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Tennessee women start NCAA run with defeat of Austin Peay (USA Today)
Kelley Cain had 18 points and 12 rebounds as top seed Tennessee beat No. 16 seeded Austin Peay 75-42 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA women's tournament.
Perfection for UConn women basketball 'not feasible,' but ... (USA Today)
Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma is not someone who spends much time thinking about yesterday or divining the deeper nature of the past. "I'm more of a going-forward kind of guy," he says. "I try not to put myself in a situation where I'm trying to figure out what it all means."
In Women’s Sports, Pushing Back at Stereotypes (New York Times)
A debate about aggression in women’s sports takes place against the backdrop of violence and competitiveness in athletics over all.
Women: No. 1 seed Lady Vols thump Austin Peay (Sports Illustrated)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) It didn't take long for Tennessee to put last year's first round NCAA tournament loss behind it. Kelley Cain had 18 points and 12 rebounds as top seed Tennessee beat No. 16 seeded Austin Peay 75-42 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA women's tournament.
Attacks on women near U. of I. prompt warnings (Chicago Tribune)
URBANA -- Police in Champaign and Urbana are urging caution after four attacks on women were reported in the last week on or near the University of Illinois campus. Police say they want residents to report crimes quickly and take precautions so they don't become a target. The crimes reported include a sexual assault on a woman walking alone, a home invasion and attempted sexual assault on a ...
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth (MSNBC)
HERAT, Afghanistan – Even for a country that generates grim statistics, this one looms large: One in eight women in Afghanistan dies during childbirth.
Cornell, Minnesota-Duluth advance to NCAA women's hockey final (USA Today)
Catherine White scored the game-winner 13:14 into overtime as Cornell beat top-seeded Mercyhurst 3-2 in Friday night's first semifinal to advance to the NCAA women's hockey championship game for the first time in school history. Also, Emmanuelle Blais had two goals and an assist to lead Minnesota-Duluth past Minnesota 3-1 in Friday's second semifinal, setting up a game with Cornell for the NCAA ...
Indian Wells women's semi-final results (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Indian Wells women's singles semi-final result from California on Friday (prefix denotes seeding, *new result) * 2-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat 5-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-2 6-3 6-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat 8-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-2 6-4
St. John's defeats Princeton in first round of NCAA women's Tournament (New York Daily News)
St. John's came into the NCAA women's tournament still angry over its loss in the Big East tournament. They took that frustration out on Princeton.
MSU women win NCAA opener, 72-62 (Detroit Free Press)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Aisha Jefferson scored 17 points to lead fifth-seeded Michigan State past 12th-seeded Bowling Green, 72-62, today in the opening round of the women's NCAA tournament.