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8 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL<br />
SPORTS<br />
Start<br />
Continued from Page 6<br />
<strong>for</strong> in his season debut.<br />
“I knew I was going to<br />
have to keep my pitch count<br />
low, and even with that I started<br />
out a little weak,”<br />
Kojimoto said. “But when I<br />
saw how many runs we were<br />
scoring I was like, ‘alright,<br />
here we go,’ and that definitely<br />
changed things <strong>for</strong> us, and<br />
<strong>for</strong> me. You gotta love that run<br />
support.”<br />
Kojimoto gave way to<br />
Richard Phipps in the fourth,<br />
and the Wildcats had better<br />
success, Logan Basner<br />
smacking a double that scored<br />
Joel Soinila to make the score<br />
13-2, and a Devin Jackson<br />
single that scored Basner and<br />
Alex Delgado to cut the lead<br />
to 13-4. <strong>The</strong> Wildcats continued<br />
the rally into the fifth,<br />
scoring four consecutive runs<br />
on Puma errors to make the<br />
score 13-8.<br />
In the sixth, the Pumas followed<br />
a leadoff double by<br />
Richard Tigner with an single<br />
by Scott Maxey that scored<br />
Tigner <strong>for</strong> a 14-8 lead. Two<br />
more Maria Carrillo runs in<br />
the seventh and no answer in<br />
either inning spelt the 16-8<br />
NCAA<br />
Continued from Page 6<br />
ting six 3-pointers and finished<br />
with 24 points, leading<br />
eighth-seeded Boston College<br />
to a second-round upset of<br />
top-seeded Ohio State.<br />
It was the biggest surprise<br />
of the tournament as the<br />
Buckeyes (29-3), a muchdebated<br />
pick <strong>for</strong> the No. 1<br />
seed, became the first topseed<br />
to lose in the second<br />
round since Texas Tech in<br />
1998.<br />
Despite getting 21 points<br />
and seven rebounds from Big<br />
Ten player of the year Jessica<br />
Davenport, Ohio State fell<br />
one win short of tying the<br />
school record <strong>for</strong> wins in a<br />
season. <strong>The</strong> Big Ten regularseason<br />
and tournament<br />
champs also saw the nation’s<br />
longest winning streak end at<br />
20 in the same venue the<br />
Buckeyes have endured much<br />
misery over the past 12 years<br />
— Mackey Arena.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Eagles (21-11)<br />
advanced to the Albuquerque<br />
Regional semifinal where<br />
they will play Utah.<br />
Bridgeport Regional<br />
Georgia 73, Hart<strong>for</strong>d 54<br />
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) —<br />
Sherill Baker scored 26 points<br />
and Tasha Humphrey had 24,<br />
helping Georgia blow the<br />
game open in the second half<br />
and defeat Hart<strong>for</strong>d.<br />
Humphrey had 17<br />
rebounds <strong>for</strong> No. 3 seed<br />
Georgia (23-8), which<br />
reached the round of 16 <strong>for</strong><br />
the 16th time in 23 NCAA<br />
appearances.<br />
<strong>The</strong> inside-outside combination<br />
of the 6-foot-3<br />
Humphrey and the 5-8 Baker<br />
was too much <strong>for</strong> No. 11 seed<br />
Hart<strong>for</strong>d (25-8), which had<br />
upset No. 6 seed Temple<br />
Sunday <strong>for</strong> the first NCAA<br />
tournament win in school history.<br />
Erica Beverly led the<br />
Hawks with 13 points.<br />
Baker and Humphrey combined<br />
to shoot 67 percent (22<strong>for</strong>-33),<br />
but it was the<br />
Bulldogs defense that orchestrated<br />
the 15-0 run that left<br />
Wildcats loss.<br />
“We told them after the<br />
game that we needed to stay<br />
positive, that we can take<br />
something from it,” said<br />
<strong>Ukiah</strong> head coach Dennis<br />
Busse. “Today we lost the<br />
game in the first two innings,<br />
it was that simple. It also hurts<br />
us that we haven’t been on the<br />
field <strong>for</strong> three weeks, but<br />
we’ll bounce back. We’ve got<br />
to get ready to play again<br />
tomorrow.”<br />
Andrew Brown, the<br />
Wildcats every day batting<br />
practice pitcher, came out of<br />
the bullpen to throw several<br />
solid innings while the<br />
Wildcats rallied to cut the<br />
Pumas lead.<br />
“It just feels good to get<br />
back out here and out of the<br />
gym,” Brown said. “It makes<br />
you crazy having to be in<br />
there when you want to be<br />
outside.”<br />
Devin Jackson picked up<br />
the pitching loss <strong>for</strong> the<br />
Wildcats and Kojimoto was<br />
the winning pitcher <strong>for</strong> Maria<br />
Carrillo. Alex Delgado had a<br />
solid day at the plate <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Ukiah</strong>, going 2-<strong>for</strong>-2 and<br />
picking up two walks.<br />
<strong>Ukiah</strong> returns to action<br />
today, hosting Rancho Cotate.<br />
Game time is 3:30 p.m.<br />
Hart<strong>for</strong>d trailing 57-42 with<br />
12 minutes remaining.<br />
UConn 79, Virginia Tech 56<br />
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.<br />
(AP) — Ann Strother had 22<br />
points and six 3-pointers, and<br />
Barbara Turner dominated<br />
inside with 18 points and 16<br />
rebounds as the second-seeded<br />
Huskies routed No. 7 seed<br />
Virginia Tech.<br />
<strong>The</strong> win sends the Huskies<br />
(31-4) into the regional semifinals<br />
<strong>for</strong> a 14th straight season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Huskies will play<br />
their next game against<br />
Georgia, in Bridgeport,<br />
Conn., about a 90-minute<br />
drive from the UConn campus<br />
in Storrs.<br />
Dawn Chriss finished with<br />
16 points be<strong>for</strong>e fouling out,<br />
while Kerri Gardin had 16<br />
points and eight rebounds <strong>for</strong><br />
Virginia Tech (21-10).<br />
Duke 85, Southern<br />
Cali<strong>for</strong>nia 51<br />
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) —<br />
Alison Bales scored a careerhigh<br />
22 points and blocked six<br />
shots and the top-seeded Blue<br />
Devils took command early<br />
against Southern Cali<strong>for</strong>nia.<br />
Monique Currie added 14<br />
points, nine rebounds and four<br />
assists <strong>for</strong> Duke, and fellow<br />
senior Mistie Williams had<br />
nine points and eight<br />
rebounds.<br />
Eshaya Murphy led<br />
Southern Cal (19-12) with 16<br />
points and Chloe Kerr had 13.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Women of Troy shot just<br />
30 percent and missed 17 of<br />
their 20 3-point attempts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blue Devils (28-3),<br />
who held Southern to a<br />
record-low <strong>for</strong> points in a 96-<br />
27 opening round blowout<br />
that coach Gail Goestenkors<br />
said was needed to repair her<br />
team’s fleeting confidence,<br />
will take on Michigan State in<br />
the Bridgeport Regional semifinals<br />
Sunday.<br />
Duke lost two of its last<br />
three be<strong>for</strong>e the NCAA tournament<br />
began, but has been<br />
able to use the first two<br />
rounds to get the entire roster<br />
ample playing time.<br />
Sharks blank Blues<br />
<strong>The</strong> Associated Press<br />
ST. LOUIS — Steve Bernier scored two goals and Vesa<br />
Toskala made 33 saves <strong>for</strong> his first shutout of the season in the<br />
San Jose Sharks’ 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on<br />
Tuesday night.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sharks have 78 points, just off the pace <strong>for</strong> the final<br />
playoff spot in the Western Conference.<br />
San Jose took a 1-0 lead when Jonathan Cheechoo scored<br />
just 4:53 into the game. It was Cheechoo’s 43rd of the season<br />
and moved him within one of the club record set by Owen<br />
Nolan in the 1999-2000 season.<br />
Steve Bernier knocked in a loose rebound off of Patrick<br />
Marleau’s shot just 1:09 into the second period to give the<br />
Sharks a 2-0 lead.<br />
Bernier scored his second of the game at 6:17. Right after<br />
coming out of the penalty box, Bernier took a long pass from<br />
Alyn McCauley and skated in on goalie Reinhard Divis, who<br />
dropped to 0-4.<br />
McCauley gave the Sharks a 4-0 lead when he scored a<br />
short-handed goal with just 8:26 remaining in the game.<br />
Mark Smith scored his eighth goal with 6:27 remaining, and<br />
Nils Ekman closed the scoring with 2:25 left.<br />
Divis made 23 saves in the Blues’ fourth straight loss. It was<br />
his first start since he dropped a 6-3 decision at Anaheim on<br />
Dec. 21.<br />
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