Southside’s Salinas falls by split decision

Southside’s Salinas loses by split decision

LOS ANGELES

Alejandro “Popo” Salinas lost a four-round split decision to Oscar Duarte of Mexico in a lightweight bout on Saturday at the Belasco Theater.

Two judges scored the bout 38-37 in favor of Duarte (3-0-1), while a third gave Salinas a 38-37 advantage.

Salinas (3-1) trains under Jack Loew at the Southside Boxing Club.

YSU women’s soccer tops St. Bonaventure

YOUNGSTOWN

Junior Kathy Baquero and sophomore Kyler Lum each scored goals and the Youngstown State women’s soccer team held off St. Bonaventure for a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Farmers National Bank Field.

From the right side of the penalty box, junior Sarah Staley found an open Baquero, who drilled her first goal of the year into the right side of the net at the 34:56 mark for the Penguins (5-5).

At the 50:32 mark, Lum took a great feed from Abby Kenski, beat a defender and blasted a shot into the upper left corner to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead.

Freshman goalkeeper Elizabeth Balygoyen was credited with six saves, but faced 17 shots, including eight in the second half.

The Bonnies (3-4-2) cut the Penguins lead in half when Lauren Hill’s header from a Jessica Scruggs cross found the back of the net at the 60:25 mark.

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Big Ten takeover in AP football poll

Ohio State is No. 1 and Michigan State is No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, giving the Big Ten the top two teams in the rankings for the first time since 2006.

The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes after a lackluster victory against Northern Illinois on Saturday. Michigan State has seven first-place votes. The last time the Big Ten held the top two spots in the AP poll was November 2006 when Ohio State and Michigan went into their annual rivalry game Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.

No. 3 Mississippi made a big jump from 15 after winning at Alabama. The Tide dropped from No. 2 to No. 12. The Rebels received 11 first-place votes.

TCU is tied for third with Ole Miss and Baylor is No. 5.

US stuns Europe in Solheim Cup

ST. LEON-ROT, Germany

Infuriated by Suzann Pettersen’s call they found unsportsmanlike, the United States beat Europe on Sunday with the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history.

Paula Creamer beat Germany’s Sandra Gal 4 and 3 to complete the 141/2-131/3 victory.

The event turned after American rookie Alison Lee was penalized for picking up her ball when she thought her short second putt had been conceded on the 17th hole in the completion of a fourballs match suspended Saturday because of darkness.

Norway’s Pettersen, playing alongside England’s Charley Hull against Lee and Brittany Lincicome, demanded that the referee penalize Lee, a move that left Lee and Hull in tears after Europe’s 2-up victory that gave the team a four-point lead entering the 12 singles matches.

Lloyd has hat trick, US women rout Haiti

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Carli Lloyd is still delivering hat tricks, just on smaller stages than the World Cup final.

Lloyd had her second straight three-goal game to lead the United States to an 8-0 victory over Haiti on Sunday in a friendly.

Lloyd scored all three goals in the first half for her fifth hat trick and second in three days, then sat out the second half.

Lloyd also had three goals Thursday night in the first game against Haiti.

Vindicator staff/wire reports