ROAD RACING
General registration for the 25th TD Beach to Beacon 10K closed Thursday after the race filled 4,500 available entries, not including 600 slots for Cape Elizabeth residents only that were filled on Wednesday.
Additional entries are now available only through a lottery that’s open from Friday through next Wednesday, or by purchasing a bib from one of the race’s charitable beneficiaries.
The race is scheduled for Aug. 5.
COLLEGES
BASEBALL: Jeremiah Jenkins hit his 14th home run of the season and finished with four RBI, and Tyler Nielsen allowed just one base runner over five innings as Maine cruised to a 10-0 win over Thomas in a seven-inning game in Orono.
Nielsen struck out eight, walked none and allowed only one hit.
Jenkins has homered in six of his last eight games and has at least one RBI in 12 consecutive games. He’s tied for 11th in NCAA Division I with 53 RBI.
The Black Bears (18-12) stole 12 bases, including five by Jake Rainess and four by Quinn McDaniel, who each had two hits and scored three times. Colin Plante was 3 for 4.
SOFTBALL: Southern Maine (13-15) collected a pair of walk-off wins against St. Joseph’s (15-15), earning a 3-2 win in Game 2 after taking an 8-7, 10-inning victory in the opener at Gorham.
Hannah Shields scored on Meaghan Dufresne fielder’s choice to win Game 1. Lauren Merrill hit a three-run double for USM. Lydia Goodnough was 2 for 2 with two RBI and three walks for the Monks.
Rona Scott blasted a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Ella Bezanson hit an RBI single in the seventh as USM rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second game. Sylvia Foley and Rylee Page each drove in a run for St. Joseph’s.
GOLF
LPGA: Peiyun Chien shot a 5-under 67 in the Chevron Championship to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year.
The 32-year-old Chien, from Taiwan, had six birdies, including four in a five-hole span on Nos. 4-8.
Second-ranked Nelly Korda was among six players and three Americans tied for second at 68.
TENNIS
PORSCHE GRAND PRIX: Top-ranked Iga Swiatek returned from a rib injury with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 win over Zheng Qinwen to reach the quarterfinals in Stuttgart, Germany, but Coco Gauff suffered an upset loss to Anastasia Potapova.
Swiatek hadn’t played since reaching the semifinals at Indian Wells last month. After a first-round bye in Stuttgart, Swiatek’s clay season started smoothly.
Next up is a quarterfinal meeting with Karolina Pliskova, who beat Donna Vekic, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5).
Potapova beat sixth-ranked Gauff, 6-2, 6-3.
BARCELONA OPEN: Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.
Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight, defeating Denis Shapovalov, 6-3, 6-2. Casper Ruud, the No. 3 seed, lost to 15th-seeded Francisco Cerúndolo, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
BMW OPEN: Alexander Zverev was upset in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell, while top-seeded Holger Rune won his opening match in Munich.
Playing 82nd-ranked O’Connell in cold conditions in front of a German crowd huddled in thick coats, Zverev struggled to land his first serves and lost 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Rune secured a spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Yannick Hanfmann.
MADRID OPEN: Rafael Nadal will miss next week’s tournament because his recovery from a hip injury is going much slower than expected.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been sidelined since January by a left hip flexor injury he picked up at the Australian Open.
SOCCER
ITALY: Juventus had a 15-point penalty suspended, lifting the storied Italian team up to third in Serie A and right in the mix for a spot in next season’s Champions League.
Following a three-hour hearing on Wednesday, the case has now been referred back to the soccer federation’s appeals court, and Juventus has been handed back the points pending the new trial.
That is unlikely to conclude before the end of the season, so any penalty would be for the following campaign.
EUROPA LEAGUE: Six-time champion Sevilla eliminated Manchester United with a 3-0 victory in Spain in the second leg of their quarterfinal.
Forward Youssef En-Nesyri scored twice and Sevilla advanced to the semifinals, 5-2 on aggregate, after last week’s 2-2 draw in the first leg in England.
Sevilla will face Juventus in the last four following the Italian team’s 1-1 draw at Sporting in Lisbon, Portugal, for a 2-1 aggregate victory.
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