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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9,2009
Grabbing a victory
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Junior nooker Brandon Holland, foreground, airs the ball high during a line-out against Missouri Saturday afternoon. The KU Rugby Club defeated Missouri 29-12 at Westwick Rugby Complex located south of Lawrence.
PGA
PGA Mickelson gains title, Woods falls far behind
Only it wasn't Tiger Woods.
SHANGHAI — Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.
Only it wasn't bigger Woods. Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making a bogey on the final hole.
Woods was never a factor in the final World Golf Championship of the year, falling six shots behind on the front nine and doing well to stay on the leaderboard the rest of the way. He
hit into the water with his third shot on the par-5 18th and had to scramble for bogey to close with a 72 and tie for sixth.
It was the third time in his last four tries that Woods played in the final group without winning.
Mickelson finished at 17-under 271 and earned 51.2 million in winning his second WGC event of the year. It was the first time he won a tournament while playing in the final group with Woods.
NHL
Blues hand Flyers fourth straight win in 2-1 game
PHILADELPHIA — Mika Pyora尔 scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.
Pyorala's goal in the fourth
round was the difference as the Flyers won their fourth consecutive game. Philadelphia's Claude Giroux and St. Louis' Brad Boyes each scored in the second round
Scott Hartnell scored in regulation for Philadelphia, which moved to 83-39-17 overall against the Blues, including 47-12-10 at home.
The struggling Blues, who entered with the NHL's fourth-worst record, have dropped four straight.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Mizzou defeats Truman State in first exhibition
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team has defeated division II Truman State 96-33 in its first exhibition game at Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers came storming out of the gate Friday evening, jumping out to a 23-3 lead early in the first half. They maintained a large lead throughout.
Missouri forward Laurence Bowers led the way, scoring 14 points and adding 12 rebounds. The Tigers shot 49 percent for the day and had five players in double figures, including freshman Michael Dixon, who scored 10 points in his first collegiate game.
The Tigers forced Truman State into 28 turnovers with Missouri coach Mike Anderson's trademark "40 Minutes of Hell" defense. Twenty of those were steals by the Tigers.
Vesko Filchev was the high scorer for the Bulldogs,netting 8 points.
Associated Press
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Notre Dame loses to Navy
BY TOM COYNE Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Navy's second consecutive victory at Notre Dame Stadium didn't produce the same euphoria for the Midshipmen as the last one.
Just another victory as far Navy was concerned — though this loss to the Midshipmen was much
more costly for Notre Dame.
Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left Saturday and Navy held on for a 23-21 victory, its second in three seasons
against the 19th-ranked Fighting Irish.
"I wanted to run on the field and jump up and down, but I was kind of tired."
"I wanted to run on the field and jump up and down, but I was kind of tired," said linebacker Ram Vela, who had an interception and fumble recovery. "Wed done it before and we went into this game not really placing as much emphasis or too much importance on it. We just treated it like another game."
Two years ago when Navy beat Notre Dame, the Irish were in the midst of a 3-9 season. The loss Saturday effectively ends any hope Notre Dame (6-3) had for its first Bowl Championship Series appearance since 2006.
Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said he believed media speculation about Notre Dame chasing a BCS berth, along with the Irish playing at No. 14 Pittsburgh (8-1) next week, helped the Midshipman.
"We kind of felt like we had them in a perfect storm. Just looking to the postseason, a very, very good Pitt team coming next week, and it's us coming," he said.
RAM VELA Navy linebacker
The last time an unranked Navy team beat a ranked Notre Dame team was 1936, the first year of
the poll, when the Midshipmen won 3-0. Ranked Notre Dame teams had beat unranked Navy 41 straight times.
It's the type of loss that will no doubt fire up the critics of Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis.
"That comes with the territory. The sad part of that is that's this job every week," said Weis, who is 35-24 in five seasons at Notre
Dame. "It's a week to week deal."
Notre Dame (6-3) scored with 24 seconds left on a 31-yard pass from Jimmy Clausen to Golden Tate to cut the lead to two, but the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds.
"I love playing in South Bend," safety Wyatt Middleton said. "I love playing here."
The Midshipmen, who now go to the Texas Bowl, said the win two years ago helped them believe they could do it again. Vela said the biggest difference was the defense played better.
"Everyone put their all into it and rose to the occasion," Vela said. "I think that's what separates this game from the last time we best them."
Ricky Dobbs threw a 52-yard touchdown pass and ran for another and fullback Vince Murray added a 25-yard TD run for Navy to lead the Midshipmen to consecutive wins in South Bend for the first time since 1961 and 1963.
Navy outrushed the Irish, playing without leading rusher Armando Allen Jr. because of an ankle injury, 348 yards to 60. Murray ran for 158 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries, becoming the first Navy running back to rush for 100 yards for four straight games since Napoleon McCallum in 1983.