Huskies beat the Fighting Irish 72-61 for their 83rd straight win.

NAPLES, Fla. -- Shanshan Feng was right back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Thursday, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over So Yeon Ryu and Charley Hull after the first round of the CME Group Tour Championship.Coming off consecutive victories in Malaysia and Japan, Feng is one of nine players who entered the season finale with a chance to win the Race to the CME Globe season title and $1 million bonus. The Chinese star won in 2013 at Tiburon Golf Club.Somehow, the course is playing longer compared to three years ago, Feng said. I dont know, maybe because Im getting older Im hitting shorter.Ha Na Jang, Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Amy Yang, Lizette Salas, Beatriz Recari, Ryann OToole and Mo Martin all shot 68.Top-ranked Lydia Ko had a 70. She needs a win this week to secure player of the year honors,Ariya Jutanugarn and Brooke Henderson, who like Ko are guaranteed the points crown if they prevail this week, each shot 72.Feng has finished no worse than a tie for fourth in her last seven events. She started the run with the Olympic bronze medal in Rio, tied for fourth at Evian in France, opened the Asia trip at home in China with a fourth-place tie, was second in Taiwan and tied for third in South Korea before winning in Malaysia and Japan. She took last week off, practicing only three days in Orlando.I think after the Asian wave, were just so tired. I think I needed the rest, Feng said. I feel actually pretty fresh coming into this week. ... Ive been playing well, so just wanted to keep up with the good playing.Feng birdied four of the last six holes -- the par-4 13th, par-5 14th, par-3 16th and par-5 17th -- in her bogey-free round. She made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-5 first hole and also birdied the par-3 eighth.Ryu won the last of her three LPGA Tour titles in 2014.What I learned through this year, having like swing change this year, sometimes I just think about swing too much, Ryu said. So what I learned through that is I just rather more focus to like imagination. Just keep imagine how the ball is going to fly and what shot I am going to hit instead of where is my hand going to be, my wrist.Hull birdied the final four holes on the front nine and also birdied the 14th. She also was off last week after being delayed getting out of Japan.I was only home for four days, the 20-year-old English player said. I didnt touch a golf club. Hung out with my friends. I think I only touched a golf club once or twice last week.Carlota Ciganda had a 75. She won her first LPGA Tour title last month in South Korea and won the event in Mexico City on Sunday.Ko and Jutanugarn are fighting for the big year-end honors.Only a win would be enough to give Ko her second straight player-of-the-year award; any other result, and that title goes to Jutanugarn. They came in separated by $17,305 in the money standings, and Ko (69.611) enters with a minuscule edge over Chun (69.632) for the Vare Trophy presented to the player with the lowest scoring average.The points in the CME Globe standings reset for the finale, so Jutanugarn, Ko and Henderson all truly control their destinies when it comes to the $1 million bonus that goes to the points champion. Cheap Air Max Sale . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Cheap Air Max 2017 . 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Editors note: Charlie Creme, Graham Hays and Mechelle Voepel each vote to determine espnWs national player of the week, which is awarded every week of the womens college basketball season.Everything else takes a backseat when a matchup between the nations No. 1 and No. 2 teams arrives.That includes one individual 50-point performance and another 44-point showing.Yes, Connecticut vs. Notre Dame earned top billing this past Wednesday, and when one player puts on a performance like UConns Gabby Williams did, in a game of that magnitude, in South Bend, she deserves top honors. Williams is the espnW national player of the week.Williams was the catalyst when the Huskies beat the Fighting Irish 72-61 for their 83rd straight win. Williams totaled 19 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and five steals. The junior forward impacted the biggest game of the year in every way possible, from spearheading UConns pressure, to setting up teammates, to controlling the lane largely from the high post.Her performance Wednesday even elicited the rare December complement from coach Geno Auriemma, who referred to Williams game as magnificent.At 5-foot-11, Williams would be an undersized post player on any other team, but at UConn, she is a mismatch for bigger players because of her quickness, versatility and athleticism.ddddddddddddThat doesnt always translate to points. Williams had just six in Sundays win at Kansas State, but she led the Huskies with 10 rebounds and handed out five assists, all while battling with the Wildcats biggest and best player, 6-foot-5 Breanna Lewis.Williams jump in production (10.8 PPG and 7.7 RPG this season, from 8.8 PPG and 5.6 RPG in 2015-16) and pronounced increase in confidence in the Huskies system is a big reason why Connecticut has quickly gone from one of the contenders for the national title to the favorite to win a fifth straight.And ... we see you, Pac-12. Kristine Anigwe scored 50 against Sacramento State on Thursday, and Washingtons Kelsey Plum became the Pac-12s all-time leading scorer while scoring 30 and 44 points in her last two games.Also considered: Kristine Anigwe, California; Mehryn Kraker, Green Bay; Kelsey Plum, Washington; Katie Lou Samuelson, ConnecticutPrevious winners: Notre Dames Ogunbowale (Nov. 21) | Virginia Techs Hicks (Nov. 28) | Dukes Greenwell (Dec. 5) ' ' '