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Despite playing a man down for the final 30 minutes, Phoenix Rising FC earned a point on the road in a 1-1 with defending USL Champion San Antonio.
Arizona made it interesting late, cutting Frisco's lead to 49-42 with five minutes left, but the Fighters were able to eat the clock and get a field goal to seal the win with 9 seconds remaining. The Arizona Rattlers have their toughest road game of the season Saturday at 5:05 p.m., playing at the 4-0 Frisco Fighters in Texas in the Indoor Football League.
San Antonio is coming off a 1-0 loss at Louisville City last weekend. The Rising earned a 1-1 result at home against Monterey Bay on Saturday.Stanford sophomore Rose Zhang, the top-ranked amateur in the world, won the Pac-12 women’s golf championship at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix on Wednesday, shooting 12-under 204 to tie the lowest score in championship history.
Earlier this month Zhang, who also on Wednesday set the record for most weeks at No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking at 136 weeks, won the biggest title of her career thus far, capturing the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.Midfielder Julie Ertz of Mesa has signed a one-year contract with Angel City that will bring her back to the National Women’s Soccer League after a nearly two-year absence.
Ertz is also vying for one of the 23 U.S. roster spots for this summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The 31-year-old was on the American squads that won World Cups in 2015 and 2019.The Cardinals announced on Monday they have signed free-agent quarterback Jeff Driskel to a one-year contract.
In other developments, the Cardinals were awarded their waiver claim on former Falcons safety Jovante Moffatt.
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