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Preseason Wooden Award candidates announced
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
Connecticut senior Renee Montgomery, junior Tina Charles and sophomore Maya Moore were each named to the list of 30 preseason candidates for the 2008-09 Wooden Award All-America team.UConn is the only team in the nation with three players on the list. Maryland (Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman), California (Devanei Hampton, Ashley Walker) and Rutgers (Epiphanny Prince, Kia Vaughn) each had two players on the list of candidates. In mid-January, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 20 list, followed in March by the National Ballot, consisting of 15 players who have excelled both on the court and in the classroom. The 33rd annual Wooden Award ceremony will be at The Los Angeles Athletic Club in April 2009.
Bloomsburg wins third consecutive D-II field hockey title
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
The Bloomsburg University field hockey team won its third consecutive Division II title on Sunday in Bloomsburg, Pa., with a 6-2 win over UMass-Lowell. The title is the third straight for the Huskies and the sixth in the last seven years. Led by Jamie Vanartsdalen, who scored three goals and assisted in another, the Huskies scored a flurry of three goals in the opening four minutes of the match. Vanartsdalen finished the season with 40 goals and 22 assists.
Named to the all-tourney team were Vanartsdalen, Samantha Kropa, Chelsea Due and Whitney Miller from Bloomsburg; Missy Seeley, Ashley Smith and Michelle Harrington from UML; Alyssa Sliney and Courtney Bartlett from Bentley; and Kim Davies and Amanda Howser from Shippensburg.
Sofia Mulanovich snags cover of Surfer Magazine
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
After being chosen as the No. 1 female surfer at the Surfer Poll Awards for the fourth consecutive year, Sofia Mulanovich appears on the cover of Surfer Magazine's "Most Influential Surfers of the Year" issue. She joins men's surfing stars Kelly Slater, the Irons brothers, Mick Fanning and Dane Reynolds on magazine’s December issue. It is Mulanovich's first time on the cover of Surfer, adding her to the small, very elite group of female surfers to have been given this honor. The 25-year-old won the opening World Championship Tour (WCT) event of the 2008 season, the Roxy Pro Gold Coast, and has been on the podium at four out of five WCT events held this year.
Stanford tops Sorenstam to win Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
Angela Stanford won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday in Guadalajara, edging Annika Sorenstam by one shot. Stanford, the Bell Micro LPGA Classic winner in September, finished with a 3-under 69 final round. She had a 13-under 275 total on the Guadalajara Country Club course and earned $200,000 for her third LPGA Tour title. Sorenstam, the 72-time LPGA Tour winner finished with a 69 and was tied for second with Brittany Lang, the former Duke star. Tournament name-sake Ochoa shot a 70 to tie for 14th at 4-under.
Notre Dame women’s basketball handles LSU, 62-53
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
The No. 14-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the No.22 LSU Tigers 62-53 on Sunday in Baton Rouge. Led by Ashley Barlow, who scored 10 of her 19 points during a run to start the second half, the Irish trailed only once. With the game tied at 24 at halftime, Notre Dame opened the second half with a 14-4 run, giving the Irish their first double-digit lead of the game. With the win, Notre Dame moved to 1-0 on the season, while LSU falls to 0-1.
Women Featured on cover of Sports Illustrated Hoops Previews
Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008
This week’s November 17, 2008, Sports Illustrated College Basketball Preview issue (on stands Wed., November 12) contains 42 pages of hoops coverage and features standout men’s and women’s players on six regional covers, which appear with the billing, DOUBLE TEAM, and showcase Rashanda McCants and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Maya Moore and Hasheem Thabeet of Connecticut, Shavonte Zellous and DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh, Courtney Paris and Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, Briann January and James Harden of Arizona State University and Ashley Barlow and Kyle McAlarney of Notre Dame. In addition to feature articles about the details behind the rankings, the issue includes the following rankings:
Women’s Top 20
1. Connecticut
2. Stanford
3. Oklahoma
4. North Carolina
5. Rutgers
6. Duke
7. Maryland
8. Tennessee
9. Louisville
10.Texas A&M
11. California
12. Oklahoma State
13. Notre Dame
14. Vanderbilt
15. Arizona State
16. Virginia
17. Pittsburgh
18. Ohio State
19. Old Dominion
20. Texas
Angela Ruggiero Sets U.S. Hockey Games Played Record
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
Angela Ruggiero made history at the 2008 Women’s Four Nations Cup. Ruggiero has now played 206 games for the U.S. Team which surpasses the former record holder Cammi Granato who had played 205. Ruggiero began playing in 1995 when she was just 15 years old. Throughout her career Ruggiero has made 55 goals and 119 assists for a total of 174 points. She hopes to make her fourth Olympics in 2010. She is currently pursuing a master’s in sports management at the University of Minnesota while training with the team.
Ji-Yai Shin Wins Mizuno Classic
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
Ji-Yai Shin won the Mizuno Classic Sunday in six strokes. Held in Japan, Shin finished the tournament in five-under 67. Shin has two LPGA tour titles and also won the Women’s British Open earlier this year. Mayu Hattori had a one-under 71 to come in second followed by Eun-A Lim with two-under 70 for third. Il Mi Chung, Yun-Jye Wei and Jee Young Lee tied for fourth place.
Mystics Hiring 11th Coach in 12 Seasons
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
Washington Mystics hired new coach Julie Plank, a college and WNBA assistant Thursday to start off their 12th season next summer. This will be the Mystics’s 11th coach in 12 seasons. Plank has assisted this year with the Minnesota Lynx. She also assisted at Indiana (eight years) and Stanford (10 years). Plank is replacing interim coach Jessie Kenlaw who was promoted when Tree Rollins was fired.
U.S. Women’s Hockey Wins Four Nations Cup against Canada
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
The U.S. Women’s Select Team beat perennial rival, Canada, 3-2 in the 2008 Women’s Four Nations Cup game Sunday in the fourth round of a shootout. Erica McKenzie from Hastings, Minn. had the winning score. Jessie Vetter was given U.S. Player of the Game honors for 30 saves in the net. “It was an awesome hockey game,” Katey Stone, head coach, said. “Both teams and both goaltenders played great … there was a small margin between the two teams today and we’re extremely happy that we came out on top.”
UW Hires New Sports Official
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
Stephanie Remp was named senior associate director of athletics Friday at the University of Washington making her the most senior woman administrator on staff. Remp is coming from University of Oklahoma and will be replacing Marie Tuite who is resigning. Remp will be overseeing both the men’s and women’s basketball programs in addition to fulfilling the duties of department liaison for NCAA committees related to women’s sports and relations to the Pac-10 conference.
Williams Wins WTA Sony Ericsson Championships
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008
Venus Williams won the WTA championship for the first time on Sunday beating Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2. Williams took home $1.34 million from the event which marked the first time ever that women and men were given equal prize money. Cheering for Williams in the audience was Billie Jean King along with Sheika Mozah, the first lady of Qatar. This was Williams’s eighth time qualifying for the championships but first time to not have to withdraw due to injuries. Williams’s ranking has now moved up from No. 8 to No. 6.
Latest NCAA report shows no closing of gender gap
Published: Thursday, November 06, 2008
There has been little change in the proportion of spending in women's athletics, the NCAA has found in its latest report. With data collected during the 2005-2006 sports season, the "Gender Equity Report " indicates that in Division I, 66 percent of total expenses were directed toward men's athletics against 34 percent spent for women's programs. In Division II programs, the proportion of total expenses earmarked for men's and women's athletics remained the same (58 percent and 42 percent, respectively) as it was in the 2003-04 report. However, in Division III athletic programs, the percentage for women's athletic programs increased by two percentage points, to 44 percent.
ESPN to offer increased women's NCAA basketball coverage
Published: Wednesday, November 05, 2008
In an effort to increase programming and promotion of women's basketball, the networks of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN360 will combine to offer 148 games during the 2008-2009 women's NCAA basketball season. The schedule, which includes a rematch of last year’s national title game of Stanford at Tennessee, will begin with two games on Sunday, Nov. 16, featuring Notre Dame vs. LSU and Pittsburgh vs. Texas A&M on ESPN2. Overall, the ESPN networks will showcase 63 regular-season games, 19 conference tournament matchups, the Division II Women’s Basketball Semifinals and Championship, and all 63 NCAA Division I Championship contests. ESPN2’s Big Monday Presented by Bud Light, a prime-time game-of-the-week series, will return starting Monday, Jan. 12, with Maryland at Duke. Also, ESPN, in conjunction with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, will stage and televise the seventh annual Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic.
Elite marathoners prove age is just a number
Published: Monday, November 03, 2008
Of the 41 elite runners in last Sunday's New York City marathon, nearly half are 35 or older; their average age is about 33, one of the oldest groups of elite women in the history of the race. In a sport in which the intense training required can take a great toll on the body, these women are proving success can come well into their 30s--even their 40s. Catherine Ndereba is 36 and a two-time Olympic silver medalist from Kenya. She said that while there are a few signs her body isn't a young as it once was, " I don’t feel old; I still feel like I’m in my 20s." Pre-race favorite and eventual winner Paula Radcliffe is 34; top contender Gete Wami is 33. This year in Beijing, Constantina Tomescu of Romania won the Olympic marathon at 38, and this past September, Irina Mikitenko, 36, won the Berlin Marathon. These women defy conventional wisdom and prove, while they may have countless miles under their feet, they have many more on the road ahead of them.
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