Tar Heels, Irish will play in women’s soccer final
Freshman Casey Nogueira broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 84th minute, helping North Carolina beat UCLA 2-0 Friday in the first game of the NCAA Women’s College Cup semifinals at Cary, N.C.
The top-seeded Tar Heels will play for their 18th national championship Sunday against second-seeded Notre Dame, which beat Florida State 2-1 in the second game.
Nogueira, a freshman, came off the bench to play extended minutes in relief of starter Elizabeth Guess, who was hobbled by a knee injury.
Nogueira scored from about 30 yards out after taking a pass from Yael Averbuch in front of the box on the left side and juking past a UCLA defender. Nogueira beat Bruins goalkeeper Valerie Henderson just inside the right post.
“Both games of the men’s NCAA soccer semifinals (UCLA-Virginia and UC Santa Barbara-Wake Forest) were postponed because of heavy snow and ice blanketing St. Louis, and will be played today.
Golf
Furyk still shines brightly in Sun City
Jim Furyk shot a 6-under-par 66 for a four-shot lead after the second round of the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. Furyk’s round featured six birdies. He has not dropped a shot in two rounds at the Gary Player Country Club, where he leads Sweden’s Henrik Stenson.
Tennis
Promoter testifies in Williams case
Richard Williams falsely represented himself as having authority to commit his daughters Venus and Serena to play in a “Battle of the Sexes” match, a promoter suing them all testified in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Promoters Carol Clarke and Keith Rhodes allege that Richard Williams agreed to a contract to have his daughters play in the 2001 match. The promoters claim they lost millions of dollars when the sisters reneged.
Miscellany
Records set at U.S. Open Swimming
Ryan Lochte won the 100-meter backstroke finals and set a meet record with a time of 54.37 seconds at the U.S Open Swimming Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.
In other races, Katie Hoff broke a 19-year-old meet record with a time of 4:38.8 en route to winning the 400 individual medley, and Kirsty Coventry broke a 15-year-old meet record in the 100 backstroke with her winning time of 1:01.34.
“A men’s super-combi ski race that was scrapped because of warm weather in Beaver Creek, Colo., has been rescheduled for Dec. 10 in Reiteralm, Austria.
“Germany’s Maria Riesch edged American Lindsey Kildow to win the opening downhill of the women’s World Cup season in Lake Louise, Alberta.
“Churchill Downs Inc., owner of racetracks in five states, will reduce its full-time corporate work force by 30 percent in Louisville, Ky.