Hertfordshire Mavericks face two huge games as the regular Vitality Superleague season comes to a close this weekend. Thatcher Szalay . Manchester Thunders dominant victory over Yorkshire Jets on Monday means the Mavs have to win both of their final two matches if they are to have any chance of finishing in top spot.However before attention switches to the replay of their abandoned match with Thunder on Monday night, Saturdays game against Surrey Storm is perhaps more important, as a win will seal a home semi-final, while a win for Storm will give them hope of home advantage in the last four. Player of the Season Cast your vote as the season draws to a close Manchester, who will have the added advantage of a weeks rest for Mondays game will seal top spot if Mavericks fail to win at Surrey Sports Park. But a win for Hertfordshire will ensure there is plenty to play for at the Thunderdome before the semi-finals on April 30.Team Bath face Loughborough Lightning on Saturday in their final game of the season. Saturdays other game is between Team Northumbria and Celtic Dragons in Newcastle, the hosts chasing a fourth win of the season while Dragons are out to claim a third win of the campaign that would draw them level on points with Northumbria.Fittingly the curtain will come down on a thrilling season when Thunder and Mavericks clash on Monday evening but it will be Saturdays game against Storm that determines the Mavericks post-season fate. Anna Woolhouse, Tamsin Greenway and Natalie Seaton discuss the Superleague semi-finals Also See: Vitality Superleague fixtures Table Live on Sky Sportswomen Antonio Smith . The right-hander pitched into the seventh inning and boosted Cincinnatis struggling offence by hitting a double and scoring as the Reds ended a seven-game losing streak by beating the Atlanta Braves 1-0 Saturday night. Don Shy .com) - Roosevelt Jones had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to lead No.The Oakland As remain on top of the TSN.ca MLB Power Rankings, the third consecutive week that the As have held top spot and the third straight week that they have been one ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Oakland has been getting such remarkable pitching, in part from guys off the major league scrap heap, that they have been hard to catch at the top of the list. The Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and San Francisco Giants round out the Top Five. Making the Gillette Move of the Week, the Kansas City Royals jumped froom 19 to 10 on the heels of an eight-game winning streak. Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale. Further down the list, the Philadelphia Phillies climbed four spots, from 29 to 25. Heading the other way, pitching problems are catching up to the Miami Marlins, who fall from 12 to 19, while the Chicago White Sox drop from 16 to 20 and the slumping New York Mets sink from 21 to 25. Scott Cullen can be reached at cott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca">Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' '
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