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Hertfordshire Mavericks face two huge games as the regular Vitality Superleague season comes to a close this weekend. 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 Nike Free Outlet Store . -- The road to the Masters got off to a bumpy start Sunday for Tiger Woods when he withdrew from the Honda Classic with what he said was a lower back injury. Nike Free Sale . The 29-year-old German, the 2011 overall World Cup champion, says she has decided "to end my career now. http://www.nikefreediscount.com/ . - The Carolina Panthers believe Steve Smith lost "top-end" speed, a big reason the franchise parted ways with its all-time leading receiver. Nike Free Clearance . Spains victory rendered Frances 3-0 win against Finland meaningless as Spain needed just one point to secure passage to Brazil. Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema scored either side of Joona Toivios own-goal as France advanced to the playoff among the eight best second-place finishers. Nike Free Discount . He made that dream a reality Wednesday night. Olt, who grew up in Branford, Connecticut, attended UConn and made a nearly 2 1-2 hour trek to Boston a handful of times to watch the Red Sox, belted a two-run homer, one of four hit by Cubs in a 16-9 rout that completed a three-game interleague series sweep.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Yannick Djalo scored a goal and added three assists to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. San Jose (5-8-5) ended a five-game winless streak in which it scored two goals. Chicago (3-5-11) had allowed just three goals in four games. The Earthquakes took a 1-0 lead just before the break. Shea Salinas ran down a long ball from Djalo along the left sideline, workeed his way into the box and squeezed a shot between two defenders.dddddddddddd In the second half, Djalo chipped home a shot over goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the 79th minute, and his through ball to Chris Wondolowski started Cordell Catos acrobatic finish in the 84th. Atiba Harris and Wondolowski also scored for the Quakes. Chicagos Grant Ward fired a shot off of Matt Watsons pass to make it 3-1 in the 75th minute. ' ' '