Archive - Sep 19, 2011

Douglas leads Fever past NY, into East finals

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Katie Douglas scored 21 points, and the Indians Fever earned a 72-62 win over New York in the deciding third game of the their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow for Connecticut As Atlanta Sweeps Eastern Semifinal Series

There will be a Monday night for the fourth-seeded New York Liberty in their best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series with the top-seeded Indiana Fever, after the Liberty evened things up, 1-1, at home Saturday to stay alive.

However, in the other Eastern semifinal theres no tomorrow for the Connecticut Sun.

For the second straight game the third-seeded Atlanta Dream rallied in the fourth quarter, this time at home in their Phillips Arena, to finish off second-seeded Connecticuts season Sunday afternoon with a 69-64 victory in Game Two of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.

With defense of their 2010 Eastern Conference playoff championship still intact, the Dream will await Monday nights result from Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to see if they open Thursday on the road against the Fever or at home against the Liberty.