The Collegian Thursday, April 6
Sports
NHL
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Washington Capitals Vs. Philadelphia . Flyers- 'Going into ,
last itight's'acticin, this Series was tied at two games apiece as.,,
these diviiiOn rivals split their home games. The ,first, three
gaites of this series were typical tight-checking„low. scoring •
games . that Weredecided:hy one - goaLGarne Four on Sunday
wass t te first one:aidedtame of the series, as Philly jumped
out to a 5-0 lOd'and'went on to win 5-2.
The winner of this series Will 41ay -the; surprising
PittsbitighPeligiiins,"Who used balanced sci:oll, - solid defense;
and the Soma goaltending of Tom AarfaSSG,t - o sweep The New
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York Rarigers,4-0. : ' '
Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres- Thanks to two Cam,
Neely game-winners, the series .returns to Boston wi`th - . - the
Bruins on top, 3:- I. Despite entering the playOffs:Witli insight
game regular - Seas& winning streak against- theßruins,„the
Sabres have been unable to translate their.succeSs intQ ,the:
playoffs: After dominating Boiton Gaine - 0ne,.6-0; the
Sables have been outscored 13-4 - since the middle: of Oarne
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The winner of the series will play the Montreal tanadiens;
who disposed of thi7llartft• 3srd Whalers inloirrigarnek: Three - of.
the, games were'decided by one goal; with: two of these - being
overtime gam= , .
Detroit, Red Wings vs. Chicago Biackhawksz - Despite
winning the regular. season division title in the weakest
divisiomin hockey, the >Red Wings are finding that the tables
have turned in - the playoffs:.. FOuith , place Chicagb has taken a -
`three games.to one lead on the goaltending strength of Alain -
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Minnesota series.
St Louis Blues vs.„Minnesota North Stars- The Bluei.have
taken a 3-1 lead over•the inept. North Stars, although two. of
the St. Louis wins.cathe in overtime. The Noith Stars avoided
eliminatibn on. Sunday night when rookie. Don Barber scored
with seven'tseconds -remaining in regulation. The winner
moves on to play Detrbit or Chicago. •
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„,:f.os Angeles Kings, vs. Edmonton Alter splitting
the:first iwg games in. LA., the Oilers hay,e thken.control of
theeriei4 winning two7.4raighig home.,The,Oirers . hhve
used their playoff experience and team depth to Laic a 3-1
advantage, winning two of their games in the third period. The
, winner will take on the Calgary-Vancouver winner.
Calgary Flames. - vs. Vancouver Canucks-'The surprising
Canucks have matched CainPbell conference power Calgary
blow for blow in what many thought would be a Flames.
sweep. Home ice hisnot made a:difference so far; as the teams
split, at ihe:Saddledome: and in Vancouver. The survivor will
gris on to meet the L.A.'-Edmonton winner. , • =
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Advantage Lions
by. John Musser
Collegian Staff Writer
Coach "Michael Grignol
summed up the last two victories
for the Behrend Men's Tennis
team by simply saying, "The
. guys are playing well."
• If you don't belieVe Grighol,
then just ask Thiel College, who
found out "the - hard way last
Thursday on the Behrend courts.
The Lion netters triumphed 8-1,
as Bill Schmitt, Shawn Crago,
Chuck Keenan, Todd Hiller, and
Chris Benton all won their
singles matches in straight sets.
In doubles, Crago-Karl Pearson,
Dave Hogle-Steve Moyer, and
Robert Jackson-Rick Brooks all
posted wins.
On Saturday, the Lions posted
their most impressive victory of
the season by defeating the
Westminster Titans 5-4. Schmitt
raised his singles tournament
record to 5-0 by defeating
Westminster's Brad Jones (6-2,7-
5). Other singles, winners were
Shawn Crago (4-6,6-1,6-2) - over
Mike Condron and Steve Smith
(6-4,6-7,6-4) dropped - Andy
Marsh.
In the doubles matches,
Crago-Schmitt prevailed (6-7,6-
1,6-4) over Jones-Mike Condron
while Dave Hogle and Smith
took care of Marsh-Shawn Six
(4-6,6-4,7-6).
One of the keys tdirevictory
was the performance of - the Lions
after losing the opening set.
"Crago and the two doubles
teams hung in there after losing
the first set" to go on and win
their matches. "Their were- five
three-set matches and we won
four of them," said a pleased
Grignol.
Grignol was also happy with
the play of Smith. "Steve Smith'
could have been down, but he
came back from his Thiel loss to
win two three-set matches."
Grignol also stressed the
importance of the win as a sign. -
that his team is vastly improved
over last year's squad. "Last year
we lost to them, 8-1." Grignol
also noted that Westminster
returned five of their top six. •
After losing two of their first
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three matches, the Lions are now
riding a two match winning
streak. "Mental toughness and
being calm under pressure" have
helped the Lions to win the tight
matches. "Everybody's playing
good. Its all aiming together."
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