SPORTS digest

Phantoms on brink after Gamblers win

GREEN BAY, WIS.

The Youngstown Phantoms’ playoff hopes took a hit on Sunday after the Green Bay Gamblers defeated the Madison Capitols, 3-0.

The win gives the Gamblers (34-21-2-2, 72 points) sole possession of fourth place in the USHL’s Eastern Conference. The Phantoms (32-20-5-1) are two points behind with two games to play.

If the Gamblers win Thursday’s game at Bloomington, Ill., against the Thunder, they will clinch fourth and the final playoff berth.

The Gamblers have the tiebreaker edge over the Phantoms (regulation wins, 31-27).

The Phantoms close the season with games against Team USA on Friday and Saturday at the Covelli Centre.

YSU tennis team ties record for wins

Highland Heights, Ky.

The Youngstown State men’s tennis team tied the school record for wins in a season with a 5-2 triumph over Northern Kentucky (5-5, 1-2 Horizon League) on Sunday at the Yeager Tennis Complex.

The only other time the Penguins had 15 dual victories was in 1990-91.

YSU (15-6, 3-1) took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 before winning four singles matches.

In doubles play, Thomas Rodrigues and Mitch Maroscher won 6-1 at No. 1 while Joao Garretto and Danylo Veremeichuk also won 6-2 at No. 2.

The Penguins won matches at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles. Maroscher picked up a 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 7-5 win in a battle against Mate Virag. Veremeichuk won his match at No. 2 beating Javier Araya 7-5, 6-3.

At No. 3, Rodrigues cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Court Clark. At No. 4, Joao Garretto rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Andrew Niehaus.

The Penguins return to action on Saturday when they play host to Detroit.

Katy Feeney, 68; baseball executive

NEW YORK

Katy Feeney, a baseball executive for four decades and a daughter of former National League President Chub Feeney, has died. She was 68.

Feeney died Saturday while visiting relatives in Maine. She had not shown any sign of illness, baseball officials said. She retired from baseball in December after working her final postseason.

Feeney was hired by the NL in 1977 and rose to Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of club relations and scheduling. She was among the most prominent women in baseball and the sport’s go-to expert on the complicated rules governing the schedule.

She was a familiar presence at baseball’s biggest events, thoughtfully remembered everyone’s name around the game and almost always sported a stylish hat from a vast collection she built during her many travels.

“All of us at Major League Baseball are shocked and saddened by the news of Katy’s passing,” the commissioner’s office said in a statement Sunday. “She was one of the game’s most dedicated executives. Overseeing the schedule, Katy long held one of the most challenging positions in the sport.”

“Be it in that capacity, at the All-Star Game or throughout the postseason, Katy’s unmatched work ethic allowed her to serve our clubs with excellence throughout a decorated career,” MLB said.

An avid theater-goer who long took tap-dancing lessons, she was a baseball lifer, born into one of the sport’s longstanding families. Her father, Charles S. Feeney, was a grandson of Charles Stoneham, the New York Giants’ controlling owner from 1919-36, and a nephew of Horace Stoneham, who owned the team from 1936-76 and moved it to San Francisco after the 1957 season.

Charles Feeney became a Giants vice president and by 1950 essentially was the club’s general manager. He served as NL president from late 1969 until 1986.

A University of California-Berkeley graduate, Katy Feeney followed her father to the NL office.

Staff/wire report