AUTO RACING
Michael Self survived two multi-car melees in the closing laps to win the crash-filled ARCA Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Self was one of three Venturini Motorsports entries to finish in the top five. Teammates Tom Hessert and Natalie Decker, the 20-year-pole-sitter from Eagle River, Wis., finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
TENNIS
Venus Williams used her 1,000th career singles match to get the United States off to a strong start in its Fed Cup title defense.
CoCo Vandeweghe needed to stage a comeback to make sure that momentum continued.
Williams and Vandeweghe won their singles matches Saturday in Asheville, N.C., to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead over the Netherlands in the best-of-five event.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Allie LeClaire scored 16 points and Jessica Lindstrom added 13 as No. 20 UW-Green Bay beat UW-Milwaukee, 65-36, on Saturday at the Klotsche Center for its 11th straight win.
The Phoenix (22-2, 12-1 Horizon League) closed the first quarter with a 10-0 run to lead, 18-8, and had a 14-2 run, including the last seven points of the second quarter, to lead, 34-17, at the break.
No player had more than seven points for the Panthers (17-8, 8-5), who shot 11 of 40.
INDOOR SOCCER
The Milwaukee Wave’s defense had an uncharacteristic lapse on Saturday afternoon as the Baltimore Blast scored four times in the fourth quarter to pull out a 6-5 victory at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in a matchup of division leaders in the MASL.
Tony Donatelli scored with 8 seconds left to send the Blast home a winner.
HOCKEY
Trevor Smith tied the game with 9.4 seconds left and Alex Carrier's one-timer in overtime gave the Milwaukee Admirals a 5-4 victory over the San Antonio Rampage.
The host Admirals (24-20-4-0) have now won six straight games.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Things got ugly real quickly for Wisconsin on Saturday night at the Kohl Center as the Minnesota Golden Gophers scored the first three goals of the game en route to a 7-1 thrashing of the Badgers.
Trent Frederic scored the lone goal for the Badgers (14-15-4, 8-11-3-1 Big Ten) at the end of the first period, but the Gophers (18-13-1, 9-10-1-1) tacked on two goals in each of the second and third periods.
Wisconsin 3, Minnesota-Duluth 3: Sophia Shaver scored two power-play goals in the third quarter for the top-ranked Badgers as they rallied for a draw against the Bulldogs in Duluth.
The Badgers (27-3-1, 18-2-1-1 conference), who wrapped up their three straight WCHA title on Friday night, also got a goal from Claudia Kepler.
From Journal Sentinel wire reports