College football, tennis, pro football

9/1/2009

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Mid-American Conference

THURSDAY

Troy at Bowling Green, 7

Coastal Carolina at Kent St., 7

North Texas at Ball St., 7:30

SATURDAY

Toledo at Purdue, Noon

Akron at Penn St., Noon

Kentucky vs. Miami at Cincinnati, Noon

W. Michigan at Michigan, 3:30

N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 7

Army at E. Michigan, 7

Connecticut at Ohio, 7

Cent. Michigan at Arizona, 10

Big Ten

SATURDAY

BIG TEN

Toledo at Purdue, Noon

Navy at Ohio St., Noon

Akron at Penn St., Noon

Minnesota at Syracuse, Noon

Montana St. at Michigan St., Noon

Towson at Northwestern, Noon

N. Iowa at Iowa, 12:05

W. Michigan at Michigan, 3:30

N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 7

National

THURSDAY

EAST

St. Cloud St. at Maine, 7

Villanova at Temple, 7

SOUTH

Glenville St. at Chattanooga, 7

South Carolina at N.C. State, 7

Iowa Wesleyan at Tenn.-Martin, 7

Kentucky Wesleyan at Murray St., 8

MIDWEST

Quincy at SE Missouri, 7

Illinois St. at E. Illinois, 8

E. Kentucky at Indiana, 8

N. Dakota St. at Iowa St., 8

William Penn at South Dakota, 8

SOUTHWEST

W. Illinois at Sam Houston St., 7

FAR WEST

Dixie St. at S. Utah, 8

Utah St. at Utah, 9

Oregon at Boise St., 10:15

FRIDAY

EAST

West Chester at Delaware, 7

SOUTH

Tulsa at Tulane, 8

FAR WEST

Cent. Arkansas at Hawaii, 1:05 a.m.

SATURDAY

EAST

St. Francis, Pa. at New Hampshire, Noon

Liberty at West Virginia, Noon

Cent. Connecticut St. at Lehigh, 12:30

Georgetown, D.C. at Holy Cross, 1

Youngstown St. at Pittsburgh, 1

Fordham at Rhode Island, 1

Stonehill at Wagner, 1

Northeastern at Boston College, 2

S. Connecticut at Bryant, 3

Monmouth, N.J. at Colgate, 6

Bucknell at Duquesne, 6

Marist at Sacred Heart, 6

Stony Brook at Hofstra, 7

SOUTH

Appalachian St. at East Carolina, Noon

W. Kentucky at Tennessee, Noon

Methodist at Campbell, 1

Jacksonville St. at Georgia Tech, 1

Robert Morris at VMI, 1:30

Jackson St. at Mississippi St., 3:30

Baylor at Wake Forest, 3:30

Shaw at Bethune-Cookman, 4

Rice at UAB, 4

S. Illinois at Marshall, 4:30

Presbyterian at Furman, 5

Jacksonville at Webber International, 5

Middle Tennessee at Clemson, 6

Delaware St. at Florida A&M, 6

Mars Hill at Gardner-Webb, 6

Albany, N.Y. at Georgia Southern, 6

N.C. Central at Hampton, 6

Savannah St. at Livingstone, 6

Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6

The Citadel at North Carolina, 6

Chowan at Old Dominion, 6

William & Mary at Virginia, 6

N. Carolina A&T at Winston-Salem, 6

Louisiana Tech at Auburn, 7

Newberry at Austin Peay, 7

Richmond at Duke, 7

Davidson at Elon, 7

Charleston Southern at Florida, 7

Southern U. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7

S. Virginia at Morehead St., 7

Texas A&M Commerce at SE Louisiana, 7

Wofford at South Florida, 7

Alcorn St. at Southern Miss., 7

Alabama A&M at Tennessee St., 7

Indiana St. at Louisville, 7:30

Samford at UCF, 7:30

W. Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7:30

Concordia, Ala. at Alabama St., 8

Henderson St. at McNeese St., 8

Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, 8

MIDWEST

Albion at Butler, 1

Valparaiso at St. Joseph s, Ind., 1

Nevada at Notre Dame, 3:30

Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, 3:40

Grand View at Drake, 7

N. Colorado at Kansas, 7

Florida Atlantic at Nebraska, 7

Massachusetts at Kansas St., 7:10

SOUTHWEST

Georgia at Oklahoma St., 3:30

Ark.-Monticello at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 5

Northwestern St. at Houston, 5

Missouri St. vs. Arkansas at Little Rock, Ark., 7

BYU vs. Oklahoma at Arlington, Texas, 7

Louisiana-Monroe at Texas, 7

New Mexico at Texas A&M, 7

Angelo St. at Texas St., 7

North Dakota at Texas Tech, 7

MVSU at Arkansas St., 7:05

Stephen F.Austin at SMU, 8

Prairie View vs. Texas Southern at Houston, 8

Buffalo at UTEP, 9

FAR WEST

Nicholls St. at Air Force, 2

Portland St. at Oregon St., 2:30

Western St.,Colo. at Montana, 3

Weber St. at Wyoming, 3

W. Oregon at E. Washington, 3:05

San Jose St. at Southern Cal, 3:30

San Diego St. at UCLA, 7:30

Idaho at New Mexico St., 8

Stanford at Washington St., 8

San Diego at Azusa Pacific, 9:30

Idaho St. at Arizona St., 10

Maryland at California, 10

UC Davis at Fresno St., 10

Sacramento St. at UNLV, 10

LSU at Washington, 10:30

HOLE IN ONE

DOUG DIPPMAN, No. 17 at Eagles Landing, 115 yards, pitching wedge.

WILLIAM KRATT, No. 17 at White Pines, 165 yards, 6-iron.

TENNIS

U.S. Open

New York

Singles

Men

First Round

Marco Chiudinelli d. Potito Starace 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-0.

Mikhail Youzhny d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (26) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2.

Robin Soderling (12) d. Albert Montanes 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Nikolay Davydenko (8) d. Dieter Kindlmann 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

Marcel Granollers d. Mischa Zverev 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Jan Hernych d. Rainer Schuettler 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez d. Peter Polansky 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-1.

Roger Federer (1) d. Devin Britton 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Simon Greul d. Giovanni Lapentti 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (9).

John Isner d. Victor Hanescu (28) 6-1, 7-6 (14), 7-6 (5).

Tommy Robredo (14) d. Donald Young 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, d. Christophe Rochus 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Somdev Devvarman d. Frederico Gil 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Robert Kendrick d. Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Olivier Rochus d. Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.

Tommy Haas (20) d. Alejandro Falla 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

James Blake (21) d. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.

Lleyton Hewitt (31) d. Thiago Alves 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.

Women

First Round

Venus Williams (3) d. Vera Dushevina, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3.

Vania King d. Anastasiya Yakimova 2-1, retired.

Agnieszka Radwanska (12) d. Patricia Mayr 6-1, 6-2.

Victoria Azarenka (8) d. Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1, 6-1.

Kim Clijsters d. Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, 6-1.

Maria Kirilenko d. Mariya Koryttseva 6-2, 6-1.

Francesca Schiavone (26) d. Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-2.

Stefanie Voegele d. Alberta Brianti 6-7 (10), 6-1, 6-3.

Samantha Stosur (15) d. Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Aleksandra Wozniak d. Laura Granville 6-1, 7-6 (7).

Marion Bartoli (14) d. Rossana de Los Rios 6-1, 6-0.

Flavia Pennetta (10) d. Edina Gallovits 6-0, 6-4.

Chang Kai-chen d. Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.

Magdalena Rybarikova d. Valerie Tetreault 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Melinda Czink d. Maria Elena Camerin 6-3, 6-4.

Serena Williams (2) d. Alexa Glatch 6-4, 6-1.

Amelie Mauresmo (17) d. Tatjana Malek 6-3, 6-4.

Vera Zvonareva (7) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-0, 6-4.

Jill Craybas d. Carly Gullickson 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Sania Mirza d. Olga Govortsova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova d. Marta Domachowska 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (20) d. Gail Brodsky 6-4, 6-4.

Anna Chakvetadze d. Erika Sema 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands d. Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-4.

Timea Bacsinszky d. Vesna Manasieva 6-3, 6-4.

Angelique Kerber d. Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Michelle Larcher de Brito d. Mathilde Johansson 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

LATEST LINE

College Football

(Thursday)

N. CAROLINA ST 41/2 South Carolina

UTAH 20 Utah State

BOISE STATE 4 Oregon

Troy 7 BOWLING GREEN

BALL STATE 16 North Texas

(Friday)

Tulsa 131/2 TULANE

(Saturday)

OHIO STATE 21 Navy

PENN STATE 271/2 Akron

MICHIGAN 13 Western Michigan

Connecticut 4 OHIO

NOTRE DAME 15 Nevada

OKLA. STATE 51/2 Georgia

a-Kentucky 15 Miami-Ohio

b-Oklahoma 211/2 Byu

c-Illinois 7 Missouri

ALA-BIRMINGHAM 51/2 Rice

WAKE FOREST 2 Baylor

Minnesota 7 SYRACUSE

EASTERN MICH. 41/2 Army

WISCONSIN 161/2 Northern Illinois

PURDUE 11 Toledo

Stanford 161/2 WASHINGTON ST

AUBURN 13 Louisiana Tech

TEXAS A&M 14 New Mexico

d-Alabama 7 Virginia Tech

NEW MEXICO ST 3 Idaho

TEXAS EL PASO 8 Buffalo

CALIFORNIA 211/2 Maryland

SOUTHERN CAL 34 San Jose St

ARIZONA 14 Central Michigan

UCLA 19 San Diego St

Lsu 171/2 WASHINGTON

NEBRASKA 221/2 Florida Atlantic

CLEMSON 191/2 Middle Tenn St

TEXAS 41 Louisiana-Monroe

TENNESSEE 291/2 Western Kentucky

a-at Cincinnati, OH.

b-at Arlington, TX.

c-at St. Louis, MO.

d-at Georgia Dome

Baseball

National League

PHILADELPHIA 9-10 San Francisco

Atlanta Even-6 FLORIDA

CINCINNATI Even-6 Pittsburgh

CHICAGO CUBS 71/2 -81/2 Houston

ST. LOUIS 81/2 -91/2 Milwaukee

COLORADO 11-12 NY Mets

SAN DIEGO 61/2 -71/2 Washington

LA DODGERS 8-9 Arizona

American League

TEXAS (1) 6-7 Toronto

TEXAS (2) 7-8 Toronto

DETROIT 91/2 -101/2 Cleveland

NY Yankees 81/2 -91/2 BALTIMORE

Boston 71/2 -81/2 TAMPA BAY

Chi White Sox 6-7 MINNESOTA

OAKLAND 51/2 -61/2 Kansas City

LA Angels 6-7 SEATTLE

Home Team in CAPS

PRO FOOTBALL

NFL preseason

LAST NIGHT

Minnesota 17, Houston 10

SUNDAY

Chicago 27, Denver 17

THURSDAY

Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7

Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30

N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30

Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30

Cleveland at Chicago, 8

Green Bay at Tennessee, 8

Kansas City at St. Louis, 8

Miami at New Orleans, 8

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8

Arizona at Denver, 9

Oakland at Seattle, 10

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Extended the contract of general manager Dayton Moore through the 2014 season.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS Activated RHP Johnny Cueto from the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Kevin Barker and RHP Ramon Ramirez from Louisville (IL). Placed OF Laynce Nix on the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Matt Maloney to Carolina (SL) and RHP Carlos Fisher to Sarasota (FSL).

NEW YORK METS Recalled C Josh Thole from Binghamton (EL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Purchased the contract of RHP John Ennis from Lehigh Valley (IL). Designated INF Brad Harman for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES Purchased the contract of RHP Daniel McCutchen from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned INF Brian Bixler to Indianapolis. Designated RHP John Meloan for assignment.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS Released S Keith Lewis and OT Brandon Pearce. Waived WR Michael Ray Garvin and LB Pago Togafau. Placed LB Cody Brown on injured reserve.

BALTIMORE RAVENS Placed CB Samari Rolle on the physically-unable-to-perform list.

CAROLINA PANTHERS Released PR Ryne Robinson. Waived DT Lorenzo Williams and T Gerald Cadogan. Placed G C.J. Davis on injured reserve.

CLEVELAND BROWNS Released DB Rod Hood and TE Nate Jackson. Waived LB Robert McCune. Signed OL Brandon Braxton.

CINCINNATI BENGALS Placed TE Ben Utecht on injured reserve. Waived TE Matt Sherry.

DALLAS COWBOYS Released T Andre Douglas.

DETROIT LIONS Released WR Delmir Boldin, LB Robert Francois, S LaMarcus Hicks and DE Ryan Kees. Placed CB Dexter Wynn on injured reserve.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Placed DB Michael Coe, DE Rudolph Hardie and DE Curtis Johnson on the waived-injured list. Waived TE Colin Cloherty.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey and announced coach Todd Haley will assume the role.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Announced the retirement of LB Tedy Bruschi. Released QB Kevin O Connell and C Nathan Hodel.

NEW YORK GIANTS Activated LB Michael Boley from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Released CB Stoney Woodson, WR Taye Biddle and OL Terrance Pennington.

OAKLAND RAIDERS Released OL Jonathan Compass, OL Marcus Johnson, WR Shawn Bayes, WR Will Franklin and DT Joe Cohen.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS Signed DE Brett Keisel to a five-year contract. Placed G Darnell Stapleton on injured reserve. Released WR Martin Nance, WR Steven Black, S Derrick Richardson and C Alex Stepanovich.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Released WR Dexter Jackson.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES Acquired C Rob Hennigar from the N.Y. Islanders for C Bobby Hughes.

WNBA

TONIGHT

Seattle at New York, 7:30

Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30

Minnesota at San Antonio, 8

Connecticut at Sacramento, 10

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 10:30

PREP GOLF

Boys

STRITCH 179, TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 212: S--Pinciotti 42, Linser 44, Merren 45, Crawford 48. TC--Whitlow 47, Gibson 53, Fowler 55, Smith 57. At Eagles Landing.

NORTHWOOD 165, MAUMEE VALLEY 176

N: Fahrbach 36, Bloomfield 38, Langenderfer 44, Frank 47. MV: Deichert 43, Li 43, Frasco 43, Patel 47. At Bedford Hills.

ARCHBOLD 162, MONTPELIER 186

A: Grosjean 38, Nafziger 40, Yoder 41, Short 43. M: Thorp 44, Yoselski 47, Rings 47, Waldron 48. At Ironwood.

DELTA 165, SWANTON 172: D--Green 39, Turner 41, Bailey 42, Abbott 43. S--Zedlitz, Kilgour 42, Onweller 44, Heenan 47. at White Pines.

ARCHBOLD 162, MONTPELIER 186: A--Grosjean 40, Natziger 40, Yoder 41, Short 43. M--Thorp 44, Yagelski 47, Rings 47, Waldrno 48. At Ironwood.

EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 177, DANBURY 191: EC--McDonald 40, Dunnett 43, Henning 46, Lindhorst 48. D--Stayancho 44, Manuella 46, Burke 46, Sean 55. At The Islander.

Girls

ST URSULA JV 217, WAITE 258, BOWSHER no score: top individuals: Stookey (Bow) 43, Blosser (SU) 52, Hart (SU) 52, Yarad (SU) 56, Myers (SU) 57. At Detwiler.

NOTRE DAME 178, WHITMER 181, CLAY 199, CENTRAL 221, START 253: Sterling (ND) 35, McBride (W) 42, Krum (W) 44, Trowbridge (ND), Sharer (C) 45. At Detwiler.

SOUTHVIEW 192, ANTHONY WAYNE 207

S: Moreland 44, Breyfogle 46, Ruffin 49, Hehl 53. AW: Dennis 50, Levison 51, Campbell 53, Underwood 53. At Spuyten Duyval.

NORTHVIEW 163, SPRINGFIELD 187: N--Darah 39, O Hare 39, DeBelly 41, Silver 44. S--Adams 40, Szalkowski 48, Zaborski 49, Bockert 50. At Whiteford Valley.

PREP TENNIS

NOTRE DAME 3, SOUTHVIEW 2

M. McNamara (ND) d. Kammeny, 6-3, 6-0; Haider (S) d. K. McNamara, 6-4, 6-0; Naik (S) d. Stansfield, 6-2, 6-3; Stearns/St. John (ND) d. Vyaf/Chrysathoos, 7-5, 6-3; Genzman/Smietanski (ND) d. Gilbert/Carroll, 7-5, 6-3.

ST, URSULA 4, NORTHVIEW 1: Coyle (N) d. Lankard, 7-5, 6-1; Gum (SU) d. Leizerman, 6-2, 6-2; Nahhas (SU) d. Forrester, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Jaffe-Ridenour (SU) d. Rentner-Mathiot, 6-1, 6-0; Koepfer-Fisher (SU) d. Mills-Hawley, 6-0, 6-1.

PREP SOCCER

Girls

LAKE 4, ROSSFORD 0: Cox, Antonacci 2, Plummer.

ANTHONY WAYNE 3, NOTRE DAME 3: AW--Coffman 2, Perry. ND--Kirk, Scott, Bishop.

WHITMER 5, START 0: Gwin 2, Young, Boyd, Campell.

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Notre Dame d. Waite, 25-10, 25-4, 25-6

Clay d. Start, 25-15, 25-23, 25-16

Swanton d. Fayette, 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21

Evergreen d. Lake, 25-13, 25-20, 25-17

Pettisville d. Wauseon, 25-15, 25-21, 25-20

Stritch d. Gibsonburg, 25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8

Bowsher d. Scott, 25-5, 25-4, 25-9

PREP FIELD HOCKEY

OTTAWA HILLS 8, GREENHILLS 0: Jamieson 3, Martinez 2, Lemieux, Arnos, Fenton.