Penguins’ streak at five with win at Wright St.

Penguins’ streak at five with win at Wright St.

Dayton

The Youngstown State volleyball team has won five straight Horizon League matches for the first time in school history and maintained pace atop the conference standings with a four-set win at Wright State on Friday evening. The set scores were 25-17, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22. YSU is now 15-8 overall and 6-2 in Horizon League play.

They play at Oakland on Saturday. The Golden Grizzlies are also 6-2 in the conference after beating Cleveland State in five sets on Friday.

Penguins senior Lexi Egler had a match-high 18 kills, and junior Nikki Thompson led all players with 23 digs against the Raiders.

Youngstown State posted 12 blocks, seven of which came from Aly Ryan, and Val Jeffery had seven kills and seven digs to go along with 39 assists.

Megan Hopkins led Wright State offensively with 15 kills.

Ted Bishop forced out as PGA president

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.

Ted Bishop has been removed as president of the PGA of America over a sexist tweet directed at Ian Poulter.

Bishop was unhappy about comments Poulter made in his book about the Ryder Cup captaincy of Nick Faldo in 2008 and Tom Watson last month. Bishop said Faldo’s record stands by itself. Comparing it with Poulter’s achievements, he referred to Poulter as “Lil Girl.” On Facebook, Bishop referred to Poulter “bashing” Faldo and Watson. Bishop wrote that Poulter “sounds like a little school girl squealing during recess.”

Bishop later deleted the tweet and the Facebook post. In an email to The Associated Press, he says he should have used expressed himself differently. But he never apologized.

Bishop, a head professional in Indiana, had one month left on his two-year term.

Costa Rica downs Trinidad & Tobago

CHESTER, Pa.

Costa Rica earned the team’s first trip to the World Cup and a spot in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship match by defeating Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks after a 1-1 semifinal draw on Friday night.

Costa Rica will face the winner of the late semifinal between the United States and Mexico in the final Sunday.

Trinidad and Tobago will play in the third-place match Sunday. The top three finishers earn World Cup bids and the fourth-place finisher will have another chance in a match against Ecuador next month.

Costa Rica jumped out to the lead in the 18th minute when Wendy Acosta fed a charging Carolina Venegas atop the box to beat Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Kimika Forbes.

Trinidad and Tobago evened the match at 1 in the 73rd minute on Lauryn Hutchinson’s header off a free kick.

Lloyd leads US women to win over Mexico

CHESTER, Pa.

Carli Lloyd scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 semifinal victory over Mexico on Friday night, securing the United States a trip to next year’s World Cup and a spot in the CONCACAF Woman’s Championship match on Sunday.

The U.S. women will face Costa Rica, which earned its first World Cup appearance by defeating Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in the earlier match at PPL Park on Friday night.

The top three finishers in the championship for the North, Central American and Caribbean region earn World Cup bids and the fourth-place finisher will have another chance in a match against Ecuador next month.

Mexico will play Trinidad and Tobago in the third-place match on Sunday.

Lloyd scored in the eighth minute on a header off a bouncing cross from Tobin Heath. She added a goal on a penalty kick in the 30th minute.

Staff/wire reports