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Substitute Sveindís Jonsdottir has scored four second-half goals to put Wolfsburg into the quarter-finals of Women's Champions League with 6-1 thrashing of Roma. Jonsdottir came on in the 66th minute of Wednesday's home match with Wolfsburg leading 2-1 and needing to win by at least a two-goal margin to secure a spot in the knockout stage with one group game to spare. The Iceland forward quickly made sure of that, netting her first just two minutes later and completing a hat-trick by the 89th. She added one more in stoppage time. Alexandra Popp had given the hosts an early lead but Roma equalised in the 56th minute through Valentina Giacinti. Lineth Beerensteyn restored a one-goal advantage nine minutes later. Wolfsburg are second in Group A with nine points from five games, while already qualified eight-time champions Lyon clinched the top spot in the group by routing Galatasaray 6-0 away in Istanbul. Roma are third on six points with newcomer Galatasaray last on zero points. In Group B, Chelsea maintained a perfect record by thrashing Twente 6-1 while Real Madrid won 3-0 away at Celtic. Signe Bruun scored twice for Madrid, netting with a long-distance strike in the first half and adding her second with a close-range header in the second. Chelsea and Madrid had both already clinched quarter-final spots. Chelsea lead the group with 15 points, with Madrid three points behind. The two meet in Madrid next week to decide the group winner. Twente have three points and Celtic none.
Daniel Jones Next Team Odds: Contenders jockeying for QB?After his team's 102-89 home win on Wednesday night over Purdue Fort Wayne, Penn State coach Mike Rhoades challenged his team's fan base to show up and make more noise. "Sweat with us," he said at one point. At 5-0, the Nittany Lions haven't had to sweat much to get off to a fast start. They might not have to expend much perspiration to make it 6-0 on Monday when they meet Fordham in a semifinal matchup at the Sunshine Slam tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla. Penn State hasn't played a strong schedule so far, but the team has been impressive. It's averaging 98.2 points per game and 13.8 steals per game, both of which ranked second in Division I through Saturday's play. The Nittany Lions were seventh per kenpom.com in turnover rate, forcing 25.3 per 100 possessions. Point guard Ace Baldwin Jr. is leading the charge, scoring 16.4 points and dishing out 7.8 assists while chipping in 2.6 steals. Zach Hicks has nearly doubled his scoring average from 8.4 last season to 15.8 this season, while Northern Illinois transfer Yanic Konan Niederhauser has beefed up the interior, tallying 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds. Meanwhile, Fordham (3-3) is coming off a 73-71 home loss Friday night against Drexel in New York. The Rams blew a seven-point lead early in the second half and missed a chance to force overtime when leading scorer Jackie Johnson III missed a layup as time expired. Johnson, a UNLV transfer, is averaging 19 points per game and is making nearly 48 percent of his shots as one of three Rams with double-figure scoring averages. Jahmere Tripp scores at an 11.0 clip while Japhet Medor is contributed 10.5, but Fordham is struggling to make shots, canning only 41.5 percent from the field. The Rams were picked for a 14th-place finish in the Atlantic 10 despite returning more scoring than any team in the league except for VCU. Third-year coach Keith Urgo thinks his team can defy low external expectations. "We're experienced and I think we're poised to have a tremendous year," he said. --Field Level Media
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Metro Vancouver’s public transit provider showed off its winter preparations Monday, ahead of what’s expected to be a more severe season than in previous years. TransLink announced plans to increase the use of winter tires, deploy more buses with improved performance in slippery conditions, and implement new anti-icing solutions for overhead trolley wires — among other initiatives. President and General Manager of Coast Mountain Bus Company, Michael McDaniel, says it will be all “hands on deck” to keep Metro Vancouver moving. Coast Mountain will equip 600 TransLink buses with Michelin ‘Grip D’ tires — approximately 40 per cent of the fleet, and 100 more than last year. “We would expand more if the supplier had more supplies. This is a well-sought-after tread pattern right now across our country and in North America, so we are getting as many as we can,” said McDaniel. He says articulated buses — the extra-long vehicles with accordion-folding centres — can be difficult to control on slippery winter roads and often get pulled from deployment and replaced by lower-capacity buses. But this year, the company is launching 16 new articulated buses with “centre drive axles.” The company also uses an anti-icing solution on the overhead wires used by trolley buses. If that fails, the buses are equipped with brass cutters that slice ice as they go. Even with the new technology, McDaniel says the buses are only as good as the roads where they drive. “That’s why, just like every year, we have direct communication with each municipality. So that they can understand what our priority areas are, and they can help clear those.” TransLink says snow and ice are a problem for SkyTrains too, but it runs trains overnight and specialty trains throughout the day to help keep the tracks clear. The director of operations for SkyTrain and the West Coast Express, Will Steep, says employees monitor the front of trains and are ready to de-ice doors that get frozen shut. “As I’m sure many of you have seen, many of our staff use hockey sticks to do this because they are the perfect shape for removing snow from between the door and the body of the train. Having staff ready at station platforms to clear snow from the train doors has proven really effective and also allows us to have more employees on the ground ready to give customers directions as they need,” said Steep. During days of inclement weather, TransLink is urging riders to build in extra travel time and plan commutes using their Trip Planner app.
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