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WEST POINT, N.Y. A month ago, 28-year-old Army coach Maggie Dixon left the Christl Arena court on the shoulders of jubilant cadets after leading the women's basketball team to its first NCAA Tournament berth.
On Friday, Dixon was mourned in a chapel across the U.S. Military Academy's campus, a day after she died following a sudden episode of irregular heartbeat.
Dixon died Thursday night at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., academy spokesman Lt. Col. Kent Cassella said.
An autopsy conducted Friday found that Dixon had an enlarged heart and a problem with a heart valve, according to the Westchester County Medical Examiner's office. The valve problem could have caused her heart to beat irregularly and ultimately stop.
Dixon was hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition after collapsing at a friend's house, where she had gone for afternoon tea, her older brother, Pittsburgh men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon, said.
"Maggie touched so many people beyond basketball," he said in a subsequent statement released Friday by Pitt. "Our family has received an outpouring of sympathy from across the country and we are deeply appreciative."
Men's Basketball
Mike Davis was greeted with a lengthy standing ovation from UAB fans and even got generous applause when his big salary was announced. The Blazers landed the high-profile coach they wanted and Davis got the unconditional embrace from fans he craved but never truly received at Indiana. It was, he said, "a great fit."
Swimming
Former Olympian Tom Dolan is among 10 athletes chosen for induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame on May 13. Dolan was the 1996 Olympic champion in the 400-meter individual medley and a former world recordholder. Also being inducted are: Olympic champions Kieren Perkins and Susie O'Neil of Australia; Joe Bottom, 1976 Olympic silver medalist; Flip Darr, U.S. coach from the 1970s; swimmer Jane Asher of Great Britain; diving coach Carlos Dibiasi of Italy; polo player Igor Milanovic of Hungary; open water swimmer Alison Streeter of Great Britain; and diver Xiong Ni, 1988 Olympic silver medalist from China.
Tennis
Top-seeded Nadia Petrova easily advanced to the semifinals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Fla., while second-seeded Patty Schnyder was eliminated from the clay-court event. Petrova, No. 7 in the world, beat Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-3, 6-0, and fifth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia routed Schnyder 6-3, 6-1. Andy Roddick beat Nicolas Massu in straight sets to even the United States' Davis Cup quarterfinal at Rancho Mirage against Chile at 1-1. Roddick defeated Massu 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to square the best-of-five competition after Chile's Fernando Gonzalez outlasted James Blake 6-7 (5), 0-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 10-8 in a 4-hour, 20-minute marathon opening match. Serena and Venus Williams have withdrawn from next week's Family Circle Cup because of injuries.
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