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In brief: Upstart Coastal Carolina to face Arizona for CWS championship

Coastal Carolina’s David Parrett (12) and Kevin Woodall Jr., rear, hug after defeating TCU and advancing to the finals of the College World Series. (Ted Kirk / Associated Press)
From staff and wire reports

Baseball: Tyler Chadwick homered and doubled, Alex Cunningham pitched 6 1/3 solid innings, and surprising Coastal Carolina reached the College World Series finals with a 7-5 victory over TCU in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday night.

The Chanticleers (53-17) of the Big South Conference will play Arizona in a best-of-three series starting on Monday, trying to win the national championship in their first appearance at the CWS.

Chadwick’s blast over the right-center wall opened the scoring, and the Chanticleers added two runs in the third and four in the fourth. They had only three baserunners over the last four innings, and TCU pulled within two runs with one out in the ninth. But Michael Landestoy hit into his third double play of the game to end it.

Arizona advanced with a 5-1 victory over Oklahoma State as Bobby Dalbec pitched seven innings of four-hit ball and Zach Gibbons drove in three runs.

Champion Mikulak leads U.S. gymnastics team

Gymnastics: Alex Naddour and Chris Brooks, alternates on the 2012 men’s gymnastics team, will join Sam Mikulak, Jake Dalton and John Orozco on the U.S. Olympic team this summer.

Mikulak, a four-time national champion, easily posted the highest all-around score through four rounds of qualifying that ended Saturday in St. Louis. He was followed by Brooks, at 29 the oldest competitor in the field.

Ipsen, Hixon deny Dumais in 3-meter

Diving: Kristian Ipsen and Michael Hixon earned spots on a U.S. Olympic diving team.

Ipsen won the men’s 3-meter event at the trials in Indianapolis with a score of 1,452.75.

Hixon finished with a total of 1,385.45 to edge out four-time Olympian Troy Dumais for the second spot.

Naval Academy grad leads at Bethesda

Golf: Naval Academy graduate Billy Hurley III shot a 4-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead over Ernie Els into the final round of the Quicken Loans National in Bethesda, Maryland.

Hurley had four birdies in his bogey-free round at Congressional to reach 15 under. The 607th-ranked player in the world said he couldn’t think of a better tournament to be his first PGA Tour victory because of its proximity to his Annapolis home and connections to the military.

Els holed out for eagle on the par-4 12th and finished with a 65.

Frenchman moves to front with pair of eagles: Jean-Francois Remesy had two eagles and finished with an 8-under 64 to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wisconsin.

The last alternate to get into the field after losing a playoff in a Monday qualifier, the 52-year-old Frenchman holed out for eagle from the fairway on the par-4 first and also eagled the par-5 11th. He had four birdies in the bogey-free round to reach 13-under 131 at University Ridge.

Gene Sauers and Bart Bryant were a stroke back.

Ko shares lead after tying course record: Top-ranked Lydia Ko eagled the par-5 18th to tie the course record at 9-under 62 and take a share of the second-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s NW Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Arkansas.

Ko matched Morgan Pressel at 14-under 128, which also ties the tournament’s 36-hole record.

Greenbrier Classic canceled: The PGA Tour announced on Saturday that the Greenbrier Classic scheduled for next month has been canceled because of the devastating flooding in West Virginia. The tournament had been scheduled for July 7-10. Tour officials say the Old White TPC at the Greenbrier Resort, the host course, suffered extensive damage from the flooding and “is beyond reasonable repair to conduct the tournament.”

Johnson breaks through for first ATP title

Tennis: Steve Johnson of the United States won his first ATP title with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory over Pablo Cuevas in the final of the grass-court Nottingham (England) Open.

The 26-year-old Californian capitalized on two of his three break chances, all of which came in the second set after the first set went with serve.

Cibulkova wins women’s Wimbledon tuneup: Dominika Cibulkova won her second title of the year when she defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3 in the Eastbourne (England) International final.

Thurman keeps his WBA title in slugfest

Miscellany: Keith Thurman defended his WBA welterweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Shawn Porter in a fierce bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

In a fight chock full of action from the outset, both fighters landed precise combinations and also missed wildly. Each was coming off lengthy layoffs, and their eagerness to show their skills made for an entertaining bout that was the first in prime time on CBS since 1978.

That gap shouldn’t be nearly as long after this one, in which Thurman won on all three cards 115-113. The AP also scored the fight 115-113 for Thurman.

Heavyweight Joshua defends IBF title: Anthony Joshua defended his IBF heavyweight title by knocking out Dominic Breazeale in the seventh round of their bout in London, ending his American challenger’s unbeaten record.

Canucks may face sanctions from NHL: The NHL is reviewing whether to penalize the Vancouver Canucks for tampering after general manager Jim Benning expressed interest in acquiring players under contract, including Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the severity of punishment will be based on how “damaging” the comments might have been. The potential discipline would range from a fine or Vancouver losing a draft pick.

Quinn returns to Seattle Storm: The Phoenix Mercury traded guard Noelle Quinn to the Seattle Storm for power forward Angelica Robinson. Quinn has played 10 seasons in the WNBA, including two seasons (2013-14) with Seattle.