On the Sidelines

Water polo falls in championship\nThe No. 15 women's water polo team fell short in its bid to win the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Championship. IU lost 6-2 to rival Michigan.\nFreshman Bridget McKeon scored the lone goals for the Hoosiers.\nIU advanced to the championship game when it defeated No. 13 Princeton 7-4. Sophomore goalkeeper Jessica Goldner led the Hoosiers with 14 saves.\nCheck Tuesday's IDS for complete details of the weekend.\nPacers lose at Milwaukee\nMILWAUKEE -- Sam Cassell scored 33 points as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 107-98 Sunday in a game marred by 11 technical fouls.\nMilwaukee, which clinched the final playoff spot in the East last week, won for the seventh time in eight games and Indiana lost its third straight.\nThe victory ensured a fifth straight season at .500 or better for the Bucks (41-40) and the 12th straight for coach George Karl.\nToni Kukoc added 17 points for the Bucks and Michael Redd 13. Jermaine O'Neal led the Pacers with 25 points before fouling out with 1:23 remaining, Ron Artest had 23 and Al Harrington 20.\nEach team shot 39 free throws in a game that lasted 2 1/2 hours.\nThe Bucks matched their biggest lead at 78-70 on a dunk at the buzzer by Tim Thomas to end the third quarter, and the Pacers never got closer than six points in the fourth quarter.\nThere were seven technicals called in the third quarter, six of them coming in a 2:15 stretch.\nRoyals' streak comes to an end\nCLEVELAND -- The Kansas City Royals lost for the first time this season, ending baseball's best start in 13 years, as Ricardo Rodriguez pitched the Cleveland Indians to a 6-1 win Sunday.\nMilton Bradley had four hits, including his second homer for Cleveland.\nRodriguez (2-0), a rookie right-hander, allowed one run and eight hits in seven innings, and infuriated Kansas City players with flamboyant gestures.\nJose Santiago pitched the eighth and Danys Baez the ninth for Cleveland, which broke a three-game losing streak.\nRodriguez hit Carlos Febles in the left arm with a pitch in the second inning and Mike DiFelice followed with a single to load the bases. Then Rodriguez struck out Michael Tucker to end the threat -- and fuel the Royals' ire as he pumped his fist wildly in celebration.\nRodriguez was even more animated in the fourth. The Royals got three singles to again load the bases. This time, the right-hander got Tucker to ground into an inning-ending double play, then wildly gyrated in Tucker's direction.\nBradley, who has hit in all 11 games, triggered a five-hit, three-run first inning with a sharp single to left off May (0-1).