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Knoch High graduate and University of Michigan sophomore gymnast Natalie Beilstein tied for fourth place in the vault competition with a score of 9.85 at the Big Ten Women's Championships Saturday in Minneapolis.

The effort helped the Wolverines capture the conference title for the fifth straight season.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Novak Djokovic beat top-ranked Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, keeping the Serbian undefeated this year.Djokovic improved to 18-0, including victories at the Australian Open and in Dubai last month. He will move into the No. 2 spot when the ATP Tour rankings are released Monday, having bumped Roger Federer down to third after he lost to Djokovic in the semifinals. Nadal will remain No. 1 with a 14-3 record.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Gary Woodland made only one par on the back nine at the Transitions Championship, and it gave him his first PGA Tour victory and a trip to the Masters.Woodland surged into the lead with three straight birdies, and fell out of it with back-to-back bogeys. Tied for the lead on the final hole at Innisbrook, the big hitter from Kansas holed a 10-foot par putt to finish off a 4-under 67.That proved to be the difference moments later when Webb Simpson also went long on the 18th and his chip down the slope went 20 feet by the hole. Simpson missed the putt to shoot 69 and finished one shot behind.

PHOENIX — Karrie Webb rallied to win the LPGA Founders Cup for her second straight victory, shooting a 6-under 66 to beat Brittany Lincicome and Paula Creamer by a stroke.Webb won when Lincicome bogeyed the final hole, missing a 10-foot par putt.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech hired Billy Gillispie as the new men's basketball coach, two seasons after he was fired at Kentucky.Gillispie will be introduced Wednesday at a news conference, school athletics spokesman Blayne Beal said.

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