SPORTS DIGEST || Poland to close stadium on Monday for cleaning

Poland to close stadium

on Monday for cleaning

POLAND

The Poland High School Athletic Department will be closing Poland Stadium all day on Monday.

The turf will be cleaned and re-conditioned on that day and the stadium will reopen on Tuesday.

YSU women’s soccer

team finalizes schedule

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State women’s soccer will play a 16-game slate, including eight home matches at Farmers National Bank Field.

Youngstown State opens the slate on the road with a match at Canisius on Aug. 18 before hosting St. Bonaventure in the home opener on Aug. 21.

After a pair of home matches against Robert Morris (Aug. 27) and IPFW (Sept. 1), the Penguins play four road games. YSU will visit Buffalo on Sept. 3, Eastern Michigan on Sept. 8, Western Michigan on Sept. 10 and begin Horizon League play at Wright State on Sept. 15.

The Penguins return home for matches against Duquesnse on Sept. 17 and Horizon League foe Northern Kentucky on Sept. 23.

Youngstown State visits Oakland on Sept. 30 and Cleveland State on Oct. 4, and ends the season with three of the last four games at home.

The Penguins host UIC (Oct. 14) and Detroit Mercy (Oct. 18) before visiting Milwaukee (Oct. 21) for the final road match of the season. The Penguins host Green Bay in the regular-season finale on Oct. 27.

YSU track staff

to host four camps

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State track and field coaching staff will host camps for students in grades seven-12 at the Watson and Tressel Training Site.

There will be three separate day camps on July 14-16 from 8 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Campers will receive a personal evaluation and individual instruction on improving jumping, throwing, hurdling and pole vault mechanics as well as drills for enhancement.

There will also be a camp specifically for high jumps and throws on July 14 from 6-9 p.m. Pole vault training will be available on July 15-16.

The cost for each camp is $85 and there is a $10 discount for registration by June 15. Cost for two sessions is $150 and $215 for three.

Registration is available on penguinstrackcamps.com. For more information, contact camp director Katrina Brumfield at kbrumfield@ysu.edu.

Oklahoma wins

NCAA softball crown

OKLAHOMA CITY

Shay Knighten hit a three-run double in the second inning and Oklahoma defended its NCAA softball title with a 5-4 win over Florida on Tuesday night.

Knighten, who hit a three-run homer in the 17th inning to help win Game 1 on Monday, was selected the World Series’ Most Outstanding Player.

The Sooners (61-9) took both games from Florida in the best-of-three series to earn their third NCAA title in five years.

Oklahoma freshman Mariah Lopez (18-1) got the win in relief of Paige Parker. Paige Lowary stepped in and retired Florida in order in the seventh.

Florida pitcher Kelly Barnhill, USA Softball’s National Collegiate Player of the Year, did not play. Florida coach Tim Walton went with No. 3 pitcher Alesia Ocasio (8-2), and she got the loss. Delaney Gourley was solid in relief for the Gators (58-10). Oklahoma had just one senior in its lineup and has no senior pitchers.

Denali rescuers

save fallen climber

TALKEETNA, Alaska

Denali National Park mountaineering ranger Frank Preston says it took rescuers about 12 hours before they could reach a climber who fell 40-feet (12.2 meters) into a glacier crevasse on North America’s tallest mountain.

Preston says it took another three hours to chip away at ice to widen the crevasse to lift out 38-year-old Martin Takac of Trmava, Slovakia.

Staff/wire report