who won gold for the U.S. in the 1988 Olympics as a player and coached Misty May and Kerri Walsh to their Olympic gold on the beach in 2008.Weve all been friends a really long time, said Scambray, not

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Toronto Marlies were not going down without a fight. The Marlies staved off post-season elimination Saturday with a 4-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 5 of the American Hockey League Western Conference semifinals to send the series back to Toronto. The Griffins still lead the series 3-2, but Toronto will host Game 6 on Tuesday, and if necessary, Game 7 on Wednesday. "I have nothing but the utmost respect for the men that we have in our room," Toronto coach Dallas Eakins said. "We have a group that made a long run last year and have been through a lot of adversity with our lineup this year. I knew they would not go quietly into the dark night, and I knew they would fight back. Thats what you saw tonight." After a scoreless first period, the Marlies scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the second period. Will Actons shot from the top deflected twice toward the goal, with Spencer Abbott knocking the second one in past Grand Rapids goaltender Petr Mrazek. Toronto added another goal five minutes later when Abbott and Acton converted a 2-on-1 break in front of the Griffins net. Abbott delivered a touch pass to Acton, who deposited a shot into the right corner to give the Marlies a 2-0 lead. "We played well, and we knew coming out we had to be desperate," said Abbott, who finished with a goal and two assists. "We got the job done tonight, and our goaltender played awesome. Without him in the net, it wouldve been a totally different game." Eakins said he changed lines after Fridays Game 4 loss, and put Abbott, Acton and Jerry DAmigo together on the same line. "I flipped the lines around to give us what I thought was three strong lines, and that was one of them," he said. "They were excellent tonight, and we thought they would were a good threesome and it certainly paid off here tonight" Grand Rapids had a pair of 5-on-3 advantages in the second, but Torontos penalty kill turned away each chance. "Absolutely huge," Eakins said. "Those came at a key point in the game, and I thought that was the turning point in the game." The Marlies increased their lead to 3-0 less than three minutes into the third period on a power play goal from Morgan Rielly. Luke Glendening scored Grand Rapids lone goal four minutes later, but Toronto put the game out of reach on Mike Zigomanis power-play goal with seven minutes remaining in regulation. "Its always nice when your power play can chip in," Eakins said. "A lot of times you can feed off the success or the downfall of it, and when you score, its a good feeling. And I liked how we reacted after they scored to make it 3-1." Marlies goaltender Drew MacIntyre made 32 saves, while Mrazek stopped 20 shots for the Griffins. MacIntyre said the main objective of Game 5 was to extend the series. "We havent been happy with ourselves and the hole weve dug, but we played a full game tonight," he said. "Coming into tonight, all we wanted was a chance to go home and see what we can do." Detroit Pistons Gear . LOUIS -- St. Custom Detroit Pistons Jerseys . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. https://www.cheappistonsonline.com/ . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Stitched Pistons Jerseys . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheap Pistons Jerseys . Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day. As much as Tia Scambray loves to watch The Notebook, these days shes glued to film of a different nature that has nothing to do with Nicholas Sparks.Her movies last weekend starred Arizona and Arizona State players -- extra preparation that paid off for the Washington outside hitter and the espnW volleyball player of the week.On Thursday, Scambray tied her career-best for kills with 13 in a three-set Huskies win over Arizona. The 6-foot junior blew past that mark on Sunday with a career-high 20 kills while hitting .567 in Sundays sweep of Arizona State.No. 8 Washington (22-4, 12-4) remains tied with UCLA atop the Pac-12 with four matches remaining. Scambray, of Dana Point, California, was also named the conferences offensive player of the week.We were all in the zone, Scambray said. Everybody was doing their job. Our passing was amazing, which really was what led us to the wins.As satisfying as Scambrays weekend was for her, it was also a good sign for the Huskies heading into the final two weeks of regular-season play. Coach Keegan Cook said Scambray hasnt produced consistent offensive numbers this season, largely because she shoulders so much responsibility in other areas.Shes an outstanding blocker, and we go into a lot of matches trying to get her matched up against an opponents best attackers, he said. We ask her to do a lot on the defensive end of the ball. If youre defending against the best attacker, that means when the ball is back on your side, youre hitting against a pretty physical player at the net.But for the last two weeks, Cook has watched Scambrays offensive numbers improve -- preparation (film) and improved focus in practice continue to pay off.Shes become patient and aggressive, he said. She, in particular, comes up to the film room on her own and watches film with me or one of the assistant coaches. In between classes shes up in the filmm room.dddddddddddd She keeps coming to work and putting in the time.In addition to loving to compete, Scambray enjoys the bond with teammates, many of whom she knew well long before she set foot on campus.Scambray and fellow outside hitters Crissy Jones and Courtney Schwan met at a USA Volleyball camp at Wisconsin as eighth-graders. Her friendship with setter Bailey Tanner dates to when they were 12 years old.Scambray, Jones and Tanner each played for TStreet Volleyball Club, where Tanners father, Troy, is a director and coach. And yes, that is the same Troy Tanner who won gold for the U.S. in the 1988 Olympics as a player and coached Misty May and Kerri Walsh to their Olympic gold on the beach in 2008.Weve all been friends a really long time, said Scambray, noting they each decided to come to Washington independently. Bailey decided first and shortly after, I decided. Crissy decided later and Courtney was last.Scambray was a wanna-be gymnast until her dad told her she was already taller than the tallest gymnast. At 7, she signed up for a YMCA volleyball camp, enthralled by the fast pace of the game. She also plays beach volleyball for the Huskies, teaming with Jones, her best buddy.With a trip to the mountains this weekend for games at Colorado and Utah, the immediate goal is to remain atop a conference that has featured its share of upsets in 2016.The Huskies have won 11 of their last 13, but the losses have been sweeps by Stanford and Oregon.I have faith in my team. We have the opportunity to win the league coming into the homestretch, Scambray said. Its just us putting in the time and effort and making every play count. Obviously, I want to make it really far in the tournament, but right now were focused on winning the Pac. ' ' '