CWS: Virginia eliminates Cal
Unbeaten Tyler Wilson carried a shutout into the eighth inning, Virginia used a four-run sixth to break open a close game and the top-seeded Cavaliers eliminated California from the College World Series with an 8-1 victory.
Virginia (56-11) will face defending national champion South Carolina in the Bracket 2 final. The loss ends an improbable postseason run for California (38-23), which started the year with its program scheduled to be dropped in 2012 for budgetary reasons. A $9 million fundraising effort saved the program.
WNBA: Liberty win
Cappie Pondexter scored 23 points and dished out 10 assists to lift the Liberty to a 94-82 win over the Tulsa Shock. Pondexter was pressed into point guard duty in the third period with starter Leilani Mitchell in foul trouble and rookie Sydney Colson sidelined with a knee injury. Kia Vaughn added a season-high 24 points and 12 rebounds as the Liberty (3-4) snapped a four-game losing skid.
SOCCER: Costa Rica player killed
The Red Cross says Costa Rica defender Dennis Marshall was killed yesterday when the car he was driving collided head-on with a truck in a mountainous area near the capital San Jose. A woman traveling with him was also killed.
Marshall recently returned to Costa Rica following the Gold Cup in the United States. He scored on Saturday in a loss to Honduras.
ETC.: Jets QB Ainge leaving football
Jets backup quarterback Erik Ainge says he is moving on from his football playing career because of injuries to his right foot and throwing shoulder. The 25-year-old Ainge, nearly a year clean of drugs and alcohol, missed all last NFL season while dealing with recovery from his addictions.
* Former Knicks assistant and executive Jeff Nix is Wake Forest’s new director of basketball operations. Nix spent 15 years in the Knicks’ organization from 1992-2007.