SPORTS digest

Poland two-hits Struthers in rout

POLAND

Poland pitchers Dan Klase and Don Drummond combined for a two-hit shutout through six innings for the Bulldogs’ 11-0 win against Struthers. Klase picked up the win by striking out six and giving up a hit in four innings. The Bulldogs’ Anthony Calcagni went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs and Eric White went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Stephen Mistovich and John Medvec each had a hit for Struthers.

CSU halts YSU women’s tennis win streak

CLEVELAND

Youngstown State’s women’s tennis team suffered its first Horizon League defeat in almost two years after falling, 4-3, to Cleveland State on Friday.

The Penguins last loss came on April 12, 2014. They had won 15 straight regular season matches and 20 consecutive overall matches.

The match came down to the No. 1 singles match between YSU’s Dominika Lackova and CSU’s Isabella Spindler. Spindler won the first set 7-6 before Lackova rallied to win the second set 6-2. In a wild third set, Lackova had a lead but Spindler went in front 6-5. Lackova forced a tiebreaker after she evened the set at six. In the long tiebreaker, Spindler pulled out an 11-9 win to take the match for the Vikings.

YSU is next in action on April 16 when it plays host to Green Bay.

YSU baseball doubleheader canceled

YOUNGSTOWN

Due to weather forecasts projecting snow, the Youngstown State baseball team’s weekend doubleheader against Oakland has been canceled. The games will not be rescheduled.

The Penguins next will play at Kent State on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

YSU men’s tennis team wins at CSU

Cleveland

Hugo Morth, Yossi Dahan, Bassem El Mekawi and Agustin Reyes won singles matches to lead the Youngstown State men’s tennis team to a 4-3 win over Cleveland State on Friday night at the Medical Mutual Tennis Center.

YSU improves to 6-11 overall and 2-1 in the Horizon League. Cleveland State falls to 11-9 and 1-2.

Morth clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) win at No. 1 singles after Dahan, El Mekawi and Reyes won their matches in straight sets.

CSU earned the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles forcing the Penguins to win four singles matches to claim the dual.

At No. 6, Reyes beat William Malm by a 6-1, 7-5 score. At No. 5, Mekawi cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Benjamin Slade. Dahan earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 4 against Kevin Goth.

NCAA bans satellite football camps

In a victory for the SEC and ACC, the NCAA has shut down so-called satellite camps, prohibiting college football coaches from holding or working at camps and clinics for high school players on other school’s campuses.

The NCAA announced Friday that the Division I Council had approved a proposal requiring Bowl Subdivision schools “to conduct camps and clinics at their school’s facilities or at facilities regularly used for practice or competition.”

The SEC and ACC ban their coaches from holding or working at camps off their campuses. The Big Ten does not and some coaches, most notably Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, have been branching out by holding camps elsewhere — mostly in the South — in a move many said helped attract attention from local prospects.

Former coach gets 10-year suspension

JACKSON, MISS.

Former Southern Mississippi basketball coach Donnie Tyndall has been hit with a 10-year show cause by the NCAA for his role in rules violations that occurred at the school during his tenure.

The NCAA released its ruling in the case on Friday. The governing body accepted the school’s self-imposed two-year postseason ban and the program will have three years of probation from 2017 to 2020.

Staff/wire report