European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 stars and stripes wednesday february 19, 1986 sky Queens oust rockette gain semis by Dave Diehl . Bureau Raf Wethersfield England the upper Scyford sky Queens were the last team to earn a spot in the semifinal playoffs in the 1986 Safe women s basketball championships by beating the Rhein main rockette 68-47 Here tues Day. The two teams were 2-1 after the final Day of round Robin play which necessitated a lie breaker game on tuesday morning of the semifinal playoffs. The eight team tourney began sat urday. Teams from the mediate Rancan United kingdom and Continental sport conferences shared two championship divisions. After the end of the first three Days Ramstein and Aviano led division Hahn and upper Heyford topped Divi Sion b. The Alconbury women of Sparta and the bunt Waters lady phantoms were eliminated in the division b monday. The division b hell Nikon olympians went 0-3 in the tourney. Rhein main shared the usage basketball other division b Slot. The sky Queens win pitted them against Aviano the top Mac team in the first game of tuesday semifinals. Ramstein was scheduled to meet Hahn in the other semifinal contest. Upper Heyford 68, Rhein main 47 sky Queen Captain Reneta Roupli keyed the Scyford Victory with 21 Points. Rhein main s Jennifer Anderson had a game High 24 Points. Aviano 50, Ramstein 44 one of the bigger upsets in Safe women s basketball history was dealt to the lady rams of Ramstein by to hems s top team when Aviano prevailed 50-44 monday night. This shows we can play Ball with the . And the Csc said Aviano Captain Debra Edwards. The Victory put the eagles into the semifinals in the eight team olympic style tournament. We came to play Ball Edwards said. They played until it Hurt. The previously undefeated lady rams never led. They evened the score five time sin the second half but a Tough defense and an unflagging Aviano offence prevented the rams from moving ahead. I think we underestimated them said rams Captain Bev Turman. We underestimated the rams Are trying to grab the Safe title that eluded them in i98s when they suffered their season s Only loss to Wiesbaden in the championship game. Turman said her team wanted to re main undefeated in the tourney. We owe it to the eagles had a 25-17 halftime Edge. The lady rams outscored their opponents in the second half but not enough to make up the eight Point deficit. The win eliminated both Ben Waters and Alconbury of the United kingdoms. In monday s other game upper Heyford 53, Hahn 51 the sky Queens kept their Hopes and forced the playoff game against Rhym main s rockette by ending the lady Hawks tourney winning Streak at two. Heyford came Back after trailing 28-20 at halftime. You re going to see a different team after halftime predicted sky Queens Captain Willie Mclntyre at the break. We re going to come Back and turn this Ball game guard Laura Goodrich hit two free throws just after six minutes of the second half to tie the game at 35. Center Rose Mary Brodie hit the go ahead Basket at 6 45. Hahn twice managed to tie the game but upper Heyford never allowed the lady Hawks to Lead. Stephanie Hall of Hahn converted a three Point play with 56 seconds left to account for the final score. Toupalik led the Heyford scoring with 20 Points. Hall had 20 in a losing cause. The lady Hawks advanced to the semifinals based on the Best Point total. 3ndon a South Africa s for Mer world boxing association Coetzee flew into London on Mondamin Advance of next month s Aba final enl Nator against Frank Brunolf Britain and stain denounced his coun try s controversial Swem of apartheid. The 30-year-old win South african a outspoken critic of prolongs racial policies arrived with a Black Sparr a partner two weeks ahead of the March 4ttofrontation with Bruno the european can Ion at London s Wembley Arena. Apartheid is an ugly thing should join hands stand work fight Al live together said Coetzee. Anti apartheid campaigners in Britain and abroad Are pressurizing Bruno a Black fighter to change his mind and Are lobbying authorities Here to Call off the bout some even warning that it could endanger next summer s Commonwealth games in Edinburgh. But Coetzee charged the protesters were being counterproductive. By stopping people competing against each other you Are separating them. You Are in fact preaching apartheid said the South african. I have spoken out Many times against apartheid and cannot do anything More. Apartheid should not exist. That is Why they Are trying now to get rid of it. They Are doing their Best Coetzee who won the world title when he d out Michael Dokes in 1983, lost it Page in his first defense the follow a. Now the Aba s official no. 1 con Encl he has taken on most of the world s leading heavyweights and has lost Only four of 35 fights. Bruno 24, is one of the hardest punchers in the heavyweight division and has lost Only one of 28 fights. All but one of his opponents have been stopped. Bruno is Good hungry and really wants to get the taste in his Mouth of being num Ber one. But i think we Are going to take him. He still needs a bit More experience the soft spoken Coetzee told a news Confer ence. The fight a 10,000 sellout is the big heavyweight attraction to be staged Ain for 20 years. I think Bruno s manager a a promoter see me As a shortcut toward world title fight. I think they be mad a stack said Coetzee. But if Bruno bal me hell deserve a shot and you hell take the world title sometime Coetzee whose wife for three children will be coming Ove apr South Africa for the fight newspaper reports that he had of poorly and that he was Only in it Home Money. Punt of training i be done for this Jiff is As great As for any previous contest. But it will not be too easy to get As close again to another world title shot and we Don t want to Peak too Early he said. I Don t want to leave the fight Back in he said he was not bothered that Bruno ranked no. 6 by the rival world boxing Council was six years younger. Heavyweights mature and Peak be tween the Ages of 30 and 33," Coetzee declared. Lendl Connors Vance in Lipton tourney Boca Raton Fla. Up Ivan Lendl struggled before overcoming Jimmy Arias monday and Jimmy con nors survived a third set tiebreaker against Thierry Tulane to reach the quarterfinals of the $1.8 million Lipton International players championships. Lendl ranked no. 1 in the world wasted a 5-3 second set Lead and squandered six match Points before putting away Arias 6-1, 7-5, in a grueling 74-minute second set played in 82-degree heat and High humidity. Connors breezed 6-1 in the opening set and grabbed a 5-2 Lead in the second but Tulane won five straight games to take the set before yielding in the tiebreaker As Connors triumphed-1, 5-7,7-6 7-3 in two hours and 11 minutes. In other fourth round matches no Stefan Edberg ousted Mart Wavis 6-2 6-3 no. 6 Yannick Noah Dot Gunnarsson 6-1, 7-6 7-2 no. Kirn Nystrom bested Pablo arrayi4 and Guy forget Robertson 6-3,6-4. In the Only women s Ackt match of the Day Terry Diane Balestras 7-6 7-12, to reach the quarterfinals. Lendl to four break Points on his Jln two service games won the first Sej Andily and appeared poised for a Roux bum Rias who has been ranked As Hig Juno. 5 in the world and i current to. 21 on the computer adjusted in re second set hitting the Ball deeper on Condl and creating extra top spin on his forehand strokes. Lendl broke Arias in the third and seventh games of the second set to assume a 5-3 Lead. Arias recorded his second break in the 10th game to knot the match at 5 put Arias lost his serve in the Lith and dropped the match when he Akhand into the net. It Sty irritating to me that i can finish off Katches the czechoslovakian born Leam Faid. But i Felt even if i lost the second to i would be in Good shape because he a doing All the run Lendl faces nys Troland Connors faces Noah in the Quarter Tulane no. 24 in the Emu broke Connors no. 4 in the Rankin min the eighth game of the third before the Connors forced the timbre Tulane served up an Ace to assume a 3-2 Lead in the tiebreaker but Connors stormed Back to win the next five Points and the match including a double fault by the Frenchman that gave con nors a 6-3 margin. I lost some concentration in the tie breaker. I was very nervous and tired said Tulane who claimed he was distracted by a fan Yelling at him. It should have been Over in 52 min utes then i had a concentration lapse Connors said. He makes a few shots i miss a few shots and it s a struggle. Nystrom s match had to be moved from the grandstand court to a Side court Midway through the second set when the court area became filled with smote com ing from a nearby hamburger stand. Aba from Page 21 two exchanged Kcjr after exchanging elbows and Mcdo i took a swing at benches eared and the game was delayed for out 10 minutes. Jack Sorima finished with 20 Points for Levingston paced Atlanta with i Points. Pacers 124, bulls 110 1dianapolis Herb Williams and Ron Anderson scored 22 Points apiece to Power Indiana Over Chicago. Steve Stipanovich added 20 Points for Indiana 19-35, while Vern Fleming tie the team record with 17 assists. George Girvin s 23 Points paced the bulls. Pistons 117, jazz 96 Pontiac Mich. Isiah Thomas scored 31 Points and Kelly Tripucka added 30 to Lead Detroit Over Utah. Adrian Dantley led Utah with 21 Points. Suns 108, celtics 101 Phoenix Ariz. Mike Sanders scored All of his 14 Points in the fourth Quarter and Walter Davis added 20 As Phoenix beat Boston for the first time in four years. Larry Bird led the celtics with 24 Points including 18 in the first Quarter. Dennis Johnson also had 24. Rockets 116, warriors 110 Oakland Calif. Ralph Sampson starting at Center for the first time in two years scored 25 Points to Lead Houston rockets Over Golden state. Sampson moved from Forward to Center because of the knee injury suffered by Olajuwon on saturday night. Ola Suwon All Star performer will miss a least two weeks. Is 96, loppers 94 los Ankles Reserve Forward Kevin Mckinnl moored a career High 25points, is of them three Point goals and Rookie Center mute Bol blocked 10 shots to Pace Wash skin Over los an Geles a Mckenna in his scion my 0-Day con tract with the bullets hit the of nine three Point attempts to Tireli Upston s Lucas for the league High in one Vine this season
