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Kurtz sparks Wake Forest to 9-5 victory over North Carolina for spot in ACC Tournament semifinals 05/25/2024 12:40am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nick Kurtz hit a two-run home run to ignite a four-run 12th inning after his two-out RBI double tied the game in the ninth and No. 8 seed Wake Forest defeated top-seeded North Carolina 9-5 on Friday night to advance to the ACC Tournament semifinals. Wake Forest (38-19) will Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November 05/25/2024 12:06am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. Used for the first time in 2022, the changes helped Rogers pitches Michigan to 4-2 victory over top-seeded Illinois for spot in Big Ten semifinal 05/24/2024 11:34pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Will Rogers finished one out shy of a complete game to lead No. 4 seed Michigan to a 4-2 victory over top-seeded Illinois on Friday night for a berth in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Michigan (32-27) will play No. 8 seed Penn State the semifinals Saturday and will have to b Garcia pitches Oklahoma State to 4-0 win over Texas Tech for spot in Big 12 Tournament semifinal 05/24/2024 11:00pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Sam Garcia allowed just three hits in eight shutout innings to lead second-seeded Oklahoma State to a 4-0 victory over No. 10 seed Texas Tech on Friday night, sending the Cowboys to a semifinal nightcap against UCF at the Big 12 Tournament. The winner between Oklahoma State (3 Kilfoyl allows 3 hits as Oklahoma State beats Arizona 8-0 in Game 1 of super regional 05/24/2024 10:13pm • STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Lexi Kilfoyl pitched a complete game shutout, Karli Godwin, Claire Timm and Micaela Wark each hit a home run and No. 5 national seed Oklahoma State beat Arizona 8-0 in five innings Friday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three Stillwater Super Regional. Oklahoma State (48-1 Trinity Cannon hits 2 HRs, Texas A&M beats Texas 6-5 in Game 1 at Austin Super Regional 05/24/2024 09:35pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Trinity Cannon hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the top of the first inning, and Texas A&M never trailed in its 6-5 win over top-overall seed Texas on Friday in Game 1 of the best-of-three Austin Super Regional. No. 16 national seed Texas A&M (44-13) c USC beats Cal to earn its ninth straight win and a spot in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game 05/24/2024 08:55pm • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Freshman Brayden Dowd hit his first career home run before finishing with four RBIs, Josh Blum threw two innings of scoreless relief for his 10th save and USC beat California 7-4 on Friday to earn its ninth straight victory and a spot in the Pac-12 Tournament championship Pro Women's Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2 05/24/2024 08:51pm • Stan Kasten never promised the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League would go off without a few hitches. While challenges remain, the PWHL advisory board member could also boast on Friday how attendance figures, merchandise sales, and, most important, the on-ice product, excee South Carolina advances to the SEC Tournament semifinals behind home runs by Casas and Tippett 05/24/2024 08:19pm • HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Gavin Casas hit a three-run homer, Will Tippett homered in a three-run fifth inning and No. 10 seed South Carolina advanced to the SEC Tournament semifinals with a 6-5 victory over third-seeded Kentucky on Friday. South Carolina (36-22) is headed to the semifinals for just the Obertop drives in final four runs to rally Clemson past Louisville 8-7 for spot in ACC semifinals 05/24/2024 07:55pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jimmy Obertop hit a game-tying three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning and drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth as second-seeded Clemson spotted No. 7 seed Louisville six runs before rallying for an 8-7 victory on Friday at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournamen Nicklaus' ninth-inning homer lifts Oklahoma over Kansas 8-6 for spot in Big 12 Tournament title game 05/24/2024 07:49pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jackson Nicklaus hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and top-seeded Oklahoma scored the final eight runs in an 8-6 victory over seventh-seeded Kansas on Friday to advance to the Big 12 Tournament title game. Oklahoma (37-18) will play in the championship g Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital, family says 05/24/2024 07:22pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital after they were attacked while leaving a youth group activity held at a local church, a family member said Friday. The attack happened Thursday eve Mealer hits go-ahead homer as Tennessee rallies past Alabama 3-2 in Knoxville Super Regional opener 05/24/2024 07:08pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Laura Mealer hit a two-out, two-run homer to cap a three-run fifth inning and No. 3 seed Tennessee rallied to beat 14th-seeded Alabama 3-2 in the opener of the Knoxville Super Regional on Friday. Tennessee (44-10) can finish off a sweep of Alabama (36-18) on Saturday in the McConnaughey strikes out career-best 11 and Nebraska advances to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals 05/24/2024 07:07pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gabe Swansen went 4 for 5 with six RBIs, sophomore Mason McConnaughey had a career-best 11 strikeouts and No. 2 seed Nebraska beat seventh-seeded Ohio State 12-5 on Friday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Nebraska (36-20) must beat No. 3 seed Indiana twice on Sat Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel 'The Alienist,' dies at 68 05/24/2024 06:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68. Carr died of cancer Thursday, according to