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HJM! ram NCAA INAL OUR fl PORTS SUNDAY APRIL 5 1992 SECTION THE MONITOR hi iiiii ii in mi ii mm i Blue Devils on course for repeat Defending champ Duke holds off Indiana 81 78 The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Once again Duke flirted with defeat Once tgain however the Blue Devils vill play for the national champi rnship The Blue Devils survived aubpar game by Christian Laettner ind four Indiana 3 pointers in the Inal minute Saturday night to hang for an 81 78 victory in the SCAA semifinals They did it with a 25 point urnaround keyed by stifling sec md half defense and 18 straight Klints wrapped around a technical oui against IltHisiers coach Bob (night Indiana had a chance to tie it vith 15 seconds left but Jamal decks missed a 3 pointcr from the and Duke sealed it with hree free throws Duke thus moved within 40 ninutes of what no team has done ince UCLA 19 years ago win lonsecutive national titles The Hue Devils will be an eight point avorite to do just that Monday light against the Michigan Wolver nes 76 72 semifinal winners over Cincinnati With Ijiettncr scoring a career ow eight points Bobby Hurley upplied the offense with six 3 ointers and a career high 26 Miints and Duke needed everyne of them really led us today" Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said thoroughly outplayed us the first half At halftime we (Hurley) really led us today Indiana thoroughly outplayed us in the first half At halftime we knew we had to raise our game up We played much better in the second half Our defense was Mike Krzyzewski Duke's basketball coach knew we had to raise our game up We played much better in the second half Our defense was The team that had been No 1 in the country all season looked like a team whose luck had run out when it trailed by 12 points with two minutes left in the first half only the second time all year Duke had been down by 10 or more Less than 10 minutes into sec ond half the Atlantic Coast cham pions were ahead by 13 having outscored the Hoosiers 31 6 But Indiana wasn't through ei ther See DUKE page 3B if MX tf OH I i Tv later tB Alls 3 wy i I I JtxO: WrX I The Associated Press Pop ft: Michigan's Chris Webber (4) puts up a shot over Terry Nelson (33) during Saturday NCAA inal our semifinal at the Metrodome in Minneapolis Michigan won the game 76 72 stay alive gain final Michigan prevails over Cincinnati 76 72 I he Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Trash talk ing and street savvy Michigan's ab ive stamped themselves as the finest freshman in NCAA history thanks to a quick rescue job by a cool upperclassman James Voskuil a junior who lost his starting spot this season settled down the young talented but wild Wolverines on Saturday and put them into the NCAA championship game the first to feature five freshman starters on one team Michigan which won the title in 1989 with a veteran squad over came fullcourt defen sive piessure and swept the boards to win 76 72 and go into the final Monday against defending cham pion Duke which beat Indiana 81 78 players in a show of youthfulness and delight danced on the court after a fusillade of 3 point shots by Cincinnati bounced away in the final seconds But it just missed shots that brought down the Bearcats It was Chris 16 points and 1 1 rebounds for Michigan a pick up in play by all the Wolverines after a sloppy first half and the calming influence of Voskuil in the first half were killing us 12 and they had eight more sfrots than we did" said Michigan coach Steve isher whose first team won the NCAA title in his sixth game at the helm three years ago "isher looked down the bench "We were a little more poised and a little more under control Plus we put the rock in" Steve isher Michigan's basketball coach and Voskuil came in there and really got us settled Eric Riley another displaced upper classman Voskuil a foiwitd who stalled last year rescued his rattled mates with nine points all in the second half and on hig plays He hit a double pump drive and a free throw to put Michigan ahead 61 58 after it trailed at halftime 41 38 Voskuil later added a big offensive rebound and a 3 poinler to keep the Bearcats (29 5) at bay "Those were plays that killed Cincinnati coach Bob Hug gins lamented isher said Voskuil changed the "tenor and mindset" of the game played before a crowd of 50379 in the Metrodome "We were a little more poised and a little more under control Plus we put the rock in" fustier said See MICHIGAN page 3B 3 COLLEGE BASEBALL Ninth inning heroics allow Lamar to sweep UTPA Jy MICHAEL IBANEZ fhe Monitor BEAUMONT When the Uni versity of Texas Pan American yaseball team left Edinburg to play Lamar this weekend they held a Z'i gaine lead over Louisiana Tech lor the Sun Belt Conference West Division lead When they returned home last night the Cardinals which were in fifth place when weekend play began sat atop the division with a half game advantage over the second place Brones Lamar defeated PA 3 2 Satur day on the strength of Scott pinch hit RBI single to left field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning The win gave the Cardinals a thiee game sweep over the Brones who travel to New Orleans next week end for a three game set "Like said we need to play500 on the road and we just doing it right now" UTPA coach Al Ogletree said after the game "This isn't the first time thai we've been swept and it lie the last so we panic still a lot of Brone reliever 1 im Jones picked up the loss and dropped to 1 4 on the season Jones entered the game in the sixth inning in relief of Mike I'iffert who left with a possible pinched nerve in his elbow after throwing three warm up pitches lhe injury could sideline Eillert for a week to 10 days Eiffert said that the inside of his elbow began to swell and tighten up after three innings and the injury started to cause him pain in the fifth "I think I could have gone longer but we want to take any chances" Eiffert said "1 pinpoint wliea I got it but I think Itom throwing the curve ball and slider too much" Kyle (keen got the win for Lamar by pitching a complete game live hitter The sophomore right hander struck out eight PA batters and improved his record to 3 0 Kevin Millar who homered series opener led oli the ninth inning with a single to right moved to second on Johnnie I Ills' bunt and scored on a single from Haiten who scored the winning run in riday's second game "Scott lelt pretty good about what he did last night he kind ol felt like he was on a Lamar coach Jim Gilligan said of Hatten "Anytime a guy can walk up to lhe plate with confidence you want to use him" Ieadoll walks led to two nms lor IPA in the Inst three innings Travis Stolle was walked by Green to start the game and later scoied on gtournl hall to second David basc on balls in lhe third turned into a run on another ground ball to second by Morrison See UTPA page 2B VALLEY SOCCER 1992 All Area Soccer Team Carlos Ramos Edinburg High Rudy Paz La Joya Eddie MirzaThe Monitor MVP: HOMERO MARES LA JOYA Gerardo Garcia Edinburg North Robert Rankin McAllen High COACH THE YEAR (TIE): Humberto Vela La Joya Joe Gaspar Edinburg North Omar Olvera La Joya lartinez McAllen High Angel Pulido McAllen Memorial Mnrin PaninK McAllen High Hector Hernandez 4 mr ui i jw i li I'Ji ia er soiwn I 1 1J I a Hov 4rSL 'S we in I iiwi 1 1 41 A' VW tf 3 y'irr 1 4 A 5 ifiv A I Hi I 'X 1 fi 5 iW Ml Ih ft I Ji i 11 0 i A sn irii rrni un MAr I fiiwz liraiflVU Vftvi rr'zh itf i Av "V'a IIVVIV Lv I 'if it 1 Sll 1 nV fr rv I JA UJ j' fk Tr jc A David de Leon Donna Ex Bronc teammates share Monitor all area coach of year honors By ROY HESS The Monihr Humberto Vela arid Joe Gaspar were teammates on lhe Pan Ameri can University soccer squad in ihe late '70s Both played defender Gaspar was a starter Vela came off the bench and saw considerable action Current University of Texas Pan American soccer coach loy Moran was a midfielder on that team which was coached by Reggie Treadaway Vela and Gaspar crossed paths again when they became head soccer coaches at Valley high schiHtls Vela at La Joya and Gaspar at lidinburg North Each entered the season as a first year head coach Vela guided the Coyotes to their first District 32 5A soccer champi onship while Gaspar directed to Cougars to the state playoffs as the 32 5A runner up La Joya has played soccer for several years North was in its first season of UIL competition this year or their cfloits Gaspar and Vela were chosen as co coaches ol the year on he Mmiihir's 1992 All Area Soccer Team "We're good friends we tty to help each other Gaspar said "Both of us were at Pan Am and now nice that we're both coaches of the year" Vela said he Iregan to develop a greater interest in soccer during his time at Pan American "It's kind of nice to see the same former teammates both be come coaches ami wind up with the two best teams in the distiict" he said La Joya finished 19 5 1 alter losing 3 1 to San Antonio Marshall last weekend in the aiea playoffs North was eliminated by San Anto nio Jay 3 2 also in the area round and wound up with a 14 12 record The MVP ol the all area team was center forward Hotnero Mares a senior standout for La Joya See SOCCER page iW4 ctArwrf.