scoring error.

Etc.

RUNNING: The second annual Mason Golden Fall Mini Marathon at Corwin Nixon Park, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Road, is Oct. 31 at 7:30 a.m. It will be raced at the 15K (9.3 miles) course along the Tylersville bike/hike path, to the Golf Center and ATP Tennis Center, finishing with a loop around Pine Hills Lake. A 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk is also available. For more information, contact Jeff Vaught at (513) 752-9720 or e-mail mvaught1@cinci.rr.com.

FIGURE SKATING: Sasha Cohen won't defend her title at Skate America this weekend, withdrawing because of a back problem that doctors believe might be related to her season-ending injury four years ago.

GOLF: LPGA Tour rookie Isabelle Beisiegel, 25, shot a 12-over 84 in the first round of a regional PGA Tour qualifying tournament at LaQuinta, Calif. She is trying to become the first woman to earn a spot on the men's tour.

TRACK: Two-time Olympic gold medalist Alvin Harrison accepted a four-year suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for drug violations uncovered in the BALCO case.

Local colleges

Women's field hockey

Goals: I-Meeuwn 2; M-Florence. Records: IU 9-6 (0-4 Big Ten); MU 5-11 (0-7 MAC).

Women's golf

Team Standings: 1. Western Carolina 291, 2. Murray State 297, 3. Xavier 299, t4. East Tennessee State 301, t4. Tennessee Tech 301, 6. Elon 303, 7. William & Mary 306, 8. Gardner-Webb 308, 9. Eastern Kentucky 309, 10. Longwood 310, 11. Samford 311, 12. Appalachian State 313, 13. Cincinnati 316, t14. Western Kentucky 318, t14. South Alabama 318, t14. Austin Peay 318, 17. Lipscomb 320, 18. Wofford 322, 19. Belmont 324, 20. Dayton 325, 21. High Point 326, 22. Loyola 330, 23. Evansville 351, 24. Mobile 354

Xavier Individuals: T2 Taita Jreige 72; T5 Sarah Sparks 73; T32 Kara Manis 77; T32 Kathleen Hardy 77; T55 Abby Fowler 79.

Women's soccer

Goals: MSJ- Pfiester 2, Lusk, Spradlin; A-Sprinkle, Ferguson 2. Records: MSJ 6-5-3 (3-0-1), AU 6-8-1 (1-4-0).

Volleyball

UC Clermont (11-5, 5-3 ORCC) d. OU-Hamilton (8-6, 3-5 ORCC) 30-17, 30-18, 25-30, 30-28

Cincinnati (15-7) d. Wright State (3-17) 30-22, 30-23, 23-30, 30-25