YSU volleyball team falls to Milwaukee

October 2, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Youngstown

The Milwaukee volleyball team remained unbeaten in Horizon League play with a sweep of Youngstown State on Saturday, 25-16, 25-12, 25-21.

YSU suffered 30 attack errors and the Penguins were held to a -.018 attack percentage.

Four Penguins players hit negative for the match.

Missy Hundelt had a team-high nine kills, but she also registered 10 errors while Alexis Egler added eight kills and seven digs.

Also, Jackie Carlisle (Hubbard) had seven kills and a .211 attack percentage.

Butler hands YSU soccer team 2-1 setback

Youngstown

Freshman Jade Flory scored her seventh goal of the season, but two first-half goals led Butler to a 2-1 win over the YSU soccer team on Saturday.

Butler’s Katie Griswold (Cardinal Mooney High) put the Bulldogs ahead 1-0 just five minutes into the game, lacing a shot past YSU goalkeeper Nicole Kline from 20-yards out for the Bulldogs (7-5-1, 2-1 Horizon League).

The Bulldogs, who posted 13 shots in the first half, took a 2-0 lead at the 37:06 mark when Kelly Mahoney scored her first goal of the year - a header off a corner kick from Stephanie Kaylor.

Flory cut the deficit at the 62:41 mark for YSU (3-6-2, 0-1-1).

Fitch’s Mahone verbals to ND

AUSTINTOWN

Fitch senior running back Will Mahone verbally committed to play football at Notre Dame.

Mahone (6-0, 210) had offers from 22 FBS programs, including Michigan State, Penn State and West Virginia.

He’s rated the No. 11 running back prospect in the country, according to Rivals.com. Two other Falcons have already committed to Pitt: brothers Chris and Demetrious Davis.

Basketball officiating class to begin Oct. 12

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Basketball Officials Association will have a training class for persons interested in becoming a high school basketball official.

The classes will be held at Volney Rogers Jr. High School beginning Oct. 12, starting at 6 p.m. For more information call 330-792-7072.

Australia, France reach RWC quarterfinals

AUCKLAND, New Zealand

Australia and France paid a price for reaching the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals Saturday, with the Wallabies apparently losing winger Drew Mitchell to another injury and France struggling in a loss to Tonga.

Injury-plagued Australia routed Russia 68-22, but Mitchell pulled up with a left hamstring injury while racing toward what would have been his third try of the match at Nelson.

France, in disarray from injuries and a coach whose experimental selections aren’t providing confidence, fell 19-14 against Tonga in Wellington.

Uncle Mo is back! Wins Kelso by 3 lengths

NEW YORK

Uncle Mo is back in a big way, cruising to victory in the Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park on Saturday.

The 3-year-old colt led from the start, and held off a brief challenge by Jackson Bend for a three-length victory over a muddy track.

Uncle Mo was sidelined nearly 41/2 months with a life-threatening liver disease and missed the Triple Crown races. He returned in August and was beaten by a nose in the King’s Bishop.

This time it was all Uncle Mo, who covered the mile in 1:33.82.

Lynx, Dream ready to face off in WNBA finals

MINNEAPOLIS

Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve noticed at the All-Star break that teams in the league were taking a difference view of her Lynx.

Until then, most looked at Minnesota’s tremendous start with skepticism. These were the Lynx, after all. The same franchise that hadn’t made it to the postseason in six years and had never won a playoff series.

Vindicator staff/wire reports