2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 13 (September 12)
As a result, she was penalized for another code violation, for unsportsmanlike conduct, meaning a point penalty for Williams, which meant that Clijsters was awarded the match 6–4 7–5 without playing the match point. Williams later admitted that she was "pretty sure" she did foot fault. After securing her thirteenth straight win at the US Open, Clijsters went on to play Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki in the final, who beat her unseeded opponent Yanina Wickmayer 6–3 6–3.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 13)
In the first match, Juan Martín del Potro defeated third-ranked Rafael Nadal easily, winning 6–2, 6–2, 6-2 and became the first finalist of the men's singles tournament. Del Potro's convincing victory, which echoed Caroline Wozniacki's takedown of crowd favorite Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals, set the twenty-year-old Argentine up for his first Grand Slam final.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 13)
In the second semifinal of the women's doubles championship Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs in three sets and they became finalist of the championship to defend which they got in 2008.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 13)
Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won the men's doubles defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles also in three sets.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 13)
Del Potro's opponent in the men's championship match was decided in a contest between world number one Roger Federer and fourth-ranked Novak Djokovic, who lost to Federer in the final of the 2007 U.S. Open. Federer dispatched his opponent in straight sets, winning 7-6(3), 7–5, 7–5, to round out the final two players remaining from an original draw of 128 men's professional tennis players.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 14 (September 13)
In the women's final, unranked Kim Clijsters capped off an impressive return to professional tennis with a win over ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, winning 7–5, 6–3, for her second Grand Slam title.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (September 14)
The Williams sisters beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber in straight sets to win the women's doubles championship, 6-2 6–2.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (September 14)
Juan Martín del Potro defeated Roger Federer in five sets. In so doing he became the third Argentine to win the US Open title, and the first South American to win a men's Grand Slam event on a hard court.


2009 US Open (tennis), Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (September 14)
There was some controversy during the presentation ceremony when the Master of Ceremonies initially refused to allow del Potro the time to speak in Spanish as he was under pressure from his American television network, CBS, to get the ceremony over with so that it could return to its regularly scheduled programming.


2009 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Singles
Juan Martín del Potro defeated  Roger Federer, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2


2009 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý /  Leander Paes defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mark Knowles, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2


2009 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's Doubles
Serena Williams /  Venus Williams defeated  Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 6–2, 6–2


2009 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Carly Gullickson /  Travis Parrott defeated  Cara Black /  Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–4.


2009 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Márton Fucsovics /  Hsieh Cheng-peng defeated  Julien Obry /  Adrien Puget, 7–6(5), 5–7, [10–1]


2009 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Valeria Solovieva /  Maryna Zanevska defeated  Elena Bogdan /  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]


2009 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet /  Stefan Olsson defeated  Maikel Scheffers /  Ronald Vink, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4


2009 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Korie Homan /  Esther Vergeer defeated  Daniela DiToro /  Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2


2009 US Open (tennis), Wheelchair, Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor /  David Wagner defeated  Johan Andersson /  Peter Norfolk, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3


2009 US Open (tennis), Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draw.


2009 US Open (tennis), Qualifiers
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering the main draw.


2009 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2009 US Open Series
In tennis, the sixth edition of the US Open Series (known as Olympus US Open Series for sponsorship reasons), included ten hard court tournaments started on July 20 in Indianapolis and ended in New Haven, Connecticut on August 29. This edition has scheduled five separate men's tournaments, four women's tournaments, and the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament hosted both a men's and women's event. The series included two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events to headline the series.


2009 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
To be included in the standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player had to have countable results from two different tournaments. Players finishing in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open. Roger Federer received the largest US Open pay day of $2.4 million in 2007 after capturing the title in both the US Open Series and the US Open championship.


2009 US Open Series, US Open Series standings, ATP
Olympus US Open Series standings as of August 30, 2009.


2009 US Open Series, US Open Series standings, WTA
Olympus US Open Series standings as of August 24, 2009.


2009 US Open Series, Week 1, ATP - Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Andy Roddick was scheduled to receive the number one seeding in this event, but pulled out due to a right hip flexor injury before the main draw was held. Instead 24th ranked Dmitry Tursunov, headlined the event. In the second round Sam Querrey avenged his final round loss at Newport with a straight sets win over fellow American Rajeev Ram. Canadian Frank Dancevic upset number one seeded Dmitry Tursunov to reach the semifinals where he was ousted by Sam Querrey in the semifinal in straight sets. Robby Ginepri neutralized the fast-serving 6'10" American John Isner to set up an All-American final on championship Sunday.


2009 US Open Series, Week 2, ATP - LA Tennis Open
On the day one all seeded players advanced, save Lu Yen-Hsun who lost in straight sets to Latvian Ernests Gulbis. After winning the first US Open Series title of the season, Robby Ginepri lost to former world No.1 Marat Safin in three sets. Indianapolis semifinalist John Isner and finalist Sam Querrey advanced to the second round after defeating Benjamin Becker and Denis Istomin, respectively.


2009 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Niki Moser and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2009 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Márton Fucsovics and Hsieh Cheng-peng won in the finals 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–1] against Julien Obry and Adrien Puget.


2009 US Open – Boys' Singles
Grigor Dimitrov was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2009 US Open – Boys' Singles
Bernard Tomic won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Chase Buchanan.


2009 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sandra Roma were the defending champions, but Roma chose not to participate in the Juniors that year. Lertcheewakarn partnered with Elena Bogdan, but Valeria Solovieva and Maryna Zanevska defeated them in the final 1–6, 6–3 [10–7].


2009 US Open – Girls' Singles
The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.


2009 US Open – Girls' Singles
In 2009, the girls' singles event was won by Heather Watson of the United Kingdom who beat Yana Buchina of Russia, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2009 US Open – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals against Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes.


2009 US Open – Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles
Juan Martín del Potro defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open. Del Potro became the first Argentine man to win the title since Guillermo Vilas in 1977. This was del Potro's first and so far only major title, although he would reach a second final in 2018. This was also the first final since 1999 to contain 5 sets.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles
Federer was two championship points away from winning the title in the fourth set, as he was attempting to become the first man to win a sixth consecutive US Open title in the Open Era, the first since Bill Tilden in 1925. He was also vying to become the first man to win Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard court in the same calendar year after he won the French Open and Wimbledon earlier that year, and the first player to win the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open in the same calendar year since Rod Laver in 1969.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles
He was on a 41-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows prior to defeat to del Potro. It was the only major not won by the Big Four between the 2005 Australian Open and the 2014 Australian Open, a span of 35 events. This was also where former champion Marat Safin made his final grand slam appearance.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles
For the first time in US Open history, none of the American players reached the quarterfinals.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles
This is the only Grand Slam where Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal made it to the semi-finals, but none of them won the championship.


2009 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2009 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Cara Black and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but were defeated by Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott in the final 2–6, 4–6.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Stefan Olsson won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 against Maikel Scheffers and Ronald Vink.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda won in the final 6–0, 6–0 against Maikel Scheffers.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner won in the final 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3 against Johan Andersson and Peter Norfolk.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Peter Norfolk won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 against David Wagner.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows, starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks. The tournament consists of five main championship events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, with additional tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
In 2009, the wheelchair women's doubles event was won by Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer, both of the Netherlands, who beat Daniela DiToro of Australia and Florence Gravellier of France, 6-2, 6-2 in the final.


2009 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer was the defending champion in 2007 and successfully defended her title beating Korie Homan with a score of 6–0, 6–0. The event was not held in 2008 due to a schedule conflict with the 2008 Summer Paralympics.


2009 US Open – Women's Doubles
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated them  in the final 6–2, 6–2. In their Runner-Up acceptance speech, Black/Huber commented, "We're the number one doubles team in the world but that's clearly not the case when these two are in the draw."


2009 US Open – Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open. It was her second US Open title and her second Major singles title overall. She became the first unseeded player and wild card to win the US Open, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980 Wimbledon Championships. Following her win, she appeared at 19th in the rankings. This was the first time since the 2007 Australian Open where Clijsters participated in a major, as she was just returning to the sport.


2009 US Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Clijsters after Williams was given a point penalty for a foot fault, which set up two match points for Clijsters.


2009 US Open – Women's Singles
Clijsters became the second player to beat both Williams sisters in a major, after Justine Henin two years earlier.


2009 US Open – Women's Singles
This was the final major appearance for two-time major champion Amélie Mauresmo, who lost to Aleksandra Wozniak in the second round. This was also the final major singles appearance of Ai Sugiyama, who was on a record-breaking 62nd consecutive Grand Slam women’s singles appearance, losing in the first round to Samantha Stosur. Sugiyama's record remains standing.


2009 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (women)
The tenth annual 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a women's basketball tournament that took place on November 26–28, 2009. Eight teams from the NCAA were invited to participate in the tournament. The teams were separated into two brackets, the Reef Division and the Island Division. The Reef Division consisted of Mississippi State, Rutgers, Southern California and Texas. The Island Division consisted of Notre Dame, Oklahoma, San Diego State and South Carolina


2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (women), Island Division, Final standings
†  Indicates team advanced directly to the championship game *  Indicates team advanced to the semifinal game


2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour
The 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the third year of this elite men's professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.


2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour
Christian Vande Velde (272 points) and the Garmin/Chipotle Pro Cycling Team (711 points) are the defending champion of the overall individual and team titles, respectively.


2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour, Events
The 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 13 one-day races and stage races:


2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 25–28 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The competition acted as a way of selecting the United States team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin later that year.


2009 USA Sevens
The 2009 USA Sevens competition took place on February 14 and 15 at Petco Park in San Diego, California. It was the fourth Cup trophy in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. The USA Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens. Argentina won the 2009 USA Sevens, defeating England 19–14 in the cup final.


2009 USA Sevens
This was the last edition of the USA Sevens to be held in San Diego. Starting with the 2010 edition, the event was moved to Sam Boyd Stadium near Las Vegas.


2009 USA Team Handball College Nationals
The 2009 College Nationals was the 14th Men's and Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determined the College National Champion from 2009 from the US.


2009 USA Team Handball Nationals
The 2009 Nationals was the 39th Men's Elite and Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determined the National Champion from 2019 from the US.


2009 USA-Brazil Challenge
The 2009 USA-Brazil Challenge was a curling challenge held from January 30 to February 1, 2009 at the Bismarck Capital Curling Club in Bismarck, North Dakota. This was the first Americas Challenge.


2009 USA-Brazil Challenge
The challenge featured the Brazilian national men's curling team against an American team in a best-of-five series. The winner would get to represent the second team from the Americas at the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. Canada automatically qualifies as both hosts and defending champions.


2009 USA-Brazil Challenge
Until 2009, the United States (and Canada) have always automatically qualified on account of no other country in the Americas fielding curling teams. However, in 2008 the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation felt that their men's curling team had a high enough calibre that they were ready to  face off with the Americans.


2009 USA-Brazil Challenge
The American team was represented by Todd Birr, whose team was highest on the U.S. Order of Merit as of December 31, 2008 and who qualified for the 2009 United States Olympic Curling Trials.


2009 USA-Brazil Challenge
The Brazilians were represented by their national team, which trained at the Lennoxville Curling Club in Lennoxville, Quebec. They are all students at the Université de Sherbrooke.


2009 USC Trojans football team
The 2009 USC Trojans football team (variously "Trojans" or "USC") represented the University of Southern California during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and was coached by Pete Carroll, who was in his ninth and final season at USC. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in Pac-10 play and won the Emerald Bowl over Boston College 24–13.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, San Jose State
The #4 Trojans opened their season against the lightly regarded San Jose Spartans. Though the Spartans outscored USC 3-0 in the 1st quarter of play, the Trojans quickly recovered, scoring 56 consecutive points for a 53-point victory.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
A crowd of 106,033, the largest in Ohio Stadium history, were in attendance as the #3 USC Trojans came to Columbus, Ohio to face the #8 Ohio State Buckeyes. Both teams showed great defense with the game close at the half tied 10–10. After a safety and a field goal, Ohio State led 15–10 with less than five minutes to go. However, Matt Barkley and the Trojans drove down the field to score a touchdown and a two-point conversion to end the game. The final score was USC 18, Ohio State 15, with the Buckeyes losing to the Trojans for the second straight year.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington
The Huskies became the latest Pac-10 team to upset the Trojans, only two Pacific-10 Conference teams have failed to beat USC during the Pete Carroll era: Arizona and Arizona State. Other Pac-10 teams have defeated USC at least once during this period; Oregon State did it twice, 2006 and again in 2008, as did Stanford in 2001 and 2007 (and would do so again in 2009).


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
The Trojans dominated the Bears, scoring the most points since their season opener against San Jose State.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The Trojans marched into South Bend ranked #6 in the nation after a 30-3 beating of #24 Cal. The Fighting Irish lived up to their name, staying with highly ranked USC through two quarters, only trailing by 6 points, 13-7. In the third quarter, the Trojans started to run away with the game, outscoring Notre Dame 14-7. Going into the fourth quarter, USC had a commanding lead, 27-14. USC scored another touchdown early in the fourth quarter to go ahead, 34-14. It looked like Notre Dame would get beat badly by their rivals once again.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
But, it wasn't to be for the Fighting Irish. Instead of losing by double digits to the Trojans again, they rallied and found themselves down 34-27 with 1 second left at the USC 1-yard-line. Jimmy Clauson fired an incomplete pass and USC extended their winning streak over Notre Dame to 8. The freshman Matt Barkley attempted 29 passes, completing 19, on his way to 380 yards and 2 touchdowns. Clauson went 24-43 with  a mere 260 yards and 2 touchdowns. Anthony McCoy led the Trojans (5-1) in receiving yards with 5 catches for 153 yards. Notre Dame's (4-2) leading receiver was Golden Tate with 8 catches for 117 yards.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
Last year the #1 Trojans went to Corvallis and were upset 27–21. It was the second straight trip to Corvallis for USC that resulted in defeat. Jacquizz Rodgers ran for 187 yards on 37 carries and two touchdowns in the win last year. Oregon State was the second Pac-10 Conference school to have beaten USC twice during the Pete Carroll era in 2006 and 2008 (Stanford was first with victories in 2001 and 2007 (and would do so again in 2009).


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
The last time Oregon State won against USC in the Coliseum was when Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President of the United States.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
USC scored first when quarterback Matt Barkley passed to Anthony McCoy for an 8-yard touchdown. The Beavers got on the scoreboard with two field goal kicks from Justin Kahut (both 48 yards). In the second quarter, Matt Barkley completed a pass to Ronald Johnson for a 22 yards touchdown. On second and goal, Barkley rushed for a 1-yard touchdown for the Trojans. Kahut kicked a 33-yard field goal for Oregon State just before the half.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
In the third quarter, Sean Canfield passed to Jacquizz Rodgers for a 6-yard touchdown for the Beavers on a 3:06-drive that took 8 plays for 61 yards. The Trojans countered with a 7-play drive for 70 yards with Allen Bradford rushing for 2 yards for a touchdown. Canfield narrowed Oregon State's gap by completing a 15-yard scoring pass to Damola Adeniji. USC answered with Allen Bradford scoring a 43-yard touchdown.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
Oregon State became the first team to score more than 10 points on the Trojans in their last ten home games.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Prior to the game, USC had lost three in a row in the state of Oregon, but had won four of the last five against the Ducks. The Trojans lost the game 47–20, which was the worst defeat suffered by USC since 1997.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Stanford's 55–21 victory was the highest number of points any team had scored against a USC Trojans football team in the 121-year history of Trojan football. The 34-point loss was the worst defeat USC had suffered since 1966. This was Stanford's third victory against USC in their last five games against each other at the Coliseum (Stanford winning 2001, 2007, and 2009, with USC winning in 2003 and 2005), with USC having defeated every non-Stanford opponent in the Coliseum since 2001, going 47–2 since Stanford's September 29, 2001 victory in the Coliseum.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
It was the first defeat in a November game for the Trojans under Coach Pete Carroll's nine-season tenure. For the first time in since Carroll's first season, USC lost more than two games in one season. For the second time in three weekends, Carroll suffered the worst loss of his USC tenure (the other being the Oregon game). This was the largest margin of victory for Stanford in a Stanford-USC game since the two teams' rivalry began in 1918.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Harbaugh became the only coach in college football with a winning record against Carroll, going 2–1 in the three times the two coaches have faced each other. Stanford would eclipse the all-time point spread record it set from the 2007 Stanford vs. Southern California football game, as USC was a 41-point favorite.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
UCLA–USC rivalry game for the Victory Bell, which the Trojans retained by defeating the Bruins 28–7. Both teams wore home jerseys, in a tradition that was restarted the previous year, with the Bruins wearing their 1966 throwback powder blue jerseys. The final two minutes of the game proved to be interesting. With the Trojans leading 21–7 after a touchdown with 1:30 in the fourth quarter, and having possession of the ball after UCLA turned it over on downs, Carroll instructed his quarterback to take a knee. Rick Neuheisel then called a timeout to stop the clock. On second down, the Trojans immediately connected on a 48-yard pass play for their fourth touchdown of the game. USC beat UCLA for the 10th time in 11 years, but the late touchdown pass stirred passions in the crosstown rivalry and lead to a benches-clearing incident.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona
Arizona's defeat of the Trojans gave the Wildcats their first win over USC during the Pete Carroll era. Arizona was also the first non-Stanford team in the Pac-10 to defeat the Trojans in the Coliseum under Carroll (Stanford had defeated Carroll's teams in the Coliseum in 2001, 2007, and 2009). Arizona State is the only Pac-10 team to never beat the Trojans during Carroll's tenure.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Boston College
This marked the first time USC played in the Emerald Bowl. On December 26, 2009 at AT&T Park in San Francisco California, attended by 40,121; the Trojans squared off against the Boston College Eagles from the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Boston College
This also marked the first time that the Trojans had played in a non-BCS bowl game in seven years. Boston College was making its 11th straight bowl appearance. The Eagles became the first team to play in the Emerald Bowl twice, beating Colorado State 35–21 in the 2003 San Francisco Bowl (the former name of the Emerald Bowl). This was the third meeting between the two schools and the first in a bowl game. USC had won both games in the series, a 23–17 victory in Los Angeles in 1987 and a 34–7 win in Chestnut Hill in 1988.


2009 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Boston College
USC freshman quarterback Matt Barkley threw touchdown passes to Stanley Havili on the Trojans first two possessions and added a touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Barkley finished the game with a total of 350 yards passing. Of his 350 yards, Damian Williams accounted for 189 of them on 12 catches. Williams was named the game's MVP for his efforts. Boston College was led by tailback Montel Harris, who rushed for 102 yards and also added a touchdown run.


2009 USC Trojans football team, After the season
On January 10, 2010, coach Carroll told his players that he will resign his position with the Trojans and become the new head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Lane Kiffin, formerly with the Trojans, Oakland Raiders, and Tennessee Volunteers, was hired as the new head coach.


2009 USL W-League season
The 2009 W-League Season was the league's 15th. The regular season began on May 8 with the Hampton Roads Piranhas defeating the Charlotte Lady Eagles 2–1 in Charlotte. The season ended with 10 games on July 19. The playoffs began on July 22 and ended on August 7.


2009 USL W-League season
Pali Blues repeated as W-League champions, defeating the Washington Freedom Reserves in come-from-behind fashion 2–1, which was also how they had won their previous title. Iris Mora was named the Playoffs MVP.


2009 USL W-League season
FC Indiana's Laura del Río finished with the most points (40) and goals (18), while her teammate Monica Ocampo led the league in assists (11). Shannon Lynn, also of FC Indiana, led the league in GAA (0.116) and shutouts (10), and only allowed 2 goals the entire regular season.


2009 USL W-League season, Changes from 2008 season, Teams Leaving
Jersey Sky Blue and Washington Freedom both have expansion teams in Women's Professional Soccer. Washington have chosen to keep their reserve squad in the W-League, while Jersey has sold the rights to their W-League team to New York-based Quickstrike FC, which became Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues.


2009 USL W-League season, Standings
Orange indicates W-League title and bye into W-League semifinals. Purple indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinched


2009 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
The Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues earned a bye directly to the W-League Semifinals. The Washington Freedom Reserves were moved into the top spot in the Northeast Division, and the Charlotte Lady Eagles received the division's second playoff spot (the Boston Renegades were the original holders of the second spot, but declined to enter).


2009 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
The Central Conference will have 5 playoff spots. The second and third place teams from the Great Lakes Division will play each other. The winner will play the Midwest Division champions, while the Great Lakes Division champion will play the second place team of the Midwest Division. The winners of those games will play to determine the conference champion. The Eastern Conference division champions will play the second place team of the opposite division, the winners facing off to determine who goes to the W-League Semifinals. The Western Conference will have their top two teams facing off to determine their conference champion.


2009 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
The W-League Semifinals will put the regular season champion against the lowest seeded conference champion, and the higher-ranked conference champions against each other. The winners of these games will play in the championship, while the losers will play in the Third Place game.


2009 USL W-League season, Awards
The finalists for W-League MVP, U19 Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Defender of the Year were announced on August 3, 2009, with the winners to be announced on August 5. The Goalkeeper of the Year was announced on August 3.


2009 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Laura del Río*, IND; Amber Hearn*, OTT; Caroline Smith, MINM: Gemma Davison*, CHI; Jennifer Hance, OTT; Fatima Leyva, IND; Rosa Tantillo*, BUFD: Jenny Jeffers, CHI; Ria Percival*, OTT; Clare Rustad, TORG: Shannon Lynn, INDHonorable Mention: Margaret Allgeier, D, FW; Haley Ford, D, CLE; Christina Julien, F, LAV; Melissa Lesage, F, QC; Heather MacDougall, M, HAM; Courtney Nash, M, WMi; Anna Stinson, M, KAL; Jenn Wolbert, G, LON; Casey Zimney, D, ROC


2009 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Eastern Conference
F: Angelika Johansson*, HV; Jen Parsons, WAS; Brittany Tegeler, WASM: Lindsay Ozimek, CHA; Christina Rife, CHA; Megan Tomlinson, ATLD: Casey Brown, BOS; Ashleigh Gunning*, HV; Philisha Lewis, TB; Brittany Taylor*, HVG: Michelle Betos*, ATLHonorable Mention: Mary Casey, G, NV; Brooke DeRosa, M, LI; Shaneka Gordon, F, HR; Robyn Jones, G, NJ; Courtney McMahon, M, NY; Rachel Richards, M, WMa; Fortuna Velaj, F, & Lindsay Vera, F, CON; Jennifer Woodie, D, RIC


2009 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Iris Mora, PAL; Jodi Ann Robinson, VANM: Michelle French*, SEA; Tobin Heath, PAL; Nikki Marshall, COL; Carmelina Moscato, VAN; Nikki Washington*, PALD: Jenea Gibbons, LA; Kelli Smith, SEA; Leah Tapscott, PALG: Katie Hultin, SEAHonorable Mention: Kay Hawke, G, VEN, Taryn Hemmings, M, RC


2009 USS Port Royal grounding
The 2009 USS Port Royal grounding was a ship grounding by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal off Oahu, Hawaii on 5 February 2009. The ship ran aground on a coral reef, damaging both the ship and the reef. The incident received wide press coverage in Hawaii, in part because of the damage caused to a sensitive coral environment, and also because the stranded ship was within sight of Honolulu off the airport.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding
Navy investigation found that the grounding was caused by a combination of a misread navigation system, a sleep-deprived commanding officer, broken equipment, and an inexperienced and dysfunctional bridge team. Commanding officer Captain John Carroll was relieved of duty and disciplined. Three other officers and one enlisted sailor were also disciplined. The Navy reattached 5,400 coral colonies in an attempt to repair damage to the reef.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Grounding
Port Royal spent time in the Pearl Harbor shipyard for $18 million in scheduled repairs, then departed for the open ocean off Oahu for sea trials at 08:15 on 5 February 2009. The ship's fathometer was broken. At 12:01, the automated navigation system's primary input was shifted from a forward Global Positioning System to forward Ring Laser Gyro Navigation, an inertial navigator. Three times the Voyage Management System dead-reckoned the ship's location, mistakenly reporting the ship's location as 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from its actual position. The error was not noticed by watch-standers. The ship was undergoing her first sea trials following the repairs, including full power, steering, and helicopter flight operation checks.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Grounding
The grounding occurred at 8 p.m. about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the Honolulu International Airport's Reef Runway. No one was injured and no fuel spilled. The grounding was in full view of commercial aircraft landing and departing from the nearby airport, causing embarrassment to the Navy.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Grounding
The cruiser has a draft of 33 feet (10 m) and ran hard aground on a sand and rock ledge in an estimated 14 to 22 feet (5–7 m) of water. The salvage ship USNS Salvor made three unsuccessful efforts to pull Port Royal off the sandbar on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (6–8 February), despite full-moon high tides and offloading 200 short tons (180 t) of fuel and water, 7,000 US gallons (26,000 L) of raw sewage, and 15 short tons (14 t) of crew members.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Grounding
According to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the ship ran aground while moving very slowly as she transferred shore-based aviation assessment officials to a smaller boat to take them to shore. The oil recovery ship Clean Islands was behind the ship to clean up oil spills. Rear Admiral Dixon R. Smith, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and the Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, served as the on-scene commander.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Recovery
On 9 February 2009, Port Royal was pulled off the rock and sand shoal at around 2 a.m. after crews removed another 500 tons of water and 100 tons of anchors and other equipment to lighten the vessel. The removal by a salvage ship and seven tug boats took about 40 minutes. No one was injured during the recovery effort, according to Rear Admiral Joe Walsh, the U.S. Pacific Fleet deputy commander. Smith relieved commanding officer Captain John Carroll of his duties pending investigation. Carroll had been commanding officer of Port Royal since October 2008. Captain John Lauer, an official in Smith's Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, temporarily assumed command.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Recovery
The ship had suffered heavy damage to the underwater bow sonar dome and to its propellers and propeller shafts in the incident, and it was drydocked for repairs. Captain Neil Parrott presided over the investigation into the grounding.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Damage assessment and repair
Once the raw sewage dumped by the ship had dissipated, divers from the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources examined the site and discovered that the grounding had damaged the coral reef. The Hawaiian divers, with help from Navy divers, began mapping the damage to ascertain the extent of work required to repair the coral. As of 12 February 2009, several of the cruiser's propeller blade tips had yet to be recovered from the ocean floor.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Damage assessment and repair
Laura Thielen, chairwoman of the Hawaii state Board of Land and Natural Resources, told the United States Navy in a letter in April 2009 that the grounding had damaged between six and 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the reef and that the "main injury scar" covered about 9,600 square feet (890 m2). She added that the grounding may have damaged the habitat of green turtles.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Damage assessment and repair
On 18 February 2009, the ship entered Dry Dock Number 4 at Pearl Harbor for repair to the ship's shafting, running gear, propellers, painting of the underwater hull, replacement of the bow sonar dome and its internal elements, and repairs to damaged tanks and superstructure cracks. The Navy estimated that repairs would cost between $25 and $40 million and would be completed by September 2009. The Honolulu Advertiser reported that a shipyard worker had said that no work had been done to repair the warship as of 12 April 2009. The newspaper reported that its attempts to obtain information on the status of the warship had received short shrift or had not been answered by the Navy.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Damage assessment and repair
As of the end of July 2009, most of the repairs to the ship had been completed. Structural problems occurred in rebuilding the sonar dome, the area of the ship most heavily damaged in the grounding. Also, the struts that support the propulsion shafts were found to be out of alignment by a small but critical amount. The repairs were expected to be completed in September and the ship was expected to return to operation in October. The ship deployed for the first time since the grounding in June 2011. The cruiser departed on an eight-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle-East.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Damage assessment and repair
Acting on a request from the state of Hawaii to repair the damage to the coral habitat, the Navy hired divers from AECOM, Sea Engineering and CSA International, Inc.  Work to repair the damaged reef began the last week of April 2009. At a cost of $7 million, by 27 June 2009 the divers had collected 5,400 loose coral colonies and reattached them to the reef using cement and plaster of Paris. The divers also removed 250 cubic yards (200 m3) of rubble. The Navy planned to conduct further repair work on the reef between October and December 2009 but this work was later suspended. The Navy reports that environmental experts have advised them that reattaching further coral to the reef would do more harm than good.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
On 2 June 2009, the Navy disciplined four Port Royal officers for the grounding. In a hearing presided over by Vice Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, commander of the United States Third Fleet, Captain John Carroll was given non-judicial punishment for "dereliction of duty and improper hazarding of a vessel." Port Royal Executive Officer Commander Steve Okun was also given non-judicial punishment for dereliction of duty at the same hearing.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
In a separate hearing, Rear Admiral Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, imposed non-judicial punishment on two other, unnamed Port Royal officers and an enlisted seaman for dereliction of duty and improper hazarding of a vessel. The Navy refused to provide further details of the punishments the sailors received.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The U.S. Navy safety investigation into the accident, not intended for public release but which was obtained by the Honolulu Advertiser in July 2009, listed several contributing factors for the grounding. The factors included a misinterpreted navigation system, a sleep-deprived commanding officer, faulty equipment and an inexperienced and dysfunctional bridge team.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The report stated that Carroll had only 4½ hours of sleep in the 24 hours prior to the grounding, and only 15 hours of sleep during the previous three days. Also, he was at sea after a five-year break in sea command duty. Carroll had directed that the aviation assessment personnel aboard the cruiser be returned to shore in a small boat just before the grounding occurred.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The report found that the ship's fathometer, which measures water depth, was broken, as well as both radar repeaters on the cruiser's bridge. Some time before the grounding, the ship switched navigation systems from a Global Positioning System, called the Voyage Management System, to a gyroscope. The switch caused a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) discrepancy in the ship's reported position. Audible alarm bells triggered by the discrepancy were disregarded by the ship's crew.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
During the small-boat transfer, the cruiser's operations officer took a binocular bearing to the harbor landing from the boat deck and noted the position discrepancy, but was unable to correct the ship's course in time. Shortly thereafter, the ship ran soft aground, but then quickly was forced hard aground by the force of the waves.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The report concluded that in spite of the equipment and navigation systems failures, there were enough working sensors and visual clues to prevent the grounding. The report found that the ship's navigation evaluator lost situational awareness and that the "Bridge watch team, navigation, and (Combat Information Center) team did not work together to assess situation and keep the ship from standing into danger." Qualified lookouts were on board for watch duty the night of the grounding, but they were working in the mess as food service attendants and were not allowed to assume the watch. Furthermore, set and drift were not calculated.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The report stated that the cruiser had been rushed out of dry dock, with some work scaffolding removed from the ship only 30 minutes before the cruiser departed for the ocean trials. Also, the quartermaster of the watch was inexperienced and lacked training, having stood three months of watch on a deployment a year earlier, but could not plot fixes in near-shore waters. The report recommended a supervisory-level navigation course, as well as an "operational pause" of at least 96 hours between shipyard availabilities and sea trials to ensure crews were adequately rested and prepared for underway operations. Captain W. Scott Gureck, a spokesman for U.S. Pacific Fleet, declined to comment on the investigation's findings.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Disciplinary actions and investigation findings
The report was created by the Naval Safety Investigation Board but has been classified by the Navy Judge Advocate General as a "Dual Purpose Investigation". The Navy will therefore not release the report under the Freedom of Information Act. Reportedly, the Navy does not want to publicly discuss what caused the grounding because of threatened legal action by the state of Hawaii.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
Port Royal left dry dock at Pearl Harbor on 24 September 2009 for final repairs and assessment before being returned to duty. While in dry dock, technicians from BAE Systems and the Navy replaced the cruiser's sonar dome, reinstalled rudders, and made structural repairs to the ship's tanks, superstructure, and underwater hull. In addition, four sections of shafting were replaced, struts that support the propulsion shafts were realigned, and the underwater hull was repainted with blue antifouling paint.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
In February 2011, the Navy and the state of Hawaii announced that they had reached a settlement on the damage caused by the grounding. The Navy agreed to pay Hawaii $8.5 million. The amount was in addition to the $6.5 million already spent by the Navy in efforts to repair the reef. "This settlement agreement recognizes the State of Hawaii's loss of a natural resource and takes into account the U.S. Navy's unprecedented efforts to restore the reef where USS Port Royal ran aground," said Rear Admiral Timothy Giardina, U.S. Pacific Fleet deputy commander.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
In response, William J. Aila, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources interim chairperson, stated, "We believe the Navy has done the right thing by acknowledging its responsibility, working cooperatively with the state to restore the reef, and completing a settlement that will provide funding for protection of the state's marine resources."


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
After $40 million in repairs, the cruiser deployed for the first time since the grounding in June 2011. The cruiser departed Pearl Harbor on a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East. Said Smith, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, of the grounding incident upon the departure of the ship, "I've put it behind me. We've moved forward. The ship has moved forward. It was an unfortunate incident that we all learned from."


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
Navy command was said to have lost confidence that the vessel had been restored to seaworthiness, and, because of that, the ship was included on a list of seven cruisers slated for early retirement. Decommissioning in anticipation of eventual dismantlement was set for 31 March 2013.


2009 USS Port Royal grounding, Aftermath
However, in answer to queries by Congress, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), in a report sent to Congress in May 2013, reported that the condition of the ship was comparable to certain other cruisers in the same class and that the effects of the grounding might not have been as severe as had been previously thought.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 72nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2009-10 began on July 11, 2009 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
UST finished fourth at the end of the double-round eliminations. They won six games against eight losses. The Growling Tigers were on back-to-back losses going into their final match of the eliminations. The De La Salle Green Archers who were a game behind them on a 5–8 win-loss record could end up in a tie and eliminate the Tigers on a superior +13 quotient.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
UST ended up losing to the UE Red Warriors, but the NU Bulldogs had indirectly helped them qualify for the playoffs by beating La Salle who eventually finished the eliminations with a 5–9 record.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers made it back to the final four after missing out on the playoffs in Season 71 but lost to first-seed Ateneo, who had a twice-to-beat advantage over them.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They had an average winning margin of 9.3 points and an average losing margin of 12.9 points.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They experienced a 27-point blowout loss to the FEU Tamaraws and had a double-overtime loss to La Salle, both in the first round.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Team captain Dylan Ababou was named Most valuable player and scoring leader of the season, while Jeric Teng won the Rookie of the year award.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
All but two of the players of the Season 69 champion team have graduated. Season 70 MVP Jervy Cruz, point guard Japs Cuan, former team captain Francis Allera, Mel Gile, and centers Badong Canlas and Chester Taylor have all used up their playing years and the only members remaining from the team are Dylan Ababou, who is set to lead the team as this year's captain and returning forward AC Marquez.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Ababou will be joined by veterans Khasim Mirza, Chris Camus, and Allein Maliksi who has recovered from an ACL injury the previous year. The team will have eight new players composed of rookies and members of the Team B training pool.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Rhuel "Beaujing" Acot, the Growling Tigers' assistant coach for defense has resigned from his post. He had informed head coach Pido Jarencio of his decision through a text message a month before the UAAP tournament began. He had coached the Tigers during their preseason games in the summer but had stopped showing up to practices after.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Assistant coach Rabbi Tomacruz has also left the coaching staff to concentrate on his studies. The former UST Glowing Goldie who was in charge of liaisons and training of the Tigers' Team B has decided to pursue a career in nursing.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Acot's tasks will be divided between Jarencio and Senen Dueñas, the team's assistant coach for offense. Gina Francisco, former captain of the UST senior women's basketball team will assume Tomacruz's duties in the team.


2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 72 games results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23 & Balls.


2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma
The 2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tulsa, United States between 14 and 20 September 2009.


2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma, Champions, Doubles
David Martin /  Rajeev Ram def. Phillip Stephens /  Ashley Watling, 6–2, 6–2


2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma – Doubles
David Martin and Rajeev Ram won this tournament, by defeating Phillip Stephens and Ashley Watling 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma – Singles
Taylor Dent won the title by the score of 7–6(9), 7–6(4) in the final over Wayne Odesnik.


2009 USTA LA Tennis Open
The 2009 USTA LA Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Carson, United States between May 23–31, 2009.


2009 USTA LA Tennis Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 USTA LA Tennis Open, Champions, Men's doubles
Harsh Mankad /  Frederik Nielsen def. Carsten Ball /  Travis Rettenmaier, 6–4, 6–4


2009 USTA LA Tennis Open – Doubles
Scott Lipsky and David Martin won the doubles competition in January 2009 and were the defending champions, but chose not to participate. Harsh Mankad and Frederik Nielsen defeated 6–4, 6–4 Carsten Ball and Travis Rettenmaier in the final.


2009 USTA LA Tennis Open – Singles
Wayne Odesnik won the singles competition in January 2009 and he was the defending champion, but did not take part in these championships this time. Michael Russell won in the final 6–1, 6–1, against Michael Yani.


2009 UTEP Miners football team
The 2009 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. The Miners finished the season 4–8 and 3–5 in Conference USA play. UTEP averaged 29,010 fans per game.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Recruiting
UTEP's class of 20 players includes 14 who are graduating from Texas high schools in 2009. The most notable of these players is Darren Mickens, the nephew of NFL cornerback Ray Mickens.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Sophomore quarterback Zach Maynard threw for 159 yards in his first career start, leading Buffalo to a 23–17 win over UTEP in the season opener for both schools on Saturday in the Sun Bowl.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Maynard's 42-yard pass to Naaman Roosevelt with 12:13 remaining in the third quarter gave the Bulls a 23–7 lead that the Miners couldn't overcome – although they did come close.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
UTEP chipped away, cutting the deficit to 23–14 on a 17-yard scoring run by James Thomas with 7:37 remaining in the third period, then 23–17 on a 31-yard field goal by Logan Barrett with 5:45 to play.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
The Miners got the ball back following a defensive stop and drove 60 yards to the Buffalo 20-yard line with under a half–minute remaining. Trevor Vittatoe hooked up with Thomas for the apparent tying score with 14 seconds left, but the play was nullified due to a holding penalty on offensive lineman Rod Huntley. Making matters worse, offensive lineman Lance Evbuomwan was charged with unsportsmanlike conduct for celebrating the touchdown, backing up the Miners to the 42-yard line. Vittatoe's final two pass attempts – both intended for Kris Adams – fell incomplete and the Bulls escaped El Paso with a victory.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
In a twist of fate, UTEP's defense – much maligned over the last three seasons – kept the Miners in the game on a night when the offense struggled. The Bulls were held to only 309 yards on 61 plays.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
But the Miners weren't sharp offensively – particularly in the first half – and were whistled for 12 penalties totaling 101 yards. Dropped balls, bad exchanges and a botched catch on a kickoff were among the culprits that did in the Miners.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Buffalo
Trevor Vittatoe completed 27 of 45 passes for 233 yards for the Miners, but did not throw a touchdown pass for just the third time in his college career. Adams fell two yards shy of 100 receiving, and Donald Buckram gained a career–high 108 yards on 14 rushes.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Jake Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns while No. 24 Kansas got two big punt returns from Daymond Patterson to beat Texas-El Paso 34–7 on Saturday night.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Todd Reesing completed 25 of 41 attempts for 260 yards with one interception. He threw a 5-yard TD to Sharp and worked again with Dezmon Briscoe, who returned from a one-game suspension for violating team rules and had eight catches for 154 yards.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Jayhawks (2–0) finished with 576 total yards and their defense racking up five sacks while holding UTEP (0–2) to negative rushing yards until the closing minutes.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Miners, who finished with 4 yards rushing, avoided the shutout when Trevor Vittatoe found Donavon Kemp for a 75-yard catch-and-run with 12:39 remaining.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Other than a Mariachi band performance at halftime, UTEP fans didn't spend much time cheering anything.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
One week after committing 12 penalties for 101 yards in an opening loss to Buffalo, UTEP was flagged 13 times for 137 yards. Vittatoe was 14-of-25 for 187 yards with one interception.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Jayhawks weren't perfect. Reesing got off to a slow start, kicker Jacob Branstetter was 2 for 4 on field goal attempts and Kansas struggled early to convert third downs, going 3 of 9 in the first half before rebounding to finish 9 of 18.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Patterson set up a field goal with a 19-yard punt return in the second period and took another punt back 49 yards in the third just before Sharp's final TD. Sharp ran through big holes all night, and his 3-yard burst put Kansas up 27–0 midway through the third period.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Jayhawks got rolling with a big second quarter, scoring 17 points to lead 20–0 at the break.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Sharp, who rushed for 123 yards in last week's win over Northern Colorado, scored on a 1-yard plunge, then Branstetter made a 24-yard field goal for a 13–0 lead. Reesing placed a perfect pass over Sharp's shoulder for a 5-yard TD play. That gave Reesing at least one touchdown pass in 20 straight games.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas missed a chance to build the lead when Branstetter missed a 38-yard field goal attempt as the half closed.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
Donald Buckram ran for a career-high 113 yards as UTEP scored all five of its touchdowns on the ground in a 38–12 dismantling of NM State on Saturday night in Las Cruces.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
A rain and lightning delay of nearly three hours couldn't stop the Miners from posting their 50th win in the long-running I-10 series. UTEP (1–2) secured its first victory over the Aggies (1–2) since 2006 while posting its first win of the 2009 season.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
"It was an unusual start to the game," UTEP coach Mike Price said. "I thought we were more fired up and ready to play the second time than the first time (referring to the lightning delay). I was glad to see us be able to run the ball a little bit. I was a little apprehensive about playing the mud. I thought it could be an equalizer."


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
Buckram and Vernon Frazier both scored two rushing touchdowns for the Miners, who forced a turnover on NM State's opening possession, converted it into a TD, then withstood the long delay to score the game's next 24 points.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
UTEP forced three turnovers in the game, and held the Aggies to 284 yards of total offense.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
Colt McCoy and No. 2 Texas got the fast start they had been missing in recent weeks, rolling to a 40-point lead by halftime before cruising to a 64–7 win Saturday over Texas-El Paso.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
McCoy passed for 286 yards and three touchdowns, two to Dan Buckner. The Longhorns (4–0) also pressured UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe into five turnovers.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
Freshman D.J. Monroe's first-quarter 91-yard kickoff return made him the first player in Texas history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a career. He also had one in Texas' opener.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
This one came seconds after UTEP's Melvin Stephenson II returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
McCoy was sharp after the interception with TD passes of 36 and 15 yards to Buckner and 16 yards to Jordan Shipley, as Texas built a 47–7 halftime lead. McCoy left the game after Texas' first possession of the third quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
Vittatoe was 7 of 21 for 38 yards with four interceptions and a fumble for UTEP (1–3).


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
Texas held UTEP to seven first downs and 53 total yards.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
The defense did its part, pounding UTEP Quarterback Trevor Vittatoe with pass rush that forced him into several bad throws.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
Sergio Kindle sacked Vittatoe on the fifth play of the game, causing a fumble that set up the Longhorns' first touchdown on a 3-yard run by Tre' Newton.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
McCoy and Buckner have connected for touchdowns in three straight games and their first against UTEP made it 23–7. His scoring pass to Shipley made it 33–7 before tailback Vondrell McGee, who had lost his starting position to Newton, took a pitch from McCoy and scrambled 23 yards for a score.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Texas
McCoy drove Texas to a 21-yard field goal by Hunter Lawrence that made it 50–7 before he was relieved by freshman Garrett Gilbert on Texas' second possession of the third quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Donald Buckram and Texas-El Paso knocked off the 12th-ranked Cougars in a 58–41 shootout Saturday night.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Keenum completed 51 of 76 passes for 536 yards and five touchdowns.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Donald Buckram ran for 262 yards and four scores, helping the Miners upset the previously unbeaten Cougars.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Miners had scored 62 points combined in their previous four games but managed 58 on Saturday.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
UTEP was ranked 109th in scoring offense and averaged just under 243 yards per game before racking up 58 points and 581 yards of offense (305 rush, 276 pass) against Houston.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Case Keenum led the way for Houston, throwing for 536 yards and five touchdowns. He also finished with 76 pass attempts, seven shy of the FBS record set by Drew Brees.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
With the game tied at halftime, the Miners outscored Houston 20–3 in the third quarter and then hung on while Keenum tried to deliver another comeback as he did the week before to knock off the Red Raiders.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Even though Keenum threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, the Miners got three of their own: two on 8- and 27-yard runs by Buckram, and another on Roddray Walker's 70-yard fumble return with 3:25 to play.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Houston outgained UTEP 664–581, but lost two fumbles and twice settled for field goals.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Cougars got out to a quick 10–0 lead, but after the Miners kicked a field goal, they stopped Houston's potent offense on fourth down at the UTEP 8.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Miners tied it when they recovered a fumble near midfield and scored on a 4-yard pass from Trevor Vittatoe to Tufick Shadrawy.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Vittatoe was 19 of 30 for 276 yards and two touchdowns. He threw his other scoring pass in the third quarter, a 74-yarder to Jeff Moturi.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Houston
Houston's James Cleveland had 14 catches for 147 yards and two touchdowns in a game that featured more than 1,200 yards of total offense and 99 total points.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Curtis Steele rushed for 240 yards as Memphis spoiled UTEP’s bid for a fourth straight 2–0 start in Conference USA play with a 35–20 win over the Miners on Saturday in the Liberty Bowl.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
The Tigers (2–4, 1–2 C-USA) broke out of a season-long offensive funk with their tailback healthy for the first time in 2009. Memphis had scored 16 points or less in four of its first five games, the exception a 41–14 rout of UT-Martin.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
UTEP left at least three touchdowns on the field due to dropped balls and penalties.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
The Miners (2–4, 1–1 C-USA) took a 3–0 lead on a 38-yard field goal by Logan Barrett three minutes into the game. But Memphis put together two touchdown drives before the first quarter was over and UTEP was playing catch-up the rest of the way.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Despite their struggles in the first half, the Miners trailed only 21–13 at the break. And they were still within a touchdown after Trevor Vittatoe hooked up with Kris Adams for a 21-yard score with 9:06 to play. But Memphis answered with a six-play, 53-yard drive over two minutes and 47 seconds, capped by a nine-yard scoring run by Steele.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Vittatoe finished with 319 passing yards after completing 21-of-40 tries.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Donald Buckram ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 29 seconds left in the game, to help UTEP beat Conference USA rival Tulsa 28–24 on Wednesday night.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Buckram's two touchdowns were the final scores of the game, one coming with 6:25 left to play and the other a 3-yard run with less than 30 seconds left. Junior quarterback Trevor Vittatoe threw for 271 yards, including one touchdown—an 80-yard pass to Donovan Kemp in the first quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
But the Miners managed to hold Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne to just 192 yards passing and sacked him five times. Kinne scored one touchdown on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Charles Clay and A.J. Whitmore also each scored touchdowns for the Golden Hurricane (4–3, 2–1 C-USA).


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
UTEP (3–4, 2–1) came out strong, leading 13–0 after the first quarter, thanks to Vittatoe's touchdown and field goals from Logan Barrett. But the Miners didn't score again until Buckram's TDs in the fourth quarter, watching as Tulsa scored 24 straight points.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Whitmore had a 19-yard TD run early in the second quarter, leaving the Miners with a 13–7 lead at halftime. The Golden Hurricane also had one-yard TD runs from Clay and Kinne and a 24-yard field goal from Kevin Fitzpatrick, and took a 24–13 lead with 12:37 remaining.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Buckram then scored on a 3-yard run, and UTEP scored a two-point conversion to make it 24–21.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Tulsa was coming off a close loss at home to No. 5 Boise State and piled up 791 yards of offense in last year's meeting with the Miners.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
Senior quarterback Joe Webb threw for two touchdowns, ran one and caught a pass for another as Alabama at Birmingham snapped a two-game losing streak and defeated Texas at El Paso 38–33 on Saturday.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
UAB moved to 3–5 overall and 3–2 in Conference USA play, while UTEP slipped to 3–5 and 2–2.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
Webb scored the first of his TDs with a 53-yard run in the second quarter. A few minutes later he connected with Roddell Carter for a 34-yard scoring pass.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
Next, Webb was on the receiving end of a 14-yard TD pass by David Isabelle, also in the second quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
Finally, Webb found Mario Wright four a 6-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
Overall, he finished 313 total yards—172 on 20 rushes, 127 on eight pass completions, and 14 on one reception.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, UAB
UTEP's Donald Buckram came up with a few ways to score too. He had touchdown runs of 26 and 2 yards, and he caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Vittatoe.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Tulane's Andre Anderson scored the tying touchdown with one second left in regulation, then rushed for the winning score in overtime as Tulane defeated Texas-El Paso 45–38 on Saturday.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Anderson scored on an 11-yard pass from Ryan Griffin to conclude a nine-play, 86-yard drive and force the extra period, then scored on a 7-yard touchdown run on the first possession of overtime. He finished with 105 yards on 29 carries.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane
The Miners reached the Green Wave 2-yard line on the ensuing possession, but on fourth down from the 5, Alex Wacha sacked Trevor Vittatoe for a 21-yard loss that ended the game.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Tulane (3–6, 1–4 Conference USA) snapped a four-game losing streak with three road games remaining.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Donald Buckram led the Miners (3–6, 2–3) with four touchdowns. He rushed 34 times for 234 yards and three scores and caught three passes for 109 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU
Kyle Padron completed 17 of 24 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns and added a pair of TD runs to lead the SMU Mustangs to a 35–31 win over the UTEP Miners on Saturday.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU
SMU (6–4, 5–1 Conference USA) gained sole possession of first place in the conference's West Division after Houston lost 37–32 to Central Florida earlier in the day. The Miners (3–7, 2–4) have lost three straight.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU
UTEP took a 31–28 lead after running back Donald Buckram scored on a 30-yard screen pass from Trevor Vittatoe with 8:57 left in the game.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU
But Padron threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Sanders with 4:34 left in the game to give SMU the lead. UTEP drove to the Mustangs' 14-yard line but Vittatoe was sacked by SMU's Taylor Thompson on fourth-and-6 with 26 seconds left.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, SMU
Vittatoe finished 23-of-40 for 396 yards, one interception and two touchdowns. Buckram also rushed for 241 yards and one score.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
The Miners came out flying, bolting to leads of 13–0 and 20–10, but the Owls scored 10 points off two turnovers to join in the scoring.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
Donald Buckram had three touchdowns, 132 rushing yards and 44 receiving yards heading into the fourth quarter.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
The Miner defense opened with three consecutive three-and-outs, while the offense went 66 and 48 yards for scores and a quick 13–0 lead.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
Rice got back in the game, going 72 yards for a score to cut its deficit to 13–7, then recovering a fumble at the Miner 19 on the ensuing kickoff. The Owls earned a first down on the 5, but the defense stood and forced a field goal.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
UTEP came out flying against Rice Saturday, bolting to a 20–10 halftime lead. Donald Buckram had three touchdowns, 115 rushing yards and 30 receiving yards.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
Rice briefly got back in the game, going 72 yards for a score to cut its deficit to 13–7, then recovering a fumble at the Miner 19 on the ensuing kickoff. The Owls earned a first down on the 5, but the defense stood and forced a field goal.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
Trevor Vittatoe and Buckram then took UTEP 60 yards in 10 plays to reestablish control. Vittatoe was 9–12 passing in the first half with two drops.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
UTEP came out flying against Rice Saturday, bolting to a 13–0 lead. Donald Buckram had two touchdowns, 68 rushing yards and 30 receiving yards.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Rice
The Miner defense opened with three consecutive three-and-outs, while the offense went 66 and 48 yards for scores.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Trevor Vittatoe passed for 517 yards and five touchdowns as UTEP routed Marshall 52–21 on Saturday.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Jeff Moturi led receivers with 179 yards, including an 80-yard scoring pass from Vittatoe, who also connected for TDs with Tufick Shadrawy, Kris Adams, Jonny Moore and Donavon Kemp.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
James Thomas and Donald Buckram also scored for UTEP on runs of 4 and 12 yards.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Brian Anderson threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns for the Thundering Herd. Anderson found Aaron Dobson, Chuck Walker and Antavio Wilson for scores.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
After leading 20–14 at the break, the Miners exploded in the second half, adding four touchdowns and a field goal while holding the Thundering Herd to just one touchdown.


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
With the victory, the Miners finished the season 4–8 while the Thundering Herd fell to 6–6


2009 UTEP Miners football team, Game summaries, Marshall
The Miners finished the season ranked #102 according to the CBS Sportsline College Football Rankings Website as of December 7, 2009.


2009 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 2009 Ukrainian Amateur Cup was the fourteenth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 12 August 2009 and concluded on 25 October 2009.


2009 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, First round (1/8)
The matches were played August 26 and September 2, 2009.


2009 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 2009 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Dnipro Stadium on May 31, 2009. The match was the 18th Ukrainian Cup final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Vorskla Poltava. The 2009 final was the first time a Ukrainian Cup final was held in Dnipropetrovsk. Vorskla Poltava, as Ukrainian Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Europa League play-off round.


2009 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Dnipropetrovsk
All sixteen Ukrainian Premier League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Vorskla and Shakhtar both qualified for the competition automatically.


2009 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
Prior to the final, Vorskla and Shakhtar had met six times in previous Ukrainian Cup competitions. Vorskla had never defeated Shakhtar, with its best performance being a 1–1 draw in the second leg of the quarter-finals in the 2007–08 edition. Shakhtar's best performance against Vorskla was in a second round encounter in the 1994–95 edition, an 8–0 drubbing.


2009 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships
The 2009 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships took place between 16 and 19 December 2008 in Kiev. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results of the national championships were used to choose the teams to the 2009 World Championships and the 2009 European Championships.


2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
Following are the results of the Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2009 season. Participation is restricted to the regional (Oblast) champions and/or the most regarded team by the respective regional association.


2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Second stage
The games in the group took place on September 11 through 15th in Mykolaiv and Ochakiv.


2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Second stage, Group 2
The games in the group took place on September 17 through 20 in Slovyansk.


2009 Ukrainian Super Cup
The 2009 Ukrainian Super Cup became the sixth edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, which is an annual football exhibition game contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.


2009 Ukrainian Super Cup
The match was played on 11 July 2009 in Sumy at Yuvileiny Stadium which recently lost its main tenant FC Spartak Sumy that dissolved earlier. Dynamo were protesting to play in Sumy. On 17 June 2009 it was picked as a nominal host. On 30 June 2009 the television channel "Inter" made a press-release announcing that it signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League about exclusive rights on broadcasting of the event.


2009 Ukrainian Super Cup
This year the Super Cup was contested by league winner Dynamo Kyiv and cup winner Vorskla Poltava. Dynamo won it 4–2 on penalties.


2009 Ukrainian Super Cup, Post-game commentaries
The Vorskla's head coack Mykola Pavlov stated that his team lost due to mistakes of his players who in penalty shoot out did not perform well, as well as wonderful play of the Dynamo's keeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi. Shovkovskyi deflected one of last kicks, while another a player of Vorskla sent over a goal.


2009 Ukrainian Super Cup, Post-game commentaries
Five of eight players who participated in penalty shootout were from the Balkans and only two were from Ukraine.


2009 Ulster Grand Prix
The 2009 Ulster Grand Prix incorporating the Dundrod 150 National Road Races will take place between Wednesday 12 August and Saturday 15 August 2009 on the 7.401 mile Dundrod Circuit, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Six races were held with Ian Hutchinson, Ryan Farquhar, Guy Martin, William Dunlop (two wins) and Conor Cummins sharing the victories. Farquhar also took a class win in the Supertwins.


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; 2009 1000cc Superstock race final standings
Saturday 18 August 2009 6 laps – 44.406 miles Dundrod Circuit


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 1; 2009 1000cc Superstock race final standings
Fastest Lap and new lap record: Ian Hutchinson, 3' 24.770 130.117 mph on lap 6


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 2; 2009 600cc Supersport race final standings
Saturday 18 August 2009 7 laps – 51.807 miles Dundrod Circuit


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 2; 2009 600cc Supersport race final standings
Fastest Lap: Ian Lougher, 3' 29.949 126.907 mph on lap 6


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 6; 2009 UGP Supporters Club Superbike race final standings
Saturday 18 August 2009 7 laps – 51.807 miles Dundrod Circuit


2009 Ulster Grand Prix, Race results, Race 6; 2009 UGP Supporters Club Superbike race final standings
Fastest Lap: Gary Johnson, 3' 21.181 132.438 mph on lap 5


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The 2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the annual Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is administered by Ulster GAA. Nine GAA county boards compete for the title. The winners were awarded the Séamus McFerran Cup and went on to compete in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started on 18 October 2009 and concluded with the final on 29 November 2009.


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Crossmaglen were the current holders - beating Ballinderry in the 2008 final at Brewster Park in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Competing teams
Each county in Ulster holds its own County Championship. The winner of the nine championships qualify for the Ulster Club Championship.


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Draw
The draw for the (whole) competition took place in August 2009, along with the draws for the Ulster Senior Hurling, Intermediate Football and Junior Football championships.


2009 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were originally schedules to take place on 1 November, but they were all postponed for a week due to adverse weather conditions.


2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The 2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 121st installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It was won by Tyrone who defeated Antrim in the final. Antrim were appearing in their first final since 1970. The winning Tyrone team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Teams who lost at the preliminary round, quarter-final or semi-final stages entered Round 1 of the All-Ireland Qualifiers. The beaten Ulster finalists entered at Round 3. Successfully advancing through the Qualifiers allowed a team to reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship was made along with the other three provincial draws on 8 October 2008 at Croke Park in Dublin.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Hurling Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. Antrim were the defending champions and successfully claimed their ninth consecutive title, beating finalists Down.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The draw for the Ulster championship was seeded, and took place in a staggered single elimination format. Antrim received a bye to the final, Down and Derry to the quarter-final and London to the second round. All six other teams entered in the first round.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
For the first time, there was no entry from the Ulster Championship to the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship proper. Antrim instead entered that competition through the preliminary round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. This marked the culmination of a process by which the winners of the Ulster championship had been held further and further back from the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The Ulster championship continued as a stand-alone tournament


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The other Ulster teams were not eligible for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, and took part in lower tier competitions, such as the 2009 Christy Ring Cup, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The entry for 2009, ten, matched the 2008 record, and for many marked a second foray back into senior championship hurling. All nine historic counties of Ulster took part, in addition to London.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
In order to avoid mismatches, and to allow Antrim to take part in the 2009 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship the draw was set so that the weaker counties were not faced with the prospect of facing regional powers Antrim at an early stage; instead all the other counties took part in a series of elimination matches for the right to meet Antrim in the final.


2009 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Results
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2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2009 ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier was an international cricket tournament played in Canada from 1 to 13 September 2009. All matches were held in Toronto. The tournament served as the final state of the qualification process for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Ten teams participated in the event, with the top six teams progressing to the World Cup.


2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Round-robin, Points table
The top six teams of the tournament qualified for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup.


2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Round-robin, Fixtures
All the matches of the tournament were played in Toronto.


2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Round-robin, Fixtures
Sierra Leone were unable to participate in this tournament due to visa problems; their matches were scratched and their opponents were awarded two points.


2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2009 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2009 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2009 UniCredit Czech Open was a tennis clay-court tournament included in the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. Agustín Calleri was the defending singles champion, but could not get past the first round. Jan Hájek, world no. 288, came from the qualifying round and took the title in front of his home crowd by beating the top-100 player Steve Darcis in the final. Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer won the doubles event.


2009 UniCredit Czech Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 UniCredit Czech Open, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry a special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2009 UniCredit Czech Open, Champions, Doubles
Johan Brunström /  Jean-Julien Rojer def. Pablo Cuevas /  Dominik Hrbatý, 6–2, 6–3


2009 UniCredit Czech Open – Doubles
Rik de Voest and Łukasz Kubot were the defending champions but did not participate this year. In the final, 2nd-seeded pair Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Pablo Cuevas and Dominik Hrbatý in two sets, by 6–2, 6–3.


2009 UniCredit Czech Open – Singles
The defending champion Agustín Calleri was eliminated in the first round. Jan Hájek, the 2006 singles champion, came from the qualifying round to beat in the final Belgian player Steve Darcis by 6–2, 1–6, 6–4.


2009 Union budget of India
The 2009 Union budget of India was presented by the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, on 6 July 2009.


2009 Union budget of India, Background
During 2008–09, the growth rate of GDP of India fell from an average of over 9% in the previous three fiscal years to 6.7%. The wholesale price index of India also witnessed large fluctuations between 13% in August 2008 to 0% in March 2009. The fiscal deficit of Indian government had gone up to 6.1% in March 2009. The budget was preceded by an interim budget by Pranab Mukherjee on 16 Feb 2009.


2009 Union budget of India, Budget Estimates
The total estimated expenditure for 2009–10 was ₹10,20,838 crore, of which ₹6,95,689 crore was towards Non Plan and ₹3,25,149 crore towards Plan expenditure. Total estimated revenue was ₹6,19,842 crore, including revenue receipts of ₹6,14,497 and capital receipts of ₹5345 crores, excluding borrowings. The resulting fiscal deficit was ₹4,00,996 crore while revenue deficit was ₹2,82,735 crore. The gross tax receipts were budgeted at ₹6,41,079 crore and non-tax revenue receipts at ₹1,40,279.


2009 Union budget of India, Taxation
The tax proposals on direct taxes were claimed to be revenue neutral while those on indirect taxes were claimed to yield a net gain of ₹2,000 crore in a year.


2009 Union budget of India, Reactions, Political parties
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh criticised the budget, claiming that the government failed to fulfil the people's expectations. BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu described the Budget as "escapist" and alleged that no steps were taken to attract investment or to provide relief for farmers. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader Brinda Karat termed the Budget as s pro-rich and claimed that there were no major allocations in health, education and food subsidy. Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta criticised the projected economic growth as 'utopian'. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav  described the Budget as balanced but criticised it for not providing funds for reconstruction of Bihar following the floods in Kosi.


2009 Union budget of India, Reactions, Industry
The Confederation of Indian Industry welcomed the budget, claiming that many of their recommendations were implemented. NASSCOM also welcomed the initiatives like modernisation of employment exchanges, the UIAD project, and smart cards for healthcare services. Sudip Nandy, CEO of Aricent lauded the one-year extension granted to the tax holiday scheme and the abolition of Fringe Benefit Tax and double taxation on the packaged software. D Sucheth Rao of Neuland Laboratories claimed that the government has largely ignored the demands of the Pharma segment.


2009 Union budget of India, Reactions, Share market
Sensex, the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, reacted adversely to the budget, falling over 869 points, a loss of 6.53%, the biggest fall on any budget day. And the CNX Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange fell by 258 points. The biggest impact was on banking stocks, with the sectoral index losing 8.17%


2009 United Bowl
The 2009 United Bowl was the inaugural title game of the Indoor Football League (IFL). It was played on August 15, 2009, at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana. The top seed in the Intense Conference (Billings Outlaws) defeated the six-seed RiverCity Rage of the United Conference by a score of 71–62.


2009 United Bowl, Road to the United Bowl, Intense Conference
z=clinched top seed in conference, x=clinched division, y=clinched wild card spot


2009 United Bowl, Game summary
The 2009 United Bowl was a highly anticipated event in both Billings and the Greater St. Louis area, as the Billings Outlaws hosted the RiverCity Rage in what would end up being the franchise's final game. RiverCity fell behind Billings quickly, as the score was 20-7 heading into the second quarter and was 34-20 at halftime. The pace stayed pretty much the same throughout the rest of the game as the Outlaws beat the Rage, 71-62, for their third franchise title.


2009 United Kingdom E. coli outbreak
The 2009 E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom was an outbreak of E. coli in visitors to a farm in Surrey from August to September 2009. 93 people were affected, most of whom were under 10 years of age. Of those affected, 27 were hospitalized and 17 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome.


2009 United Kingdom E. coli outbreak
Investigations by the Health Protection Agency implicated a petting barn at Godstone Farm as a possible source of the outbreak. Fecal samples from several animals in the barn later tested positive for the strain of E. coli in the patients, again indicating that the barn may have been the source of the outbreak. Godstone Farm voluntarily closed the barn in September 2009, after which there were no further cases.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package
A second bank rescue package totalling at least £50 billion was announced by the British government on 12 January 2009, as a response to the ongoing global financial crisis. The package was designed to increase the amount of money that banks could lend to businesses and private individuals. This aid comes in two parts: an initial £50 billion being made available to big corporate borrowers, and a second undisclosed amount that forms a form of insurance against banks suffering big losses.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Bailout
After the October 2008 bailouts of RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB together with Lloyds TSB's January 2009 merger with HBOS, the Government was holding a 43% stake in Lloyds Banking Group, but then on 6 March 2009, after it became apparent that the HBOS merger had been bad for Lloyds since HBOS had made losses of £11bn, the Government announced it would increase its stake in Lloyds to 65% (77% if including non-voting preference shares). The investment was maintained at 43% after a rights issue.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Bailout
RBS had received £5bn in preference shares purchased by the Government who also underwrote a £15bn rights issue, which failed to attract investors, leaving the Government with an investment of £20bn for a 58% stake. The Government, on what became Blue Monday Crash, realising that RBS could not afford the 12% coupon payment on the preference shares, RBS having released financial results showing a loss of £28bn, converted those shares to ordinary shares, increasing its stake to 70%. The investment in RBS has increased to £45bn with a 72% stake held by the British Government.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Recovery of bailout funds
The investment in Lloyds had cost £20.3bn which the British Government began to recover by selling its 43% investment in 2013. Sales continued until the final tranche of 0.5% in May 2017, the Government making a small profit on the sales, realising £21.2bn.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Recovery of bailout funds
An investment of £45.977bn was made across three tranches in December 2008 (£14.969bn), April 2009 (£5.508bn) and December 2009 (£25.500bn) at an average investment per share of 502p and represented an 84.4% stake in the company. Since these investments, the bank has paid back the government £305m in underwriting fees, £2.504bn to exit the Asset Protection Scheme, £1.280bn in Contingent Capital Facility fees as well as retiring the special Dividend Access Share for £1.513bn in March 2016. Therefore, the total investment net of all fees and dividends is £40.375bn and represents an investment per share of 440p.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Recovery of bailout funds
In August 2015, a first tranche of 5.4% of the total issued share capital in the company was sold to institutional investors for £2,079m or £3.30 per share. As at 31 March 2017, this takes the governments overall stake to 71.2%.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Recovery of bailout funds
The Government has been making large provisions for losses in their public accounts.


2009 United Kingdom bank rescue package, Recovery of bailout funds
In 2018 RBS paid its first dividend since the bailout, the government picking up around £150m on its 62% holding. The government planned to sell £3bn of shares per annum until 2023.


2009 United Kingdom budget
The 2009 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2009: Building Britain's Future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 22 April 2009. It introduced new tax, spending and debt rises in a financial environment of rising unemployment and recession.


2009 United Kingdom budget, Details
To stimulate the motor industry, a £2,000 scrappage allowance was announced for a car more than 10 years old, if it is traded in for a new car and if it has been in the car buyer's ownership for the previous 12 months. £1,000 of this is to be provided by the government, and £1,000 by a motor manufacturer. The scheme started about mid-May 2009 and was planned to finish at the end of February 2010; however, before it was due to end, it was extended by one month, to the end of March 2010.


2009 United Kingdom budget, Details
For high earners, a 50% tax band was announced for earners of over £150,000 per year to start in April 2010, and tax relief on pension contributions was reduced progressively from 40% to 20% for annual incomes between £150,000 and £180,000 and to 20% above £180,000 commencing April 2011.


2009 United Kingdom budget, Details
Starting in April 2010, those with annual incomes over £100,000 would see their Personal allowance reduced by £1 for every £2 earned over £100,000, until the Personal allowance was reduced to zero, which (in 2010) would occur at an income of £112,950. This had the effect of creating an anomalous effective 60% marginal tax rate in the income band between £100,000 and £112,950, with the marginal tax rate returning to 40% above £112,950. As the Personal allowance has grown over the years, this has resulted in a corresponding increase in the size of the anomalous effective 60% tax band. As of 2018, the effective 60% marginal tax rate now arises for incomes between £100,000 and £123,700.


2009 United Kingdom budget, Details
For savers, limits in Individual Savings Account (ISA) accounts were increased in two phases to a total of £10,200, including an additional £1,500 to the previous upper limit of £3,600 in a cash ISA. The first phase is for those over age 50 years, who can contribute additional amounts from 6 October 2009.


2009 United Kingdom local elections
The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009. The elections were due to be held on 7 May 2009, but were delayed in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.


2009 United Kingdom local elections
The elections produced a political landscape on the map of England that was a sea of Conservative blue. The party snatched Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Lancashire from Labour, as well as Devon and Somerset from the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats did however win a majority in Bristol. Despite the optimism for the Conservatives in seat and council gains, their share of the vote at 38% was 6% down on 2008. That said, they had a clear 10% lead over the Liberal Democrats who achieved a respectable second place on 28%.


2009 United Kingdom local elections
Labour, taking the blame in government from a worsening economic climate, soaring unemployment and the expenses scandal, lost all of its councils, with some authorities being swept clear of any Labour councillors at all. Its showing in the same day's European elections was similarly dismal, and although four years had passed since the last general election, there would be no general election in 2009; opinion polls all pointed at a heavy Labour defeat at the time.


2009 United Kingdom local elections, Summary of results
Source: Isles of Scilly Council not included in the above figures.


2009 United Kingdom local elections, County councils
All 27 English County Councils were up for election. All seats on the councils were contested at this election.


2009 United Kingdom local elections, Unitary authorities, New authorities
Elections were held for five new unitary authorities. All councillors were elected at this election.