IN BRIEF

UNLV

Men's golf team wins New Mexico tourney

The UNLV men's golf team, paced by co-medalist Eddie Olson, won the William H. Tucker Invitational on Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M.

The Rebels shot 5-under 283 in the third round to post a 12-under 852 total, rallying from a five-shot deficit to host New Mexico. The Lobos finished 11 strokes back in second, falling apart with an 11-over 299 round for a 1-under 863 total.

Olson charged from sixth to a tie for first individually with his 2-under 70 for a 5-under 211 total, tied with Colorado's Derek Tolan.

UNLV's Derek Ernst (71) tied for fifth at 214, Seung-su Han (71) was 10th at 216, Brett Kanda (71) tied for 11th at 217, and Ji Moon (77) tied for 16th (220).

Also: The UNLV volleyball team lost to New Mexico 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 at Cox Pavilion.

The Rebels (8-7, 2-1 Mountain West Conference) were led by Melody Nua's 36 assists and 10 digs. Samantha Richard had a match-high 14 kills, and Jessica Walters added 10 kills.

Kristina Nedeltcheva advanced in the singles top flight at the UNLV Women's Tennis Fall Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Nedeltcheva beat Missouri's Kaitlyn Ritchie, 6-0, 6-1. The Rebels' Katy Williams beat Missouri's Mallory Weber 6-4, 6-1 to advance in flight two, and Adrienn Hidvegi beat Northern Arizona's Aimee Oki 6-0, 6-1 in flight four.

Nedeltcheva and Williams also won the top flight doubles title, and Anna Maskaljun and Alisa Razina teamed to win the flight two doubles title.

CYCLING

Armstrong's return could be delayed

Lance Armstrong might not be able to start his comeback in January in Australia because of the doping rules that apply to riders coming out of retirement.

Elite riders need to be in the sport's anti-doping program for six months before they can race, cycling's governing body said Saturday. The UCI will discuss with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency whether the seven-time Tour de France winner has met that requirement. The UCI said it will decide next week if Armstrong can race in the Tour Down Under, set for Jan. 20-25.

On Sept. 8, USADA confirmed to the Associated Press that Armstrong was part of its out-of-competition testing pool and said he would be eligible for elite competition on Feb. 1, 2009.

UCI president Pat McQuaid said Saturday "the rules must be respected."

Also: Nicole Cooke of Britain became the first cyclist, male or female, to win world and Olympic road race titles in the same year, beating Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in a sprint finish at the world championships in Varese, Italy.

TENNIS

Roddick, Jankovic net finals berths in China

Second-seeded Andy Roddick will take on unheralded Dudi Sela in the China Open final, and Jelena Jankovic will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the women's title match in Beijing.

Roddick was pushed hard by unseeded Bjorn Phau before winning 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1, and Sela overpowered No. 7 Rainer Schuettler, 6-3, 6-3.

On the women's side, Jankovic fought off No. 5 Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, and Kuznetsova disappointed a noisy home crowd, beating China's Zheng Jie, 7-6 (3), 7-5.

Also: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga set up a rematch of their Australian Open final by winning semifinals at the Thailand Open in Bangkok, Thailand.

Djokovic beat Thomas Berdych 7-5, 6-1, and the second-seeded Tsonga ousted fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils, 6-0, 6-3.

MISCELLANEOUS

Jones stops Arslan, claims WBA crown

Guillermo Jones of Panama stopped Firat Arslan in the 10th round to win the WBA cruiserweight title in Hamburg, Germany.

Jones hurt the German fighter with a series of bruising blows to the head, and the fight was stopped with 27 seconds left in the 10th.

The 36-year-old Panamanian, who was the top-ranked challenger, improved to 36-3-2. Arslan, 38, dropped to 29-4-1.

Also: Sophia Young hit a 14-foot turnaround shot at the buzzer to lift the host San Antonio Silver Stars to a 67-66 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, forcing a Game 3 in the WNBA Western Conference finals.

Los Angeles had rallied from a 14-point deficit to take a one-point lead with 1.3 seconds left on Delisha Milton-Jones' layup.