YSU

YSU
Soccer
YOUNGSTOWN -- Sophomore Brittny Humphrey, a Liberty High graduate, tied her career high with two goals to lead YSU (1-13, 1-2) past Butler 2-0 on Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium.
Humphrey ignited YSU's offense with a goal from five yards out at the 38:51 mark off assists from forward Sade Tate and midfielder Carrie Wack. She added her second goal at 67:33 off an assist from midfielder Diane Fellabaum.
Butler (4-6-2, 0-2) took eight shots against YSU senior Caitlin Bestard.
Volleyball
* MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- YSU senior Abby Ettenhofer led four Penguins in double figure kills with 20 while junior Cari Leslie recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 13 digs but the Penguins (7-10, 0-5 Horizon League) dropped a five-game decision to UW-Milwaukee (11-7, 4-2), 25-30, 30-24, 22-30, 30-28, 11-15, on Saturday.
Seniors Angie Pasquinelli, Crystal Duncan and Katie Shea also recorded double-doubles for the Penguins. Pasquinelli dished out 59 assists with 21 digs while Duncan posted 13 kills and 16 digs and Shea tallied 13 kills, 10 digs and five blocks.
* GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On Friday, Leslie posted 12 kills with a .357 hitting percentage but the Penguins fell to UW-Green Bay in three games, 27-30, 19-30, 29-31.
Duncan and Shea each tallied eight kills while Shea added five blocks.
LOCAL
Basketball rulesmeeting Monday
AUSTINTOWN -- The state-mandated rules interpretation meeting for basketball is Monday at 7 p.m. at Fitch High School.
A representative of each high school (one for boys and one for girls) is required, and all officials must attend.
MVBOA change
YOUNGSTOWN -- The business meeting for the Mahoning Valley Basketball Officials Assoc. has been changed from Oct. 17 to Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at Volney Rogers Junior High.
Baseball Oldtimers
The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers Association will conduct its monthly meeting Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Kramer Field clubhouse on Bears Den Road.
Jerry Zetts and Glen Oaks will present a brief seminar regarding financial planning through the American Reverse Mortgage Corporation.
Curbstone Coaches
BOARDMAN -- The Curbstone Coaches will leave for Mountaineer Park at 5 p.m. Monday from the Taco Bell parking lot next to Giant Eagle on Route 224.
Peace race
YOUNGSTOWN -- The annual Youngstown Peace Race, which consists of a 2-mile fun run/walk and the featured 10-kilometer (6-mile) race, will be held Oct. 23.
The race will benefit Tod Children's Hospital. The 2-mile event will start and finish near the Youngstown YMCA on Commerce Street at 9:30 a.m.
The 10-K run will begin at 10:15 a.m. at the usual starting point on Indianola Avenue near Glenwood Avenue, and will follow a course through Mill Creek Park to downtown on Commerce Street.
Entry forms are available at Second Sole or area YMCAs. The entry fee is $15 before race day and $17 on race day. A family discount rate is also available.
Registration also will be held on race day at the Youngstown YMCA.
More information may be obtained by calling Second Sole at (330) 758-8707, or on-line at www.secondsoleohio.com., or from race director Ted Rupe at ted.rupe@neomin.org.
Phantoms win
PARMA -- The Mahoning Valley Phantoms won their first game of the season, defeating the Cleveland Jr. Barons 2-1 in a 1-0 overtime shootout.
Mahoning Valley's third shooter in overtime, Matt Quigley, scored the game-winner. Drew Satterley scored off a deflection in the second period for the Phantoms. Ryan Zapolski stopped all five Barons shots in OT and finished with 32 saves. Anthony McIntyre scored for Cleveland.
REGION
Pirates to interviewMacha, Tracy
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates, narrowing their search for former manager Lloyd McClendon's successor, will interview former Athletics manager Ken Macha today and former Dodgers manager Jim Tracy on Monday.
The Pirates begin their annual postseason organizational meetings at their spring training complex in Bradenton, Fla., on Tuesday, and it is possible they will have a manager in place at some point during the meetings.
Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield appears to have focused his search on Tracy from the start, but said he wants to have at least one in-person interview with his new manager or perhaps two.
Tracy and Littlefield talked by phone at least once for several hours last week, but their first formal interview was delayed so Tracy could attend his son's high school football game in California on Friday.
Kahne winsBusch race
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Greg Biffle elected not to nudge Kasey Kahne out of contention during their late side-by-side duel in Saturday's Busch race, and Kahne edged ahead just yards from the finish line for the victory at Kansas Speedway.
The margin of victory -- .03 seconds -- was the fifth-closest since they implemented electronic timing in 1993.
Golf roundup
* SAN FRANCISCO -- John Daly relied on the long ball to get back into contention, then to take the lead away from Colin Montgomerie on Saturday in an American Express Championship.
Daly hit a 378-yard drive that set up an eagle on the par-5 10th, ripped a 292-yard drive into the stiff wind for a chip-and-putt birdie on the par-4 16th.
He finished his turbulent day at Harding Park with a 3-under 67 for a one-shot lead over Montgomerie.
Tiger Woods somehow finished two shots behind.
Daly, who started with a bogey and a double bogey on his first three holes, was at 9-under 201 and poised to capture his first victory in 19 months.
Montgomerie, who only last week ended his 19-month victory drought, closed with 10 straight pars for a 69 and was at 202, giving him another tee time with Daly today.
Vindicator staff/wire reports