SPORTS digest

Scrappers-Muckdogs rained out Wednesday

batavia, n.y.

Wednesday’s Mahoning Valley Scrappers game vs. the Batavia Muckdogs was postponed due to weather. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 5:05 p.m.

YSU claims CSCAA scholar accolades

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State swimming and diving program has once again been named a College Swimming Coaches Association of America scholar all-American team.

The YSU program had an average GPA of 3.41, placing them 70th on the list of NCAA Division I schools. To make the list of CSCAA Scholar All-American teamsm, a swimming and diving program must acheive a grade point average of 3.0 or higher over a given semester. Over 80 percent of NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving programs earned an average GPA of 3.0 or higher during the 2015 spring semester.

YSU also earned CSCAA Scholar all-american team recognition for its fall semester classroom performance.

Steelers bid to host 2023 Super Bowl

PITTSBURGH

The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking to get into the Super Bowl hosting business.

The team submitted an application at the owner’s meetings in May for the right to bid on the 2023 Super Bowl. It’s the first time the franchise and city have sent in an application to host the title game. The NFL will not open up the actual bidding for the game until 2018. The vote on who will host the 2023 Super Bowl won’t come until 2019.

Team president Art Rooney II met with Pittsburgh leaders on Wednesday and stressed the process remains in the early stages. City and team officials will visit previous Super Bowl host cities as part of their due diligence. Heinz Field is nearing the end of an offseason expansion that will bring capacity over 67,000. It opened in 2001.

US women’s win draws best WC semi audience

NEW YORK

The United States’ win over Germany is the most-watched men’s or women’s World Cup semifinal ever on American television.

The 2-0 victory by the second-ranked U.S. over the No. 1 Germans on Tuesday night averaged 8.4 million viewers on Fox. The network said Wednesday the previous high was 5.9 million for the 2006 men’s semifinal between Germany and Italy.

The audience was up 47 percent from the 5.7 million for the Americans’ quarterfinal against China on Friday night. And it was more than double the 3.4 million for the Americans’ semifinal in 2011, which was played during the day in the U.S. with the tournament in Germany.

Sunday’s final is also in prime time, giving it a chance to surpass the record of nearly 18 million viewers for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final that was played in the U.S.

Staff/wire reports