U.S. Soccer honors Morgan

Alex Morgan has been named U.S. Soccer’s female player of the year for a second time after leading the national team with 18 goals in 19 games and helping it earn a spot in the World Cup next year in France.

Defender Tierna Davidson, who started in her first nine national team appearances, was named young player of the year, U.S. Soccer announced Friday. The 19-year-old’s college season at Stanford was cut short when she broke an ankle in September.

Morgan scored seven of her goals during the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament this fall to earn the Golden Boot. The U.S. won the tournament and earned a spot in the World Cup. Morgan also has three assists and has logged 1,500 minutes this year, most of any player on the team.

Morgan, 29, also earned the player of the year honor in 2012.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

The Wisconsin Badgers advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament by scoring a dominating 25-13, 25-16, 25-10 victory over San Diego in a regional semifinal on Friday afternoon in Champaign, Illinois.

Sophomore Dana Rettke paced a balanced attack for the sixth-seeded Badgers (25-6) with nine kills.

Illinois 3, Marquette 0: Marquette (28-7), which reached the round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, fell, 19-25, 21-25, 16-25, to No. 3 seed and regional host Illinois.

The Illini (31-3) will host Wisconsin in a regional final at 3 p.m. Saturday.

HOCKEY

Goalie Landon Bow stopped 31 shots to help the Texas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals in Cedar Park, Texas. Matt Donovan’s shot to tie with 1 second left hit the crossbar.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

The UW-Milwaukee women’s team used an 11-0 late in the first half to take control in a 64-46 win over North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D. Megan Walstad led the way for UWM (4-5) with 15 points.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Georgia Tech hired Temple coach Geoff Collins on Friday, choosing a Georgia native with a background in defense to replace Paul Johnson as the Yellow Jackets coach. Collins, 47, was 15-10 in two seasons at Temple.