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Softball beats Butler
INDIANAPOLIS -- Freshman Danielle Chase fired her first career shutout -- a three-hitter with two strikeouts -- to lift Youngstown State (13-15, 4-4 Horizon League) to a 2-0 victory over Butler Sunday.
Senior Megan Bricker's single scored pinch-runner Sarah Conklin for the Penguins' first run.
Junior Bethany Hafley hit into a fielder's choice that drove in junior Jamie Fornal, who singled and advanced to third on Bricker's hit, to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead.
Butler is 21-16, 6-3.
YSU travels to Cleveland State, Wednesday at 3 p.m.
LOCAL
Correction
Hubbard's Marcus Demaiolo, not Andrew DeJulio, finished third in the 110-meter hurdles at Saturday's Liberty Invitational.
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Golf roundup
*AVONDALE, La. -- Nick Watney won the Zurich Classic for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 on Sunday for a three-stroke victory over Ken Duke.
Watney, the 25-year-old Californian in his third year on the tour, had a 15-under 273 total. Duke, who also was seeking his first tour victory, shot a 70.
Watney, fifth in two tournaments last year, lost the lead when he missed a 3-foot par putt on the par-4 10th. He bounced back with a birdie on the par-5 11th and went in front for good with a birdie on the par-3 14th.
On the 14th, Duke's tee shot landed short and left of the green, his chip went past the pin and he missed the par putt coming back to fall two shots behind.
Watney parred the final four holes.
After bogeying Nos. 3 and 4, Watney holed a 132-yard approach shot for an eagle on the par-4 fifth, which put him back into a tie for the lead.
*SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Jay Haas successfully defended his Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf title, making up four shots in the final eight holes before beating Tom Kite in a playoff for his second Champions Tour victory this season.
Haas closed with a 2-under 70 for a 9-under 207 total, then won on the first extra hole for his eighth senior circuit victory. Kite (68) had been 3-0 in senior playoffs.
Haas has nine wins on the PGA Tour and eight on the Champions Tour. This was the first time he successfully defended a championship.
*SHANGHAI, China -- France's Raphael Jacquelin won the BMW Asian Open for his second European tour victory, leading from start to finish for a two-stroke victory over Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen.
U.S. reachessemifinals of Fed Cup
LONDON -- The United States, Russia, Italy and France reached the semifinals of the Fed Cup Sunday with two matches to spare.
The United States ended up beating Belgium 5-0 to guarantee a spot in the last four.
The United States advanced when Vania King, playing for a sidelined Serena Williams, beat Kirsten Flipkens 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to give the Americans a 3-0 lead in the best-of-five match in Delray Beach, Fla.
After King won, Venus Williams beat Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-2. King and Lisa Raymond closed it out in doubles by beating Tamaryn Hendler and Caroline Maes 6-1, 6-2. The Americans will play Russia in the semifinals July 14-15 at a U.S. site to be determined.
UIC player recovering from shooting
CHICAGO -- A University of Illinois-Chicago men's basketball player was recuperating Sunday, two days after being shot in the leg while intervening in an argument between his sister and her boyfriend, officials said.
Othyus Jeffers, a 21-year-old junior at UIC and the Flames' leading scorer and rebounder last season, rushed to his sister's home in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street about 7 p.m. Friday after she called saying she and her boyfriend were fighting, Chicago Police Officer Marcel Bright said.
Jeffers arrived at the home and intervened in the argument and told the boyfriend to leave, police said. He left but returned a short time later with a gun and allegedly fired on Jeffers and his sister as they stood on the porch.
Jeffers was struck once in the leg and taken to University of Illinois Medical Center, police said. The assailant, a 21-year-old Chicago man, fled. Police declined to identify him, though officers are searching for him.
Meanwhile, Jeffers was released from the hospital Saturday.
Jeffers led the Flames in scoring at 15.4 points per game and was also the team's top rebounder at 8.5 per game.
Vindicator staff/wire reports