Enquirer staff and wire reports

Vijay Singh made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Chrysler Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., the PGA Tour's final full-field tournament of the year. Singh recovered from two early bogeys for a 4-under 67 and led at 12-under 201, one shot better than Tommy Armour III. Singh has won five times in seven starts, and he has won 10 straight tournaments when at least sharing the 54-hole lead. A victory today would be his ninth of the season and make him the first $10 million winner in golf.

NATIONWIDE TOUR: Oak Hills High graduate Brett Wetterich was tied for fourth at 10-under 206 after 54 holes, two strokes behind co-leaders Nick Watney and Justin Bolli.

LPGA TOUR: Kate Golden rolled in a long eagle putt on 18 for a bogey-free 8-under 64 and shared the lead with Grace Park after two rounds of the CJ Nine Bridges Classic in South Korea.

Tennis

STOCKHOLM OPEN: Top-seeded Andre Agassi reached the final for the first time, edging Tommy Haas 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) and advancing to the title match against Thomas Johansson. Johansson, a former Australian Open champion, beat 19-year-old countryman Michael Ryderstedt 6-3, 6-2.

SWISS INDOORS: David Nalbandian beat injured Olympic champion Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-4 to reach his third straight Swiss Indoors final in Basel, setting up a title match against Jiri Novak and keeping alive his bid for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup.

Novak defeated Stefan Koubek in the other semifinal, sweeping 11 straight games in a 6-4, 6-0 victory.

GENERALI LADIES: Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo defeated Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the final against Elena Bovina in Linz, Austria. Ninth-seeded Bovina defeated fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3).

Pro basketball

PACERS: Reggie Miller's broken left hand is worse than initial examinations revealed, and the guard is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Miller injured his non-shooting hand in Indiana's preseason finale against Denver on Friday night. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said after the game that he was told Miller would miss four to six weeks.

NETS: Center Jason Collins signed a four-year, $24 million contract extension through the 2008-09 season.

Hockey

AHL DUCKS WIN: Frederic Cassivi made36 saves to help lead the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Wolves Saturday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.

Curtis Glencross, Joffrey Lupul, Stanislav Chistov and Joel Stepp scored for the Ducks, who improved to 3-1-0-0 on the road. Cassivi, who spent the past three seasons with Chicago, won his first game as a Duck (1-1-0).

MIAMI LOSES AGAIN: The woes continued for No. 10 Miami (4-4-0) as the RedHawks dropped their fourth in a row, losing 4-3 to St. Lawrence in Canton, N.Y.

Horse racing

KEENELAND: Midway Road scored a nose victory in the $161,250 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland. The Grade III race for 3-year-olds and up concluded Keeneland's 17-day fall meet. Midway Road, 4, with Calvin Borel riding, was racing close with Total Impact down the stretch, but Midway Road stretched to take the race by a nose.

Midway Road, trained by Neil Howard, added the Fayette to a win at Keeneland in the Grade III Ben Ali Stakes.

Attendance for the 17-day meeting totaled 227,620, second-highest total for autumn.

Local Colleges

Volleyball

Xavier (14-9, 8-2 A-10) d. Rhode Island (8-14, 3-7) 24-30, 26-30, 30-22, 30-23, 15-13.

Northern Kentucky (19-8, 12-3 GLVC) d. Saint Joseph's (12-19, 7-8 GLVC), 30-23, 30-21, 27-30, 30-23.

Thomas More d. East Texas Baptist 30-14, 30-21, 30-17.

Thomas More (17-19) d. No. 20 Southwestern 30-24, 30-32, 30-22, 24-30, 15-12.

Miami (7-14, 5-7 MAC) d. Central Michigan (6-18, 3-10) 30-25, 30-21, 30-24.

Cincinnati (18-8, 8-2 CUSA) d. Tulane (13-7, 4-5) 30-19, 30-20, 26-30, 30-26.

Centre College Tournament

Mount St. Joseph (26-3) d. Roanoke 30-18, 30-22, 30-23.

Mount St. Joseph (27-3) d. East Texas Baptist 30-15, 30-18, 31-29.

At Newark, Ohio

OSU-Newark (20-2) d. UC-Clermont (12-6) 30-22, 21-30, 30-22, 30-17.

Cincinnati (17-8, 7-2 CUSA) d. Southern Miss (5-17, 0-8) 30-26, 30-17, 25-30, 30-16.

Women's soccer

Mount St. Joseph 6, Bluffton University 0

Goals - MSJ: Spradlin (3), Sullivan, Reuscher, Lusk. Shutout: Gray and Hauck (0 saves). Records: MSJ 7-6-4, 4-1-2 HCAC; BU 5-11, 0-7.

Men's soccer

Goals: TM - Reardon 2, Paff; Winning goalie: Sabin. Records: 8-11-1.

Hockey

St. Lawrence 4, Miami 3

Goals: SL - Page, Bagnall, Trevelyan, Zeiler; MU - Hustead, Michael, Pomaranski. Goaltenders: SL - McKenna (25 saves); Crawford West (36 saves, 4-3-0). Records: MU 4-4-0.

Men's cross country

Mount St. Joseph (7th place team): 49. Bob Hammergren 32:20; 63. Dan Hammergren 35:31; 64. Paul Brousseau 40:47; 65. Ryan McGowan 44:38; 66. Joe Campologno dnf.

Team scores: 1. La Salle 24; 2. Duquesne 57; 3. Xavier 106; 4. Richmond 143; 5. UMass 146; 6. Fordham 159; 7. Dayton 176; 8. Saint Joseph's 193; 9. Rhode Island 219; 10. George Washington 259; 11. St. Bonaventure 354.

Xavier runners: 12. Paul Staudigel 26:21; 17. Ben Milroy 26:47; 19. Tony Matheus 26:51; 23. Chris Tieke 26:58; 35. Dan Cihal 27:32; 42. Drew Lamaster 27:49; 55. Patrick Quinn 28:21.

At Miami

Top team scores: 1. Central Michigan 31; 2. Miami 57; 3. Kent State 86; 4. Ohio 107; 5. Eastern Michigan 116.

Miami runners: 2. David Mitchell 24:54.70; 4. Chris Swisher 25:03.65; 6. Jerry Claunch 25:22.85; 22. Dan Huling 26:11.90; 23. Steve Schilling 26:15.80.

Women's cross country

At Defiance, Ohio

Mount St. Joseph (no team score): 22. Jessica Biederbender 24:29; 39. Chrissy Kirchner 25:32; 48. Allison Reid 26:30; 65. Jill Kretchmer 29:00.

Team scores: 1. La Salle 35; 2. Richmond 61; 3. Rhode Island 89; 4. Duquesne 125; 5. Umass 161; 6. Saint Joseph's 168; 7. Xavier 172; 8. George Washington 186; 9. Dayton 212; 10. Fordham 250; 11. St. Bonaventure 351.

Xavier runners: 24. Kristin Hoff 19:06; 25. Kelly Sraj 19:08; 34. Amanda Brown 19:26;38. Joanna Gruber 19:29; 51. Megan Uhl 19:54; 58. Heather Fry 20:05; 62. Emily Mertz 20:15.

At Miami

Top team scores: 1. Kent State 84; 2. Ball State 86; 3. Akron 106; 4. Buffalo 109; 5. Toledo 124; 6. Miami 134; 7. Bowling Green 140.

Miami runners: 7. Carol Eckerly 18:30.20; 19. Jennie Stoll 18:56.00; 29. Kristen Proach 19:07.60; 36. Tricia Frisella 19:17.10; 43. Sarah Henize 19:28.50.

Women's field hockey

Louisville 2, Miami 1

Goals: L - Avila, Javelet; M - Von Kalinowski. Winning Goalkeeper: Heller (2 saves). Records: L 10-9, 8-2 MAC; M 6-13, 1-9 MAC.

Football

Mount St. Joseph 25, Bluffton 13

Bluffton	7	6	0	0	-- 13
Mount St. Joseph	3	7	0	15	-- 25

1st quarter

B: Dodds 8 run (Burkholder kick) 7:11

MSJ: Koch 35 field goal, 2:09

2nd quarter

B: Burkholder 47 field goal, 12:43

B: Burkholder 48 field goal, 8:25

MSJ: Lovell 80 run (Riga kick), 8:06

4th quarter

MSJ: Lovell 1 run (Riga kick), 14:57

MSJ: Wellendorf 17 pass from Hamrock (Riga kick), 11:27

MSJ: Team safety, 7:39

RUSHING: MSJ - Lovell 20-164-2, Story 22-119, Hornsby 7-20; B - Dodds 15-86. PASSING: MSJ - Hamrock 21-8-1-62-1; B - Koontz 17-6-1-71-0. RECEIVING: MSJ - Wellendorf 3-33-1. B - Gable 5-66.

Drake 13, Dayton 6

Drake	7	3	3	0	-- 13
Dayton	0	3	0	3	-- 6

1st quarter

DU: Bialas 1 run (McGlade kick), 0:32

2nd quarter

DU: McGlade 26 field goal, 6:23

UD: Resch 28 field goals, 0:00

3rd quarter

DU: McGlade 25 field goal, 7:20

4th quarter

UD: Resch 29 field goal, 14:08

RUSHING: DU - Phaydavong 16-87, Bialas 16-51-1; UD - Hoyng 10-36. PASSING: DU - Jostes 17-9-2-101-0; UD - Staley 17-8-0-124-33, Hoyng 7-1-0-10-0. RECEIVING: DU - Moroni 3-25; UD Wrobleski 3-52, O'Dell 2-40.

Maryville 28, Thomas More 26

Maryville	0	14	0	14	- 28
Thomas More	7	0	7	12	- 26

1st quarter

TMC: Thompson 20 run (Sheeley kick), 9:32

2nd quarter

M: Dobbs 15 run (Pesterfield kick), 12:00

M: Payne 2 run (Pesterfield kick), 2:43

3rd quarter

TMC: Thompson 32 run (Sheeley kick)

4th quarter

M: Thackston 25 pass from Dobbs (Pesterfield kick), 14:54

TMC: Thompson 2 run (Kick blocked), 11:02

M: Payen 33 run (Pesterfield kick), 7:51

TMC: Rieck 57 pass from Berkley (Berkley pass failed), 0:00

RUSHING: M - Payne 16-65, Foster 14-36; TMC - Thompson 26-170; Woodie 2-14. PASSING: M - Dobbs 3-5-0-75-1; TMC - Berkley 7-22-3-111-1. RECEIVING: M - Jackson 1-47; TMC - Rieck 2-77.