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Kendra Kepple had five kills and Rachel Suddoth added four digs as the Butler County Community College volleyball team routed Pitt-Titusville 25-1, 25-3, 25-6.

The Pioneers (14-4, 5-0) will host Penn Highlands at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Dig Pink match.

MIAMI — Joe Philbin was fired four games into his fourth season as coach of the Miami Dolphins, and one day after a flop on an international stage that helped to seal his fate.Tight ends coach Dan Campbell, who has been with the Dolphins since 2010, was promoted to interim coach. He has no previous head coaching experience.“I'm not here just to finish the season up,” Campbell said. “That's not my plan. We're coming here to win games. It's still early. We have time to turn everything around. But we can't wait.”The Dolphins (1-3) lost their third game in a row and turned in their fourth consecutive lackluster performance when they were beaten Sunday in London by the archrival New York Jets, 27-14.

WASHINGTON — Manager Matt Williams was fired by the Washington Nationals after a season in which the team went from World Series favorite to failing to make the playoffs.The club announced the move a day after finishing the regular season barely above .500 at 83-79, second to the New York Mets in the NL East.Williams is gone after only two seasons in his first job as a skipper in the majors. Last year, he was voted NL Manager of the Year after the Nationals finished with the best record in the league. In February, the Nationals exercised his 2016 contract option.

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn has dismissed senior wide receiver D'haquille Williams from the team.Coach Gus Malzahn announced the decision, saying he gave Williams “the chance to prove himself.” But he added there must be consequences “when individuals fail to meet the expectations of our program.”Malzahn didn't elaborate.Williams was having a disappointing season after coming in rated by NFL draft analysts as one of the nation's top receiver prospects. He had 12 catches for 147 yards and one touchdown.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from the city of San Jose in its bid to lure baseball's Athletics from Oakland to the South Bay.The justices left in place lower court rulings that dismissed the city's antitrust claims against Major League Baseball, which blocked the Athletics' contemplated move to San Jose.

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