Phantoms win tight contest on road

February 4, 2017 at 12:07a.m.

GENEVA, ILL.

In a game that featured three ties and four lead changes, the Youngstown Phantoms (22-12-4-1, 49 points) were able to hold off the first-place Chicago Steel 4-3. The win moves Youngstown into a tie for third place in the USHL’s Eastern Conference with the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

After the Phantoms came back from a 2-1 deficit to take the lead, a Chicago goal tied things early in the second period at 3-3.

Austin Pooley put the Phantoms back in front for good in the second period. The shot redirected a wrister from Ellis past Stezka one second after a power play ended. Pooley’s goal, his 13th of the year, vaulted him past Coale Norris and Nicolas Werbik for the team lead in goal scoring.

YSU soccer adds 12 during signing period

The Youngstown State women’s soccer team added 12 new faces to the program for the 2017 campaign.

Joining the Penguins are midfielder Rasheda Abdul-Rahman (Tamale, Ghana), defender Kendaya Chin-Jackson (Tamarac, Fla.), midfielder Ashley Dibble (West Seneca, N.Y.), forward Isabella Futchi (Mentor, Ohio), midfielder Ali Haupt (Canton, Ohio), forward/defender Kelsey Kitchen (Ocala, Fla.), Alexander Neal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Sydney Ossege (Fort Thomas, Ky.), midfielder Ruth Pena (Madrid, Spain), Regina Ploplis (Mentor, Ohio), goalkeeper Aida Rodriguez (Leganes, Spain), and forward/midfielder Sammy Salatino (Eastlake, Ohio). Kendaya Chin-Jackson (D, Tamarac, Fla./NSU University School).

Baylor facing six suits, federal investigation

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Baylor faces at least six federal and state lawsuits as well as a federal civil rights investigation into claims the school and football program, which former head football coach Art Briles built into a Big 12 champion, ignored, mishandled or tried to cover up reports of sexual or physical abuse and other criminal misdeeds across campus for years.

One court filing last week alleges more than 50 acts of rape by more than 30 football players over a four-year period, and that Baylor football promoted a culture of “sex, drugs and violence.”

And after months of refusing to release details from its own investigation , Baylor on Thursday revealed text messages between Briles, assistant coaches and staff members that appear to show them trying to shield players from police and university discipline.

Women’s team used men’s basketballs

The College of Charleston women’s team unknowingly has been playing home games and practicing with men’s basketballs all season long. They suspected something was up, and recently it caught up with them.

In a bizarre incident, the Colonial Athletic Association reversed the outcomes of a pair of conference games involving the Cougars for the school’s use of the improper balls. The circumference of a women’s ball is about an inch smaller than a men’s one and typically weighs two ounces less. While it may not seem like a lot, that’s a big difference.

UNC Wilmington coach Adell Harris thought something was off when her team practiced at Charleston the day before their game on Jan. 8.

The Seahawks shot a season-worst 21 percent from the field against C of C, including going 1-of-18 from 3-point range. William & Mary, the other team that saw its result reversed, wasn’t much better, making 3 of 17 3-pointers, in a 10-point loss.

USMNT defeats Jamaica 1-0 in friendly

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Jordan Morris scored in the 59th minute, and the United States beat Jamaica 1-0 Friday night to give Bruce Arena the first win of his second stint as national team coach.

Benny Feilhaber took a 20-yard pass from Dax McCarty and played the ball to Morris with a back-heel pass. Morris returned the ball to Feilhaber, who was making his first start in five years.

It was the second international goal for Morris, who also scored against Mexico in an April 2015 exhibition.

Staff/Wire reports