Connecticut & Notre Dame in NCAA ‘title’ showdown again

Maryland, South Carolina fall

TAMPA, Fla, April 6, (AP): All season it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Connecticut would play for another women’s national championship. It wasn’t as clear cut for Huskies nemesis Notre Dame. Blackman replaces McEnroe: Martin Blackman, a former ATP player who founded his own tennis academy in 2011, was named Monday to replace Pat McEnroe as the US Tennis Association player development general manager.

Blackman will oversee the player development arm of the governing body with a mission to find and train the next generation of American tennis stars, including overseeing a new USTA facility near Orlando, Florida.

McEnroe, who had the job since 2008, had been Blackman’s boss before he departed to form his own academy in Boca Raton, where he now resides.

“I am confident he is the right person at the right time to continue to lead USTA player development in the right direction moving forward,” said USTA chairman Katrina Adams. (AFP) Players subjected to abuse: AC Milan youth players were allegedly subjected to racist abuse during a tournament in Italy over the weekend, the Serie A club said on Monday. The incidents occurred during a quarter-final match against Paris St Germain.

Kathryn Westbeld #33 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Alaina Coates #41 of the South Carolina Gamecocks vie for a rebound in the second half during the NCAA Women’s Final Four semifinal at Amalie Arena on April 5, in Tampa, Florida. (AFP)