Sports briefly: LPGA's Brooke Henderson breaks Canadian record for tour victories

Brooke Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday to break the Canadian record for tour victories with nine.

The 21-year-old Henderson led wire-to-wire for her second victory in three years at Blythefield Country Club, closing with a 2-under 70 in chilly conditions to hold off Lexi Thompson, Nasa Hataoka, Su Oh and Brittany Altomare by a stroke.

Henderson broke a tie with Sandra Post for the Canadian record on the LPGA Tour and also moved ahead of George Knudson and Mike Weir for the overall country mark.

"That's really cool," said Henderson, who is playing in this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National. "Earlier this year to get my eighth win and to tie that record was a huge deal for me. To now to kind of breakthrough that is awesome. I'm just really excited for the rest of the summer and hopefully many more wins in the future."

With caddie/sister Brittany and mother Darlene looking on, father Dave sprayed her with champagne.

"It's really special," Henderson said. "I'm so happy that both my mom and my dad can be out here to watch my sister and I win this. It's always special when they're here, especially on Father's Day."

Also the Lotte Championship winner in April in Hawaii, Henderson matched the tournament record of 21 under that she set in 2017 (when the course played to a par of 71) and also was tied last year by So Yeon Ryu. Henderson opened with consecutive 64s, playing 30 holes Friday after rain delayed the start Thursday, and had a 69 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round.

Christopher Bell won the NASCAR Xfinity series race at the Iowa Speedway, his fourth victory of the season and second straight in Newton.

Pole-sitter Cole Custer was second, followed by Justin Allgaier and Harrison Burton. Zane Smith of JR Motorsports was fifth.

... NASCAR overturned a victory for the first time since 1960 when Brett Moffitt was declared the winner of the Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway after Ross Chastain's No. 44 truck failed a post-race inspection.

... Bob Tasca III raced to his first Funny Car victory in nearly seven years, beating 70-year-old John Force in the final round of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Mike Salinas won in Top Fuel for his second victory of the year. He beat Steve Torrence with a 3.836 at 325.69 to end the defending series champion's five-race winning streak.

Austin Martin homered on Reid Detmers' first pitch of the game and he went deep again in the seventh to break a tie in Vanderbilt's 3-1 victory over Louisville in the College World Series. ... Marshall Gilbert hit a bases-loaded single up the middle that capped a four-run ninth inning and gave Mississippi State a 5-4 walk-off victory over Auburn.

Men's tennis: Matteo Berrettini beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (11) to win the Stuttgart (Germany) Open and his third tour-level title.

WNBA: Alyssa Thomas scored 20 points, Shekinna Stricklen added 16 as Connecticut won a franchise-record 12th- straight home game with an 81-67 victory over Seattle.