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Show The Salt Lake Tribune v2 SPORTS Sunday, April 7, 2002 DAVIS CUP Utes Come Back, Beat CSU Twice Cup ‘Semsung/RadkoShack 500, 11:30am. 13); ASA Tire Rack 300, 2 p.m.f "aoe Gonzales vo. oe bantemweinht championship;, 3p.m. (FSM); Echets vs. Salem (NABE supermiddieweigh! championship).6p:m. The University of Utah rallied (ESPH). Golf:EuropeanPGA Tour, Algarve FC); Senior turday, sweep tate in 2 Moun: tain West Conferencesoftball doubleheaderat UteField. ‘The Utes wonthefirst game 3-2 on Melissa Stahnke’ssingle winning pitcher in the opener and Molly McLean went 3-for4 In the second game, the Utes trailed 3-0 before McLean's sacri fice fly brought homea run in thefifth and Lyndsey Trevis and Niki Hayhurst hit solo homers in thesixth. In thesev: enth, Keller singled and moved to third on McLean'ssacrifice bunt, before scoring on the wild | Wonton rac ge 5pm.(FSH). NBA:Bucks at 76ers, 10:30 arn. (80); oe Davis Cup,\U.S.vs.‘Spain,1 p.m. (ESPN). U.S.on the Verge of Victory Martin, Blake wait out BYU Splits: Cynthia Faltowfield pitched a four-hitter rain delay, beat Spain in tworuns as BYUbeat New in doubles for 2-1 lead and Elizabeth Boydston drove Mexico6-0in the second gameof adoubleheaderat Miller Field in Provo. UNM wonthefirst game 7-6. TheCougars pulled to within onerunin thebottom ofthe sev. enth inning on Kari Pringle’s RBI single, but hitting star Oli Keohohouflied out with the bases loaded to end the game. BYU is 24-16, 3-5 in the MWC. USU Loses: Cindy Ball’s grand slamin the seventh inning helped No. 18 Pacific secure a 5-0 winover Utah State in Logan. Ball also pitched asix-hitter. In the completion of a suspended game,the Tigers scored 11 runs in the seventhinning to win14-1. USU is $32, 0-9in the Big West. Splits: Tracy Evans pitched afour-hitter as Southern Utah beat Oakland6-0inthe first game ofa doubleheaderat Roch ester, Mich. Oakland won the secondgame 6-5. SUU is 15-19, 44 in the Mid-Continent Confer: BYMICHAEL A. LUTZ ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS HOUSTON The United States has the lead and historyon its side in its Davis Cup match with Spain. ‘Todd Martin and James Blake waited out a lengthy rain delay Saturday, then picked up right where they left off and SUU intheopener. In the second game, Crystal Binghamdrove in two runs for SUU SLCC-Dixie: Lisa Hansen wontwice andlost onceas Salt 21 lead over Spain in the best-offive quarterfinal. The Americans won6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on the grass court. In it's last 41 Davis Cup matches, the United States has a 22-1 record when it wins the doubles as it did easilyagainst the Spaniards. “We jelled pretty good as a team,” ‘Todd Martinsaid. “After what happened yesterday, it was alittle bit of a nervous evening for me. We wentout and played Beavers. Came Home Cruises to Win In Santa Anita Spaniard was supposed to\pair with Balcells for the doubles. But Corretja’s hand was slightly swol- go with Alberto Martin instead. Arrese said’ he had no update on Corretja’s condition. ‘The U.S. squad wassteady throughout the doubles match, racing toa6-1,3-2lead when rain ‘halted play. After delay of1 hour, 40 minutes, the players returned to the court — and the Americansstayed in control. “T don’t think I played mybest, but I felt it was the best effort 1 could give,” makea difference. We are accustomed to playing the sametogether so there was no ference.” With the score 2-2 in'the third set, the United Statesgot the last servicebreakit needed, ‘with Blake‘hitting a forehand service return winner past a diving Alberto Martin. Serving for the match at 54, the United States’ quickly capitalized on its first match (point, with Baleells returning Came Home, the horse nobody wanted to buyon three different occa- ‘Todd Martin’s serve into thenet. Nowthe attention turns to'today’s de- sions, stamped himselfas the early ciding singles matches. Todd Martin ex. length victoryin the $750,000 Santa KentuckyDerbyfavorite witha 24 ae Derbyon Saturday in Arcatia, pects.a big comeback for Sampras. “Wefelt we needed to give Pete some spaee, but | didn’t expect the Pete we saw OrRiden by Chris McCarron, Came'Homeeovered 1miles in 1 minute, 50minutes and paid today,” Martin said. “He was shooting baskets and leading warm-up drills. It gave me a senseof comfort knowing he'd still be prepared ifwe didn’t go outand do our jobs today.” The winner of the U.SSpain series will play defending champion France or the Czech Republic in the semifinals. The Frenchlead their quarterfinal 2-1. On the other side of the draw, Russia third and paid'$5.60'to show. eliminated Sweden by ‘taking a 3-0 lead Saturday, while Argentina leads Croatia 21. Part owners Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan, who also bred three times with no takers — thus NCAA MEN’S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP giving thecolt his name. TENNIS Panove Advances: Tatiana Pano- Minnesota Wins First Title in 23 Years va beat Meghann Shaughnessy 7-6 (9), 64 in the Sarasota Open semifi- nals in Florida. Panova, seetled 10th, will facetop-seeded Jelena Dokic of Yugoslaviaforthe title. FOOTBALL Freeman’s Freedom: In an ST. PAUL, Minn Minnesota had been waiting 23 years for an NCAA hockeytitle, so nobody minded that the winning goal was scored by someone unusual move, the Green Bay Pack- ers are allowing wide receiver Anitonio Freeman tospeak with other fromoutof state. Grant Potulnyscored on a powerplay teams abouta trade, his agentsaid.In 16:58 into overtime, giving the Golden Gophers a 43 victory over Maine on Saturday night their first champion- aletter dated April 2, the Packers gave Freeman andhis agent, Joel Segal, permission for the seventhyear protovisit other clubs, undergo physical exams andtalicaboutcon- shipsince 1979. “When I came here, the guys didn’t even blink aneye,” said Potulny, a sophomore from Grand Forks, N.D., who scored twice in Minnesota’s semifinal tract requirements. Washington Loveme: Guart David Loverne was trailedfrom the victory over Michigan on Thursday BASEBALL SLCC : Ben Sainsbury homered and drove in four runstolead Salt Lake Community College toa 12-0 win over UtahState's clubteam in thesec: ondgameof a doubleheader Danny Barnett earnedthewin. TheBruins wonthe opener 10-0behindthe two-hit pitching ofBrentNeal. Jake East drove in three runs. SLCCis 29-10. TENNIS Utes Lose: New Mexico topped Utah5-2 in men’splayat Albuquerque, N.M. Corrie Scheepersand Nik Yip won sin: gles matches for Utah Wyoming edged Utah 43in women's playat Laramie, Wyo. Sheri Esrock, Ellen Svensson and Irini Kotogiou won singles matches for the Utes, who lost the doubles point BYU Wins: BYUdownedCol oradoState 43 in women's play Rebecca Pike, Dominique Rey nolds and Elizaveta Khou doiarova wonsingles matches for the Cougars, whoalso took the doubles point. In men’s play, BYUbeat Air Force. Carlos Lozano, Nic Losee, Erik Nyman andJeff Har bach wonin singles for BYU USU Wins: Utah State de feated Portland State7-0 ina men's match at Logan. BASKETBALL Houle'’s Stars: Mountain View's Dave Houle coachedthe Westteamto a 94-85 win overthe ast in the inaugural Mc Donald's Girls All-Star Classic on Thursdaynight. The game will be replayed on ESPN2 on night. “T'vegot that ‘M’tattooed on my chest, Minnesota was less than a minute from having to wait at least another year for its elusive fourth national title, but Matt Koalska tied it on a sixth-attacker goal with 52.4 seconds left in regulation afterthe Black Bears took a 3-2 lead with 4:33 remaining on Robert Liscak’s goal. “It was our time,” said Gophers coach Don Lucia, who opened thestate’s bor- ders for the first time in morethan a dec- ade when he recruited Potulny. John Poh! had a goal and twoassists for the Golden Gophers, 48 in NCAA title games. Minnesota (328-4) also played in the 1969 championshipinSt. Paul, losing to Harvard in overtime The game marked the fourth time in the past five seasonsthat thetitle game has gone to overtime andthe fifth in seven seasons. It was a bitter end to an emotional season for the Black Bears(26-11-7). Maine players wore green shamrockshaped patches on their jerseys in honor of Shawn Walsh, the coach who died of cancer before the season began. Walsh led the Black Bears to titles in 1993 and “It was-a crazy game,” interim coach ‘Tim Whitehead said. “As we've learned already very well this year, life doesn’t always end upin the storybook ending you'd likeit to.”” Michael Schutte, who scored two goals, was called for tripping Koalska with 4:02 left in overtime, giving the ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE Brigham Young collected 22 hits Satur: daynight, buta walk was the biggest play ofthe game. Ryan Chambers’ bases-loaded walk in vietory over Utah at Miller Field in Provo. She averaged 16.6points,6.0 asrr and 7.4 steals for the Griz — The Salt Lake Tribune | | the 12th inning gave the Cougars a 109 Utah reliever Jared Snyder almost worked out of « bases-loaded, nobody-out situation in the bottom of the12th. But af- ter Rob Itri lined out and Ranger Wiens grounded into a fielder’s choice, Snyder Jets to' Washington after failing ‘start any games in/his three: with New York.The Jets also gave up anundisclosed drafypickant Teceived an undisclosed draft choice ‘Ann Heisenfelt/The Associated Press| re Washingtonin this month's ¥ Minnesota's Grant Potuiny, center, is mobbed by teammates after scoring the | 2 ‘linegame-winning goalin overtime to beat Maine 4-3. Gophers their power play. Overtime penalties rarely arecalled, so Maine was upset with the call on Schutte byreferee Steve Piotrowski, especially because Minnesota goalie Adam Hauser could havee ‘been whistled for high-stickingearlier in the overtime. ‘The referees were not madeavailable for comment. “Obviously youdon’t blame the game on the refs,” Black Bears captain Peter Metcalf said, “but alot of things could've been prevented Metcalf said he remembered 'Pi- otrowskiejecting Walsh from a gamelast ‘season. “Tt seems like someonehad it in for us,” Metcalf said. “Someone should've taken note and kept him outofthe game.”” Pohl, who finished as the ‘nation’s Hauser was pulled with 59 seconds re. Mike Wilson from Wilkes‘Barre/ the gamewith slap shot. Scranton of the American’ Keith Ballard put Minnesota up1-0 in ‘Tyler Dabo was the winning pitcher, enmH nsee 4 a game tary morentarade in theMountain West Conferenceafter taking twoof three games intheseries; Utah is 6-7. ‘The Cougarstook @ 948 leat! on Cham. bers’ two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Utah forced extra innings with doubles by Nate Weese and Brit Pan. nier in the top ofthe ninth. ‘Through nine innings, one teamorthe League. thefirst periot! on a power-playgoal, but Maine played intense defense the whole ‘Thorton Retums: Boston Bruins center Joe Thornton returned ¢ — keeping the Gophers from getting a shot on goal during a 5-on-8 that against the New York Rangers after being sidelined since Mareh 7 with an The Black Bears’persistence paid off | on a power play in the second period, when Metcalf set up Schutte for an in- | and was not expected to Jasted morethan a minute. credibly easygoal that tied itat'1. 01208 Na 8 Segia | | | | injured left shoulder. Thornton 18. games because ofthe injury this 80 n. TELEVISION CNN/S!'s Days Numbered: Cable meen) CNN/Sports: willl goofftheair’May 15,Corporateparent AOL Time Warner sald in dan at) Ktwoulscrep theqpartschannel, whichhas never turned a profit in its ome57) tientionten | fivevears. The parent company is rterec: Pay 15(Pb,ac) 16586) saoghinoy brnntrayen lected Some 4333 left, silencing the pro-Minnesota walked Chambers. Pens Recall Wilson: burgh ; recalledde as and dropped it back to Koalska, whotied Manno, Po 77 (Antony, Angi), 5 up3-2with HOCKEY maining in regulation. Pohl controlled the puck off a faceoff in the Mainezone wins and saves who has been streaky games andput the BlackI Jacksonville Jaguars. Eastregional. ‘Minnesota 4, Maine 3 ‘OvERTIR: ten : throughout his four-year career, made 30 saves for the Gophers. Liscak scored his third goal in ‘two year, $16.2 million contract withthe last year with an overtime goal in the scoring leader with 78 points, assisted on the game-winning goal, dropping the puck to Potulny, who put the puck through Mainegoalie Matt Yeats’ legs. Hauser, the school’s careerleader in man Chris ‘Naeole left the New Orleans Saints and signed a. seven- crowd. Liscak ended the Gophers’ season Brigham YoungWalks to 12.InningOve Win OverUtah UVSC Recruit: Utah Valley foot? guard from Logan High. | andI'm a Golden Gopher for the rest of my life.” State College's women's program has added Molly Hillyard,a 5- Mondayat 8p.m. MDT. IN BRIEF ‘$4.20, $3.40 and$2.80 as the wagering favorite. Easy Grades returned $5.40 and'$4, while Lusty Latin was another three-quarters of a length’back in Came Home,put the horse up forsale ‘THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS with a double and an RBL SLCC is 25-18, 8-6 in the conference. give anybody trouble if he can beat Pete Sampras or grass.” Corretja upset seven-time Wimbledon champ Sampras on Friday, and the Spanish captain Jordi Arrese decided to two ofthree Scenic West Athletic Conference softball games from Dixie State College at Bruin seventhto winthefirst game. \dsey Cozzens went 3-for-4 thrives on situationslike this,” U.S. captain Patrick McEnroesaid. “Corretja can Jen from fall during Friday's match, so BY DAVE CAMPBELL The Bruins won 65in the completion of a suspended game on a two-run homerby Heidi Hansen-Sterder. In the regularly scheduled games, Salt Lake defeated! Dixie State 3-2 before falling 5-2. TheBruins scored three runsin the bottom ofthe “It will bea difficult match, but Andy will bring a lot of firepower and he straight sets to give the United States a Lake Community Collegetook Field Pete Sampras is slated to play Tommy Robredoin the second match. | (KFNZ-AM 1320). Balcells said. “Changing partners didn't Andy Roddick, 60 in Davis Cupplay, can clinch the series by beating Alex Corretja in today’s first singles match. beat Alberto Martin and Juan Balcells in ence. April Cox and MelanieHeaps each hit a two-run double for well.” Lakers at Heal, 3:30 pm.(30). NHL:Avalanche at Biues, 5pm. Pat Sullivan/The Associated Press The United States’ James Blake stretches for the ball as teammate Todd Martin backs him up. Despite a rain delay, Blake and Martin beat Spain’s Alberto Martin and Juan Balcelis 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. The United States holds a 2-1 lead. pitch. SOFTBALL i sil 43 when Traci Keller scored ona wild piteh in the seventh. ‘The Utes are16-30, 5-3in the Mountain West Conference. Heather Bowlin was the ny in thebottom of theseventhin Xingand took the second game i AROUND sae otherhad scored in everyinning. BYU misset! a chance to win the game inthe bottom ofthe 10th. Dave Jensen was thrown out at the plate, trying to score niles to second! on an error. Matt In the12th, Cameron ancl | Negotiating with the NBA to develop | for w launchin ‘the fall. | anew network that would focus on than sports BOXING Nelson Wins:Britain's Johnny anes the WHOcruiser weight tile for the ninth , ping Bare Siineccticunias” States in the eighth round! in Copenhagen, Denmark. ‘ BASKETBALL Buckeyes Hire Foster:JimFoster third, Jensen was intentionally walked to load bases. Itordrove in three runs for theCougars: women's basketball team, endingan Liyearrun with the Commotiores thatincluded 10 NOAA ‘Tournament antl ieee two RBIs. Snyder appearances. and! Pannierdrove in two runs for Utah ~ Combined Wire Services |