European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Or Friday. November 1 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 the Small schools volleyball tournament got out of the blocks a Nickly at Karlsruhe Germany thursday. At left Oesterberg s Suzette Meeker 22. Just misses the Block on car Truhe s Heather Kowa Sld while at right an unidentified bad sibling player lobs Over the Block of Croughton s Kerry Webb 23 and Crystal Ireland 1. Heidelberg overcomes Home court by sue Harper staff writer Heidelberg Germany a Home court disadvantage b t defending Champion Heidelberg off to a slow Star fun its 415.15-12,15-7 defeat of Frankfurt i Pool play As the big schools volleyball tournament opened thursday. It was a combination of trying to impress their friends and just getting started lion coach Rich Ben Nett said. And i messed up the lineup and some of the girls started  the first and part of the second game featured the unfocused Power of the Lions spiking with everything they had against the finesse of the eagles Back sets faked sets and Dainty dinks. Six foot one Eagle Rookie Melanie Hebebrand wit six spikes three dinks and five blocks for the match worked with 5-foot-5 Amy Abbott four dinks four blocks in the fake set and the Back set. Abbott would go for the Ball As though she were going to set the gum chewing Hebebrand would pretend to get ready for the Spike and then Abbott would pop it Over. The two and 5-foot-6 Tanya Deleon also faked out the Lions when in the second game Abbott appeared to be setting for Hebebrand Hebebrand feigned going forthe attack and Deleon slapped it Over. Hebebrand should have kept her gun. When she stopped chewing at 12-8, eagles in the second match the finesse went out of the eagles and the Lions started to catch up. Donna Jordan three digs six spikes four dinks an two blocks started dinking and Kassandra Moisant served an Ace and blocked one to get the score to 12 12. Jordan spiked it to break the tie. The eagles  recover. Jordan spiked Point 14 and Kim Kulick aced 15 to ice the cake. High school volleyball in other games thursday the Lions downed Frank Furt International school 15-9, 15-4 Nairn Borg topped Lakenheath 15-13.8-15,15-13 Frankfurt bounced Bac against in Imburg 15-11.15-2 Hanau stopped shape 15-11,15-8 Kaiserslautern beat the spartans 15-1, 15-10 Ramstein Defeated Fis 15-1. 15-10, Kaiserslautern downed Hanau 15-10,13-15,15-13 Ramstein Defeated shape 15-8,15-9, Kaiserslautern beat Fis 15-13,4-15, 15-2, and Lakenheath Defeated accent 15-13, 9-15,15-4. Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern last year s Winner and runner up finished the Day unbeaten. The tourney will conclude today. In other tournaments thursday Small schools championship Brussels was the big Winner on opening Day losing but one game in rolling to victories Over Croughton 0 3vilseck 2-1 and bad sibling 1-2. Chasing the brigands Are the Host team from Karls Ruhe Bonn and Oesterberg which took turns dealing each other their Lone losses. Karlsruhe took a hard fought 8-15.15-11,15-10 Vic tory from Oesterberg beat Ansbach 15-6, 15-4 and then fell to Bonn 15-8,13-15,10-15. Bonn followed its win Over Karlsruhe with a 15-13, 15-13 Victory Over Ansbach before being waylaid by Oesterberg 11-15, �7-15,10-15. Oesterberg also Defeated Ansbach 9-15, 15-11, 15  2-1 after Day i were the Vilseck Falcons who beat Croughton 15-7,10-15,15-9 and bad sibling 15-7, 15-11 before falling to Brussels 5-15,15-6,7-15. In the other game thursday bad sibling downed Croughton 15-6,15-11. Pool play continues beginning at 10 30 . Today at Smiley Barracks gym. American schools in Italy championship the top seeded Simonella girls behind the hitting and serving of Jessica Grimes and Anna Hansen lived up to their Billing from the get go hammering Host Brindisi 15-1, 15-10 in the opening game of the three Day Pool play event. The jaguars who also clobbered Livoto 15-3, 15-3, were joined in today s championship round by no. 2 seed Milan which beat Ameri can overseas of Rome 15-13, 8-15, 15-6 no. 3 Aviano 15-2, 15-17, 15-5 conquerors of Vicenza Mary mount which downed Vicenza 15-9, 15-12, Naples which bumped Yosr 15-8, 15-10, and the Host centurions who rebounded from the opening game loss to Bounce Livorno 15-5,10-15,15-13. On the boys Side the eighth seeded Vicenza Cou Gars stormed into today s championship round by up setting no. 5 Mary mount 15-13, 11-15,15-9. No. 7 Liv Orno also surprised stopping Simonella 15-11,11-15,15 12 to move on. Both teams however got a clinic from the two top seeds who join them in the title round today. No. 1 Aviano dubbed the Lions 15-4,15-4 in the opening game and no. 2 Milan followed with a 15-7, 15-9 demolition of the cougars. Later each Winner came Back with another straight sets win Aviano 15-9, 15-6 Over Simonella and the panthers 15-4, 15-8 Over Mary mount. The other boys who advanced came from no. 3 Yosr 15-10, 15-3 victors Over Brindisi and no. 4 Naples which handed the Host centurions a 15-12,15 8 loss. The tournament continues today with Pool play and concludes with championship and Consolation championship games on saturday