Butler High graduate and James Madison University women's soccer junior player Annie Lowry was named the school's female scholar athlete of the year.

Lowry tallied eight goals and six assists last fall, earning first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association and third-team all-region honors in the process.

She maintained a 3.7 grade-point average while majoring in business management.

PITTSBURGH — Suzie McConnell Serio was named coach of Duquesne University's women's basketball team, the school announced Thursday.The former Oakland Catholic coach will replace Dan Durkin, who resigned last month after a 7-20 season that included a 2-12 record in the Atlantic 10 conference.McConnell Serio resigned last year as coach of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, a team she guided to two playoff appearances in three-plus seasons. In 2004, McConnell Serio was named the league's coach of the year.

INDIANAPOLIS — Last season, the NCAA wanted to speed up football games. Next season, it wants more plays.The rules oversight panel Thursday approved two major timing changes that would revert the rules to what they were in 2005 — stopping the clock on possession changes and not starting it on kickoffs until the receiving team touches the ball.Some coaches complained the 2006 changes, which resulted in about 14 fewer plays per game in Division I-A, had altered the game too much. Others said it prevented teams from rallying late in games.

DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios set an NHL record Thursday by playing in the postseason for a 22nd time, facing Calgary in Game 1 of their first-round series.In his 23-season career, Chelios has been relegated to watching the playoffs only once. He has won two Stanley Cups.Hall of Famer Ray Bourque held the previous mark, appearing in 21 postseasons.