YSU

YSU
Tennis
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. -- Youngstown State evened its fall record at 3-3 with a 5-2 victory over St. Bonaventure Saturday.
Earning victories for YSU were Karen Najbert at No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-1 over Lindsay Marsh; Nicole Muzechuck at No. 3, 6-2, 6-4 over Jasmine Jaysingh; Gina Peretti at No. 4 over Morgan Marsh; and Andrea Dixon at No. 5, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4. The Penguins won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to earn the doubles point.
Women's golf
RICHMOND, Ky. -- Youngstown State finished ninth at the 16-team EKU Fall Invitational.
The Penguins, in their last event of the fall season, had a two-round total of 645, while Tennessee Tech won the event with a 609.
The top finishers for YSU were Gina Abruzzino (80-78) and Lori Hatcher (79-79), who tied for 22nd place with 158. Jennie Fleiner was 31st with a 160 after firing rounds of 80-80. Bonnie Sherman was 72nd with a 171 (83-88) and Megan Bricker was 76th with a 173 (87-86).
LOCAL
Mooney wins
CHAMPION -- Marisa Simon scored one goal and assisted on one by Kelli Burke Saturday as the Cardinal Mooney High girls soccer team (10-5-1) defeated Champion (6-7-3), 4-0.
Bridget Crogan assisted on Simon's goal while Kelli Willis had assists on goals by Nomiki Frangopoulos and Gabrielle Fagan.
Mooney goalkeeper Veronica Skowron recorded her fourth shutout of the season. Champion goalkeeper Jessica Woods made 24 saves.
Corrections
* AUSTINTOWN -- Austintown Fitch's Adam Blazak caught a 79-yard touchdown pass in Friday's game against Wilson. Blazak's name was incorrectly spelled in Saturday's editions.
* BAZETTA -- Jackson-Milton cross country runner Luke McCluggage won the Sim Earich meet Saturday in 16:05. McDonald's Joe Kunkel finished second (16:56). Incorrect finishers were listed in Sunday's edition.
Koval wins by TKO
WHEELING, W.Va. -- Chris Koval came back from a first-round knockdown and a closed right eye from a head butt, to stop Cleveland's Toby Vaughn with 51 seconds remaining in the third round of a scheduled four-round heavyweight fight Saturday at Wheeling Downs.
Koval (12-1, 11 KOs), weighing 221 pounds to Vaughn's 215, had a near disastrous first round and a massive clashing of heads with Vaughn (2-3) in round two to dominate the rest of the fight.
Koval, of Austintown, put Vaughn down with a solid right to the body in the second round and put him down again with the same shot early in the third round, finishing him with a combination right to the body and left hook to the jaw. The referee stopped the contest after that.
Whitaker stopped
AUBURN HILLS. Mich. -- Warren light heavyweight Etianne "E.T." Whitaker never seemed to recover from a right to the top of the head in the first round of Saturday night's scheduled 12-round title bout at the Palace in Auburn Hills, and was stopped at the 1:22 mark of the second round by Detroit's Rico Hoye.
Hoye successfully defended his International Boxing Association title and captured the North American Boxing Organization's 175-pound crown
Whitaker (29-11-2), the 31-year-old veteran, opened the fight by attacking Hoye's body and was working inside when he was caught with an overhand right that came straight down on the top of his head. Whitaker, dazed by the shot, went down to one knee, but bounced right back up to take an eight count. He later admitted that he might have popped up too soon.
In the second round, Hoye tagged Whitaker with long range shots. Whitaker went down early in round two and after taking an eight count he was decked again by a short right. Seconds later a long range left-right combination sent Whitaker down again.
REGION
Martial arts event
AKRON -- The United States Belt Championships open martial arts tournament will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza convention center.
Prof. Robert Braff (2004 U.S. National Team Coach) and Ray Szuch (1978 U.S. National Team Coach) will conduct a seminar on the new sword system on Oct. 31.
On Nov. 1 at 9:30 a.m., the 38th belt championships will begin. The tournament is open to anyone in the martial arts. To register, call (440) 247-0628.
WORLD
Tennis roundup
* FILDERSTADT, Germany -- Kim Clijsters defended her No. 1 ranking by rallying to beat No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Sunday for the Porsche Grand Prix title.
* LYON, France -- Top-seeded Rainer Schuettler won his second straight tournament Sunday, defeating Arnaud Clement of France 7-5, 6-3 to capture the Lyon Open.
* VIENNA, Austria -- Roger Federer retained his CA Trophy title Sunday, defeating Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 for his sixth championship this year.
Vindicator staff/wire reports