AP awards: : Connecticut's Maya Moore became the second sophomore to win the Associated Press' Player of the Year. She has averaged 19.2 points and 8.9 rebounds to lead UConn within two victories of the third undefeated season in school history. Huskies coach Geno Auriemma, who has guided the team to five national championships, picked up his sixth Coach of the Year award.
Morgan State: : Todd Bozeman received the Hugh Durham Award, which recognizes the top mid-major coach. This season, Bozeman led the Bears (23-12, 13-3) to their first NCAA tournament appearance and their first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship in three decades.
WNIT: : Jazmine Sepulveda scored 18 points and Shantia Grace had 16, leading South Florida (27-10) to a 75-71 victory over Kansas (22-14) in the Women's National Invitation Tournament final in Lawrence, Kan., giving the school its first postseason championship of any kind.
Azarenka defeats S. Williams in final
tennis
A sore leg and erratic strokes were too much to overcome, and top-ranked Serena Williams was upset, 6-3, 6-1, by Victoria Azarenka, 19, in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Williams said her left thigh began bothering her in the quarterfinals, and she was also bothered by a sprained ankle. Williams was bidding for a record sixth women's title and her third in a row at Key Biscayne. Instead, she fell to 38-2 in the tournament since 2001, with the only other loss to her sister Venus. The result heralded the emergence of Azarenka, a Belarussian who trains in Scottsdale, Ariz., and will improve to a career-high No. 8.
McPherson's 70 gives her one-stroke lead
golf
Kristy McPherson's first LPGA Tour victory might just come in a major. McPherson shot a 2-under-par 70 on a hot, calm day to take sole possession of the lead in the Kraft Nabisco Championship at 8-under 208. Fellow American and 2007 U.S. Open winner Cristie Kerr (70) was one stroke back at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif. McPherson, 37, has six career top-10 finishes. Defending champion Lorena Ochoa needed a birdie on No. 18 to shoot her best round of the tournament, a 72. She was tied for 15th at 2-over. Michelle Wie had another bad day with her second straight 9-over 81. She was last among the 70 weekend qualifiers at 17-over.
