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Show a DAILY HERALD TODAY Briefing f' i I NBA Playoffs Orlando at Detroit TUESDAY Prep Soccer Timpview at Provo 5 p.m., TNT 4 p.m. UVSC TENNIS ON THE AIR Nadal beats Federer to win third straight Monte Carlo Masters title Nadal won the title at Monte Carlo for the third ' defending French Open straight year. The champion is 14-- in clay court finals, and against Federer. two-tim- e I Teenage sub for Serena Williams clinches U.S. win: At Delray Beach, Fla., with Serena Williams sidelined, Fed Cup teammate Vania King showed she can do more than sing. The King won raves for her rendition of the national anthem to start the weekend, then substituted Sunday for Williams and sealed the U.S. team's victory over Belgium. 64, giving the King beat Kirsten Flipkens lead en route to a Americans an insurmountable Yankees at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. ESPN 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TNT TNT e NBA PLAYOFFS A DISAPPOINTING SHOW OF STARS (6-3- KJZZ five-gam- Dallas at Vancouver 8 p.m. Versus great puzzler of should The viewedTheasNBA the best, h Radio NBA Playoffs Utah at Houston 7:30 p.m. 1320 AM but it's not. The pro basketball league is set up to be the fairest one come postseason time. If you're loyally against the BCS, salary scales and configurations where the best teams often don't get the proper time to prove it, the NBA playoffs should be more anticipated than any other sporting event. The regular season matters, and adequately deterfree-for-a- ll 5-- 1 6-- 5 5-- 0 7-- 4-- 6-- NHL Playoffs 4-- Sports four-gam- NBA Playoffs Orlando at Detroit Utah at Houston Utah at Houston guys" 0 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 MLB N.Y. victory. They'll face Russia in the semifinals after 3-- 0 11-- 6 SATURDAY'S BYU RUGBY MPSF VOLLEYBALL Cougars move on to semifinals Volleyball not some mines seeding ambiguous closed-door- s process like the NCAA tour- nament. I w3 Continued from CI The NBA's long series will mostly likely advance not like the best teams HERALD - 3 33-2- point with minutes to go, but the Nittany Lions pulled out the eight point win. "We obviously have some things to work out," Smyth said when asked about the upcoming game against Penn State. "Some discipline issues and our overall continuity will be our attention in the coming weeks. But we'll just be glad to get out of this pool the wins for right now. The boys played hard and they deserve to chance to celebrate. We'll have plenty of time to worry about (Penn State) later." The USA Rugby semifinals get underway May 4 at Steuber Rugby Stadium at Stanford. The Cougars and the Nittany Lions face off at 5 p.m., while the other semifinal at 3 p.m. sees Navy play against the winner of Sunday's California-Sa- n Diego State Pool A final. Both semifinal winners will meet at 5 p.m. on May 5 for the USA Rugby College Championship at the same venue. Tournament, regular-seaso- TOP n ). (15-11- -- Other Tournaments Springfield SO MIDWESTERN (30-26- , 3-- Quincy 30 30-24- Softball 30-20- 15-11- , 30-22- NJIT 30-27- (30- - 3--2 , 22-3- fifth-seede- ) Quarterfinals Saturday, April 21 No. 3 George Mason def. No. 6 East Stroudsburg 3-- 6 (30-12- , 30-27- , 30-19- right? Through one game, it's the series that is most intriguing but may wind up making the 0 loudest thud. The Jazz are young and seemed lost at Houston, especially when open jumpshots came their way in the second half. Utah is a fun team to d watch, if you're into basketball in which there are no major stars ) , Sunday, April 22 No. 4 Princeton def. No. 5 ) 7 No. 2 IPFW def. No. Mercyhurst 3--0 (30-9-, (30-2- ) No. 6 East Stroudsburg 30-2- (30-2- 30-28- def. No. 7 27, 29-3- ) No. 3 Loyola def. No. 30-26- 30-2- Quarterfinals Saturday, April 21 at home sites 4 Ball State def. No. 5 Lewis 30-26- Boys Soccer Jazz-Rocke- ts 3-- No. UTAH VALI Baseball (again, like college hoops, or college football and the NFL) that tend to make us wonder if too much luck, and not enough skill over a significant enough amount of time, was involved. There is even a salary cap, basically giving each team a relatively equal opportunity to succeed totally unlike Major League Baseball and any college sport (because of the wide competitive spectrum of recruiting). Yet there's something strangely unsatisfying about the NBA playoffs, even though the brand of game is far superior to what we've seen in the regular season. It was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the first game of the series Saturday night. It was me, some potato chips and a clicker to watch a few NBA games. Uh, shoulda gone out. Or gone to bed. Or gotten new batteries in the remote to at least be able to change the channel. The Jazz game was particularly disappointing, because d it's the fourth- - and teams. This should be a very entertaining series, champion Penn State (20-7- ) hosts the semifinals and will play Princeton (12-9George Mason (12-9- ) faces in the other St. Francis ) semifinal. Each of the three leagues will send its tournament MARIO RUIZDaily Herald champion to the NCAA Final BYU's Rodnei Santos prepares Four and one at large team will be selected by a committo spike the ball against tee. UC Irvine on Feb. 2. Santos The Final Four will be held and the Cougars will face at Ohio State's St. John's the Anteaters in the MPSF Tournament semifinals on Arena in Columbus, Ohio, May Thursday at Pepperdine. INTERCOLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT contests the d Ball State (18-1will play No. Ohio State (22-3- ) in one semifinal and No. 2 seed IPFW (22-3- ) will take on No. 3 seed Loyola (23-6- ) in the other. The matches will be played at Ohio State. In the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Fourth-see- "The boys played better today," said BYU head coach BYU David Smyth. "We were able BERKELEY, Calif. to keep them tryless, which is secured its third straight apusually a good sign, and we pearance in the USA Rugby were better with the possesCollegiate semifinals by beating Cal Poly SLO 33-- on Satur- sion of the ball." An increased aggression day in the Pool B Finals. The Cougars will travel back from both sides saw a total of to Palo Alto and the campus of six yellow cards and one red Stanford in two weeks to play card. As a result, the Cougars Penn State, which beat the Uni- might have to be without the in what services of some players for versity of Utah the upcoming semifinal due to will be a repeat of last year's playoff matchup. repeated yellow cards and a The Cougars appeared to red card, which could prove come out Saturday with more problematic. intent against the Mustangs "We expected a hard game," said BYU captain Steve St. than they did the day before Pierre, "And we got that. The against Wyoming. Sam Thorley led all scorscore doesn't show how good Cal Poly played. I'm just glad ers, as he tallied 20 of BYU's 33 points. Five of his points we were able to get the win and advance." came moments after his first BYU played the Nittany penalty kick. After some solid play from BYU's forwards, the Lions last year ih the same fullback was able to dive in for semifinal round and came out his only try of the game. Thorwith a win 52-- Penn State his would withstood own convert a late Utah rally Satley try from a tough angle and BYU urday in the Pool C final that saw the Utes down by only one increased its lead to 10. DAILY Jason Franchuk The UVSC softball team talGREELEY, Colo. lied 32 hits and 22 runs in a doubleheader at Northern Colorado, but it was only good enough to earn the Wolverines a split won 16-- lost 1 1 in the series on Saturday. opening day of a "We definitely hit the ball well enough to win both games," said UVSC head coach Todd Fairbourne. "But defensively we didn't play well in the second game, especially over the final two innings." UVSC (21-2had its win streak upped to six games after winning the opener before the Bears snapped that streak while also ending their own e skid. In the opener Heidi Boyer went with two doubles, a single and a monster blast over the scoreboard in right center for her team-higninth home run of the season. Boyer drove in four runs while Sara Roskelley had three RBI. , Jackie Roberts (10-8- ) earned the complete-gam- e victory after striking out five batters and giving up five earned runs. In the nightcap, UVSC saw an early lead turn into a deficit after the Bears scored five consecutive runs, the last coming in the bottom of the fifth.The Wolverines tied it in the top of the sixth before UNC scored five in the bottom of the inning for the final tally. Arena Football Philadelphia at Columbus PAGE 21 2007 Wolverine Softball hot at plate in split with Northern Colorado Television MONTE CARLO, Monaco Roger Federer seems no closer to figuring out how to beat Rafael Nadal on clay. Swiss star lost his fifth straight The match to Nadal on clay Sunday at the Monte Carlo Masters, 64, 64, and the second-ranke- d Spaniard extended his winning streak on the surface to 67 matches. "1 lost four times against Rafa," Federer said. "I'd rather have that than lose against four different Monday. April Juniata 30-2- ) 3-- 2 34-3- 6, (30-2- 25-3- 1&3) team-oriente- 1. Timpanogos (12-2- 1. Lone ) (11-2-- (8-0-- 2) the Knights be as hot after the break? No Lyons, this team is Will for real 2. Am. Fork Peak 2. Mtn. View 2) School still buzzing over sweep of P.G. (6-3-- 1) The Bruins have something to prove 1.Sp. Fork (12-2- ) Semifinals The Dons got back at Springville with a narrow win 2. Springville (12-4- ) The Red Devils handle pressure like champs the Semifinals April 26 at Penn State Princeton (12-9- ) vs. No. 1 Penn State (20-7- ) George Mason (12-9- ) vs. Thursday, April 26 at Ohio State No. 2 IPFW (20-7- ) vs. No. 3 Loyola (236), 4 p.m. No. 1 Ohio State (22-3- ) vs. No. 4 Ball State (18-116:30 p.m. No. 2 St. Francis (11-- 3. Timpview 4) (7-3-- 0) 3. Lehi (11-- The T'Birds beginning to pick up steam The Pioneers get shot at Springville 4. Lone Peak 4. Provo 4. Timpanogos one more Finals 28 at Penn State 5:30 p.m. Finals 3) Must get hitting and pitching on same page (15-11- ) ), April 3. PI. Grove constantly dictating the Saturday, April 28 at Ohio State 4 p.m. NCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL sucmarketing and cess built on singular names. The Jazz offer nothing here. rt CHAMPIONSHIPS (9-- 6) Pitching staff is better than it showed against Timpanogos 5. Sp. Fork Calling all (5-4-- 1) The Bulldogs get Timpview next 5. Orem ) bats. Please report (11-4- (6-3-- shot at (8-- EASTERN 7) be dangerous as the season progresses The Timberwolves will 1) The Tigers have to rediscover their focus to Dons lineup 5. Payson Two wins (8-- keep the Lions INTERCOLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIA HON TOURNAMENT Final Four Thursday, May 3 at Ohio First Round Matches Championship Match Saturday, May 5 at Ohio in State mined its fate. place See . to tell P thathecanaave I need I wish dill would ) have his hearingl XchecTgh vname neanngs Ton.daef,lJ i;is?LTTj o I thatwaaaald during the 0 0 ceremonyl o QV I n J $ V L. irr' iowmdovjs j 5HISTAU.ED I Vz for the J Hm- - East Chan Faster Edison Stanford Hearing Center GELD FRANCHUK, C5 93!B (331337 88 could ha i fTfli Mehmet? Someone may respond that, yes, they loved that Jim Henson created those. Utah is a team of very good, not great, players and that may have already deter- State April 18 at home sites No. 5 Juniata def. No. 8 8) ac- tion. It's my kind of ball, but there was a sense watching this team that it doesn't have enough to go very far in the playoffs. This league is built on superstars, maybe more than any other. 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