Charlotte Messer of Camden Hills, the Maine Sunday Telegram girls’ soccer Player of the Year, signed her National Letter of Intent to play for the University of Maine women’s soccer team.
Messer tied Camden Hills’ career goals record of 67 with her game-winning overtime goal in the Class A final against Gorham. It was the Windjammers’ first girls’ soccer state title.
Messer scored 26 goals and added 17 assists in her senior season.
Croatia’s Franko Skugor beat Pablo Carreno Busta 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2), then Roberto Bautista Agut evened the score by beating Ante Pavic 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
Croatia, last year’s runner-up, is without its three top players, Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, and Ivan Dodig.
Spain is without Rafael Nadal.
Italy’s Paolo Lorenzo defeated Guido Pella 6-3, and Andreas Seppi won over Carlos Berlocq 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (6).
Italy could knock out the Argentines in the doubles on Saturday, when Diego Schwartzman and Leonardo Mayer face Seppi and Simone Bolelli.
Her withdrawal sends Russian wild card Natalia Vikhlyantseva into the semifinals.
Vikhlyantseva, ranked 115th in the world, will next play Kristina Mladenovic, who beat defending champion Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4.
Also, second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova advanced as did by beating fifth-seeded Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-3.
The Slovak will face Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, who surprised third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5.
With the U. S. scoreless streak at 280 minutes, Benny Feilhaber, Dax McCarty and Morris put together a nice combination for the game’s only goal.
After weeks of debate, aldermen on Friday voted to place on the April 4 ballot a measure asking voters to approve $60 million in funding for the stadium that would be built near Union Station.
The game at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will be played at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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