Florida 8, Texas A&M 0:
Constance Quinn scored the winning run on an obstruction call as LSU (4920) defeated UCLA (47-14) 2-1 Thursday in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
The game was tied 1-1 in the fifth inning when Quinn scored on a single by Amber Serrett. Quinn was tagged out before the obstruction call against UCLA catcher Paige Halstead. Kelly Barnhill gave up three hits and struck out five in four innings as top-seeded Flor- ida (56-8) rolled past Texas A&M (47-12) in five innings.
Washington 3, Oregon 1:
Kirstyn Thomas’ two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning lifted the Huskies (49-12) past the Ducks (52-7).
College football:
Longtime Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer and former Texas coach Mack Brown, along with former players Charles Woodson, Ed Reed and Calvin Johnson, are among those making their first appearance on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot. The class will be announced Jan. 8 in Atlanta, site of the CFP title game.
Josh Sargent, 17, tied the American scoring record with his fourth goal at the Under-20 World Cup as the U.S. team routed New Zealand 6-0 at Incheon, South Korea, and advanced to a quarterfinal Sunday against Venezuela.
Soccer:
A good NASHVILLE, TENN. — night’s sleep has P.K. Subban more confident than ever about what the Nashville Predators will do on their own ice trailing the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final.
He delivered an All-Star guarantee for Saturday night.
“There’s no question,” Subban said Thursday. “We’re going to win the next game, and then we’ll move forward.”
Subban came very close to guaranteeing a win in the moments after Pittsburgh’s 4-1 win Wednesday night. The Penguins turned a 1-1 game into a rout by scoring three goals in the first 3:28 of the third period, forcing Nashville coach Peter Laviolette to pull star goaltender Pekka Rinne for rookie Juuse Saros.
On Thursday, the All-Star defenseman channeled Mark Messier, who backed up his own guarantee of a Rangers win against New Jersey in the 1994 Eastern Conference finals. Subban explained why he was so confident, noting the Predators know they deserve to be playing for the Stanley Cup.
“We’re capable of playing even better than we did in Pittsburgh, and I thought we played some great hockey,” Subban said. “I mean, out of 120 minutes, maybe we’d like to take back six of them. Ultimately, we have to be realistic with where we’re at. We’re down 2-nothing. We’re coming back in our barn, and we don’t lose here. So it starts Saturday.”
Laviolette gave no hint about whether Rinne will start Game 3, saying only that he will not talk about lineup changes. The Predators