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Show 7c2 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS « = aes Sunday, April 16, 2000 A ROUNDUP OF THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS SCENE “BYU Tied for gene Es fF Moya Advances to Estroil Open Finals Brigham Young fell into a Formerworld No. 1 Carlos Moya of beat rain and Moyaof Spain beat the rain and T uning In advance Saturdayto the finals of ~drilled a three-run double off = Nate Ferniley in the eighth pulled ahead in an 11-9 victory. Kainoa Obrey drove in four runs and Tyler Perry had three RBIs for BYU (22-20, 10-8 MWC), whichhas lost five conference games ina @ Utahlost 4-2 to San Diego State at Franklin Covey Field, after scoring two runs @ Zach Bernard struck out12 in Southern Utah's 8-2 victory at Chicago State, giving him 30 strikeouts in his last three outings. SUU lost the second game20-14. @ Salt Lake Community College won 7-1 and 5-0 and lost 4-2 to Treasure Valley in a tripleheader. Cheyenne Rushtonpitched a two-hit shutoutfor SLCC. Qa Lou Krasky/The Associated Press The gallery watches as EmieElschips to the 5th green. Els shot a 5-under66 to lead by twostrokes. Els Takes the Lead At Harbour Town ErnieEls applied the lessons he learned in thefirst two days ofthe MCIClassic in Hilton HeadIsland,S.C., shooting a 5-under 66 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Steve Lowery. For two rounds, Els watched his playing partner, Davis Love Ill, pick apart Harbour Town’s narrow fairways and tiny greens on the way to the secondroundlead. But Els was the third-round master, outduLeaderboard eling Love as the two were Volleyball Former Highland High star Logan Tom and ex-BYU setter Charlene Johnson Tagaloa are part ofthe 12- member USA Women’s National Volleyball Team that will compete next week against Russia and Japan in Moscow.Tagaloa will share the setting duties with Kerri Walsh, Tom's former Stanford teammate, who’s moving from oppositehitter while recovering from a shoulderin- jury. BYU product Ryan Millar posted nine kills as the USA Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Korea * 25-22, 25-16, 25-18. @ FormerHunter High outside hitter/middle blocker Amber Rigdonhas signed with North CarolinaGreensboro. Softball Kristin Hommelpitched ‘a one-hitter and Sandy Taylor hit a two-run homeras Utah State beat Cal Poly 2-0 in the first gameof a double* headerin Logan.Cal Poly won the second game3-2. Tay- ~ lor’s homerwasher ninth of « the season, leaving her one short of her own USU season record. USUis 16-27, 4-7 in the * Big West Conference. The =» three-gameseries concludes » today. Southern Utah com». pleted a four-game sweep of ~ Youngstown State with victo® ries of 11-2 and11-10 in Cedar City. Emily Cederholm went ~6-for-8 with seven RBIs in the doubleheader. Kolbi Clothier’s triple brought home the winningrunin the second game. SUUis10-31, 5-5 in the Mid-ContinentConference. @ Salt Lake Community College swept Snow 9-3, 8-1, 9-6 and6-2 inla four-gameseries, behindthe pitching of ae ap apart midway through the round with three straight bogeys. But he had tap-in pan Forsman Notah Begay Ii 66-71-8205 71-86-68—205 holes to finish with a 70 and move within three strokes Brande Burton Carn Koch 69-69-68—206 (69-69-69-207 of Els. AJ. Eathome 76-67-68—-211 Love, who has won four Emieéis times at Harbour Town, fell See 'owey Fora while, it looked like "&*lHeherngon 6674-71-21 Love waslost on a course that he — well, loves. After Complete matching shots with Els through thefirst seven holes, Love had a string of bogeys and wayward shots. "Twoof his last swings brought himback into con- tention. He stuck an 8-iron within a foot on the par-3 17th, then knocked a 7-iron within about the same distance onthe 18th hole. Lowery had a 66. Scott Hoch shota 64. Larry Mize had a 65, his lowest round here in six years. Chris Perry tied the back nine record of 29 for his 65. Curtis Strangeshot a 65. Inkster Increases Lead Juli Inksteris playing the front-runnerrole to perfection for the secondstraight year in the LPGA Longs Jeremy Mayfield might wantto avoidlooking in his rearview mirror when the green flag drops t0day in Talladega, Ala. Mayfield, winner of just one NASCAR Winston Cuprace in his Tennis Utah's women’s tennis team closed the regular season with a 9-0 victory over Southern Utah, winningall six singles matches in two sets. The Utes are 7-10. Q Conditioning Utah Statefootball player Donald Dicko and volleyball player Amy Crosbie were named All-America by the NationalStrength and Conditioning Association. Dicko was a three-year starter in the secondary and Crosbie will enter her senior season as USU’scareer kills leader. The Salt Lake Tribune K ; strokevictory. Brandie Burton was second after a 68, and Sweden’s Carin Koch was another stroke back after her third straight 69. Australia’s Rachel Heatherington (71) and Canada’s A.J. Eathorne (68) were tied for fourth at 211. Tewell Leads Round Two Doug Tewell shot a 6-under-par 66 Saturday in the second round of the PGA Seniors’ Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and was the clubhouse leader at 10-under 134 when play was suspended for the sixth timein three days. ‘Tewell wasfour shots ahead ofDana Quigley when play was halted by heavy rain. Some 91 players were unable tostart or finish the second round, including Quigley, whowas6 underthrough six holes. Larry Nelson was 5 under through sevenholes, and Japan’s Seiji Ebihara — the first-round co-leader along with Tewell — dropped to 3 underafter three holes. Tom Kite shot a 6-under66 andis lurking four behind the leader. Second-round play is scheduled to resume this morning. —The Associated Press AUTO RACING siiqwed Labonte to cruise to his first-ever IROC victory DieHard 500 Lineup TALLADEGA, Ala. ~The tneup forSunday'sNASCAR Winston Cup Ditard500at Taladga Superspechraywihqualtyngpostion ca urbe, iver car make and speed in 4, (12 remy Mayfel, Ford, 18658 mp 2 (94)BA Et, Ford, 16:96. 3 (66) Dalart, Fod, 196747, 4 Chev 106 518 85, (6) MarkMarin, Ford, 186.354 ‘GhatylonGarmeBete a ‘ee BASEBALL: Marlins at Cubs 12:10 p.m., (WGN); Their semifinal match was interrupted in the second set as Lapentti led 2-0 after losing thefirst set 6-4, and organizers hoped it could resumetoday. NBA: at Blazers, 1 p.m. (5); Timberwolves at Lakers, 3:30 Diamondbacks at Giants, 6 p.m., (ESPN) ; i p.m. (5); Jazz at Suns, 7 p.m. (14) GOLF: Senior PGA Ct ship,10 a.m. (5); MCI Classic, 1 p.m. @) TENNIS: Gallery Fumiture, life, starts from the polein the Die- Touchstone Energy 300 Joe Nemechek won the Busch Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway whenheeasily beat Buckshot Jonesto the finish line. Nemechektook the lead away from % sep scaler 1 Ford, 1855 19. (77) Rober Pressly, For, 20, 2k (9) Stacey Compton, Ford 186.364 Jones with seven laps to go and 32 (0) EsBeri Foe ies steadily pulled away, winning by 0.224 seconds, about three car lengths. misionwamnfoen wan 3 Kame Wile, CoTI perspeedway. And Dale Jarrett, the defending Winston Cup champion. No oneis better at Talladega than Earnhardt, who will start on the outside of the second row.it’s as if the seven-time Winston Cup champion can see the Alabamaair draft better than anyone in this restrictor-plate era. Earnhardthas won 13 times at the 2.66-mile tri-oval, including 3h ey DasTei Gre14S Brazilian Gil de Ferran outdueled former CART FedEx Series champions Jimmy Vasser and Juan Montoyain the Toyota Grand Gaternonioom yey . Rae 36. (24) JefGordon, Chaveoet, 184136. a. provilonal third polein six years of racing on 0 Prix of Long Beach to earn his the temporary street course. The Associated Press ‘ : Sacramento Tennis at Buzz, 1:45 p.m. (ESPN-AM 1230) STEVENSONIN: Alexandra Stevensonhas chosento play in next week’s Family Circle Cup despite the NAACP’s boycott of South Carolina forflying the Confederate flag on its Statehouse in Hilton HeadIsland. On Wednesday, Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament to support the boycott. The tournament, which begins Monday,lost two players because of leg injuries: top-ranked Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati. Cycling MERCKX HONORED:TheInternational Cycling Union has named Belgium racer Eddie Merckx cyclistof the century. Juan Antonio Samaranch,the presidentofthe International Olympic Committee, announced the honor Friday at a ceremonyin Paris. ’ Soccer MANCHESTER, MONACO ROLL: Monaco wonthe French soccertitle Saturday, and Manchester United again punished opponents in the Premier League. Monacotied Nancy 2-2, with Dado Prso scoringthe tying goal in thefinal seconds. ManchesterUnited routed Sunderland 4-0. KOURNIKOVA OUT:Argentina’s Paola Suarez beat Russia’s Anna Kournikova 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 Saturday in the quarterfinals of the rain-plagued Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Fla. Suarez will play defending champion Monica Seles today in the semifinals. Seles continued her mastery over Spain’s Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, win- Boxing MICHALCZEWSKI RETAINS TITLE: Dariusz Michalezewski retained his WBO light heavy- ning 6-1, 6-3. Russia’s Elena Likhovtseva will play Spain’s Conchita Martinez in the other semifinal. 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Even when his car failed inspection, forcing the crew to hurriedly rebuild the back end,it didn’t matter. fastest qualifying time. “Tt was an OK qualifying deal,” he said with a shrug. “But we've gotto draft and race. That's what's important.” seeded German Anke Huber, whois ranked 16th, notched a 63, 6-2 win overItalian Tathiana Garbin. Huberwill play No.5 seed SilvinaFarina, or second-seeded Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy, whose match also was cut short andrescheduled for today. Dechy wonthefirst set 6-4 and the second was tied at4-4. $a eevee Pet SOT 10. (28) Picky Rud, Ford, 185.978 Pete aray CooneyUr r Pontiac, Hard 500, surrounded by three drivers who have accounted for 138 victories. in their celebrated careers. There's Bill Elliott, the sentimental favorite. And Dale Earhhardt, the master at Talladega Su- hasthe uncanny knackof using the Columbiaafterstarting 58th. Qa Drugs Challenge in Lincoln Calif. The Hall of Famer, playing about 125 miles from her Los Altos home,shot a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday to increase her lead to three strokes after the third round. “T hit the ball right where I wanted to mostof the time,” Inkstersaid. “I’m playing very well. I hit every fairwayandalso putted well.I'll take that samesolidness tomorrow.” Inkster had a 13-under 203 total on the Twelve Bridges course, the lowest three-roundscore in tournament’s five-year history. Last year, she also led-by three strokes after three rounds en route to a four- Big Names Are Chasing Mayfield in DieHard 500 as it flowsoverthe cars, because he the Whistler Cup in British ot Coe birdies on the 17th and 18th, ,rchtenss raeScore Rowe. Q * paired again. Cami Carter and Kathy Skiing ParkCity’s Jake Dudek, 15,finished a surprising fourth in the super G race of Now ranked 46th in the world, Moyawill face either compatriot In the women’s event, top- «row. UNLVis 13-25, 6-10. 8). 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