Enquirer staff and wire reports

Michael Holmqvist scored the deciding goal in the AHL overtime shootout to give the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks a 2-1 victory over the Rochester Americans Sunday at Cincinnati Gardens.

Kurtis Foster scored a power-play goal for Cincinnati, which improved its record to 4-1-0-0.

Ilya Bryzgalov raised his record to 4-0-0 with 38 saves, including five stops in OT.

Chris Taylor scored for Rochester. Former Duck and Ohio State product Tom Askey had 28 saves in defeat.

The Ducks host San Antonio at 7:35p.m. Friday.

Rochester	1	0	0	00-1
Cincinnati	1	0	0	01- 2

First period: 1. Cin, Foster 2 (Perrault, Kunitz), 9:56 (ppg). 2. Roc, Taylor 1 (Botterill, Pominville), 19:58 (ppg).

Shootout: Cin (Holmqvist GWG).

Shots on goal: Roc 10-12-12-5=39; Cin 8-13-6-3=30. Power play opportunities: Roc 1-for-8; Cin 1-for-6. Goaltenders: Roc, Askey (29 shots, 28 saves; record 0-1-0); Cin, Bryzgalov (39-38; 4-0-0). Attendance: 3,215.

Records: Roc 0-2-1-1; Cin 4-1-0-0

Tennis

MADRID MASTERS: Marat Safin defeated David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 to win the $3 million event and moved closer to locking up a berth in the season-ending Masters Cup in Houston next month. Safin earned $534,000 and 100 points, moving him ahead of Tim Henman into sixth in the battle for the eight spots in the Tennis Masters Cup. Nalbandian stayed in 10th place.

SWISSCOM CHALLENGE: Alicia Molik beat Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, snapping the Russian's 12-match winning streak for her third title.

Golf

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Mark McNulty got the big check. Hale Irwin got the big cup. Tom Kite got a big heartbreak. McNulty rallied from five strokes down in the final round, making five birdies in the last eight holes to beat Kite by one stroke at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Somona, Calif.

McNulty shot a 6-under 66 to finish at 11-under 277, matching the day's best round and sending Kite to two disheartening results at the season-ending event.

In addition to losing the $435,000 winner's prize to tour rookie McNulty, Kite lost a golden opportunity to steal the Schwab Cup, awarded to the points leader in a season-long competition at 30 tournaments.

Irwin, 59, also struggled, shooting 3 over to finish seventh at 284. But Irwin won his second Schwab Cup and a $1 million annuity with 3,427 points, beating Craig Stadler by 39.

PGA TOUR: Ryan Palmer birdied four straight holes and closed with a 10-under 62 to win the Funai Classic at Disney by three shots over Vijay Singh and Briny Baird. Palmer became the fifth PGA Tour rookie to win this year.

Figure skating

SKATE AMERICA: World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina was released from the hospital, a day after suffering a concussion in a fall during the free skating program in Pittsburgh. Horse racing

KEENELAND: German-born Humaita, ridden by Robby Albarado, edged Aud by a nose to win Sunday's featured $150,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes for older fillies and mares.

CANADIAN INT.: Sulamani, ridden by Frankie Dettori, overtook Simonas down the stretch, then cruised to a 1 1/2-length victory at the $1.5 million turn race at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack.

The win was the ninth in 17 career starts for Sulamani and the $900,000 winner's share boosted his career earnings to over $5 million.

Afterward, Simon Crisford, the racing manager for Godolphin, the international stable that owns Sulamani, said retirement is a real possibility for the prized 5-year-old. Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum and Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum are Godolphin's principle owners.

Boxing

CHAVEZ JR. WINS: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. improved to 12-0 late Saturday, stopping Mike Walker 2:21 into their lightweight fight. Referee Bobby Ferrara stopped the fight when Walker was knocked down for the third time in front of 2,525 people mostly supporting Chavez, the son of former six-time world champion Julio Cesar Chavez.

Colleges

CINCINNATI STATE: The sixth-ranked men's soccer team completed the first undefeated season in school history Sunday with a 6-0 defeat of Hiwassee (Tenn.) at Harrison Soccer Complex.

Omar Cummings, ranked seventh nationally with 58 points heading into the game, scored three goals for the Surge. Goalkeeper Andy Ortman notched his 10th shutout this season with two saves. The Surge (16-0-0) are the only undefeated Division I junior college. They play next weekend as the region's No. 1 seed in the NJCAA tournament in Michigan.

Colleen Kane

UC VOLLEYBALL: Saint Louis (11-13, 4-5 C-USA) snapped the Bearcats' 23-match home-court winning streak, third-longest active string in the nation, 30-28, 26-30, 22-30, 30-27, 15-13. UC is 16-8, 6-2 in league play.

Local Colleges

Volleyball

St. Louis (11-13, 4-5 CUSA) d. Cincinnati (16-8, 6-2)30-28, 26-30, 22-30, 30-27, 15-13.

Men's soccer

No. 6 Cincinnati State 6, Hiwassee 0

Goals: CS - Cummings 3, Helton, Causevic, Blankenship. Shutout: Ortman (2 saves). Record: CS - 16-0-0.

Xavier 3, Richmond 2 (OT)

Goals: XU - Gunnarson, Cummings, Frasher; R - Vint, Thomas. Winning goalkeeper: Schaeper (5 saves). Records: XU 5-10-1 (3-4-1 A-10), R 2-11-1 (1-6-1).

Cincinnati 6, Bowling Green 0

Goals: Hughes 2, Henderson, Patrick, Jackson, Hassman. Shutout: Vessells (5 saves). Records: BG 0-16-0, UC 6-7-2.

Women's soccer

Richmond 2, Xavier 0

Goals: R - Prince 2. Shutout: Kolker (6 saves). Records: R 8-6-1 (6-2-0 A-10); XU 5-11-1 (4-4-1).

Miami 3, Central Michigan 1

Goals: MU - Swinehart 3; CM - Jandasek. Records: MU - 7-8-2 (5-4-2 MAC), CM - 8-6-3 (6-3-3).

Charlotte 1, Cincinnati 0

Goals: Beam. Shutout: Huffman (3 saves). Records: Charl 4-11-2. (4-3-2 CUSA); Cinci 4-12-0 (1-7-0).

Women's tennis

Bloomington, Ind.

Teams Participating - Ball State, Indiana, Toledo, Western Michigan and Xavier.

Clary (XU) d. Williams (IU) 6-0, 6-7 (7), 1-0 (10); Zeder (IU) d. Bauer (XU) 6-2, 6-1; 2. Vilines (XU) d. VanderMolen (UT) 6-0, 6-0; Gesellchen (IU) d. Lohner (XU) 1-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10); Calderwood (BSU) d. Papa (XU) 6-2, 6-0; Diedalis (XU) d. Horning (UT) 6-2, 6-2; Owens (BSU) d. Potts (XU) 6-0, 6-2.