YSU

YSU

Women’s golf team
is seventh at IPFW

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The YSU women’s golf team finished seventh at the IPFW Fall Classic,

Three Penguins placed in the top 20, led by freshman Katie Rogner who was 12th.

Senior Brittany Jones was 13th and senior Adrianna DiLonardo was 18th.

The Penguins shot 314-322—636. Butler won the event with a 608 while IUPUI was second with a 616.

Rogner finished with a two-round total of 154 after carding a pair of 77’s. Jones had rounds of 78 and 77 to finish one shot back with a 155 and tie for 13th place. DiLonardo, who was competing as an individual, finished 18th with a 157 following rounds of 78 and 79.

Stocke ties for 10th

AMHERST, Va. — Junior Ryan Stocke tied for 10th place as the YSU men’s golf team wrapped up fall tournament play at the Frank Landrey Invitational at the Poplar Grove Golf Club.

Stocke carded a three-round score of 221 with rounds of 72, 70 and 79.

As a team, YSU placed 10th out of 11 schools with a three-round score of 923 (300-310-313). Radford won the event with a team score of 860.

Other finishers for the Penguins included senior Ross Beal who tied for 32nd with a 229 (70-79-80), freshman Spenser Sulzner who placed 54th with a 239 (82-82-75), senior Ryan McGraw who was 57th with a 241 (83-79-79) and sophomore Ryan Alpeter also finished 57th at 241 (76-85-80).

Hockey drops pair

BOARDMAN — The YSU hockey team fell to 1-3-2 on the season after losing two games at the Ice Zone.

The Penguins lost 6-3 to Duquesne and dropped an 8-2 decision to Robert Morris Univ.

LOCAL

Dexter honored

FRISCO, TX. — The North American Hockey League announced that Mahoning Valley Phantoms forward Brent Dexter earned honorable mention honors for Player of the Week.

Dexter scored two goals in two games versus Team USA, and helping Mahoning Valley move into a tie for third place in the North.

Dexter’s first goal completed a three-goal comeback with just 7:25 to play on Friday night, allowing the Phantoms to salvage a point in the standings.

His second goal was the eventual game-winner with 11:58 remaining in Saturday’s game, less than a minute after the U.S. tied it at 2-2.

Poland tennis

POLAND — This afternoon the Poland High School girls tennis team plays at Hathaway Brown in the regional final of the coaches tournament.

The match is scheduled at the Five Seasons Club at 4 p.m.

Today’s winner will advance to the state championship.

Poland is coached by Pamela Steinhauser.

New soccer club

STRUTHERS — A new soccer club has been organized and has tryouts planned for players from Mahoning and Trumbull Counties.

The Simon Futbol Club will have tryouts for boys and girls in grades 9-12 at Valley Sports in Struthers on Sunday, beginning at 2 p.m.

Younger players will have their tryouts at Mickler Park.

For details call Neil Fowler at (330) 207-9750.

NATION

Atlanta lands team

ATLANTA — The WNBA will announce Wednesday that it has awarded a franchise to Atlanta, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday.

Atlanta real estate executive Ron Terwilliger will be the sole owner of the team, which will begin play in 2008, according to the person familiar with the deal, who requested anonymity because the new franchise hasn’t been officially announced yet.

Atlanta City Council president Lisa Borders, one of the leaders of the committee which organized the effort, is expected to attend today’s news conference along with Terwilliger.

Borders and WNBA president Donna Orender did not immediately return messages on Tuesday.

The WNBA’s Charlotte franchise was disbanded following the 2006 season, leaving the league without a team in the Southeast.

Orender also had expansion talks with groups in the San Francisco area, Kansas City, Albuquerque, N.M., Colorado, Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

Borders has said she was not concerned that Atlanta’s NBA team has ranked at or near the bottom of the league’s attendance totals in recent seasons.

Seven WNBA teams had a drop in attendance in 2006 when the average was just under 7,500, nearly 3,400 below the 10,869 the league averaged in 1998.

The Atlanta WNBA team is expected to play in Philips Arena, also home to the Hawks and the NHL Atlanta Thrashers.

It isn’t expected to announce a coach on Wednesday.

Vindicator staff/wire reports