Ochoa pleases Mexican fans with 3-stroke lead
Lorena Ochoa finally gave the hometown fans something to cheer about Friday, shooting a course-record 9-under-par 64 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Corona Morelia Championship in Morelia, Mexico.
The 24-year-old Ochoa, 2 under after an opening 71, had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey on the Tres Marias course to finish at 11-under 135.
South Korea’s Sun Young Yoo (67) was second at 8 under, Kelli Kuehne (70) was another stroke back, and 19-year-old Paraguayan Julieta Granada (70) and Heather Young (70) followed at 6 under. Morgan Pressel (72), Wendy Ward (69) of Edwall, Wash., and Silvia Cavalleri (69) were 5 under. Tracy Hanson (71) of Rathdrum, Idaho sits at 144.
•Nick Watney shot a 1-under 71 to move to 9-under 135 and remains in the hunt for his first PGA Tour win during a rainy, blustery second round in the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
Ryan Palmer (65) and John Senden (70) were a stroke back after unfavorable conditions on the 7,333-yard Forest Oaks Country Club course in Greensboro, N.C..
•Loren Roberts wasted no time in working his way to the top of the leaderboard in his first Champions Tour start in a month, shooting a 5-under 67 for a share of the first-round lead in the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.
Miscellany
State files lawsuit, challenges NCAA
State officials filed a lawsuit against the NCAA to challenge its restrictions on the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the lawsuit alleges a breach of contract by the NCAA, a breach of good faith and illegal restraint of trade.
Stenehjem said the lawsuit seeks to allow the University of North Dakota to use the nickname throughout the school year without being sanctioned in possible postseason play, along with unspecified money damages.
•University of Washington women’s basketball guard Dominique Banks will miss the first half of the season following surgery to repair stress fractures in both legs.
•Glenn Myernick, an assistant coach for the U.S. soccer team and a former head coach of Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids, was in intensive care following a heart attack in Thornton, Colo.
•The U.S. team beat Olympic champion Germany 1-0 at the women’s field hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain, and can finish no lower than sixth, its highest placing in 12 years.
•The South Korean city of Pyeongchang will be the first stop on the International Olympic Committee evaluation commission’s tour of the three bid candidates for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
•Four-time Olympic gold medalist Janica Kostelic of Croatia won’t defend her World Cup skiing overall title this season because of chronic back and knee pain.
•Northern Colorado defensive line coach Craig Robinson resigned amid revelations that the team held at least one practice before official spring drills started March 25, a secondary violation of NCAA rules that will be self reported, the school said.