USC wins beach volleyball title

Twins Audrey and Nicole Nourse of USC beat the Bruins’ Haley Hallgren and Rileigh Powers 21-18, 19-21, 1511 to give the third-seeded Trojans a 3-2 win over topranked and No. 1 seed UCLA in the NCAA beach volleyball championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. The title is USC’s third in a row.

Jenna Johnson and Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope of USC (32-5) beat the Bruins’ Marlie Monserez and Jess Smith 22-20, 21-14 in Match 4, and in Match 2, USC’s Madison White and Madison Shields beat UCLA’s Abby Van Winkle and Peri Brennan 24-22, 23-21, 15-9 to give the Trojans a 2-0 lead.

UFC veteran Tony Ferguson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Sunday after his truck struck other vehicles and rolled over in Hollywood, police said. Ferguson, a former interim lightweight champion for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was driving south on Wilcox Avenue around 1:47 a.m. when his Silverado hit at least two other vehicles and flipped over near Sunset Boulevard, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The Dallas Stars canceled a watch party that was planned during their road playoff game Sunday night in the plaza outside their home arena, which is less than 30 miles from a Texas outlet mall where an assailant killed eight people the previous day.

Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Madrid Open title with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Jan-Lennard Struff, moving closer to recovering his world No. 1 ranking. The Spaniard will be back at No. 1 if he plays at least one match at the upcoming Italian Open. Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia won the women’s doubles title by defeating top-seeded Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-4.

In San Salvo, Jonathan Milan sprinted to victory in a crash-affected finale of the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, while pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel held on to the leader’s pink jersey.