Dixon no longer enrolled at USC

USC tight end Bryce Dixon, who was suspended from spring practice because of an unspecified student-conduct issue, is no longer enrolled at the university, the school announced.

— Gary Klein

Waiting through four weather delays and facing a 3-0 deficit, 16thseeded UCLA (17-10) nearly completed a major comeback against top-ranked Oklahoma (27-2) before falling to the Sooners, 4-3, in an NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships round of 16 match that ended nearly six hours after it started at Waco, Texas.

Seventh-seeded USC (25-4) defeated No. 10 Duke (24-7), 4-0, and will play second-seeded Baylor on Saturday.

In women’s NCAA playoff action at Waco, UCLA (20-4) meets Texas A&M (17-5) in round of 16 matches on Friday at 7 a.m. and top-seeded USC (23-2) faces Texas Tech (21-6) at 5 p.m. The winners advance to the quarterfinals on Sunday.

Freshman Sean Crocker claimed a share of first with a sixunder 66 — which included six consecutive birdies to close his round — while sophomore Rico Hoey fired a three-under 69 to lead the No. 14 USC men’s golf team to a tie for second place after the first round of the NCAA Regional at the Olympic Course at Gold Mountain in Bremerton, Wash.

USC finished with a sevenunder 281.

France’s Joanna Klatten had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a six-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va.

Jeff Maggert birdied three of the final four holes for a five-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Kevin Sutherland after the first round of the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek in Birmingham, Ala.