SPORTS digest

Jerry Slocum to speak to Curbstone Coaches

BEAVER TOWNSHIP

Youngstown State men’s basketball head coach Jerry Slocum will be the guest speaker Monday at the weekly Curbstone Coaches luncheon at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township.

Applications are being accepted for nominations for the 2017 Hall of Fame Class that will be inducted on May 7, 2017. For an application to nominate, call 330-506-6774 or 330-792-2272.

YSU bowling goes 4-1 in first competition

READING, PA.

The Youngstown State women’s bowling team went 4-1 in Baker games in its first day of competition as a Division I program on Saturday at the Bud Whitman Memorial. The tournament was held at Berks Lanes in Reading, Pa.

The highlight of the day was a 906-876 victory over preseason No. 17 Kutztown in the fourth match of the day. Youngstown State also had victories over Chestnut Hill (897-851), Molloy (896-665) and Saint Peter’s (959-752).

The Penguins’ lone loss was to Delaware State (1,031-890), which was the leader in total pins for the tournament. Youngstown State finished sixth in total pins for the day with 4,548, and the Penguins averaged 909.6 pins per match and 181.9 per Baker game.

The Penguins will compete in traditional matches versus Franklin Pierce, Adelphi, Coppin State, Daemen and Howard on Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. in day two of the Bud Whitman Memorial.

Oakland tops YSU swimming and diving

YOUNGSTOWN

Viktoria Orosz won three events while Madison Aranda and Bec Stafford picked up a pair of wins as the Youngstown State swimming and diving program played host to Oakland at the Beeghly Natatorium on Saturday.

The Golden Grizzlies earned a 161-132 victory in the dual meet.

Orosz won the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM. Stafford won both the one and three-meter dives for the second staight meet. Aranda took first in the 500-yard freestyle while finishing third in the 1,650-yard freestyle and fourth in the 200-yard butterfly.

Stafford won the one-meter with an NCAA Zone C qualifying score of 286.27.

Phantoms rout Lumberjacks

MUSKEGON

The Youngstown Phantoms conceded three goals in the third period, but still won comfortably against the Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7-4.

Alex Esposito collected a hat trick and an assist. Brett Murray scored two goals and dished two assists and Nicolas Werbick had a goal with two helpers. Coale Norris chipped in a goals. Goalie Ivan Kulbakov stopped 29 shots and also had an assist.

Muskegon’s four goals were split among Jordan Timmons, Garrett WanWyhe, Matt Steeves and Koby Bender. Adam Brizgala make 22 saves for the Lumberjacks.

Hope Solo ponders overseas move

STOCKHOLM

U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo says she’s received offers to play overseas and could even continue her career in Sweden, where fans were enraged when she described their national team as “cowards.”

In a talk show aired late Friday on Swedish television network SVT, Solo said she was still reeling from being kicked out by the U.S. Soccer Federation, and suggested it was partly due to her advocacy for women’s rights.

Solo, who announced her departure from the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League at the end of August, insisted she hasn’t retired.

She apologized for saying Sweden played like a “bunch of cowards” after they eliminated the U.S. in the quarterfinals of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The USSF suspended Solo for six months and terminated her contract, saying it was the result of missteps.

Staff/wire report