UW women’s swimming and diving team takes second

SWIMMING

The 12th-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team was second following the second day of the Big Ten Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.

Indiana led the pack with 393 points and Wisconsin had 378.5. Michigan was third with a total of 363.

Michigan’s G Ryan won the 500-yard freestyle, setting a new meet record at 4 minutes, 34.40 seconds. Ryan finished almost three seconds ahead of Wisconsin’s Cierra Runge, a 2016 U.S. Olympian who picked up a gold medal as part of Team USA’s 800-meter freestyle relay last summer in Rio.

Liz Li of Ohio State won her second consecutive title in the 50 freestyle with a conference-record time of 21.48 seconds. UW’s Chase Kinney was second in 22.14 seconds. Kinney was runner-up for the second-straight season.

TENNIS

Fourth-seeded Steve Johnson rallied to beat Milwaukee’s Tim Smyczek, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, in the second round of the Memphis Open.

Johnson lost the first set and fell behind, 3-1, in the second set before rallying.

HOCKEY

Sidney Crosby is the newest member of the National Hockey League’s 1,000-point club.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star became the 86th player in league history to reach 1,000 career points when he assisted on Chris Kunitz’s goal 6 minutes, 28 seconds into the first period on Thursday night against Winnipeg.

Crosby finished with three points to push his total 1,002. Crosby reached the milestone in 757 games, making him the 12th fastest to the mark.

Vermette suspended: Anaheim Ducks forward Antoine Vermette was suspended for 10 games for slashing a linesman in apparent anger after a faceoff.

Vermette slapped his stick against the back of linesman Shandor Alphonso’s legs after losing a faceoff to Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu during the third period of the Ducks’ 1-0 win Tuesday.

After a disciplinary conference call, the NHL issued the automatic 10-game suspension under league rules for applying physical force to an official without intent to injure.

SKIING

Tessa Worley regained her giant slalom title at the world ski championships, holding off hard-charging Mikaela Shiffrin to take gold in St. Mortiz, Switzerland.

Worley, the 2013 champion, finished 0.34 seconds ahead of Shiffrin, who was fastest in the second run as warm sunshine softened the snow.

Soffia Goggia of Italy took bronze, 0.74 behind, four days after being in tears when losing her shot at the downhill title with a big mistake near the finish.

BIATHLON

One year after considering his retirement, Lowell Bailey became the first American biathlete to win a world championships gold medal in Hochfilzen, Austria.

Bailey upset the favorites in the 20-kilometer individual competition as he hit all 20 targets and skied faster than other clean shooters.

He edged Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic by 3.3 seconds. Olympic and three-time world champion Martin Fourcade of France missed two targets and finished 21.2 behind to take the bronze medal.

From Journal Sentinel wire reports