YSU volleyball

YSU volleyball

valparaiso, ind.

The Youngstown State volleyball team defeated Valparaiso in five sets, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21, 16-25, 15-11 Saturday.

The Penguins beat the Crusaders for the first time since 2007.

Alexis Egler had 17 kills and 22 digs while Nichele Johnson registered 12 kills for YSU (15-12, 7-5 Horizon League).

The Penguins also had 13 blocks as a team with Jenna Cavanaugh leading the way with seven.

Sarah Dooms had 13 kills to lead Valparaiso (23-6, 9-3 HL).

Iacobucci to judge boxing title bout

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Dave Iacobucci, a native of Boardman and a 1981 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High, was a judge of the WBO jr. lightweight title fight between Rocky Martinez and Mikey Garcia, held in Corpus Chriti, Texas on Saturday.

The bout was televisioned by HBO.

This was Iacobucci’s second title fight. He now resides in Dallas.

Curbstone Coaches

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Anthony Noreen, coach and general manager of the Youngstown Phantoms, will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches meeting.

The group will meet at Lucianno’s Cafe Monday at noon.

Kyle Busch picks up 12th Nationwide victory

AVONDALE, Ariz.

Another Nationwide Series race, another Kyle Busch win.

Busch picked up his 12th win of the season Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway, leading a race-high 169 laps. Now, a year after he went winless in the Nationwide Series, Busch can match his career best 13-win 2010 season with a victory in next week’s finale at Homestead.

Busch’s victory, coupled with Brad Keselowski’s 19th-place finish, sliced Penske Racing’s lead in the race for the owner championship to four points over Joe Gibbs Racing.

Kenseth playing with house money in race

AVONDALE, Ariz.

Roughly two months into the season, Mark Martin was having a conversation with Matt Kenseth about the fast start to Kenseth’s year. Kenseth had grabbed two wins in his first eight races with Joe Gibbs Racing, and Martin believed his former teammate could have legitimately won all eight of the events.

Now, 10 years after winning the only Cup championship of his career, Kenseth is in the thick of another title race. He goes into the penultimate race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship today at Phoenix International Raceway trailing Jimmie Johnson by seven points in the standings.

Utrecht chosen for start of 2015 Tour de France

UTRECHT, Netherlands

Utrecht will host the start of the 2015 Tour de France, making it the sixth Dutch city to stage the “Grand Depart” of cycling’s marquee race.

Details of the opening stage of the race will be announced on Nov. 28.

Amsterdam was the first Dutch city to host the Tour’s opening, in 1954. Since then, the race also has started in Scheveningen (1973), Leiden (1978), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (1996) and Rotterdam (2010).

Cycling is a popular sport and means of transport in the Netherlands, but only two Dutch riders have won the Tour: Jan Janssen in 1968 and Joop Zoetemelk in 1980.

Sporting KC, Dynamo tie in conference finals

HOUSTON

Sporting Kansas City’s Jimmy Nielsen made three saves, and Houston’s Tally Hall had two stops in a 0-0 draw between Kansas City and the Dynamo in the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday.

The second leg will be Nov. 23 in Kansas City after a two-week break for FIFA international games.

Houston appeared to take a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute as Kofi Sarkodie got a pass in the right box and sent one across into the net, but Sarkodie was called offside.

Vindicator staff/wire reports