COLLEGES
Wake Forest coasts in field hockey
Kari Walkley scored two goals, and Wake Forest had a big first half Saturday in a 4-1 field-hockey victory at Temple.
Walkley extended her team lead to six goals, scoring twice in the first half to give the Deacons (3-8) a 3-0 lead. Jess McFadyen and Taylor Rhea added a goal each, and Kaitlin Piosa, Lizzie Rae and Anna Kozniuk each had assists.
Deacs, Terps tie in women's soccer
Goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe recorded her ninth shutout of the season to tie the single-season school record, and No. 5 Wake Forest and No. 17 Maryland combined for 34 shots but no goals in a double-overtime 0-0 draw Saturday night in College Park, Md.
Bledsoe made nine saves and tied the record set by Erin Regan in 1999 as Wake Forest (11-1-2, 4-0-2 ACC) stayed in second place in the conference.
Also Saturday …
- No. 2-ranked Linda Abu Mushrefova and Nida Hamilton of Northwestern defeated No. 7 Kayla Duncan and Kathryn Talbert of Wake Forest 9-7 in the quarterfinals of the Riviera/ITA All-American Doubles Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
- Justine Clay and Taylor Hockley scored second-half goals to lead Piedmont past Salem 2-0 in women's soccer. Each team had 10 shots, and Taylor Barcom had three saves in the loss.
MISCELLANEOUS
Wade understands fans' fear
Dwyane Wade says he understands why people are "scared" about the potential that the NBA season could be totally washed out because of the lockout.
He also said Saturday that he believes the union and the league are united in wanting the NBA "to be as good as it can. We just have two different ways of getting there."
Saturday marked 100 days since the lockout was announced. NBA commissioner David Stern has said the league will cancel the first two weeks of the regular season if the sides can't reach an agreement by Monday, and it now appears the sides won't even talk before then.
Liukin takes aim at 2012 Olympics
Nastia Liukin, the all-around champion in gymnastics at the Beijing Olympics, told The Associated Press on Saturday that she has resumed training in hopes of making the U.S. team for next summer's London Olympics. She plans to focus on uneven bars and balance beam, her best events, and isn't ruling out floor exercise.
Liukin has taken most of the past three years off since the last Olympics.
Liukin, only the third U.S. woman to win the Olympics title, always left the door open to a comeback.
But a hectic schedule of personal appearances, commercial opportunities and obligations as the International Gymnastics Federation's athlete representative made it hard for her to train on a regular basis.
U.S. leads at gymnastics worlds
The U.S. women's gymnastics team responded to the loss of Alicia Sacramone with a commanding performance Saturday that led qualifying at the world championships in Tokyo and secured a spot at the 2012 London Games.
Sacramone tore her Achilles' tendon during training Tuesday night, but her teammates responded with a score of 234.253 points that was more than three points ahead of defending champion Russia. The team finals will be Tuesday night.
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