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Show DAIIT NMAID C2 Saturday, KUth IS, 2008 NHL ROUNDUP mbrieetng 0 CORRECTION TODAY College Baseball TODAY NBADL Idaho at Utah BYU 2-- 0 (12-11- Auro Racing Rain washes out qualifying; Johnson, Gordon get front row at Bristol Rain washed out qualifying BRISTOL, Term. Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway, giving Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon front row spots when the field was set by last points. Clint Bowyer will start third Sunday on the concrete bullring. Dale Jarrett, who will race in his final points race Sunday before retiring from competition, will start 37th with no regrets about how he's career at NASCAR 's top level. ending his "I couldn't ask for a better scenario," said Jarrett, a three-timDaytona 500 winner and former NASCAR champion. "If you gave me a chance to go back and do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing." With qualifying washed out, all 10 Toyota cars entered in the race made the field. upsets BYU spikers: At Los Angeles, the No. 1 BYU men's 2 MPSF) was volleyball team (17-at Pauley Pavilion on upset by No. 9 UCLA (14-11 to the BruFriday night, losing ins. BYU opposite Jonathan Charette led all attackers with 19 kills, but only middle blocker Russell Holmes kills as the Cougars were joined him in double-digheld to their lowest attack percentage on the season at .211. In contratst, the Bruins became the only team to hit above .300 against BYU this year at .324. "We struggled offensively, and they played great defense," said BYU coach Shawn Patchell. "Their libero had 21 digs, and as a result they had more swings than we had. Our most positive note tonight was Jonathan Charette. He had a great weekend." BYU SPORTS ARENA FOOTBALL Cougars strike out in San Diego Predators hand Blaze another loss SAN DIEGO For the second night in a row, San Diego State came from behind to defeat BYU, this time handing the Cougars a 5 loss. The Cougars (7-lead through the first three MWQ, had a in the seventh. innings and tied the game up at five-aA check-swinflick down the line by Erik Castro resulted in a double which brought in the winning run for SDSU (9-Aztec lefty Nate Solow recorded 13 strkeouts and BYU starter Jordan Muir logged eight in seven innings. Another SDSU reliever added three more Cougar strikeouts to keep them off stride. BYUs Sean McNaughton had a solo homer in the first. In the fourth inning, Cougar Kent Walton hit a one-ou-t triple off the cent erf ield wall and scored on a balk. Steve Parker had advanced to second on that balk and scored when Kasey Ko singled. Walton hit a two-ruhomer in the seventh to tie the game at five-al- l. The two close the three-gam- e series today at 2 p.m. MT, in a game broadcast live on 1400 AM. ORLANDO The Utah Blaze were outscored 1 by the Orlando Predators (1-- in front of 9,722 fans at the Amway Arena on Friday night. Orlando wide receiver T.T. Toliver had nine receptions for 1 13 yards and three touchdowns. The score was tied at 35 at the half. Four of the five Blaze first half touchdowns were TD passes from Joe Germaine to J.J. McKelvey. Germaine ended the night for 363 yards, seven TDs and no interceptions. ON THE AIR e 30-2- 23-3- 30-2- 6-- ll left-fiel- d ChiSox vs. ChiCubs Clark-Piat- 5 p.m. 6 p.m. championship 7 p.m. Big East championship WAC championship 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Big West championship VRS , ESPNC ESPN ESPN2 ESPN2 n NBA Utah at New Jersey Tennis Pacific Life Open 5:30 p.m. KJZZ Noon FSN VRS FSN Hantuchova opens with easy victory MWC, BYU vs. UNLV 5 p.m. 1160 AM College Baseball BYU at SDSU 2 p.m. 1400 AM 5:30 p.m.1320 AM NBA Utah at New Jersey d d 2-- spring-trainin- 6-- 5-- 2 Baseball 6-- 10-0- 4-- I Sabres 7, Hurricanes 1: At Buffalo, N.Y., Derek Roy had two goals and an assist, givingiew life to Buffalo's playoff hopes. The Sabres scored four goals on their first seven e shots, snapping a and creeping skid within two points of eighth-plac- e Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference playoff race. e The Hurricanes had a win streak snapped, and had their lead atop the Southeast Division cut to five points after both Washington and Florida won Friday. four-gam- five-gam- I Capitals 4, Thrashers 1: At Washington, Brooks Laich scored two goals and Alex Ovechkin and Matt Cooke each had a goal and an assist to lead Washington over Atlanta. Laich, who had never scored twice in his first 214 NHL games, has multigoal efforts in three of the past nine. Ovechkin, the NHL leader in goals and points, gave Washington a 1 lead with his 57th goal and 99th point. He assisted on Laich's first of the night. Barker, Patrick Kane and Andrew Ladd paced Chicago with a goal and an assist each, and the Blackhawks e snapped a losing streak by beting Colum four-gam- bus. Duncan Keith, Dave Bol- land and Dustin Byfuglien also scored for Chicago, who lead in the jumped to a first period. Patrick Lalime made 29 saves. 3-- g fracas between New Wednesday's York and the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa outfielder Jonny Gomes was suspended for two games Friday. All three players were fined along with Yankees manager Joe Girardi, third-bas- e coach Bobby Meacham and hitting coach Kevin Long. The suspensions, unless appealed, will start at the beginning of the regular season. Bob Watson, first-roun- 7-- 6 3-- 2 6, Blue Jackets 3: At Columbus, Ohio, Cam Men's College Basketball TENNIS I Two more wins for BYU men's tennis: At Provo, the BYU men's tennis team (10-5- ) won both of its Friday matches, downing over Pacific and Portland. The afwin over Pacific, followed ternoon started with a by a comfortable 1 win over Portland. BYU swept the doubles matches against Pacific, then got singles wins from Jonathan Sanchez, Daniel Hwang, A.J. Young and Tom Young. After a short break, BYU swept the doubles matches against Portland, then got singles wins from Sanchez, Hwang, Cassidy Mears and A.J. Young. OUi SUNRISE, Fla. Jokinen scored a power-plagoal 7:12 into the third period, stretching the Florida Panthers' winning streak to a season-high six and handing the New York Rangers their first regulation loss in more than a on Friday night. month, The Rangers had been since a 1 home loss to Anaheim on Feb. 7. Florida's winning streak is the third longest in team history. t Blackhawks Radio INDIAN WELLS, Calif. Fifthseeded Daniela Hantuchova opened her title defense in the Pacific Life Open with a victory over wild-carAngela Haynes on match'The Friday in a windy second-rounHantuchova won 22 of 23 points on her first serves in the match and lost just 12 total points in the opening set. d In men's play, Jurgen Melzer eliminated U.S. Open champion Marat Safin (5), PRESS 4-- Women's College Basketball MWC championship 2 p.m. 5 p.m. Big 12 championship 3-- 6-- 2 WGN MWC, BYU vs. UNLV I Rice's Wilson fired: At Houston, longtime Rice men's coach Willis Wilson was fired Friday, two days after overall and 6 in Conference the Owls finished USA. Athletic Director Chris Del Conte said the Owls will begin a nationwide search for a replacement. 6-- 2 p.m. TGC Mid-Ame- r. LAS VEGAS Regina Miller is no longer the UNLV women's basketball coach. Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick announcing the staff ing change in a brief statement Friday. Hamrick called it a "personnel matter" and said no other information would be released. t, ASSOCIATED TGC NBC 0 Miller out at UNLV e, SPD ESPN2 Men's College Basketball Conf. USA championship 9:30 a.m. CBS America East championship 10 a.m. ESPN2 ACC semifinal 11:30 a.m. ESPN 11:40 a.m. CBS Big Ten semifinal Noon ESPN2 Big 12 semifinal ACC semifinal 1:30 p.m. ESPN CBS Big Ten semifinal 2p.m. ESPN2 2 p.m. Big 12 semifinal Pac-1CBS 4 p.m. championship Atlantic 10 championship 4 p.m. ESPN 5 p.m. ESPN2 championship Coljjege Basketball honors: At Fayette-villCougars earn five Ark., five BYU athletes earned designations in the first day of action at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Chamipionships. The BYU women's distance medley relay team of Carlee Stacy Slight, Katie Palmer and Angela Wagner took fifth (11:10.96). Pole vaulter Matt Weirich cleared 174.50 for seventh. Keith Jensen qualified for the finals in the 800 meters (1:49.89). Bob Low and Whitney Neves were also in the pole vault. Low and Neves cleared good enough for a tie for 10th and 16th, respectively. BYU junior Kyle Perry will run in the 3,000m final today. ABC Ballantines Championship 7:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Sr., AT&T Classic MLB Preseason -- n 10 p.m. 11 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Arnold Palmer Invitational -- ). Australian GP Noon SPD SPD SPD SPD Golf 69-6- 0-- 2 7:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. NHRA qualifying it 24-ye- ar 12 Hours of Sebring Sharpie Mint 300 practice Food City 500 practice 12 Hours of Sebring Sharpie Mini 300 9-- 30-2- THE Television 12-- sea-son- 's Panthers will y UCLA 0, 52 SDSU sixth straight I Softball team rails to Nebraska: At Las Vegas, the fell to Nebraska at the UNLV ) Cougars Round Robin on Friday. It was pitchers' duel between BYUs Christie Zinanti and Nebraska's Alex Hupp. Zinanti kept the Huskers scoreless until the sixth inning when defensive mistakes allowed two runs for Nebraska. Zinanti gave up seven hits in seven innings, including two walks and hitting four batters. The Cougars managed to get off three hits, including a double from Daniela Snow in the bottom of the seventh inning, yet they were unable to capitalize on the base runners. In an article in Thursday's Daily Herald, reporting on former BYU basketball standout Kevin Nixon's induction into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, Nixon's wife was His wife is the former Stephanie Henry. at 2 p.m. 1400 AM 7 p.m. Cabrera, Duncan, Gomes suspended baseball's vice president for discipline, cited Duncan for "violent and reckless actions, which incited the incident," and penalized Cabrera for "violent and aggressive actions during the incident." NEW YORK Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in bench-clearin- g Sharks 4, Blues 1: At San Jose, Calif., Milan Michalek scored on the opening shift, San Jose added three more goals in its highest-scorin- g period of the season and the Sharks coasted to their franchi11th se-record straight victory. Tenn ssee survives South Carolina's upset bid THE ASSOCIATED in Odom's final game; the (21-1can lock up its first coach announced in January he NCAA tournament berth would step down at the end of since 2003-0tonight in the the season. championship game against Temple. Arkansas 81, No. 18 Vanderbilt 75: At Atlanta, Darian Townes ACC and Gary Ervin each scored 18 points and Arkansas domiI No. 1 North Carolina 82, Florida State 70: At Charlotte, N.C., nated inside. The Razorbacks Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 rolled to a points to lead North Carolina to rebounding the win in the ACC tournament edge and outscored the Comin the paint. 0 modores quarterfinals. PRE; ATLANTA Chris .ofton hit a with 11.4 seconds remaining and the foun Volunteers surv ved South Carolina's bid for h huge upset, sending Dave Od( m into retirement with an 7 victory over the Gamecocks in tne quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament Hriday. Tennessee (29-3- ) already claimed its first SEC championship in 41 years and hopes to lock up a top seed in the NCAA tournament by winning the league tourney. Wayne Chism led the Volunteers with 23 points, helping them dominate on the inside. Lofton was held shootto 10 points on ing, but the senior guard came through when it counted. Tennessee will face Arkansas in the semifinals. Devan Downey scored 26 points and Zam Fredrick had 24 for the Gamecocks (14-1- ment championship. Pittsburgh 68, No. 25 4 89-8- Mar- quette 61: At New York, Sam Young scored 22 points to lead Pittsburgh to the tournament title game for the seventh time in eight years. Big Ten (21-1- 45-2- 4 50-2- I No. Atlantic 10 t Saint Joseph's 7 Duke 82, Georgia Tech 70: At Charlotte, N.C., Jon 61, No. 10 Xavier 53: At Atlantic City, N.J., Pat Calathes scored 24 points and Saint Joseph's held No. 10 Xavier to a season-lopoint total in the Atlantic 10 semifinals. Despite the loss, the top-seed- Musketeers (27-6- ) are all but guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament when the selections are announced on Sunday. Saint Joseph's Fifth-seede- d Scheyer scored 18 points and No. 7 Duke advanced to the ACC semifinals. I No. 8 Wisconsin 51, Michigan 34: At Indianapolis, Joe Krab- - benhoft scored 12 points and Michael Flowers keyed Wisconsin offensively and defensively in the game in Big Ten tournament history. lowest-scorin- I g No. 19 Michigan St. 67, Ohio 60: At Indianapolis, Drew St Big East I No. 9 Georgetown 72, West Virginia 55: At New York, Roy Hibbert went from scoring a season low to a season high, and has Georgetown playing for another Big East tourna- - Neitzel scored 28 points and Travis Walton hit five free throws in the final minute for Michigan State. I Illinois 74, No. 17 Purdue 67, At Indianapolis, Demetri McCamey scored 26 points, OT: and Illinois advanced to the Big Conference USA Ten semis. McCamey, a freshman guard, made 9 of 14 field I No. 2 Memphis 69, Southern Miss. 53: At Memphis, Term., goals and all six of his shots. Derrick Rose scored 25 points and Memphis advanced to the I Minnesota 59, No. 22 Indiana 58: Conference USA tournament At Indianapolis, Minnesota's championship for a fourth Blake Hoffarber caught a long straight year with its 41st conpass with 1.5 seconds left, spun secutive league victory. away from a defender and hit a shot at the Pac-1- 0 buzzer to upset Indiana. Big 12 I No. 6 Texas 66, Oklahoma St. 59: At Kansas City, Damion James had 23 points and 1 1 rebounds and D. J. Augustin powered a crucial run for Texas. second-hal- f No. 3 UCLA 57, Southern California 54: At Los Angeles, freshman Kevin Love scored 11 points in a 15-- run to open the second half that propelled UCLA into the Pac-1- 0 finals. 2 Patriot League I American 52, Colgate 46: At No. 5 Kansas 64, Nebraska 54: At Kansas City, Mo., Brandon Rush scored six points in a 154 run and No. 5 Kansas overcame its worst half of the season to beat Nebraska. 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