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Sports Briefs: Pilots win, Beavers fall in soccer
By Wire and Staff Reports
Sunday, November 22, 2009 | No comments posted.
Danielle Foxhoven and Kendra Chandhoke each scored twice and Portland beat Virginia Tech 4-1 in a third-round match of the NCAA soccer tournament.
Second-seeded Portland (21-1-0) advances to the quarterfinals with the victory. The Pilots will face top-seeded UCLA.
Julian Johnson scored the lone goal for Virginia Tech (16-8-0).
Meanwhile, the Oregon State women lost 1-0 at Notre Dame, ending an impressive season which saw the Beavers reach the third round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship for the first time in school history.
Oregon State outshot Notre Dame 5-1 in the first half, but scoring opportunities were stifled. The Fighting Irish scored the lone goal in the 61st minute on a crossing pass to Rose Augustin, who shot the ball past Beavers keeper Colleen Boyd.
AUTO RACING
Harvicks have big night
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.
Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners’ championship when Ron Hornaday Jr. — who had already wrapped up his fourth Trucks title — finished eighth.
Matt Crafton finished second, polesitter Colin Braun took third and Peters finished fourth. It was Crafton’s fifth runner-up finish of the season.
PROFOOTBALL
Dwan Edwards will appeal fine
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night.
Edwards struck Cribbs with a forearm to the facemask on the final play of Baltimore’s 16-0 win.
Edwards said Friday he will appeal in an effort “to get some of it back.” He said the fine was levied because the hit came at a time when Cribbs “supposedly shouldn’t have reasonably expected it.”
Steelers linebacker James Harrison was fined $5,000 for unnecessary roughness when he struck Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth late.
Jaguars defensive back Reggie Nelson was fined $7,500 for roughing Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez with a hit to the head area.
Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan was fined $10,000 for trying to tackle an opponent by grabbing the facemask and unnecessary roughness for hitting an opponent late. Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck was fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness for using a horse collar in tackling a running back. Green Bay tight end Spencer Havner was fined $5,000 for a late hit against the Packers last week.
Death of Brees’ mom was suicide
GRANBY, Colo. — The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.
Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died Aug. 7 while visiting Colorado. Grand County coroner Brenda Bock concluded this week that the 59-year-old Brees died of a prescription drug overdose and ruled the death a suicide.
Bock said Brees died while staying at the home of a friend in Granby near Rocky Mountain National Park.
SKIING
American Stiegler out for season
VAIL, Colo. — U.S. skier Resi Stiegler is out for the season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash during giant slalom training.
The U.S. Ski Team said Friday that Stiegler, a 2006 Olympian from Jackson Hole, Wyo., had surgery for fractures to her tibia and femur.
The injuries from Thursday’s accident at Copper Mountain are the latest obstacle for the 24-year-old Stiegler. She was sidelined for more than a year after hurting her left arm and right knee in a December 2007 crash in Lienz, Austria.
Stiegler returned in February 2009 and finished 19th in the slalom at the world championships. She then fractured her foot a few weeks later.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
ASU coach Murphy resigns
TEMPE, Ariz. — Pat Murphy has resigned after 15 seasons as baseball coach at Arizona State.
No reason was given for the surprise move, which was announced by the university in a brief news release on Friday.
The colorful and often outspoken Murphy led the Sun Devils to the College World Series four times — 1998, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
The program has produced several major league players, including Andre Ethier of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, who appeared along with Muhammad Ali at a recent Murphy fundraiser.
He took over the historically successful Sun Devil program in August 1994 after seven seasons at Notre Dame. Under Murphy, Arizona State compiled a 629-284-1 record.
Second-seeded Portland (21-1-0) advances to the quarterfinals with the victory. The Pilots will face top-seeded UCLA.
Julian Johnson scored the lone goal for Virginia Tech (16-8-0).
Meanwhile, the Oregon State women lost 1-0 at Notre Dame, ending an impressive season which saw the Beavers reach the third round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship for the first time in school history.
Oregon State outshot Notre Dame 5-1 in the first half, but scoring opportunities were stifled. The Fighting Irish scored the lone goal in the 61st minute on a crossing pass to Rose Augustin, who shot the ball past Beavers keeper Colleen Boyd.
AUTO RACING
Harvicks have big night
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.
Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners’ championship when Ron Hornaday Jr. — who had already wrapped up his fourth Trucks title — finished eighth.
Matt Crafton finished second, polesitter Colin Braun took third and Peters finished fourth. It was Crafton’s fifth runner-up finish of the season.
PROFOOTBALL
Dwan Edwards will appeal fine
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night.
Edwards struck Cribbs with a forearm to the facemask on the final play of Baltimore’s 16-0 win.
Edwards said Friday he will appeal in an effort “to get some of it back.” He said the fine was levied because the hit came at a time when Cribbs “supposedly shouldn’t have reasonably expected it.”
Steelers linebacker James Harrison was fined $5,000 for unnecessary roughness when he struck Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth late.
Jaguars defensive back Reggie Nelson was fined $7,500 for roughing Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez with a hit to the head area.
Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan was fined $10,000 for trying to tackle an opponent by grabbing the facemask and unnecessary roughness for hitting an opponent late. Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck was fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness for using a horse collar in tackling a running back. Green Bay tight end Spencer Havner was fined $5,000 for a late hit against the Packers last week.
Death of Brees’ mom was suicide
GRANBY, Colo. — The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.
Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died Aug. 7 while visiting Colorado. Grand County coroner Brenda Bock concluded this week that the 59-year-old Brees died of a prescription drug overdose and ruled the death a suicide.
Bock said Brees died while staying at the home of a friend in Granby near Rocky Mountain National Park.
SKIING
American Stiegler out for season
VAIL, Colo. — U.S. skier Resi Stiegler is out for the season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash during giant slalom training.
The U.S. Ski Team said Friday that Stiegler, a 2006 Olympian from Jackson Hole, Wyo., had surgery for fractures to her tibia and femur.
The injuries from Thursday’s accident at Copper Mountain are the latest obstacle for the 24-year-old Stiegler. She was sidelined for more than a year after hurting her left arm and right knee in a December 2007 crash in Lienz, Austria.
Stiegler returned in February 2009 and finished 19th in the slalom at the world championships. She then fractured her foot a few weeks later.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
ASU coach Murphy resigns
TEMPE, Ariz. — Pat Murphy has resigned after 15 seasons as baseball coach at Arizona State.
No reason was given for the surprise move, which was announced by the university in a brief news release on Friday.
The colorful and often outspoken Murphy led the Sun Devils to the College World Series four times — 1998, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
The program has produced several major league players, including Andre Ethier of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, who appeared along with Muhammad Ali at a recent Murphy fundraiser.
He took over the historically successful Sun Devil program in August 1994 after seven seasons at Notre Dame. Under Murphy, Arizona State compiled a 629-284-1 record.
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