Originally created 02/20/05

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College Baseball

Barth can tie mark of 46 with hit today

Sam Barth continued his hit streak in Saturday's doubleheader with Lander, but the No. 4 Jaguars were on the wrong end of a doubleheader sweep in the Peach Belt Conference.

Barth had one hit in Game 1 and a pair of hits in Game 2, but the Bearcats, ranked No. 14 in the country, picked up 5-3 and 16-12 victories.

Garick McGrath hit his fourth homer in the first game for the Jaguars (8-3, 3-2), who gave up 10 runs in the seventh and final inning of the second game for a stunning loss.

Barth can equal the Division II record of 46 with a hit today in the series finale.

In Athens, Ga., Joey Side hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to lift Georgia to a 5-4 win over Elon.

The Bulldogs (2-0) led 3-1 after seven innings, but Elon scored three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 4-3 lead.

The Bulldogs tied it in the bottom of the eighth when Kyle Keen scored off a fielders choice, then Side drove in Jonathan Wyatt in the ninth inning for the game-winner.

Wyatt two hits and scored three runs for the Bulldogs.

In Columbia, Steve Tolleson had three hits and five players recorded two hits apiece in South Carolina's 16-4 win over Radford.

Zac McCamie (2-0) pitched five strong innings, giving up only four hits and one unearned run en route to the win for the Gamecocks (4-0).

Cory Vanderhook and Ryan Mahoney both went deep for South Carolina.

In Atlanta, Georgia Tech won both games of a doubleheader against Iona.

Lee Hyde (1-0) scattered seven hits and two runs over the first game's six innings, picking up the win in Georgia Tech's 9-3 victory.

Michael Fisher and Danny Payne each had three hits in the Yellow Jackets' 16-5 win in game two.

Tennis

Ankle injury forces Roddick withdrawal

In Memphis, Tenn., Andy Roddick tested his sprained left ankle, then withdrew from his semifinal Saturday at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, hoping to be healthy enough for the first round of the Davis Cup in two weeks.

Roddick was supposed to face Kenneth Carlsen, who advanced to his first ATP Tour final since 2002. Now Carlsen will face eighth-seeded Max Mirnyi, a 7-5, 6-3 winner against No. 2 Tommy Haas.

Roddick, the world's No. 3 player, knew that he had a great chance to win a second title in two weeks, with just Carlsen (ranked 87th) and Mirnyi (39th) left in the field.

But the 2003 U.S. Open champion decided about two hours before his match that he couldn't risk further injury with the United States facing Croatia on March 4-6.

ATP trainer Bill Norris said Roddick had a sprain that reached the middle of his foot, which would not hold up in competition.

In women's play, third-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy was scheduled to play top-seeded and defending champion Vera Zvonareva in the championship of the Cellular South Cup on Saturday night.

In Rotterdam, Netherlands, Roger Federer beat Mario Ancic

7-5, 6-3 to reach the final of the ABN AMRO indoor tournament, where he'll face Ivan Ljubicic.

Ljubicic used 12 aces to get past Thomas Johansson 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the other semifinal.

In Antwerp, Belgium, Venus Williams beat French Open champion Anastasia Myskina 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the Diamond Games semifinals to move within a victory of claiming a $1.3 million gem-encrusted trophy.

Williams' opponent in the final will be top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo, who defeated Olympic bronze medalist Alicia Molik of Australia 6-3, 7-6 (2).

The third-seeded Williams would earn the gold-and-diamond trophy by becoming the first player to win the tournament three times in a five-year span.

In Bogota, Colombia, Fabiola Zuluaga's streak of three straight Colsanitas Cup titles ended with a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3) semifinal loss to Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain.

Second-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy won the other semifinal

6-4, 6-2 against Clarisa Fernandez of Argentina.