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YSU basketball lands four women recruits

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Nikki Arbanas, Morgan Olson, Krista Pietropola and Kelley Wright have signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Youngstown State University.

Arbanas (Hermitage, Pa.), Pietropola (Plum, Pa.) and Wright (Hessel, Mich.) are guards while Olson (Nappanee, Ind.) is a forward.

Arbanas, a 5-foot-9 guard, plays at Hickory High School.

She scored a team-high 471 points as a junior, averaging 18.2 points and 2.8 assists with a high-scoring game of 31 points.

Olson is a 6-foot forward who is a three-time first-team all-conference selection and has led the Panthers in scoring and rebounding in each of her first three seasons.

Penguin volleyball

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Green Bay outlasted the Youngstown State volleyball team 28-26 in the opening set and proceeded to win the next two in a sweep of the Penguins on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

The Phoenix (14-13, 9-5 Horizon League) did not trail in winning the second set 25-17, and they endured 11 ties and three lead changes in their 25-21 win in the third set.

YSU (15-14, 7-7 HL) senior Nichele Johnson had a match-high 11 kills in 20 attempts, and Alexis Egler and Erika West both had 15 digs.

Hole-in-one

Larry C. Johnson of Warren used a 9 iron to shoot a hole in one on the 132-yard No. 16 at Pine Lakes.

It was witnessed by Gerald Perkins, Hyland Burton and Charles Russell.

Volleyball tryouts

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The East Ohio Volleyball Club will have tryouts at the Warren YMCA today from 1-6 p.m. and on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.

For details call 330-219-1368 or 330-394-1565.

Phantoms upended, 4-3

Muskegon

Matt Mendelson scored a goal at the 19:45 mark of the third period Saturday to give Muskegon a 4-3 win over the Youngstown Phantoms.

The USHL game was played at the L.C. Walker Arena.

The Phantoms opened the scoring when Kiefer Sherwood knocked the puck home at 5:50 of the first session.

Muskegon tied it at 1-all at 10:22.

In the second period, Kyle Connor scored at 4:31 but Muskegon tied it at 2-2 a minute later.

Tyler Spezia scored a short-handed goal at 15:20 for a 3-2 Phantom advantage entering the final period.

Curbstone Coaches

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Jack Loew, boxing trainer and manager, will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches meeting.

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

Geisenberger wins World Cup opener

LILLEHAMMER, Norway

Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger won the women’s World Cup luge season-opener on Saturday, prevailing after U.S. slider Kate Hansen found trouble on her second run.

Geisenberger’s two-run time was 1 minute, 35.847 seconds. Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova was second in 1:36.031, and Canada’s Alex Gough took third in 1:36.233.

Nigeria, Ivory Coast qualify for World Cup

Nigeria and Ivory Coast have qualified for the soccer World Cup.

The Nigerians became the first African team to qualify for next year’s showcase, beating Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff Saturday. Nigeria, playing at home Calabar, won 4-1 on total goals.

Ivory Coast will be going to its third straight World Cup after playing to a tense 1-1 draw with Senegal for a 4-2 total-goals victory in neutral Casablanca, Morocco. Ivory Coast won the first leg 3-1.

In Nigeria, Victor Moses made a 20th-minute penalty kick after an Ethiopian hand ball.

Vindicator staff/wire reports