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SPORTSFriday 11 September 2015

WNBA Roundup

New York Liberty’s Tina Charles slaps hands with a teammate
after a steal and a basket against the Connecticut Sun in a bas-
ketball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at Madison Square
Garden in New York.

Associated Press

Liberty secure top

overall playoff seedLexi Thompson, of USA, follows her ball after playing on the 15th hole during the first round of the

Evian Championship women’s golf tournament in Evian, eastern France, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015.

Associated Press for 1st time in WNBA
Thompson, Lee share lead
NEW YORK (AP) — Epiph- sea Gray’s 3-pointer, to

at 66 in Evian Championship anny Prince had 25 points, pull to 53-48. But New York
seven rebounds and five extended its lead to 65-54
assists as New York Liberty with 5:28 remaining on Tan-

SAMUEL PETREQUIN in the Solheim Cup match- Women’s British Open beat Connecticut Sun 74- isha Wright’s layup.
AP Sports Writer es next week in Germany — and four overall titles. 64 on Wednesday to se-
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France against Europe. Webb and Park won the cure the top overall seed in Tina Charles added 16
(AP) — Lexi Thompson “Obviously, Solheim Cup event before it became a the WNBA playoffs for the
played a four-hole stretch was my No. 1 goal to be on major, Webb in 2006 and first time. points and 13 rebounds
in 5 under and finished with that team to represent my Park in 2012. New York improved to 23
a 5-under 66 on Thursday country, so I’m very happy Second-ranked Lydia Ko, wins from 32 games, also a for New York, moving past
in the Evian Championship to be going to Germany playing alongside Park and team record for wins.
for a share of the lead with next week,” Thompson No. 3 Stacy Lewis, had a 69. The Liberty held a 49-32 Tammy Sutton-Brown into
Mi Hyang Lee. said. “But you have to fo- The New Zealander was lead midway through
The 20-year-old Thomp- cus on this week being the impressed with Thompson’s the third quarter, but only 17th place on the WNBA’s
son began her run with a last major here at the Evian round. made four free throws over
birdie on the par-4 12th, Championship.” “I saw her score. I kind of the next 5 minutes. Con- career rebounding list with
hit a 7-iron to 20 feet to set Lee, from South Korea, had realized it was going pretty necticut closed in with a
up an eagle on the par-5 seven birdies and two bo- low, especially at the start 9-0 run, capped by Chel- 2,011. Kelsey Bone scored

19 points for Connecticut,

which was swept in the

season series for the first

time since 1999.

In the other game

Wednesday, Atlanta

beat Los Angeles 90-60.q

13th, and added birdies geys at the picturesque re- of the round and she was MLS Roundup
on the par-3 14th and par- sort above Lake Geneva. only a couple of groups in

5 15th. She parred the final Gerina Piller, Thompson’s front of us,” Ko said.

Rivero, Techera score, White-12 holes in her bogey-free U.S. Solheim Cup team- “I was on the par-3 14th
morning round in the major mate, was a stroke back or something, and that
caps beat Rapids 2-0 championship.
along with South Korea’s was only her fifth hole of

“It feels great to have a Eun-Hee Ji and Thailand’s the day. And I saw her to

stretch of holes like that,” Pornanong Phatlum. my left, and it showed her VANCOUVER, British Co- earned him a yellow card

Thompson said. Piller had eight birdies and scorecard. I saw some bird- lumbia (AP) — Octavio — before being mobbed

“But you just have to take four bogeys. ies, some eagles, so that’s Rivero and Cristian Techera by teammates.

one shot at a time and “There are just some spots a pretty consistent score- scored 4 minutes apart in Techera fired a shot past

not get ahead of yourself on this course you cannot card there.” the second half as the Van- a helpless Clint Irwin in the

because, I mean, shots get in,” Piller said. Lewis shot a 73. couver Whitecaps beat 77th. With the win, Van-

can get away from you Karrie Webb had a 71, and Defending champion the Colorado Rapids 2-0 couver is now two points

out here. If you hit it in the top-ranked Inbee Park South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim on Wednesday to take the ahead of the Los Angeles

rough, the rough’s pretty opened with a 72. also had a 73. Last year, sole lead in Major League Galaxy in the MLS stand-

thick.” Webb is attempting to win she opened with a major- Soccer. ings.

Thompson won the Kraft her sixth different major record 61 and went on to Rivero scored in the 73rd In Wednesday’s other

Nabisco last year for her championship, and Park is beat Webb by a stroke. minute, heading home his game, Sporting Kansas

first major title, and took trying to join Webb with a Michelle Wie shot a 10th goal of the season City drew the Portland

the Meijer Classic in July for record five. Park has two 75. Sporting multicolored when he headed home a Timbers 0-0 after Sporting

her fifth career title. She has major victories this year — hair and high-top pink lofted Techera pass. Rivero goalkeeper Tim Melia man-

three top-10 finishes in her the KPMG Women’s PGA shoes, she’s fighting a slow- tore off his jersey in cele- aged to fend off a flurry of
last five starts, and will play Championship and Ricoh healing left ankle injury.q bration — a reaction that shots. q