Phoenix Rising FC posts home victory in front of sellout crowd

Phoenix Rising FC (2-2) came out shooting early with three goals in the first half and held on for a 4-3 win over the Swope Park Rangers in front of a sellout crowd of 7,162 in Scottsdale on Sunday night.

U.S. tops Czech Republic, advances to Fed Cup final

CoCo Vandeweghe and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Kristyna Pliskova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-3 Sunday to send the United States to its first Fed Cup final in seven years with a 3-2 semifinal victory over three-time defending champion Czech Republic.

The Americans will face Belarus, which won its semifinal against Switzerland, for the championship Nov. 11- 12.

Vandeweghe won her singles match for the second straight day, giving the U.S. a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. Marketa Vondrousova kept the Czech Republic’s hopes alive by defeating Lauren Davis 6-2, 7-5 in Sunday’s other singles match at Saddlebrook Resort.

Vandeweghe and Mattek-Sands won the decisive doubles match in one hour, 21 minutes.

Pritchett wins Top Fuel, Capps takes Funny Car final in NHRA event in Texas

Leah Pritchett powered her dragster to her fourth career Top Fuel victory Sunday at the 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway.

Pritchett used a 3.781-second pass at 321.96 mph to defeat Steve Torrence, who ran a 3.787 at 322.11, and win for the third time this season. Pritchett also leads the Top Fuel points standings with 494, ahead of Antron Brown (440) and Tony Schumacher (438). Ron Capps, the defending Funny Car champion, won for the first time this season when he outran Robert Hight with a 4.004 pass at 284.33 in his Dodge Charger R/T. Bo Butner earned his first career Pro Stock win.