Soures to play in All- Star game
Siena’s Mary Soures was selected to play in the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Senior All-star Game on Saturday at the USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Md.
Soures is one of six midfielders picked to play on the South Team in the Division I game at 2:30 p.m.
Soures became only the second Siena player in program history to eclipse the 200 careerpoint mark, totaling 220 in her career, and led the Saints with 43 goals this season. Joining Soures in the game will be Ualbany graduate Shonly Wallace. The attack from Mission, B.C., Canada had 51 goals for the Great Danes. Wallace also earned America East All-conference First-team and Alltournament honors for Ualbany this past season.
Stevens: Mazzulla will be back
BOSTON — After a season in which the Celtics fell one game short of a return to the NBA Finals, team president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said he sees a team in need of small tweaks, not massive disruption to the leadership or its young core.
“There was a lot that went right, and we can’t lose sight of that,” Stevens said Thursday during his seasonending news conference. “It’s not far. … It’s really hard to get in the mix. So, we just have to figure out how to be a little better.”
That will start at the top with coach Joe Mazzulla, who Stevens said will return after guiding the Celtics to 57 wins and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Andreeva advances at French
PARIS — Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women's main draw at the French Open since 2005.
The 143rd-ranked Andreeva’s 6-1, 6-2 victory over Diane Perry of France in 77 minutes on Thursday put her in the third round.
Next up will be a contest against 2022 French Open runner-up Coco Gauff, who beat Julia Grabher 6-2, 6-3.
Another qualifier made it to the third round when Kayla Day, a Californian ranked 138th, knocked out No. 20 Madison Keys 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
The exits by seeded women continued with Bernarda Pera defeating No. 22 Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, although No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 4 Elena Rybakina and No. 7 Ons Jabeur all advanced in straight sets.
The men’s bracket saw the departure of No. 8 Jannik Sinner with a wild 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 loss across nearly 51⁄2 hours against 79th-ranked Daniel Altmaier, and No. 18 Alex de Minaur was eliminated by Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
No. 4 Casper Ruud, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 15 Borna Coric all won.
Knight IIHF'S first female POY
Hilary Knight was the runaway leader in voting for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s first female player of the year award on Thursday, some six weeks after the 33-year-old captained the United States to win gold at the women’s world championship.
Kane has hip resurfacing surgery
Rangers’ impending free agent Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery Thursday and is expected to miss four to six months.
Bills sign veteran Brandon Shell
ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills added veteran depth to their offensive line by signing Brandon Shell to a one-year contract on Thursday.
US CONCACAF roster announced
CHICAGO — Striker Folarin Balogun was among 24 players picked by new U.S. interim coach B.J. Callaghan on Thursday for a training camp ahead of the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal and could make his national team debut against Mexico on June 15.