SPORTS BRIEFS: Thursday, June 17, 999

Braves call up ex-Penn shortstop Mark DeRosa As of Tuesday, DeRosa had gone hitless in five at-bats since the promotion, but recorded two putouts and two assists in the field without an error. The Braves, who drafted DeRosa in the seventh round of the amateur baseball draft after his junior year at Penn, gave DeRosa his first major league opportunity last season. DeRosa was 1-for-3 with two runs scored in five games of action for Atlanta in 1998. Prior to his call-up last week, DeRosa was batting .256 with one home run and 27 RBI's for Richmond. -- Jason Bodnar Femovich leaves Penn to head Patriot League The Patriot League announced last week that Penn Senior Associate Athletics Director Carolyn Femovich was named its new Executive Director. Femovich will become the second female commissioner of the Patriot League, succeeding Constance H. Hurlbut, who resigned to become Director of Basketball Operations for the WNBA in January. Femovich has been affiliated with Penn for 17 years. She served as Associate Athletics Director before becoming Senior Associate Athletics Director in 1988. -- J.B. W. Tennis finishes year with No. 46 ranking Penn's women's tennis team ended the 1998-99 season ranked 46th in the nation, its highest ranking in the history of the program. The Quakers won 19 matches to set a team record and finished second in the Ivy League with a 7-1 record. In addition, Penn has not lost a home match since April 11, 1997. -- J.B. Maurice Greene breaks 100-meter world record ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Maurice Greene set a 100-meter world record yesterday of 9.79 seconds at an international track meet. Greene, who competed at the Penn Relays in April, broke the mark of 9.84 set in 1996 by Donovan Bailey of Canada. The record was set on a nearly windless evening during a special 100-meter invitational race in the stadium that will be the main venue for the 2004 Olympic Games. Greene's unofficial time was flashed as 9.78. The official time later was changed to 9.79.