The Dallas Stars lost at home to the Phoenix Coyotes Tuesday night, 4-1. It is the first loss to Phoenix at home for Dallas in regulation since December 26, 2010 (0-1 L).
Tuesday's game marks the first time Dallas has allowed Phoenix to score four or more goals since December 11, 2010 (2-5 L). It is also the first time either team has scored more than three goals since that date. The Coyotes improved to 3-0-1 in their last four trips to Dallas.
The lone Dallas goal came on a wrist shot by Michael Ryder in the 2nd period, assisted by Philip Larsen. Ryder's second period goal extended his team lead in goals to 19. Philip Larsen's assist gives him points in four of his last six games (1g, 3a, 4pts.).
Alex Goligoski attempted a season-high six shots against the Phoenix Coyotes tonight. It's the most shots he's had in a single game since March 29, 2011 when he registered a career-high nine shots (@ PHX).
Kari Lehtonen allowed four goals on 24 shots. Lehtonen's record against the Phoenix Coyotes fell to 4-2-3. This was his first loss in regulation to Phoenix since December 26, 2010 (0-1 L).
The Stars went 0/4 on the power play, and have gone 3/11 in the last four games (27%).
Dallas will travel to Columbus tomorrow afternoon to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night (6 pm CT, Fox Sports Southwest, Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket).
DALLAS, TX, February 6, 2012 -- Wayne Odesnik (USA) opens up Tuesday against American Brian Baker (USA). Action starts at 10:30am in the Pavilion located at T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas.
Carsten Ball from Australia will take on Carlos Salamanca (COL) following the Odesnik/Baker match. Ball was one of the top seeds in the tournament two years ago when he made it to the semifinals.
The first official night session for the 2012 $100,000 YpChallenger of Dallas was a sure success. Robert Kendrick (USA) and Mark Knowles (BAH) defeated Sam Querrey (USA) and Chris Wettengel (USA) 7-5, 6-3 to begin the weeks night session. Tuesday is sure to offer any tennis fan a delicious treat for Tuesday's night session. American Jack Sock takes on unprecedented two time Challenger champion and #1 seed Robert Kendrick in the late afternoon hours. The night session begins at 6:30pm with recent Hawaii Challenger finalist Robby Ginepri and his partner Travis Rettenmaier, also of the United States. They are set to take on Americans Jesse Levine and Denis Kudla.
Following the explosive doubles match, Sam Querrey takes on Alex Kuznetsov. Both Americans are on the comeback trail. Sam Querrey's career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong serve and forehand. Querrey holds the record for most consecutive service aces since the ATP began keeping records of those statistics, with 10 in a 2007 match against James Blake.
Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old. Some consider him to be among the "next wave" of American tennis players, along with other young American players such as Sam Querrey, John Isner, Jesse Witten, Ryan Sweeting, and Jesse Levine.
Tuesday night's food will be provided by Palios Pizza and will showcase KSWISS as the featured brand of the evening.
IRVING, Texas (SMU) - SMU sophomore Akil Simpson collected her second Conference USA Player of the Week honor after averaging 21.0 points per game, including a career-high 25 points against Tulane, league officials announced Monday.
The forward from Duncanville, Texas scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Houston to lead SMU to the program's 550th win all-time, completing the season-sweep of the Cougars. She followed the Thursday night performance with her sixth double-double of the season, seventh of her career, grabbing 10 rebounds at Tulane.
Simpson shot 61.5-percent from the field in the two conference games, connecting on 16-of-26 attempts, and made 10-of-11 shots from the free throw line. She also had four assists and two steals during the week. Simpson was also named C-USA Player of the Week on Jan. 16.
The Mustangs play three of their next four games at home, starting with a Thursday night matchup against Memphis at 7 p.m. Sunday's game against Southern Miss will air live on CBS SN. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.
The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl 46.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning was named MVP after completing 30 of 40 passes for 296 yards and a touchdown. Manning led the Giants on an 88 yard touchdown drive to push New York to the lead with 57 seconds left in the game.
The Giants ground attack was led by Ahmad Bradshaw, who rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. Brandon Jacobs had 9 carries for 37 yards.
Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham were Mannings primary targets on the day. Nicks had 10 receptions for 109 yards, Manningham caught 5 for 73 yards.
New England quarterback tom Brady completed 27 of 41 passes for 276 yards and 2 touchdowns. Brady was unable to move the Patriots down the field in the final minute of the game after the Giants took the lead.
Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski was clearly limited by an injured ankle and was ineffective in the game, catching just 2 passes for 26 yards. The Patriot receivers were led by tight end Aaron Hernandez with 8 receptions for 67 yards. Wide receiver Wes Welker caught 7 passes for 60 yards, but will be remember for the only one he didn't catch - coming on the final drive of the game.
Each team mounted lengthy drives during the game. Both offenses had 2 drives longer than 75 yards, including a record-tying 96-yard drive by the Patriots to end the first half.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (SMU) - Akil Simpson scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season, but Tulane had five players in double-figures and hit 12 free throws in the last two minutes to take a 75-63 victory in Fogelman Arena. SMU fell to 12-10 overall and 5-4 in Conference USA, while Tulane improved to 17-5 overall and claimed sole possession of fourth in the conference at 6-3 in league play.
Simpson was 8-of-13 from the field and went 9-of-10 from the free throw line, and Alisha Filmore scored 15 points. Brittney Hardy scored nine points, going 4-for-8 from the field, and grabbed seven rebounds in her debut at SMU.
Brett Benzio led the charge for the Green Wave, scoring 22 points with seven rebounds. Olivia Grayson made all 10 of her free throws to finish with 16 points.
The Mustangs got 13 points from Simpson in the first half, and Hardy added seven in just 10 of the first 20 minutes, but Tulane connected on 53.6-percent of its first half field goals, sinking 15, to take a 32-24 lead at the break. SMU trailed by just two in the rebound battle, 20-18, led by Simpson and Hardy, who each had five first-half boards.
Tulane extended its first half lead to a many as 15 points, leading 43-28 with 16:35 left in the second half, but the Mustangs rallied back, cutting the lead to two with a 15-2 run over the next four minutes, trailing 45-43 with 12:21 left to play.
SMU was never able to retake the lead down the stretch, with Tulane going 12-of-14 from the foul line in the last minute and a half. The Mustangs struggled from behind the arc, going just 3-for-16 on 3-point field goals. They shot just 35.4-percent from the field, while Tulane finished shooting 57.8-percent.
The Mustangs return home to host Memphis on Thursday in Moody Coliseum at 7 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.smumustangs.com.
DALLAS, TX, February 5, 2012 -- The top seeds in both singles and doubles are loaded with talent and come from all across the globe.
Four out of eight seeded players at this year's tournament in the singles draw are from overseas. A further look will show that two out of the four seeded Americans listed on your draw sheet were born overseas. Top-seeded and two-time Challenger of Dallas Singles Champion Ryan Sweeting was born and grew up playing in the Bahamas before gaining US Citizenship while at college. The #5 seed Wayne Odesnik was born in South Africa and immigrated to Florida with his family at age 3. This means that only two seeded players were born in the United States, the defending Doubles Champion Rajeev Ram and former world #17 Sam Querrey.
The remaining top seeds in the singles draw began their tennis careers in countries oceans away. The #2 seed Steve "Shark" Darcis comes to us from Belgium where he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 44 in 2008. Fourth seeded Tobias Kamke was the 2010 ATP "Newcomer of the year" and continues the Challenger of Dallas' strong line of German players. The up and coming 21 year-old and #8 seed Ricardas Berankis is a Lithuanian sensation with junior Grand Slams under his belt and a close relationship with Roger Federer. All of 6'5" #6 seed Izak van der Merwe comes from South Africa where he saw his first action for South Africa's Davis Cup team in 2011.
There is plenty of talent outside of the top seeds, including 2011 US Open Mixed Doubles Champion Jack Sock, US Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri, and a Sportscenter Top 10 favorite Michael Yani.
The doubles draw has an international feel to it as well, as #4 seed Jack Sock and Nicholas Monroe are the only all US team seeded. Unseeded but perhaps the most dangerous team in the doubles draw is the pairing of crowd favorite Robert Kendrick and Mark Knowles. The Bahamian Knowles is a doubles assassin with championship wins at the US Open, French Open and Australian Open. Knowles aside from being a former #1 doubles player in the world is also a DFW area resident.
Matches get underway at 12:00 p.m. February 6th at T Bar M Racquet Club and will go well into the evening. Help this tournament become one of the best ever by showing up and cheering for your favorite players.
Tickets to the event can be purchased online at www.ChallengerofDallas.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The TCU men's tennis team rebounded on the road to pick up a 4-3 win over No. 49 Alabama Sunday. With the win, the Horned Frogs advanced to 2-3 for the spring, while the Crimson Tide dropped to 1-3 overall.
"I am proud of the way our team came out ready to play today," TCU head coach David Roditi said. "That proved to me that we learned something last week in Georgia. Again, our freshmen continue to give us good play and they are gaining confidence. JT Sundling had an impressive win for us against a guy that beat us last year. Both of our wins are against teams that beat us last year."
Alabama came out of the gates with momentum in front of the home crowd, taking two of the three doubles matches to earn the early 1-0 advantage. After TCU dropped the first match on the middle court, the top duo of junior JT Sundling and freshman Nick Chappell evened the score with an 8-5 victory at the No. 1 court. In the end, 'Bama's third team took down the Frogs' pairing of Daniel Sanchez and Blake Wiggins, 8-4.
TCU took time to regroup during the intermission between doubles and singles. Sundling got the Purple and White on the scoreboard with a decisive 6-1, 6-1 victory from the No. 2 court. After the Tide jumped back on top with a win at the No. 5 position, Nick Chappell evened the team tally at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-3 straight set victory over Jarryd Botha at the top court.
Newcomer Facundo Lugones picked up his second win in as many days with a 6-4, 6-4 outcome at the No.6 court, pushing TCU in front for good. Sanchez would clinch the team win for the Frogs at the No. 3 position, taking down No. 96 Vikram Reddy, 6-3, 6-4.
The Frogs will return home to the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center to host future Big 12 opponent Texas Tech on Feb. 11. Live music from Andrew Sullivan and free tacos courtesy of Salsa Limon begins at Noon. First serve for the match is set for 1 p.m.
