• Europe wallops US, retains Cup • UH Wahine beat UC Irvine • Busch sweeps New Hampshire Europe wallops US, retains Cup BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Europe won the Ryder Cup 18 1/2-9 1/2 Sunday, its biggest romp over the
• Europe wallops US, retains Cup
• UH Wahine beat UC Irvine
• Busch sweeps New Hampshire
Europe wallops US, retains Cup
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Europe won the Ryder Cup 18 1/2-9 1/2 Sunday, its biggest romp over the Americans.
Lee Westwood ended the suspense with a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole to beat Kenny Perry 1 up and lock up the victory with six matches uncompleted.
It was the Americans’ worst loss in the 77-year history of the Ryder Cup, and Europe’s fourth title in five matches.
Tiger Woods didn’t lose a hole in an easy 3 and 2 victory over Paul Casey, but the Europeans won 7 of the 12 singles matches and halved another.
In other matches: Sergio Garcia beat Phil Mickelson 3 and 2; Davis Love III halved with Darren Clarke; Jim Furyk beat David Howell 6 and 4; Lee Westwood beat Kenny Perry 1 up; Colin Montgomerie beat David Toms 1 up; Chad Campbell beat Luke Donald 5 and 3; Chris DiMarco beat Miguel Angel Jimenez 1 up; Thomas Levet beat Fred Funk 1 up; Ian Poulter beat Chris Riley 3 and 2; Paul McGinley beat Stewart Cink 3 and 2; and Padraig Harrington beat Jay Haas 1 up.
UH Wahine beat UC Irvine
HONOLUU — Susie Boogaard had 21 kills as the undefeated University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team beat previously undefeated UC-Irvine 30-27, 28-30, 30-28, 30-17 on Saturday night.
The Rainbow Wahine, ranked seventh in the USA Today/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll, improved to 8-0, while the Anteaters fell to 7-1.
Alicia Arnott had 19 kills and three of Hawaii’s service aces, while Victoria Prince added 12 kills and Juliana Sanders had 10.
Kelly Wing led unranked UC-Irvine with 22 kills, while teammate Sami Cash added 13.
The match was played as part of the round-robin Waikiki Beach Marriott Invitational.
Busch sweeps New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Kurt Busch had plenty of gas this time.
After running out of fuel while leading eight laps from the end a week earlier in Richmond, Busch dominated Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race, completing a sweep of the 2004 events at New Hampshire International Speedway and coming away tied with Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead after the first race of the new 10-man, 10-race championship showdown.
“Well, No. 1 is in the books, but there’s still an awful lot of work to do,” Busch said after leading 155 of the 300 laps on the 1.058-mile oval in the Sylvania 300.
The win was the third of the season for Busch, who began the day seventh in the points standings.
Matt Kenseth, the 2003 series champion, was second, crossing the finish line 2.488-seconds — about 20 car lengths — behind his Roush Racing teammate.
Earnhardt ran strong all the way Sunday, finishing third.He was followed by rookie Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Joe Nemechek, Jeff Gordon, Elliott Sadler, Michael Waltrip, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin.
Gordon, Sadler, Johnson and Martin are all among the title contenders, with Gordon, who began the day with a five-point lead over teammate Johnson, now third, nine points behind the leaders and one point ahead of Kenseth. Johnson fell to fifth, 30 points back.
