LIBERTY, Mo. — The Slippery Rock University football team remains No. 14 in the Division II national rankings released Tuesday by D2football.com.

The Rock moved up to No. 19 on the American Football Coaches Association poll. SRU (5-0, 4-0) travels to California (Pa.) for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday.

SRU is ranked eighth nationally in total offense (530.4 yards per game), rushing offense (287.2) and rushing defense (75.4 yards per game allowed).

SRU women’s soccer gets ranked No. 24

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Slippery Rock University women’s soccer team is ranked No. 24 in the national poll this week.

SRU has won three straight games, six of its last seven, and was 6-2-1 entering Wednesday’s home game with Gannon.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Caitlin Binder, Ali Brosky and Allison Harbart each scored first-half goals as the Slippery Rock University women’s soccer team extended its winning streak to four games with a 3-0 win over Gannon Wednesday afternoon.The shutout was The Rock’s third in the last four games and its sixth overall this season.The Rock (7-2-1, 6-2-1) out-shot Gannon, 14-9.Men’s SoccerThe Slippery Rock University men’s soccer team out-shot Seton Hill, but the Griffins earned a 1-0 win over The Rock (6-4, 3-2).SRU held a 14-5 advantage in shots and a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal.

CONROE, Texas — Adrian Peterson is hoping to go to trial as soon as possible. Whether the star running back for the Minnesota Vikings returns to the playing field any time soon is another question entirely.A Texas judge set a tentative Dec. 1 trial date for Peterson to face a felony charge of child abuse after using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son in suburban Houston earlier this year. Defense attorney Rusty Hardin said after the hearing that Peterson is “chomping at the bit” to defend himself publicly.But the case might not be tried before the end of the year, meaning Peterson — who is on paid leave from the team — may not be back on the field this season. The Vikings' final regular-season game is Dec. 28.

NAPA, Calif. — Lee Westwood was disappointed to see stories from the American team room at the Ryder Cup complaining about Tom Watson as the captain, saying those matters should be kept private and “nothing good can come of all this.”Westwood has played in nine Ryder Cups, winning for the seventh time when Europe beat the Americans at Gleneagles two weeks ago.

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett, facing surgery for a torn labrum in his left hip that caused him to miss most of the last three months of the season, has retired at 34, ending a 14-year career that included two World Series championships.He threw a no-hitter in May, but landed on the disabled list for the third time in early August with a left hip impingement after being on the DL in July for the same injury. He was 6-6 with a 2.88 ERA in 20 starts, including the no-hitter May 25 at Philadelphia.

SAN FRANCISCO — Home run king Barry Bonds posted on Twitter that he needed surgery on his left hip.The 50-year-old Bonds tweeted a smiling photo of himself in a hospital gown announcing the operation on his hip, adding: “I appreciate you all for your prayers. Go Giants.” San Francisco has reached the NL Championship Series for the third time in five years.