Monday, March 3, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
line SUN STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The mother of a 19-year-old college freshman who died from injuries suffered in the San Antonio Golden Gloves regional tournament says she doesn't regret letting her son get into the ring.
Dylan Baker was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. Saturday, one day after he was hurt. A preliminary cause of death was a closed head injury, officials at University Hospital said Sunday. An autopsy was pending.
"It was just an accident," Karen Baker told the San Antonio Express-News in today's editions. "We supported him because (boxing) made him so happy. He really loved it."
Baker was an honors graduate of Round Rock High School and a student at Southwestern University in Georgetown, his mother said.
Baseball tickets on sale
Individual game tickets for the upcoming Big League Weekend and the PCL Las Vegas Stars' regular season went on sale today. Tickets can be purchased at the Cashman Field box office, the Stars N' Thunder store in the Meadows Mall and all TicketMaster locations. The Cashman box office is open from noon-5 p.m. daily. All tickets for Big League Weekend are $12.50. The games, from March 28-31, feature the Red Sox, Mets, Athletics, Padres and Mariners. For more information, call 386-7200.
UNLV women beat UCSB
The UNLV women's tennis team cruised to a 7-1 victory over defending Big West Conference champion UC Santa Barbara Sunday. The Lady Rebels won their sixth straight match while improving to 8-1 overall and 4-0 at home.
UC Irvine fires coach
Rod Baker, whose UC Irvine basketball team set school records for fewest single-season wins and most losses with a 1-25 mark, was fired as coach Sunday. Baker, who had a 52-116 record in six years, was in the final year of his contract. The Anteaters lost their first 13 games of the season before defeating Nevada-Reno 76-74 in overtime Jan. 13.
Sampras prevails
Pete Sampras, ranked No. 1 in the world for the last 46 weeks, defeated Patrick Rafter 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to win the Advanta Championship in Philadelphia.
Quickies
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy beat Mary Joe Fernandez 1-6, 6-4, 9-7 and Miriam Oremans routed Chanda Rubin 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday as the homestanding Netherlands upset the United States 3-2 in the Fed Cup. ... Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic won the quickest final in ATP Tour history, beating Spain's Sergi Bruguera 6-2, 6-2 in 47 minutes in the Italian Indoors at Milan. ... The U.S. soccer team tied Jamaica 0-0 in its opening game in the six-nation World Cup qualifying round for nations from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
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