Sports in Brief: Harrington sets a record in Fla.
In Palm Harbor, Fla., Padraig Harrington posted the lowest official score of his life, a 10-under 61, to set the course record at Innisbrook in the Transitions Championship on Thursday.
In Palm Harbor, Fla., Padraig Harrington posted the lowest official score of his life, a 10-under 61, to set the course record at Innisbrook in the Transitions Championship on Thursday.
Harrington made 10 birdies, including a 75-footer late in his round, to build a three-shot lead.
At the LPGA Founders Cup in Phoenix, Yani Tseng finished with a 7-under 65 for a share of the first-round lead with Hee Young Park, who closed with a bogey on the par-4 ninth.
COLLEGES: In the opening session of the NCAA wrestling tourney in St. Louis, Penn State's Frank Molinaro improved to 29-0 with a 9-0 major decision over Cornells' Christopher Villalonga, while David Taylor went to 28-0 with a pin of Bucknell's Corey Lear, and Ed Ruth moved 27-0 by pinning Rider's Jim Resnick. The Lions (25.5 points) top the field after the initial rounds.
St. Joseph's Kyle Mullen (St. Joseph's Prep) was named the Big Five baseball pitcher of the week.
Wilmington's John Perrine (Sicklerville) was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men's golf player of the week.
In CACC men's tennis, Chestnut Hill College's Manuel Ceniceros was the player of the week and teammate Sammy Atri top rookie.
Chestnut Hill College attack Mike Melnychenko was named the East Coast Conference men's lacrosse player of the Week.
La Salle pitcher Alicia Aughton was named Atlantic Ten softball rookie of the week.
Swarthmore's Max Kaye was named Centennial Conference men's tennis player of the week for the second consecutive time.
SOCCER: Fernando Llorente and Oscar de Marcos scored as host Athletic Bilbao bounced Manchester United from the Europa League. Sergio Aguero scored twice and Mario Balotelli added one, but Manchester City, despite a 3-2 victory over visiting Sporting Lisbon, crashed out on on away goals.
SKIING: American Lindsey Vonn won her fourth World Cup super-G overall title by finishing sixth in the season's final race in Schladming, Austria.
OLYMPICS: Kate Middleton doffed her high heels, donned a gray Team Great Britain sweatshirt over coral-colored jeans, and smashed a goal as she played with Great Britain's women's field hockey team in London. The Duchess of Cambridge, the former captain of her high school team, was playing as part of a morale-boosting mission ahead of this summer's games. - Staff and wire reports