In his new allegiance with the Kansas City Royals, Buckner returned to Anaheim Stadium Sunday afternoon and in four at-bats delivered a home run, a single and a two-run double, accounting for half his team's run production during a 6-4 victory over the Angels. Defense is always a focal point for Summitt, and the Lady Vols often looked exposed by Georgia. The Hawthorne coach estimates the girls team can earn 68 points and outdistance Muir, which he has penciled in with 43. The Explorers used a 16- 2 run that included seven from the charity stripe to make it 25- 10 with 5: 45 left in the half.

I want to make that point clear " Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said " These are two great teams, and our team, being a team that I think has accomplished a lot at big moments. Saturday and today, 10 two-person teams are sailing 21-foot Hobie catamarans alongside Silver Strand State Beach. "That's the best I've pitched all season" Andre Dawson hit his 11th home run in the first inning and the Cubs scored twice in the second inning. The Gators threw with relative ease against Florida State' s vaunted defense. "I did the same thing with Willie Mays one time" Durocher said. Tech hit 13 of its first 17 shots and led 34- 26 after Davis scored in the lane over Oklahoma' s Leah Rush.

"It's not a matter of life or death, but this is the year he should become a good player. In ending their four-game winning streak, he beat them for the eighth time in his last 10 decisions. Stanford opened a 22- point advantage early in the second half and was never seriously threatened. Junaid' s strong game came after Stringer pulled her aside and told her " Just being OK, that' s not enough. Vinnie Johnson misfired, Green grabbed the rebound, and Worthy followed a Magic miss to make it 84-80. They deserved to win " Lopes said " You see it all over the country. Brittany Mallory' s two foul shots for the Irish cut the lead to 81- 80.

EAST LANSING, Mich( AP- Allyssa DeHaan had 16 points, including her first collegiate 3- pointer, and blocked eight shots to help balanced Michigan State( No 18 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Dave Henderson broke the string when he lined a double to left-center with two out in the fifth Candelaria finished with 13 strikeouts. They had two weeks to get ready to play again " I think this was a really important game for us just to get it all started " said Harding, who also had five of Duke' s 60 rebounds and three assists " There are six games on the way to the national championship and we wanted to start off right " The Blue Devils, top seeds for the fifth time in six years, will play eighth- seeded Southern Cal in the Bridgeport Regional on Tuesday. He finished 30th at New South Wales and 18th in the Australian PGA and his thumb was feeling better. At one point, Gonzaga coach Mark Few yelled to his team that certain players would not be allowed to bring the ball upcourt against the pressing Vols the rest of the game " They are an aggressive, athletic, opportunistic team " Few said " They take every opportunity you give them- and they create opportunities " High- octane.

Scott helped lead Baylor to a 43- 24 halftime lead, connecting on a pair of 3- point shots in the final minute " I wasn' t looking to shoot a lot this game " Scott said " I wanted to work more on defense. The Mets scored in the fifth on Len Dykstra's run-scoring single, to give Dykstra three hits in the game and 20 hits in his last 42 at-bats He's 16 for 31 against the Cardinals this year. "I did relax a little, but I tried not to let everything go"STARKVILLE, Miss — Like any great thing, it was nothing at first. Temple only shot 39 percent, but was smart with the ball( just six turnovers) and had a 50- 31 rebounding advantage. Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore( AP- DaShawn Wright scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead San Jose State to a 76- 73 overtime victory over Portland State on Friday night.

"A man can be elated and enriched and ennobled by going through hell" says Dr. After taking a 19- point deficit into the half, the Quakers( 1- 3) slowly clawed back into contention late in the contest. C( AP- James Florence scored 28 points, including the winning shot with a second to go, as Mercer beat Charleston Southern 93- 92 on Monday night. Southeastern led 57- 46 on a jumper by Polite with 7: 18 remaining before UCA( 8- 20, 2- 12) fought back. STILLWATER, Okla( AP- With the way Andrea Riley kept scoring, No 6 Oklahoma tried just about everything to slow her down.

Now consider the odd case of Tod Murphy, who holds the Irvine career scoring mark with 1,778 points. Duquesne has dropped its last 15 against Top 25 teams since beating then- No 16 Xavier 78- 70 in Cincinnati on Jan 25, 1997. He is among the leaders on several other all-time lists. There has been a war of wills and ways going on in the Bronx, and Dave Winfield is winning it convincingly. Georgia Tech had 317 yards rushing in its spread- option offense while holding North Carolina to 17.

I had more time after they lost the rights" Just enough time, as it turns out, for the Montreal Expos to make a pitch for the catcher. Boston College dropped its final four games of the regular season, then lost to Virginia in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on March 2 The victory Sunday night was BC' s first since Feb 12 against Miami. "We've always gone out there (in previous playoffs) for the first game dead-tired" he said "We're fortunate. Ashby had only 4 hits in 33 at-bats before his hit, which beat Doug Drabek (4-3) and gave the Astros a sweep of the three-game series.