Mediate Shoots 68 for Colonial Lead

It’s been three years since Rocco Mediate won on the PGA Tour, so part of Saturday was spent in getting reacquainted with the notoriety that comes with a two-under-par 68 and the third-round lead of the 50th Colonial at Ft. Worth, Texas.

“I looked at the leader board every chance I got, and it was neat to see my name up there,” he said, laughing. “I could get comfortable with that.”

Mediate played through the wind and heat to a 54-hole total of 202 and a one-shot lead over Corey Pavin, who shot a 67 for 203 and was two shots ahead of Fred Couples (68).

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Dave Stockton matched Bob Murphy’s one-day-old course-record of 10-under-par 62 and joined Murphy at 11-under 133 for the second-round lead of the NFL Classic Senior PGA Tour event in Clifton, N.J. . . . Colin Montgomerie overcame a double-bogey on the par-three fifth hole and shot a five-under-par 67 to take a three-shot lead over Ian Woosnam after three rounds of the Benson & Hedges International in England.

Tennis

New Mexico’s Tad Berkowitz and Javier Gutierrez upset the top-ranked collegiate doubles team, Justin Gimelstob and Srdjan Muskatirovic of UCLA, 9-8 (9-7), but the top-seeded Bruins held the Lobos off, 4-2, in the first round of the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga.

In another match, Fresno State beat Pepperdine, 4-1.

Thomas Muster persevered in Rome for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Alberto Costa to advance to the Italian Open final, where he will meet Richard Krajicek, who beat Wayne Ferreira, 6-3, 6-3. . . . Steffi Graf beat Iva Majoli, 7-5, 6-1, in Berlin to reach her 11th German Open final. Graf will play Karina Habsudova, who beat Elena Likhovtseva, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

Soccer

Michelle Akers scored on a 25-yard shot in the 63rd minute for her 91st goal in international play and the only goal in a 1-0 victory for the United States over China in the U.S. Women’s Cup in Washington.

A Lisbon soccer fan, Rui Mendes, 36, died after a rocket-type firecracker hit him in the stomach during the Portugal Cup final between intracity rivals Sporting and Benfica, won by Benfica, 3-1.

Lorenzo Amoruso and Gabriel Batistuta scored for Fiorentina, which won its first Italian Cup title in 21 years, beating Atalanta of Bergamo, 2-0, in Bergamo. . . . FC Barcelona fired its coach, Johan Cruyff, after eight years.

Auto Racing

Michael Schumacher gave Ferrari the pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix when he was timed in 1 minute 20.356 seconds on the 2.068-mile circuit. . . . Bob Glidden covered the quarter-mile in 7.202 seconds at 179.53 mph to beat Warren Johnson in the National Hot Rod Assn. Pro Stock Challenge in Englishtown, N.J.

Miscellany

Phillip Holiday (28-0) of South Africa retained his International Boxing Federation lightweight title in Melbourne, stopping Australian Jeff Fenech (28-3-1) at 2 minutes 18 seconds of the second round. . . . Pasadena City College has suspended its baseball program, according to Coach Tom Cano. . . . Rich Weiss, Horace Holden, Wayne Dickert, David Hearn and Dana Chladek won events at Oconee River, Tenn., to make the U.S. Olympic whitewater team.

Jurisprudence

Ohio State defensive end Matthew Finkes, 21, and Ohio University quarterback Chet Feldman, 20, were charged with assault and resisting arrest after two Ohio University students complained the players threw full cans of beer at them near the Athens, Ohio, campus. . . . Five people, including Baylor noseguard Roderick Kinney and former quarterback Kevin Rhea, were arrested for allegedly using a stolen credit card number to buy electronic equipment.