Sports briefs 4/1/06

Colleges

• Shalee Lehning had a triple-double and Kimberly Dietz had 21 points, leading Kansas State to a 77-65 victory over Marquette in the WNIT championship Friday night.

The Wildcats overcame a one-point halftime deficit and Marquette's hot 3-point shooting to win their first postseason championship, all of it coming in front of a sellout crowd of 13,500.

The 5-foot-9 Lehning, one of three freshmen starters for Kansas State (24-10), had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

Danielle Kamm had 16 points for Marquette (22-11).

* North Carolina coach Roy Williams and Duke guard J.J. Redick were named The Associated Press national coach and player of the year.

Redick, a repeat All-America, finished as the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer and the NCAA career leader in 3-point field goals.

Redick, who averaged 26.8 points for Duke (32-4), was second in the nation in scoring this season. He is the record sixth Duke player to win the award, with five winners coming since 1992. The award was first presented in 1961.

Williams followed a national championship season by leading an inexperienced North Carolina team to a 23-8 record and a Top 10 finish.

Tennis

• Roger Federer needed only 59 minutes Friday night to reach the Nasdaq-100 Open final, beating David Ferrer 6-1, 6-4.

Defending champion Federer fell behind 3-0 in the second set but rallied to improve to 27-1 this year. His opponent Sunday will be No. 6 seed Ivan Lju-bicic, a Croat who beat No. 3 David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-2.

-- From wire reports