Rosales Loses Nerve, Shares Lead

Scoreboard shock cost USC freshman Jennifer Rosales sole possession of first place heading into the final round of the NCAA Division I women’s golf championship at Madison, Wis.

When Rosales glanced up at No. 17 on Friday and realized she had passed Arizona State freshman Grace Park, she got so unnerved she hit her tee shot in the water.

“I felt like jumping into the water myself,” Rosales said. “I almost fainted. I just saw my name on the scoreboard and thought, ‘Oh my God! I’m leading!’ And I just choked.”

But Rosales, who shot a one-over-par 73, moved back into a tie when Park bogeyed the same hole on her way to a five-over 77 after consecutive 65s. Each player is at nine-under 207.

Arizona State has a 14-stroke lead over Florida after three rounds.

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Harrison Frazar shot a three-under 67 and clung to a two-shot lead over Mark Calcavecchia, Kenny Perry and Jim Furyk after two rounds of the MasterCard Colonial at Fort Worth.

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After winning for the first time in seven years at Kansas City last week, Larry Ziegler has a share of the first-round lead in the Senior PGA Bell Atlantic Classic in Avondale, Pa. Ziegler and Dale Douglass shot four-under 68s.

Auto Racing

Pole-sitter Bobby Labonte and Dick Trickle escaped injury after crashing during practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway for today’s Carquest Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Busch Grand National race.

Labonte plans to repair the No. 44 Pontiac so he can remain on the front row of the 300-mile race. Trickle will go to a backup car, meaning he’ll start at the rear.

Tennis

Australian Open champion Petr Korda led the Czech Republic into the finals of the World Team Cup at Duesseldorf, Germany, with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Mark Philippoussis of Australia.

The United States finished with a 0-3 record in the event, losing to Sweden, 2-1.

Chile’s Marcelo Rios downed Italy’s Andrea Gaudenzi, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the final of the Raiffeisen Grand Prix at St. Poelten, Austria. He will face unseeded American Vince Spadea, who beat defending champion Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay, 6-3, 6-0.

Irina Spirlea and Julie Halard-Decugis reached the Strasbourg Open final. Spirlea beat Alexandra Fusai, 7-5, 6-3, and Halard-Decugis defeated Elena Likhovtseva, 6-3, 7-6. . . . Patty Schnyder beat top-seeded Sandrine Testud, 6-4, 7-5, at the Madrid Open and will face Dominique Van Roost in the final. Van Roost defeated Barbara Schett, 6-2, 6-2. . . . Florida, Stanford, Duke and Georgia, the four top-seeded schools, advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA women’s championships at South Bend, Ind.

Miscellany

Irish swimmer Michelle Smith’s second urine sample apparently has the same signs of physical manipulation found in the first specimen, her lawyer said. FINA said last month Smith’s first sample showed “unequivocal signs of adulteration.” . . . The Jacksonville Jaguars signed running back James Stewart to a two-year deal worth $3.2 million. . . . The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed forward Paul Ranheim. . . . Amanda Scott of Fresno State threw a no-hitter and Nancy Evans of Arizona threw a one-hitter as their softball teams both won, 8-0, at Oklahoma City to remain unbeaten in the Women’s College World Series.