Lorena Ochoa closed in on the last point she needs to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, shooting her third consecutive 7-under 66 yesterday to take a five-stroke lead in the Corona Championship in Morella, Mexico.

If Ochoa, 26, wins today, she will become the youngest player to qualify for the Hall of Fame. Se Ri Pak was 26 years and a few months older than Ochoa when she qualified by winning the 2004 Michelob Ultra Open.

The LPGA Tour awards one point for every victory and major award and two points for a major victory. Ochoa still must play 10 years on the LPGA Tour before she becomes eligible for the Hall of Fame, a goal she would reach in the 2012 season.

Ochoa also is in position for her third consecutive victory and fourth in five starts this season. She entered the week with 20 LPGA Tour titles. South Korea's Inbee Park (70) was second at 16 under, and compatriot Song-Hee Kim (71) followed at 13 under.

The United States won its second women's world hockey championship, upsetting Canada, 4-3, behind two goals from Natalie Darwitz in Harbin, China. Angela Ruggiero and Jenny Potter also scored for the United States, which had lost to Canada in nine of the past 10 finals.

Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pac-Man" Jones will again ask NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to reinstate him, with his agent planning to send in his latest request Tuesday. Jones had planned to ask to be reinstated before the NFL draft April 26-27.

• Murray State quarterback Jeff Ehrhardt was charged with pushing a campus police officer and taking his ticket book. The athletic director called this "a prank gone bad." Ehrhardt, a 20-year-old sophomore, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree robbery. He surrendered to the campus public safety office and returned the ticket book after a witness identified him.

Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Fla., because of fever and aches before her semifinal against Maria Sharapova. It is the first time in her 16 years on the WTA tour the three-time Grand Slam champion pulled out of an event because of sickness. Sharapova gets a walkover into today's title match, her first final on clay. The top-seeded Russian will play Dominika Cibulkova, an 18-year-old Slovakian who reached her first WTA final by defeating Alize Cornet, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, in the other semifinal.

The Penn State women's team just missed advancing to the NCAA championships as the Lions finished third at Rec Hall. Georgia finished first with 197.775 points, Denver was second at 195.775 and Penn State third at 195.700.

Kirsty Coventry broke the world's oldest short-course record in Manchester, England. The Zimbabwean continued her spectacular week by winning her fourth gold, in the 200-meter individual medley. Coventry established her third world mark of the world short-course championships in 2 minutes, 6.13 seconds.

Pitt (9-20, 2-9 Big East) dropped a 3-2 decision to Cincinnati (19-11, 9-2) in 11 innings. Sean Conley hit his team-high ninth home run for the Panthers.

The Riverhounds defeated Pitt, 2-0, in a preseason game at Chartiers Valley High School. Travis MacKenzie, a Chartiers Valley grad, and Leon Browne had goals for the Riverhounds, who open their United Soccer League 2nd Division season at 7 p.m. Saturday in Cleveland against the City Stars.

• Nicole Barnhart made a diving save on Brittany Timko's penalty kick to give the United States a 6-5 shootout victory against Canada in the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying final in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. won the shootout after the teams finished regulation tied, 0-0, and 30 extra minutes tied, 1-1.