Tennis Sports

The Falcon softball team came up just short losing a 3-2 game to Luther College in a NCAA Regional final played in Pella, Iowa on Monday.

The Falcons end their season with a 34-15 record. The 34 wins is a school record. Luther advances to the Championship series for the third straight year and have a 40-7 record.
 
Luther scored two unearned runs in the first inning and added a single run in the fourth. The Falcons scored both of its runs in the sixth. UWRF scored two runs on four hits and made two errors. The Norse scored three runs on six hits and made one error. 

The Norse scored two runs in the first inning to take an early 2-0 lead. Th Read full article…

New Jersey Devils right wing David Clarkson celebrates his first-period goal against Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.

 

However, in a snapshot of his season, the Flyers goalie did assist on a goal. No one wearing the free orange t-shirts that read “rise to the occasion” cheered, though.

Clearly, like he didn’t do with that puck, Bryz didn’t “rise to the occasion.”

“I wanted to put the puck in the corner for Kimmo (Timonen) to start back up,” Bryzgalov said about the numbing pass he attempted that ended up behind him, “and the puck, I don’t know, hit him in his stick and going in the net.

“A bad bounce, unfortunately.

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CLEMSON, SC – The 23rd-ranked Clemson women’s tennis team gave No. 8 North Carolina all they could handle on Sunday at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center. In the end, The Tar Heels (16-4, 6-0 ACC) outlasted Clemson (11-8, 4-3 ACC), 5-2, to hand the Tigers a second consecutive defeat to a top-ten opponent. Four singles matches went to three sets, and the match was not decided for more than four hours on the outdoor courts, which saw temperatures in the mid-eighties. Clemson received three-set singles wins from Beatrice Gumulya and Klara Vyskocilova, while Josipa Bek and Keri Wong each dropped three-set decisions to top-35 national opponents. The doubles point was just about as hotly contested as it gets in collegiate tennis. A

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The Falcon softball team split in a pair of games at the Augustana Tournament held Saturday in Rock Island, Ill.

UWRF opened with a 4-1 win over Gustavus Adolphus, but then lost a 2-1 decision to the host school, Augustana College.

Hayley Buchanan hit a walk off three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to help lead the Falcons to the win.

The Falcons scored four runs on nine hits and made no errors. GAC scored one run on four hits and had no errors. The Falcons scored a single run in the second and the three in the seventh. GAC scored its run in the seventh.

In the second Ashley Goettl led off with a single to right and she was sacrificed to second by Abbie Morris. Read full article…

How can you understand how much you should spend on a new bike? There are Claud Butler, Schwinn, Dawes, Mongoose, HUFFY and Land rover bikes for sale. With so many prices to choose from, how can you make informed decisions? In addition, different specifications and additional features make the process of choosing a racing bike even more difficult.

The decision should be based on your needs. As everyone has a unique lifestyle, quality and prices also vary.

For example, if you rarely cycle, but enjoy this activity, then a low to mid range price is for you. Read full article…