TENNIS
Qatar Total Open
Doha, Qatar
Singles
Second Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) d. Nathalie Dechy 7-5, 7-5; Li Na d. Anna Chakvetadze (5) 7-6 (7), 6-4; Dinara Safina (11) d. Yan Zi 6-2, 6-1.
Ai Sugiyama d. Ayumi Morita 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (1), Serbia, d. Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-1; Sybille Bammer (15) d. Monica Niculescu 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova d. Patty Schnyder (9) 6-3, 6-4; Shahar Peer (12) d. Virginie Razzano 6-1, 7-6 (3); Agnieszka Radwanska (16) d. Tathiana Garbin 6-3, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (4) d. Galina Voskoboeva 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues d. Maria Kirilenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Tamarine Tanasugarn d. Amelie Mauresmo (14) 7-6 (7), 7-5; Venus Williams (6) d. Karin Knapp 6-2, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, d. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
ABN AMRO
World Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Singles
First Round
Fernando Verdasco d. Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-2; Robin Haase d. Andy Murray (6) 7-5, 6-3; Andreas Seppi d. Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Tomas Berdych (5) d. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (1) d. Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4.
Second Round
Teimuraz Gabashvili d. Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 7-6 (7); Gilles Simon d. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).
MEN
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Kent St. 11 2 .846 22 5 .815
Akron 9 4 .692 19 7 .731
Ohio 8 5 .615 17 9 .654
Miami 7 6 .538 13 12 .520
BGSU 6 7 .462 11 14 .440
Buffalo 2 11 .154 8 17 .320
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
W. Michigan 9 3 .750 15 10 .600
C. Michigan 6 7 .462 11 14 .440
E. Michigan 6 7 .462 10 15 .400
Toledo 5 7 .417 8 16 .333
Ball St. 4 9 .308 5 20 .200
N. Illinois 3 8 .273 6 17 .261
LAST NIGHT
Northern Illinois at Toledo, ppd.
Central Michigan 63, Ball State 58
Western Michigan 70, Eastern Michigan 52
SATURDAY
Delaware at Toledo, 7
Bowling Green at Detroit, 4:05
Youngstown St. at Buffalo, 4
Va. Commonwealth at Akron, 11 a.m.
George Mason at Ohio, 1
SE Missouri at E. Michigan, 4
Miami at Valparaiso, 6
Cent. Michigan at Missouri St., 8:05
W. Michigan at Wis.-Green Bay, 8:05
Big Ten Conference
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Wisconsin 12 2 .857 22 4 .846
Purdue 12 2 .857 21 6 .778
Indiana 11 2 .846 22 4 .846
Michigan St. 9 4 .692 21 5 .808
Ohio St. 8 5 .615 17 9 .654
Minnesota 5 7 .417 15 9 .625
Iowa 5 9 .357 12 15 .444
Penn St. 4 9 .308 12 13 .480
Michigan 4 9 .308 8 17 .320
Illinois 3 11 .214 11 16 .407
Northwestern 0 13 .000 7 17 .297
LAST NIGHT
Michigan State 86, Penn State 49
Wisconsin 71, Illinois 57
SATURDAY
Iowa at Michigan St., 2
Illinois at Michigan, 4
Indiana at Northwestern, 8
SUNDAY
Penn St. at Minnesota, 2
Wisconsin at Ohio St., 4
Area
OWENS 102, LORAIN COUNTY 74
LORAIN: Filler 3-1-0-9, Gerding 0-1-1, Palmer 4-2-14, Bennett 2-3-6-19, McClintic 1-0-2, O'Keefe 4-3-11, Wenzell 3-4-0-18. Totals: 19-8-12-74.
OWENS: Walker 1-0-2, Noble 1-0-2, Broyles 1-1-0-5, Ellis 2-1-0-7, Taylor 7-1-15, Owens 1-2-0-8, Jordan 4-3-2-19, Drake 1-0-2, McDougle 2-0-4, Dawson 2-2-0-10, Davis 2-2-6, Manns 3-2-8, Gibbs 7-0-14. Totals: 34-9-7-102.
Halfttime: Owens 52-34.
National
EAST
American U. 49, Army 40
Boston U. 73, Maine 54
Hofstra 81, Towson 67
Marquette 73, St. John s 64
Navy 72, Holy Cross 66
Temple 96, St. Bonaventure 82
Va. Commonwealth 66, Northeastern 62
Vermont 94, Hartford 82
Villanova 78, West Virginia 56
SOUTH
Elon 87, Coll. of Charleston 86, 2OT
Fla. International 72, Florida Atlantic 66
Florida 85, South Carolina 82
George Mason 70, Delaware 58
Georgia Southern 98, The Citadel 68
Guilford 65, Washington & Lee 52
Hampden-Sydney 83, Lynchburg 64
Lenoir-Rhyne 81, N.C. Central 69
Louisiana-Lafayette 72, New Orleans 70
Memphis 97, Tulane 71
Miami 96, Duke 95
Miles 70, Clark Atlanta 61
Mississippi 74, Mississippi St. 63
Morehead St. 51, E. Kentucky 49
North Carolina 84, N.C. State 70
North Georgia 76, Clayton St. 70
North Texas 72, Louisiana-Monroe 40
Old Dominion 72, James Madison 52
Richmond 79, Charlotte 76, OT
S.C.-Aiken 66, Lander 61
Savannah Art 81, Edward Waters 74
Southern Miss. 81, SMU 61
Tennessee 89, Auburn 70
Tusculum 71, Newberry 63
UAB 101, Houston 99
UCF 110, East Carolina 75
UNC Wilmington 77, Georgia St. 72
UTEP 79, Marshall 76
Valdosta St. 99, Reinhardt 70
Virginia Tech 69, Maryland 65
William & Mary 57, Drexel 50
Winthrop 80, VMI 70
MIDWEST
Albion 60, Tri-State 50
Alma 58, Adrian 56
Baldwin-Wallace 81, John Carroll 70
Bluffton 75, Mount St. Joseph 67
Butler 51, Ill.-Chicago 46
Cincinnati 52, South Florida 51
Cleveland St. 74, Wis.-Milwaukee 64
Defiance 68, Franklin 61
Hanover 70, Transylvania 55
Heidelberg 80, Capital 74
Hope 76, Calvin 59
Huntington 89, Goshen 71
Illinois St. 49, Evansville 47
Loyola of Chicago 68, Valparaiso 61
Michigan Tech 48, N. Michigan 46
Mount Union 72, Marietta 51
Muskingum 78, Ohio Northern 72
Nebraska 71, Kansas St. 64
Ohio Wesleyan 82, Oberlin 58
Otterbein 80, Wilmington, Ohio 67
S. Illinois 67, N. Iowa 47
Saint Louis 69, Fordham 65, OT
Wittenberg 69, Wabash 63
Wright St. 59, Detroit 58
Youngstown St. 76, Wis.-Green Bay 73
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 87, LSU 61
TCU 66, Colorado St. 64
Tulsa 68, Rice 37
FAR WEST
Boise St. 81, CS Bakersfield 56
New Mexico 68, Air Force 51
Texas Tech 87, Colorado 69
WOMEN
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
BGSU 9 3 .750 20 6 .769
Miami 9 3 .750 17 9 .654
Ohio 8 3 .727 15 9 .625
Buffalo 5 7 .417 12 13 .480
Kent St. 4 8 .333 7 17 .292
Akron 2 10 .167 7 19 .269
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
E. Michigan 8 4 .667 14 10 .583
W. Michigan 8 4 .667 11 15 .423
Ball St. 7 5 .583 11 14 .440
N. Illinois 5 5 .500 9 14 .391
Toledo 3 9 .250 10 14 .417
C. Michigan 2 9 .182 6 18 .250
LAST NIGHT
Bowling Green 76, Kent State 68
Miami 84, Buffalo 55
Ohio 86, Akron 58
National
EAST
American U. 63, Army 51
Connecticut 95, Marquette 63
DePaul 82, Georgetown 78
George Washington 82, Saint Louis 58
La Salle 64, Rhode Island 54
Temple 63, Saint Joseph s 60
Xavier 65, Fordham 42
SOUTH
Louisiana-Monroe 83, North Texas 73
W. Kentucky 61, South Alabama 51
MIDWEST
Baldwin-Wallace 60, John Carroll 47
Bluffton 56, Mount St. Joseph 48
Defiance 79, Franklin 68
Mount Union 76, Marietta 44
Ohio Northern 86, Muskingum 66
Oklahoma 68, Kansas St. 65
Otterbein 93, Wilmington, Ohio 87
Richmond 68, Dayton 66
Wisconsin 81, Indiana 51
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma St. 71, Texas 66
Texas A&M 60, Iowa St. 46
Texas Tech 65, Kansas 61
FAR WEST
New Mexico 79, Air Force 40
TCU 76, Colorado St. 41
PREP HOCKEY
Districts
All Games at Tam O Shanter
LAST NIGHT
Perrysburg 3 Bowling Green 2 OT
P--Lowe, D. Lopez, B. Lopez. BG-- Ruehl, Crawford. Saves--Kinshaw (P) 34; Laberdee (BG) 18.
St. Francis 8, Maumee 1: SF--Dyer 4, Gerkin, Hartkopf, Grossman, Wawrzyniak. M--Young. Saves--Tubbs (M) 46, McAninch (SF), 13.
TONIGHT
Northview vs. Southview, 6 p.m.
St. John's vs. Whitmer, 8 p.m.
LATEST LINE
NBA
San Antonio 81/2 (184) MINNESOTA
HOUSTON 111/2 (188) Miami
a-PORTLAND No Line (XXX) Seattle
a-Seattle guard Kevin Durant is questionable.
College Basketball
RHODE ISLAND 61/2 Mass.
Dayton 1 LA SALLE
NOTRE DAME 41/2 Pittsburgh
GEORGIA TECH 6 Virginia
XAVIER 12 Duquesne
W. KENTUCKY 61/2 South Alabama
MINNESOTA 91/2 Michigan
WASH. STATE 11 Arizona State
UCLA 29 Oregon State
WASHINGTON 1 Arizona
SOUTHERN CAL 61/2 Oregon
Home Team in CAPS
GOLF
Match Play
Marana, Ariz., par 72
First Round
Seeds in Parentheses
Jones Bracket
Tiger Woods (1), United States, def. J.B. Holmes (64), United States, 1 up.
Arron Oberholser (33), United States, def. Mike Weir (32), Canada, 3 and 1.
David Toms (49), United States, def. Zach Johnson (16), United States, 2 and 1.
Aaron Baddeley (17), Australia, def. Mark Calcavecchia (48), United States, 4 and 2.
Bradley Dredge (57), Wales, def. Rory Sabbatini (8), South Africa, 4 and 3.
Paul Casey (25), England, def. Robert Karlsson (40), Sweden, 2 up.
K.J. Choi (9), South Korea, def. Camilo Villegas (56), Colombia, 3 and 2.
Ian Poulter (24), England def. Soren Hansen (41), Denmark, 2 and 1.
Hogan Bracket
Jonathan Byrd (61), United States, def. Ernie Els (4), South Africa, 6 and 5.
Andres Romero (36), Argentina, def. Retief Goosen (29), South Africa, 2 and 1.
Henrik Stenson (13), Sweden, def. Robert Allenby (52), Australia, 1 up.
Trevor Immelman (20), South Africa, def. Shingo Katayama (45), Japan, 1 up.
Adam Scott (5), Australia, def. Brendan Jones (60), Australia, 2 and 1.
Woody Austin (37), United States, def. Toru Taniguchi (28), Japan, 6 and 5.
Sergio Garcia (12), Spain, def. John Senden (53), Australia, 3 and 2.
Boo Weekley (44), United States, def. Martin Kaymer (21), Germany, 2 and 1.
Snead Bracket
Steve Stricker (3), United States, def. Daniel Chopra (62), Sweden, 20 holes.
Hunter Mahan (35), United States, def. Richard Sterne (30), South Africa, 4 and 3.
Angel Cabrera (14), Argentina, def. Anders Hansen (51), Denmark, 3 and 2.
Luke Donald (19), England, def. Nick Dougherty (46), England, 2 and 1.
Colin Montgomerie (59), Scotland, def. Jim Furyk (6), United States, 3 and 2.
Charles Howell III (38), United States, def. Stephen Ames (27), Trinidad & Tobago, 19 holes.
Padraig Harrington (11), Ireland, def. Jerry Kelly (54), United States, 4 and 3.
Stewart Cink (22), United States, def. Miguel Angel Jimenez (43), Spain, 4 and 3.
Player Bracket
Phil Mickelson (2), United States, def. Pat Perez (63), United States, 1 up.
Stuart Appleby (31), Australia, def. Tim Clark (34), South Africa, 3 and 2.
Justin Leonard (50), United States, def. Geoff Ogilvy (15), Australia, 2 and 1.
Lee Westwood (18), England, def. Brandt Snedeker (47), United States, 3 and 2.
Rod Pampling (58), Australia, def. Justin Rose (7), England, 2 and 1.
Nick O Hern (39), Australia, def. Scott Verplank (26), 3 and 2.
Vijay Singh (10), Fiji, vs. Peter Hanson (55), Sweden, 19 holes.
Niclas Fasth (23), Sweden, def. Richard Green (42), Australia, 6 and 5.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB Suspended St. Louis Cardinals minor league RHP Scott Vander Weg for the first 50 games of the season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Braun, RHP Kyle Davies, RHP Leo Nunez, RHP Joel Peralta, RHP Carlos Rosa, RHP Joakim Soria and SS Tony Pena Jr. on one-year contracts.
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Chacon on a one-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS Agreed to terms with LHP Mitch Stetter on a one-year contract and 3B-OF Russell Branyan on a minor league contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Agreed to terms with RHP Byung-Hyun Kim on a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES Agreed to terms with OF Drew Macias on a minor league contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Agreed to terms with Maurice Cheeks, coach, on a one-year contract extension through the 2008-09 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
GREEN BAY PACKERS Designated DT Corey Williams as their franchise player. Released TE Bubba Franks.
HOUSTON TEXANS Released C Mike Flanagan, LB Shawn Barber and TE Jeb Putzier. Waived C Drew Hodgdon.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS Released S Dwight Smith.
NEW YORK JETS Named Mike Devlin tight ends/assistant offensive line coach, Kevin O Dea special teams coordinator and Jerome Henderson defensive backs coach.
TENNESSEE TITANS Designated DT Albert Haynesworth as their franchise player.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DETROIT RED WINGS Placed G Dominik Hasek and D Brian Rafalski on injured reserve. Recalled D Jonathan Ericsson and C Mark Hartigan from Grand Rapids (AHL).
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR Penalized Robby Gordon 100 points and suspended crew chief Frank Kerr for six races and fined Kerr $100,000 for Sprint Cup infractions found at Daytona International Speedway. Penalized Dale Earnhardt Jr. 50 points, owner Rick Hendrick 50 points and suspended crew chief Chad Walter for six races and fined him $25,000 for Nationwide infractions. Penalized Nationwide drivers Kertus Davis, Johnny Sauter, David Gilliland, David Stremme and Cale Gale 25 points each and their owners 25 points each for various infractions discovered after qualifying. Suspended Nationwide crew chiefs Gene Allnutt (Davis), Newt Moore (Sauter), Bob Edwards (Gilliland), Steve Darne (Stremme) and Charlie Wilson (Gale) for six races and fined each $15,000. Fined Jerry Baxter, Nationwide crew chief for David Reutimann, $5,000 for an infraction discovered on an opening day inspection. Penalized Todd Bodine and car owner Stephen Germain 25 points for an infraction found before the Craftsman Truck qualifying. Suspended Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief of Bodine, for four races and fined him $10,000. Fined Rick Renn, the Truck crew chief for Ron Hornaday Jr., $5,000 for a violation found in an opening day inspection.
COLLEGE
NCAA Placed Central Oklahoma on three years probation and reduced the number of scholarships it awards for violations in the football program.
ILLINOIS Announced C Brian Carlwell left the men s basketball team.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Toledo Individual Results; 200 Medley Relay: 1. Meghan Reissig, Kylier Gamelier, Amanda Thompson, Leah Woodard - 1:41.32; 800 Freestyle Relay: 2. Leah Woodard, Caitlin Cormack, Meghan Reissig, Jacy Dyer - 7:22.58.
PREP WRESTLING
Michigan
Regional championship
BEDFORD 53, BELLEVILLE 18: 103 PJ Stevens (BED) Pinned Brandon Papin 2:59; 112 Justin Fleeson (BEL) won by Forfeit; 119 Chris schneider (BEL) Dec Tom Fox 6-1; 125 Brian Gibbs (BED) Dec Tyler Schneider 10-5; 130 Billy Osborne TFall Tom Kozak 17-2; 135 Mike Peck (BED) Pinned Tom Coak :47; 140 Aaron Jeffrey (BED) Dec Jacob Losen 10-3; 145 Steve Coak (BEL) Dec TJ Romijn 12-5; 152 Pat Nusbaum (BED) Pinned Chad Scruggs 3:08; 160 Alex Ortman (BED) Pinned Alex Landa :48; 171 Ian Kohlhofer (BED) Pinned Forrest Sampson :51; 189 Nick Whitenburg (BED) Pinned Roger Roper 2:54; 215 Kaare Cigan (BEL) Pinned Jacob Szych 2:47; 285 Dakota Pavlika (BED) Pinned Emanual Fields 2:31
BEDFORD 65, DEARBORN FORDSON 9: 103 Mason Allison (BED) Pinned Mohamad Talab 2:28; 112 Tom Fox (BED) Pinned Ahmad Hashwi 3:27; 119 Paul Hancock (FORD) Pinned Cote Sailer 1:32; 125 Brian Gibbs (BED) Pinned Samar Iiyan :57; 130 Mike Peck (BED) Pinned John Lobdel 1:32; 135 Billy Osborne (BED) Pinned Lythe Natour 3:36; 140 Aaron Jeffrey (BED) Mj dec Hussein Monsour 13-2; 145 TJ Romijn (BED) Pinned Nezar Abusala 5:08; 152 Pat Nusbaum (BED Pinned Faris Fakhouri 2:45; 160 Alex Ortman (BED) Mj dec Hassen Berry 11-1; 171 Ali Berry (FORD) Dec Ian Kohlhofer 7-0; 189 Nick Whitenburg (BED) Dec Jabreel Naser 9-3; 215 Jacob Szych (BED Won by Forfeit; 285 Dakota Pavlika (BED) Pinned Saeed Bazzi :43
SPORTS NOTE
YOUTH BASEBALL: The Millbury Baseball Association will hold 10-and-under and 12-and-under sign-ups on February 23 and March 1 at St. Peter s Church in Millbury from noon to 2 p.m.
YOUTH SOFTBALL: The Lake Township Softball Association will have sign-ups for 8-14-year-old girls on February 23 and March 1 from noon to 2 p,m. at St. Peter s Church in Millbury. Registration fees and uniform sizes will be collected.