AUTO RACING
Brenden Queen earned his eighth ARCA Menards Series victory of the season Friday night, all but wrapping up the season points championship.
“Butterbean,” a 27-year-old Hickory High graduate and Old Dominion student, won the Reese’s 150 in Kansas City, Kansas, giving him a two-race sweep of this year’s Kansas Speedway events.
Queen, a former Langley Speedway champion, took the lead late in his Chevrolet and survived two overtime restarts in a race with 29 starters.
“What a rookie campaign,” Queen, who needs only to start the finale Saturday at Toledo Speedway to clinch the series championship, said on arcaracing.com. “One more race left. Maybe we can get nine (wins), but I think we’re closing in on what the main prize is.”
The finale, the Owens Corning 200, is set for 4 p.m. Saturday on FS2.
Queen started from the pole but lost the lead on the first lap to Joe Gibbs Racing driver Gio Ruggiero, who spent most of the evening ahead.
With 12 laps remaining, Queen got a push from 2014 series champion Mason Mitchell to take the lead. But a caution on the final scheduled lap for a crash forced an overtime restart and gave Ruggiero a chance to regain the lead.
Queen retained the top spot, but a spin by Thad Moffitt forced a second overtime restart. The second attempt went just like the first for Queen, who beat Ruggiero by 349-thousandths of a second.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ACC fines UVA $50K for field-storming
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Sunday that Virginia was fined for a violation of the league’s event security policy following its football upset of No. 8 Florida State on Sept. 26 at Scott Stadium.
The violation occurred when fans entered the field after the game. The policy is designed to protect the safety and well-being of athletes, coaches, officials and fans.
In accordance with ACC policy, Virginia will incur a fine of $50,000 for a first offense. All fines collected under the policy are directed to the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Fund, which benefits ACC athletes pursuing graduate education.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ODU surges for 7 goals in road win
Two Ashley Economopoulos goals highlighted a five-goal first half as Old Dominion earned a 7-1 win over Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Also for the Monarchs (6-1-3, 2-0-2 Sun Belt), Riley Mullen finished with one goal and two assists, and Koto Davis contributed one goal and one assist. The Monarchs scored their most goals since a 6-1 victory over VMI in 2012 and were one shy of the school record, set in 2006 against Fairleigh Dickinson.
The Golden Eagles dropped to 2-8-1, 1-3.
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
No. 10 CNU wins 7th consecutive match
Christopher Newport (7-0-2), ranked 10th in Division III, shut out Marymount 1-0 Saturday night in Arlington for its seventh straight victory. The Captains’ nine-game unbeaten streak is their longest since a 14-game run in 2017 (13-0-1).
CNU scored in the 73rd minute to down the Saints (4-4-3). Asher Kuzemka flicked a header of Carson Friedlein’s long throw-in to Joe Summerfield, who scored his second goal of the year.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
NSU’s McCree reaches assist milestone
Norfolk State senior setter Sydney McCree moved into second place on the Spartans’ all-time assist list, though NSU lost 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-13) at Coppin State in Baltimore.
McCree had 17 assists, giving her 2,437 and surpassing Nicole Kessner’s 2,424.
Gabrielle Gilbert had 10 kills, five digs, two aces and two blocks for NSU (1-14, 0-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). The Eagles improved to 8-9, 2-0.
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
No. 2 CNU deals No. 10 Stevens Tech first defeat
Christopher Newport (9-0), ranked its all-time-best No. 2 in Division III, rallied to win 2-1 in Hoboken, New Jersey, to hand No. 10 Stevens Tech (8-1) its first loss. Kelly Via broke a 1-1 tie with 3:32 to go in regulation.
The Ducks went ahead on Lauren Flynn’s goal in the 24th minute, but Emily Evans scored the tying goal in the 44th off a Riley Iasiello assist. Courtney Hughlett got her 24th career assist, third in CNU history, on Via’s goal.
No. 12 Michigan (6-3) won 4-1 at Old Dominion (4-5), though the Monarchs’ Sian Emslie scored in the final minute.
No. 5 Liberty (7-1) prevailed 4-0 at William & Mary (1-7), outshooting the Tribe 23-2. W&M goalkeeper Alexandra de Jesus made 12 saves.
