VOLLEYBALL
Rogers fuels CSU's sweep past Wyoming
The No. 9 Colorado State volleyball team (20-2, 11-1) swept 30-21, 30-27, 30-24 against Mountain West Conference nemesis Wyoming (13-11, 6-6) behind another balanced Rams attack at Laramie.
Tess Rogers hit .476 with 14 kills, Bri Frech hit .400 with 10 kills, Dre Downs hit .389 with 10 kills, and Katie Jo Shirley-Cahoon hit .381 with 11 kills for CSU.
Rachel Smith paced Wyoming with a .419 hitting percentage.
* Sophomore outside hitter Lisa Hunter returned from a 13-match absence because of injury to record 14 kills and help the University of Denver (11-13, 5-7 Sun Belt) to a 30-21, 30-26, 30-24 victory against host Louisiana- Lafayette (7-20, 3-9).
HOCKEY
Sterling's goal puts win in Tigers' tank
Brett Sterling scored his seventh goal of the season at the 1-minute, 33-second mark of overtime to lift unbeaten Colorado College (5-0, 1-0) to a 3-2 win against Western Collegiate Hockey Association power North Dakota (4-3-2, 2-2-1) in Grand Forks, N.D.
CC senior defenseman Richard Petiot forced the overtime with a goal at 14:16 of the third period.
* Peter Ambroziak's second goal at 1:41 of overtime handed the Central Hockey League's New Mexico Scorpions a 3-2 win against the Colorado Eagles at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.
SOCCER
Hendricks scores pair to edge San Diego St.
Travis Hendricks scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season as the University of Denver men's team (9-5-1, 6-3-0) took a 2-0 victory Friday against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival San Diego State (3-12-2, 3-6-1) at Pioneer Field.
Freshman goalkeeper and former Poudre High School athlete Matt Bredehoft made three saves in his fourth shutout of the season.
* David Schill scored his first career goal and assisted on another as the Air Force men's team (7-8-1, 3-6 MPSF) collected a 3-0 victory against Nevada-Las
Vegas (6-10, 5-5) at the Cadet Soccer Stadium.
* Drake University forward Andrea Schmitz, a junior from Cherry Creek High School, has been named the Missouri
Valley Conference women's soccer player of the year.
Former Columbine High School defender Lindsey Portincaso also was a first-team all- MVC selection for Drake. Former Pomona High School midfielder Sara Foote was a second-team choice and was on the all-freshman team for the Bulldogs.
* The University of Wyoming women's team placed four players on the all-Mountain West Conference team, including former Littleton High School athlete Mercy Adetoye.
Cowgirls junior defender Kara Walters, senior forward Mari Gomes and senior midfielder
Lindsey Vossbrink, a former -Dakota Ridge athlete, were selected to the all-MWC second team. Air Force's Elaine Tatarek also was a second-team choice.
ETC.
Pioneers' Jarosch first at Calif. tourney
University of Denver golfer Barrett Jarosch tied his low career round with a 65 to win medalist honors in the Del Walker Intercollegiate golf tournament at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach, Calif.
Jarosch's round gave him a tournament total of 209. DU finished second, three shots back of winner Lamar University.
* Cherry Hills Village resident and former Cherry Creek High School athlete Nicole Cutler was tied for 15th place with a total 292 after the fourth round of the 2005 Futures Tour Qualifying Tournament in Lakeland, Fla.
* Nicole Leimbach, a Southern California freshman from Pine Creek High School, advanced to the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Indoor singles championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., with two victories.
* Former Highlands Ranch High School athlete Ann Strother scored 23 points as defending NCAA champion Connecticut beat EA Sports 75-69 in an exhibition basketball game at Storrs, Conn.
* The Kempe Children's Foundation will host its first Kempe Celebrity Jam at 2:30 p.m. today at Magness Arena.
National and local celebrities are expected to appear for the charity basketball game and concert.
