Tar Heels win 21st women’s soccer national title

Anson Dorrance has been coaching the same system at North Carolina for 31 years, and he is certainly not going to change anything now.

The Tar Heels earned their second straight and 21st overall national championship on Sunday, beating Stanford 1-0 in the final of the Women’s College Cup at College Station, Texas. Jessica McDonald scored in the third minute and North Carolina’s smothering defense hung on from there.

“We’ve tried to design a system that’s difficult to play against,” Dorrance said. “That system is predicated on work ethic and high pressure. It’s hard for other teams to replicate that in practice. Often times, even when a quality team plays us for the first time, it’s a bit of a shock.”

The Tar Heels (23-3-1) have won six NCAA titles since 1999, three times as many as any other team overall.

Clark seeks baseball coach, promotes volleyball coach

Clark College is accepting applications for the head baseball coaching position for the team that will compete in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC).

Clark will begin participating in the baseball in the NWAACC for the 2010-2011 season.

Applications are available on the Clark College Web site (www.clark.edu/student_life/athletics/men/baseball).

For additional information, contact Duane Burckhard at 693-6487 or e-mail burk106@comcast.net

n Clark promoted Jessie Uribe to women’s volleyball coach.

Uribe has served as the assistant head coach for the past three years and will replace Mike Lee who had to resign due to a job promotion.

Uribe graduated from Washington State where he played volleyball for 3 years. He has coached volleyball since 1993 at the high school and college level.

GOLF: Furyk wins Tiger’s event

Jim Furyk dressed in red and played the part, holing a clutch par putt and hitting his best shot of the day on the final hole to win the Chevron World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, Calif., for his first victory in more than two years. It was an important event to Furyk and the runner-up, Graeme McDowell, in different ways. McDowell, the replacement for Tiger Woods, had to hole out from 18th fairway to tie Furyk, and his shot looked as though it had a chance until it spun by the hole. The birdie gave him second place alone. That was enough to move him to No. 38 in the world, making him a lock for the Masters next year.

n Troy Merritt had a three-stroke lead over former Boise State teammate Graham Delaet when fifth-round play in the rain-delayed PGA Tour qualifying tournament at West Palm Beach, Fla., was suspended for the day because of darkness.

n Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord shot a 2-under 70 on the Champions Course to take a one-stroke lead over Nicole Jeray and Amanda Blumenherst after the fourth round of the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament at Daytona Beach, Fla.

n Australia’s Robert Allenby won the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City, South Africa, beating Sweden’s Henrik Stenson on the third hole of a playoff.

Kruse takes NFR 4th round

Jesse Kruse won the fourth round of saddle bronc riding at the National Finals Rodeo to increase his lead in the world standings, scoring 90 points on Hell’s Half Acre.

In tie-down roping, six-time world champion Cody Ohl of Hico, Texas, won with a 6.6-second run. In bull riding, Bobby Welsh of Gillette, Wyo., won with an 89.5 on Silent Image. In bareback riding, Royce Ford of Briggsdale, Colo., posted the highest score so far in the first four rounds, an 87 on Peaches and Cream. In steer wrestling, Lee Graves of Calgary, Alberta, moved back into the world standings lead with his victory in 3.4 seconds. Cassie Moseley of Farwell, Texas, won the barrel racing with a time of 13.72 seconds In team roping, the duos of header Travis Tryan of Billings, Mont., and heeler Michael Jones of Stephenville, Texas, and header Nick Sartain of Yukon, Okla., and heeler Kollin VonAhn of Durant, Okla., tied for first with 3.7-second runs. Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas, topped the all-around standings with $295,775.

SKIING: Trifecta for Janka

Switzerland’s Carlo Janka wrapped up quite a weekend by winning a giant slalom Sunday to become the first man in more than 2½ years with three consecutive World Cup victories.

Janka finished two runs down the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek, Colo., in a combined time of 2 minutes, 29.44 seconds, adding to his wins in a super combined event Friday and a downhill Saturday.

When the 23-year-old arrived at Beaver Creek this week, he owned a career total of two World Cup race wins.

Ted Ligety of Park City, Utah, finished fourth, while his U.S. teammate Bode Miller skied out on the first run.

n Lindsey Vonn’s bid for three World Cup wins in three days came up just short, when she was edged by Elisabeth Goergl of Austria in the super-G at Lake Louise, Alberta.

Spain completes sweep

Spain lifted the Davis Cup for the second year in a row after completing a 5-0 victory over the Czech Republic in the final. Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer both won singles matches at the Palau Sant Jordi at Barcelona to complete the sweep as Spain won the tennis title for the fourth time since 2000 while becoming the first nation since Sweden in 1998 to retain the title. The second-ranked Nadal beat Jan Hajek 6-3, 6-4 and Ferrer beat Lukas Dlouhy 6-4, 6-2 on the indoor clay.

Chiefs down Winterhawks

Mitch Wahl scored twice during the game and again in the shootout to lead the Spokane Chiefs over the Portland Winterhawks 5-4 in the Western Hockey League on Sunday night at the Rose Garden.

Wahl and Kyle Beach both scored in the shootout for Spokane (18-8-2), while James Reid stopped two of three Portland shots.

Chris Francis notched a hat trick and scored on the only goal in the shootout for Portland. Brad Ross also scored for Portland (19-12-1). Ty Rattie had three assists.

Chiefs goalie James Reid made 19 saves, while Ian Curtis stopped 31 shots.