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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cornell senior Kyle Dake became the first wrestler in NCAA history to win four national titles at four weights Saturday night, and Penn State won the national team title for the third year in a row. The 165-pound Dake beat defending champion David Taylor of Penn State 5-4 in Des Moines, joining Cael Sanderson and Pat Smith as four-time NCAA champions.
Penn State’s Ed Ruth and Quentin Wright won NCAA titles in back-to-back matches to seal the fourth national crown for the Nittany Lions and their third under Sanderson.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Chelsea Poppens scored 19 points, Hallie Christofferson scored 11 of her 18 in the second half, and fifth-seeded Iowa State ended No. 12 seed Gonzaga’s dominance at home in the NCAA women’s tournament with a 72-60 win over the Bulldogs on Saturday.
Gonzaga went 4-0 the past two seasons playing on its home floor at the McCarthey Athletic Center during the NCAAs in reaching the round of 16. Iowa State (24-8) finally solved beating Gonzaga at home thanks to dynamic shooting from behind the 3-point line and an awful shooting performance by the Bulldogs.
Brynn Williamson hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for the Cyclones. Taelor Karr led Gonzaga (27-6) with 15 points, but the Bulldogs shot just 32 percent.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Notre Dame has one-upped the Miami Heat with a 26-game winning streak heading into the NCAA tournament. Five more wins will put the Fighting Irish back in the national title game for the third year in a row.
Top-seeded Notre Dame (31-1) starts its quest to return to the Final Four on Sunday against Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee Martin (19-14) in the first-round in the NCAA tournament at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
In the other first-round game, eighth-seeded Miami (21-10) takes on host Iowa (20-12), one of 13 schools in the nation to play in its sixth straight NCAA tournament.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State is preparing for a big game at an arena that has not been kind to the Buckeyes. Second-seeded Ohio State is one win away from reaching the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for a fourth straight season, something the Buckeyes have never done in their history. Ohio State (23-11) can pull it off by beating 10th-seeded Iowa State (23-11) at the University of Dayton Arena on Sunday.
The Buckeyes have opened the NCAA tournament in Dayton twice while Thad Matta has been their coach. Both times, they failed to advance. Their challenge Sunday will be to clamp down on the nation’s top 3-point shooting team. The Cyclones were on the mark in an opening drubbing of Notre Dame on Friday night.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Chris Coghlan hit an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Marc Rzepczynski, lifting the Miami Marlins over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Saturday. Gorkys Hernandez drove in three runs for the Marlins. He got his RBIs with a groundout, sacrifice fly and singled. Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina each had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals.
Miami starter Nathan Eovaldi allowed three runs and nine hits in six innings. He struck out two and threw a wild pitch. Cardinals starter Lance Lynn gave up three runs and four hits in 5 2-3 innings. He walked two, struck out five and hit consecutive batters starting the fourth.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Penn State holds a commanding 20.5-point lead over Oklahoma State heading into Saturday’s finals of the NCAA wrestling championships. The Nittany Lions also have five wrestlers qualified to compete for a titles, including David Taylor at 165 pounds. He and Cornell’s Kyle Dake — who is one win away from becoming the third four-time NCAA champion, will meet up at 165 pounds in one of the most anticipated championship matches in recent memory.
Minnesota is third in the team race with 86 points, followed by Iowa with 68.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Roy Devyn Marble scored 28 points to help Iowa beat Stony Brook 75-63 on Friday night in the second round of the NIT. Aaron White added 13 points and seven rebounds for Iowa (23-12), which advances to a quarterfinal matchup against the winner of Sunday’s game between Virginia and St. John’s.
Iowa went on a 13-3 run to build a 10-point lead after the game was tied 41-41 early in the second half. Guard Mike Gesell, who did not start because of a foot injury, came off the bench to spark the run with a 3-pointer and an assist. Jameel Warney scored 17 for the Seawolves (25-8), who finished with their most wins under eighth-year coach Steve Pikiell.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Freshman Georges Niang matched a season high with 19 points and Iowa State, showing it can do much more than just fire away from outside the 3-point line, dismantled Notre Dame 76-58 on Friday night in the NCAA tournament. The 10th-seeded Cyclones (23-11) will play No. 2 seed Ohio State on Sunday. The Buckeyes advanced with a 95-70 thrashing of Iona.
Iowa State led the nation in 3-pointers this season, but the Cyclones were just as effective from short range in ousting the Fighting Irish (25-10), who played their final game as a member of the Big East and will join the Atlantic Coast Conference next season. Melvin Ejim added 17 points for Iowa State, which shot better than 70 percent for much of the second half. Tom Knight scored 14 to lead the Fighting Irish.
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