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Maria Baroffio, a junior guard for the St. Vincent College women's basketball team, received the President's Athletic Conference Coaches Honor, the equivalent of All-PAC recognition for provisional members of NCAA Division III.

Baroffio, a 5-8 guard from Butler, finished the regular season as the Lady Bearcats' leading scorer with 13.8 points per game, the third-highest in the PAC.

She also led the team with 38 three-pointers and averaged 2.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and shot 70.3 percent from the free-throw line.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Shaquille O'Neal's regular season could be over. Now the Cavaliers hope the center they acquired for the postseason will be back in time for the playoffs.O'Neal will undergo surgery Monday to repair his injured right thumb. He was examined Sunday by Dr. Thomas Graham at the National Hand Center in Baltimore. Graham will perform the surgery.The Cavaliers said they will update a timeline for his return following the procedure.

SINGAPORE — Ai Miyazato won the HSBC Champions on Sunday to become the first LPGA Tour player in 44 years to sweep the first two events of a season, closing with 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr.Miyazato, the 24-year-old Japanese star who won the LPGA Thailand last week, took the lead with a birdie on the par-4 16th — a hole she played in 5 under for the week — and parred the final two holes to finish at 10 under on Tanah Merah's Garden Course.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hunter Mahan won the Phoenix Open for his second PGA Tour title, coming from four strokes back to beat Rickie Fowler by a shot in a 1-2 finish for former Oklahoma State players.The 27-year-old Mahan had an eagle and a pair of birdies in a late four-hole span to finish at 16-under 268. Mahan, whose first victory came at the 2007 Travelers Championship, closed with consecutive bogey-free 6-under 65s.Fowler, just 21 and a tour rookie, had a final-round 68.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Venus Williams came from a set down to defend her Mexican Open title, while David Ferrer defeated good friend and fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to end his 14-match winning streak.Williams beat Polona Hercog 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday night for her second consecutive title — this one on clay to go with Dubai a week ago on hard courts.

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