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Also for MMC, Joshua Monson was fifth in the 10,000 (34:20.79), Tyler Payer (Armour) tied for sixth in the high jump (5-10 ¾), Kyle Par-dun was seventh in the 400 (50.47) and Neil Hohenthaner (Yankton) and Adam Haigh (Bloomfield, Nebraska) tied for tenth in the pole vault, each clearing 13-1 ½.
Wayne State’s Michaela Dendinger (Coleridge, Ne-braska; prepped at Harting-ton) won the women’s discus with a toss of 159-7. She also placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 45-10.
Also from Wayne State, Kelsey Dietrich (Laurel, Nebraska) finished eighth in the 100 hurdles in 15.97. She also helped the Wildcats to
a fifth place finish in the 400 relay (51.14) and a seventh place finish in the 1600 relay (4:12.09).
Also in the meet, Dakota Wesleyan freshman Scott Van Winkle (Tyndall) placed eighth in the 200 in 23.22.
MMC is at the Dordt Invi-tational on Thursday. Coyote track and field returns to South Dakota next Saturday for The Duels in Sioux Falls.
Texas RelaysAUSTIN, Texas — South Dakota
senior Megan Glisar broke her own school record and finished runner-up in the high jump as the Coyote track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays on Saturday.
Glisar cleared 6 feet, ¾ inches to best the record she set a week ago at the Baldy Castillo Invitational by three-quarters of an inch. The height ranks third-best in Division I this season.
Distance runners senior Taylor Chapman and sophomore Mach Dojiok qualified to run in the Jerry Thompson
Men’s Mile Invitational. Chapman placed eighth in 4:13.25 and Dojiok took 13th in 4:20.79.
Senior Cody Snyder rounded out the Coyotes competing on the final day of the Texas Relays. Snyder finished 14th in the shot put with a throw of 55-3.
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BASKETBALLNCAA TOURNAMENT
REGIONAL SEMIFINALSThursday, March 26
MIDWEST REGIONALAt Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
Notre Dame 81, Wichita State 70Kentucky 78, West Virginia 39
WEST REGIONALAt The Staples Center, Los Angeles
Wisconsin 79, North Carolina 72Arizona 68, Xavier 60
Friday, March 27EAST REGIONAL
At The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.Louisville 75, N.C. State 65Michigan State 62, Oklahoma 58
SOUTH REGIONALAt NRG Stadium, Houston
Gonzaga 74, UCLA 62Duke 63, Utah 57
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSaturday, March 28
WEST REGIONALAt The Staples Center, Los Angeles
Wisconsin 85, Arizona 78MIDWEST REGIONAL
At Quicken Loans Arena, ClevelandKentucky 68, Notre Dame 66
Sunday, March 29EAST REGIONAL
At The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.Michigan State 76, Louisville 70, OT
SOUTH REGIONALAt NRG Stadium, Houston
Duke 66, Gonzaga 52FINAL FOUR
At Lucas Oil Stadium, IndianapolisNATIONAL SEMIFINALS
Saturday, April 4Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke
(33-4), 5:09 p.m.Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-
3), 7:49 p.m.
NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTREGIONAL SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 27
At Greensboro, N.C.South Carolina 67, North Carolina
65Florida State 66, Arizona State 65
At Oklahoma CityBaylor 81, Iowa 66Notre Dame 81, Stanford 60
Saturday, March 28At Albany, N.Y.
UConn 105, Texas 54Dayton 82, Louisville 66
At Spokane, Was.Maryland 65, Duke 55Tennessee 73, Gonzaga 69, OT
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSunday, March 29At Greensboro, N.C.
South Carolina 80, Florida State 74At Oklahoma City
Notre Dame 77, Baylor 68Monday, March 30At Albany, N.Y.
UConn (35-1) vs. Dayton (28-6), 6 p.m.At Spokane, Was.
Maryland (33-2) vs. Tennessee (30-5), 8 p.m.
FINAL FOURAt Tampa, Fla.
NATIONAL SEMIFINALSSunday, April 5
Albany Champion vs. Spokane champion, TBA
Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Caro-lina (34-2), TBA
NAT. INV. TOURN.SEMIFINALS
At Madison Square Garden, New YorkTuesday, March 31
Miami (24-12) vs. Temple (26-10), 6 p.m.
Stanford (22-13) vs. Old Dominion (27-7), 8:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S NITQUARTERFINALS
Sunday, March 29
West Virginia 75, Villanova 70, OTMichigan 69, Southern Mississippi
60Temple 69, Middle Tennessee 57UCLA 82, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 66
SEMIFINALSWednesday, April 1
UCLA (17-18) at Michigan (20-14), 6 p.m.
Temple (20-16) at West Virginia (22-14), 6 p.m.
NCAA DIVISION II MENAt Evansville, Ind.
CHAMPIONSHIPSaturday, March 28
Indiana (Pa.) vs. Florida Southern, 2 p.m.
AUTO RACINGNASCAR SPRINT CUP
STP 500Sunday At Martinsville Speedway,
Ridgeway, Va.1. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500
laps, 134.9 rating, 47 points, $166,760.2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500,
114.9, 43, $157,401.3. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 500,
121.9, 42, $162,418.4. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500,
113, 41, $142,121.5. (20) David Ragan, Toyota, 500,
96.2, 39, $144,061.6. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet,
500, 96.2, 39, $118,665.7. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet,
500, 86.9, 37, $99,570.8. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet,
500, 129, 38, $144,495.9. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500,
104, 36, $133,206.10. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,
500, 97.4, 34, $118,461.
Monday, March 30BASEBALL, COLLEGE JV
Briar Cliff at MMC (DH, 5 p.m.)BASEBALL, CLUB HS Vermil-
lion at Dakota ValleyGOLF, GIRLS’ YHS/Brookings
at Brandon Valley (2 p.m.)SOFTBALL, COLLEGE Da-
kota State at MMC (DH, 3 p.m.)Tuesday, March 31
BASEBALL, COLLEGE MMC at Dakota State (DH, 2 p.m.)
GOLF, BOYS’ Crofton Inv. at Lakeview GC (Gayville-Volin, 10 a.m.); Mount Vernon-Plankinton Inv. at Lakeview GC, Mitchell (Avon, Wagner, 10 a.m.)
GOLF, GIRLS’ Mount Vernon-Plankinton Inv. at Lakeview GC, Mitchell (Avon, Wagner, 10 a.m.); Dakota Valley at Elk Point-Jeffer-
son (4 p.m.); Vermillion at Madison (2 p.m.)
TRACK & FIELD, PREP Da-kotaDome Meet (Dakota Valley, Elk Point-Jefferson, Gayville-Volin, 4 p.m.); Hartington Cedar Catholic Inv. (Allen, Bloomfield, 1 p.m.); Lounsbery Early Bird at Center-ville (Alcester-Hudson, Centerville, Freeman Academy, Gayville-Volin, Irene-Wakonda, Marion, Viborg-Hurley, 2 p.m.); Gregory Inv. (An-des Central-Dakota Christian, Mar-ty Indian, Platte-Geddes, 2 p.m.)
Wednesday, April 1BASEBALL, CLUB HS Vermil-
lion at Yankton (5 p.m.)BASEBALL, CLUB JV Vermil-
lion at Yankton (7 p.m.)SOFTBALL, COLLEGE Dordt
at MMC (DH, 3 p.m.)
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WEEKDAYS 7:40AM MONDAY
THRU FRIDAY
Yankton’s Home Team!
TrackFROM PAGE 7
25th Hansen-Haas Tourney Concludes
JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&DABOVE: Yankton Zelles’ Madison Wuebben attempts a free throw during her team’s sev-enth grade girls’ matchup with BBA Fierce in the Hansen-Haas Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Laddie E. Cimpl Arena.LOWER LEFT: Yankton Bucks’ Tony McGlone tries to save the ball from going out of bounds during his team’s sixth grade boys’ matchup with Santee in the Hansen-Haas Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Yankton Middle School.LOWER RIGHT: Yankton Bulls’ Rugby Ryken pulls up for a shot over a pair of West Central defenders during their fourth grade boys’ game at Yankton Middle School on Saturday.
Here are results for all divisions of the 25th annual Hansen-Haas Youth Basketball Tournament, formerly known as the Roger Haas Youth Basketball Tournament.
Look for more photos online at yank-ton.net and on the Press & Dakotan Facebook page.
FOURTH GRADE BOYSHOME FEDERAL BANK-MIDCONTINENT RED
DIVISIONFRIDAY: Yankton Wells Fargo Bulls 40, Sioux City
Magic 28; West Central Trojans 39, Santee Warriors 32SATURDAY: Wells Fargo Bulls 31, West Central
17; Sioux City 49, Santee 9; Wells Fargo Bulls 39, Santee 22; Sioux City 26, West Central 11
TOTAL POINTS: Yankton Wells Fargo Bulls 6, Sioux City Magic 4, West Central Trojans 2, Santee Warriors 0FIRST NATIONAL BANK-WIRELESS WORLD WHITE
DIVISIONFRIDAY: Yankton Rexall Heat 12, Hartington Wild-
cats 6; Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies 43, Yankton Clark’s Rental Flyers 12
SATURDAY: Clark’s Rental Flyers 22, Hartington Wildcats 4; EPJ Huskies 31, Rexall Heat 13; Rental Flyers 19, Rexall Heat 18; EPJ Huskies 55, Hartington Wildcats 11
TOTAL POINTS: EPJ Huskies 6, Yankton Clark’s Rental Flyers 4, Yankton Rexall Heat 2, Hartington Wildcats 0
FOURTH GRADE GIRLSCHERRY BERRY-FIRST CHIROPRACTIC-SUBWAY
RED DIVISIONFRIDAY: Yankton Riverfront Dental Lakers 18,
Parkston 17; Wausa Vikings 11, Santee Warriors 10SATURDAY: Riverfront Dental Lakers 27, Santee
5; Parkston 30, Wausa 9; Riverfront Dental Lakers 35, Wausa 8; Parkston 26, Santee 2
TOTAL POINTS: Yankton Riverfront Dental Lakers 6, Parkston 4, Wausa Vikings 2, Santee Warriors 0
FIFTH GRADE BOYSCHUCK STOP-AVERA SACRED HEART-GEHL
MANUFACTURING RED DIVISIONPOOL A: Vermillion 36, Yankton King Buffet Heat
26; Brandon 28, King Buffet Heat 2; Vermillion 43, Brandon Valley 36
POOL B: PGB 34, Howard 17; PGB 51, Gayville-Volin 10; Howard 19, Gayville-Volin 16
CHAMPIONSHIP: Vermillion 47, PGB 44; THIRD: Yankton King Buffet 32, Howard 24; FIFTH: Brandon Valley 27, Gayville-Volin 15
FIFTH GRADE GIRLS5 STAR COMMUNICATIONS-WILLCOCKSON EYE
ASSOCIATES-JODEAN’S RED DIVISIONFRIDAY: Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies 26, Bridge-
water-Emery Huskies 16; Yankton Culver’s Sparx 11, Vermillion 10; Corsica-Stickney 20, EPJ Huskies 13
SATURDAY: Game 4 – Vermillion 26, Bridgewater-Emery Huskies 20; Game 6 – Vermillion 16, EPJ Husk-ies 12; Game 5 – Corsica-Stickney 18, Culver’s Sparx 12; Game 9 – Bridgewater-Emery Huskies 26, EPJ Huskies 10; Game 7 – Culver’s Sparx 24, Vermillion 19; CHAMPIONSHIP – Corsica-Stickney 13, Culver’s Sparx 11
SIXTH GRADE BOYSVISION CARE-MCDONALD’S RED DIVISIONFRIDAY: Junior Knights 44, Vermillion 23; Yankton
Arby’s Fusion 31, Madison Bulldogs 24SATURDAY: Junior Knights 53, Madison 30; Ver-
million 25, Arby’s Fusion 24; Junior Knights 53, Arby’s Fusion 27; Vermillion 51, Madison 40
TOTAL POINTS: Junior Knights 6, Vermillion 4, Yankton Arby’s Fusion 2, Madison Bulldogs 0
KFC-SLUMBERLAND WHITE DIVISIONFIRST ROUND (Friday): Yankton KYNT Bucks 29,
Viborg-Hurley Cougars 16; Santee Warriors (by forfeit, opponent couldn’t make it); Howard 50, Colome Young Guns 4; West Central 34, Wagner 28
CONSOLATION SEMIS (Saturday): Viborg-Hurley (bye); Wagner 21, Colome 17; SEMIFINALS: KYNT 31, Santee 20; Howard 36, West Central 17
CHAMPIONSHIP: Howard 39, Yankton KYNT Bucks 19;THIRD: West Central 30, Santee Warriors 15; FIFTH: Wagner 28, Viborg-Hurley 16; SEVENTH: Colome Young Guns (bye)
SIXTH GRADE GIRLSSUNRISE COFFEE-EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT
RED DIVISIONFIRST ROUND (Friday): Yankton Taco John’s
Explosion 25, Santee Warriors 15; Brandon Blaze 28, Wausa Lady Vikings 17; Ponca 13, Elk Point-Jefferson 12; Crofton 26, Colome Cowgirls 13
CONSOLATION SEMIS (Saturday): Wausa 21, Santee 20; Colome 17, EPJ 15; SEMIFINALS: Bran-don Blaze 26, Taco John’s 18; Crofton 22, Ponca 7
CHAMPIONSHIP: Crofton 28, Brandon Blaze 23; THIRD: Yankton Taco John’s 29, Ponca 22; FIFTH: Wausa 24, Colome 13; SEVENTH: EPJ 36, Santee Warriors 23
CZECKERS-MENARDS WHITE DIVISIONPOOL A: Corsica-Stickney 34, Lady Knights 20;
Corsica-Stickney 36, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears 10; Lady Knights 29, LCC Lady Bears 9
POOL B: Ethan Rustlers 36, Hills-Beaver Creek 17; Hills-Beaver Creek 27, Osmond 11; Ethan Rustlers 30, Osmond 4
CHAMPIONSHIP: Corsica-Stickney 24, Ethan Rustlers 16; THIRD: Lady Knights 22, Hills-Beaver Creek 16; FIFTH: LCC Lady Bears 20, Osmond 8
SEVENTH GRADE BOYSHORN LAW OFFICE-BURGER KING-LEWIS & CLARK SPECIALTY HOSPITAL RED DIVISIONFIRST ROUND (Friday): Yankton Phinney’s Tim-
berwolves 58, Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies 47; McCook Central-Montrose 53, Hamlin Blue 28; Hartington Wild-cats 47, Hamlin Gold 23; Battle Creek Braves 53, BBA Force Black 51
CONSOLATION SEMIS (Saturday): EPJ Huskies 65, Hamlin Blue 33; BBA Force 64, Hamlin Gold 20; SEMIFINALS: MCM 38, Phinney’s Timberwolves 35; Battle Creek 39, Hartington 25
CHAMPIONSHIP: Battle Creek Braves 35, MCM 33; THIRD: Yankton Phinney’s 35, Hartington Wildcats 24; FIFTH: BBA Force 47, EPJ Huskies 37; SEVENTH: Hamlin Blue vs. Hamlin Gold (Game not played)PIZZA RANCH-CORTRUST BANK WHITE DIVISION
FRIDAY: Osmond 56, Bon Homme 16; Madison Maroon 49, BBA Force Blue 29
SATURDAY: Osmond 42, Madison 37; BBA Force Blue 41, Bon Homme 18; Madison 40, Bon Homme 25; Osmond 42, BBA Force Blue 30
TOTAL POINTS: Osmond 6, Madison Maroon 4, BBA Force Blue 2, Bon Homme 0
SEVENTH GRADE GIRLSFIRST DAKOTA NATIONAL BANK-PIZZA HUT RED
DIVISIONFRIDAY: BBA Fierce 35, Tea Lightning 22; Yankton
Hatch Furniture Zelles 45, Flandreau 25SATURDAY: Tea Lightning 42, Flandreau 31;
Hatch Furniture Zelles 24, BBA Fierce 16; BBA Fierce 43, Flandreau 24; Hatch Furniture Zelles 27, Tea Lightning 17
TOTAL POINTS: Yankton Hatch Furniture Zelles 6, BBA Fierce 4, Tea Lightning 2, Flandreau 0
DAKOTA TRAILER/WENDY’S WHITE DIVISIONFIRST ROUND (Friday): Santee Warriors 17,
Ponca Indians 13; Corsica-Stickney Jaguars 18, Yank-ton Roadrunner Rockets 17; Wynot 19, Homer Lady Knights 17; Burke Cougars 30, Parkston 22
CONSOLATION SEMIS (Saturday): Homer Lady Knights 24, Yankton Roadrunner 19; Parkston 23, Ponca 22; SEMIFINALS: Wynot 36, Corsica-Stickney 10; Burke Cougars 34, Santee Warriors 18
CHAMPIONSHIP: Wynot 24, Burke Cougars 19; THIRD: Santee Warriors 39, Corsica-Stickney Jaguars 17; FIFTH: Homer Lady Knights 28, Parkston 22; SEV-ENTH: Ponca 26, Yankton Roadrunner 19
EIGHTH GRADE BOYSTUCKER’S TAVERN-SMITH INSURANCE RED
DIVISIONPOOL A: Yankton Charlie’s Pizza Heat 57, Har-
tington 27; Charlie’s Pizza Heat 47, Minnesota Border Boys 45; Minnesota Border Boys 48, Hartington 37
POOL B: OC Cyclones 57, Crofton 44; SBL War-riors 51, Crofton 33; SBL Warriors 36, OC Cyclones 32
CHAMPIONSHIP: Yankton Charlie’s Pizza 50, SBL Warriors 37; THIRD: OC Cyclones 31, Minnesota Bor-der Boys 22; FIFTH: Crofton 43, Hartington 25WILSON TRAILER-VISION REALTY WHITE DIVISION
FIRST ROUND (Friday): Wynot Blue Devils 38, McCook Central 28; Santee Warriors 40, Wausa 33; Akron-Westfield 49, Yankton Kolberg-Pioneer Inc. 22; Colome Young Guns 37, ORR Raiders 18
CONSOLATION SEMIS (Saturday): McCook Cen-tral 34, Wausa 26; ORR Raiders 32, Kolberg-Pioneer 21; SEMIFINALS: Santee 35, Wynot 34; Akron-West-field 35, Colome 31
CHAMPIONSHIP: Santee Warriors 57, Akron-Westfield 53; THIRD: Colome Young Guns 53, Wynot Blue Devils 39; FIFTH: McCook Central 41, ORR Raiders 23; SEVENTH: Wausa 33, Yankton Kolberg-Pioneer 17
EIGHTH GRADE GIRLSKAISER HEATING & COOLING-YANKTON MEDICAL
CLINIC RED DIVISIONPOOL A: Bulldogs 37, Wayne Blue Devils 22;
Bulldogs 60, Deuel Cardinals 25; Deuel 27, Wayne 18POOL B: Ponca 26, Hamlin 22; Hamlin 36, CYAL
Rebels 12; Ponca 31, CYAL Rebels 11CHAMPIONSHIP: Bulldogs 38, Ponca 16; THIRD:
Hamlin 20, Deuel Cardinals 10; FIFTH: Wayne Blue Devils 30, CYAL Rebels 16
BONANZA-NORTHWESTERN ENERGY WHITE DIVISION
FRIDAY: Yankton Mead Lumber Magic 43, MCM 29; Premier Panthers 38, Colome Cowgirls 18
SATURDAY: Mead Lumber Magic 26, Colome Cowgirls 11; Premier Panthers 28, MCM 24; MCM 44, Colome Cowgirls 23; Premier Panthers 23, Mead Lumber Magic 20
TOTAL POINTS: Premier Panthers 6, Yankton Mead Lumber 4, MCM 2, Colome Cowgirls 0
17 Champs Crowned In Tournament
pick up your clubs in March and put them away at the end of May.”
VanMeeteran said chal-lenges can arise with a group of younger girls to stay motivated, but that the juniors plan to keep everyone motivated.
“This team is way bigger than the past,” she said.
“But we can still compete with other schools. Every year is different, but it’s still depends on listening to our coach, and being there for ad-vice for the other girls.”
With the weather impact-ing the readiness of the courses, the team has also been forced to either play rounds or work on short game.
“It would have been nice to hit balls instead of playing right away, but we’ve gotten some good in,” Sime said. “It will be interesting to see how
the first few competitions go.”
Yankton plays its first match against Brandon and Brookings today (Monday) in Brandon, and will play three meets at home this season, all close to mid-April.
“We’re going to stay competitive and build on our potential,” Sime said.
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GazellesFROM PAGE 7
one a homerun from Taylor Bigandt — on seven hits and had five errors.
MMC’s Justin Miller, Ryan Buck, Nelson, Bryton Carlson, Derek Blumenstock, Collin Peterson and Hunter Hallock each scored before the fourth inning, with six runs coming just in the third inning.
“We threw the ball well today, and we did a good job bouncing back after that first game,” Bernatow said. “Now we’ll focus on getting our guys ready for the busy week ahead — especially getting them ready to go in for the guys who get banged up and run down from so much play-ing this time of year.”
MMC travels to Dakota State for a doubleheader on Tuesday.
SaturdayDOANE 3-4, MOUNT MARTY 0-5:
CRETE, Neb. – Mount Marty ended Do-ane’s 12-game win streak and 21-game Great Plains Athletic Conference win streak, dating back to the 2014 season, with a 5-4 victory in the nightcap of their GPAC baseball doubleheader on Sat-urday at Ledon Baseball Field in Crete, Nebraska. Doane (17-6, 1-1 GPAC) took the opener 3-0.
“Doane is right at the top, and any time we can them is a big win for us,” said MMC senior shortstop Derrik Nelson.
In the nightcap MMC broke open a 2-2 game with three runs in the top of the seventh, then held on for the victory.
Zac Hollenback doubled and singled, and Bryton Carlson had two hits for
MMC. Nelson, Hunter Hallock and Justin Miller added hits in the victory.
Liam Bedford had two hits and two RBI for Doane. Adam Touhey and Tyler Wilson also had two hits for the Tigers.
Dustin Haffeman allowed three runs over 6 2/3 innings to pick up the win. Josh Teichroew picked up the save. Austin Caspersen took the loss.
In the opener, Spencer Pugh tossed a complete game two-hitter in the seven-inning contest as the Tigers earned the victory.
Touhey had two of Doane’s seven hits. Carlson and Collin Peterson had hits for MMC.
Alex Mogensen went the distance in the loss, allowing two earned runs in six inning of work.
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JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&DMount Marty pitcher Brandon Nickolite sends the ball home during the second game of the Lancers’ Great Plains Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader with Concor-dia on Sunday at Bob Tereshinski Stadium at Riverside Field.
LancersFROM PAGE 7
But relying on coach Tom Izzo’s trademark offensive re-bounding and team defense, Michigan State made the improbable run to the Final Four.
“I’d like to tell you that I thought five different times this year that we were good enough to get to a Final Four, but I’d be lying to you,” Izzo said, adding this was the
best of his seven regional final victories. The team didn’t want to be a group that didn’t make it, and that was a “battle cry” all year long, Izzo said.
UNBEATEN TEAMS: Kentucky is the first unde-feated team to reach the Final Four since UNLV in 1991. The Runnin’ Rebels lost in the national semifinals to Duke, which went on to win the first of consecutive champion-ships.
Indiana State was the last team to do it before UNLV, in
1979 when the Sycamores, led by Larry Bird, lost in the championship game to Michi-gan State and Magic Johnson.
BIG WINNERS: The combined record for the four teams of 133-18 ranks as the fifth-highest winning percent-age ever (.881). The 2008 Fi-nal Four of Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA hold the record for the best winning percentage since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The four entered with a 143-9 mark, a .941 winning percentage.
Final FourFROM PAGE 7
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lindsay Allen scored 23 points to help top-seeded Notre Dame defeat Baylor 77-68 in the Oklahoma City regional final Sunday and reach its fifth consecutive Final Four.
Allen, who scored a career-high 28 points in the regional semifinal win over Stanford on Friday, followed that by making 10 of 16 shots and dropping seven assists. She was named the Most Outstanding Player of the regional.
Michaela Mabrey scored 14 points and Jewell Loyd added 13 points for the Fighting Irish (35-2), who won their 21st straight game. Notre Dame will play South Carolina next Sunday.
Nina Davis had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Sune Agbuke had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Niya Johnson added 10 as-sists for second-seeded Baylor (33-4), which had hoped to
avenge an 88-69 loss to Notre Dame in last year’s regional final.
SOUTH CAROLINA 80, FLORIDA STATE 74: GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Tiffany Mitchell scored seven of her 21 points in the final 2 minutes, and South Carolina earned its first Final Four berth by beating Florida State 80-74 on Sunday in the Greensboro Regional final.
Alaina Coates finished with 14 points, A’ja Wilson added 10 and Asia Dozier hit four free throws in the final 20 seconds for the top-seeded Gamecocks (34-2).
Playing from behind for most of the day, they shot 61 percent while rallying to win their seventh straight and keep the best season in school history going.
Next stop: Tampa, Florida, to face the Oklahoma City Regional winner on April 5.
Leticia Romero scored 13 points and Brittany Brown had 12 for the second-seeded Seminoles (32-5).
SaturdayUCONN 105, TEXAS 54: ALBANY, N.Y.
(AP) — Breanna Stewart had 31 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to help UConn rout Texas 105-54 on Saturday, earning coach Geno Auriemma his 100th NCAA Tournament win.
Auriemma became the second coach to reach the century mark, joining Pat Summitt, who finished with 112 victories in her career. They are the only two coaches in men’s or women’s basketball to reach that milestone.
DAYTON 82, LOUISVILLE 66: ALBANY,
N.Y. (AP) — Andrea Hoover scored 26 points and seventh-seeded Dayton continued its improbable run.
Amber Deane added 15 points and Jodie Cornelie-Sigmundova had 12 and 11 rebounds for the Flyers, who won for the 11th time in the last 12 games.
Myisha Hines-Allen scored all 14 of her points in the second half to lead Louisville, which finishes its season at 27-7.
SPOKANE REGIONALMARYLAND 65, DUKE 55: SPOKANE,
Wash. (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half and Laurin Mincy scored all 15 of her points in the first half for top-seeded Maryland in the regional semifinals.
Walker-Kimbrough took over the scoring load carried by Mincy as the Terrapins (33-2) reached the Elite Eight for the sixth time under coach Brenda Frese, taking down their former foe from the ACC in the process. The Terrapins had lost eight of their previous 10 games against Duke. But Maryland is 2-0 against the Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament.
Elizabeth Williams led Duke (23-11) with 18 points and nine rebounds. Maryland will face Tennessee on Monday night for a trip to the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.
TENNESSEE 73, GONZAGA 69, OT: SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Cierra Burdick scored 22, including four late free throws for the winning points.
Burdick added 15 rebounds and Ariel Mas-sengale scored 16 points for Tennessee (30-5), which overcome poor shooting and a 17-point deficit for the win.
South Carolina, Notre Dame Advance To Final Four