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D10 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SATURDAY. AUGUST 22, 1998 tamgers use heads to beat Mast piayoitts Chicago uses aerial attack to defeat Indiana, who was missing 2 defenders. ry and sent a blistering shot toward the corner of Chicago's goal. Stingers goalkeeper Marcus Roy foiled the attempt, diving in front of the shot and heading it out of bounds. Chicago added to its lead with 21:10 remaining in the second half when Stingers forward Michael Richardson took Jimmy Harkness' pass and drove into the right corner of the Blast's goal.

Harkness picked up his second assist 15 minutes later when midfielder Jason Acres sent his pass just below the Blast's crossbar. ers have handed the Blast this season. Indiana's sole win over Chicago came 3-1 at home on July 3. The Blast, playing without their injured top defenders George Crawford and Jon Pickup allowed Chicago opportunities to score all night. Without Crawford's and Pickup's heading abilities, the Blast were vulnerable to an aerial attack and Chicago took full advantage.

At the 25:08 mark of the first half, Stingers forward Chris Jahr sent a shot at goal that bounced off the crossbar. Ten minutes later at the 14:15 mark, midfielder Brandon Ward sent a header into the crossbar. "I was concerned because both shots came from crossed passes," McDonald said. "We knew we were suspect there." The weakness allowed Stingers forward Joe Carver to knock a header past Blast goalkeeper Nick Pasquarello at the 1:25 mark to give the Stingers a 1-0 lead going into halftime. The Blast had just as many "I was concerned because both shots cams from crossed passes.

We knew we were suspect there." Blast coach Jimmy; McDonald chances to score in the first half, but failed to produce as much nail-biting intensity as Chicago. Blast midfielder Mark Phillips gave Indiana its first real chance to score in the first half when he took a looping pass into Stingers territo "I'll tell you right now, I think Chicago will win the whole thing," McDonald said. Chicago (21-6) displayed a champion's touch all night, dictating the pace for most of the game to eliminate the Blast (17-4) from the USISL Division III) playoffs 3-0 before a franchise-record 3,218 fans at Kuntz Stadium. The loss was the third the Sting- By Brian Hendrickson STAFF WRITER Coming into Friday night's playoff opener against the Chicago Stingers, Indiana Blast coach Jimmy McDonald thought his team had a great shot at a championship. Two hours later, he knew who had the best shot to win.

Hoosier Cup's fame and $450,000 purse attracting top pacers Hoosiers No. 2 hr preseason poll soccer By Don Bates CORRESPONDENT ANDERSON, Ind. When Hoosier Park opened on Sept. 1, 1994, officials at the track made clear their intentions to develop the facility into a major showcase for stan-dardbred horses. Few would doubt the mission has been accomplished.

Hoosier Park has evolved into a haunt for the heaviest hitters in harness racing. Tonight's second-annual $450,000 Hoosier Cup, which features nine of the nation's top 3-year-old pacers, is partly responsible. There's no question this race has quickly become one of the biggest in the country because we've got the cream of the 3-year-old crop here as proof," said track announ- Amu Staff Report UCLA and Indiana, which played into overtime in last year's NCAA final four, are the top two teams in the Soccer America men's college preseason rankings. UCLA handed the Hoosiers their first loss after 23 victories, 1-0, in the NCAA semifinals last December at Richmond, Va. The Bruins then defeated Virginia 2-0 for the national championship.

An IU-UCLA rematch is scheduled for Nov. 1 In Bloomington, Ind. The No. 2 Hoosiers visit No. 3 St.

Louis for an exhibition game tonight. Virginia is ranked No. 4 and Maryland No. 5. Three Indiana players senior Lazo Alavanja, junior Dema Kova-lenko and sophomore Nick Garcia are among 15 finalistsfor the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's Player of the Year.

All three were Ail-Americans last season, and Garcia was Freshman of the Year. All three also made the Soccer America preseason All-America first team. IU's Aleksey Korol was selected to the second team. -1, i i PV Kjjt viAwU 111 ceroddsmaker Peter Kleinhans. The Meadowland Pace and the North America Cup have million-dollar purses, but basically we have the same horses here as were in those." Each of the nine entrants In tonight's feature are survivors of qualifying heats run last week.

Kleinhans has established Kentucky-bred Artiscape as the 2-1 morning-line favorite. Owned by Brittany Farms and Brian Monieson, Artiscape has earned nearly $700,000 in his two-year racing career. He has never been out of the money while winning 6-of-8 races last season and 5-of-6 this campaign after a vacation earlier in the year. Trained by Canadian Robert Mcintosh, Artiscape won his elimination race last Saturday in 1:51.2. His career best is a full second faster.

Artiscape will race from post position No. 4 tonight with Michel La Chance holding the reins. "I have a good horse and I like our chances if we can avoid trouble during the race." the veteran driver said. Dragon Again, racing from the pole position as part of an entry with Workplace (post position No. 3), looms as a strong contender at morning-line odds of 7-2.

Other colts by post position and odds are Sealed Delivered (No. 2, 8-1), Workplace (No. 3 as entry with Dragon Again), Mattnamaras Band (No. 4, 9-2), Invader Hall No. 6, 20-1), Day In A Life (No.

Dex Appeal (No. 8, 15-1), and Color Striped (No. 9, 12-1). The Hoosier Cup will be the eighth event on a 13-race program. Racing will begin at 7 p.m.

Post time for the feature event is scheduled for 9:06 p.m. ESPN2 will provide live television coverage. IXi I ks a 3 Associated Press Now Featuring REMATCH: Indiana's Andrew Parrish (left) heads the ball to teammate Caleb Porter during the Hoosiers' loss to UCLA in last season's national semifinal game. UCLA and IU, ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, will resume their rivalry Nov.

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Katheryn Patterson, the victim's mother, said her son, Brian, 34, didn't have insurance and the family was struggling to cover the cost, of his funeral arrangements. Howard's representatives learned of the family's plight through a mutual acquaintance, prompting the ballplayer to send a $5,000 check, Patterson said. HOCKEY NHL going with Disney's bid The NHL's ratings may be falling, but Its TV rights fees have taken a dramatic jump. The NHL Board of Governors voted Thursday to approve the Walt Disney $600 million, five-year offer for the right to televise league games beginning in 1999 on its ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 networks. The $120 million a year the NHL will receive Is 2.6 times more than ESPN and Fox Sports paid under the current contract that expires after this season.

Ice release preseason schedule The Indianapolis Ice announced their five-game preseason schedule, which consists of four road games and an Oct. 3 matchup with International Hockey League rival Cincinnati at Pepsi Coliseum. The Ice will play 33 regular-season games at the. Coliseum and eight games at Market Square Arena. The regular-season schedule has yet to Oct.

17 against Cincinnati at the Coliseum. I TENNIS Novbtna keeps her streak alive Jana Novotna, 29, won her 19th consecutive match at the du Maurler Open in Montreal, beating 19-year-old upstart Magul Serna of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 to move within two victories of a fourth consecutive tournament title on' the WTA Tour. The crowd poured into court No. 1 to watch teen-ager Anna Kournikova of Russia lose a rain-delayed third-round match to Spain's Conchita Martinez 6-0, 6-3, while Novotna was finishing off Serna on Centre Court. Martinez later lost 6-3, 6-4 to third-seeded Arantza Sanchez Vicario to set up a Sanchez Vicario-Novotna semifinal today.

Top-seeded Martina Hingis of Switzerland also reached the semifinals with a 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-4 victory over Sandrine Testud of France. Hingis now will face Monica Seles. AUTO RACING Hospital releases Laton NASCAR driver Gary Laton has been released from a hospital after spending a week recovering from a wreck at Michigan Speedway. Laton, 35, sustained head and neck Injuries Aug. 13 during a qualifying race for the Busch Grand National.

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