Oct 20, 2019 3 min read

In college golf

The California University women’s golf team finished fourth in the team standings at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday afternoon, marking the program’s best finish at the event in three years.

The Vulcans shot a 62-over 346 in the final round to remain in fourth place in the team standings with a 183-over 1035 (350-339-346). Gannon secured its fourth conference title in program history after shooting the lowest team score over the final two rounds. The Lady Knights won the event by 24 strokes with a 110-over 962 (324-317-321). Mercyhurst, which fired the lowest score during the first round, placed second overall in the team standings at 134-over 986 (322-325-339) and West Chester remained third with a 159-over 1011 (337-331-343).

• The Washington & Jefferson College men’s golf team concluded the fall portion of its 2019-20 schedule with a fourth-place team finish at the Virtues Fall Shootout, hosted by Denison at the Virtues Golf Club over the weekend.

The Presidents finished fourth among eight teams at the two-day event with a team score of plus-46 622. W&J finished a single stroke behind third place Kenyon. Allegheny captured the invitational title with a plus-17 593.

Water polo

The Washington & Jefferson College men’s water polo team traveled to Connecticut College for another round of Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference games.

The Presidents fell to McKendree, 24-8, Connecticut, 19-11, and Salem, 24-13.

Will Kitsch and Jason Wright each scored twice for the Presidents against McKendree. Freshman Andrew Edwards scored six goals against Connecticut and Cam Spicer scored a team-best five goals against Salem.

In college soccer

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team hosted Westminster, the top team in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, for a Saturday night showdown at John F. Wiley Stadium. Thanks in large part to a solid night in net from freshman goalkeeper Autumn Blair, the Yellow Jackets played right with the Titans until the visitors scored early in the second half to pull out a 1-0 win.

Westminster (9-5-2, 4-0-1) ripped off 10 first-half shot, but Blair and Waynesburg (2-10-2, 0-3-2) managed to keep them off the scoreboard over the first 45 minutes of competition. The Titans slipped in the first and only goal of the evening late in the 49th minute.

In the NHL

Tom Wilson broke a tie with 8:13 left and the Washington Capitals rebounded after blowing a two-goal lead to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Sunday for their third straight win.

Wilson beat Corey Crawford from the right edge of the crease with his third goal after he was left open and took a cross-ice pass from Carl Hagelin to put Washington ahead 4-3. Lars Eller added an empty-netter from his own zone with 49.3 seconds remaining.

T.J. Oshie, Nic Dowd and Alex Ovechkin also scored for the Capitals, who got 41 saves from Braden Holtby. Hagelin had two assists.

Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Minnesota Wild won their second game of the season, beating the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday.

Jason Zucker, Marcus Foligno and Brad Hunt also scored for Minnesota, which matched its highest goal total through eight games this season. The Wild also scored four goals in a 7-4 home loss to Pittsburgh.