YSU

YSU
Women's tennis
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State improved to 4-2 in the Horizon League with a 6-1 win over UW-Green Bay Sunday.
In singles, No. 2 Whitney Thomas beat Jennifer Tan 6-7(3) 6-2, (5); at No. 3, Allison Day beat Aschley Jurgella 6-1, 6-2; at No. 4, Gina Peretti defeated Megan Gregory 6-0, 6-1; at No. 5, Michelle Fuleky beat Kristin Leeder 6-2, 6-4, and at No. 6, Nicole Haralambopoulos defeated Kari Petrashek 6-0, 6-0. Green Bay picked its lone point with Heather Harding's 6-3 win over Emily Thayer at No. 1.
In doubles, Haralambopoulos and Day won 8-6 at No. 1 over Harding and Jurgella; Peretti and Thayer defeated Tan and Gregory 8-4 at No. 2 and Fuleky and Thomas beat Leeder and Petrashek 8-2 at No. 3.
NATION
Attorney claimsdancer 'impaired'
DURHAM, N.C. -- Time-stamped photographs will show an exotic dancer was already injured and "very impaired" when she arrived at a party where she claims she was raped by members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team, an attorney for one of the players said Sunday.
Durham attorney Bill Thomas declined to identify the player he represents and said he would not release the photos, taken by at least two cameras, until pending DNA tests are completed. He also wouldn't say whether the photos were taken by a lacrosse team member or someone else.
No one has been charged in the case, but the allegations that members of the nearly all-white team raped the woman, a black student at a nearby university, have rocked both Duke and Durham. Several dozen people gathered Sunday outside the house where the party took place, and pledged to return each Sunday until the case is resolved.
"Whether I want to believe it, or whether you want to believe it, something took place in there," said Tony Williamson, 36, of Durham. "Something indecent took place."
District Attorney Mike Nifong, who was expected to return this week from an out-of-town conference and has not commented on the case in the past several days, has said previously he is confident a rape occurred. Court documents said a medical exam of the alleged victim found injuries consistent with sexual assault. The allegations have led to the resignation of coach Mike Pressler, the cancellation of the lacrosse season and the suspension of one player from school.
Thomas said some of the photographs, taken when she arrived at the house according to the time stamps, indicate the woman was injured before getting to the party. They show extensive bruises and scrapes on her legs, especially around the knees, he said.
OSU recruit Oden leads all-star team
CHICAGO -- Greg Oden had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead the West to a 118-102 victory in the Roundball Classic on Sunday.
Oden was 10-for-12 from the floor and had two blocks. He had 10 points and seven rebounds in the first half.
Oden, Daequan Cook, Michael Conley II, and David Lighty are all committed to Ohio State. They also all starred in the game for the West. Cook, who shared MVP honors with Oden on the West squad, scored 18 points. Conley finished with seven points and 13 assists and Lighty added 14 points.
Roddick clinchessemifinal berth
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Andy Roddick played "closer" again for the United States, beating Chile's Fernando Gonzalez Sunday to clinch the Davis Cup quarterfinal.
The U.S. team next faces Russia, which defeated France. The Russians will be the home team for the semifinal. Roddick, wrapping up a Davis Cup round for the seventh time, defeated Gonzalez 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 to give the United States an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Chile.
NHRA
LAS VEGAS -- Melanie Troxel raced to her second Top Fuel victory of the year and became the first driver to ever advance to the final round in the first five events of a season Sunday in the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals.
Troxel bear Dave Grubnic in the final with a quarter-mile pass of 4.837 seconds at 285.65 mph. Grubnic finished in 4.987 seconds at 319.60 mph. It also was Troxel's sixth consecutive final and she is one final short of the NHRA record for most consecutive finals in Top Fuel, set by Tony Shumacher in 2005.
In Funny Car, Ron Capps advanced to his fourth final in five starts and held on to the No. 1 ranking. Capps, who has won two of the five 2006 races, lost to Cruz Pedregon, who had a pass of 5.417 seconds at 266.16 mph.
Vindicator staff/wire reports
COPYRIGHT 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN, OR REDISTRIBUTED.