BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Angela Hucles scored in injury time and Abby Wambach had two more goals to push closer to the 100-goal milestone, giving the U.S. women’s soccer team a 5-4 win over Australia in Saturday’s friendly.
Cat Whitehill’s free kick went to Wambach, who headed it to Hucles coming up from behind. She poked it in between goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri and the left post for her first goal since 2004 with about 30 seconds left in the added time and the second straight win over Australia.
Lindsay Tarpley scored twice in the first half at Legion Field for the U.S. team, which blew a 4-1 lead helped by two own goals before pulling it out.
The 27-year-old Wambach converted a header off an assist from Shannon Boxx 19 seconds into the second half for her 95th career goal with the national team. Only eight players have scored 100 in international soccer.
Penn State wins volleyball title
IRVINE, Calif. — Top-ranked Penn State won its first NCAA men’s volleyball championship in 14 years, rallying for a 27-30, 33-31, 30-25, 30-23 victory over second-ranked Pepperdine.
Matt Anderson had 29 kills for the Nittany Lions (30-1), who beat UCLA in 1994 for their last NCAA men’s volleyball title.
Anderson, the national co-player of the year, was selected the NCAA Tournament’s most valuable player.
Nadal cruises into Barcelona final
BARCELONA, Spain — Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal cruised past Denis Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0 on Saturday to reach his fourth straight Barcelona Open final.
Today, Nadal will play second- seeded David Ferrer, who defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (8), 6-3.
Nadal defeated Ferrer in the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo last week en route to a fourth straight trophy.
• Fernandez Gonzalez of Chile remained unbeaten on clay this year, beating 36-year-old Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the BMW Open final in Munich, Germany.
Gonzalez, seeded second, will go for his 10th title today against Simone Bolelli, an Italian who upset top-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 7-6 (1), 4-6, 7-6 (4).
• Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva reached her fourth final of the year by defeating Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4 in the Prague Open in the Czech Republic.
The 13th-ranked Zvonareva will face third-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus today. Azarenka defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-2.
Footnotes.
Gerolsteiner rider Francesco De Bonis earned his first win in the 70-mile mountain stage and Andreas Kloeden retained the overall lead of the Tour De Romandie in Zinal, Switzerland.
The 26-year-old Italian won Stage 4 from Sion to Zinal in the Valaisan Alps in 3 hours, 28 minutes, 6 seconds.
• Manchester United played with 10 men for most of the game and beat West Ham 4-1 behind two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo in a Premier League game in London.
