Briefly

Mexican flyweight Ruben Contreras underwent surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding on his brain Saturday night in Los Angeles, after suffering a seizure shortly after he quit during his bout, ringside physician Dr. Paul Wallace said.

Contreras was taken to California Hospital Medical Center after he stopped fighting in the sixth round of a scheduled eight-round bout against Brian Viloria.

Contreras, complained of a headache afterward and had a seizure within five or 10 minutes following the bout, Wallace said.

There was no immediate word on the prognosis.

Contreras and Viloria fought on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson bout at Staples Center.

Later on the card, Julio Cesar Chavez took a unanimous 10-round decision over Ivan Robinson on in a bout billed as Chavez’s “Adios” to Los Angeles.

Before the 42-year-old Chavez’s bout went the distance, son Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. needed only 42 seconds to defeat 19-year-old Adam Wynant to run his record to 19-0.

In a title bout on the card, IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez successfully defended his title with a hard-fought, unanimous 12-round decision over Ricardo Vargas.

Jesus Chavez took a split 12-round decision over Carlos Hernandez in their WBC super featherweight elimination bout.

College lacrosse

Johns Hopkins, Duke in finals

Johns Hopkins advanced to the NCAA men’s lacrosse national title game for the second time in three years, rallying to beat Virginia 9-8 at Philadelphia.

Hopkins’ Jake Byrne scored with 1.4 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 8-all, and Benson Erwin scored the winner with 50.7 seconds left in overtime.

Byrne and Joe Malo each scored twice for Hopkins (15-0).

Virginia (11-4) rallied from a three-goal deficit in the fourth quarter and took an 8-7 lead on Ward’s goal with 12.9 seconds left.

Top-seeded Johns Hopkins will face second-seeded Duke, an 18-9 winner over No. 3 Maryland, in Monday’s title game.

Duke advanced to the title game for the first time behind four goals from Zack Greer.

Greer, a 19-year-old freshman, now has 57 goals this season, breaking the previous school record of 53 set in 1997 by John Fay. He also set a new ACC mark, passing Doug Knight’s 56-goal season for Virginia in 1996.

College tennis

Baylor freshman wins singles

Baylor freshman Zuzana Zemenova rallied to beat Northwestern freshman Audra Cohen 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the NCAA women’s tennis championship at the University of Georgia in Athens.

In an all-Stanford doubles final, Alice Barnes and Erin Burdette beat Amber Liu and Anne Yelsey 6-3, 6-4.

•Unseeded Jonathan Chu of Harvard won in singles and doubles at the NCAA tennis quarterfinals in College Station, Texas.

Chu beat No. 3 seed Jessie Whitten of Kentucky 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6), and less than four hours later, teamed with Ashwin Kumar to beat Auburn’s Alex Schwiezer and Gabor Zoltan 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Hockey

ESPN declines NHL option

ESPN will not pick up a $60-million option to retain NHL broadcasting rights for next season, the network said.

ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said the network would have further comment next week. The option deadline is Wednesday.

Horse racing

Oratory wins Peter Pan

Oratory stormed past Reverberate in the stretch and pulled away to win the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes for 3-year-olds in record time at Belmont Park in New York.

Oratory won by 4 3/4 lengths as he covered the 1 1/8 miles in a stakes record time of 1:46.35. The previous record was 1:46.80 set by Slew O’ Gold in 1983.

Cycling

Savoldelli in gear to win Giro

Paolo Savoldelli closed in on his second Giro d’Italia title in Sestriere, Italy, leading Gilberto Simoni by 28 seconds with one stage left in the most important cycling race after the Tour de France.

Savoldelli, an Italian who captured the Giro in 2002, is positioned to win today. The final stage ends in Milan and is traditionally a parade for the overall leader.

Jose Rujano Guillen won the 19th stage in the Alps for the most prestigious victory of his career. He is third overall.