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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017

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Riley misses the cut in LPGA qualifier BAHAMAS

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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rand Bahamian Raquel Riley missed the cut and won’t get the opportunity to join Bahamian Georgette Rolle in the 2017 Pure Silk/Bahamas LPGA Classic this week at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island.

Riley, a teaching professional at Baker’s Bay Golf Club in Abaco, had a chance to get one of the two spots out of the qualifying round yesterday after the delay to allow the heavy winds to subside.

But her round of 81 playing in the threesome with Americans Jessy Tang and Christina Yang was not enough to enable her to play along with Rolle in the field of 108 of the world’s best female golfers when the tournament gets underway on Thursday.

Rolle, by the way, was awarded the Bahamas’ exemption into the classic after winning the Bahamas Golf Federation’s qualifier over Riley last month at the same course.

RILEY Four of the top 10 players in the current Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are entered as well as 10 of the top 20 on the 2016 LPGA Money List.

“I think my performance was

pretty good, but I had a lot of problems with the wind,” Riley told The Tribune. “There were a couple of holes where the wind was really blowing hard and it was hard to control the ball.

“I know all of the players in my group had a difficult time controlling the ball. I’m pretty sure everyone else in the other groups had the same type of problem, especially in the holes that were close to the ocean. It was kind of difficult to control the ball.”

Riley was attempting to get into the classic for the second time after earning the Bahamian exemption in 2015 against Rolle. However, during the preliminary round, Riley experienced an irksome ailment and fatigue and she had to withdraw.

“Mentally, I was better prepared,” said Riley, comparing her appearances. “I was better prepared. I just got a few swing chang-

es in the past couple of weeks and that really affected me in a positive way and also in a not-so positive way. I had to compete with the change in my swing and it wasn’t something that I had a couple of weeks or months to get used to. I kind of got into it right away. It was a great change, but I just wasn’t 100 per cent used to it.”

Although she didn’t get in, Riley said she’s confident that she can play with the best female players in the world. “I definitely have to get in better shape physically and play more,” she said.

Looking at the level of competition exhibited during the qualifying round, Riley said it was a good indication of what to expect when the classic gets underway.

“The girls who I played with in my group struck the ball very well,” she said. “The competition

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Larsen and Tanguay earn final berths BATTLING winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour, Nicole Broch Larsen of Denmark and Anne Catherine Tanguay of Quebec, Canada, each shot a 1-under 71 yesterday and earned the two qualifying berths for this week’s Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.

They finished one stroke ahead of Emily Tubert of the United States in the field of 29 players.

Raquel Riley of The Bahamas, who competed in the 2015 edition of the season opener on the LPGA, shot 81 at the wind-whipped Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island. Heavy rains also hampered the qualifier, which was suspended for 2 hours, 40 minutes because of dangerous weather conditions.

“It’s been a long afternoon,” said Broch Larsen, 23, who in 2015 was named the Player’s Player of the Year on the European Ladies Tour. “I knew it was a good score in these conditions, but it’s nice to know that it was good enough to get in. We kind of expected bad weather, so I was just prepared for it and tried to play my best and enjoy the challenge. The conditions were unbelievable, but I managed my game pretty well and I’m really proud of my round today.”

“My mindset was good today, and that allowed me to hit good shots,” said Tanguay, 25, in her second year on the LPGA. “Some of those shots were crazy. I never aimed so far left or so far right before. It was very difficult. But the LPGA staff did a great job with course setup.”

Larsen and Tanguay complete the field of 108 players for the fifth Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Clas-

PAIR TIE AT 71 AMID WINDY CONDITIONS ON OCEAN CLUB

THE University of the Bahamas, in preparation for its affiliation with a major athletic conference in the United States, will be taking their track and field team to West Lafayette, Indiana, this weekend.

The 18-member contingent, now coached by Rupert Gardiner assisted by Ednol Rolle, will be competing in the Fred Wilt Open on Saturday. The team is scheduled to leave town on Friday and return home on Sunday.

“This is the very first indoor meet that the University of the Bahamas will be competing in,” Gardiner said. “The reason we’re going to these indoor meets is we’ve put in our application for membership in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) and so we have to do the qualifying standards to go to their National Championships.”

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net TEAM Bahamas had a pair of difficult outings in international friendlies at the Copa Deportes Nacion last weekend.

In an effort to elevate their training ahead of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships, the Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team faced off against a pair of elite sides.

The Bahamas lost both matches to Mexico and host country Argentina at the series of exhibitions in Mar del Plata in Argentina as they continue their preparation.

In game one, the Bahamas lost 3-2 to Mexico, followed by a 6-1 loss to Argentina.

Mexico is ranked No.15 in the latest edition of the Beach Soccer Worldwide rankings and is the top ranked team in CONCACAF, while Argentina is ranked No.17 and third in CONMEBOL. In the finale, Argentina defeated Mexico 4-3.

The players selected to represent the team in Argentina included Ivan Rolle (goalkeeper), Valin Bodie (goalkeeper), Nesley Jean, Kyle Williams, Tim Munnings, Gary Joseph, Lesley St Fleur, Gavin Christie, Dwayne Forbes and

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TEVIN AND THE BISON TO OPEN SEASON WITH 3-GAME SERIES

ANNE CATHERINE TANGUAY sic, which begins Thursday. Ariya Jutanugarn, the No. 2 player in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, and Hyo Joo Kim, the defending champion, headline the list of competitors.

Four of the top 10 players in the Rolex Rankings and 10 of the top 20 from the 2016 LPGA money list are entered. In addition to Jutanugarn, the other top 10 players in the field are No. 5 Lexi Thompson of the United States, No. 6 Sei Young Kim of South Korea (the 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic winner) and No. 8 Brooke Henderson of Canada.

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

NICOLE BROCH LARSEN has a word with her caddie.

UB track team gets set for the Fred Wilt Open

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

FALLS IN BEACH SOCCER FRIENDLIES

Rolando ‘Lonnie’ Bahamian Norbert ElliGreene, the head coach ott. But he promised that at Purdue, said he was the UB athletes would all happy to be able to asrun very fast. sist UB in their quest to During their trip, move forward with their Greene said he will host athletic programme. the team to a dinner at “At the end of the day, his home where they will I’m a Bahamian by birth get a chance to interact and everything else,” he on a more personal basaid. “That’s giving back sis with the Bahamian to a system that helped to athletes who compete for develop me and nurture Purdue and others who GARDINER me to the point that I am are studying there. at. The Lord has blessed me, so “I am hoping that this will be why not bless someone else from a partnership that we can develthe Bahamas. I could easily have op going forward,” Greene said. extended it to any college or uni- “Hopefully when the University of versity in the United States, but the Bahamas hosts a meet in the when I got to talking to Rupert, Bahamas in 2018, I can bring our he was trying to build his indoor men and women teams there to season, so I told him let’s try to get compete. him out here and worked things “I hope that this can become a out so now they are coming. I’m great partnership because with us excited about that.” coming, maybe some other schools The home meet for the Boiler- in the United States would want to makers will be quite small, accord- jump onto that and we can develop ing to Greene, who is assisted by a good relationship.”

Expected to be joining Purdue and UB in the meet are Western Kentucky, Northern Illinois, Butler University, UPEI (University of Prince Edward Island) and Middleton University.

“Being the first indoor meet for us, I think the athletes will do very well,” Gardiner projected. “Some of them have never competed indoors and they have never seen an indoor track. So I’m looking for some great expectations for the athletes. They have been training and they are looking good.”

Gardiner expressed his gratitude to Greene for working with UB in getting their team to travel to the meet.

On February 11, UB will travel to Kansas City to compete in another indoor meet.

“We will do two indoor meets to get our feet wet and then we will get ready for the outdoor season where we intend to compete in a series of meets in Florida,” Gardiner revealed.

IT WAS a strong finish to 2016 for Tevin Symonette and he looks to continue trending upward in his redshirt sophomore campaign.

Symonette and the Lipscomb Bison will open their 2017 season in less than a month when they open with a three-game series against Oakland University, February 17-19.

As a redshirt freshman outfielder, Symonette started in 49 of his 50 appearances and hit .304 with 56 hits. He also posted a .500 slugging percentage with eight doubles, two triples, 29 runs and 37 RBI. He also had a .389 onbase percentage and stole four bases in seven attempts. In his first collegiate season, he led the team with eight home runs, finished second on the team with 17 multiple-hit games and added 10 multiple-RBI games. He tied for the team high with a 10-game hitting streak and had a career high 4-hit game against USC Upstate.

His highlight of the year came in the postseason when his heroics helped to lead his Bison past the No.3 ranked Jacksonville University Dolphins (10-8) in the opening round of the Atlantic Sun tournament.

Symonette hit two home runs, went 3-5 at the plate

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MARATHON BAHAMAS STUDENT RELAY WINNERS RECEIVE AWARDS

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the eighth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.

The top finishers, in the male and co-ed divisions, were presented with trophies and giftbags during a press conference yesterday at the Scotiabank Training Centre.

The St Anne’s Blue Waves’ team of Omavi Collison, Phillip Armbrister, Vincent Gardiner and Reagan Cartwright finished first overall in 3:09.40 seconds.

Head coach Chercovie Wells said the win was a long time coming for his programme. “This is our fourth year participating and we finally got a win after those four years we participated,” he said. “We thank the organisers and the sponsors and we will be back next year to see if we can defend the title.”

The Westminster College Diplomats (Rotavieo Adderley, Joshua Forbes, Tamiko Taylor and Brandon Bastian) finished second in 3:19:04 and the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine (Tario Beckles, Gabrielle Thompson, Tyson Moss and Ryan Bethel) were a close third in 3:19:06.

Diplomats head coach Clayton Smikle said the event is integral in the development of distance running in the county.

“It was a very good experience for the guys. I don’t think we are doing as much as we can in the Bahamas to develop middle distance running so I thank Scotiabank for doing this,” he said. “It was a good experience for the guys. Everybody gelled together, they did well and so we just want to congratulate everyone

STUDENT RELAY WINNERS: The St Anne’s Blue Waves’ team of Omavi Collison, Phillip Armbrister, Vincent Gardiner and Reagan Cartwright finished first overall in 3:09.40 seconds. involved.”

In the mixed relay event, the St Andrew’s Hurricanes’ team of Trent Strachan, Katherine Slatter, Gabriella Moran and Ben Derbyshire took top honours in 3:47:53. The CR Walker Knights (Janin Turner, Nakeisha Dormeus, Fedlin Louis and Tamia Mackey) were second in 4:17:06 and Forest Heights Academy (Rickera Cox, Taylor Albury, Tern McDonald and Steadman McKenzie) out of Marsh Harbour, Abaco was third in 4:44:20.

Knights head coach Ednal Rolle said: “I just want to say thanks for the experience. It was a good event to have and to get my kids this exposure to see all the other kids at this level competing in the marathon.”

Approximately 16 teams competed in this year’s edition of Marathon Bahamas.

Leah Davis, Scotiabank’s senior manager of marketing and public relations, endorsed the partnership between her organisation, Sunshine Insurance and the schools as one of the highlights of the year for all stakeholders. “Scotiabank has joined forces for the

sixth year with Sunshine Insurance and Marathon Bahamas as a gold sponsor and a partner for the student run event. Since its inception, this event has provided an opportunity for distance runners to participate in the marathon, running at international standards by competing in the relay component of this annual event. We look forward to this because it’s a kickoff for us of our ‘Young People In The Community’ Programme and it supports the opportunity to give back to our community by supporting health and education,”she said.

“We applaud all students that participated in this year’s marathon for their commitment, tenacity and vision to achieve a common goal of completing this 26.2 mile race. Your achievements are a testament to the power of teamwork and I am amazed at your achievements and are encouraged that there are some young Bahamians making positive choices and making changes in the lives of others.”

The student athlete segment of a packed schedule for Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend is one of the

local highlights of Marathon Bahamas.

Dwayne Swaby, vice president of development for Sunshine Insurance, thanked Scotiabank for their continued support of the student athletes and shows the commitment of both organisations toward youth development.

“I have to thank each and every one of the sponsors, individuals responsible and everyone who volunteered to make Marathon Bahamas a success. This is the eighth time we hosted the marathon and the seventh time we hosted the Student Relay Run. Scotiabank has been there, almost since the inception, this is their sixth year and we thank them for their participation and involvement,”he said.

“The Student run provides student athlete distance runners with an opportunity to compete in components of this endurance event. The relay engages athletes in positive initiatives. It really shows that working together helps us to achieve our goals. Students from across the country participated so we are very thankful and we hope that this event will continue

to grow. At Sunshine Insurance, our goal is to assist as much of the youth as possible. We have programmes in baseball, the Elmira scholarship fund, and we look at this as another initiative that can help build our nation.”

Said Trevor Strachan, student run race coordinator and proprietior of Winshield House and Parts Locator: “It’s a privilege to be here and to invest in people again. I just really want to thank Scotiabank for giving us this opportunity to continue to grow our young people. It is important that they don’t waver in their sponsorship of this event. I know there were some challenges this year, but we were still able to pull it off and we are just very appreciative to them both the financial effort and for the effort they have put behind the scenes because it is a lot more than the eyes can see,” he said.

“For Marathon Bahamas putting that on, I think most people don’t realise the amount of planning and time that goes into this. So it is important that we keep this alive.”

Strachan, a former mid-

dle distance runner at Queen’s College, said this is just a way for him to give back to the sport that has enabled him to secure an athletic scholarship to obtain a college education.

“I was a recipient of scholarship as a student athlete and I know it opens the doors for young people for a lot of stuff so it is important that we keep this going.

I’m so proud of all of the people involved in this and hats off to the students that sacrificed their time. A lot of people don’t realise the effort that goes into making this happen,” he said.

“When you’re in the middle of that race, you’re trying to carry that baton, and hold on for your teammates, and your mind is telling you your body has had enough – you power through. We are trying to instil life lessons in you through this process. When you get your job, your marriages your relationships, your ambitions, you power through and that’s what this is all about.”

Following the event, Scotiabank made a $10,000 cheque presentation to sponsor the student-athlete portion of the race.”

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017, PAGE 3

Head coach says Purdue University Boilermakers ‘off to a great start’

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Rolando ‘Lonnie’ Greene likes what he has seen so far, not just from the Bahamian connection at Purdue University but all of the other local athletes who competed against his Boilermakers over the weekend.

“We are off to a great start,” said Greene, reflecting on the performances turned in at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet in Lexington, Kentucky.

“This is just our second meet, but I must say that the Lord has allowed us to put together a good solid women’s programme and, so for us, it’s just a matter of being patient.

“Because of the quality of talent that we are bringing back, you almost have to put the ring back on yourself. The staff and the administrators have certain expectations of you, but you know that if you are cooking the stew too quick, then what happens is when you get to the big one, you crash and burn. But this is very encouraging to see where we would be in 3-4 weeks.

It’s very encouraging.”

Although the Boilermakers only competed in their second indoor meet for the year on Saturday, Greene, who is assisted by Bahamian Norbert Elliott, said it’s going to be exciting to watch and see where Purdue’s programme is in 3-4 weeks.

Despite a lot of attention being placed on their women’s programme, Greene said Kinard Rolle has gotten off to a great start in the men’s 400 metres and he expects him to run sub-46 seconds before the season

is done. “I think he’s capable of running that fast,” Greene stressed.

Sprinter Keanu Pennerman, on the other hand, is still going through his transition, according to Greene.

“For the most part, he is right on track,” he said.

“I thought he would have been about a tenth faster than he is, but that is going to come.”

As for the women, Greene said Carmiesha Cox is sprinting much faster than she’s ever done as she goes through her senior year. “She still has a lot left in her legs,” he said.

Devynne Charlton, back in action after sitting out the outdoor season last year with an injury, is running into form.

“We’re three weeks ahead of where we were last year,” Greene said. “She ran 8.05. It wasn’t a race that I would say was a most technically sound race, but I will tell you this, she was foot to foot with the world record holder for three anda-half hurdles.

“When she lost her balance going off three into four, that was when the field of that magnitude got by her and she still ran 8.05.

I giggled to her and said you will be good. Just be patient. It’s going to come.”

Greene said he is pleased with where his Boilermakers are right now.

“We just finished a heavy three-week cycle of training,” Greene said. “What they are doing is they’re not fresh, but they still have a lot left in their legs.

As a result of that, once we start to back off and taper, you would start to see performances getting better. If I push for the expectations, I might mess it up.”

While his concentration

FABULOUS FIVE: Shown (l-r) are Pedrya Seymour, Keanu Pennerman, Henry Delauze, Carmeisha Cox and Devynne Charlton.

FANTASTIC FOUR: Shown (l-r) are Carmiesha Cox, Danielle Gibson, Keanna Albury and Devynne Charlton.

is on those athletes competing for Purdue, Greene said he saw some fantastic performances from the Bahamas across the board at the meet over the weekend.

“I saw Pedrya and I gave her a hug and told her it was a great race and I’m proud of you,” he said. “I even dabbed her coach up. It was just one of those scenarios.

What folks don’t understand is that when you dip under eight seconds that’s world class.

That’s not just a fast race.

That’s world class. You have to tip your hat to her.

It was a great race.

“But I believe Devynne has a 7.8, 7.7 in her. That’s just my humble opinion. I might be biased, but that’s probably because I’m her coach and I’ve seen her do some phenomenal things.”

For just the second week in action, Greene said he was impressed too with University of Miami’s Henry Delauze, who won the men’s 400m in 47.42 ahead of Rolle, who came in third in 47.54.

Danielle Gibson, representing Penn State, also jumped or “bounced” very well, Greene said.

“I think she’s got 14 metres inside of her,” he said.

“She’s in a good place.”

And Keianna Albury, a sophomore at Penn State as well, is rounding into form as well, according to Greene.

“It’s very early for everybody. In two weeks if we have this conversation, my response to you will be completely different,” he said. “In these weeks, I believe coaches will have the kids ready to run.”

And that is not just those at Purdue, but all of the other Bahamians competing elsewhere.

RAQUEL RILEY MISSES THE CUT IN PURE SILK LPGA QUALIFIER

TEVIN SYMONETTE

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and finished with two runs and three RBI on the night.

The 2017 schedule has been projected as a difficult one for the Bison with 11 games against teams which finished 2016 with a top-100 RPI. They also have eight games against Power 5 opponents and four games against 2016 NCAA Tournament participants.

The nonconference schedule is highlighted by their first road trip of the season against SEC powerhouse Auburn Tigers followed by hosting the Michigan Wolverines of the Big 10.

“We love playing at home and we feel our park is as good and nice as anywhere else in the country,” Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand said in a press release. “We take pride in playing in front of our fans, so we like to schedule as many home games as we can. Looking at the entire schedule on paper for the first time, it seems to me that we have put together a pretty tough schedule. It is a challenging schedule for us, but as always it is one that we are very excited about.

A native of Freeport, Grand Bahama, Symonette finished his high school career in the United States with Christian Home and Bible School in Florida. In 2014, Perfect Game ranked Symonette as the 229th best player overall and the 49th best outfielder in the nation, the 45th best player in the state of Florida and the 9th best outfielder in the state.

He was awarded the Rising Star Award as a freshman and CO-MVP award as a sophomore and joined the Orlando Baseball Academy in 2011.

The versatile Symonette was also a two-year letter winner in football and led the team in rushing with 103 carries for 689 yards with six touchdowns while recording 53 tackles during his sophomore season.

Some of his other accolades include a two time Perfect Game USA Underclassmen Preseason All-American Team Honourable Mention, rated a “Tier A” player at the 2012 Baseball Factory at the Sanford National Tryout, was named to “Perfect Game Florida” Qualifiers AllTournament Team.

He is the son of Tellis and Melinda Symonette and chose Lipscomb over UCF, Florida Tech, USC Upstate, Flagler College and others.

was pretty good. We stayed neck and neck until the last few holes. It was pretty good. I enjoyed competing with those girls. It made me see that I’m not too far off from competing with them on a daily basis.”

The 34-year-old Riley, who used Frisco Wells as her caddie, said the atmosphere was one that she will take away from the classic as she looks at improving and coming back better next year than she was this year.

“The camaraderie was good and I had a really good time,” she stated. “The tournament is very well put together. I enjoyed playing with the girls in my group and watching some of the others compete. I hope they enjoy it too, especially our culture.”

For Rolle, who is preparing to be the first Bahamian to make the cut during the first two days of competition on Thursday and Friday to play in the two rounds of the live television final on Saturday and Sunday, Riley encouraged her to be herself.

“I know she can do it. I know she will do well. She just has to stay focused on all 18 holes,” Riley said. “But she’s playing well, so I’m confident that she will perform very well.”

Riley, a former winner of the Sun Coast Ladies Tour, said she intends to go back to the drawing board and hopefully try to get into some of the LPGA events once she can get into a qualifier and that should help to push her to play even better when the classic returns in 2018.

Last year, Hyo Joo Kim, 20, of South Ko-

rea, broke a 10-month winless drought with a two-stroke victory over Stacy Lewis, Anna Nordqvist and defending champion Sei Young Kim. Hyo Joo Kim shot a closing 7-under-par 66 to complete 72 holes in 18-under 274.

Admission to the tournament is free.

RAQUEL RILEY in action at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island yesterday.

Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff

• There are 13 major championship winners in the field for the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic with a total of 25 major titles: Paula Creamer (1) – 2010 U.S. Women’s Open; Brooke Henderson (1) – KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; Juli Inkster (7) – 1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore, 1984 Du Maurier Classic, 1989 Nabisco Dinah Shore, 1999 U.S. Women’s Open, 1999 McDonald’s LPGA Championship, 2000 LPGA Championship, 2002 U.S. Women’s Open; Ariya Jutanugarn (1) – RICOH Women’s British Open; Hyo Joo Kim (1) – 2014 Evian Championship; Brittany Lang (1) – U.S. Women’s Open; Stacy Lewis (2) – 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2013 RICOH Women’s British Open; Brittany Lincicome (2) – 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2015 Kraft Nabisco; Mo Martin (1) – 2014 RICOH Women’s British Open; Morgan Pressel (1) – 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship Lexi Thompson (1) – 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship; Yani Tseng (5) – 2008 McDonald’s LPGA Championship, 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2010 Ricoh Women’s British Open, 2011 Wegman’s LPGA Championship, 2011 Ricoh Women’s British Open and Michelle Wie (1) – 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.

BAHAMAS FALLS IN BEACH SOCCER FRIENDLIES IN ARGENTINA FROM PAGE 1 Alex Thompson. They will be coached by Alexandre Soares, assisted by Stephen Bellot.

Last summer, The Bahamas also travelled to Europe for a six-week training camp and a series of tournaments.

They recorded several marquee wins during that stretch, highlighted by a 5-4 win over the No.15 ranked United States. It was the Bahamas’ first beach soccer win over the US in the country’s history.

While in Europe, Team Bahamas also secured victories against Estonia and No.5 ranked beach soccer powerhouse Tahiti.

They also tested their mettle against Lazio Beach Soccer, third place finishers at the US Beach Soccer Championships.

THE BAHAMAS men’s national beach soccer team lost both matches to Mexico and host country Argentina at a series of exhibitions as they continue their training ahead of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships.

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COSTA RETURNS TO CHELSEA SIDE, SCORES ON 100TH APPEARANCE

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer

GOOD BALL: FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, left, celebrates with Luis Suarez after scoring against Eibar during the Spanish La Liga soccer match at Ipurua stadium in Eibar, northern Spain, yesterday.

(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Messi scores his 5th goal in six games as Barcelona beats Eibar

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — With Lionel Messi’s fifth goal in six games this year, Barcelona comfortably defeated Eibar 4-0 on Sunday to keep pace with leaders Real Madrid and Sevilla at the halfway point of the Spanish league.

Substitute Denis Suarez, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez and Brazil forward Neymar also scored as the defending champions cruised to victory in the Basque Country to finish the first half of the season two points behind Madrid and one behind Sevilla.

Madrid, which has a game in hand, ensured first place by defeating Malaga 2-1 on Saturday with two goals by defender Sergio Ramos at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium to snap a threegame winless streak.

Sevilla beat last-placed Osasuna 4-3 yesterday.

Denis Suarez, who came off the bench 10 minutes into the match because of a right-ankle injury sustained by midfielder Sergio Busquets, put Barcelona ahead with a low shot from the edge of the area in the 31st minute.

Messi netted for the fifth straight time in the league with a touch from close range in the 50th. That came after a cross by Luis Suarez, who scored from inside the area in the 68th before Neymar got the fourth goal after a breakaway in injury time.

Messi and Suarez are the league’s leading scorers with 15 goals each,

three more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi is having another superb season with the Catalan club, having scored 28 goals in 26 matches. Only once he went two consecutive games without finding the net, dating back to September. He was held scoreless for the first time this year by Real Sociedad in a Copa del Rey match last week.

Eibar, which has won only once in the last six rounds, had a goal disallowed for offside in the 53rd, with the score at 2-0. It is 10th in the 20-team standings.

OSASUNA 3, SEVILLA 4 Sevilla salvaged a key victory in a thrilling game against last-placed Osasuna to guarantee the team’s best campaign ever at the halfway point.

Captain Vicente Iborra scored twice - in addition to his own goal - to help Sevilla win its fifth in a row and reach 42 points.

Franco Vazquez and Pablo Sarabia also scored for Sevilla, with both goals coming after the 80th minute, to secure the away victory.

Osasuna, now winless in 11 league games, twice had the lead but couldn’t avoid its 12th loss in 19 matches. A win would have taken Osasuna off the bottom of the standings as second-to-last-place Granada lost at Espanyol on Saturday.

Sevilla had never reached the halfway mark of the Spanish league with so many points.

“We wanted to make history with the best campaign ever in the first part of the season, and we did it,” Iborra said.

Sevilla, thriving under Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli, has won seven of its last eight league matches. In the previous round, it rallied late to end Madrid’s record run of 40 straight games unbeaten.

After winning the Europa League from 2014 to 16, Sevilla has made it to the knockout round of the Champions League this season and is trying to win the Spanish league for the first time since its only title in the 1945-46 season.

ATHLETIC BILBAO 2, ATLETICO MADRID 2 Antoine Griezmann scored an 80th-minute equaliser but Atletico Madrid was unable to extend its three-game winning streak, dropping further behind in the title race.

Koke opened the scoring three minutes into the match at San Mames Stadium, but Inigo Lekue equalised just before halftime and Oscar de Marco put the hosts ahead in the 56th.

Griezmann levelled with a remarkable low long-range shot.

Atletico is in fourth place, eight points behind Madrid.

Athletic, which was coming off two scoreless draws in the league, remained seventh.

LONDON (AP) — Still to clear up the ambiguity over last weekend’s absence from the Chelsea team, Diego Costa did his talking on the pitch on Sunday.

Costa marked his return to the side for his 100th Chelsea appearance by scoring the opener in a 2-0 victory over Hull that sent the Premier League leaders eight points clear.

After netting his 52nd Chelsea goal from close range at the end of the first half, the league’s joint-top scorer alluded to all the speculation surrounding his Chelsea future by performing a chatter gesture with his hands while celebrating.

Publicly, Chelsea said Costa missed last Saturday’s game at Leicester due to a back injury. What manager Antonio Conte did not dispute was that the striker was dropped over a dispute with the coaching staff amid suggestions of a big-money offer from China.

“It’s important Diego played a good game,” Conte said. “I hope with this game to finish the speculation about him, about Chelsea, about me and him. We showed we are a team with great unity.”

Costa’s 15th goal of the campaign came in the seventh minute of stoppage time, the result of a lengthy delay after a clash of heads between Chelsea captain Gary Cahill and Ryan Mason which led to the Hull midfielder being carried off on a stretcher as oxygen was administered before being taken to the hospital.

Cahill was able to remain on the field and he headed in Chelsea’s second in the 81st minute after getting on the end of a free kick from Cesc Fabregas.

While Hull is next from bottom in the standings after a ninth straight away loss, Chelsea opened up an eight-point advantage over Arsenal.

ARSENAL 2, BURNLEY 1 It was a fiery end to a game that witnessed two penalties in stoppage time and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger appearing to push the fourth official.

Arsenal went into additional time leading through Shkodran Mustafi’s header but with 10 men after Granit Xhaka was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Steven Defour in the 66th minute.

“He has to control his game and not punish the team with a lack of control in his tackling,” Wenger said of Xhaka, who has been sent off twice this sea-

CHELSEA’s Diego Costa celebrates with teammates after scoring yesterday. (AP) son for Arsenal.

Wenger’s heated confrontation with the fourth official came as he tried to watch the rest of the game from near the tunnel after being sent off.

“I regret everything. I should have shut up, gone in and gone home,” Wenger said. “I apologise for that.”

That came as Andre Gray looked to have snatched a point when he netted from the spot after substitute Francis Coquelin tripped Ashley Barnes. Wenger’s mood was lifted in the seventh minute of stoppage time when Arsenal was awarded a penalty for Ben Mee’s high foot challenge on Laurent Koscielny.

SOUTHAMPTON 3, LEICESTER 0 Leicester has mounted the most feeble defence of a Premier League title and is now in a relegation dogfight.

Having lost half of their 22 games, Claudio Ranieri’s players are sitting only five points above the drop zone.

Not since Manchester City in 1938 have the topflight title winners been relegated the following season.

James Ward-Prowse, Jay Rodriguez and Dusan Tadic scored the goals as Ranieri, once known as the “Tinkerman,” rued switching his team around.

“I tried to help my players in the last two matches, I changed our normal shape against Chelsea, to three at the back and today I played with a diamond, and this led to some misunderstanding,” Ranieri said. “My players are used to playing 4-4-2, or 4-2-3-1, so for this reason I have made mistakes and it’s my fault in the last two matches.

“It’s one thing trying it in training and another entirely on the pitch. Today there was something wrong and it’s my responsibility. If we make mistakes, yes they make mistakes but also it’s myself who has to explain better.”

Monaco thrashes Lorient 4-0 to go top, Lyon beats Marseille

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — After yet another ruthless display of attacking football, free-scoring Monaco moved to the top of the French league and padded out its huge goal difference following a 4-0 home win against Lorient on Sunday.

Striker Valere Germain and midfielder Gabriel Boschilia got two goals each.

Monaco made it 64 goals in 21 league games — more than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues, with 21 goals conceded — and 90 in 34 overall. It was also the ninth time this season that Monaco has scored at least four goals.

“We’ve been scoring a lot of goals for a few games now. Obviously it is impressive,” Germain said. “But we must keep working hard and shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves.”

Monaco has a more difficult trip away to defending Paris Saint-Germain next weekend, in a match that will help to shape the title race.

Monaco is two points ahead of Nice and three points clear of third-placed PSG heading into Sunday’s clash.

“Winning in Paris would be huge, we’d strike a blow,” Germain said. “We sense that Paris is not quite as good this year.”

Monaco beat PSG 3-1 early in the season — the first of PSG’s four defeats away from home.

Last Sunday, Monaco’s 4-1 win in Marseille was all about lightning counterattacks, but against a Lorient side with the worst defense in the league Monaco dictated play easily.

“We controlled the game, we looked for spaces and we found them,” Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim said. “We weren’t as strong in the second half but it was a question of resting players. We have a game on Wednesday.”

Monaco is at home to Nancy in the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, with PSG away to Bordeaux on Tuesday in the other semi-final.

Given a rare start, Boschilia put Monaco ahead in the 24th minute with a close-range effort after goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte spilled a high ball, and made it 2-0 five minutes later when he put the ball through Lecomte’s legs after a fine run and pass from playmaker Bernardo Silva.

The third goal came when Lorient clumsily lost possession in the 38th close to goal and, after

ward the penalty area, where Germain got the ball and placed it out of Lecomte’s reach.

Germain, an unselfish striker with excellent awareness and movement, took his tally to seven league goals.

“My role is more in the shadows, I try to create space,” Germain said. “The coach asks me to make runs to the wings and that leaves more space for Falcao.”

Lorient, which has conceded 43 goals, is bottom of the table.

PSG won 2-0 away to Nantes on Saturday, with Edinson Cavani scoring both goals, while Nice drew 1-1 away to Bastia on Friday night.

LYON’s Alexandre Lacazette celebrates after he scored a goal against Marseille yesterday. (AP) striker Radamel Falcao’s shot came back off the post, Germain collected the loose ball and curled it into the bottom corner.

Poor defending from defender Michael Ciani led to the fourth on the hour mark.

Ciani tried to play his way out of trouble near the touchline, but right back Djibril Sidibe robbed him of possession and burst to-

LYON 3, MARSEILLE 1 Striker Alexandre Lacazette again showed why he is rated at around 50 million euros (around $54 million) with two more goals to take his league tally to 17.

Only PSG striker Edinson Cavani — with 20 — has scored more than Lacazette, but Cavani has played two games more.

Lacazette struck with clinical finishes in the second half and has now scored eight goals in his last six games for Lyon, which is in fourth place.

But the goal of the night came

from winger Mathieu Valbuena, who is staking a strong claim to get back in the France squad.

Collecting a pass on the left wing in the 43rd, he cut outside Japanese right back Hiroki Sakai, looked up and curled a superb shot into the opposite corner for his sixth goal in the last 10 games.

Valbuena was replaced late on

by Memphis Depay, who made his debut after joining this week from Manchester United.

Brazilian centre half Doria scored for Marseille.

SAINT-ETIENNE 2, ANGERS 1 Angers players may have cause to feel angry when they see replays of defender Loic Perrin’s winner for Saint-Etienne.

Perrin was challenging for a cross in the 75th when a defender’s clearance struck Perrin on the hand as he raised his arm protectively, and the ball bounced into the goal.

Croatian centre half Mateo Pavlovic gave Angers an early lead and Saint-Etienne equalised with another stroke of good fortune in the 51st. Winger Romain Hamouma’s cross from the left struck defender Abdoulaye Bamba and went over goalkeeper Denis Petric.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017, PAGE 5

Buddy scores 3 to help Pelicans get 124-122 win over Cavaliers

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Terrence Jones filled in brilliantly for injured AllStar Anthony Davis, scoring a season-high 36 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and blocking LeBron James’ dunk attempt in the fourth quarter, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 124122 last night.

Jrue Holiday added 33 points and 10 assists for the Pelicans, and Langston Galloway capped a 12-point night with a clean steal on James’ drive in the final minute, preventing the Cavs from erasing a deficit they had trimmed from 22 late in the first half to three with 1:32 left in the game.

Rookie guard Buddy Hield scored just three points. He also had two rebounds and one assist in 18 minutes.

Kyrie Irving scoring 35 of his 49 points in the second half, but the Cleveland fell to its fifth loss in seven games. James had 26 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

Two of Cleveland’s recent losses came against Western Conference leaders Golden State and San Antonio, but two others have come against teams currently outside the playoff picture in the West: New Orleans and Portland.

Kevin Love had 22 points for Cleveland, which could not quite keep pace with a Pelicans squad that tied a season high for 3-pointers with 16 and shot 49.4 percent (43 of 87).

Donatas Moteijunas scored 14 for New Orleans, while Dante Cunningham scored 11. Each hit a pair of 3s.

The Cavs drained 15 3s, eight by Irving, whose step-back jumper from long range had Cleveland within three with 21 seconds to go, but the Cavs got no closer until Love’s anticlimactic 3 in the final second.

Embarrassed in a 29-point loss to NBA-worst Brooklyn at home on Friday, the Pelicans were eager for a chance to redeem themselves with a competitive showing against the defending champs. That did not appear likely when New Orleans announced less than an hour before tip-off that Davis would be unable to play because of his right leg bruise lingering from a collision with the Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie.

Coach Alvin Gentry in-

serted Jones for Davis as the starting centre, and he responded with arguably the most dynamic half of play in the fifth-year veteran’s career. He hit all eight of his shots in the first half, scoring 22 points on an array of jumpers — including two 3s — weaving drives and feisty put-backs.

Holiday, meanwhile, got into an equally prolific rhythm, hitting three 3s and highlighting several impressive drives to the hoop with a two-handed dunk. Holiday’s pullup jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 6 seconds left in the second quarter gave him 22 points and New Orleans a 22-point lead, and Holiday pumped his fist while one of the biggest crowds of the season went wild.

In the last second of the half, James executed a long inbound pass to Love, who converted a quick-release layup to make it 70-50.

TIP-INS Cavaliers: Coach Tyronn Lue was assessed a technical foul by official Leroy Richardson after the coach chastised Richardson for a late whistle giving Moteijunas free throws following a missed layup. ... The Cavs won the teams’ only other meeting this season, 90-82 in Cleveland on January 2. ... Irving slung in what would have been a sensational, off-balance, onehanded shot from about 30 feet, but it didn’t count because it came too late after Irving was fouled by Tyreke Evans as the pair pursued a loose ball near mid-court.

Pelicans: New Orleans improved to 2-2 without Davis in the lineup. ... G E’Twaun Moore, who is 6-foot-4, delighted the crowd by rejecting the 6-8 James near the basket in the first half. ... New Orleans shot 60.5 per cent (26 of 43) in the first half.

UP NEXT Cavaliers: Hosts Sacramento on Wednesday night.

Pelicans: Hosts Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.

PELICANS coach Alvin Gentry, right, talks to rookie guard Buddy Hield, left, of Bahamas, during the first half of Friday’s game against the Nets in New Orleans.

(AP Photo/Max Becherer)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

NBA CAPSULES HEAT 105, WARRIORS 102 MIAMI (AP) — Dion Waiters’ 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left capped his 33-point effort, and the Miami Heat beat Golden State 105-102 last night to end the Warriors’ seven-game winning streak.

The Heat wasted a 10-point lead in the final 4 minutes, and Kevin Durant tied the game on a dunk with 11.7 seconds left. With no timeouts, Waiters walked the ball up the court and drilled what became the game-winner over Klay Thompson. Stephen Curry missed a 3-pointer as time expired for the Warriors.

WIZARDS 109, HORNETS 99 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — John Wall had 24 points and seven assists, Markieff Morris added 23 points and eight rebounds, and Washington earned its fifth win in six games.

Otto Porter Jr was active all night with 14 points and 13 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season. Bradley Beal made four 3-pointers on his way to 18 points, helping the Wizards shoot 54 percent from the field while the Hornets struggled to stop the pick and roll.

BUCKS 127, ROCKETS 114 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points, Jabari Parker had 28 and Milwaukee snapped a five-game losing streak.

Antetokounmpo made 11 of 17 shots and scored nine points in the final 4:16.

Houston got no closer than six points in the final three minutes.

James Harden had 26 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds for Houston, which fell to 1-1 on its five-game road trip. Patrick Beverley added 18 points.

CLIPPERS 115, HAWKS 105 ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Rivers scored 27 points and Jamal Crawford broke out of a shooting slump with 19, helping the Clippers to the road win.

Crawford had eight points in the fourth quarter, including a driving basket after Atlanta cut the Clippers’ lead from 24 to five points.

Kent Bazemore led the Hawks with 25 points. Dennis Schroder had 21, and Dwight Howard added 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Crawford had made only 7 of 41 shots in his last four games.

SPURS 112, NETS 86 NEW YORK (AP) — Patty Mills scored 20 points, LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 and San Antonio rolled while playing without Kawhi Leonard and three other regulars.

Pau Gasol (broken bone, left hand) and Tony Parker (sore left foot) didn’t even make the road trip, while Manu Ginobili was scheduled for a night off but couldn’t have played anyway because of back spasms. Then Leonard, the Western Conference player of the week, was scratched.

KINGS 109, PISTONS 104 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and the Kings snapped a fivegame losing streak.

Ty Lawson added 19 points and helped Sacramento turn the game around with a strong second quarter. Lawson scored nine points in the second, and the Kings outscored the Pistons 37-24 in the period to take a 65-62 lead into halftime.

A 3-pointer by Lawson put Sacramento up 101-90 in the fourth, and the Kings held on from there to stop Detroit’s three-game winning streak.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017, PAGE 7

The rules of engagement: Serena reaches QFs, then speaks

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For three rounds and more than a week, Serena Williams wanted to keep all the focus on her primary objective in Australia.

She hasn’t worn an engagement ring at the Australian Open, and hasn’t really wanted to elaborate much on the marriage proposal from Alexis Ohanian — which she made public late last month by posting a poem on news website Reddit.

The six-time Australian Open champion is in Melbourne aiming for an Openera record 23rd Grand Slam title. Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, has been at her matches.

After her toughest match at the tournament this year, a 7-5, 6-4 win over No. 16-seeded Barbora Strycova yesterday, she was relaxed enough to reflect on her engagement. She’d just reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for

the 11th time, and said she had nothing to lose after struggling with her misfiring serve — she was broken four times, including her first two service games — and making 46 unforced errors.

The 35-year-old Williams was asked, again, about her engagement in a post-match news conference — this time by an Italian journalist who wanted to clarify the reference to Rome in her poem.

“What did I say? I said I was whisked away to Rome?” she said, explaining how Ohanian took her back to where they first met to propose.

Were they introduced, or was it happenstance?

“Literally by chance.

It was just -- I was sitting down, and he sat next to me,” Williams said. “Yeah, that doesn’t happen anymore, right?

“I live in a movie and in a fairytale in my mind, so I guess eventually it was bound to happen.”

Still, she’s not planning the wedding just yet. As she

semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 when she was 17. After a long, difficult time off the tour, she has returned to the quarterfinals of a major for the first time since.

Lucic-Baroni beat American qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-2 and will next play US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova, who had a 6-3, 6-3 win over Daria Gavrilova.

Whatever comes of it, the 34-year-old Lucic-Baroni said she’d make the most of the moment.

“I felt kind of a little bit of unfinished business,” she said. “I still wanted to play on a stage like this ...

Come out, play, have these wins, be in a quarterfinal of a Slam.”

Rafael Nadal is coming back from two months off to rest his injured left wrist, and was delighted to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the 30th time with his 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Gael Monfils.

It was Nadal’s first win over a top-10 player at a Grand Slam since his French Open victory in 2014 — the last of

SERENA celebrates her win yesterday. (AP) said to all previous questions about the engagement, she’s here to win another title. With top-seeded Angelique Kerber already out, she also has the chance to regain the No. 1 ranking.

Next up, she’ll face 2016 semifinalist Johanna Konta, who beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-4 to make it fourth-round victories over the Russian in back-to-back years.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni was an emerging talent when Serena and Venus Williams were first making an impact, reaching the

his 14 major titles.

“Being in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam after couple of years not being there is very special for me,” said Nadal, who last progressed this far at the 2015 French Open.

Nadal went up a break early in the first two sets, had his chances in the third before Monfils rallied, and then traded breaks in the fourth before breaking the acrobatic Frenchman in the last game to win. Overall, he converted six of 17 break-point chances.

He next plays thirdranked Milos Raonic, the Wimbledon finalist and highest-ranked man still in the tournament after upset losses for top-ranked Andy Murray and defending champion Novak Djokovic.

No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov closed with an ace to hold off wild-card entry Denis Istomin, who upset Djokovic in the third round, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-1. The Bulgarian will next play No. 11 David Goffin.

Raonic had a 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 13

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Roberto Bautista Agut, hitting 33 aces and 75 winners.

But he also had nine double-faults and 55 unforced errors, and didn’t really get on a roll until after spiking his racket into the court in frustration in the third set.

The Canadian is conscious he is the highestranked player still in the draw, but also of what lies ahead.

“It sort of crosses your mind,” Raonic said. “But it’s very insignificant because there’s a lot for me to even get past that point where it would have been to play potentially against those guys. I’m pretty intent on staying in that moment.”

That’s something Williams is counting on, too.

“I feel like it was really good for me to win on probably not my best day,” Williams said of her wayward serve. “Sometimes you rely on one shot and if it goes off, and then, like, what happens now?

“It was really good for me to almost lose that so I know my other game is going pretty good, too.”

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