Panthers waive Mooney’s Zordich

August 25, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

The Carolina Panthers waived 11 players on Saturday, including injured fullback Mike Zordich, a Cardinal Mooney High graduate who tore his ACL in the team’s first preseason game.

Zordich, who played at Penn State, signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in April. Players who are waived/injured revert back to the club’s injured reserve list upon the next waiver period.

YSU tickets available for opener, season plan

YOUNGSTOWN

Tickets for the Youngstown State football season opener Thursday night against Dayton at Stambaugh Stadium will be on sale at the YSU Athletic Ticket Office, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9 a.m. to the 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Thursday.

Tickets purchased before Thursday are $17 for reserved seats and $13 for general admission, $8 and $6 for children 12-under. On Thursday, adult prices increase $2 per ticket and children’s ticket prices also increase.

Season tickets and Penguin Club Gridiron Memberships are also available. Season-ticket packages are $78 for general admission and $102 for reserved. YSU is playing seven home regular-season games for just the second time in the school’s history. Fans can get an entire general-admission season ticket for just over $11 per game.

Late goal lifts Penguins in soccer opener, 2-1

Niagara University, N.Y.

Senior Brittany Dowd’s last minute header lifted the Youngstown State women’s soccer team to a season-opening 2-1 win over Niagara on Friday evening. With just under a minute left in regulation, Dowd, a senior from Beaver Local, received an indirect pass from sophomore Katie Hohmann for her first career goal.

Niagara took a 1-0 lead just 2:58 into the match. The Penguins tied the match when freshman Rachel Hutton scored off a corner kick from Hohmann and a deflection from senior Rachel Morrison at the 40:23 mark. Junior goalkeeper Jackie Podolsky from Canfield held the Purple Eagles at bay after the early goal with four saves. The Penguins visit Canisius today at 1 p.m.

McDonald’s Seitz earns honors at hoops camp

McDONALD

Matt Seitz, a senior-to-be at McDonald High, was selected for the all-star team at the Keystone State Basketball Camp at Slippery Rock, Pa. He also was nominated for MVP of the all-star game and Outstanding Player of the camp. Seitz was all-district first team last year in Division IV and special mention all-state for the Blue Devils.

Reporting prep results

Coaches and statisticians are encouraged to report prep results by 10 p.m. via email (sports@vindy.com), fax (330-747-6712) or phone (330-747-1478). Emails and faxes are strongly preferred.

Halep upsets Kvitova to win New Haven Open

NEW HAVEN, Conn.

Simona Halep doesn’t speak perfect English, but she knew what words to use when describing her game at the New Haven Open. “I played very beautiful tennis today,” Halep said. “I was enjoying every moment.” The 21-year-old Romanian dominated defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-2 Saturday to win the final WTA tuneup for this week’s U.S. Open. Halep earned her fourth career win, but her first in a premiere tournament. All have come since June.

Melzer wins tuneup after Monfils retires

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

Austria’s Jurgen Melzer didn’t want to spend a week in New York with all the craziness surrounding the start of the U.S. Open. Instead, Melzer spent the week training and playing in the relative quiet of North Carolina — and came away with a champion’s trophy and a big jump up the world rankings. Melzer won the Winston-Salem Open title on Saturday at the Wake Forest Tennis Center after Frenchman Gael Monfils retired because of an injury early in the second set.

Staff reports / Associated Press