Terps field hockey beats UConn in OT, advances to final four
The second-seeded Maryland field hockey team beat No. 5 seed Connecticut, 2-1, in overtime Sunday to advance to the NCAA final four next weekend in Louisville. Sophomore Hannah Bond made a save three minutes into overtime before junior Madison Maguire scored the game-winner with 3:03 left to send Maryland(21-2) to its19th final four andsecond straight. The Huskies (19-4) struck first when Abby Gooderhamscored in the 24th minute off a penalty corner. Maryland answered two minutes later when freshman Bibi Donraadt deflected in a long hit into the circle from sophomore Bodil Keus. The Terps will take on third-seeded Princeton (15-4) in the semifinals Friday at 3:45 p.m. at Louisville’s Trager Stadium. Top-seeded North Carolina will play Wake Forest in the first semifinal at 1 p.m. MORE FIELD HOCKEY: Johns Hopkins beat topranked and previously unbeaten Messiah, 3-2, in double overtime in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. Grace Hillman scored with under two minutes remaining in the second extra period on a pass from Maddie Brown-Scherer to lift the Blue Jays, who will face Tufts in the national semifinals Saturday at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim, Pa. ... Salisbury fell to Tufts in a shootout in the third round of the NCAA tournament after the game went scoreless for 90 minutes. Each team made two of their first five tries in the shootout before Fallon Shaughnessy was able to convert on the first extra try for the Jumbos. MEN’S SOCCER: Messiah scored once in each half to earn a 2-0 victory over Johns Hopkins in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. WOMEN’SSOCCER: McDaniel scored 1:31 into the game en route to a 3-0 win over Pfeiffer in the quarterfinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. McDaniel will play either FDU-Florham or Widener in the second semifinal onSaturday at 2p.m.... Johns Hopkins fell to Misericordia, 1-0, on a late second-half goal in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. FOOTBALL: Bowie State received a berth into the NCAA Division II Super Region 2 playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Bulldogs (9-2) will host West Alabama (8-3) on Saturday at a time to be announced. ... Stevenson (8-2, 7-1 Middle Atlantic Conference) earned the top seed in the Centennial-
Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, helping his Mercedes team take the Formula One constructors’ title for the fifth straight year. It was the 10th victory of the season for Hamilton, who already had clinched his fifth career F1 title Oct. 28.
Louisville fired coach Bobby Petrino. The Cardinals (2-8) suffered their seventh-straight loss Saturday, falling 54-23 to No. 12 Syracuse. It was the fifth time this season Louisville allowed 50 points or more. Petrino, 57, was 77-35 in two stints with the Cardinals, including 36-26 since returning in 2014. Safeties coach Lorenzo Ward, 51, will serve as interim coach. ... A day after Northwestern clinched its first Big Ten West division title and a berth in the Big Ten championship game, the Wildcats entered The Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time this season at No. 24.
Matt Kuchar shot a 2-under 69 to secure a one-shot victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Kuchar, 40, who began the final round with a four-shot lead, finished at 22-under 262 to break the tournament record by a stroke and earn the eighth PGA Tour title of his career and first in 41⁄ years. Danny Lee (65) was second. ... Former world No. 1 Lee Westwood came from behind to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. Westwood, 45, fired a final-round 8-under 64 to overtake Sergio Garcia (70) and win by three strokes. It was the 24th European Tour title and first in more than four years for Westwood. ... Vijay Singh shot a final-round 10-under 61 to win the season-ending PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup Championship in MAC Bowl Series and will travel to the Centennial Conference’s top seed, Susquehanna (7-3, 6-3 Centennial), on Saturday. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Loyola Maryland beat Colgate, 25-21, 18-25, 25-23, 25-13, to clinch its first bid to the Patriot League championships since joining the conference for the 2013 season The Greyhounds (14-15, 9-7 Patriot) will be the No. 3 seed in the championships and play Navy (21-8, 13-3) in the semifinals Saturday at American University. MEN’S CROSSCOUNTRY: Johns Hopkins earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III championships Saturday in Oshkosh, Wisc., after finishing third at the Mideast regionals. WRESTLING: Navy’s Nicholas Gil went 5-0 to capture the title at 141 pounds at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open in Vestal, N.Y. Phoenix. Bernhard Langer, who was 13th, won the $1 million bonus for the fifth time.
La Liga leader and defending champ Barcelona fell to Real Betis 4-3. It ended an unbeaten streak of 42 home league matches stretching back more than two years. Barca leads the standings by one point. ... English Premier League leader and defending champ Manchester City remained unbeaten and two points clear of second-place Liverpool with a 3-1 win over Manchester United. Liverpool and thirdplace Chlesea also are unbeaten in EPLplay. ... Atlanta United won its first playoff series in franchise history, knocking off New York City FC, 3-1, in the MLSEastern Conference semifinals. Atlanta will face the New York Red Bulls, who beat the Columbus Crew, 3-0, in the finals. In the Western semis, Kansas City beat Real Salt Lake for Sporting’s first playoff win in five years and will face the Portland Timbers in the finals.
No. 2 seed Roger Federer suffered a 7-6 (4), 6-3 loss to No. 7 seed Kei Nishikori in a round-robin match at the ATP Finals in London. It was Federer’s first openingmatch loss at the season-ending event since 2013. ... The Czech Republic stayed perfect in Fed Cup finals appearances, securing a sixth title with a win over the U.S. in Prague.
Former BYU star and NBA player Jimmer Fredette scored 75 points in the Shanghai Sharks’ 137-136 loss to host Beikong in a Chinese Basketball Association game. ... Yadier Molina had three hits, including a three-run HR, to lead the MLB All-Stars over Japan 7-3 in Tokyo for their first win of the six-game exhibition series after a pair of losses.