SPORTS digest

YSU’s Barnes to speak to Curbstone Coaches

BEAVER TOWNSHIP

Youngstown State women’s basketball head coach John Barnes will be the guest speaker Monday at the weekly luncheon of The Curbstone Coaches 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.

Correction

Boardman High School placekicker Tommy Fryda was misidentified in the Spartans’ high school football summaries in the Oct. 15 and 22 editions.

Fighting Saints defeat Phantoms

YOUNGSTOWN

For the second night in a row, the Dubuque Fighting Saints beat the Youngstown Phantoms in the Covelli Centre, 4-1. They lost to the Saints, 3-0, on Friday night.

Dubuque’s Cole Guttman and Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi each scored a goal across the first and second periods. The Phantoms’ Curtis Hall cut the deficit in half near the end of the second period. The Chagrin Falls native was assisted by Brandon Estes and Coale Norris.

Austin Rueschhoff and Jacob Hamacher each scored in the third period to put away the Phantoms. The Phantoms will host Team USA on Friday night.

Jeffery reaches milestone in YSU loss

GREEN BAY

Youngstown State senior setter Val Jeffery registered the 3,000th assist of her Penguins career on Saturday in YSU’s 3-0 loss at Green Bay. The set scores were 25-21, 25-21, 25-22.

Jeffery had 32 assists in the match to increase her career total to 3,005. She is the fifth player in program history to reach 3,000 and the first since Karla Everhart in 2008.

Jeffery added a team-high 10 digs against the Phoenix. Lori Vanbeek led the offense with 14 kills and five blocks, and Sam Brown finished with nine kills.

Megan Powers posted 13 kills for Green Bay, which registered a .324 attack percentage.

Youngstown State will have a pair of matches at Beeghly Center next weekend. The Penguins will host Wright State on Friday at 6 p.m. and they’ll take on Valparaiso on Saturday at 2 p.m.

YSU women’s soccer shut out in home finale

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State women’s soccer team dropped its home finale to Milwaukee, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon at Farmers National Bank Field. With the loss, the Penguins fall to 3-12-1 overall while the Panthers improve to 11-4-2 overall and 7-1 in the league.

Senior goalkeeper Katie Montgomery faced 22 total shots and 11 shots on goal and posted seven saves. The Penguins could only muster four shots and one shot on goal.

UWM’s Jen Eberhardy scored in the 14th minute to give the Panthers a lead they would never relinquish. Also scoring for the Panthers were Lourdes Onwuemeka, McKeaela Schmelzer, and Aubry Krahn. The Penguins close out the regular season at Green Bay on Friday.

Kyrie Irving to give title ring to dad

CLEVELAND

Kyrie Irving is prepared to make a most memorable pass.

Cleveland’s star point guard said he’s going to give his diamond NBA championship ring to his father, Drederick. Irving, whose 3-pointer in the final two minutes of Game 7 helped the Cavs complete their historic comeback over Golden State in the finals, said following Saturday’s practice that he intends to give the keepsake to his dad.

“I give my dad almost everything,” he said. “So, every accomplishment, every MVP award, every trophy that I’ve had since I was probably about 13 or 12, I’ve given to my dad.”

Irving and his father, who was playing professionally in Australia, where the point guard was born, have an exceptionally tight bond. Kyrie’s mom died when he was young, pulling him closer to his dad.

Staff and wire reports