Nick Jermain’s goal 2:40 into overtime gave the Maine Mariners a 4-3 victory over the Trois-Rivières Lions in an ECHL season opener Friday night in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Grant Gabriele and Mathew Santos each got a power-play goal for Maine, and Nick Master put the Mariners ahead 3-2 early in the third. Master also set up the first two goals.
The Mariners play their home opener against the Lions at 6 p.m. Saturday.
FIELD HOCKEY: Mallory Mackesy scored with 2:50 left to lift Maine to a 2-1 win over Vermont in Orono.
The Black Bears (12-4, 6-0 America East) took a 1-0 lead in the first quarter on a goal by Sydney Meader, assisted by Bhreagh Kennedy.
Vermont’s Alina Gerke (11-4, 4-3) tied it early in the third quarter.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Katy Knoll scored twice, Maureen Murphy had three assists, and Northeastern (7-0) remained unbeaten with a 6-1 win over Maine (4-4) in Orono.
Morgan Trimper scored for Maine in the second period.
PGA: Jon Rahm came within an inch of 195 yards on the hardest hole at Congaree, one of many highlights in his 9-under 62 that gave him a share of the lead with Kurt Kitayama at the CJ Cup in Ridgeland, South. Carolina.
After winning the Spanish Open two weeks ago, Rahm hit a 60-foot bunker shot on the par-4 eighth, made a 35-footer on the par-3 10th and then made three straight birdies with one shot on the 17th .which scratched the edge of the cup.
Kitayama hit a difficult bunker shot for eagle on the par-5 12th and shot a 65 to join Rahm at 11 under 131.
LPGA: Andrea Lee shot another bogey-free round of 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead at the BMW Ladies Championship in Wonju, South Korea.
Lee had two birdies on the front nine of the second round before finishing another impressive day with back-to-back birdies on the final two holes as she moved to 12-under 132 overall.
Overnight leader Atthaya Thitikul (71), Lilia Vu (66) and 16-year-old amateur Minsol Kim (70) shared a three-way tie for second place.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Dale Whitnell has a one-stroke lead halfway through the Mallorca Open in Palma, Spain, after shooting an 8-under 63 to equal the course record set by fellow countryman Marcus Armitage the previous day.
Ryan Fox shot a 7-under 64 and was one shot back entering the weekend. Maximilian Kieffer, Hugo Leon and Rasmus Hojgaardare were all three shots behind Whitnell.
WNBA: Two-time coach of the year Curt Miller is the new coach of the Los Angeles Sparks after seven seasons with the Connecticut Sun.
Miller, also Connecticut’s general manager for the past six years, led the Suns to two trips to the WNBA Finals, including this year when they swept the Las Vegas Aces in four games in the best-of-five series have lost He was an assistant for the Sparks in 2015 before going to Connecticut.
ENGLAND: Cristiano Ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute for Manchester United in their 2-0 win over Tottenham on Wednesday, United manager Erik ten Hag acknowledged on Friday.
Ronaldo walked into the dressing room before the final whistle in a show of dissent and has since been left out of United’s squad for the trip to Chelsea on Saturday.
Ten Hag held talks with Ronaldo on Friday and said the Portugal forward “remains an important part of the squad.”
However, Ten Hag said Ronaldo needs to be disciplined for the culture in the team, as he was already critical of the player and some of his teammates for leaving a preseason friendly against Rayo Vallecano in early July.
NAPOLI CUP: Top-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta was eliminated by Miomir Kecmanovic, while home favorite and second-seeded Matteo Berrettini advanced to the semi-finals in Naples, Italy.
Carreno Busta beat Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-1 on Friday morning before losing to fifth-seeded Kecmanovic 7-5, 6-2 later in the day.
Kecmanovic will face Lorenzo Musetti from Italy in the semi-finals. The other semi-final pits Berrettini against Mackenzie McDonald of the USA.
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