Bruin digest

The women’s rowing team completed its fall season with a
fourth-place finish at the Head of the Lake Competition in Seattle
on Sunday. The Bruins, who finished the 4700-meter course in
16:28.38, finished 18 seconds behind first-place Washington and 15
seconds behind Pac-10 rival Stanford. However, the Bruins did beat
out other conference competitors, notably Washington State. Liz
Pallas-Jacobs (stroke), Kristin Bixel, Elizabeth Lee, Jessica
Rogers, Monica Grova, Kelsey Hicks, Lauren Hamann and Emina Ong
(cox) comprised the Bruins’ lineup on Sunday’s
race.

BASKETBALL: The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals decided to uphold the NCAA’s
“two-in-four” rule, which prevents Division I
institutions from participating in certified contests more than
twice every four years. The rule was originally implemented to
allow student-athletes at different schools to participate in
various tournaments rather than restricting them to the usual
elites. However, a lower court had restricted the NCAA from
enforcing the rule after Worldwide Basketball, Sports Tours and a
group of other college basketball promoters filed a lawsuit in
2000. Those groups argued that many preseason tournaments would
collapse if the two-in-four rule was upheld. However, judges from
the Sixth Circuit felt these promoters did not adequately
demonstrate how the rule restricted free trade.
FOOTBALL: Adam Merritt, a member of
Oklahoma’s spirit group, plans to press charges after he lost
two teeth and was knocked unconscious in a collision with Nebraska
offensive lineman Darren DeLone. Witnesses claimed DeLone rammed
his helmet into Merritt’s face and shoved the freshman into a
brick wall during the Cornhuskers’ pre-game warm-up for
Saturday’s game in Norman. Nebraska issued a statement
acknowledging the incident while coach Bill Callahan indicated that
he felt “really, really terrible” about it but also
said that the spirit group’s position so close to the end
zone was a contributing factor.

Compiled by staff and wire reports.