Last week, Surico was named the team's most valuable pitcher by his teammates. Blatchley added 12 and Trent Parkin, a junior outside hitter, had 10. . Creighton used an 11- 0 run to overcome its 1- for- 13 shooting performance from behind the 3- point line and took a 31- 18 lead at the break. UConn welcomed our freshmen tto college basketball " Bulls coach Cheryl Dozier said " We knew it was a tall task coming in and there are so many great things that stand out about UConn " Freshman Stephanie Bennett led Buffalo with 10 points. His thunderous breakaway slam with 4: 33 left in the first half entertained the fans and gave UConn a 35- 9 lead Nelson was making his first start for UConn.

One person who can rest easy-for now-is Manager Cookie Rojas. His three steals in just over a minute led to three baskets, including the three- point play that gave Illinois the lead for good with 7: 54 left. Chang, who threw just one interception in the previous five games, had two passes picked off in the first half, leading to the Spartans' first 14 points. He scored 15 points in the first half, but Charlo carried the Wolf Pack in the closing minutes " We didn' t know what we were capable of( this season " Charlo said " I don' t think anybody did.

Even though they downplayed the matchup Saturday, it was a motivating factor during the offseason. Her record throw was 159 feet 9 inches, breaking the mark of 157-1, set by Janet Nicolls of Cal Poly Pomona in l986. . After a scoreless first quarter in which Ohio State rushed for minus- 1 yard, the Bearcats took a 3- 0 lead after Zwick was stripped of the ball by Jamar Enzor, who also fell on it at the Buckeyes' 32. We can not race up and down the floor 100 miles an hour for 40 minutes " The Blue Devils outrebounded N C. Indiana State rallied again to take a 53- 41 lead, but Bowling Green came back and cut the lead to three with about three minutes left. Appel scored eight of the Cardinal' s final 12 points in the half to take a 30- 29 lead at the break.

Kansas State was only 5- of- 20 from three- point range while losing at home for the first time in 13 games, and to the highest- ranked team to visit Manhattan since No. He had given up only 2 singles in 10 innings, but then he allowed singles by Tom Brunansky, Bob Horner and Tony Pena to fill the bases. "They're the defending champions and we've got to be ready to play They didn't cancel practice Saturday for no reason. UCF had plenty of other opportunities to score, but couldn' t convert until Hodges found Kamar Aiken in the end zone with 1: 06 remaining to cut East Carolina' s lead to 19- 14. Megan Duffy led Notre Dame( 9- 2) with 19 points, including eight points in the last 4 minutes. "This is not a 'clean meet' " said Chris Kostas, owner of Wright's Gym, the sponsor of the Southern California championships. But the Bruins rallied with a dominating offensive stretch to tie the game at 72- all with 8: 40 remaining.

On the second attempt Davis blocked the shot, rebounded the ball and passed it to Hudson, who took it the length of the court to score with 10 seconds remaining. At the old age of 23, Gooden is a rather different pitcher, and a far different person, than the K kid who, in Manager Davey Johnson's words, "was great at 19 and unbelieveable at 20. In 1985, with both teams seeded identically to '88, Gardena led, 3-2, with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning and no runners on base But the Chancellors scored two unearned runs to win "Anything can happen in the City playoffs" Lofrano said. "I knew that we were weak and handicapped with Magic having the flu and me hurt" said Worthy, whose hip is still sore from his Game 1 fall, "but when you're handicapped, you tend to play a lot harder" And so, it's on to Motor City, where 40,000 maniacs, as Salley called them, are ready to put the pedal to the metal for the next three games in the Silverdome "More fans there than you can count" Green said.

The team of 24 Americans found new, faster ways of rowing the 1,100-pound boat with a multicolored dragon head sticking out from the bow and a long tail coming out the stern They set a course record that still stands. A new Game 4, Ziegler announced after meeting with representatives of both teams, will be played in its entirety Thursday night at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Canada, where the Oilers can end the series and win the NHL championship for the second straight season and the fourth time in five years. The sudden death of 6- foot- 5 post player Ronalda Pierce from a heart defect last summer tightly bonded the Seminoles, who wore her No 55 on the back of their shoes to honor her. Army struggled from the floor in the second half, shooting 20 percent. Working with Kareem, Magic had the big play of the game, a back-door, give-and-go pass from Abdul-Jabbar for a layup and a 93-86 lead with 3:42 remaining in the game. The first time down the court, the Buckeyes got the ball into Davenport' s hands and Fowles promptly swatted her shot.

We knew he had to come out " Alando Tucker scored 13 points for the Badgers( 5- 2) and Sharif Chambliss added 12 points but was dominated by Diener on both ends of the court. He finished with 16 points and was 3- of- 3 from 3- point range. They are 14- 0 all- time against Fordham, winning by an average of 26 points. The Falcons also had a season- high 576 total yards and held the Rams scoreless in the second half. The Giant bullpen has allowed only 1 earned run in the last 22 innings. The Terrapins made it 60- all with 2: 54 left on Langhorne' s layup after Coleman hit a 3- pointer and a layup The Hokies had 17 steals, 11 of them in the first half They shot 35 percent to 46 percent for Maryland.

Northern Illinois had a chance to tie the game just before halftime, but Brown hit Harnish as he threw toward the end zone, leading to Deon Young' s interception. Nance scored 11 of his points after Curtis Withers, Charlotte' s leading scorer, left the game with his fourth foul. 1 industry there is taking bottles back to the store" he said. The 6-10 center-forward was in and out of trouble in college before turning pro after just his sophomore season at North Carolina State. BOONE, N. Portland State led by as many as 11 early, grabbing a 29- 18 lead with 6: 08 left on Deonte Huff' s steal and layup. Rice, who came into the contest leading the Eagles in scoring at 21.