AZTECS GIVE VAN WYK 800TH SOFTBALL WIN
Win No. 800 came in dramatic fashion for San Diego State softball coach Kathy Van Wyk.
The Aztecs scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning Sunday, including four with two out, to post a 13-10 victory at Utah State and give their head coach the 800th victory of her career
Van Wyk improved to 800554-1 (.591) for her 25-season career. She was the co-head coach in 1995-96 with Linda Spradley
but elected not to count the 48 wins for her individual total.
The victory also gave the Aztecs (22-13, 7-8 MW), who at one point also trailed 8-2, their third consecutive series win.
Jillian Celis had three hits, including two doubles, three runs and an RBI to lead SDSU.
More colleges
A historic campaign to win the Big West Conference men’s volleyball championship came up just short as UC San Diego (513) fell, 3-1, to UC Santa Barbara in the title match late Saturday in Honolulu. Scores from SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center were 22-25, 27-25, 25-21, and 25-20 in favor of the Gauchos (15-4).
• Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey left Baylor to return home and take over the LSU women’s basketball team. The school announced the move Sunday. Mulkey, who won three national championships at Baylor, is a native of Tickfaw, La. She helped Baylor win the 2019 NCAA championship, and the Bears lost in the regional finals to UConn last month. Mulkey replaces Nikki Fargas, who stepped down last week.
Hockey
The San Diego Gulls took three of four points on the weekend from first place Henderson in Irvine despite a 5-4 overtime loss to the Silver Knights on Sunday.
MLS
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez extended his torrid start to the season with a hat trick, and the LA Galaxy defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 3-2. The Mexican star has five goals in two games for the Galaxy after having only two goals in 12 games last year in an injury-plagued first season in MLS. He joins Houston’s Brian Ching (2006) as the only players in league history to have five goals in the first two games of the season.
Soccer
Part one of Manchester City’s treble chase has been ticked off. Aymeric Laporte headed in Kevin De Bruyne’s
free kick in the 82nd minute to give City a 1-0 victory over Tottenham that clinched the League Cup for a fourth successive season.
It was a good day all round for City after Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Leeds earlier in the afternoon put the leaders 10 points ahead and two wins away from reclaiming the Premier League title. City will now go into its Champions League semifinal against Paris SaintGermain on Wednesday on a high.
• Lille showed why it is a French title contender to be reckoned with after coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at rival Lyon, reclaiming first place from Paris Saint-Germain.
• Antoine Griezmann
scored a pair of first-half goals as
Barcelona came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 and stay close to the top in the Spanish league.
Deaths
Mike Davis, the former Raiders defensive back who made one of the most memorable interceptions in team history, died. He was 65. The Raiders announced Davis’ death. The team gave no details on the cause of death. Davis also played with the San Diego Chargers.
• John T. Ward Jr., who trained Monarchos to win the 2001 Kentucky Derby, died Saturday night in Kentucky. He was 75.
Tennis
Top-ranked Ash Barty beat Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 to win the Porsche Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany, her first title on clay since the 2019 French Open.
• Rafael Nadal saved a match point on his way to beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5 in the Barcelona Open final, winning the title for a record 12th time.