TRIVIA ANSWER

Each team's closer blew a save opportunity in the ninth inning.

Source: Los Angeles Times

SPORTS TOMORROW

Volleyball

College women, Pacific West Conference, Notre Dame de Namur vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

College women, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Chaminade, 7 p.m. at McCabe gym.

College women, Pacific West Conference, Dominican vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew's Priory.

Soccer

College women, Birmingham Southern at Brigham Young-Hawai 'i, 3 p.m.

Basketball

National Basketball Association

Preseason

All Times Hawaii

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 4 0 1.000 —

Boston 4 1 .800 1/2

Toronto 2 3 .400 21/2

New York 1 2 .333 21/2

New Jersey 0 4 .000 4

Southeast W L Pct GB

Orlando 5 0 1.000 —

Atlanta 3 1 .750 11/2

Washington 3 2 .600 2

Charlotte 1 3 .250 31/2

Miami 0 4 .000 41/2

Central W L Pct GB

Chicago 4 1 .800 —

Detroit 3 1 .750 1/2

Cleveland 2 1 .667 1

Milwaukee 2 3 .400 2

Indiana 1 2 .333 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest W L Pct GB

Dallas 2 1 .667 —

Houston 2 2 .500 1/2

San Antonio 1 2 .333 1

New Orleans 1 3 .250 11/2

Memphis 1 4 .200 2

Northwest W L Pct GB

Denver 2 2 .500 —

Oklahoma City 2 2 .500 —

Portland 2 2 .500 —

Utah 1 1 .500 —

Minnesota 1 2 .333 1/2

Pacific W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 3 1 .750 —

Golden State 3 2 .600 1/2

L.A. Lakers 1 1 .500 1

Phoenix 1 2 .333 11/2

Sacramento 0 2 .000 2

Yesterday's Results

Washington 109, Cleveland 104

Boston 106, Toronto 90

Atlanta 111, Memphis 96

Oklahoma City 96, Miami 91

Chicago 99, Minnesota 94

L.A. Clippers 93, San Antonio 90

Phoenix 110, Portland 104

Today's Games

Houston at Toronto, 1 p.m.

New Orleans vs. Miami at Kansas City, Mo., 2:30 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 3 p.m.

Sacramento vs. L.A. Lakers at Las Vegas, 4 p.m.

Tomorrow's Games

Houston at Indiana, 1 p.m.

New Jersey at New York, 1:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Bowling

High School

Maui Interscholastic League

Yesterday

At Maui Lanes

Boys Varsity

King Kekaulike 3, Lahainaluna 0

Baldwin 3, Maui 0

High game/series—KK: Laurance Kanae Danyl 149/Jeremy Chang 399, Danyl 399. Lah: Reid Lisk 132/339. Bald: Tyler Yamasaki 217/Chaz Cabero 563. Maui: Ryan Bingham 138/348.

Girls Varsity

Lahainaluna 3, King Kekaulike 0

Baldwin 2, Maui 1

High game/series—Lah: Ashley Probst 113/Deji Macugay 276. KK: Aubrey Sait 70/192. Bald: Chyane Balios 160/457. Maui: Kayra Calhau 154/439.

Boxing

Fight Schedule

National TV in parentheses

Tomorrow—At the Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Derek Ennis, Philadelphia, vs. James Moore, New York, 12, for the vacant USBA junior middleweight title. Saturday—At Berlin (SHO), Arthur Abraham, Germany, vs. Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., 12, super middleweights. At Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England (SHO), Carl Froch, Britain, vs. Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., 12, for Froch's WBC super middleweight title. At Chiapas, Mexico, Cristobal Cruz, Mexico, vs. Ricardo Castillo, Mexico, 12, for Cruz's IBF featherweight title.

Hockey

National Hockey League

All Times Hawaii

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 7 6 1 0 12 28 14

Pittsburgh 7 6 1 0 12 24 17

Philadelphia 5 3 1 1 7 19 15

New Jersey 5 3 2 0 6 14 15

N.Y. Islanders 4 0 1 3 3 9 13

Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 10 5

Ottawa 5 3 2 0 6 12 14

Boston 5 2 3 0 4 16 19

Montreal 5 2 3 0 4 12 18

Toronto 6 0 5 1 1 13 28

Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 5 2 1 2 6 15 16

Washington 6 2 2 2 6 22 21

Carolina 6 2 3 1 5 15 20

Atlanta 3 2 1 0 4 12 9

Florida 5 1 4 0 2 10 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 6 4 1 1 9 23 18

Columbus 5 4 1 0 8 14 11

St. Louis 4 2 2 0 4 12 12

Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 14 19

Nashville 5 2 3 0 4 7 17

Northwest GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 6 4 1 1 9 21 13

Calgary 7 4 2 1 9 25 25

Edmonton 6 3 2 1 7 23 19

Vancouver 5 2 3 0 4 17 17

Minnesota 5 1 4 0 2 12 18

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 6 4 2 0 8 21 19

Anaheim 6 3 2 1 7 16 16

San Jose 6 3 2 1 7 20 18

Dallas 5 2 0 3 7 20 14

Phoenix 5 3 2 0 6 11 7

Two points for win, one point for OT loss.

Yesterday's Results

Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2, SO

N.Y. Rangers 4, Los Angeles 2

Chicago 4, Edmonton 3

Dallas 6, Nashville 0

Anaheim 3, Minnesota 2

Today's Games

San Jose at Washington, 1 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 1:30 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Tomorrow's Games

Atlanta at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 1:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 1:30 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 0—3

Carolina 0 0 2 0—2

Pittsburgh won shootout 2-1

First—1, Pittsburgh, Rupp 1 (Malkin, Goligoski), 14:24. Second—2, Pittsburgh, Malkin 3 (Dupuis, Kunitz), 4:27. Third—3, Carolina, Whitney 2 (Ruutu, Corvo), 4:25. 4, Carolina, Whitney 3 (Gleason, Ruutu), 10:04. Shootout—Pittsburgh 2 (Letang NG, Crosby G, Guerin NG, Goligoski NG, Malkin NG, Kunitz G), Carolina 1 (Samsonov NG, Jokinen G, Ruutu NG, Cullen NG, Whitney NG, E.Staal NG). Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. Carolina, C.Ward. A—14,053 (18,680). T—2:31.

Los Angeles 1 1 0—2

N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1—4

First—1, N.Y. Rangers, Prospal 2 (Del Zotto, Kotalik), 3:11 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, Smyth 5 (Drewiske, J.Williams), 4:21. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Prospal 3 (Callahan, Kotalik), 13:03 (pp). Second—4, N.Y. Rangers, Boyle 1 (Rozsival, Del Zotto), 2:17. 5, Los Angeles, Handzus 3 (J.Johnson, Purcell), 7:18 (pp). Third—6, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 6 (Prospal, Girardi), 4:22. Goalies—Los Angeles, Ersberg. N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. A—18,200 (18,200). T—2:25.

Edmonton 1 0 2—3

Chicago 2 1 1—4

First—1, Chicago, Sharp 5 (Toews, Ladd), :51. 2, Edmonton, Cogliano 2 (Moreau, Visnovsky), 2:30. 3, Chicago, Skille 1 (Hjalmarsson, Campbell), 13:15. Second—4, Chicago, Versteeg 2 (Campbell, Sharp), 9:12. Third—5, Edmonton, Penner 3 (Brule, Gilbert), 10:43. 6, Chicago, Barker 2 (Toews, Keith), 17:18 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Grebeshkov 3 (Hemsky, Penner), 19:12 (pp). Goalies—Edmonton, Khabibulin. Chicago, Niemi. A—20,124 (19,717). T—2:20.

Nashville 0 0 0—0

Dallas 4 1 1—6

First—1, Dallas, Morrow 3 (Ribeiro, Benn), 3:17. 2, Dallas, Richards 3 (Eriksson, Neal), 3:57. 3, Dallas, Eriksson 2 (Neal, Richards), 6:31. 4, Dallas, Morrow 4 (Richards, Benn), 8:48 (pp). Second—5, Dallas, Eriksson 3 (Neal, Ribeiro), 1:27 (pp). Third—6, Dallas, Petersen 1 (Skrastins, Lehtinen), 17:47. Goalies—Nashville, D.Ellis, Rinne. Dallas, Turco. A—16,365 (18,532). T—2:23.

Minnesota 0 1 1—2

Anaheim 2 1 0—3

First—1, Anaheim, Perry 3 (Boynton), 1:41. 2, Anaheim, Perry 4 (Ryan, Mikkelson), 8:29. Second—3, Anaheim, Carter 1 (Brown), 15:11. 4, Minnesota, Belanger 2, 16:35. Third—5, Minnesota, Brunette 4 (Brodziak, Belanger), 19:50. Goalies—Minnesota, Backstrom. Anaheim, Hiller. A—15,111 (17,174). T—2:16.

Soccer

College Men

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Yesterday

Chaminade vs. Notre Dame de Namur

Belmont, Calif.

CU (2-8, 1-6) 0 0—0

NDNU (6-8-1, 6-1-1) 3 2—5

Goal scorers—NDNU: Jorge Serrano 2, Arturo Gomez, Chris Arceo, Cristobal Montes. Goalie saves—CU: Darren Smith, Daniel Dartt. CU: Isiah Castro 5.

Hawaii-Hilo vs. Dominican (Calif.)

San Rafael, Calif.

UHH (6-7, 5-2) 1 0 1—2

DUC (5-7-1, 2-4-1) 0 1 0—1

Goal scorers—UHH: Vincent Muscarella, George Ichimaru. DUC: Rafael Garcia. Goalie saves—UHH: Ivan Mercado 2, Dane Kaylor. DUC: Matthew Carlson.

College Women

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Yesterday

Chaminade vs. Notre Dame de Namur

Belmont, Calif.

CU (0-10, 0-7) 0 1—1

NDNU (5-8, 5-3) 3 0—3

Goal scorers—CU: Haley Miller. NDNU: Kimberly Wilhite 2, Margo Rasteiro. Goalie saves—CU: Marissa Minor 13.

Hawaii-Hilo vs. Domincan (Calif.)

San Rafael, Calif.

UHH (3-7-3, 2-3-2) 0 1 0 0—1

DUC (4-6-3, 2-3-2) 1 0 0 0—1

Goal scorers—UHH: Jessica Snell. DUC: Bridget Folan. Goalie saves—UHH: Shanna Brown 5. DUC: Alicia Paulsen 7.

Surfing

Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge

At Bali, Indonesia

Final Day

Semifinals

Sam Wrench 14.85, Kai Barger 14.50

Marc Lacomare 15.50, Alejo 10.66

Final

Sam Wrench 14.40, Marc Lacomare 13.65

Tennis

WTA Tour Generali Ladies Linz

Yesterday

At Intersport Arena Linz

Linz, Austria

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles—First Round: Alize Cornet, France, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-2. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-3, 6-1. Yanina Wickmayer (3), Belgium, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Second Round: Carla Suarez Navarro (4), Spain, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Iveta Benesova (5), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5. Sara Errani (8), Italy, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles—First Round: Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Katarina Srebotnik (1), Slovenia, def. Olga Govortsova and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 7-6 (7). Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Sandra Klemenschits, Austria, 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (3), Czech Republic, def. Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Marie-Eve Pelletier, Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 tiebreak.

ATP World Tour Shanghai Masters 1000

Yesterday

At Qizhong Tennis Center

Shanghai, China

Purse: $5.25 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles—Second Round: Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. Tommy Haas (15), Germany, 6-4 retired. Gael Monfils (11), France, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. David Ferrer (16), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Tommy Robredo (14), Spain, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (10), 6-4. Jurgen Melzer, Germany, def. Juan Martin del Potro (3), Argentina, 7-5, 2-1 retired. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Robin Soderling (9), Sweden, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Zeng Shao-Xuan, China, 6-3, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. James Blake, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Gilles Simon (8), France, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles—Second Round: Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Paul Hanley, Australia, 6-3, 6-2. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (6), Poland, def. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Oliver Marach (8), Austria, def. Benjamin Becker and Tommy Haas, Germany, walkover. Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Kevin Ullyett (7), Zimbabwe, 5-7, 6-3, 10-5 tiebreak. Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick Norman (5), Belgium, def. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, walkover. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (3), Bahamas, def. Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, 7-5, 3-6, 10-4 tiebreak. Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (1), Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Andy Ram (4), Israel, 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 tiebreak.

WTA Tour HP Open

Yesterday

At Utsbo Tennis Center

Osaka, Japan

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles—Second Round: Sania Mirza, India, def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine 6-4, 6-3. Melinda Czink (7), Hungary, def. Vania King, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Francesca Schiavone (4), Italy, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-3, 0-6, 6-3. Marion Bartoli (2), France, def. Karumi Nara, Japan, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—First Round: Vania King, United States, and Sania Mirza (2), India, def. Ayumi Oka and Tomoko Yonemura, Japan, 6-0, 7-6 (5). Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, and Lisa Raymond (1), United States, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, 6-2, 4-6, 10-3 tiebreak. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, and Riza Zalameda, United States, def. Akiko Morigami and Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-3, 6-4.

High School

Interscholatic League of Honolulu

Boys Junior Varsity

Hawaii Baptist 4, Island Pacific 0

Iolani 3, Mid-Pacific 2

Volleyball

College Women

Yesterday

CSTV/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll Matches

No. 2 Texas def. Kansas 25-16, 25-22, 25-12. No. 7 Nebraska def. No. 19 Baylor 28-26, 25-17, 25-17. No. 10 Illinois def. Northwestern 25-20, 25-16, 25-19. No. 13 Iowa State def. No. 22 Texas A 26-24, 25-21, 26-24.

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Dominican (Calif.) vs. Chaminade

At McCaby Gym

DUC (4-17, 0-8) 18 8 16

CU (4-6, 2-8) 25 25 25

Kill leaders—CU: Whitney Viveiros 15, Kylee Pedro 13. Digs—DUC: LaShelle Rullan 13. CU: Viveiros 13, Kristina Donathan 13. Assists—DUC: Brooke Swingle 16. CU: Tanya Alvino 32.

Grand Canyon vs. Hawaii Pacific

At St. Andrew's Priory

GCU (12-8, 2-6) 16 22 20

HPU (9-9, 6-3) 25 25 25

Kill leaders—GCU: Megan Toth 11. HPU: Kelly Balanay 18, Mariana Souza 11. Digs—GCU: Laurann Durbin 17. HPU: Kyra Pelayo 13. Assists—GCU: Kristen Preach 24. HPU: Kelly Keating 46.

Notre Dame de Namur vs. Hawaii-Hilo

At UHH Gym

NDNU (8-15, 5-4) 14 13 23

UHH (19-1, 9-1) 25 25 25

Assists—UHH: Katie Swenson 33.

High School

Big Island Interscholastic Federation

Yesterday

Girls Varsity

Hawaii Prep def. Konawaena 25-15, 25-15, 25-19

Girls Junior Varsity

Konawaena def. Hawaii Prep 21-9, 21-12

Water Polo

High School Boys

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Yesterday

Varsity II

Kamehameha 7, Le Jardin 6

Leading scorers—KS: Ikaika Hanohano 3, Kaikena Naone 2, Nick Leota 2. LJ: Will Thayer 3.

Transactions

Baseball

American League

New York Yankees—Signed 1B Trent Lockwood.

Basketball

NBA

NBA—Fined Charlotte coach Larry Brown $35,000 for verbally abusing game officials and failing to leave the court in a timely manner and $25,000 for publicly criticizing the referees in a game on Oct. 12 and fined the Charlotte organization $60,000 after Brown's ejection. Fined Memphis coach Lionel Hollins $25,000 for critizing officials after a game on Oct. 12.

Football

National Football League

Buffalo Bills—Placed LB Kawika Mitchell and LB Marcus Buggs on injured reserve. Signed LB Chris Draft and S Todd Johnson. Signed LB Anthony Waters to the practice squad. Released LB Marcus Freeman from the practice squad.

Carolina Panthers—Signed DT Terrance Taylor to the practice squad.

Dallas Cowboys—Signed KR Allen Rossum.

Detroit Lions—Signed DB Demarcus Faggins and WR John Standeford. Waived DT Chuck Darby. Signed DE Robert Henderson to the practice squad. Waived DB Deandre Wright from the practice squad.

Indianapolis Colts—Signed PK Matt Stover. Waived DT Ed Johnson.

Miami Dolphins—Signed RB Kory Sheets off San Francisco's practice squad. Placed RB Patrick Cobbs on injured reserve.

Minnesota Vikings—Released QB John David Booty from the practice squad. Signed OT Clint Oldenburg to the practice squad.

New England Patriots—Signed LB Junior Seau. Released DL Terdell Sands.

Oakland Raiders—Re-signed OL Langston Walker. Placed FB Oren O'Neal on the waived-injured list.

Pittsburgh Steelers—Placed DE Aaron Smith on injured reserve. Re-signed DT Ra'Shon Harris.

San Diego Chargers—Released S Clinton Hart. Signed DT Ian Scott.

Washington Redskins—Signed P Glenn Pakulak to the practice squad.