Bowyer captures Nationwide title

Sports Digest

November 16, 2008

Carl Edwards won the season-ending Ford 300 in Homestead, Fla., but came up 21 points short in his attempt to overtake Clint Bowyer for the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship. All Bowyer had to do to keep Edwards from winning a second straight title was finish in the top eight, and he did that easily. He grabbed fifth to stay on top of the standings, right where he has been most of the year despite winning only one of 35 races.

NHL: Zach Parise scored the only goal in the shootout, and the host New Jersey Devils ended Washington's five-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory over the Capitals. Alex Ovechkin sent the game into overtime with his second goal of the game, coming with a second remaining in regulation. The Capitals also got goals from Tomas Fleischmann, Viktor Kozlov and Nicklas Backstrom, who had four assists.

Swimming: American Peter Marshall broke his own world record in the 100-meter backstroke the first day of the short-course World Cup meet in Berlin. Marshall, 26, clocked 49.64 seconds, 0.30 faster than his previous record.

Field hockey: Host Maryland defeated Albany, 4-2, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Senior Susie Rowe scored twice and assisted on one goal, and senior Danielle Keeley put home the game-winner early in the second half. The Terps will face Duke today at 2 p.m. at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

Sports Digest Recent columns

Cross country: The Johns Hopkins women's cross country team won the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional in Waynesburg, Pa., by 49 points to earn a spot in the national final next weekend.

Soccer: Dave van den Bergh scored in the 28th minute and the New York Red Bulls defeated host Real Salt Lake, 1-0, in Major League Soccer's Western Conference finals to reach the MLS Cup. New York will take on the Columbus Crew next Sunday in Carson, Calif.

Golf: Annika Sorenstam made up five strokes on leader Angela Stanford in the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico, shooting a 5-under-par 67 to cut her deficit to just a stroke with one round left. Sorenstam eagled the par-5 10th and added six birdies. Australia's Katherine Hull (66) was two strokes back.

From Sun staff and news services

E-mail

Reprint

Bowyer captures Nationwide title

Sports forums

Online resources

Going deep

Going deep Sun sports special reports and in-depth coverage
	> 1983 O's > Football: The tie that binds > Orioles > Baltimore Colts > Going deep: Other sports

Bowyer captures Nationwide title

Related topic galleries: NCAA Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Field Hockey, Annika Sorenstam, Maryland Terrapins, Viktor Kozlov, Lorena Ochoa

Popular stories: Sports

Poll: Ravens vs. Titans

Sports forums

Online resources

Going deep