Sports briefs Sunday

SOFTBALL

Freshman Miranda Elish allowed one hit and host Oregon routed Wisconsin, 9-0, Sunday in the final of the NCAA Tournament’s Eugene Regional.

The game halted in the fifth inning because of the mercy rule.

Elish also drove in two runs for the Ducks (50-6).

Kelly Walsh had the lone hit for the Badgers (35-17).

BASEBALL

Joel Zyhowski’s two-run double capped a five-run second and led UW-La Crosse to an 8-3 victory over St. Thomas in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional at Whitewater’s James B. Miller Stadium.

La Crosse (31-18) will play Concordia Chicago (32-11) on Monday at 10 a.m. If the Eagles win, the two teams will then play for the regional title after a 30-minute break. The Cougars routed the Eagles, 14-0, earlier Sunday.

HOCKEY

Sweden won the ice hockey world championship with a 2-1 shootout victory over two-time defending champion Canada in Cologne, Germany.

Nicklas Backstrom and Oliver Ekman-Larsson tallied in the shootout for the Swedes.

AUTO RACING

Ron Capps raced to his fourth consecutive Funny Car victory, beating teammate Matt Hagan in the Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kan.

Capps had a 3.924-second pass at 321.42 mph in a Dodge Charger R/T in the final.

Slinger: Sixty-eight-year-old Conrad Morgan, who missed most of last season while recovering from injuries in a crash, completed his comeback with a victory in the Alan Kulwicki Memorial super-late model feature. Ryan DeStefano finished second.

TENNIS

Alexander Zverev signaled his anticipated arrival among the tennis elite by defeating Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 6-3, to win the Italian Open in Rome.

The 20-year-old Zverev became the youngest player to win a Masters 1000 event since Djokovic won in Miami a decade ago at 19.

From Journal Sentinel wire reports