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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, June 3, 2009

For the Record


Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

Charlotte Bobcats.

Source: ESPN.

BASEBALL

COLLEGE

NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS

All Times Hawai'i.

(Best-of-3).

AT DICK HOWSER STADIUM

Tallahassee, Fla.

Friday: Arkansas (37-22) vs. Florida State (45-16), 6 a.m.

Saturday: Arkansas vs. Florida State, 6 a.m.

Sunday: if necessary.

AT OXFORD-UNIVERSITY STADIUM

Oxford, Miss.

Friday: Virginia (46-12-1) vs. Mississippi (43-18), 8 a.m.

Saturday: Virginia (46-12-1) vs. Mississippi (43-18), 6 a.m.

Sunday: if necessary.

AT ALEX BOX STADIUM

Baton Rouge, La.

Friday: Rice (43-16) vs. LSU (49-16), 1 p.m.

Saturday: Rice vs. LSU, 11 a.m.

Sunday: if necessary.

AT GOODWIN FIELD

Fullerton, Calif.

Friday: Louisville (47-16) vs. Cal State Fullerton (45-14), 4:30 p.m.

Saturday: Louisville vs. Cal State Fullerton, 11 a.m.

Sunday: if necessary.

AT UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD

Austin, Texas.

Saturday: TCU (39-16) vs. Texas (44-13-1), noon.

Sunday: TCU vs. Texas, 9 a.m.

Monday: if necessary.

AT MCKETHAN STADIUM

Gainesville, Fla.

Saturday: Southern Mississippi (38-24) vs. Florida (42-20), 9 a.m.

Sunday: Southern Mississippi vs. Florida, 1 p.m.

Monday: if necessary.

AT BOSHAMER STADIUM

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Saturday: East Carolina (46-18) vs. North Carolina (45-16), 6 a.m.

Sunday: East Carolina vs. North Carolina, 6 a.m.

Monday: if necessary.

AT PACKARD STADIUM

Tempe, Ariz.

Saturday: Clemson (44-20) vs. Arizona State (47-12), 3 p.m.

Sunday: Clemson vs. Arizona State, 4 p.m.

Monday: if necessary.

SOCCER

2009 U.S. SOCCER SCHEDULE

All Times Hawai'i.

(Won 3, Lost 0, Tied 1).

Saturday, Jan. 24 — United States 3, Sweden 2.

a-Wednesday, Feb. 11 — United States 2, Mexico 0.

a-Saturday, March 28 — El Salvador 2, United States 2.

a-Wednesday, April 1 — United States 3, Trinidad and Tobago 0.

a-Today — vs. Costa Rica at San Jose Costa Rica, 4 p.m.

a-Saturday — vs. Honduras at Chicago, 2:27 p.m.

b-Monday, June 15 — vs. Italy at Bloemfontein, South Africa, 4 a.m.

b-Thursday, June 18 — vs. Brazil at Pretoria, South Africa, 4 a.m.

b-Sunday, June 21 — vs. Egypt at Pretoria, South Africa, 8:30 a.m.

c-Saturday, July 4 — vs. Grenada at Seattle, 3 p.m.

c-Wednesday, July 8 — vs. Honduras at Washington, 3 p.m.

c-Saturday, July 11 — vs. Haiti at Foxborough, Mass., 1 p.m.

a-Wednesday, Aug. 12 — vs. Mexico at Mexico City.

a-Saturday, Sept. 5 — vs. El Salvador at Sandy, Utah, 1:57 p.m.

a-Wednesday, Sept. 9 — at Trinidad and Tobago, 1 p.m.

a-Saturday, Oct. 10 — at Honduras.

a-Wednesday, Oct. 14 — vs. Costa Rica at Washington, D.C.

a-World Cup qualifier.

b-Confederations Cup.

c-CONCACAF Gold Cup.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times Hawai'i.

TOMORROW'S GAME

Chivas USA at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.

FRIDAY'S GAME

Houston at Chicago, 3 p.m.

SATURDAY'S GAMES

Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 9:30 a.m.

Columbus at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.

Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.

Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY'S GAMES

San Jose at FC Dallas, 9 a.m.

Chivas USA at New England, noon.

SOFTBALL

COLLEGE

NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL WORLD

SERIES

AT ASA HALL OF FAME STADIUM

Oklahoma City.

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BEST-OF-3)

Monday: Washington 8, Florida 0.

Yesterday: Washington 3, Florida 2, Washington wins series 2-0.

NCAA DIVISION I SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS

2009—Washington.

2008—Arizona State.

2007—Arizona.

2006—Arizona.

2005—Michigan.

2004—UCLA.

2003—UCLA.

2002—California.

2001—Arizona.

2000—Oklahoma.

1999—UCLA.

1998—Fresno St.

1997—Arizona.

1996—Arizona.

1995—UCLA.

1994—Arizona.

1993—Arizona.

1992—UCLA.

1991—Arizona.

1990—UCLA.

1989—UCLA.

1988—UCLA.

1987—Texas A&M.

1986—Cal St. Fullerton.

1985—UCLA.

1984—UCLA.

1983—Texas A&M.

1982—UCLA.

TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

YESTERDAY

AT STADE ROLAND GARROS

Paris.

Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

Singles' Quarterfinals.

MEN

Robin Soderling (23), Sweden, def. Nikolay Davydenko (10), Russia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. Fernando Gonzalez (12), Chile, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.

WOMEN

Dinara Safina (1), Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka (9), Belarus, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova (20), Slovakia, def. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 6-0, 6-2.

DOUBLES' QUARTERFINALS

MEN

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (1), Serbia, def. Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Marc Lopez and Tommy Robredo, Spain, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 7-6 (2).

WOMEN

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Nadia Petrova (10), Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (9), China, def. Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

USTA-Sunset Moulding-Yuba City Racquet Club Challenger

YESTERDAY

AT YUBA CITY RACQUET CLUB

Yuba City, Calif.

Purse: $50,000.

Surface: Hardcourt-Outdoor.

SINGLES' FIRST ROUND

Adam Feeney, Australia, def. David Guez, France, 6-4, 6-2. Ryler De Heart, United States, def. Carlos Salamanca, Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Donald Young, United States, def. Junn Mitsuhashi, Japan, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Eric Nunez, United States, def. Danai Udomchoke, Thailand, 5-2, retired. Michael Ryderstedt, Sweden, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr., United States, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Marcel Felder, Uruguay, def. Ramon Delgado, Paraguay, 6-2, 6-0.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Red Sox—Recalled OF Mark Kotsay from the 15-day DL. Optioned 1B-OF Jeff Bailey to Pawtucket (IL).

Cleveland Indians—Signed INF Kyle Haines to a minor league contract and assigned him to Akron (EL).

Kansas City Royals—Activated RHP Joakim Soria and SS Tony Pena Jr. from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Sidney Ponson on the 15-day DL and OF Coco Crisp on the bereavement list.

Oakland Athletics—Purchased the contract of RHP Vin Mazzaro from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned RHP Kevin Cameron to Sacramento. Transferred RHP Dan Giese to the 60-day DL.

Texas Rangers—Placed OF Josh Hamilton on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 1. Activated RHP Vincente Padilla from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Brandon Boggs from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscose to Oklahoma City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Atlanta Braves—Optioned CF Jordan Schafer to Gwinnett (IL). Called up OF Gregor Blanco from Gwinnett.

Cincinnati Reds—Activated RHP Edinson Volquez from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jared Burton to Louisville (IL).

Colorado Rockies—Placed C Yorvit Torrealba on the retricted list. Purchased the contract of C Edwin Bellorin from Colorado Springs (PCL).

Florida Marlins—Optioned RHP Cristhian Martinez to Jacksonville (SL) and C Brett Hayes to New Orleans (PCL). Activated RHP Anibal Sanchez from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Alejandro De Aza from New Orleans.

Washington Nationals—Fired pitching coach Randy St. Claire. Named Steve McCatty pitching coach. Activated OF Elijah Dukes from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Kip Wells on the 15-day DL.

BASKETBALL

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Chicago Bulls—Announced the retirement of assistant coach Del Harris.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Dallas Cowboys—Released LB Greg Ellis.