European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 31,1987 the stars and stripes Paga 25 Lendl Evert cruise into 4th Roui Andrew Warshaw Paris a defending champions Ivan Lindl and Chris Evert breezed into the fourth round of the French open Tennis championships Friday hitting top form after snuggling earlier in the Clay url grand slam tournament both posted quickfire Straig Hilseth Victorie Sas theoc Nicaj quamily of play improved on the Jiffy Day at Roland Garros. The women s top seed Martina nth Akilova also won in straight sets Lendl won Over a patriotic Center Coll crowd with a performance of almost flawless Power Tennis to beat. Frenchman Thierry Tulane 7-6,6-2,6-2. Tulane tested the world s no. I player at the Stafl Tupen ing Upa 4-2 Lead in the first set but the Stony faced c slovak hit Back in Devala Tibig style winning the set oni tiebreaker and blitzing through the next two. Most of Fth time the crowds have been against me Here. But they appreciate in if someone fights hard and plays Well said lend who had dropped a set in each of his previous two matches. Evert the no. 3 seed found her timing on her favorite court no. I As she whipped the Swiss based Eva Knipl 6 2, 6-0 in just 50 minutes a change from the previous Day when she struggled to Criminale Isabellc do mongol it s always Good to gel through a match without playing your Best Evert said. It helps you for the next one and today i was a lot sharper. Early on in tournaments i end to play As Well As f. Have to instead of going All out. Perhaps it s now Tir to raise the level of my even s longtime rival Navratilova also Ca to her Peak As she crushed Austria s Petra Tufer 6-1, 6-1 in 47 minutes. For the second successive Day Onuf finc seed had been toppled by late in the Day. Kate Minaldi no. 10 in he women s draw could now Rundle her French opponent Nathalie Tauz iat Gine fiercely partisan crowd and lost 6-1, 6-.1. Rinaldi elimination by fight to 13 the number of ousted seeds. A women s seeds prancing to round 4 with Evert and Navratilova Are no. 5 Helena Sutkova no. 8 Claudia no. 12 Katerina male Eva no. 14 Raffael Ajili and no. 15 Sylvia Hanika. Joining Cyndi in the men s fourth round draw were no. Self Oslav Mccier no. 10 Andres Gomez and no. Mil Satin Jaite. A 1 players went out Cir moment of glory. Be be Perm who beat a listless Brig Evert a tact hit the Ball. And i like the people being close to Inot Aurl she said Navratilova was equally Imren fac against Huber Bitting the Ball fluently and seeming to of herself. Spartans braves flyers share men s Lead lady rams tigers gain volleyball final by Dave Diehl staff writer Raf Wethersfield England the Ramstein lady rams set themselves up Friday to defend their Safe 1986 volleyball title against their regular sea son rivals the Sembach tigers. In men s play in the four Day Safe volleyball championships the Alconbury men s spartans battled their Way into a playoff spot and share a three Way 6-4 record with the in Ciurlik braves and the Wiesbaden flyers. Coach Lou Paleafei said his Ramstein women an going to keep their title. How or Sembach beat the Continental sports conference no. I rams in every meeting during the regular season. It was a Fluke Paleafei said of the Sembach sweep. He predicted that the tigers won t score More than 10 Points in the Best of five match saturday. The lady Rama entered the third Day of round Robin play at 5-1. They met unbeaten Sembach and took a pair from the tigers 15-8,15-12. In that match Sembach took an Early Lead in the first game due in part by three rare service aces from Amy Heider and Monique Hage. But the Ramstein squad edged ahead at 6-5. The Lead flip flopped throughout the game. Front Row action from Ramstein s Spiker Mary others tatter and Hitler Peggy Dipaola kept the tigers defense Busy. Sembach s big hitters Carla Roa Slad and Hage faced some of Fth Best defense seen on the courts this week. Sembach Captain Debbie Brandt said they saw a different rams team. More than anything they were play ing their game. We weren t Able to Organ ize an offence said Brandt. They came Buck stronger than i be seen them yet. Full Force 100 percent. No matter How tight arc defense was they still got Dipaola and 1986 All Safe team member Olle Stalter teamed up at the net in the second game to punish the tigers 15-s. Sembach needed the two 13-8 wins Over the s Ben Waters to keep its championship Hopes alive. Brandt said the match for the Safe title will hinge on her team s defense. We need to really work on our de sense she said. The tigers will be sending Hage and Rogstad to the net for the offensive strike according to Brandt. The . Sports conference s top seeded Alconbury lady spartans looked like contenders Lor a playoff spot sat urday. But their 15-8, 13-15 split with san Vito combined with 15-10 loss that prefaced a 15-6 clobbering from a big Ramstein offence dashed any Hopes they might have had. The san Vito women leave the tournament with Tho Only other winning record among the six teams at 5-4. They beat Torrejon 15-9,15-12. Torrejon will take Home a 2-10 tournament record. The Bent Waters lady phantoms played belter volleyball than their 0-10 record suggests. The top of the form Sembach and Ramstein teams were the Only teams to beat them decisively. Torrejon takes Home a 3-7 record after its 15-12 and 15-s wins Over Ben Waters and 15-9, 15-12 losses to the Mac women from san Veo. The Alconbury women split with san Vito 5-8, 13-15. Men s tournament Wiesbaden comes out ahead of the 6-4 men s teams on Points in a three Way lie with Alconbury and in Ciurlik. The - s spartans were to meet the Mac braves in a 9 . Playoff before going after a rested Wiesbaden team in at 1 . Rest is what the Wiesbaden team needs says Captain Tom rec Roberts he said his team had Loo Many late hours to beat a Tough braves offence. His team s defense he said was suffering in the first game against in Ciurlik and it did t get the Opportunity to go to All armed forces hitter Rodney Pedersen. Wiesbaden and the in Ciurlik braves were the Only two teams o enter the last round Robin Day with winning records at 4-2. The flyers split a pair with Alcon Bury in fonday s opening men s action 12-15,15-1, in Ciurlik bowed to Ramstein in the Fol lowing match 5-15, before cd coming it self with a 15-6 win. In what appeared to be the big match up of the Day. In Firtik met Wiesbaden in the fourth afternoon match. When braves Hitler Carlos Mercado was t blacking flyers spikes he was driving Home the kills through the ineffective Wiesbaden defense in the first game. Mercado and Leon Mcbride supplied enough defense for iwo games in die 15 6 beating of the flyer. Roberts led the Wiesbaden turnabout in the second game the flyers Only Hope of staying alive for a playoff spot. Bill Morise came to the net and let Loose on the braves defense leading the flyers into the playoffs with a 15-7 win. But the big match up came when the - s top ranked Alconbury spartans came from behind in two games or a win or die pair with Torrejon. Carrying a 4-4 record the spartans had to win both games to Force playoffs before saturday s championship play. The spartans took the first game from the raiders 15-13. Torr Jon switched sides and looked like it would easily keep Alconbury from the playoffs As the raid ers took a 13-1 Lead mainly on the of sense of Rookie hitter Ken Morgan. But the spartans came alive in a big Way and lied the game up at 14. Then Hitler Dave Garfield and Sellers Jay Gould and Steve Owen came to the net and shut Down the heavy Torrejon of sense. The spartans dropped again to 14 15, before coming Back on Gould s scr ice to win 17-15. Chicksands look two Surprise victories from Ramstein 15-13 and 15-6, in the Las games of round Robin play. The Chicksands men finished the tourney with a 5-5 record. In Ciurlik was to Meel Alconbury in a bust of three playoff saturday morning. The Winner of that matchup was to play Wiesbaden in the men s Best of five final at 1
