Loit wins first-rounder in Bogota
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02/19/2007 - Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded Frenchwoman Emilie Loit was among Monday's first-round winners at the $175,000 Copa Colsanitas Santander tennis tournament.
Loit leveled Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 6-1 on the red clay at Club Campestre El Rancho, while fifth-seeded Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova was dismissed by Italian Nathalie Vierin 6-2, 6-4 and Argentine Paola Suarez subdued Hungarian Zsofia Gubacsi 6-0, 6-3. The veteran Suarez titled here in 1998 and 2001.
Other Day-1 wins came for Spaniard Conchita Martinez Granados and Colombian wild card Mariana Duque Marino.
This week's top seeds are Italians Tathiana Garbin and Flavia Pennetta, who was last year's runner-up to Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino. Pennetta beat Dominguez Lino in the 2005 finale.
The 2007 champ will collect $25,840.
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<< Rivera out in Chicago; eyeing Chargers
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bears announced Monday that
defensive coordinator Ron Rivera will not return for a fourth season. The club
has given the former standout linebacker permission to speak with the San
Diego C
<< A knockout round with a British flavor
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - This week's Round of 16 Champions
League slate offers up eight tasty matchups, with four featuring English
League clubs. Much like a meal of fish and chips and warm beer, the first
knockou
<< Sillinger lifts Islanders over Penguins in final seconds
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Sillinger scored with 26.8 seconds to
play, as the New York Islanders handed the Pittsburgh Penguins their first
loss in regulation in over a month with a 6-5 win at Nassau Coliseum.
With time windin
<< Davydenko, Djokovic win Rotterdam openers
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Russian Nikolay
Davydenko and fifth-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic were among Monday's first-
round winners at the $1 million ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
The world No. 3
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buffalo Sabres forward Ales Kotalik is expected to be sidelined the next 4-to-6 weeks due to a right knee injury. Kotalik suffered the injury in Saturday night's shootout loss to Boston. He has 14 goals an
Teuflesberg posts upset victory in Southwest Stakes >>
Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Five weeks after finishing a distant third
to Hard Spun at the Fair Grounds, 23-1 longshot Teuflesberg registered a major
upset on Presidents' Day over the Kentucky Derby hopeful. Teuflesberg went
wire to
Hartnell helps Predators top Coyotes >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Hartnell scored a pair of early second-
period goals in a 23-second span for the fastest two goals ever scored by any
Predator, as Nashville regained possession of first place in the Central
Divisio
Hayward, No. 16 Golden Eagles down Wildcats >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lazar Hayward scored a career-high 18 points,
and the 16th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles topped the Villanova Wildcats,
80-67.
Dominic James also scored 18 points for Marquette (22-7, 9-5 Big East
Lady Vols nip LSU to secure SEC crown >>
Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Candace Parker scored 27 points and pulled
down 13 rebounds, as second-ranked Tennessee won its 12th consecutive
Southeastern Conference regular season title with a 56-51 triumph over No. 7
LSU.
Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence
Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.
Work left to do:
Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.
Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.
DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...
West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.
Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.
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