Published: November 08, 2009 11:35 pm         

Metro Roundup: The Woods soccer falls in national title game

Burlington, Vt. — St. Mary-of-the-Woods didn’t in the national championship, but coach Mike Aycock won’t complain about the effort by his team to finish as national runner-up with a 3-0 loss Sunday to Marygrove College.

The Pomeroys, who were seeded eighth in the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, qualified for the tournament based on a solid strength of schedule.

Terre Haute North graduate Erin Pugh was named to the all-tournament team along with goalkeeper April Baranowski.

Arrika Garcia was named an honorable-mention All-American.

“It’s our first time to get a bid into the final eight,” Aycock said. “It was a good performance for these girls. They really stepped up and accomplished something we’ve never accomplished before.”



Mary Grove College 1 2 — 3

SMWC 0 0 — 0

MG goals — Janina Valasco, 38th minute; Nicole Mabee, 66th minute; Valasco, 90th minute.

Auto racing

n Gardner prevails — At Perris, Calif., Damion Gardner won the feature event Saturday in the last night of the 14th Budweiser Oval Nationals at Ferris Auto Speedway.

Gardner led the final four laps of the 40-lap main for sprint cars to win followed by Mike Spencer, who led laps 22 through 36, and Levi Jones.

Jones has clinched the U.S. Auto Club sprint car championship, holding a 178-point lead over Dave Darland with only the Pacific Coast Nationals this week left on the schedule.



Saturday’s results

Prelim winners — Austin Williams (C-main), Cole Whitt (B-main).

Feature — Damion Gardner, Mike Spencer, Levi Jones, Bryan Clauson, Bud Kaeding, Garrett Hanson, Rip Williams, Cory Kruseman, Henry Clarke, Brady Short, Greg Bragg, Keith Bloom Jr., Danny Sheridan, Ronnie Gardner, Austin Williams.

USAC sprint point leaders — Jones 1,735, Dave Darland 1,557, Whitt 1,545, Jerry Coons Jr. 1,352, Tracy Hines 1,312.

Basketball

n Vincennes women romp — At Vincennes, the Vincennes University women’s team defeated visiting Olive-Harvey 105-21 Saturday night, with every member of the Trailblazers in uniform reaching the scoring column.

Freshman Meghan Doss of Turkey Run was one of four double-figure scorers with a career-high 10 points.

Now 3-0, Vincennes plays today at Columbia, Ky., against the Lindsey-Wilson junior varsity team and has a 5 p.m. home game Wednesday against John A. Logan.