IN BRIEF

EQUESTRIAN

Olympic champ upset in dressage at T&M

Steffen Peters and Ravel earned a score of 77.9 percent from the five-judge panel to win the $100,000 Grand Prix dressage competition at the opening session of the World Cup Final at the Thomas and Mack Center on Thursday.

The German-born and San Diego-based Peters and his Dutch-bred gelding upset Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands, the reigning Olympic champion and five-time World Cup winner, and her substitute horse, IPS Painted Black, by 3.8 points.

The victory was clinched when van Grunsven had to force IPS Painted Black, a newcomer to the world equestrian stage, to change leads at the canter in the middle of their ride. All five judges immediately flashed scores of four points out of a possible 10 for that movement to open the door for Peters and Ravel.

Riding next in the order, the combination that finished fourth in the 2008 Olympics received three eights and a seven for the same maneuver.

The event continues through Sunday.

BASKETBALL

Irish junior Harangody will enter NBA Draft

Notre Dame junior forward Luke Harangody said he will put his name in the NBA Draft but won't hire an agent, meaning he can withdraw before the June 15 deadline.

Harangody, who averaged 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds last season for the Irish, said he sees the next two months as a challenge to prove to NBA teams that he is ready to step up, saying it's similar to the challenge he faced when he arrived at Notre Dame without much fanfare.

Also: Syracuse point guard Jonny Flynn has declared for the NBA Draft and signed with an agent, ending his college career after two seasons. Flynn, who averaged 17.0 points last season, is expected to be a first-round pick.

Xavier junior forward Derrick Brown has declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft but won't hire an agent. He led the Musketeers in rebounding at 6.1 per game and was second in scoring at 13.7 points last season.

Saint Mary's guard Patty Mills will make himself available for the NBA Draft. Mills, a sophomore who averaged 18.7 points last season, said he will not hire an agent.

Former UCLA guard Cameron Dollar, 33, was named coach of Seattle University.

TENNIS

Newlywed Federer falls to doubles partner

Stanislas Wawrinka upset Roger Federer, his Olympic doubles partner, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters at Monaco.

Federer, who got married Saturday, struggled most of the match against the 13th seed, facing 14 break points after getting just 10 days of practice on clay surfaces.

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal took on Nicolas Lapentti in a later match, but rain forced the players off center court after the first game, with Lapentti holding serve against the four-time defending champion to lead 1-0.

Also: Second-seeded Venus Williams was upset in the third round of the Family Circle Cup at Charleston, S.C., falling to 63rd-ranked and 16th-seeded Sabine Lisicki, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

It was the first time Williams had faced Lisicki, a German with a big serve who consistently sent serves of more than 110 mph toward Williams. Lisicki's serve of 123.1 mph at the Australian Open is the second-fastest on the women's tour this year.

MISCELLANEOUS

Partial verdicts returned in Castroneves tax case

Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves might learn today whether he will be facing prison or returning to the track.

Castroneves, his sister and his sports lawyer -- charged in a conspiracy to evade paying taxes on $5.5 million from decade-old race-car deals -- were teased with partial verdicts returned by the 12-member jury in Miami.

The verdicts were not made public. The jury said it reached a verdict on two tax-evasion counts against Castroneves and deadlocked on five others -- including the leading conspiracy charge against the Brazilian.

U.S. District Judge Donald Graham ordered the jurors to continue deliberating.

Also: Alex Cejka, who missed more than three months last year because of neck surgery, shot his best round in nearly two years, a 7-under-par 64, to take a one-stroke lead at the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

His bogey-free round was capped by a 47-foot putt for birdie on the difficult, wind-swept 17th hole.

Lee Janzen was second after a 65, and Trevor Immelman was third at 66. Two-time defending champion Boo Weekley shot 69.

UNLV, led by Therese Koelbaek's even-par 72, is fourth after the first round of the women's Mountain West Conference golf championships in Seaside, Calif.

The Rebels are at 18-over 306, five strokes behind leader New Mexico, with two rounds left. Koelbaek is second individually, two shots behind Jonelle Martinez of Wyoming.

UNLV allowed five unanswered runs and lost to Utah 9-7 in a Mountain West Conference softball game in Salt Lake City. Jaci Hull went 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored for the Rebels (25-15, 2-4 MWC). Laura Briones and Marissa Nichols also homered for UNLV.

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said 3-year-old colt Mafaaz won't run in the Kentucky Derby despite clinching a spot in the field by winning a race in England. Mafaaz finished eighth Saturday in the Blue Grass Stakes.

Georgia's Courtney Kupets won her third all-around title in four years in the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships at Lincoln, Neb.