GIRDWOOD, Alaska — Lindsey Vonn captured the women’s slalom title at the 2009 U.S. Alpine Championships. Vonn and Julia Mancuso were tied after the first run in times of 51.00 seconds. Vonn completed the second run in 52.17 seconds for a combined time of 1:43.17. Sarah Schleper finished second in 1:43.27, and Mancuso was third in 1:43.48.
“It was cool to be duking it out with your friends. That’s what makes U.S. championships so much fun,” Vonn said.
Former Dartmouth skier David Chodounsky won the men’s slalom in 1:40.60. Jimmy Cochran was second in 1:40.98 and Cody Marshall third in 1:41.51.
Love falls out of Masters’ field
ORLANDO, Fla. — Davis Love III fell out of the top 50 in the world rankings by four-hundredths of a point, pushing him out of the Masters’ field. It all came down to Pat Perez, who moved up to No. 48 when he finished fourth at Bay Hill.
This week’s world ranking was the cutoff for the top 50 to qualify for the Masters, and four players earned invitations — Alvaro Quiros (No. 25), Prayad Marksaeng (No. 47), Mathew Goggin (No. 49) and Louis Oosthuizen (No. 50).
The only remaining ticket to Augusta National is to win the Shell Houston Open this week.
Footnotes:
Serena Williams rallied to beat Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-2 in the third round at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. On the men’s side, Andy Roddick is into the fourth round after a 7-6 (9), 6-2 victory over Dmitry Tursunov.
• Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella has picked Kevin Gregg over Carlos Marmol to be the team’s closer heading into the season.
• The Detroit Tigers placed reliever Joel Zumaya on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27 with a sore right shoulder and placed left-handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis on the 15-day disabled list with an anxiety disorder.
• Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett will miss Wednesday’s game against Charlotte.
• Eduardo Lillingston and Bojan Stepanovic each scored second-half goals to lift Chivas USA to a 2-0 victory over host FC Dallas.
• China became the first Asian team to win a curling world championship, beating Sweden 8-6 for the women’s title in Gangneung, South Korea. Denmark won the bronze.
• Jason Lawrence scored a power-play goal with 14.4 seconds left, and Boston University (33-6-4) advanced to the Frozen Four by beating New Hampshire 2-1 in the Northeast Regional final. Bemidji State defeated Cornell 4-1 in the Midwest Regional final.
• Allison Falk and Camille Abily each scored, and the Los Angeles Sol blanked the Washington Freedom 2-0 in the inaugural game of the Women’s Professional Soccer league in Carson, Calif.
• Ecuador’s Cristian Noboa scored a goal in the 89th minute to force a 1-1 tie with visiting Brazil in a World Cup qualifier. Chile beat Peru 3-1 in a qualifying match to jump past Brazil and into third in the South America tournament.
• A stampede at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in the Ivory Coast killed at least 22 people and wounded 132.
The Associated Press
