Overtime

Rowing

Head of the South Regatta is today

Augusta will play host to more than 1,000 athletes today for the ninth annual Head of the South Regatta.

The competition will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Savannah River.

Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens, students and military and free for children under 6. For more information go to www.augustarowingclub.org.

College Volleyball

Gerolstein, Pacers earn win in tourney

Armstrong Atlantic State Pirates needed little more than an hour to sweep aside USC Aiken, 3-0 in the semifinals of the Peach Belt Conference tournament, to advance to today's title match at Christenberry Fieldhouse.

Armstrong, the top seed in the tournament, beat the Pacers 30-18, 30-13, 30-22 to move to 22-11 on the season. USC Aiken's year comes to an end with a 16-14 overall record.

- Sophomore Mandy Gerolstein had 21 kills as No. 4 USC Aiken defeated UNC Pembroke, 3-1, in the opening round.

Amanda Timm also added 12 kills and Hayden Johnson had 24 digs for the Lady Pacers.

USC Upstate took the best of what Augusta State could throw at them early, then dominated as they swept their quarterfinal match, 30-25, 30-19, 30-16. Augusta State's year closes at 6-27.

- USC Aiken's Rachel Dalitz and Gerolstein have been selected to the Peach Belt All-Conference team.

Dalitz, a setter, won the league's Specialist of the Week honors three times. The senior for Orange, Calif., leads the team and ranks third in the conference in assists per game (8.81).

Gerolstein led the Pacers in hitting percentage (.310) and kills per game (3.44). She is also a three-time conference player of the week.

- Paine defeated Fort Valley State late Thursday night for a spot in the SIAC final in Albany, Ga.

The Lady Lions (35-2, 10-1), who were first place in the Eastern Division, also defeated Stillman College on Wednesday.

Kisha Lucette was named offensive player of the year and most valuable player of the year. Paine's Selina Kohn won coach of the year.

College Basketball

Morris signs letter to play at Lander

In Aiken, South Aiken's Bryant Morris signed a letter of intent Friday to play at Lander University.

A 6-4, 215-pound power forward, Morris averaged nine points and 10 rebounds per game this past season for the Thoroughbreds. Lander plays in the Peach Belt Conference.

Tennis

Davenport loses, still clinches No. 1

In Los Angeles, Lindsay Davenport lost to Maria Sharapova at the WTA Championships, yet still won.

Davenport got help from Amelie Mauresmo, who beat Elena Dementieva, to clinch the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fourth time in her career.

By the time Mauresmo won 6-2, 6-3 just before 3 a.m. Thursday night, Davenport was already gone from Staples Center with her husband. But she left knowing that her top ranking was probably safe.

"It is great," she said. "A year ago, I wouldn't have thought it was possible."

Davenport brought a 155-point lead over No. 2 Kim Clijsters into this week, but the Belgian needed to make the semifinals to overtake Davenport. Clijsters had lost twice going into Friday's final round-robin match, and Mauresmo's victory ensured her elimination.

Davenport, Sharapova, Maures-mo and Mary Pierce advanced to today's semifinals of the season-ending tournament, being played for the last time in the United States before moving to Spain next year.

Sharapova beat Davenport, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, the 18-year-old Russian's first victory over a highly ranked player since July, when she defeated Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

Sharapova has been bothered by a strained right pectoral muscle since August.