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-2C Sunday, March 24 1996 THE TENNESSEAN mm SPORTS A.M. COMPILED FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS BY NICK SULLIVAN Roy returns to rink With a tip of his Boston University cap and a smile on his face, Travis Roy returned to the rink last night in Albany, N.Y, to root on his teammates against 1 Clarkson and only imagine what might have been. "I'm back in the stands, just your average fan," said Roy, who was paralyzed from the neck down on-' ly 1 1 seconds into his first action for BU last October. BU won 3-2. 3 stations to carry Sounds The Nashville Sounds games will be on three radio stations this spring.

WAMB (1160 AM106.7 FM) returns as the flagship station. The games can also be heard on WDBL (1590 AM94.3 FM) in Springfield and WIZO (1380 AM) in Franklin. "We are very pleased with our network this season," Sounds President Larry Schmittou said. The addition of WIZO was something we really needed this season." .4 Mil Tolbert shines at Alabama Vanderbilt's Ryan Tolbert won two events and fin- ished second in another at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa yesterday. Tolbert won the 200 meters in 24.34 seconds and the 800 in 2:20.71 and finished second in the 100 hurdles with a 14.13.

Tolbert also finished third in the heptathlon. Vandy's Leslie Vidmar won the shot put with a throw of 49 feet, 0.25 inch while Lesheal Johnson of Middle Tennessee State was second with 45-10. Tennessee's Wes Boudreau won the men's hammer throw with 202 feet, 6 inches. ft fefei 1 1 McGavock's Jones top athlete Calvin Jones of McGavock High School won the best all-around athlete honor yesterday at the Day of Champions event at Hunters Lane High School Allison Clark of Shelbyville High won the women's honors. Athletes competed in five events to determine the best all-around athlete in Middle Tennessee.

NO-HITTER FOR BOYER Ryan Boyer (2-0) of Murfreesboro Oakland pitched a no-hitter yesterday as the Patriots defeated Smyrna 6-0. The senior struck out 10 and walked two for the second no-hitter of his career. i mm mt i 1 1 I I I HI 1-1 Hit: tM it i it Iowa wins NCAA title Mark Ironside's third-place finish in the NCAA wrestling tournament helped Iowa clinch its second straight championship yesterday in Minneapolis. Iowa State finished second. The Hawkeyes have won five national titles in the past six years.

Tagliabue lobbies for stadium NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has told Seattle officials that the Seahawks deserve a better home than the 20-year-old Kingdome to keep up with the Mariners' proposed $320 million stadium and the Su-perSonics' new $133 million arena. Tagliabue suggested that would make moot Ken Behring's attempt to move the NFL team to the southern California area. QiD Vols two back at Blue-Gray The Tennessee men's team is at 574, just two strokes behind LSU, after two rounds of the Blue-Gray Intercollegiate Classic in Montgomery, Ala. Jamie Heher led UT with a 71-138 to tie for second, a stroke back of Brian Bateman of LSU. JULIAN, GIBBY WIN Drew Julian (68) of Murfreesboro won the boys 16-17 and Adrianne Gib-by (70) of Franklin, won the girls 15-17 in the first junior tournament of the season at the Little Course at Aspen Grove in Franklin.

Other winners: Noble Judy (61) Nashville, boys 14-15; Bradley Farmer (34), Hermitage, boys 12-13; Ryne Fisher (31), Clarksville, boys 8-9; and M.E. Brice (33), girls 12-14. GEORGE WALKER IV STAFF LEARNING HOW Amy Covington, 8, swings at a ball at the Prince Tennis Clinic yesterday at Centennial Sportsplex as other youngsters wait their turns. OSIO- Luyendyk wins Phoenix pole Arie Luyendyk, the marquee name in the fledgling Indy Racing League, won his first pole at Phoenix International Raceway yesterday with a record-setting qualifying lap for today's Dura-Lube 200. Luyendyk scorched the mile oval in 19.608 seconds.

FAN KILLED AT TRACK An unidentified fan at the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, died last night during a time trial crash that Injured at least two others. A driver lost control and crashed at more than 80 mph, witnesses said. Stanford wins 5th straight Claudia Franco won the 100 freestyle for Stanford's only individual victory and the Cardinal cruised to a fifth straight NCAA women's championship last night in Ann Arbor, Mich. Stanford claimed its seventh championship with 478 points. Southern Methodist was second with 397.

Kafelnikov, Gustafsson win Top-seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Magnus Gustafsson won semifinal-round matches yesterday in the St Petersburg Open in Russia. Kafelnikov defeated Filip Dewulf of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 and Gustafsson, a Swede, outplayed Lar Burgs-muller of Germany 7-5, 7-5. COLLEGE UPDATE Florida, led by Damon Henkel's 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Chris Groer in No. 1 singles, shut out Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-3) 7-0 in Southeastern Conference men's action Middle Tennessee State (9-3), ranked No. 23 in the nation, swept Southern Miss 7-0 for its sixth consecutive men's victory.

Purdue fires Coach Dunn Point-to-Point course ready Street claims Super Picabo Street completed a sweep of the speed races at the U.S. Alpine Championships, winning the su- per-G yesterday at Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Street also won Friday's downhill. Later in the day yesterday, Street suffered head, neck and back inju- ries when she hit a gate during an exhibition race but did not require hospitalization. Early-week rains, snows and high winds have had little effect on the Percy Warner Park steeplechase course as the 24th annual Point-to-Point gets underway at 1 p.m.

today. The day's events will include fox-hunt style competition at the conclusion of the steeplechase races. Admission is $5, which goes to Friends of Warner Park. Lin Dunn, who led the Purdue women's team to the NCAA Final Four in 1994 and to three Big Ten titles, was fired yesterday. Dunn compiled a 206-68 record in nine seasons, including a 20-11 mark this year.

A coach at Austin Peay and Miami before coming to Purdue, Dunn has compiled a 447-257 career record in 25 years. C352SSSMD Miller keeps cruiser title Vandy falls to UNC TSU breaks 28-game skid Tennessee State's women (1-19, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) snapped a 28-game losing streak dating back to last season with a 6-5 victory yesterday over visiting Tennessee-Martin (4-10, 1-1) in the second game of a double-header. TSU's Julie Shane pitched two innings of scoreless ball to save the game for Teresa Onry (1-7). UTM won the opener 9-0. North Carolina scored seven goals before Vander Pittsburgh player serious A collision with a padded wall broke the neck of a freshman wide receiver for the University of Pittsburgh at practice Friday, Coach Johnny Major said.

Demale Stanley, from Belle Glades, was in critical condition yesterday after surgery. Nate Miller defended his World Boxing Association cruiserweight title last night in Miami, stopping Brian LaSpada in the ninth round. It was Miller's second title defense. bilt got on the scoreboard en route to an 18-2 victory over host Vanderbilt (3-3). The Commodores host Virginia Tech tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Kwan captures Buffalo wins 7-5 upset Pittsburgh womens for U.S. crown sweep lvwi( Pms PITTSBURGH Randy Bur-J-idge scored the tie-breaking goal 28 seconds after Dominik Hasek stopped Mario Lemieux's penalty shot and the Buffalo Sabres beat law Uhe Pittsburgh Penguins 7-5 last flight. Buffalo (28-37-7) survived blow-Z ing a 4-1 second-period lead to end a four-game losing streak and win for just the second time in 10 games. I Burridge redirected Pat LaFon-; taine's shot past Tom Barrasso at 6:05 for his 21st goal. Hasek, who relieved starter An-Z dre Trefilov, made a stick save on Lemieux's seventh career penalty shot at 6:37.

Lemieux was awarded the shot when referee Rob Shick -ruled that Hasek had thrown his I at the puck. Hasek stopped all shots he faced in the game's final 26:48. RICKY ROGERS STAFF Derek Eberle of the Knights tries to get past Birmingham's Chad Seibel last night in Municipal Auditorium the Knights' final regular- casuu game as a nasnvuie ream, me Knights won 5-4 in a shootout. straight. Lightning 4, Panthers 2 ST.

PETERSBURG, Fla. Brian Bradley's goal with 11:13 remaining broke a 2-2 tie and Tampa Bay (23-15-7) went on to a rare victory over Florida (38-25-9). The Panthers fell three points behind the New York Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division. Capitals 2, Whalers 2 LANDOVER, Md. Peter Bon-dra scored his 41st goal midway through the third period to lift Washington (33-29-10) to a tie with Hartford (30-32-9).

Flyers 4, Maple Leafs TORONTO Dale Hawerchuk and Dan Quinn scored first-period goals and Philadelphia (36-22-13) went on to a victory over Toronto (28-34-12). The Flyers held Toronto to just 13 shots as they handed the Maple Leafs their third straight loss. Rangers 5, Bruins 4 BOSTON Mark Messier and Alexei Kovalev scored third-period goals just over two minutes apart to rally New York (37-20-14) to a victory over Boston (34-29-9). Oilers 6, Canadiens 5 MONTREAL Jason Arnott scored three goals as Edmonton (27-38-7) stopped Montreal's eight-game home winning streak with a victory. Miroslav Satan, Dean McAmmond and Todd Marchant got Edmonton's other goals.

Vincent Damphousse had two goals and Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi and Patrice Brisebois each scored one for the Canadiens (36-28-8). i XQjiitiTjj hsiK Hilnl Press EDMONTON, Alberta It took improvisation and perfection for Michelle Kwan to skate off with a world championship. When she did, it gave the United States a sweep of the singles titles in the World Figure Skating Championships. Kwan, at 15 the third-youngest winner ever, capped a near-perfect season by getting two 6.0s for artistry. She barely edged defending champion Chen Lu of China, who also had two perfect marks.

The difference came in the technical marks, with Kwan throwing in a triple toe loop instead of a double axel at the end of her four-minute program. "At the last triple toe, I knew I could do it," said Kwan, of Torrance, Calif. "The crowd was great, everyone was on their feet and the emotions took over and I knew I did it-It was the first time since 1986 thqt Americans took both crowns: Todd Eldredge won the men's title on Thursday. Both events were as memorable as any the worlds have seen. Kwan also received seven 5.9s to artistry.

With her superior technical marks, it was enough to take the free skate after also winning the short program the previous day. Kwan cried when she finished her superb performance, then wept again when she saw the marks that lifted her to the top, and again on the medals podium. Only Sonja Henie (14 in 1927) and Oksana Baiul (also 15, in 1993) were younger when they became world champs. Irina Slutskaya of Russia was the bronze medalist Considered the rising star of American women's figure skating Kwan grew up quickly this year. Opting to portray the temptress Salome in her free skate, she looked Game Report nothing like a teen-ager.

"This was the first year that she is exploring feelings to the music, and we want to continue in that vein," said Frank Carroll, Kwan's coach. I Her skating in the worlds was magnificent from her short program on Friday to last night's magical romp, in which she nailed seven triple jumps. It had to be in order to beat Chen, China's only figure skating champion, whose lyrical performances also drew standing ovations and top marks. Kwan's 6.0s came from Japan and Bulgaria, while Chen, 19, got hers from France and Hungary. Kwan was first with six judges and Chen won the other three.

Chen was not happy with the judging "I think I skated my best did my best in my long program, and the marks were given and the judges decide who win," she said through an interpreter. "There was no Chinese judge on the panel and" that might have had an effect." Midori Ito, the 1989 world champion and 1992 Olympic silver medalist did not have a happy return to international competition. She finished in seventh place. Russia's Maria Butyrskaya was fourth, followed by Surya Bonaly oj France, who fell on a quadruple jump. Tonia Kwiatkowski of Broadview Heights, Ohio, was eighth overall, moving up one spot from the short program.

Tara Lipinski of Sugar Land, Texas, at 13 the youngest skater in the worlds, surged from 23rd to 15th. i Kwan's victory gave the United States four medals, its best showing in the worlds in nine years. Rudy Galindo won a bronze in the men event while Jenni Meno and Todd Sand took bronze in pairs. Lemieux. who scored on his first -live penalty shots, has been stopped on his last two attempts.

The Sabres led 4-1 in the first minute of the second period before the Penguins (42-25-4) scored five consecutive goals to take the lead. Devils 3, Islanders 2 (OT) UNIONDALE, N.Y. Steve Thomas scored 3:38 into overtime as New Jersey (33-28-11) stopped a three-game losing streak with a victory over New York (20-43-8). Thomas swept the rebound of Bill Guerin's shot from the left circle past Eric Fichaud, who had stopped "39 shots in fine performance. New Jersey's Martin Brodeur made 25 saves for his 30th victory of the season.

The Islanders lost their fifth top shelf each time before Calder winner. Goalie Craig Brown came through with 48 saves- WHAT IT MEANS: The Knights could finish second, in which case they would play Knoxville in the opening round of the playoffs, or third, in which they would meet either Birmingham or Raleigh. Going into the weekend, there were seven possible first-round scenarios. OF NOTE: The Knights Booster Club player awards banquet is tonight at Smyrna Town Center The Knights finished with 368 goals, second in ECHL history. Hugo Belanger scored two goals for Birmingham, but no, he's not the league MVP Hugo Belanger, who plays for Nashville.

The Knights' Hugo was out sick yesterday and he's been called up to Atlanta for tomorrow's game. WHAT THEY SAO: Calder "I didn't know what I was going to do when I skated in. I just gave him goalie a lake, went to my backhand, "and luckily it went in. I'm happy for Craig Brown, he played great in the nets." NEXT GAME: Next week in the playoffs. Next home game: Tuesday, Apr! 2, 7 p.m.

HAROLD HUGGMS KNIGHTS 5, BULLS 4 (SO) SITE: Municipal Auditorium GAME RECAP: Nashville ended the ECHL regular season the same way It started it with a seven-game winning streak. Winger Shane Calder scored the game winner as the first Knights shooter in the sudden-death part of the shootout. Glen Metropolit scored his 30th goal, then R.J. Enga (36th) and Colin Ward (52nd) gave the Knights a 4-1 lead before the Bulls charged back to tie it on John Joyce's goal with 32.5 seconds left as the Bulls hit Nashville with a 21-6 shot blitz the third period. In the shootout.

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