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Sports in Brief: Bayne passes Edwards for win

Trevor Bayne earned his first career NASCAR Nationwide victory when he passed dominating teammate Carl Edwards after a tremendous restart with seven laps remaining and held on Saturday at Texas.

Trevor Bayne earned his first career NASCAR Nationwide victory when he passed dominating teammate Carl Edwards after a tremendous restart with seven laps remaining and held on Saturday at Texas.

Nationwide points leader Ricky Stenhouse finished sixth and has a 17-point lead over Elliott Sadler with two races to go.

Kyle Busch was not allowed to race in the Sprint Cup or Nationwide races at Texas after he deliberately wrecked championship contender Ron Hornaday Jr. in the Truck Series race.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Maggie Lucas (Germantown Academy) went 7 of 8 from three-point range and scored 35 points to lead No. 12 Penn State to a 101-81 exhibition win over Division II Bloomsburg in State College, Pa.

FIELD HOCKEY: Fourth-ranked West Chester (15-4) avenged one of its regular-season losses with a 3-0 blanking of No. 2 Shippensburg (17-4) in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division II championships at Robb Sports Complex.

Temple freshman goalkeeper Lizzy Mullen made a career-high 11 saves, but Temple lost to Richmond, 1-0, in the Atlantic Ten championship game at St. Joseph's Ellen Ryan Field.

The Spiders' Emily Straniero (New Egypt) scored. Mullen was selected the most outstanding player. Other Owls on the all-tourney team were senior Bridget Settles (Haddon Township), who scored twice in the Owls' 4-0 semifinal win, and junior Katie Briglia (Villa Maria).

SOCCER: Chris Edelschein (Shawnee) scored the game-winning goal as Rutgers-Camden blanked Montclair State, 1-0, for the first NJAC title in program history and an automatic berth in the NCAA championships. Scarlet Raptor goalie Tim VanLiew (Deptford) extended his current scoreless streak to 423:05 as he made four saves to notch his 10th shutout of the season. It was his 30th career shutout, extending his program record.

NFL: The New York Giants will be without their leading rusher and receiver and their starting center Sunday against the New England Patriots. Running back Ahmad Bradshaw, receiver Hakeem Nicks, and center David Baas did not make the trip to New England and will not play.

GOLF: Jay Don Blake shot a 5-under 66 to take a 2-stroke lead after the third round of the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Championship in San Francisco.

TENNIS: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was stunned in the Swiss Indoors semifinals, losing, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0, to Japan's Kei Nishikori.

FIGURE SKATING: American Jeremy Abbott came back from a fall on his opening jump to take the men's title at the Cup of China in Shanghai. Italy's Carolina Kostner held on to beat American Mirai Nagasu for the women's title. - Staff and wire reports