


One of Sarina Wiegman’s buzzwords is “connections”. The England manager is always looking for her players to develop stronger links on the pitch to improve her team’s fluidity. Another word that has cropped up during this international break is the opportunity to “experiment”, given these are friendly matches, after all. Against the United States, Wiegman opted to start Jessica Naz at right wing and Beth Mead a lot deeper on the opposite wing. Jess Park at No 10 also had to cover space on the le
Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Penn State and Louisville earned top regional seeds Sunday in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament and an inside track to the national semifinals. The unveiling of the 64-team field featured seven programs among the top eight overall seeds from the Big Ten and the ACC. The No. 2 regional seeds went to Stanford, Creighton, Wisconsin and SMU. First- and second-round matches are set for Thursday through Sunday at campus sites. On-campus regionals will be played from Dec. 12

LSU women's basketball took care of business on Sunday afternoon with a 131-44 victory over NC Central. The Tigers' point total is the second highest in program history, two shy of the record. Head coach Kim Mulkey won her 100th game as LSU's leader, the quickest coach to do…

Kim Mulkey became the quickest basketball coach, women or men, at LSU to record 100 wins Sunday with LSU's win over North Carolina-Central.