La Verne girls survive in World Series
The La Verne all-star team beat the Northwest Region champion from Issaquah, Wash., 7-1, Thursday, earning the right to play another game at the Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, N.C.
La Verne, the West Region champion, broke a 1-1 tie with six runs in the sixth and final inning. La Verne took advantage of two errors and an intentional walk in the rally.
Laney Sweeney hit into a fielder’s choice to drive in the tie-breaking run for La Verne. Sofia Ayaberrano hit into another fielder’s choice, scoring another run. Zoey Coburn followed with a pinch-hit, two-run single to break the game open.
Katie Coldiron pitched a complete game for La Verne, allowing three hits and striking out four.
La Verne will play at 7a.m. (PT) today against host North Carolina, which beat Latin America on Thursday, 8-0. La Verne beat North Carolina in its opening game, 9-2.
Ballymena, United Kingdom a-Galgrom Castle (Host Course) 6,621 yards; Par: b-Massereene
6,507 yards; Par:
Purse:
First round
W
73
72 $1.5 million
Amanda Doherty ............... 34a-33a—67 -6 Lauren Coughlin ................ 35b-32b—67 -5 Emily Pedersen .................. 33b-34b—67 -5 Georgia Hall ....................... 33a-35a—68 -5 Leona Maguire ................... 35a-33a—68 -5 Janie Jackson ..................... 34b-34b—68 -4 Lee-Anne Pace ................... 33b-35b—68 -4 Rosie Davies ....................... 36a-33a—69 -4 Manon De Roey .................. 35a-34a—69 -4 Cara Gainer ........................ 35a-34a—69 -4 Kaitlyn Papp ....................... 33a-36a—69 -4 ChristineWolf .................... 34a-35a—69-4 Maja Stark .......................... 35b-34b—69 -3 Carmen Alonso .................. 34a-36a—70 -3 Peiyun Chien ....................... 39a-31a—70 -3 Daniela Darquea ................. 37a-33a—70 -3 Gemma Dryburgh .............. 35a-35a—70 -3 Kristen Gillman ................... 35a-35a—70 -3 Linn Grant ........................... 34a-36a—70 -3 Jessica Karlsson ................. 35a-35a—70 -3 Meghan MacLaren ............. 35a-35a—70 -3 Elizabeth Nagel .................. 37a-33a—70 -3 Anne Van Dam .................... 35a-35a—70 -3 Liz Young ............................ 36a-34a—70 -3 Lauren Stephenson ......... 36b-34b—70 -2 Linnea Johansson .............. 35a-36a—71 -2 Stephanie Kyriacou ........... 35a-36a—71 -2
Thursday’s results
N.Y. Giants 23, New England 21 Baltimore 23, Tennessee 10
Today’s games
Atlanta at Detroit, 3 p.m.
Cleveland at Jacksonville, 4 p.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Carolina at Washington, 10 a.m.
MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE
LAFC
Austin FC Dallas Minnesota Salt Lake Nashville Portland Seattle Galaxy Colorado Vancouver Houston San Jose Kansas City
W
16 13 9 10 9 8 7 10 9 8 8 7 5 6
L
4 5 7 9 8 8 6 12 11 9 10 13 10 14
T Pts GF GA
3 6 9 5 7 9 12 2 3 6 6 4 9 5 51 45 36 35 34 33 33 32 30 30 30 25 24 23 48 50 34 38 31 33 41 31 32 34 27 29 39 23
MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE
Philadelphia 12 NYFC 12 CF Montréal 12
L
3 5 8 24 31 27 34 33 34 37 29 32 36 39 39 49 44
T Pts GF GA
9 6 4 45 42 40 41 43 40 18 24 39
Ballymena, United Kingdom a-Galgrom Castle (Host Course) 7,151 yards; Par: 70 b-Massereene
6,817 yards; Par:
Purse:
First Round
70 $1.5 million
Ewen Ferguson .................. 31a-30a—61 -9 RichardBland .................... 31b-34b—65-5 Felix Palson ........................ 33b-32b—65 -5 Borja Virto Astudillo ......... 32b-33b—65 -5 Thomas Aiken .................... 33b-33b—66 -4 Filippo Celli ........................ 32b-34b—66 -4 Ryan Evans ......................... 31a-35a—66 -4 Calum Fyfe ......................... 31a-35a—66 -4 Sebastian Rodriguez ........ 33b-33b—66 -4 Wilco Nienaber .................. 33b-33b—66 -4 Robin Petersson ................ 31b-35b—66 -4 Adrien Saddier ................... 33a-33a—66 -4 Connor Syme ..................... 33a-33a—66 -4 Santiago Tarrio .................. 34b-32b—66 -4 Dale Whitnell ..................... 33b-33b—66 -4
Kansas City at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Miami at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Denver, 6 p.m.
Rams at Chargers, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Minnesota at Las Vegas, 1:25 p.m.
NY R. Bulls 10 7 7 37 38 Columbus 8 6 9 33 31 Cincinnati 8 8 8 32 40 Chicago 8 10 6 30 27 Orlando 8 10 6 30 27 Inter Miami 8 10 6 30 29 N. England 7 7 9 30 35 Charlotte FC 9 13 2 29 30 Atlanta 7 9 7 28 31 Toronto 7 12 5 26 34 D.C. United 6 13 4 22 28
Three points for win, one for tie.
Note:
Saturday’s matches
30 26 43 30 36 39 34 34 34 42 47
Orlando City at New York, 3 p.m.
Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.
D.C. United at New England, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.
NYFC at Miami, 5 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Austin FC, 6 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 6 p.m.
San Jose at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.
CF Montréal at Houston, 6 p.m. Vancouver at LA Galaxy, 7 p.m.
Charlotte FC at LAFC, 7:30 p.m.
A.Thomas 5-7 1-1 11, Bonner 4-6 1-1 10, J.Jones 8-12 2-2 21, Hiedeman 5-8 1-1 13, Williams 2-7 2-2 6, B.Jones 6-11 2-2 14, Holmes 2-5 0-0 5, Carrington 4-9 0-0 8, Clouden 0-2 2-2 2, Sims 2-8 2-2 7.
38-75 13-13 97.
SPARKS (71) Connecticut Sparks
3-Point Goals:
Rebounds:
NWSL
Total fouls: A:
Sunday’s matches
Minnesota at Nashville, 6 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Seattle, 7 p.m.
W
Today’s match
D Note:
Wednesday’s result
Portland 2, Washington 1
Louisville at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Totals
N.Ogwumike 8-15 0-0 16, Samuelson 2-8 0-0 6, Nelson-Ododa 1-2 0-0 2, Canada 5-6 5-5 15, Sykes 6-17 6-9 18, Walker 0-2 0-0 0, C.Ogwumike 1-1 0-0 3, Brown 2-6 0-0 6, Smith 2-2 0-0 5.
Totals 27-59 11-14 71.
27 26 25 19 — 17 15 24 15 —
Assists:
L GF GA Pts
Portland 7 1 7 28 36 San Diego 7 4 4 25 21 Houston 7 4 3 24 26 Chicago 6 3 5 23 22 Kansas City 6 4 4 22 16 OL Reign 5 4 6 21 16 Angel City 5 5 3 18 14 Orlando 3 5 6 15 16 Louisville 2 6 7 13 16 Gotham FC 4 8 0 12 9 Washington 1 6 9 12 16 No. Carolina 2 5 4 10 20
Three points for win, one for tie.
97 71
Connecticut 8-19 (J.Jones 3-4, Hiedeman 2-3, Holmes 1-2, Sims 1-2, Bonner 1-3, Clouden 0-1, Carrington 0-2, Williams 0-2), Sparks 6-15 (Brown 2-4, Samuelson 2-6, C.Ogwumike 1-1, Smith 1-1, N.Ogwumike 0-1, Sykes 0-1, Walker 0-1); Connecticut 40 (J.Jones 10), Sparks 23 (Sykes 7); Connecticut 21 (A.Thomas 7), Los Angeles 15 (Canada 6); Connecticut 17, Sparks 15; 5,789 (18,997). 15 13 17 17 17 14 16 30 22 24 21 22